The 2015 Formula Renault 2.0 Alps Series was the fifth year of the Formula Renault 2.0 Alps series, and the fourteenth season of the former Swiss Formula Renault Championship. The championship began on 12 April at Imola and finished on 11 October at Jerez after sixteen races held at seven meetings. The 2015 season featured a new three-race weekend format for rounds at the Red Bull Ring and Monza.

In a final-race decider, British driver Jack Aitken secured the drivers' championship title by five points ahead of his Koiranen GP team-mate Jake Hughes. Aitken trailed Hughes by five points going into the race at Jerez, but Aitken's third-place finish – behind Ben Barnicoat and Anthoine Hubert, who were both ineligible to score championship points – to Hughes' ninth-place finish (third amongst Alps runners) gave him the honours. Aitken took four overall wins during the season, as well as taking three further class wins as the best Alps runner behind drivers ineligible for the drivers' championship. Hughes took three overall wins, adding a fourth class win at Pau. Third place in the championship was also settled in the final race, in favour of Thiago Vivacqua ahead of JD Motorsport team-mate Matevos Isaakyan. Vivacqua, a race-winner at Monza, prevailed by four points over Isaakyan, who took two overall wins and a further class win.

The only other championship-eligible driver to take a race victory was Vasily Romanov, who took a race victory at Monza for Cram Motorsport; he ultimately finished the season in sixth place in the championship. Two guest drivers took race victories during the season; Hubert won four races from six starts for Tech 1 Racing, while Barnicoat won the final race at Jerez for Fortec Motorsports. In the teams' championship, the performances of Aitken and Hughes saw Koiranen GP comfortably win the title, by almost 200 points ahead of JD Motorsport. In the junior championship for drivers under the age of 18, Isaakyan took eleven victories and finished 83 points clear of his nearest challenger, Philip Hamprecht.

Drivers and teams Team Driver name Status Rounds Koiranen GP 1 Anton de Pasquale 3 2 Jake Hughes All 3 Jack Aitken All 4 Philip Hamprecht 1–6 5 Bruno Baptista All 6 Stefan Riener 1–6 9 Max Defourny 2, 7 29 Nerses Isaakyan 6 Fortec Motorsports 6 Stefan Riener 7 15 Martin Kodrić 1–2, 7 16 Ben Barnicoat 1–2, 7 23 Zachary Claman DeMelo 2 46 Jehan Daruvala 5–7 62 Ferdinand Habsburg 5 Cram Motorsport 7 Matteo Ferrer All 21 Vasily Romanov All 37 Mahaveer Raghunathan 4 82 Travis Jordan Fischer All GSK Grand Prix 8 Denis Bulatov 1–6 11 Riccardo Cazzaniga 7 12 Andrea Russo 1 14 Nikita Troitskiy 7 18 Daniele Cazzaniga All 19 Alessio Lorandi 4 33 Julien Falchero 6 BVM Racing 10 Danylo Pronenko 1, 3–7 Technorace 13 Alessandro Perullo 1, 3, 6 Tech 1 Racing 20 Hugo de Sadeleer 1, 7 22 Anthoine Hubert 1–2, 7 31 Simon Gachet 1–2, 7 ARTA Engineering 25 Amaury Richard 1, 3, 7 26 James Allen All 27 Matthieu Vaxivière 2 JD Motorsport 35 Matevos Isaakyan All 36 Thiago Vivacqua All 37 Aleksey Korneev 6–7 Brixia Horse Power 39 Andrea Baiguera 6 Icon Status Drivers that competed for the Juniors' Championship Guest drivers ineligible to score points

Race calendar and results The seven-event calendar for the 2015 season was announced on 5 October 2014. As in 2014, only three rounds were held in Italy – at Monza, Imola and Misano. The Pau Grand Prix, Red Bull Ring, Spa-Francorchamps and Jerez were the remaining four rounds.

Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team 1 R1 Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola 11 April Anthoine Hubert Anthoine Hubert Anthoine Hubert Tech 1 Racing Matevos Isaakyan R2 12 April Jack Aitken Anthoine Hubert Jack Aitken Koiranen GP Matevos Isaakyan 2 R1 Pau Circuit, Pau 16 May Anthoine Hubert Simon Gachet Anthoine Hubert Tech 1 Racing Matevos Isaakyan R2 17 May Anthoine Hubert Martin Kodrić Anthoine Hubert Tech 1 Racing Denis Bulatov 3 R1 Red Bull Ring, Spielberg 23 May Jack Aitken Jack Aitken Jack Aitken Koiranen GP Matevos Isaakyan R2 24 May Jack Aitken Jack Aitken Jack Aitken Koiranen GP Denis Bulatov R3 Jack Aitken Matevos Isaakyan JD Motorsport Matevos Isaakyan 4 R1 Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 6 June Jake Hughes Vasily Romanov Jake Hughes Koiranen GP Matevos Isaakyan R2 7 June Thiago Vivacqua Jake Hughes Matevos Isaakyan JD Motorsport Matevos Isaakyan 5 R1 Autodromo Nazionale Monza 4 July Vasily Romanov Matevos Isaakyan Thiago Vivacqua JD Motorsport Denis Bulatov R2 5 July Jake Hughes Vasily Romanov Jake Hughes Koiranen GP Matevos Isaakyan R3 Vasily Romanov Vasily Romanov Cram Motorsport Denis Bulatov 6 R1 Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli 19 July Jehan Daruvala Jake Hughes Jack Aitken Koiranen GP Matevos Isaakyan R2 Jehan Daruvala Jake Hughes Jake Hughes Koiranen GP Matevos Isaakyan 7 R1 Circuito de Jerez 10 October Anthoine Hubert Anthoine Hubert Anthoine Hubert Tech 1 Racing Bruno Baptista R2 11 October Martin Kodrić Ben Barnicoat Ben Barnicoat Fortec Motorsports Matevos Isaakyan

