2015 FIA R-GT Cup

The 2015 FIA R-GT Cup was the first edition of the FIA rally cup for GT cars in Group R-GT. The cup was contested over 5 tarmac rounds from the World and European rally championships.^[1]

The championship was won by François Delecour in a Tuthill-prepared Porsche 997,^[2] winning two rallies – in Monte Carlo and Corsica – and finishing in second place in Ypres and Germany. With 86 points, Delecour scored exactly double the tally of second-placed driver Romain Dumas, who won in Germany and finished second to Delecour in Monte Carlo. Third place in the championship went to Marc Duez, who finished third on both events he contested – Monte Carlo and Ypres – while Patrick Snijers won his only event, in Ypres.

Calendar

The calendar for the 2015 season featured five tarmac rallies: the three tarmac rounds from the WRC and two selected rounds from the ERC.

Round	Dates	Rally name	Series
1	22–25 January	83ème Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo	WRC
2	25–27 June	51. Kenotek Ypres Rally	ERC
3	20–23 August	33. Rallye Deutschland	WRC
4	1–4 October	58. Tour de Corse	WRC
5	28–31 October	56. Rallye International du Valais	ERC

Entries

Driver	Co-driver	Car	Rounds
François Delecour	Dominique Savignoni	Porsche 997 GT3	1–3
	Sabrina De Castelli		4–5
Romain Dumas	Denis Giraudet	Porsche 997 GT3 RS 4.0	1–4
Marc Duez	Steven Vyncke	Porsche 996 GT3	1
	Hendrik Béatse		2
Patrick Snijers	Arne Bruneel	Porsche 997 GT3	2

Results

Round	Rally name	Podium finishers					Statistics
		Pos.	Ovl.	Driver	Car	Time	Stages	Length	Starters	Finishers
1	83ème Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo (22–25 January) — Results and report	1	23	François Delecour	Porsche 997 GT3	4:10:01.6	(15)1 14	(355.48 km)1 335.55 km	3	3
		2	26	Romain Dumas	Porsche 997 GT3	4:12:53.8
		3	40	Marc Duez	Porsche 996 GT3	4:26:17.6
2	51. Kenotek Ypres Rally (26–27 June) — Results and report	1	13	Patrick Snijers	Porsche 997 GT3	2:31:57.4	17	253.38 km	4	3
		2	19	François Delecour	Porsche 997 GT3	2:33:20.7
		3	20	Marc Duez	Porsche 996 GT3	2:33:44.1
3	33. ADAC Rallye Deutschland (21–23 August) — Results and report	1	26	Romain Dumas	Porsche 997 GT3	4:13:29.0	21	374.43 km	2	2
		2	53	François Delecour	Porsche 997 GT3	5:01:13.5
4	58ème Tour de Corse (2–4 October) — Results and report	1	19	François Delecour	Porsche 997 GT3	2:52:58.1	(9)2 7	(332.73 km) 245.35 km	2	1
5	56. Rallye International du Valais (29–31 October) — Results and report			François Delecour	Porsche 997 GT3	Retired	17	233.63 km	1	0

Notes

• ^1  – The Monte Carlo Rally was shortened, as overcrowding caused the ninth stage to be cancelled for safety reasons.^[3]
• ^2  – The Tour de Corse was shortened after flooding damaged roads on the Casamozza–Ponte Leccia stage. Both runs through the stage were cancelled.^[4]

Standings

Points are awarded to the top ten classified finishers.

Source:^[5]

Pos. Driver MON BEL GER FRA SUI Points 1 François Delecour 1 2 2 1 Ret 86 2 Romain Dumas 2 Ret 1 Ret 43 3 Marc Duez 3 3 30 4 Patrick Snijers 1 25

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Black Excluded (EX) Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Cancelled (C) Blank Withdrew entry from the event (WD)

References