2015 FV3 Series season

2015 FV3 Series season
Drivers' Champion: Drake Davies
Teams' Champions: Formation Competition
Previous: 2014	Next: 2016
Top tier: Formula Virtual
Second tier: FV2 • VWRS
Third tier: FV3 • VERS • VARS • VOARS
Other Series: FV2 Winter Series

The 2015 FV3 Series will be the second season of the series, although the first run under the new name, having changed from European Junior Grand Prix Championship. FV3 is run as a support series for Formula Virtual and FV2, and is run by Bradley Downton. The series will follow all European rounds of the 2015 Formula Virtual World Championship.

The EJGP/1 chassis will be used for a second season - although it will be renamed the FV3/1 chassis - with the same 1.6 litre production-based engines built by Ford.

Klaas van Snelheid will be the reigning champion but will not defend his title after stepping up to the 2015 Virtual World Racing Series. Formation Competition - the team that took van Snelheid to the title - will be the reigning team's champions.

Teams and drivers

Team	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Formation Competition	1	Drake Davies	All
	2	Dominykas Zvironas	All
	3	Danielle LeClaire	All
Pegasus International	4	Yrjänä Vähäsöyrinki	All
	5	Rodolfo de la Fuente	All
	6	Naomi Michiko	All
Higgs Grand Prix	7	Peter O'Riley	All
	8	Alfredo di Fernandez	All
	9	Gus Addison	All
Smith Motorsport	10	Artur Słobodowa	All
	11	Juan Alejandro	All
	12	Alexandru Nicolae	All
American Engineering	13	Germund Svensson	All
	14	Jarod Justice	All
	15	Ted Kamen	All
DeMarco Team	16	Vito Certonio	All
	17	Elias Virtanen	All
	18	Luca Andreolli	All
Signature Performance	19	Aleksandr Hadžić	All
	20	Ikram Aliyev	All
	21	Zhivko Dimitrov	All
Schneider Motoren	22	Thierry Xylander	All
	23	Stracimir Kasalica	1–5
	23	Niklaus Hölzberg	6–9
	24	Izaya Yuki	1–5
	24	Hunter Ryan	6–9
AutoInternational	25	José Correia	All
	26	Theo Blackman	All
	27	Joni Artturi	1–7
	27	Otso Toivonen	8–9
Lapierre Formule	28	Lucas Tétrault	1–6
	28	Raphael Lyon	7–9
	29	Alexander McLaughlin	All
	30	Zander Brynildsen	All

Driver changes

Entering/re-entering FV3

Yrjänä Vähäsöyrinki will move into the series from FV2, joining Pegasus International.
Danielle LeClaire will join the series with Formation Competition.
Alfredo di Fernandez and Gus Addison will make their débuts in the series, both driving for Higgs Grand Prix.
Ted Kamen will enter the series driving for American Engineering.
Zhivko Dimitrov will become the first Bulgarian in the series when he makes his début for Signature Performance.
Leon Xylander will join the series with Schneider Motoren.
Luca Andreolli will step down from the FV2 Series and race for DeMarco Team.

Changing teams

Having joined AutoInternational part-way through 2014, Rodolfo de la Fuente will switch to Pegasus International.
Ikram Aliyev will switch from American Engineering to Signature Performance.

Leaving FV3

Klaas van Snelheid and Finn Schnyder both left the series to move into the VWRS, however both remained with Formation Competition.
After a part-season with Lapierre Formule in 2014 Didier Arnaud left the series in favour of a switch to the VWRS.
Niklas Kehlmann left the series to graduate to FV2 with Morley Development Racing.
Nikolajis Christodoulou left Schneider Motoren and moved up to FV2 with American Engineering.
After a partial season in 2014, Viktor Östberg left the series to move to the VWRS with Johnstone Race Engineering.
Rafael Martínez moved up to FV2 with North Star Racing.
Ellenør Haugland left the series to graduate to FV2 racing for Sunrise Necromancer.
Allar Kangur will step up to FV2 where he will compete for Signature Performance.

Calendar

The series will continue to follow every European round on the Formula Virtual calendar and as a result of the changes to the FV calendar, this means Jerez, Paul Ricard and Imola will host their first ever FV3 rounds. Sweden will also join the calendar, opening the season and acting as the season's stand-alone event. In another big change, there will now be two races over a weekend - similar to FV3 - a feature race and a sprint race.

