2015 MSA Formula

2015 MSA Formula season
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The 2015 MSA Formula Championship is a multi-event, Formula 4 open-wheel single seater motor racing championship held across England and Scotland. The championship features a mix of professional motor racing teams and privately funded drivers, competing in Formula 4 cars that conform to the technical regulations for the championship. This, the inaugural season, following on from the British Formula Ford Championship, will be the first year that the cars conform to the FIA's Formula 4 regulations.^[1] Part of the TOCA tour, it forms part of the extensive program of support categories built up around the BTCC centrepiece.^[2]

The season will commence on 5 April at Brands Hatch – on the circuit's Indy configuration – and will conclude on 11 October at the same venue, utilising the Grand Prix circuit, after thirty races to be held at ten meetings, all in support of the 2015 British Touring Car Championship season.

Championship changes

The championship will adopt the technical regulations for the new FIA Formula 4 specification, becoming the official F4 championship in the United Kingdom. The championship will keep the Ford EcoBoost engine but with a power reduction from 200 bhp to 160 bhp, as per the F4 regulations.^[3] The new regulations will see a move to a new carbon fibre monocoque chassis which meets FIA F3 safety standards.^[1]

Teams and drivers

All teams are British-registered.

Team No. Drivers Class Rounds JHR Developments[4] 3 Sennan Fielding[5] 3–10 28 1–2 96 Jack Butel[6] 5–10 MBM Motorsport[4] 4 Jack Barlow[7] 1–4, 6 26 Toby Sowery 8–10 Falcon Motorsport[4] 7 Jessica Hawkins[8] 4–8 8 Darius Karbaley[7] R 1–6, 9–10 9 Alexandra Marinescu[7] 1 Carlin[9] 10 Colton Herta[10] All 21 Petru Florescu[11] R All 31 Lando Norris[12] All TRS Arden Junior Racing Team[4] 11 Ricky Collard[13] All 19 Sandy Mitchell[14] R All 65 Enaam Ahmed[15] R All Joe Tandy Racing[4] 14 Daniel Baybutt[16] R All 15 James Pull[17] 1–6 51 Ameya Vaidyanathan[18] R 2–6, 8, 10 Double R Racing[4] 17 Gustavo Myasava[7] 1–2 18 Matheus Leist[19] All 22 Tarun Reddy[20] All Richardson Racing[4] 23 Ollie Pidgley[21] 2–7 25 Louise Richardson[22] All 88 Greg Holloway 8–10 Fortec Motorsports[4] 15 James Pull[23] 7–10 26 Toby Sowery[24] 4, 6 27 Dan Ticktum[25] R 1–9 59 Josh Smith[26] R All SWB Motorsport[4] 46 Rafael Martins[27] R All 71 Jodie Hemming 9 96 Jack Butel[28] 1–4

Icon Class R Rookie

Race calendar and results

The calendar for the 2015 TOCA package was announced on 14 September 2014. The Oulton Park round reverted to the Island layout, after using the International circuit in 2014.^[29] All races are held in the United Kingdom.

