2015 Renault Sport Trophy

The 2015 Renault Sport Trophy season was the inaugural season of the Renault–supported touring car category, a one-make racing series that is part of the World Series by Renault. The season began at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps on 30 May and finished on 18 October at Circuito de Jerez. The series formed part of the World Series by Renault meetings at six triple header rounds.^[1]

Andrea Pizzitola won the Elite Class, Dario Capitanio gained both the Prestige Class and the Endurance Trophy, sharing the car with David Fumanelli. Oregon Team won the teams' championship.

Teams and drivers

Team	No.	Drivers	Class	Rounds
Equipe Verschuur^[1]	1	Miguel Ramos^[2]	E	1–2, 4, 6
		Pieter Schothorst	E	3, 5
		António Coimbra^[2]	P	1–4, 6
		Max van Splunteren	P	5
	10	Steijn Schothorst^[2]	E	All
	10	Jeroen Schothorst^[2]	P	All
ART Junior Team^[1]	2	Andrea Pizzitola^[3]	E	All
	2	Richard Gonda^[3]	P	All
	3	Indy Dontje^[4]	E	All
	3	Toni Forné^[4]	P	All
V8 Racing^[1]	4	Roy Geerts^[4]	E	1–5
		Meindert van Buuren	E	6
		Max Braams^[4]	P	All
	5	Nicky Pastorelli^[4]	E	All
	5	Diederik Sijthoff^[4]	P	All
	45	Federico Leo^[5]	E	1–2
		Archie Hamilton		3
		Duncan Huisman		5
		Stefano Costantini^[4]	P	1–3
		Oliver Freymuth		4
		Jelle Beelen		5
Oregon Team^[1]	6	Luciano Bacheta^[6]	E	All
	6	Niccolò Nalio^[6]	P	All
	7	Alan Hellmeister^[6]	E	All
	7	Adalberto Baptista^[6]	P	All
	8	David Fumanelli^[6]	E	All
	8	Dario Capitanio^[6]	P	All
Zele Racing^[1]	9	Vittorio Ghirelli^[7]	E	1–4
		Christian Klien^[8]	E	5–6
		Philippe Bourgois^[7]	P	1–5
		Christof von Grünigen^[9]	P	6
	11	Bas Schothorst^[4]	E	All
		Philippe Haezebrouck^[4]	P	1–2
		Andrés Méndez	P	3–6
Monlau Competición^[1]	14	Wolfgang Reip^[4]	E	1–2
		Paul-Loup Chatin		3
		Michela Cerruti		4
		Vincent Capillaire		5
		Nelson Panciatici^[9]		6
		Sarah Bovy^[4]	P	1
		David Cebrián		2
		Chris Harris		3
		Éric Trémoulet		4
		Antoine Boulay		5
		Jean Ragnotti^[9]		6
	15	José Manuel Pérez-Aicart^[9]	E	6
	15	Jürgen Smet^[9]	P	6

Icon	Class
E	Elite
P	Prestige

Race calendar and results

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team
1	En	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa	30 May	Andrea Pizzitola Richard Gonda	Bas Schothorst Philippe Haezebrouck	David Fumanelli Dario Capitanio	Oregon Team
	P		31 May	Richard Gonda	Sarah Bovy	Diederik Sijthoff	V8 Racing
	E		31 May	Andrea Pizzitola	Steijn Schothorst	Steijn Schothorst	Equipe Verschuur
2	En	Hungaroring, Budapest	13 June	Steijn Schothorst Jeroen Schothorst	Steijn Schothorst Jeroen Schothorst	Wolfgang Reip David Cebrián	Monlau Competición
	P		14 June	Richard Gonda	Richard Gonda	Richard Gonda	ART Junior Team
	E		14 June	Steijn Schothorst	Steijn Schothorst	Steijn Schothorst	Equipe Verschuur
3	En	Silverstone Circuit	5 September	Luciano Bacheta Niccolò Nalio	Pieter Schothorst António Coimbra	Luciano Bacheta Niccolò Nalio	Oregon Team
	P		6 September	Niccolò Nalio	Niccolò Nalio	Niccolò Nalio	Oregon Team
	E		6 September	Pieter Schothorst	Pieter Schothorst	Pieter Schothorst	Equipe Verschuur
4	En	Nürburgring, Nürburg	12 September	Roy Geerts Max Braams	Roy Geerts Max Braams	Roy Geerts Max Braams	V8 Racing
	P		13 September	Dario Capitanio	Dario Capitanio	Dario Capitanio	Oregon Team
	E		13 September	Roy Geerts	Andrea Pizzitola	Andrea Pizzitola	ART Junior Team
5	En	Bugatti Circuit, Le Mans	26 September	Andrea Pizzitola Richard Gonda	Steijn Schothorst Jeroen Schothorst	Andrea Pizzitola Richard Gonda	ART Junior Team
	P		27 September	Richard Gonda	Max Braams	Dario Capitanio	Oregon Team
	E		27 September	David Fumanelli	Pieter Schothorst	David Fumanelli	Oregon Team
6	En	Circuito de Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera	17 October	David Fumanelli Dario Capitanio	Andrea Pizzitola Richard Gonda	Andrea Pizzitola Richard Gonda	ART Junior Team
	P		18 October	Richard Gonda	Richard Gonda	Dario Capitanio	Oregon Team
	E		18 October	David Fumanelli	Steijn Schothorst	Indy Dontje	ART Junior Team