Round		Circuit	Date	Supporting
1	Feature	Anderstorp Raceway, Anderstorp	31 October	none (stand-alone event)
1	Sprint	Anderstorp Raceway, Anderstorp	1 November	none (stand-alone event)
2	Feature	Circuito Permanente de Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera	11 November	2015 Spanish V-Prix
2	Sprint	Circuito Permanente de Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera	12 November	2015 Spanish V-Prix
3	Feature	Autodromo do Estoril, Estoril	9 December	2015 Portuguese V-Prix
3	Sprint	Autodromo do Estoril, Estoril	10 December	2015 Portuguese V-Prix
4	Feature	Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet	1 January	2015 French V-Prix
4	Sprint	Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet	2 January	2015 French V-Prix
5	Feature	Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone	9 January	2015 British V-Prix
5	Sprint	Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone	10 January	2015 British V-Prix
6	Feature	Nürburgring, Nürburg	6 February	2015 German V-Prix
6	Sprint	Nürburgring, Nürburg	7 February	2015 German V-Prix
7	Feature	Circuit Park Zandvoort, Zandvoort	13 February	none¹
7	Sprint	Circuit Park Zandvoort, Zandvoort	14 February	none¹
8	Feature	Circuit Spa Francorchamps, Francorchamps	24 March	2015 Belgian V-Prix
8	Sprint	Circuit Spa Francorchamps, Francorchamps	25 March	2015 Belgian V-Prix
9	Feature	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola	1 April	2015 Italian V-Prix
9	Sprint	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola	2 April	2015 Italian V-Prix

¹ The Dutch round was due to support the 2015 Dutch V-Prix, however bugs were found with the circuit meaning the FV cars couldn't run, but juniors championships were still able to go ahead.

Calendar changes

The FV3 series visited Jerez, Paul Ricard and Imola for the first time in 2015 after the races changed location on the FV calendar.
Sweden joined the calendar as a new event and became the season opener and stand-alone event.
As a result of the new additions to the Formula Virtual calendar, Austria lost it's place and therefore did not feature in FV3 either.

Results and standings

Summary

Round		Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning constructor	Report
1	F	Anderstorp Raceway	Ikram Aliyev	Ikram Aliyev	Ikram Aliyev	Signature Performance	Report
1	S	Anderstorp Raceway		Drake Davies	Thierry Xylander	Schneider Motoren	Report
2	F	Circuito Permanente de Jerez	Thierry Xylander	Zander Brynildsen	Zander Brynildsen	Lapierre Formule	Report
2	S	Circuito Permanente de Jerez		Alexandru Nicolae	Theo Blackman	AutoInternational	Report
3	F	Autodromo do Estoril	Drake Davies	Alfredo di Fernandez	Drake Davies	Formation Competition	Report
3	S	Autodromo do Estoril		Naomi Michiko	Alexandru Nicolae	Smith Motorsport	Report
4	F	Circuit Paul Ricard	Drake Davies	Rodolfo de la Fuente	Rodolfo de la Fuente	Pegasus International	Report
4	S	Circuit Paul Ricard		Rodolfo de la Fuente	Zhivko Dimitrov	Signature Performance	Report
5	F	Silverstone Circuit	Alexander McLaughlin	Zander Brynildsen	Alexander McLaughlin	Lapierre Formule	Report
5	S	Silverstone Circuit		Drake Davies	Danielle LeClaire	Formation Competition	Report
6	F	Nürburgring	Drake Davies	Yrjänä Vähäsöyrinki	Yrjänä Vähäsöyrinki	Pegasus International	Report
6	S	Nürburgring		Drake Davies	Zhivko Dimitrov	Signature Performance	Report
7	F	Circuit Park Zandvoort	Zander Brynildsen	Alfredo di Fernandez	Thierry Xylander	Schneider Motoren	Report
7	S	Circuit Park Zandvoort		Dominykas Zvironas	Dominykas Zvironas	Formation Competition	Report
8	F	Circuit Spa Francorchamps	Dominykas Zvironas	Dominykas Zvironas	Dominykas Zvironas	Formation Competition	Report
8	S	Circuit Spa Francorchamps		Hunter Ryan	Naomi Michiko	Pegasus International	Report
9	F	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	Rodolfo de la Fuente	Thierry Xylander	Rodolfo de la Fuente	Pegasus International	Report
9	S	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari		Dominykas Zvironas	Hunter Ryan	Schneider Motoren	Report

Drivers' championship

Points are awarded to the top twelve classified finishers in the feature, and top ten in the sprint race using the following structures. Feature race pole also awards three points for pole, while both races award one point for fastest lap.