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Rookie winner
1	R1	Brands Hatch (Indy Circuit, Kent)	4 April	Daniel Baybutt	Dan Ticktum	Lando Norris	Carlin	Dan Ticktum
	R2		5 April		Dan Ticktum	Ricky Collard	TRS Arden Junior Racing Team	Dan Ticktum
	R3			Lando Norris	Lando Norris	Lando Norris	Carlin	Dan Ticktum
2	R4	Donington Park (National Circuit, Leicestershire)	18 April	Dan Ticktum	James Pull	Dan Ticktum	Fortec Motorsports	Dan Ticktum
	R5		19 April		Jack Barlow	Matheus Leist	Double R Racing	Dan Ticktum
	R6			Dan Ticktum	Dan Ticktum	Dan Ticktum	Fortec Motorsports	Dan Ticktum
3	R7	Thruxton Circuit (Hampshire)	9 May	Sandy Mitchell	Sandy Mitchell	Sandy Mitchell	TRS Arden Junior Racing Team	Sandy Mitchell
	R8		10 May		Sandy Mitchell	Lando Norris	Carlin	Sandy Mitchell
	R9			Sandy Mitchell	Ricky Collard	Sandy Mitchell	TRS Arden Junior Racing Team	Sandy Mitchell
4	R10	Oulton Park (Island Circuit, Cheshire)	6 June	Lando Norris	Colton Herta	Ricky Collard	TRS Arden Junior Racing Team	Rafael Martins
	R11				Matheus Leist	Sennan Fielding	JHR Developments	Dan Ticktum
	R12		7 June	Lando Norris	Lando Norris	Lando Norris	Carlin	Dan Ticktum
5	R13	Croft Circuit (North Yorkshire)	27 June	Lando Norris	Lando Norris	Sennan Fielding	JHR Developments	Josh Smith
	R14				Colton Herta	Josh Smith	Fortec Motorsports	Josh Smith
	R15		28 June	Lando Norris	Lando Norris	Ricky Collard	TRS Arden Junior Racing Team	Petru Florescu
6	R16	Snetterton Circuit (300 Circuit, Norfolk)	8 August	Colton Herta	Colton Herta	Dan Ticktum	Fortec Motorsports	Dan Ticktum
	R17		9 August		Dan Ticktum	Colton Herta	Carlin	Dan Ticktum
	R18			Colton Herta	Colton Herta	Colton Herta	Carlin	Dan Ticktum
7	R19	Knockhill Racing Circuit (Fife)	22 August	Lando Norris	Lando Norris	Lando Norris	Carlin	Enaam Ahmed
	R20		23 August		Dan Ticktum	Sennan Fielding	JHR Developments	Josh Smith
	R21			Dan Ticktum	Colton Herta	Ricky Collard	TRS Arden Junior Racing Team	Enaam Ahmed
8	R22	Rockingham Motor Speedway (International Super Sports Car Circuit, Northamptonshire)	5 September	Lando Norris	Lando Norris	Lando Norris	Carlin	Dan Ticktum
	R23		6 September		Sennan Fielding	Ricky Collard	TRS Arden Junior Racing Team	Sandy Mitchell
	R24			Colton Herta	Lando Norris	Colton Herta	Carlin	Dan Ticktum
9	R25	Silverstone Circuit (National Circuit, Northamptonshire)	26 September	Matheus Leist	Colton Herta	Lando Norris	Carlin	Daniel Baybutt
	R26		27 September		Ricky Collard	Ricky Collard	TRS Arden Junior Racing Team	Daniel Baybutt
	R27			Lando Norris	Colton Herta	Matheus Leist	Double R Racing	Enaam Ahmed
10	R28	Brands Hatch (Grand Prix Circuit, Kent)	10 October	Lando Norris	Lando Norris	Lando Norris	Carlin	Enaam Ahmed
	R29				Lando Norris	Enaam Ahmed	TRS Arden Junior Racing Team	Enaam Ahmed
	R30		11 October	Lando Norris	Colton Herta	Colton Herta	Carlin	Enaam Ahmed

Championship standings

Points system
1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th+	R1 PP	FL
25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1	5	1

Drivers' championship

(key)

Pos	Driver	BHI			DON			THR			OUL			CRO			SNE			KNO			ROC			SIL			BHGP			Points
1	Lando Norris	1	9	1	4	6	10	10	1	3	2	8	1	Ret	12	2	2	8	2	1	Ret	7	1	8	2	1	7	10	1	7	2	413
2	Ricky Collard	5	1	6	6	2	2	4	4	2	1	9	2	2	11	1	3	6	9	Ret	7	1	8	1	8	5	1	Ret	3	6	8	371
3	Colton Herta	12	4	14	15	9	4	5	6	9	3	6	Ret	6	2	14	9	1	1	5	2	2	3	7	1	2	5	2	2	5	1	355
4	Sennan Fielding	4	Ret	10	5	3	Ret	Ret	10	8	8	1	3	1	4	3	4	3	4	3	1	3	6	2	Ret	6	2	Ret	Ret	8	5	300
5	Matheus Leist	3	8	3	7	1	Ret	2	5	4	5	2	DSQ	5	5	6	7	Ret	DNS	9	6	11	5	4	6	4	3	1	Ret	14	7	273
6	Dan Ticktum	2	2	5	1	5	1	7	Ret	Ret	9	3	4	DSQ	DSQ	DSQ	1	2	3	8	Ret	8	2	5	3	DSQ	DSQ	DSQ				242
7	Sandy Mitchell	14	6	12	13	Ret	Ret	1	2	1	13	11	12	8	7	7	15	Ret	20	4	4	5	9	3	15	8	9	Ret	6	2	9	193
8	Enaam Ahmed	9	Ret	7	11	19	8	8	7	10	15	20	11	9	8	11	6	7	7	2	5	4	4	6	13	11	11	3	4	1	3	176
9	Rafael Martins	6	Ret	9	Ret	15	Ret	6	3	7	4	7	14	14	15	10	13	12	10	Ret	8	6	12	Ret	18	10	6	Ret	5	3	10	114
10	James Pull	8	3	2	2	7	3	Ret	11	Ret	Ret	13	8	11	10	12	18	16	13	6	Ret	Ret	16	14	7	9	17	Ret	10	9	6	104
11	Petru Florescu	13	10	11	10	18	15	Ret	14	5	7	15	5	Ret	13	4	5	11	5	14	11	Ret	7	11	5	13	10	7	9	11	12	99
12	Daniel Baybutt	7	14	8	9	10	7	3	19	Ret	10	4	9	10	9	9	21	13	12	11	Ret	Ret	17	13	11	7	4	8	7	10	11	98
13	Josh Smith	11	5	15	Ret	13	9	15	16	13	12	Ret	10	7	1	Ret	20	10	19	7	3	10	13	15	10	16	15	Ret	14	12	19	84
14	Toby Sowery										Ret	14	6				11	4	Ret				Ret	9	4	3	12	Ret	8	4	4	80
15	Tarun Reddy	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	16	6	Ret	8	6	11	10	7	3	6	8	8	5	6	10	Ret	Ret	10	NC	Ret	Ret	14	Ret	Ret	Ret	14	77
16	Louise Richardson	Ret	12	Ret	12	11	16	12	12	12	14	17	13	4	3	5	12	14	14	15	12	9	14	Ret	9	14	16	5	11	13	17	72
17	Jack Barlow	Ret	7	4	8	4	5	11	15	11	6	5	Ret				10	18	8													72
18	Jack Butel	15	11	Ret	14	12	13	13	13	Ret	18	18	16	Ret	16	16	17	9	16	16	9	13	Ret	12	14	12	8	6	12	17	14	38
19	Darius Karbaley	16	13	13	Ret	Ret	12	9	9	14	16	12	18	Ret	DNS	Ret	16	15	17							15	13	4	Ret	15	16	31
20	Gustavo Myasava	Ret	Ret	Ret	3	8	Ret																									19
21	Ollie Pidgley				16	17	14	14	18	16	17	16	17	13	17	15	Ret	19	15	13	10	12										17
22	Ameya Vaidyanathan				17	14	11	Ret	17	15	20	DNS	Ret	12	Ret	17	19	Ret	18				15	10	16				Ret	16	15	15
23	Jessica Hawkins										19	19	15	15	14	13	14	17	11	12	Ret	14	11	Ret	12							13
24	Greg Holloway																						18	16	17	17	18	9	13	18	18	10
–	Alexandra Marinescu	DNS	DNS	DNS																												0
–	Jodie Hemming																									DNS	DNS	DNS				0
Pos	Driver	BHI			DON			THR			OUL			CRO			SNE			KNO			ROC			SIL			BHGP			Points

