2015 Asia-Pacific Rally Championship
The 2015 Asia-Pacific Rally Championship season is an international rally championship sanctioned by the FIA. The championship was contested by a combination of regulations with Group N competing directly against Super 2000 cars for points.
The championship began in New Zealand on 17 April and concluded in China on 1 November. The Asia Cup sub-championship will continue on until a 13 December finish in India. The championship was held over six events with a candidate event included as part of the Asia Cup.
Event calendar and results[]
The 2015 APRC is as follows:[1]
Round | Rally name | Podium finishers | Statistics | ||||||||
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Rank | Driver | Car | Time | Stages | Length | Starters | Finishers | ||||
1 | International Rally of Whangarei (17–19 April)[2] |
1 | Ken Block | Ford Fiesta S2000 | 2:54:53.6 | 16 | 281.30 km | 48 | 18 | ||
2 | Pontus Tidemand | Škoda Fabia S2000 | 2:55:29.4 | ||||||||
3 | Subaru Impreza WRX STi | 2:57:02.1 | |||||||||
2 | Rallye de Nouvelle-Calédonie (15–17 May)[3] |
1 | Gaurav Gill | Škoda Fabia S2000 | 2:29:16.4 | 16 | 246.34 km | 20 | 15 | ||
2 | Pontus Tidemand | Škoda Fabia S2000 | 2:29:56.0 | ||||||||
3 | Škoda Fabia S2000 | 2:35:39.6 | |||||||||
3 | International Rally of Queensland (19–21 June)[4] |
1 | Pontus Tidemand | Škoda Fabia S2000 | 2:01:23.8 | 18 | 227.06 km | 48 | 29 | ||
2 | Subaru Impreza WRX STi | 2:05:25.0 | |||||||||
3 | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X | 2:08:00.8 | |||||||||
4 | Malaysian Rally (14–16 August)[5] |
1 | Pontus Tidemand | Škoda Fabia S2000 | 3:05:11.5 | 14 | 226.56 km | 26 | 22 | ||
2 | Gaurav Gill | Škoda Fabia S2000 | 3:07:08.0 | ||||||||
3 | Soueast Mitsubishi Lancer EX | 3:26:58.8 | |||||||||
5 | Rally Hokkaido (18–20 September)[6] |
1 | Pontus Tidemand | Škoda Fabia S2000 | 2:24:49.5 | 20 | 225.35 km | 22 | 14 | ||
2 | Subaru Impreza WRX STi | 2:36:50.1 | |||||||||
3 | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X | 2:39:25.1 | |||||||||
6 | China Rally (30 October–1 November) |
1 | Pontus Tidemand | Škoda Fabia R5 | 3:08:46.4 | 13 | 230.04 km | 102 | 44 | ||
2 | Subaru Impreza WRX STi | 3:42:13.1 | |||||||||
3 | Subaru Impreza WRX STi | 3:58:16.7 | |||||||||
7 | (11–13 December) |
1 | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VIII | 2:22:21.4 | 13 | ||||||
2 | Volkswagen Polo | 2:40:13.9 | |||||||||
3 | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VIII | 2:45:39.0 |
Championship standings[]
The 2015 APRC for Drivers points was as follows:[7][8]
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Note: 1 – 14 refers to the bonus points awarded for each leg of the rally for the first five place getters, 1st (7), 2nd (5), 3rd (3), 4th (2), 5th (1). There were two bonus legs for each rally.
Pacific Cup[]
Pos. | Driver | Vehicle | NZL |
NCL |
AUS |
Total |
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1 | Pontus Tidemand | Škoda Fabia S2000 | 1 14 | 1 14 | 1 14 | 117 |
2 | Škoda Fabia S2000 | 2 12 | 2 12 | 2 12 | 90 |
Asia Cup[]
Pos. | Driver | Vehicle | MAL |
JPN |
CHN |
IND |
Total |
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1 | Subaru Impreza WRX STi | 3 11 | 2 13 | 1 13 | 95 | ||
2 | Subaru Impreza WRX STi | Ret 4 | 1 13 | 2 13 | 73 | ||
3 | Gaurav Gill | Škoda Fabia S2000 | 1 14 | Ret | Ret | 39 | |
4 | Soueast Mitsubishi Lancer EX | Ret | 2 11 | 29 | |||
Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X | Ret 4 | 3 10 | 29 |
References[]
- ^ "2015 Calendar". FIA Asia-Pacific Rally Championship. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
- ^ "Rally of Whangarei 2015". EWRC-Results.com. EWRC-Results. 20 April 2015. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
- ^ "18. Rallye International de Nouvelle Calédonie 2015". EWRC-Results.com. EWRC-Results. 18 May 2015. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
- ^ "International Rally of Queensland 2015". EWRC-Results.com. EWRC-Results. 28 June 2015. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
- ^ "39. Malaysian Rally 2015". EWRC-Results.com. EWRC-Results. 19 August 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ "14. Rally Hokkaido 2015". EWRC-Results.com. EWRC-Results. 24 September 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ "2015 FIA Asia-Pacific Rally Championship: Points Summary – Points standing after Round 1" (PDF). Asia-Pacific Rally Championship. Wheel Sports Management. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
- ^ "Rallies". FIA.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
External links[]
- Asia-Pacific Rally Championship seasons
- 2015 in rallying
- 2015 in Asian sport
- 2015 in Oceanian sport