2015 BRDC Formula 4 Championship

The 2015 Duo BRDC Formula 4 Championship^[1] was a multi-event motor racing championship for open wheel, formula racing cars held across England. The championship featured a mix of professional motor racing teams and privately funded drivers competing in 2-litre Duratec single seat race cars that conformed to the technical regulations for the championship. The 2015 season was the third BRDC Formula 4 Championship organised by the British Racing Drivers' Club in the United Kingdom. The season began at Oulton Park on 4 April and ended on 27 September at Brands Hatch, after eight triple header events for a total of twenty-four races.

Will Palmer, running for the HHC Motorsport team, was a comfortable champion in the series; he wrapped up the title with one event to spare.^[2] Having been a title contender in 2014, Palmer won exactly half of the races to be held in 2015 – a series-record twelve wins – and fifteen podiums in total saw him finish 137 points clear of the championship runner-up, team-mate Harrison Newey. Newey racked up eight podium finishes before he was able to take the first of two victories during the season, at Donington Park. He added a second win at Brands Hatch, taking a total of twelve podium finishes in 2015. Third place in the drivers' championship went to Chris Dittmann Racing driver Tom Jackson, who also won two races during the season – both coming at Snetterton.

Five other drivers won races during the season; Lanan Racing duo Rodrigo Fonseca (Rockingham and Silverstone) and Chris Mealin (Oulton Park and Rockingham) each won a pair of races, as did Jordan Albert of Sean Walkinshaw Racing, winning races at Oulton Park and Brands Hatch. The remaining races were won by Jackson's team-mate Omar Ismail at Snetterton and Michael O'Brien, who won the partially reversed-grid race at Rockingham for MGR Motorsport. Of the 23 drivers eligible to score points towards the drivers' championship, 17 recorded at least one podium finish.

Teams and drivers[edit]

All teams were British-registered.

Team	No.	Driver	Rounds
Douglas Motorsport	2	Akhil Rabindra^[3]	All
Douglas Motorsport	24	Fernando Urrutia^[4]	All
HHC Motorsport	3	Will Palmer^[5]	All
	33	Harrison Newey^[6]	All
	37	Sisa Ngebulana^[7]	All
Chris Dittmann Racing	4	Omar Ismail^[8]	3–8
	11	Paul Sieljes^[9]	2
	12	Tom Jackson^[10]	All
	94	Michael O'Brien^[11]	4–5, 7
Hillspeed^[12]	7	Faisal Al Zubair^[12]	1–2, 4–6, 8
	17	Riki Christodoulou^[13]^{[N 1]}	3
	51	Ameya Vaidyanathan^[14]	All
	66	Sebastian Lanzetti^[12]	1–3
	77	Hernán Fallas^[15]	6–8
Lanan Racing	8	Jack Bartholomew^[16]	All
	9	Rodrigo Fonseca^[17]	All
	10	Chris Mealin^[18]	All
Lang Sport	14	Jack Lang^[19]	All
Sean Walkinshaw Racing	18	Zubair Hoque^[20]	All
	23	Jordan Albert^[21]	All
	32	Marc González^[22]	4
23 Racing^[23]	44	James Reveler^[23]	All
MGR Motorsport	77	Hernán Fallas^[24]	1–3
MGR Motorsport	94	Michael O'Brien^[25]	1–3
Graham Brunton Racing^[26]	79	Ciaran Haggerty^[26]	All
JR Racing^[27]	95	Joe Stables^[27]	4–6, 8

Notes

^ Guest driver ineligible for any championship points.

Race calendar and results[edit]

The calendar was published on 26 November 2014.^[28] The series supported British GT at six events, with stand-alone events at Snetterton in July and Brands Hatch in September.