Feature Race points

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	Pole	F Lap
Points	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1	3	1

Sprint Race points

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

Pos	Driver	SWE		ESP		POR		FRA		GBR		GER		NED		BEL		ITA		Points
1	Drake Davies	Ret	15	4	7	1	11	2	8	3	3	2	8	4	7	Ret	17	10	3	149
2	Thierry Xylander	13	1	2	10	3	8	3	Ret	2	13	3	13	1	9	Ret	13	3	10	147
3	Rodolfo de la Fuente	5	9	21	17	19	12	1	7	6	8	6	Ret	8	5	5	9	1	15	113
4	Ikram Aliyev	1	10	12	Ret	16	9	14	2	13	Ret	7	7	12	2	2	8	2	11	107
5	Zander Brynildsen	Ret	21	1	9	Ret	22	4	9	4	10	10	3	2	10	Ret	19	5	7	105
6	Alexander McLaughlin	Ret	19	6	8	10	5	11	4	1	12	14	Ret	5	11	9	Ret	8	5	83
7	Alfredo di Fernandez	Ret	23	10	Ret	2	10	6	11	10	2	5	9	9	4	Ret	21	6	Ret	79
8	Dominykas Zvironas	3	Ret	Ret	23	20	Ret	24	14	Ret	18	20	16	11	1	1	15	Ret	19	63
9	Danielle LeClaire	10	6	15	Ret	17	17	7	Ret	12	1	8	6	10	6	8	5	9	Ret	63
10	Yrjänä Vähäsöyrinki	2	Ret	18	11	13	Ret	13	Ret	Ret	19	1	11	3	12	Ret	23	13	Ret	59
11	Ted Kamen	12	2	8	5	5	7	5	10	15	Ret	11	4	19	15	Ret	25	Ret	16	59
12	Alexandru Nicolae	14	3	Ret	14	12	1	10	5	21	15	9	12	21	18	4	7	19	17	56
13	Luca Andreolli	4	11	3	6	4	Ret	8	Ret	11	6	Ret	25	Ret	21	Ret	14	Ret	22	56
14	Zhivko Dimitrov	20	17	7	3	18	13	15	1	20	17	15	1	Ret	25	Ret	Ret	Ret	24	46
15	Germund Svensson	7	4	19	Ret	11	Ret	9	6	7	Ret	Ret	20	16	14	Ret	11	11	2	45
16	Hunter Ryan											4	10	6	8	Ret	18	14	1	39
17	Gus Addison	22	20	Ret	16	21	14	12	3	Ret	23	16	14	7	Ret	12	2	7	9	38
18	Aleksandr Hadžić	8	8	Ret	24	15	3	27	25	9	7	17	21	13	Ret	7	6	24	Ret	37
19	Jarod Justice	6	13	13	2	6	6	25	18	14	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	24	11	Ret	20	12	35
20	Niklaus Hölzberg											13	5	20	19	3	10	4	Ret	34
21	Theo Blackman	9	7	14	1	Ret	Ret	19	13	16	9	Ret	22	Ret	Ret	Ret	16	15	4	33
22	Artur Słobodowa	21	18	Ret	22	14	2	16	12	8	4	19	17	Ret	Ret	15	4	16	13	33
23	Juan Alejandro	17	12	9	Ret	23	16	Ret	23	5	5	12	2	Ret	20	Ret	Ret	18	14	33
24	Naomi Michiko	19	14	5	Ret	25	15	18	Ret	22	16	24	24	18	16	13	1	17	8	29
25	José Correia	11	5	16	12	9	Ret	29	22	17	11	22	18	17	13	14	3	21	Ret	22
26	Raphael Lyon													15	3	10	Ret	Ret	20	13
27	Vito Certonio	Ret	22	Ret	18	8	4	17	17	Ret	22	Ret	27	Ret	22	Ret	20	22	21	13
28	Peter O'Riley	Ret	24	11	4	26	19	20	19	Ret	25	Ret	26	14	Ret	Ret	22	23	18	10
29	Elias Virtanen	18	Ret	22	20	24	20	28	24	25	21	21	23	22	23	6	12	Ret	23	8
30	Otso Toivonen															Ret	24	12	6	6
31	Joni Artturi	15	Ret	Ret	21	7	Ret	26	16	19	Ret	23	19	Ret	17					6
32	Lucas Tétrault	16	16	17	13	27	23	21	15	18	14	18	15							0
33	Stracimir Kasalica	Ret	25	20	15	28	21	22	20	23	20									0
34	Izaya Yuki	23	Ret	23	19	22	18	23	21	24	24									0
Pos	Driver	AND		JER		EST		PRI		SIL		NUR		ZAN		SPA		IMO		Points