Championship standings

For Elite and Prestige Class only eight results out of nine counted for the championship.

Elite class

Pos.	Driver	SPA	HUN		SIL	NÜR		LMS	JER		Pts.
Pos.	Driver	E	En	E	E	En	E	E	En	E	Pts.
1	Andrea Pizzitola	2	3	(5)	4	3	1	4	1	3	140
2	Steijn Schothorst	1	1	1	Ret	4	2	Ret	2	4	138
3	David Fumanelli	Ret	4	6	5	2	4	1	8	6	103
4	Indy Dontje	6	8	10	2	5	3	DNS	3	1	96
5	Luciano Bacheta	4	7	7	Ret	Ret	5	5	7	7	62
6	Nicky Pastorelli	9	Ret	9	3	11	6	2	4	Ret	57
7	Roy Geerts	8	9	2	11	1	Ret	Ret			49
8	Bas Schothorst	10	6	13	6	7	11	7	5	8	49
9	Vittorio Ghirelli	5	5	3	9	6	10				46
10	Wolfgang Reip	3	2	4							45
11	Pieter Schothorst				1			3			40
12	Alan Hellmeister	DNS	Ret	12	8	8	7	8	12	Ret	22
13	Miguel Ramos	Ret	10	11		9	9		10	9	15
14	Federico Leo	7	Ret	8							10
15	Paul-Loup Chatin				7						6
16	Michela Cerruti					10	8				5
17	Archie Hamilton				10						1
Guest drivers inelegible for points
	Christian Klien							6	9	2	0
	José Manuel Pérez-Aicart								13	5	0
	Nelson Panciatici								6	11	0
	Vincent Capillaire							9			0
	Meindert van Buuren								11	10	0
	Duncan Huisman							10			0
Pos.	Driver	E	En	E	E	En	E	E	En	E	Pts.
Pos.	Driver	SPA	HUN		SIL	NÜR		LMS	JER		Pts.

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	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 Lap

Prestige class

Pos.	Driver	SPA		HUN	SIL		NÜR	LMS		JER	Pts.
Pos.	Driver	En	P	P	En	P	P	En	P	P	Pts.
1	Dario Capitanio	3	Ret	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	162
2	Richard Gonda	1	Ret	1	Ret	Ret	4	1	2	3	123
3	Diederik Sijthoff	4	1	3	5	(6)	5	3	4	6	109
4	Niccolò Nalio	2	Ret	Ret	1	1	2	8	5	13	103
5	Max Braams	5	5	4	4	4	3	(9)	3	4	101
6	Toni Forné	7	2	7	3	3	6	Ret	Ret	5	81
7	Stefano Costantini	6	4	5	11	5					40
8	Andrés Méndez				7	Ret	7	10	9	8	28
9	Jeroen Schothorst	Ret	Ret	10	8	8	12	7	10	9	27
10	Philippe Bourgois	12	6	9	Ret	9	Ret	4	Ret		24
11	Sarah Bovy	8	3								19
12	Adalberto Baptista	11	Ret	11	10	10	9	6	11	10	19
13	António Coimbra	9	Ret	8	9	Ret	10			7	17
14	Chris Harris				6	7					14
15	David Cebrián			6							8
16	Philippe Haezebrouck	10	7	12							7
17	Oliver Freymuth						8				4
	Éric Trémoulet						11				0
Guest drivers inelegible for points
	Christof von Grünigen									2	0
	Max van Splunteren							DSQ	6		0
	Antoine Boulay							7	8		0
	Jelle Beelen							Ret	7		0
	Jean Ragnotti									11	0
	Jürgen Smet									12	0
Pos.	Driver	En	P	P	En	P	P	En	P	P	Pts.
Pos.	Driver	SPA		HUN	SIL		NÜR	LMS		JER	Pts.

