2015 16 MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship

The 2015–2016 MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship was the fourth running of the MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship. It began on 31 October 2015 at Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi and finished on 31 January 2016 at the Madras Motor Racing Track, India. The series comprised 14 races, spread across four meetings, with the second round in Sakhir being a support event to the FIA World Endurance Championship.^[1]

Drivers

Template:Tooltip	Driver	Rounds
2	Template:Flagicon Tatiana Calderón^[2]	All
3	Template:Flagicon Dylan Young^[2]	All
4	Template:Flagicon Nikita Troitskiy^[2]	All
5	Template:Flagicon Max Fewtrell^[2]	All
6	Template:Flagicon Sean Walkinshaw^[2]	1–3
7	Template:Flagicon Harrison Newey^[2]	All
8	Template:Flagicon Matt Draper^[2]^[3]	1–3
9	Template:Flagicon Jake Dennis^[2]	1
10	Template:Flagicon Nobuharu Matsushita^[2]	1
11	Template:Flagicon Alice Powell^[2]	1
12	Template:Flagicon Karthik Tharani^[2]^[3]	1–2, 4
14	Template:Flagicon Arjun Narendran^[2]^[3]	All
15	Template:Flagicon Tarun Reddy^[2]	All
16	Template:Flagicon Laura Tillett^[2]	All
17	Template:Flagicon Nerses Isaakyan^[2]	All
18	Template:Flagicon Matheus Leist^[4]	2
19	Template:Flagicon Sebastian Balthasar^[2]	1
20	Template:Flagicon Jessica Hawkins^[4]	2
21	Template:Flagicon Pietro Fittipaldi^[2]	All
22	Template:Flagicon Christophe Mariot^[4]	2
23	Template:Flagicon Sam Dejonghe^[4]	2
24	Template:Flagicon Alessio Picariello^[4]	2–4
25	Template:Flagicon Rik Breukers^[5]	3
26	Template:Flagicon José Luis Abadín^[5]	3
27	Template:Flagicon Giuliano Alesi^[3]^[5]	3
28	Template:Flagicon Aleksanteri Huovinen^[6]	4
29	Template:Flagicon Mick Schumacher^[6]	4
85	Template:Flagicon Enzo Bortoleto^[6]	4

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
2015
1	Template:Tooltip1	Template:Flagicon Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi	30 October	Template:Flagicon Nobuharu Matsushita	Template:Flagicon Nobuharu Matsushita	Template:Flagicon Nobuharu Matsushita
	R2		30 October		Template:Flagicon Nobuharu Matsushita	Template:Flagicon Nikita Troitskiy
	R3		31 October	Template:Flagicon Nobuharu Matsushita	Template:Flagicon Nobuharu Matsushita	Template:Flagicon Nobuharu Matsushita
	R4		31 October		Template:Flagicon Jake Dennis	Template:Flagicon Pietro Fittipaldi
2	R1	Template:Flagicon Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir	20 November	Template:Flagicon Alessio Picariello	Template:Flagicon Alessio Picariello	Template:Flagicon Alessio Picariello
2	R2	Template:Flagicon Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir	20 November		Template:Flagicon Alessio Picariello	Template:Flagicon Alessio Picariello
3	R1	Template:Flagicon Dubai Autodrome, Dubai	18 December	Template:Flagicon Alessio Picariello	Template:Flagicon Alessio Picariello	Template:Flagicon Alessio Picariello
	R2		18 December		Template:Flagicon Tatiana Calderón	Template:Flagicon Tatiana Calderón
	R3		19 December	Template:Flagicon Alessio Picariello	Template:Flagicon Pietro Fittipaldi	Template:Flagicon Alessio Picariello
	R4		19 December		Template:Flagicon Alessio Picariello	Template:Flagicon Pietro Fittipaldi
2016
4	R1	Template:Flagicon Madras Motor Racing Track, Chennai	30 January	Template:Flagicon Pietro Fittipaldi	Template:Flagicon Pietro Fittipaldi	Template:Flagicon Pietro Fittipaldi
	R2		30 January		Template:Flagicon Alessio Picariello	Template:Flagicon Nikita Troitskiy
	R3		31 January	Template:Flagicon Pietro Fittipaldi	Template:Flagicon Harrison Newey	Template:Flagicon Pietro Fittipaldi
	R4		31 January		Template:Flagicon Alessio Picariello	Template:Flagicon Alessio Picariello