Key
Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Purple	Classified retirement
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
White	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Excluded (EX)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Withdrawn (WD)

Teams' standings

Pos	Driver	No.	SWE		ESP		POR		FRA		GBR		GER		NED		BEL		ITA		Points
Pos	Driver	No.	F	S	F	S	F	S	F	S	F	S	F	S	F	S	F	S	F	S	Points
1	Formation Competition	1	Ret	15	4	7	1	11	2	8	3	3	2	8	4	7	Ret	17	10	3	275
		2	3	Ret	Ret	23	20	Ret	24	14	Ret	18	20	16	11	1	1	15	Ret	19
		3	10	6	15	Ret	17	17	7	Ret	12	1	8	6	10	6	8	5	9	Ret
2	Schneider Motoren	22	13	1	2	10	3	8	3	Ret	2	13	3	13	1	9	Ret	13	3	10	220
		23	Ret	25	20	15	28	21	22	20	23	20	13	5	20	19	3	10	4	Ret
		24	23	Ret	23	19	22	18	23	21	24	24	4	10	6	8	Ret	18	14	1
3	Pegasus International	4	2	Ret	18	11	13	Ret	13	Ret	Ret	19	1	11	3	12	Ret	23	13	Ret	201
		5	5	9	21	17	19	12	1	7	6	8	6	Ret	8	5	5	9	1	15
		6	19	14	5	Ret	25	15	18	Ret	22	16	24	24	18	16	13	1	17	8
4	Lapierre Formule	28	16	16	17	13	27	23	21	15	18	14	18	15	15	3	10	Ret	Ret	20	201
		29	Ret	19	6	8	10	5	11	4	1	12	14	Ret	5	11	9	Ret	8	5
		30	Ret	21	1	9	Ret	22	4	9	4	10	10	3	2	10	Ret	19	5	7
5	Signature Performance	19	8	8	Ret	24	15	3	27	25	9	7	17	21	13	Ret	7	6	24	Ret	190
		20	1	10	12	Ret	16	9	14	2	13	Ret	7	7	12	2	2	8	2	11
		21	20	17	7	3	18	13	15	1	20	17	15	1	Ret	25	Ret	Ret	Ret	24
6	American Engineering	13	7	4	19	Ret	11	Ret	9	6	7	Ret	Ret	20	16	14	Ret	11	11	2	139
		14	6	13	13	2	6	6	25	18	14	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	24	11	Ret	20	12
		15	12	2	8	5	5	7	5	10	15	Ret	11	4	19	15	Ret	25	Ret	16
7	Higgs Grand Prix	7	Ret	24	11	4	26	19	20	19	Ret	25	Ret	26	14	Ret	Ret	22	23	18	127
		8	Ret	23	10	Ret	2	10	6	11	10	2	5	9	9	4	Ret	21	6	Ret
		9	22	20	Ret	16	21	14	12	3	Ret	23	16	14	7	Ret	12	2	7	9
8	Smith Motorsport	10	21	18	Ret	22	14	2	16	12	8	4	19	17	Ret	Ret	15	4	16	13	122
		11	17	12	9	Ret	23	16	Ret	23	5	5	12	2	Ret	20	Ret	Ret	18	14
		12	14	3	Ret	14	12	1	10	5	21	15	9	12	21	18	4	7	19	17
9	DeMarco Team	16	Ret	22	Ret	18	8	4	17	17	Ret	22	Ret	27	Ret	22	Ret	20	22	21	77
		17	18	Ret	22	20	24	20	28	24	25	21	21	23	22	23	6	12	Ret	23
		18	4	11	3	6	4	Ret	8	Ret	11	6	Ret	25	Ret	21	Ret	14	Ret	22
10	AutoInternational	25	11	5	16	12	9	Ret	29	22	17	11	22	18	17	13	14	3	21	Ret	67
		26	9	7	14	1	Ret	Ret	19	13	16	9	Ret	22	Ret	Ret	Ret	16	15	4
		27	15	Ret	Ret	21	7	Ret	26	16	19	Ret	23	19	Ret	17	Ret	24	12	6
Pos	Driver	No.	AND		JER		EST		PRI		SIL		NUR		ZAN		SPA		IMO		Points
Pos	Driver	No.	F	S	F	S	F	S	F	S	F	S	F	S	F	S	F	S	F	S	Points

Key
Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Purple	Classified retirement
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
White	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Excluded (EX)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Withdrawn (WD)

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