Championship standings Points system Points were awarded to the top 10 classified finishers.

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th  Points 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1

Drivers' championship Pos Driver IMO PAU RBR SPA MNZ MIS JER Pts 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 1 Jack Aitken 2 1 8 6 1 1 13 4 4 7 Ret DNS 1 6 2 3 242 2 Jake Hughes Ret 3 5 2 6 2 4 1 3 14 1 Ret 5 1 4 9 237 3 Thiago Vivacqua 7 Ret 7 12 4 3 7 3 2 1 2 Ret 7 3 8 6 197 4 Matevos Isaakyan 8 10 2 Ret 2 Ret 1 2 1 8 6 Ret 2 2 Ret 12 193 5 Stefan Riener 5 6 6 5 3 5 9 5 Ret 4 3 3 6 5 11 15 191 6 Vasily Romanov 16† 7 Ret 11 Ret 11 2 12 5 3 5 1 4 7 5 Ret 138 7 Danylo Pronenko 13 8 7 6 8 6 Ret 15 13 2 10 9 17 16 80 8 Travis Jordan Fischer Ret 15 12 7 Ret Ret 12 8 8 10 9 5 11 10 16 17 62 9 Philip Hamprecht 10 11 14 9 9 13 Ret 7 6 9 10 7 12 Ret 59 10 Matteo Ferrer 12 9 Ret 15 11 12 Ret WD WD 2 7 Ret 14 12 12 21 51 11 James Allen 15 17† 16 Ret 5 9 11 11 Ret 13 12 4 16 14 13 13 48 12 Denis Bulatov Ret Ret Ret 8 10 7 Ret 10 11 5 Ret 6 13 8 46 13 Bruno Baptista 14 16† Ret 14 Ret 8 6 9 9 Ret Ret Ret 15 Ret 19 19 31 14 Daniele Cazzaniga Ret 14 13 Ret Ret Ret 10 Ret 10 11 11 Ret 8 Ret Ret 20 24 15 Andrea Russo 11 Ret 8 16 Alessandro Perullo Ret Ret WD WD WD 17 11 1 Guest drivers ineligible for championship points Anthoine Hubert 1 2 1 1 1 2 Ben Barnicoat 4 5 9 Ret 3 1 Simon Gachet 3 Ret 3 4 9 7 Jehan Daruvala 6 8 Ret 3 4 6 8 Amaury Richard Ret 12 8 10 3 15 22 Matthieu Vaxivière 10 3 Martin Kodrić 6 4 4 13 7 4 Anton de Pasquale Ret 4 5 Ferdinand Habsburg 12 4 Ret Max Defourny 15 10 10 5 Alessio Lorandi Ret 7 Aleksey Korneev 9 Ret 14 11 Hugo de Sadeleer 9 13 Ret 14 Nikita Troitskiy 18 10 Zachary Claman DeMelo 11 Ret Mahaveer Raghunathan Ret 12 Nerses Isaakyan 18 13 Julien Falchero 19 15 Andrea Baiguera 20 16 Riccardo Cazzaniga 20 18 Pos Driver IMO PAU RBR SPA MNZ MIS JER PtsBold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

Juniors' championship

Pos Driver IMO PAU RBR SPA MNZ MIS JER Pts 1 Matevos Isaakyan 8 10 2 Ret 2 Ret 1 2 1 8 6 Ret 2 2 Ret 12 293 2 Philip Hamprecht 10 11 14 9 9 13 Ret 7 6 9 10 7 12 Ret 210 3 Denis Bulatov Ret Ret Ret 8 10 7 Ret 10 11 5 Ret 6 13 8 172 4 Bruno Baptista 14 16† Ret 14 Ret 8 6 9 9 Ret Ret Ret 15 Ret 19 19 163 5 Andrea Russo 11 Ret 15 Pos Driver IMO PAU RBR SPA MNZ MIS JER Pts

Teams' championship Prior to each round of the championship, two drivers from each team – if applicable – were nominated to score teams' championship points. Pos Team Points 1 Koiranen GP 574 2 JD Motorsport 390 3 Cram Motorsport 237 4 BVM Racing 80 5 GSK Grand Prix 78 6 Arta Engineering 48 7 Fortec Motorsports 18 8 Technorace 1 Guest teams ineligible for points Tech 1 Racing Brixia Horse Power

References

External links Official website of the Formula Renault 2.0 Alps championship