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team
1	R1	Oulton Park (International Circuit, Cheshire)	4 April	Will Palmer	Harrison Newey	Will Palmer	HHC Motorsport
	R2		6 April		Jordan Albert	Chris Mealin	Lanan Racing
	R3		6 April		Harrison Newey	Jordan Albert	Sean Walkinshaw Racing
2	R4	Rockingham (National Circuit, Northamptonshire)	2 May	Harrison Newey	Rodrigo Fonseca	Rodrigo Fonseca	Lanan Racing
	R5		3 May		Tom Jackson	Michael O'Brien	MGR Motorsport
	R6		3 May		Rodrigo Fonseca	Chris Mealin	Lanan Racing
3	R7	Silverstone Circuit (Grand Prix, Northamptonshire)	30 May	Will Palmer	Will Palmer	Will Palmer	HHC Motorsport
	R8		31 May		Ciaran Haggerty	Rodrigo Fonseca	Lanan Racing
	R9		31 May		Will Palmer	Will Palmer	HHC Motorsport
4	R10	Snetterton Circuit (300 Circuit, Norfolk)	11 July	Omar Ismail	Harrison Newey	Omar Ismail	Chris Dittmann Racing
	R11		12 July		Will Palmer	Tom Jackson	Chris Dittmann Racing
	R12		12 July		Will Palmer	Will Palmer	HHC Motorsport
5	R13	Brands Hatch (Grand Prix Circuit, Kent)	1 August	Will Palmer	Will Palmer	Will Palmer	HHC Motorsport
	R14		2 August		Will Palmer	Jordan Albert	Sean Walkinshaw Racing
	R15		2 August		Will Palmer	Will Palmer	HHC Motorsport
6	R16	Snetterton Circuit (300 Circuit, Norfolk)	22 August	Will Palmer	Will Palmer	Will Palmer	HHC Motorsport
	R17		23 August		Tom Jackson	Tom Jackson	Chris Dittmann Racing
	R18		23 August		Will Palmer	Will Palmer	HHC Motorsport
7	R19	Donington Park (Grand Prix Circuit, Leicestershire)	12 September	Harrison Newey	Will Palmer	Harrison Newey	HHC Motorsport
	R20		13 September		Will Palmer	Will Palmer	HHC Motorsport
	R21		13 September		Will Palmer	Will Palmer	HHC Motorsport
8	R22	Brands Hatch (Indy Circuit, Kent)	26 September	Will Palmer	Will Palmer	Will Palmer	HHC Motorsport
	R23		27 September		Will Palmer	Harrison Newey	HHC Motorsport
	R24		27 September		Will Palmer	Will Palmer	HHC Motorsport

Championship standings[edit]

Scoring system

Points were awarded to the top 20 classified finishers in all races.

Races	Position, points per race
Races	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16th	17th	18th	19th	20th
Races 1 & 3	35	29	24	21	19	17	15	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1
Race 2	25	22	20	18	16	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

Drivers' championship[edit]