Rookie Cup

Pos	Driver	BHI			DON			THR			OUL			CRO			SNE			KNO			ROC			SIL			BHGP			Points
1	Enaam Ahmed	9	Ret	7	11	19	8	8	7	10	15	20	11	9	8	11	6	7	7	2	5	4	4	6	13	11	11	3	4	1	3	440
2	Daniel Ticktum	2	2	5	1	5	1	7	Ret	Ret	9	3	4	DSQ	DSQ	DSQ	1	2	3	8	Ret	8	2	5	3	DSQ	DSQ	DSQ				408
3	Sandy Mitchell	14	6	12	13	Ret	Ret	1	2	1	13	11	12	8	7	7	15	Ret	20	4	4	5	9	3	15	8	9	Ret	6	2	9	401
4	Daniel Baybutt	7	14	8	9	10	7	3	19	Ret	10	4	9	10	9	9	21	13	12	11	Ret	Ret	17	13	11	7	4	8	7	10	11	363
5	Petru Florescu	13	10	11	10	18	15	Ret	14	5	7	15	5	Ret	13	4	5	11	5	14	11	Ret	7	11	5	13	10	7	9	11	12	350
6	Rafael Martins	6	Ret	9	Ret	15	Ret	6	3	7	4	7	14	14	15	10	13	12	10	Ret	8	6	12	Ret	18	10	6	Ret	5	3	10	325
7	Josh Smith	11	5	15	Ret	13	9	15	16	13	12	Ret	10	7	1	Ret	20	10	19	7	3	10	13	15	10	16	15	Ret	14	12	19	290
8	Darius Karbaley	16	13	13	Ret	Ret	12	9	9	14	16	12	18	Ret	DNS	Ret	16	15	17							15	13	4	Ret	15	16	142
9	Ameya Vaidyanathan				17	14	11	Ret	17	15	20	DNS	Ret	12	Ret	17	19	Ret	18				15	10	16				Ret	16	15	110
Pos	Driver	BHI			DON			THR			OUL			CRO			SNE			KNO			ROC			SIL			BHGP			Points

Nations Cup

Pos	Nation	BHI			DON			THR			OUL			CRO			SNE			KNO			ROC			SIL			BHGP			Points
1	United States	12	4	14	15	9	4	5	6	9	3	6	Ret	6	2	14	9	1	1	5	2	2	3	7	1	2	5	2	2	5	1	590
2	Brazil	3	8	3	3	1	Ret	2	3	4	4	2	14	5	5	6	7	12	10	9	6	6	5	4	6	4	3	1	5	3	7	588
3	Romania	13	10	11	10	18	15	Ret	14	5	7	15	5	Ret	13	4	5	11	5	14	11	Ret	7	11	5	13	10	7	9	11	12	432
4	India	10	Ret	Ret	17	14	6	Ret	8	6	11	10	7	3	6	8	8	5	6	10	Ret	Ret	10	10	16	Ret	14	Ret	Ret	16	14	292
Pos	Nation	BHI			DON			THR			OUL			CRO			SNE			KNO			ROC			SIL			BHGP			Points

References

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External links

• Official website