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The 2015 GP3 Series was the sixth season of the third-tier of Formula One feeder championship and also sixth season under the moniker of GP3 Series, a motor racing feeder series that was run in support of the 2015 FIA Formula One World Championship and sister series GP2. Thirty-one drivers represented eight teams over the course of the season's nine rounds, starting in Spain on 9 May and ending in Abu Dhabi on 29 November. It was the final season for the Dallara GP3/13-AER P57 V6 chassis and engine package that debuted in 2013. A new Dallara-built chassis was introduced for 2016 along with a Mecachrome normally-aspirated V6 engine.

Esteban Ocon, the series champion.

2015 champion Esteban Ocon overtaking Emil Bernstorff

French driver Esteban Ocon (ART Grand Prix) finished the campaign as the drivers' champion after a season-long battle with Trident driver Luca Ghiotto. Despite winning only one race in 2015 – the first race in Barcelona – Ocon took fourteen podium finishes, including a run of nine successive runner-up placings over the mid-course of the season.^[1] Ocon ultimately finished eight points clear of Ghiotto, who won a season-high five races. Another five-time winner, Marvin Kirchhöfer, completed the championship top three, some fifty-three points behind team-mate Ocon. The performances of Ocon and Kirchhöfer were more than enough for ART Grand Prix to regain the teams' championship title they had missed out on for the first time in 2014. Five other drivers took race victories during the 2015 season; Arden International pairing Emil Bernstorff and Kevin Ceccon each took two victories, while Jimmy Eriksson, Álex Palou and Óscar Tunjo each took sprint race victories, which were held with partially-reversed grids – an inversion of the top eight finishers in the previous day's feature race.

Championship standings

Scoring system

Points were awarded to the top 10 classified finishers in the race 1, and to the top 8 classified finishers in the race 2. The pole-sitter in the race 1 also received four points, and two points were given to the driver who set the fastest lap inside the top ten in both the race 1 and race 2. No extra points were awarded to the pole-sitter in the race 2.

Race 1 points

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Race 2 points

Points were awarded to the top 8 classified finishers.

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Drivers' championship

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Pos.	Driver	CAT		RBR		SIL		HUN		SPA		MNZ		SOC		BHR		YMC		Points
Pos.	Driver	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	Points
1	Esteban Ocon	1	7	3	DSQ	6	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	4	3	253
2	Luca Ghiotto	2	8	1	3	4	7	1	4	5	1	Ret	3	1	8	4	1	5	4	245
3	Marvin Kirchhöfer	5	1	6	2	1	8	3	5	3	Ret	4	1	9	7	1	6	1	7	200
4	Emil Bernstorff	3	5	4	4	2	6	4	Ret	1	Ret	1	Ret	3	6	2	4	2	6	194
5	Jimmy Eriksson	6	2	20†	10	5	4	6	6	13	16	5	5	8	1	5	7	3	5	118
6	Antonio Fuoco	8	4	2	Ret	18	23	8	Ret	4	Ret	Ret	11	6	4	9	5	7	2	88
7	Kevin Ceccon	7	6	Ret	DNS	7	1	7	1	Ret	13	3	4	Ret	DNS	14	18	Ret	10	77
8	Matt Parry	13	9	13	7	3	5	5	3	Ret	Ret	DSQ	Ret	7	Ret	11	3	6	24	67
9	Jann Mardenborough	4	3	5	13	17	15	Ret	17	Ret	12			5	3	7	Ret			58
10	Álex Palou	12	20	14	Ret	Ret	13	19	18	7	5	7	10	4	9	Ret	10	8	1	51
11	Ralph Boschung	Ret	14	8	8	8	3	13	8	9	8	9	7	11	DNS	10	9	12	11	28
12	Alfonso Celis Jr.	10	10	15	Ret	13	11	18	15	6	3			13	12	8	8	Ret	19	24
13	Mathéo Tuscher	14	13	12	DSQ	10	9	10	9	Ret	4	6	6	Ret	Ret	12	Ret	16	14	22
14	Artur Janosz	15	12	21	9	9	17	16	Ret	12	7	16	Ret	10	5	6	12	10	9	20
15	Óscar Tunjo	16	11	9	1	11	10													17
16	Alex Fontana	9	16	10	6	19	18	14	13	10	6	8	16	19	11	19	19	15	13	16
17	Sandy Stuvik	18	17	7	Ret	22	20	22	14	Ret	17	11	8	16	17	13	Ret	17	16	7
18	Seb Morris	Ret	24	19	5	15	12	12	12	Ret	14	DSQ	Ret	14	10	16	Ret	13	15	6
19	Pål Varhaug	21	18	11	Ret	16	19	9	7	Ret	10	Ret	14	Ret	14	Ret	Ret	11	8	5
20	Aleksander Bosak	19	23	16	15	14	16	17	19	8	Ret	15	Ret	Ret	20	Ret	16	18	23	4
21	Matevos Isaakyan															Ret	14	9	12	2
22	Mitchell Gilbert	22†	22	Ret	11	20	21	11	10	11	11	10	9	12	15	15	11	14	17	1
23	Adderly Fong	17	21	17	12	12	14	15	11	15	9			15	18			Ret	22	0
24	Zaid Ashkanani	11	15	18	14	21	22	20	16	14	18	13	15	20	19	17	13	19	21	0
25	Brandon Maïsano											12	13							0
26	Amaury Bonduel											14	12							0
27	Michele Beretta													18	13	20	15	20	18	0
28	Beitske Visser									Ret	15									0
29	Konstantin Tereshchenko													17	16	18	17	Ret	20	0
30	Samin Gómez	20	19	Ret	16			21	Ret											0
31	Christopher Höher					23	24													0
Pos.	Driver	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	Points
Pos.	Driver	CAT		RBR		SIL		HUN		SPA		MNZ		SOC		BHR		YMC		Points