Pos.	Driver	OUL			ROC			SIL			SNE			BRH			SNE			DON			BRH			Points
1	Will Palmer	1	3	5	Ret	5	8	1	4	1	2	18	1	1	4	1	1	Ret	1	2	1	1	1	6	1	592
2	Harrison Newey	2	6	9	Ret	4	12	Ret	6	2	3	15	2	4	2	11	2	2	3	1	7	3	8	1	2	455
3	Tom Jackson	4	5	4	Ret	2	5	4	3	10	16	1	4	3	3	5	3	1	2	10	6	12	13	12	3	420
4	Rodrigo Fonseca	9	8	3	1	8	2	15	1	3	6	2	7	10	5	6	7	Ret	12	DSQ	9	2	3	3	4	409
5	Ciaran Haggerty	6	2	7	13	Ret	Ret	2	14	6	7	4	3	2	6	3	4	6	5	4	4	5	4	5	8	406
6	Jordan Albert	18	16	1	5	3	Ret	3	5	4	5	5	Ret	7	1	9	13	5	7	8	8	9	5	4	7	359
7	Jack Bartholomew	5	4	6	6	9	4	6	8	15	Ret	3	11	Ret	11	4	12	8	6	6	2	8	9	8	10	329
8	Chris Mealin	7	1	2	4	6	1	16	DSQ	7	NC	6	10	8	8	7	9	DSQ	8	7	10	Ret	10	9	Ret	303
9	Omar Ismail							7	Ret	17	1	7	5	6	7	2	5	4	4	5	5	6	Ret	19	Ret	260
10	Jack Lang	12	9	Ret	3	Ret	6	Ret	15	16	14	8	6	5	Ret	18	10	7	10	Ret	11	11	7	2	6	244
11	Sisa Ngebulana	8	15	11	12	16	7	5	2	18	15	Ret	9	9	Ret	8	11	13	13	14	14	Ret	6	7	5	221
12	Ameya Vaidyanathan	16	Ret	12	2	17	Ret	13	16	14	12	9	16	Ret	12	14	16	Ret	9	3	3	7	11	13	9	217
13	Akhil Rabindra	11	10	15	11	7	15	Ret	11	8	8	13	12	11	Ret	10	8	Ret	14	9	16	10	14	14	15	203
14	Zubair Hoque	15	14	8	10	12	3	10	12	12	Ret	14	13	16	13	15	14	9	15	13	12	16	16	15	13	201
15	Fernando Urrutia	10	12	10	Ret	11	14	9	7	11	Ret	12	8	12	10	13	Ret	Ret	16	Ret	15	14	2	10	Ret	194
16	Faisal Al Zubair	14	13	13	9	14	10				9	10	14	13	9	12	6	3	11				12	11	11	189
17	Michael O'Brien	13	11	14	8	1	Ret	12	10	13	4	11	15	17	Ret	Ret				11	Ret	15				150
18	James Reveler	19	17	16	14	15	13	14	17	20	10	16	17	14	14	16	18	11	19	12	13	13	18	16	Ret	134
19	Hernán Fallas	17	Ret	17	Ret	10	Ret	8	Ret	19							17	10	18	15	17	4	15	17	12	103
20	Sebastian Lanzetti	3	7	Ret	15	Ret	9	11	13	9																89
21	Joe Stables										13	17	19	15	15	17	15	12	17				17	18	14	63
22	Paul Sieljes				7	13	11																			34
23	Marc González										11	Ret	18													13
Guest drivers ineligible for points
	Riki Christodoulou							Ret	9	5
Pos.	Driver	OUL			ROC			SIL			SNE			BRH			SNE			DON			BRH			Points

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

Jack Cavill Pole Position Cup[edit]

The Jack Cavill Pole Position Cup was awarded to the driver who started from pole position most often throughout the season. Will Palmer was the winner of the Cup, starting 10 of the 24 races from pole position.

Pos.	Driver	Poles
1	Will Palmer	10
2	Harrison Newey	4
3	Jordan Albert	2
3	Akhil Rabindra	2
5	Hernán Fallas	1
	Rodrigo Fonseca	1
	Omar Ismail	1
	Chris Mealin	1
	Sisa Ngebulana	1
	Michael O'Brien	1

2015 BRDC Formula 4 Autumn Trophy[edit]

References[edit]

