2015 Renault Sport Trophy
# 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.

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 | Miguel Ramos | E | 1–2, 4, 6 |
| Equipe Verschuur | 1 | Pieter Schothorst | E | 3, 5 |
| Equipe Verschuur | 1 | António Coimbra | P | 1–4, 6 |
| Equipe Verschuur | 1 | Max van Splunteren | P | 5 |
| Equipe Verschuur | 10 | Steijn Schothorst | E | All |
| Equipe Verschuur | 10 | Jeroen Schothorst | P | All |
| ART Junior Team | 2 | Andrea Pizzitola | E | All |
| ART Junior Team | 2 | Richard Gonda | P | All |
| ART Junior Team | 3 | Indy Dontje | E | All |
| ART Junior Team | 3 | Toni Forné | P | All |
| V8 Racing | 4 | Roy Geerts | E | 1–5 |
| V8 Racing | 4 | Meindert van Buuren | E | 6 |
| V8 Racing | 4 | Max Braams | P | All |
| V8 Racing | 5 | Nicky Pastorelli | E | All |
| V8 Racing | 5 | Diederik Sijthoff | P | All |
| V8 Racing | 45 | Federico Leo | E | 1–2 |
| V8 Racing | 45 | Archie Hamilton | E | 3 |
| V8 Racing | 45 | Duncan Huisman | E | 5 |
| V8 Racing | 45 | Stefano Costantini | P | 1–3 |
| V8 Racing | 45 | Oliver Freymuth | P | 4 |
| V8 Racing | 45 | Jelle Beelen | P | 5 |
| Oregon Team | 6 | Luciano Bacheta | E | All |
| Oregon Team | 6 | Niccolò Nalio | P | All |
| Oregon Team | 7 | Alan Hellmeister | E | All |
| Oregon Team | 7 | Adalberto Baptista | P | All |
| Oregon Team | 8 | David Fumanelli | E | All |
| Oregon Team | 8 | Dario Capitanio | P | All |
| Zele Racing | 9 | Vittorio Ghirelli | E | 1–4 |
| Zele Racing | 9 | Christian Klien | E | 5–6 |
| Zele Racing | 9 | Philippe Bourgois | P | 1–5 |
| Zele Racing | 9 | Christof von Grünigen | P | 6 |
| Zele Racing | 11 | Bas Schothorst | E | All |
| Zele Racing | 11 | Philippe Haezebrouck | P | 1–2 |
| Zele Racing | 11 | Andrés Méndez | P | 3–6 |
| Monlau Competición | 14 | Wolfgang Reip | E | 1–2 |
| Monlau Competición | 14 | Paul-Loup Chatin | E | 3 |
| Monlau Competición | 14 | Michela Cerruti | E | 4 |
| Monlau Competición | 14 | Vincent Capillaire | E | 5 |
| Monlau Competición | 14 | Nelson Panciatici | E | 6 |
| Monlau Competición | 14 | Sarah Bovy | P | 1 |
| Monlau Competición | 14 | David Cebrián | P | 2 |
| Monlau Competición | 14 | Chris Harris | P | 3 |
| Monlau Competición | 14 | Éric Trémoulet | P | 4 |
| Monlau Competición | 14 | Antoine Boulay | P | 5 |
| Monlau Competición | 14 | Jean Ragnotti | P | 6 |
| Monlau Competición | 15 | José Manuel Pérez-Aicart | E | 6 |
| Monlau Competición | 15 | Jürgen Smet | P | 6 |
| Icon | Class |
| E | Elite |
| P | Prestige |

## Race calendar and results

| Round | 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 |
| 1 | P | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa | 31 May | Richard Gonda | Sarah Bovy | Diederik Sijthoff | V8 Racing |
| 1 | E | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa | 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 |
| 2 | P | Hungaroring, Budapest | 14 June | Richard Gonda | Richard Gonda | Richard Gonda | ART Junior Team |
| 2 | E | Hungaroring, Budapest | 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 |
| 3 | P | Silverstone Circuit | 6 September | Niccolò Nalio | Niccolò Nalio | Niccolò Nalio | Oregon Team |
| 3 | E | Silverstone Circuit | 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 |
| 4 | P | Nürburgring, Nürburg | 13 September | Dario Capitanio | Dario Capitanio | Dario Capitanio | Oregon Team |
| 4 | E | Nürburgring, Nürburg | 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 |
| 5 | P | Bugatti Circuit, Le Mans | 27 September | Richard Gonda | Max Braams | Dario Capitanio | Oregon Team |
| 5 | E | Bugatti Circuit, Le Mans | 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 |
| 6 | P | Circuito de Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera | 18 October | Richard Gonda | Richard Gonda | Dario Capitanio | Oregon Team |
| 6 | E | Circuito de Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera | 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 | HUN | SIL | NÜR | NÜR | LMS | JER | 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 | HUN | SIL | NÜR | NÜR | LMS | JER | 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) |
| White | Withdrew (WD) |
| White | Race cancelled (C) |
| Blank | Did not practice (DNP) |
| Blank | Did not arrive (DNA) |
| Blank | Excluded (EX) |

### Prestige class

| Pos. | Driver | SPA | SPA | HUN | SIL | SIL | NÜR | LMS | 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 | SPA | HUN | SIL | SIL | NÜR | LMS | 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) |
| White | Withdrew (WD) |
| White | Race cancelled (C) |
| Blank | Did not practice (DNP) |
| Blank | Did not arrive (DNA) |
| Blank | Excluded (EX) |

### 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) |
| White | Withdrew (WD) |
| White | Race cancelled (C) |
| Blank | Did not practice (DNP) |
| Blank | Did not arrive (DNA) |
| Blank | Excluded (EX) |

### Teams' Championship

| Pos. | Team | No. | SPA | SPA | SPA | HUN | HUN | HUN | SIL | SIL | SIL | NÜR | NÜR | NÜR | LMS | LMS | LMS | JER | JER | 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 | SPA | SPA | HUN | HUN | HUN | SIL | SIL | SIL | NÜR | NÜR | NÜR | LMS | LMS | LMS | JER | JER | 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) |
| White | Withdrew (WD) |
| White | Race cancelled (C) |
| Blank | Did not practice (DNP) |
| Blank | Did not arrive (DNA) |
| Blank | Excluded (EX) |