Key
Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Other points position
Blue	Other classified position
Blue	Not classified, finished (NC)
Purple	Not classified, retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
White	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Excluded (EX)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Withdrawn (WD)
Text formatting	Meaning
Bold	Pole position point(s)
Italics	Fastest lap point(s)

Notes

† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

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Team	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Carlin^[2]	1	Antonio Fuoco^[3]	All
	2	Jann Mardenborough^[4]	1–5, 7–8
	2	Adderly Fong^[5]	9
	3	Mitchell Gilbert^[6]	All
ART Grand Prix^[2]	4	Alfonso Celis Jr.^[7]	1–5, 7–9
	5	Marvin Kirchhöfer^[8]	All
	6	Esteban Ocon^[9]	All
Status Grand Prix^[2]^{[lower-alpha 1]}	7	Seb Morris^[10]	All
	8	Alex Fontana^[11]	All
	9	Sandy Stuvik^[12]	All
Koiranen GP^[2]	10	Adderly Fong^[13]	1–5, 7
	10	Matevos Isaakyan^[14]	8–9
	11	Jimmy Eriksson^[15]	All
	12	Matt Parry^[13]	All
Arden International^[2]	14	Kevin Ceccon^[16]	All
	15	Emil Bernstorff^[17]	All
	16	Aleksander Bosak^[18]	All
Jenzer Motorsport^[2]	20	Pål Varhaug^[19]	All
	21	Mathéo Tuscher^[20]	All
	22	Ralph Boschung^[20]	All
Campos Racing^[21]	23	Zaid Ashkanani^[22]	All
	24	Álex Palou^[22]	All
	25	Samin Gómez^[23]^{[lower-alpha 2]}	1–2, 4
		Christopher Höher^[24]	3
		Brandon Maïsano^[25]	6
		Konstantin Tereshchenko^[26]	7–9
Trident^[2]	26	Artur Janosz^[27]	All
	27	Luca Ghiotto^[28]	All
	28	Óscar Tunjo^[29]	1–3
		Beitske Visser^[30]	5
		Amaury Bonduel^[31]	6
		Michele Beretta^[32]	7–9