^ "BRDC F4 Championship gains new title sponsorship from DUO". BRDC Formula 4 Championship. British Racing Drivers' Club. 10 February 2015. Archived from the original on 19 February 2015. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
^ Kalinauckas, Alex (13 September 2015). "Will Palmer secures BRDC Formula 4 crown with a round to go". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
^ David, Gruz (13 March 2015). "Akhil Rabindra enters BRDC F4 to race for Douglas Motorsport". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
^ "Fernando Urrutia re-signs for BRDC Formula 4 with Douglas Motorsport". BRDC Formula 4 Championship. British Racing Drivers' Club. 23 March 2015. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
^ David, Gruz (16 December 2014). "HHC retain Palmer for 2015 BRDC F4 title assault". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
^ Allen, Peter (13 November 2014). "Harrison Newey commits to full BRDC F4 programme in 2015". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
^ Allen, Peter (25 February 2015). "HHC complete 2015 BRDC F4 line-up with South African Sisa Ngebulana". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
^ Khorounzhiy, Valentin (12 January 2015). "Omar Ismail secures BRDC F4 debut with Chris Dittmann Racing". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
^ "Sieljes returns to Duo BRDC Formula 4 with Chris Dittmann Racing". BRDC Formula 4 Championship. British Racing Drivers' Club. 24 April 2015. Archived from the original on 28 April 2015. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
^ Allen, Peter (23 February 2015). "Tom Jackson stays with CDR for second season in BRDC F4". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
^ "Title battle recommences at Snetterton". BRDC Formula 4 Championship. British Racing Drivers' Club. 7 July 2015. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 13 August 2015. Michael O'Brien rounds out the top-10 as he switches to competing for Chris Dittmann Racing and the 20-year-old will be looking to add his second win of the year at Snetterton.
^ ^a ^b ^c Khorounzhiy, Valentin (8 January 2015). "Hillspeed confirm Al Zubair and Lanzetti for 2015 BRDC F4 season". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
^ "Palmer tops opening wet practice session at Silverstone". BRDC Formula 4 Championship. British Racing Drivers' Club. 29 May 2015. Retrieved 2 June 2015.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Rookie Vaidyanathan completes Hillspeed's BRDC F4 line-up". BRDC Formula 4 Championship. British Racing Drivers' Club. 23 March 2015. Archived from the original on 27 March 2015. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
^ "Fallas to race with Hillspeed at Snetterton". BRDC Formula 4 Championship. British Racing Drivers' Club. 20 August 2015. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
^ David, Gruz (7 January 2015). "Bartholomew joins BRDC F4 with team champions Lanan". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
^ Allen, Peter (29 January 2015). "Rodrigo Fonseca joins Lanan for second BRDC F4 season". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
^ "Mealin completes Lanan Racing line-up for Duo BRDC Formula 4". BRDC Formula 4 Championship. British Racing Drivers' Club. 2 March 2015. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
^ Khorounzhiy, Valentin (5 February 2015). "Jack Lang enters BRDC F4 for 2015 season". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
^ Allen, Peter (19 January 2015). "Zubair Hoque signs with SWR for 2015 BRDC F4 season". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
^ Khorounzhiy, Valentin (4 March 2015). "SWR retain Albert for a second BRDC F4 season". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
^ "Spanish Teenager Gonzalez to Make F4 Debut with SWR at Snetterton". BRDC Formula 4 Championship. British Racing Drivers' Club. 7 July 2015. Archived from the original on 13 July 2015. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
^ ^a ^b "James Reveler becomes 20th driver on the BRDC Formula 4 grid". BRDC Formula 4 Championship. British Racing Drivers' Club. 25 March 2015. Archived from the original on 27 March 2015. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
^ Khorounzhiy, Valentin (10 March 2015). "Hernan Fallas announced as MGR's first 2015 signing in BRDC F4". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
^ "O'Brien joins Mark Godwin Racing in BRDC Formula 4". BRDC Formula 4 Championship. British Racing Drivers' Club. 30 March 2015. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Haggerty to race in BRDC F4 with Ecurie Ecosse and support of Indy 500 winner Franchitti". BRDC Formula 4 Championship. British Racing Drivers' Club. 23 March 2015. Archived from the original on 25 March 2015. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Stables Joins 2015 Duo BRDC Formula 4 Grid with JR Racing". BRDC Formula 4 Championship. British Racing Drivers' Club. 11 July 2015. Archived from the original on 13 July 2015. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
^ Mitchell, Scott (26 November 2014). "BRDC Formula 4 replaces Formula 3 on British GT package for 2015". Autosport. Haymarket. Retrieved 27 November 2014.

External links[edit]

Official website

[14] Guest driver ineligible for any championship points.

[1] "BRDC F4 Championship gains new title sponsorship from DUO". BRDC Formula 4 Championship. British Racing Drivers' Club. 10 February 2015. Archived from the original on 19 February 2015. Retrieved 19 February 2015.

[2] Kalinauckas, Alex (13 September 2015). "Will Palmer secures BRDC Formula 4 crown with a round to go". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 23 October 2015.

[3] David, Gruz (13 March 2015). "Akhil Rabindra enters BRDC F4 to race for Douglas Motorsport". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 13 March 2015.

[4] "Fernando Urrutia re-signs for BRDC Formula 4 with Douglas Motorsport". BRDC Formula 4 Championship. British Racing Drivers' Club. 23 March 2015. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 23 March 2015.

[5] David, Gruz (16 December 2014). "HHC retain Palmer for 2015 BRDC F4 title assault". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 18 December 2014.

[6] Allen, Peter (13 November 2014). "Harrison Newey commits to full BRDC F4 programme in 2015". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 27 November 2014.

[7] Allen, Peter (25 February 2015). "HHC complete 2015 BRDC F4 line-up with South African Sisa Ngebulana". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 25 February 2015.

