2015 ADAC Opel Rallye Cup

The 2015 ADAC Opel Rallye Cup season was the third season of the one-make series for Opel Adam rally cars.

This season was notable for the participation of Yannick Neuville, younger brother of World Rally Championship winning driver Thierry Neuville. The title was won by German Julius Tannert and Luxembourger co-driver Jennifer Thielen. Tannert won 6 of the 8 rallies to be held in 2015, finishing 113 points clear of their next best competitors. Samuli Vuorisalo finished as runner-up, while Yannick Neuville finished third with a win at Rallye Vogelsberg. Jacob Madsen was the only other winner, winning the Ostsee Rallye.

Calendar

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No. Date Rally Winner
1 ADAC Saarland-Pfalz Rallye 6–7 March Julius Tannert
2 ADAC Hessen Rallye Vogelsberg 17–18 April Yannick Neuville
3 S–DMV Thüringen Rallye 15–16 May Julius Tannert
4 ADAC Cosmo Rallye Wartburg 7–9 August Julius Tannert
5 Rallye Deutschland 22 August Julius Tannert
6 23 August Julius Tannert
7 ADAC Ostsee Rallye 4–5 September Jacob Madsen
8 3-Städte-Rallye 23–24 October Julius Tannert

Drivers

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Team No. Driver
n/a 30   Tim Wacker
31   Jerzy Tomaszczyk
35   Michael Knapp
40   Jacob Madsen
42   Philipp Leger
49   Anze Lemež
ADAC Niedersachsen/S. Anhalt 32   Emil Lindholm
RSG Mosbach e.V. im ADAC 33   Andre Wawrzyniak
ADAC Sachsen e.V. 34   Julius Tannert
ADAC Team Hansa 36   Timo Broda
ADAC Mittelrhein e.V. 37   Patrick Orth
38   Kevin Müller
ADAC Team Südbayern 39   Yannick Neuville
ADAC Ostwestfalen-Lippe e.V. 41   Niklas Stötefalke
44   Laura Suvanto
46   Samuli Vuorisalo
AC Helfenstein e.V. im ADAC 43   Melanie Schulz
Pontus Åhman 45   Pontus Åhman
ADAC Hessen-Thüringen 47   Sebastian von Gartzen
Team ADAC Weser-Ems 48   Moritz Neumann

Championship standings

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Points were awarded to the top 20 finishers on the basis below:

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th   16th   17th   18th   19th   20th 
Points 35 27 21 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
  • Additional points were awarded to the top three finishers on each event's Power Stage, on a 3–2–1 basis. Five points were also awarded to the driver with most stage wins at an event.
Pos Driver SAA HES THÜ COS DEU OST 3ST Pts
1   Julius Tannert 17 23 1 18 18 11 32 12 296
2   Samuli Vuorisalo 3 122 3 32 22 3 21 21 183
3   Yannick Neuville 73 1 Ret 2 Ret 22 4 Ret5 130
4   Jacob Madsen 21 Ret5 10 Ret 8 128 18 Ret 122
5   Emil Lindholm 6 11 8 Ret 3 6 9 43 110
6   Sebastian von Gartzen 13 Ret 5 61 7 7 8 10 95
7   Kevin Müller Ret 4 7 15 61 Ret 6 7 85
8   Pontus Åhman 15 Ret 6 5 10 4 14 12 84
9   Jerzy Tomaszczyk 5 10 2 Ret 9 8 Ret Ret 82
10   Patrick Orth 8 Ret 9 4 5 9 10 Ret 81
11   Moritz Neumann 14 7 11 8 12 5 15 Ret 76
12   Niklas Stötefalke Ret 31 Ret Ret 4 10 13 5 75
13   Tim Wacker 10 6 13 14 Ret 13 11 63
14   Melanie Schulz Ret 13 15 9 Ret 11 11 9 62
15   Timo Broda 4 Ret 4 13 5 59
16   Michael Knapp 9 8 12 11 DNS 7 Ret 59
17   Philipp Leger 11 9 14 10 Ret DNS 41
18   Andre Wawrzyniak Ret 5 Ret 11 12 Ret 36
19   Laura Suvanto 12 14 12 Ret 25
Guest drivers ineligible for points
  Johannes Fürst 3 0
  Josef Peták 6 0
  René Mandel 7 Ret 0
  Robert Hordossy 8 0
  Jürgen von Gartzen Ret 0
  Petr Vraj, Jr. Ret 0
  Matěj Kamenec Ret 0
  Martin Mottl Ret 0
Pos Driver SAA HES THÜ COS DEU OST 3ST Pts
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
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)

References

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  1. ^ "Vorläufige Teilnehmerliste ADAC OPEL Rallye Cup 2015". Archived from the original on 2015-10-01. Retrieved 2015-08-16.
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