Round		Circuit/Location	Country	Date	Supporting
1	R1	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Barcelona	Spain	9 May	Spanish Grand Prix
1	R2	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Barcelona	Spain	10 May	Spanish Grand Prix
2	R1	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg	Austria	20 June	Austrian Grand Prix
2	R2	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg	Austria	21 June	Austrian Grand Prix
3	R1	Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone	United Kingdom	4 July	British Grand Prix
3	R2	Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone	United Kingdom	5 July	British Grand Prix
4	R1	Hungaroring, Budapest	Hungary	25 July	Hungarian Grand Prix
4	R2	Hungaroring, Budapest	Hungary	26 July	Hungarian Grand Prix
5	R1	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Francorchamps	Belgium	22 August	Belgian Grand Prix
5	R2	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Francorchamps	Belgium	23 August	Belgian Grand Prix
6	R1	Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza	Italy	5 September	Italian Grand Prix
6	R2	Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza	Italy	6 September	Italian Grand Prix
7	R1	Sochi Autodrom, Sochi	Russia	11 October	Russian Grand Prix
7	R2	Sochi Autodrom, Sochi	Russia	11 October	Russian Grand Prix
8	R1	Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir	Bahrain	20 November	6 Hours of Bahrain
8	R2	Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir	Bahrain	21 November	6 Hours of Bahrain
9	R1	Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi	United Arab Emirates	28 November	Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
9	R2	Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi	United Arab Emirates	29 November	Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	Pole	FL
Points	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1	4	2

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	FL
Points	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1	2

2015_GP3_Series

2015 GP3 Series

Teams and drivers

Driver changes

Changing teams

Entering GP3

Leaving GP3

Team changes

Calendar

Calendar changes

Results

Championship standings

Drivers' championship

Teams' championship

Footnotes

References

External links

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Round		Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap^[44]	Winning driver	Winning team	Report
1	R1	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya	Luca Ghiotto	Esteban Ocon	Esteban Ocon	ART Grand Prix	Report
1	R2	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya		Marvin Kirchhöfer	Marvin Kirchhöfer	ART Grand Prix	Report
2	R1	Red Bull Ring	Luca Ghiotto	Luca Ghiotto	Luca Ghiotto	Trident	Report
2	R2	Red Bull Ring		Luca Ghiotto	Óscar Tunjo	Trident	Report
3	R1	Silverstone Circuit	Marvin Kirchhöfer	Luca Ghiotto	Marvin Kirchhöfer	ART Grand Prix	Report
3	R2	Silverstone Circuit		Kevin Ceccon	Kevin Ceccon	Arden International	Report
4	R1	Hungaroring	Luca Ghiotto	Luca Ghiotto	Luca Ghiotto	Trident	Report
4	R2	Hungaroring		Esteban Ocon	Kevin Ceccon	Arden International	Report
5	R1	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	Luca Ghiotto	Luca Ghiotto	Emil Bernstorff	Arden International	Report
5	R2	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps		Luca Ghiotto	Luca Ghiotto	Trident	Report
6	R1	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	Luca Ghiotto	Emil Bernstorff	Emil Bernstorff	Arden International	Report
6	R2	Autodromo Nazionale Monza		Luca Ghiotto	Marvin Kirchhöfer	ART Grand Prix	Report
7	R1	Sochi Autodrom	Esteban Ocon	Esteban Ocon	Luca Ghiotto	Trident	Report
7	R2	Sochi Autodrom		Esteban Ocon	Jimmy Eriksson	Koiranen GP	Report
8	R1	Bahrain International Circuit	Esteban Ocon	Luca Ghiotto	Marvin Kirchhöfer	ART Grand Prix	Report
8	R2	Bahrain International Circuit		Luca Ghiotto	Luca Ghiotto	Trident	Report
9	R1	Yas Marina Circuit	Esteban Ocon	Esteban Ocon	Marvin Kirchhöfer	ART Grand Prix	Report
9	R2	Yas Marina Circuit		Álex Palou	Álex Palou	Campos Racing	Report