Championship standings

Scoring system

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

Drivers' standings

Template:Tooltip	Driver	ABU Template:Flagicon				BHR Template:Flagicon		DUB Template:Flagicon				CHE Template:Flagicon				Points
1	Template:Flagicon Pietro Fittipaldi	2	3	5	1	4	2	2	5	3	1	1	5	1	4	244
2	Template:Flagicon Tatiana Calderón	5	2	3	2	3	6	4	1	4	3	5	4	4	3	199
3	Template:Flagicon Nikita Troitskiy	4	1	6	6	2	3	3	2	2	DSQ	8	1	3	5	191
4	Template:Flagicon Alessio Picariello					1	1	1	8	1	2	4	Ret	6	1	181
5	Template:Flagicon Harrison Newey	10	7	7	16	7	4	7	Ret	5	DSQ	2	2	2	8	107
6	Template:Flagicon Nobuharu Matsushita	1	5	1	4											80
7	Template:Flagicon Tarun Reddy	6	4	4	3	11	Ret	5	12	7	10	6	Ret	12	9	74
8	Template:Flagicon Nerses Isaakyan	12	9	11	7	Ret	9	8	4	13	4	7	3	Ret	Ret	59
9	Template:Flagicon Jake Dennis	3	6	2	5											53
10	Template:Flagicon Mick Schumacher											3	6	5	2	51
11	Template:Flagicon Max Fewtrell	11	11	10	13	10	10	6	3	8	Ret	10	7	7	6	51
12	Template:Flagicon Sean Walkinshaw	8	8	8	10	6	8	Ret	Ret	6	9					35
13	Template:Flagicon Dylan Young	15†	12	12	11	8	11	9	6	Ret	7	9	9	9	7	32
14	Template:Flagicon Matheus Leist					5	5									20
15	Template:Flagicon Rik Breukers							15	11	10	5					11
16	Template:Flagicon Laura Tillett	Ret	15	14	9	Ret	16	12	10	14	6	12	Ret	11	13	11
17	Template:Flagicon José Luis Abadín							11	7	11	8					10
18	Template:Flagicon Alice Powell	9	10	9	8											9
19	Template:Flagicon Sam Dejonghe					9	7									8
20	Template:Flagicon Sebastian Balthasar	7	17	Ret	15											6
21	Template:Flagicon Enzo Bortoleto											11	8	Ret	10	5
22	Template:Flagicon Aleksanteri Huovinen											Ret	10	8	12	5
23	Template:Flagicon Giuliano Alesi							10	Ret	9	12					3
24	Template:Flagicon Matt Draper	13	14	15	14	13	13	13	9	12	Ret					2
25	Template:Flagicon Arjun Narendran	14	16	16	Ret	14	14	14	13	15	11	14	12	10	11	1
26	Template:Flagicon Karthik Tharani	Ret	13	13	12	12	12					13	11	Ret	Ret	0
27	Template:Flagicon Jessica Hawkins					15	15									0
28	Template:Flagicon Christophe Mariot					16	17									0
Template:Tooltip	Driver	ABU Template:Flagicon				BHR Template:Flagicon		DUB Template:Flagicon				CHE Template:Flagicon				Points

Template:Motorsport driver results legend Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

References

↑ MRF Challenge 2015 Brochure.
↑ ^2.00 ^2.01 ^2.02 ^2.03 ^2.04 ^2.05 ^2.06 ^2.07 ^2.08 ^2.09 ^2.10 ^2.11 ^2.12 ^2.13 ^2.14 ^2.15 ^2.16 Matsushita, Dennis and Fittipaldi for MRF opener in Abu Dhabi(27 October 2015).
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 Alesi misses MRF finale after visa problems(29 January 2016).
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 ^4.3 ^4.4 Fittipaldi, Calderon and Reddy set to resume MRF Challenge battle(16 November 2015).
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 Fittipaldi, Troitskiy and Calderon ready for Dubai; Alesi to debut(14 December 2015).
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 Mick Schumacher to race in MRF Challenge title decider(27 January 2016).

External links

Template:Official website

[1] MRF Challenge 2015 Brochure.

[Drivers-2] 2.00 ^2.01 ^2.02 ^2.03 ^2.04 ^2.05 ^2.06 ^2.07 ^2.08 ^2.09 ^2.10 ^2.11 ^2.12 ^2.13 ^2.14 ^2.15 ^2.16 Matsushita, Dennis and Fittipaldi for MRF opener in Abu Dhabi(27 October 2015).

[DriversR4Update-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 Alesi misses MRF finale after visa problems(29 January 2016).

[DriversR2-4] 4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 ^4.3 ^4.4 Fittipaldi, Calderon and Reddy set to resume MRF Challenge battle(16 November 2015).

[DriversR3-5] 5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 Fittipaldi, Troitskiy and Calderon ready for Dubai; Alesi to debut(14 December 2015).

[DriversR4-6] 6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 Mick Schumacher to race in MRF Challenge title decider(27 January 2016).

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