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	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 Lap

Endurance Trophy

Pos.	Driver	SPA	HUN	SIL	NÜR	LMS	JER	Pts.
1	David Fumanelli Dario Capitanio	1	2	2	2	2	2	115
2	Andrea Pizzitola Richard Gonda	3	3	Ret	3	1	1	95
3	Luciano Bacheta Niccolò Nalio	2	4	1	Ret	9	3	72
4	Max Braams	9	8	4	1	7	7	57
5	Roy Geerts	9	8	4	1	7		49
6	Nicky Pastorelli Diederik Sijthoff	11	Ret	5	7	3	4	43
7	Indy Dontje Toni Forné	5	6	3	5	Ret	Ret	43
8	Wolfgang Reip	4	1					37
9	Bas Schothorst	6	9	6	8	8	6	36
10	Andrés Méndez			6	8	8	6	26
11	António Coimbra	7	7	Ret	6		8	24
12	Miguel Ramos	7	7		6		8	24
13	David Cebrián		1					25
14	Steijn Schothorst Jeroen Schothorst	Ret	5	Ret	Ret	4	Ret	22
15	Alan Hellmeister Adalberto Baptista	8	Ret	7	DSQ	6	10	22
16	Michela Cerruti Éric Trémoulet				4			12
17	Philippe Bourgois	Ret	10	Ret	Ret	5		11
18	Philippe Haezebrouck	6	9					10
19	Paul-Loup Chatin Chris Harris			8				4
20	Oliver Freymuth				9			2
21	Vittorio Ghirelli	Ret	10	Ret	Ret			1
22	Stefano Costantini	10	Ret	Ret				1
23	Federico Leo	10	Ret					1
	Pieter Schothorst			Ret		DSQ		0
	Archie Hamilton			Ret				0
Guest drivers inelegible for points
	Christian Klien					5	5	0
	Christof von Grünigen						5	0
	Meindert van Buuren						7	0
	Nelson Panciatici Jean Ragnotti						9	0
	José Manuel Pérez-Aicart Jürgen Smet						Ret	0
	Vincent Capillaire Antoine Boulay					Ret		0
	Duncan Huisman Jelle Beelen					Ret		0
	Max van Splunteren					DSQ		0
Pos.	Driver	SPA	HUN	SIL	NÜR	LMS	JER	Pts.

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	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 Lap

Teams' Championship

Pos.	Team	No.	SPA			HUN			SIL			NÜR			LMS			JER			Pts.
Pos.	Team	No.	En	P	E	En	P	E	En	P	E	En	P	E	En	P	E	En	P	E	Pts.
1	Oregon Team	6	2	Ret	4	4	Ret	7	1	1	Ret	Ret	2	5	9	5	5	3	13	7	454
1	Oregon Team	8	1	Ret	Ret	2	2	6	2	2	5	2	1	4	2	1	1	2	1	6	454
2	ART Junior Team	2	3	Ret	2	3	1	5	Ret	Ret	4	3	4	1	1	2	4	1	3	3	424
2	ART Junior Team	3	5	2	6	6	7	10	3	3	2	5	6	3	Ret	Ret	DNS	Ret	5	1	424
3	V8 Racing	4	9	5	8	8	4	2	4	4	11	1	3	Ret	7	3	Ret	7	4	10	315
3	V8 Racing	5	11	1	9	Ret	3	9	5	6	3	7	5	6	3	4	2	4	6	Ret	315
4	Equipe Verschuur	1	7	Ret	Ret	7	8	11	Ret	Ret	1	6	10	9	DSQ	6	3	8	7	9	210
4	Equipe Verschuur	10	Ret	Ret	1	5	10	1	Ret	8	Ret	Ret	12	2	4	10	Ret	Ret	9	4	210
5	Zele Racing	9	Ret	6	5	10	9	3	Ret	9	9	Ret	Ret	10	5	Ret	6	5	2	2	172
5	Zele Racing	11	6	7	10	9	11	13	6	Ret	6	8	7	11	8	9	7	6	8	8	172
6	Monlau Competición	14	4	3	3	1	6	4	8	7	7	4	11	8	Ret	8	9	9	11	11	139
6	Monlau Competición	15																Ret	12	4	139
Pos.	Team	No.	En	P	E	En	P	E	En	P	E	En	P	E	En	P	E	En	P	E	Pts.
Pos.	Team	No.	SPA			HUN			SIL			NÜR			LMS			JER			Pts.

