With a third-place finish in the penultimate race of the season at Manfeild, Canadian driver Lance Stroll – driving for M2 Competition – clinched the championship title, having amassed an unassailable 93-point lead ahead of the final race. Stroll won three of the first four races to be held in the series at Ruapuna and Teretonga (taking the round wins at both circuits) before consistent finishing for the remainder of the campaign allowed him to maintain his championship lead throughout. Stroll added his fourth win of the season in the final race, the New Zealand Grand Prix, becoming the first Canadian to win the Grand Prix. M2 Competition team-mate Brandon Maïsano finished the season as runner-up, 108 points in arrears of Stroll. Maïsano won five races during the season – the most of all drivers – with a win at each meeting except for Teretonga, while taking the round win at Hampton Downs.
Third place in the championship went to Santino Ferrucci, for the Giles Motorsport team. Ferrucci took five podium finishes before taking his first victory at Manfeild, in the second race. He finished 33 points behind Maïsano and 141 behind Stroll. Four other drivers took race victories during the 2015 season as Arjun Maini (M2 Competition) and Sam MacLeod (Giles Motorsport) each won two races – both at Hampton Downs and Taupō respectively – as they completed the top five in the drivers' championship, with MacLeod taking the round wins at Taupō and Manfeild. Two drivers from New Zealand also won races, both coming at Teretonga Park as Jamie Conroy – another M2 Competition driver – and Brendon Leitch, for Victory Motor Racing, both achieved their first victories in the series. Only ETEC Motorsport failed to take a race win, with a pair of third places from Thomas Randle being their best result.
The calendar for the series was announced on 14 July 2014, and was held over five successive weekends in January and February.[7] The event at Taupo Motorsport Park was held as a quadruple-header,[8] the first such instance for the series.
In order for a driver to score championship points, they had to complete at least 75% of the race winner's distance, and be running at the race's completion. All races counted towards the final championship standings.
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2015, toyota, racing, series, drivers, champion, lance, stroll, previous, 2014, next, 2016, eleventh, running, toyota, racing, series, premier, open, wheeler, motorsport, category, held, zealand, series, which, consisted, sixteen, races, five, meetings, began,. 2015 Toyota Racing Series Drivers Champion Lance Stroll Previous 2014 Next 2016 The 2015 Toyota Racing Series was the eleventh running of the Toyota Racing Series the premier open wheeler motorsport category held in New Zealand The series which consisted of sixteen races at five meetings began on 14 January at Ruapuna Park in Christchurch and ended on 15 February with the 60th running of the New Zealand Grand Prix at Manfeild Autocourse in Feilding With a third place finish in the penultimate race of the season at Manfeild Canadian driver Lance Stroll driving for M2 Competition clinched the championship title having amassed an unassailable 93 point lead ahead of the final race Stroll won three of the first four races to be held in the series at Ruapuna and Teretonga taking the round wins at both circuits before consistent finishing for the remainder of the campaign allowed him to maintain his championship lead throughout Stroll added his fourth win of the season in the final race the New Zealand Grand Prix becoming the first Canadian to win the Grand Prix M2 Competition team mate Brandon Maisano finished the season as runner up 108 points in arrears of Stroll Maisano