The 2015 GP2 Series season was the forty-ninth season of the second-tier of Formula One feeder championship and also eleventh season under the GP2 Series moniker, a championship for open-wheel racing cars run as a support series to the 2015 Formula One World Championship. Twenty-six drivers representing thirteen teams raced over eleven rounds, starting in Bahrain on 18 April and finishing in Abu Dhabi on 29 November.
Rule changes
- The series continued to use the Dallara GP2/11 chassis first introduced in 2011, but introduced the Drag Reduction System (DRS), akin to that used in Formula One. The series used the same detection and activation points at each circuit as Formula One, and followed the same rules for activation, requiring drivers to be within one second of the car in front at the detection point for DRS to become available. The upper-element rear wing angle has a same angle as Formula One upper-element rear wing. In an event of rainy conditions, Drag Reduction Systems are automatically deactivated until the rain stopped.
Teams and drivers
Team changes
Driver changes
Changing teams
Entering GP2
- 2014 Formula Renault 3.5 Series driver Zoël Amberg will switch to the series, joining Lazarus.
- Jordan King, who previously competed in European Formula 3, will make his GP2 debut with Racing Engineering.
- GP3 Series champion Alex Lynn will graduate to the series with reigning champions DAMS.
- Nobuharu Matsushita, the 2014 All-Japan Formula Three champion, will make his GP2 debut with ART Grand Prix.
- Norman Nato, who previously competed in Formula Renault 3.5, will make his GP2 debut with Arden International.
- Sergey Sirotkin will move from the Formula Renault 3.5 series, to join the Rapax Team.
- Marlon Stöckinger, who raced for Status Grand Prix in the 2012 GP3 Series season, will return to the team after two seasons in the Formula Renault 3.5 Series.
- Robert ViÃÂoiu will graduate to the series with Rapax.
- Richie Stanaway, who previously competed in GP3, will graduate to the series with Status.
- Nick Yelloly, who previously competed in GP3, will graduate to the series with Hilmer.
Leaving GP2
Mid-season changes
Calendar
In December 2014, the full 2015 calendar was revealed with eleven events.
Calendar changes
Results
Summary
Championship standings
Scoring system
Points were awarded to the top 10 classified finishers in the Feature race, and to the top 8 classified finishers in the Sprint race. The pole-sitter in the feature race also received four points, and two points were given to the driver who set the fastest lap inside the top ten in both the feature and sprint races. No extra points were awarded to the pole-sitter in the sprint race.
Feature race points
Sprint race points
Points were awarded to the top 8 classified finishers.
Drivers' championship
Due to a first lap accident resulting in barriers needing to be repaired, the first race at Sochi was shortened to 15 laps instead of the 28 originally scheduled, and as a result half points were awarded.
The second race at Yas Marina was cancelled after a first lap accident, during which four cars made contact with the barriers on the outside of turn 3. The race was red-flagged, then abandoned as the barriers were not sufficiently repaired in time to restart the race. As less than 2 laps were completed, no result was reached and no points were awarded.
Notes:
- â â Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.
Teams' championship
Notes:
- â â Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.
Notes
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