[8] Khorounzhiy, Valentin (12 January 2015). "Omar Ismail secures BRDC F4 debut with Chris Dittmann Racing". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 1 February 2015.

[9] "Sieljes returns to Duo BRDC Formula 4 with Chris Dittmann Racing". BRDC Formula 4 Championship. British Racing Drivers' Club. 24 April 2015. Archived from the original on 28 April 2015. Retrieved 28 April 2015.

[10] Allen, Peter (23 February 2015). "Tom Jackson stays with CDR for second season in BRDC F4". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 23 February 2015.

[11] "Title battle recommences at Snetterton". BRDC Formula 4 Championship. British Racing Drivers' Club. 7 July 2015. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 13 August 2015. Michael O'Brien rounds out the top-10 as he switches to competing for Chris Dittmann Racing and the 20-year-old will be looking to add his second win of the year at Snetterton.

[Hillspeed-12] Khorounzhiy, Valentin (8 January 2015). "Hillspeed confirm Al Zubair and Lanzetti for 2015 BRDC F4 season". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 8 January 2015.

[13] "Palmer tops opening wet practice session at Silverstone". BRDC Formula 4 Championship. British Racing Drivers' Club. 29 May 2015. Retrieved 2 June 2015.^{[permanent dead link]}

[15] "Rookie Vaidyanathan completes Hillspeed's BRDC F4 line-up". BRDC Formula 4 Championship. British Racing Drivers' Club. 23 March 2015. Archived from the original on 27 March 2015. Retrieved 23 March 2015.

[16] "Fallas to race with Hillspeed at Snetterton". BRDC Formula 4 Championship. British Racing Drivers' Club. 20 August 2015. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 22 August 2015.

[17] David, Gruz (7 January 2015). "Bartholomew joins BRDC F4 with team champions Lanan". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 8 January 2015.

[18] Allen, Peter (29 January 2015). "Rodrigo Fonseca joins Lanan for second BRDC F4 season". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 1 February 2015.

[19] "Mealin completes Lanan Racing line-up for Duo BRDC Formula 4". BRDC Formula 4 Championship. British Racing Drivers' Club. 2 March 2015. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 2 March 2015.

[20] Khorounzhiy, Valentin (5 February 2015). "Jack Lang enters BRDC F4 for 2015 season". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 5 February 2015.

[21] Allen, Peter (19 January 2015). "Zubair Hoque signs with SWR for 2015 BRDC F4 season". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 20 January 2015.

[22] Khorounzhiy, Valentin (4 March 2015). "SWR retain Albert for a second BRDC F4 season". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 4 March 2015.

[23] "Spanish Teenager Gonzalez to Make F4 Debut with SWR at Snetterton". BRDC Formula 4 Championship. British Racing Drivers' Club. 7 July 2015. Archived from the original on 13 July 2015. Retrieved 11 July 2015.

[23Racing-24] "James Reveler becomes 20th driver on the BRDC Formula 4 grid". BRDC Formula 4 Championship. British Racing Drivers' Club. 25 March 2015. Archived from the original on 27 March 2015. Retrieved 25 March 2015.

[25] Khorounzhiy, Valentin (10 March 2015). "Hernan Fallas announced as MGR's first 2015 signing in BRDC F4". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 10 March 2015.

[26] "O'Brien joins Mark Godwin Racing in BRDC Formula 4". BRDC Formula 4 Championship. British Racing Drivers' Club. 30 March 2015. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 30 March 2015.

[GBR-27] "Haggerty to race in BRDC F4 with Ecurie Ecosse and support of Indy 500 winner Franchitti". BRDC Formula 4 Championship. British Racing Drivers' Club. 23 March 2015. Archived from the original on 25 March 2015. Retrieved 23 March 2015.

[JRR-28] "Stables Joins 2015 Duo BRDC Formula 4 Grid with JR Racing". BRDC Formula 4 Championship. British Racing Drivers' Club. 11 July 2015. Archived from the original on 13 July 2015. Retrieved 11 July 2015.

[29] Mitchell, Scott (26 November 2014). "BRDC Formula 4 replaces Formula 3 on British GT package for 2015". Autosport. Haymarket. Retrieved 27 November 2014.

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