2014–15 MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship

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.^[1]

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.^[2]

No.	Driver	Rounds
1	Mathias Lauda	1–2
2	Tarun Reddy	Alle
3	Dylan Young	Alle
4	Christophe Mariot	2
5	Raj Bharath	Alle
6	Pedro Cardoso	1
7	Toby Sowery	Alle
8	Ryan Cullen	Alle
9	Lee Keshav	Alle
10	Vikash Anand	1–2
11	Freddie Hunt	Alle
12	Vinicius Papareli	Alle
15	Advait Deodhar	2
16	Laura Tillett	Alle
17	Nikita Mazepin	1
18	Kyle Mitchell	1–2
19	Camren Kaminsky	2
20	Struan Moore	2
21	Matthew Solomon	3
23	Jordan Albert	3
35	Mahaveer Raghunathan	3
50	Gustavo Myasava	3
61	Sebastian Balthasar	3
77	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	R1	Losail International Circuit, Lusail	17 October	Toby Sowery	Toby Sowery	Toby Sowery
	R2		17 October		Toby Sowery	Tarun Reddy
	R3		18 October		Kyle Mitchell	Raj Bharath
	R4		18 October		Raj Bharath	Toby Sowery
2	R1	Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir	14 November	Raj Bharath	Ryan Cullen	Ryan Cullen
	R2		14 November		Camren Kaminsky	Struan Moore
	R3		15 November		Kyle Mitchell	Ryan Cullen
	R4		15 November		Ryan Cullen	Mathias Lauda
2015
3	R1	Madras Motor Racing Track, Chennai	24 January	Sebastian Balthasar	Oscar King	Toby Sowery
	R2		24 January		Toby Sowery	Toby Sowery
	R3		25 January		Ryan Cullen	Ryan Cullen
	R4		25 January		Oscar King	Oscar King

Championship standings

Pos.	Driver	LOS				BHR				MMR				Points
1	Toby Sowery	1	3	3	1	5	2	3	4	1	1	2	5	221
2	Ryan Cullen	2	6	4	3	1	3	1	8	10†	5	1	4	174
3	Raj Bharath	9	7	1	2	2	4	4	3	5	6	4	7	148
4	Kyle Mitchell	3	5	2	7	3	6	2	2					112
5	Tarun Reddy	6	1	7	5	Ret	7	Ret	Ret	2	4	Ret	9	87
6	Mathias Lauda	4	4	6	9	15†	8	6	1					71
7	Oscar King									9†	3	3	1	61
8	Gustavo Myasava									3	2	5	3	58
9	Struan Moore					4	1	Ret	6					45
10	Nikita Mazepin	5	2	Ret	6									36
11	Dylan Young	8	11	8	10	6	5	7	Ret	Ret	10	9	Ret	36
12	Matthew Solomon									Ret	8	6	2	30
13	Vinícius Papareli	Ret	10	9	8	10	11	5	Ret	6	Ret	11	12	29
14	Pedro Cardoso	11	8	5	4									26
15	Jordan Albert									4	12	7	6	26
16	Camren Kaminsky					12	9	8	5					18
17	Laura Tillett	12	13	11	12	8	12	Ret	7	Ret	Ret	8	8	18
18	Vikash Anand	7	9	13	13	7	Ret	Ret	9					16
19	Lee Keshav	11	14	12	11	13	13	9	Ret	7	9	10	13	10
20	Sebastian Balthasar									Ret	7	Ret	11	8
21	Mahaveer Raghunathan									8	11	DNS	10	5
22	Freddie Hunt	10	12	10	Ret	9	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	12	Ret	5
23	Christophe Mariot					14	15	11	10					1
24	Advait Deodhar					11	14	10	Ret					1
Pos.	Driver	LOS				BHR				MMR				Points

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

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

References

^ "@MRF_Racing: 8 August". Twitter. Twitter Inc. 8 August 2014. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
^ Simmons, Marcus (15 July 2014). "The sons of James Hunt and Niki Lauda to race in MRF series". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 15 August 2014.

External links

Official website

[1] "@MRF_Racing: 8 August". Twitter. Twitter Inc. 8 August 2014. Retrieved 14 August 2014.

[2] Simmons, Marcus (15 July 2014). "The sons of James Hunt and Niki Lauda to race in MRF series". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 15 August 2014.

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