2014–15 MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship

Auto racing championship of India August 2022 August 2022 2014–15 MRF Challenge 2013–14 2015–16 The 2014–2015 MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship was the third running of the MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship. The championship commenced on 17 October 2014 in Losail International Circuit, Qatar and finished on 25 January 2015 in Madras Motor Racing Track, India. The series consisted of 12 races, spread across 3 meetings.https://twitter.com/MRF_Racing/status/497695458362277888 @MRF_Racing: 8 August Twitter Twitter Inc. 8 August 2014 14 August 2014 thumb|Lee Keshav on track at the Bahrain International Circuit With four victories – two at Losail and two in Madras – and top-five finishes in every race, Toby Sowery finished the season as champion. Sowery finished 47 points clear of his next closest competitor Ryan Cullen, who was a three-time race winner, winning a pair of races in Bahrain and one in Madras. Third place in the championship went to the best placed home driver Raj Bharath, who was a race winner at Losail; he finished 26 points in arrears of Cullen. Four other drivers won races during the season; Tarun Reddy won the other race to be held at Losail, Struan Moore and Mathias Lauda each won races in Bahrain, and Oscar King won the season's final race, in Madras. Drivers Freddie Hunt, son of 1976 Formula One champion James Hunt and Mathias Lauda, son of 1975, 1977 and 1984 Formula One champion Niki Lauda both competed in the series.http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/114968 The sons of James Hunt and Niki Lauda to race in MRF series Simmons Marcus 15 July 2014 Autosport Haymarket Publications 15 August 2014 No. Car number Driver Rounds 1 AUT Mathias Lauda 1–2 2 IND Tarun Reddy All 3 AUS Dylan Young All 4 FRA Christophe Mariot 2 5 IND Raj Bharath All 6 BRA Pedro Cardoso 1 7 GBR Toby Sowery All 8 GBR Ryan Cullen All 9 IND Lee Keshav All 10 IND Vikash Anand 1–2 11 GBR Freddie Hunt All 12 BRA Vinicius Papareli All 15 IND Advait Deodhar 2 16 GBR Laura Tillett All 17 RUS Nikita Mazepin 1 18 ZAF Kyle Mitchell 1–2 19 USA Camren Kaminsky 2 20 GBR Struan Moore 2 21 HKG Matthew Solomon 3 23 GBR Jordan Albert 3 35 IND Mahaveer Raghunathan 3 50 BRA Gustavo Myasava 3 61 DEU Sebastian Balthasar 3 77 GBR Oscar King 3 Race calendar and results The second round in Bahrain was held in support of the FIA World Endurance Championship. Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver 2014 1 R Race number1 QAT Losail International Circuit, Lusail 17 October GBR Toby Sowery GBR Toby Sowery GBR Toby Sowery R2 GBR Toby Sowery IND Tarun Reddy R3 18 October RSA Kyle Mitchell IND Raj Bharath R4 IND Raj Bharath GBR Toby Sowery 2 R1 BHR Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir 14 November IND Raj Bharath GBR Ryan Cullen GBR Ryan Cullen R2 USA Camren Kaminsky GBR Struan Moore R3 15 November RSA Kyle Mitchell GBR Ryan Cullen R4 GBR Ryan Cullen AUT Mathias Lauda 2015 3 R1 IND Madras Motor Racing Track, Chennai 24 January DEU Sebastian Balthasar GBR Oscar King GBR Toby Sowery R2 GBR Toby Sowery GBR Toby Sowery R3 25 January GBR Ryan Cullen GBR Ryan Cullen R4 GBR Oscar King GBR Oscar King Championship standings Pos. Position Driver LOSQAT BHRBHR MMRIND Points 1 GBR Toby Sowery 1 3 3 1 5 2 3 4 1 1 2 5 221 2 GBR Ryan Cullen 2 6 4 3 1 3 1 8 10† 5 1 4 174 3 IND Raj Bharath 9 7 1 2 2 4 4 3 5 6 4 7 148 4 ZAF Kyle Mitchell 3 5 2 7 3 6 2 2 112 5 IND Tarun Reddy 6 1 7 5 Ret 7 Ret Ret 2 4 Ret 9 87 6 AUT Mathias Lauda 4 4 6 9 15† 8 6 1 71 7 GBR Oscar King 9† 3 3 1 61 8 BRA Gustavo Myasava 3 2 5 3 58 9 GBR Struan Moore 4 1 Ret 6 45 10 RUS Nikita Mazepin 5 2 Ret 6 36 11 AUS Dylan Young 8 11 8 10 6 5 7 Ret Ret 10 9 Ret 36 12 HKG Matthew Solomon Ret 8 6 2 30 13 BRA Vinícius Papareli Ret 10 9 8 10 11 5 Ret 6 Ret 11 12 29 14 BRA Pedro Cardoso 11 8 5 4 26 15 GBR Jordan Albert 4 12 7 6 26 16 USA Camren Kaminsky 12 9 8 5 18 17 GBR Laura Tillett 12 13 11 12 8 12 Ret 7 Ret Ret 8 8 18 18 IND Vikash Anand 7 9 13 13 7 Ret Ret 9 16 19 IND Lee Keshav 11 14 12 11 13 13 9 Ret 7 9 10 13 10 20 DEU Sebastian Balthasar Ret 7 Ret 11 8 21 IND Mahaveer Raghunathan 8 11 DNS 10 5 22 GBR Freddie Hunt 10 12 10 Ret 9 10 Ret Ret Ret Ret 12 Ret 5 23 FRA Christophe Mariot 14 15 11 10 1 24 IND Advait Deodhar 11 14 10 Ret 1 Pos. Position Driver LOSQAT BHRBHR MMRIND PointsBold – PoleItalics – Fastest Lap References External links http://www.mrfracing.in/ 2014–2015 MRF Challenge MRF Challenge MRF Challenge MRF Challenge MRF Challenge