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
		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	Ben Hunt	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	Jean-Louis Leyraud	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	Michael Young	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	2:05:25.0
		3	Subhan Aksa	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	Fan Fan	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	Michael Young	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	2:36:50.1
		3	Atsushi Masumura	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	Hitoshi Takayama	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	3:42:13.1
		3	Michael Young	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	3:58:16.7
7	Rally of India (11–13 December)	1	Lohitt Urs	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VIII	2:22:21.4	13
		2	Satyan Kochar	Volkswagen Polo	2:40:13.9
		3	Pradeep RG	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VIII	2:45:39.0

Championship standings

The 2015 APRC for Drivers points was as follows:[7][8]

Pos. Driver Vehicle NZL NCL AUS MAL JPN CHN Total 1 Pontus Tidemand Škoda Fabia S2000 Škoda Fabia R5 1 ^14 2 ^13 1 ^13 1 ^14 1 ^14 1 ^14 225 2 Michael Young Subaru Impreza WRX STi 3 ^11 2 ^11 Ret ^5 2 ^12 2 ^12 120 3 Gaurav Gill Škoda Fabia S2000 2 ^11 1 ^13 Ret ^7 2 ^12 Ret Ret 104 4 Subhan Aksa Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X 4 ^8 3 ^9 44

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)

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
1	Pontus Tidemand	Škoda Fabia S2000	1 ^14	1 ^14	1 ^14	117
2	Jean-Louis Leyraud	Škoda Fabia S2000	2 ^12	2 ^12	2 ^12	90

Asia Cup

Pos.	Driver	Vehicle	MAL	JPN	CHN	IND	Total
1	Hitoshi Takayama	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	3 ^11	2 ^13	1 ^13		95
2	Michael Young	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	Ret ^4	1 ^13	2 ^13		73
3	Gaurav Gill	Škoda Fabia S2000	1 ^14	Ret	Ret		39
4	Fan Fan	Soueast Mitsubishi Lancer EX	Ret	2 ^11			29
	Dinesh Deheragoda	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X	Ret ^4	3 ^10			29

References

1. "2015 Calendar". FIA Asia-Pacific Rally Championship. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
2. "Rally of Whangarei 2015". EWRC-Results.com. EWRC-Results. 20 April 2015. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
3. "18. Rallye International de Nouvelle Calédonie 2015". EWRC-Results.com. EWRC-Results. 18 May 2015. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
4. "International Rally of Queensland 2015". EWRC-Results.com. EWRC-Results. 28 June 2015. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
5. "39. Malaysian Rally 2015". EWRC-Results.com. EWRC-Results. 19 August 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
6. "14. Rally Hokkaido 2015". EWRC-Results.com. EWRC-Results. 24 September 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
7. "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.
8. "Rallies". FIA.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 2 March 2015. Retrieved 16 May 2015.

External links

• Official website
• APRC Live Podcast
• APRC News and Video