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	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 Lap

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "The first Renault Sport R.S. 01s have arrived". World Series by Renault. Renault Sport. 22 April 2015. Archived from the original on 20 April 2015. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
1 2 3 4 "Verschuur annuncia 4 piloti" [Verschuur announces 4 drivers]. Italiaracing.net (in Italian). Inpagina. 24 April 2015. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
1 2 "Pizzitola con ART Junior" [Pizzitola with ART Junior]. Italiaracing.net (in Italian). Inpagina. 12 May 2015. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Return to the Source for the World Series by Renault". World Series by Renault. Renault Sport. 27 May 2015. Archived from the original on 30 May 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
↑ "Leo al via con V8 Racing" [Leo to race with V8 Racing]. Italiaracing.net (in Italian). Inpagina. 25 May 2015. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
1 2 3 4 5 6 "Sei piloti per la Oregon. Bacheta e Fumanelli i big" [Six drivers for Oregon. Bacheta and Fumanelli the "big"]. Italiaracing.net (in Italian). Inpagina. 5 May 2015. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
1 2 "Ghirelli e Bourgois con Zele" [Ghirelli and Bourgois with Zele]. Italiaracing.net (in Italian). Inpagina. 7 May 2015. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
↑ "Klien al posto di Ghirelli da Zele" [Klien in place of Ghirelli with Zele]. Italiaracing.net (in Italian). Inpagina. 23 September 2015. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
1 2 3 4 5 "Ragnotti con Monlau a Jerez" [Ragnotti with Monlau in Jerez]. Italiaracing.net (in Italian). Inpagina. 16 October 2015. Retrieved 16 October 2015.

External links

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[Teams-1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "The first Renault Sport R.S. 01s have arrived". World Series by Renault. Renault Sport. 22 April 2015. Archived from the original on 20 April 2015. Retrieved 22 April 2015.

[Verschuur-2] 1 2 3 4 "Verschuur annuncia 4 piloti" [Verschuur announces 4 drivers]. Italiaracing.net (in Italian). Inpagina. 24 April 2015. Retrieved 5 May 2015.

[R-ace-3] 1 2 "Pizzitola con ART Junior" [Pizzitola with ART Junior]. Italiaracing.net (in Italian). Inpagina. 12 May 2015. Retrieved 12 May 2015.

[Spa-4] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Return to the Source for the World Series by Renault". World Series by Renault. Renault Sport. 27 May 2015. Archived from the original on 30 May 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2015.

[5] "Leo al via con V8 Racing" [Leo to race with V8 Racing]. Italiaracing.net (in Italian). Inpagina. 25 May 2015. Retrieved 25 May 2015.

[Oregon-6] 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Sei piloti per la Oregon. Bacheta e Fumanelli i big" [Six drivers for Oregon. Bacheta and Fumanelli the "big"]. Italiaracing.net (in Italian). Inpagina. 5 May 2015. Retrieved 5 May 2015.

[Zele-7] 1 2 "Ghirelli e Bourgois con Zele" [Ghirelli and Bourgois with Zele]. Italiaracing.net (in Italian). Inpagina. 7 May 2015. Retrieved 7 May 2015.

[8] "Klien al posto di Ghirelli da Zele" [Klien in place of Ghirelli with Zele]. Italiaracing.net (in Italian). Inpagina. 23 September 2015. Retrieved 23 September 2015.

[Ragnotti-9] 1 2 3 4 5 "Ragnotti con Monlau a Jerez" [Ragnotti with Monlau in Jerez]. Italiaracing.net (in Italian). Inpagina. 16 October 2015. Retrieved 16 October 2015.

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