won five races during the season the most of all drivers with a win at each meeting except for Teretonga while taking the round win at Hampton Downs Third place in the championship went to Santino Ferrucci for the Giles Motorsport team Ferrucci took five podium finishes before taking his first victory at Manfeild in the second race He finished 33 points behind Maisano and 141 behind Stroll Four other drivers took race victories during the 2015 season as Arjun Maini M2 Competition and Sam MacLeod Giles Motorsport each won two races both at Hampton Downs and Taupō respectively as they completed the top five in the drivers championship with MacLeod taking the round wins at Taupō and Manfeild Two drivers from New Zealand also won races both coming at Teretonga Park as Jamie Conroy another M2 Competition driver and Brendon Leitch for Victory Motor Racing both achieved their first victories in the series Only ETEC Motorsport failed to take a race win with a pair of third places from Thomas Randle being their best result Contents 1 Teams and drivers 2 Race calendar and results 3 Championship standings 3 1 Drivers championship 4 References 5 External linksTeams and drivers editAll teams were New Zealand registered Team No Driver Status Rounds Giles Motorsport 4 nbsp Alfonso Celis Jr 1 R All 5 nbsp Sam MacLeod 1 R All 7 nbsp Dzhon Simonyan 1 R 1 3 nbsp Sergio Sette Camara R 4 5 10 nbsp Santino Ferrucci 1 R All 21 nbsp Artem Markelov 2 R All 40 nbsp James Munro 3 All M2 Competition 8 nbsp Mathias Kristensen 1 R All 18 nbsp Lance Stroll 2 R All 19 nbsp Brandon Maisano R All 23 nbsp Jamie Conroy 4 R All 28 nbsp Charlie Eastwood 1 R All 36 nbsp Arjun Maini 1 R All Victory Motor Racing 11 nbsp Stefan Riener 1 R All 62 nbsp Ferdinand Habsburg 1 R All 86 nbsp Brendon Leitch 1 All 87 nbsp Damon Leitch 2 All ETEC Motorsport 12 nbsp Matteo Ferrer 1 R All 17 nbsp Nikita Mazepin 1 R All 49 nbsp Thomas Randle 5 R All 53 nbsp Callum Ilott 6 R AllRace calendar and results editThe calendar for the series was announced on 14 July 2014 and was held over five successive weekends in January and February 7 The event at Taupo Motorsport Park was held as a quadruple header 8 the first such instance for the series Round Date Circuit Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Round winner s 1 R1 17 January Ruapuna Park Christchurch nbsp Brandon Maisano nbsp Stefan Riener nbsp Lance Stroll M2 Competition nbsp Lance Stroll R2 18 January nbsp Brandon Maisano nbsp Brandon Maisano M2 Competition R3 nbsp Sam MacLeod nbsp Sam MacLeod nbsp Lance Stroll M2 Competition 2 R1 24 January Teretonga Park Invercargill nbsp Matteo Ferrer nbsp Lance Stroll nbsp Lance Stroll M2 Competition nbsp Lance Stroll R2 25 January nbsp Santino Ferrucci nbsp Jamie Conroy M2 Competition R3 nbsp Brendon Leitch nbsp Santino Ferrucci nbsp Brendon Leitch Victory Motor Racing 3 R1 31 January Hampton Downs Motorsport Park Waikato nbsp Arjun Maini nbsp Arjun Maini nbsp Arjun Maini M2 Competition nbsp Brandon Maisano R2 1 February nbsp Ferdinand Habsburg nbsp Brandon Maisano M2 Competition R3 nbsp Brandon Maisano nbsp Arjun Maini nbsp Sam MacLeod Giles Motorsport 4 R1 7 February Taupo Motorsport Park Taupō nbsp Arjun Maini nbsp Thomas Randle nbsp Sam MacLeod Giles Motorsport nbsp Sam MacLeod R2 nbsp Brandon Maisano nbsp Brandon Maisano M2 Competition R3 8 February nbsp Brandon Maisano nbsp Brandon Maisano nbsp Brandon Maisano M2 Competition R4 nbsp Arjun Maini nbsp Charlie Eastwood nbsp Arjun Maini M2 Competition 5 R1 14 February Manfeild Autocourse Feilding nbsp Brandon Maisano nbsp Brandon Maisano nbsp Brandon Maisano M2 Competition nbsp Sam MacLeod R2 15 February nbsp Callum Ilott nbsp Santino Ferrucci Giles Motorsport R3 nbsp Arjun Maini nbsp Brandon Maisano nbsp Lance Stroll M2 CompetitionChampionship standings editIn order for a driver to score championship points they had to complete at least 75 of the race winner s distance and be running at the race s completion All races counted towards the final championship standings Scoring system Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th Points 75 67 60 54 49 45 42 39 36 33 30 28 26 24 22 20 18 16 14 12 Drivers championship edit Pos Driver RUA TER HMP TAU MAN Points 1 nbsp Lance Stroll 1 4 1 1 3 3 Ret 5 2 3 4 2 11 6 3 1 906 2 nbsp Brandon Maisano 5 1 Ret 12 11 6 2 1 3 6 1 1 Ret 1 8 3 798 3 nbsp Santino Ferrucci 7 5 4 Ret 17 2 3 3 5 2 2 8 16 5 1 5 765 4 nbsp Arjun Maini 2 6 2 9 7 4 1 16 4 12 14 4 1 2 17 14 750 5 nbsp Sam MacLeod Ret 8 5 Ret 13 5 Ret 9 1 1 6 3 5 3 2 4 684 6 nbsp Damon Leitch 15 9 14 8 9 13 5 6 18 8 8 5 6 12 16 10 546 7 nbsp Charlie Eastwood 4 2 Ret 14 12 10 12 14 15 NC 9 7 3 15 12 2 535 8 nbsp Artem Markelov Ret Ret 3 5 2 7 7 Ret 6 14 Ret Ret 2 7 7 6 525 9 nbsp James Munro 13 10 12 2 4 9 6 Ret 9 7 Ret 6 4 9 Ret 16 522 10 nbsp Thomas Randle 3 14 6 11 8 8 Ret 8 7 4 3 Ret 9 19 Ret 9 518 11 nbsp Mathias Kristensen 9 12 10 10 10 14 9 4 19 11 7 14 7 14 10 18 502 12 nbsp Ferdinand Habsburg 6 3 Ret 7 6 12 10 2 11 15 16 16 14 11 14 Ret 490 13 nbsp Stefan Riener 11 15 7 3 Ret DNS 13 7 10 9 5 15 Ret 10 5 8 483 14 nbsp Brendon Leitch 10 Ret 9 4 5 1 DSQ 11 16 NC 11 10 8 13 11 15 477 15 nbsp Jamie Conroy 12 11 13 6 1 11 NC 13 14 Ret 13 11 13 18 9 12 446 16 nbsp Callum Ilott 16 NC Ret 15 14 Ret 4 12 17 Ret 12 12 12 4 4 Ret 358 17 nbsp Alfonso Celis Jr 8 7 8 DNS Ret DNS Ret 10 12 10 Ret 18 10 17 15 13 329 18 nbsp Nikita Mazepin Ret 13 Ret 13 16 15 11 Ret 8 13 10 17 15 20 Ret 11 304 19 nbsp Matteo Ferrer 14 16 11 Ret 15 NC Ret 15 13 Ret 17 9 Ret 16 13 7 286 20 nbsp Sergio Sette Camara 5 15 13 Ret 8 6 17 199 21 nbsp Dzhon Simonyan Ret Ret DNS DNS 18 Ret 8 NC Ret 55 Pos Driver RUA TER HMP TAU MAN Points Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points finish Blue Non points finish Non classified finish NC Purple Retired Ret Red Did not qualify DNQ Did not pre qualify DNPQ Black Disqualified DSQ White Did not start DNS Withdrew WD Race cancelled C Blank Did not practice DNP Did not arrive DNA Excluded EX Bold Pole Italics Fastest LapReferences edit a b c d e f g h i j k l Markelov e Stroll nella Toyota Racing Series Markelov and Stroll in the Toyota Racing Series Italiaracing in Italian Inpagina 16 December 2014 Archived from the original on 17 December 2014 Retrieved 16 December 2014 a b c The names of the future racing here today Toyota Racing Series 13 December 2014 Retrieved 16 December 2014 Khorounzhiy Valentin 4 December 2014 FMCS champion Munro confirms Toyota Racing Series return Paddock Scout Retrieved 16 December 2014 Khorounzhiy Valentin 16 December 2014 NZ Formula Ford champion Conroy joins Toyota Racing Series Paddock Scout Retrieved 16 December 2014 Khorounzhiy Valentin 6 December 2014 Thomas Randle joins ETEC for 2015 Toyota Racing Series campaign Paddock Scout Retrieved 16 December 2014 Khorounzhiy Valentin 28 December 2014 Karting star Ilott joins TRS for car debut Paddock Scout Retrieved 1 January 2015 TOYOTA RACING SERIES ANNOUNCES 2015 CHAMPIONSHIP CALENDAR MotorSport New Zealand 14 July 2014 Retrieved 23 September 2014 2015 Toyota Racing Series Championship Articles PDF MotorSport New Zealand MotorSport New Zealand Inc p 8 Archived from the original PDF on 21 January 2015 Retrieved 17 January 2015 7 4 1 b The races available at Round 4 will be Saturday afternoon Race One and Race Two Sunday afternoon Race Three and Race Four External links editOfficial website of the Toyota Racing Series Retrieved from https en 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