2015 MSA Formula Championship

The 2015 MSA Formula Championship was a multi-event, Formula 4 open-wheel single seater motor racing championship held across England and Scotland. The championship featured a mix of professional motor racing teams and privately funded drivers, competing in Formula 4 cars that conformed to the technical regulations for the championship. This, the inaugural season, following on from the British Formula Ford Championship, was the first year that the cars conformed to the FIA's Formula 4 regulations. Part of the TOCA tour, it formed part of the extensive program of support categories built up around the British Touring Car Championship centrepiece.

The season commenced on 5 April at Brands Hatch – on the circuit's Indy configuration – and concluded on 11 October at the same venue, utilising the Grand Prix circuit, after thirty races held at ten meetings, all in support of the 2015 British Touring Car Championship.

Lando Norris won the championship with eight victories, 42 points ahead of Ricky Collard, who won six races. Third-placed Colton Herta came out victorious four times, Sennan Fielding and second-highest placed rookie Dan Ticktum won three races each, Matheus Leist and Sandy Mitchell won twice respectively, and Josh Smith and top rookie Enaam Ahmed both triumphed just once.

Championship changes The championship adopted the technical regulations for the new FIA Formula 4 specification, becoming the official F4 championship in the United Kingdom. The championship kept the Ford EcoBoost engine but with a power reduction from 200 bhp to 160 bhp, as per the F4 regulations. The new regulations moved to a new carbon fibre monocoque chassis which met FIA F3 safety standards.

Teams and drivers All teams were British-registered. Team Drivers Class Rounds JHR Developments 3 Sennan Fielding 3–10 28 1–2 96 Jack Butel 5–10 MBM Motorsport 4 Jack Barlow 1–4, 6 26 Toby Sowery 8–10 Falcon Motorsport 7 Jessica Hawkins 4–8 8 Darius Karbaley 1–6, 9–10 9 Alexandra Marinescu 1 Carlin 10 Colton Herta All 21 Petru Florescu All 31 Lando Norris All TRS Arden Junior Racing Team 11 Ricky Collard All 19 Sandy Mitchell All 65 Enaam Ahmed All Joe Tandy Racing 14 Daniel Baybutt All 15 James Pull 1–6 51 Ameya Vaidyanathan 2–6, 8, 10 Double R Racing 17 Gustavo Myasava 1–2 18 Matheus Leist All 22 Tarun Reddy All Richardson Racing 23 Ollie Pidgley 2–7 25 Louise Richardson All 88 Greg Holloway 8–10 Fortec Motorsports 15 James Pull 7–10 26 Toby Sowery 4, 6 27 Dan Ticktum 1–9 59 Josh Smith All SWB Motorsport 46 Rafael Martins All 71 Jodie Hemming 9 96 Jack Butel 1–4 Icon Class Rookie

Race calendar and results The calendar for the 2015 TOCA package was announced on 14 September 2014. The Oulton Park round reverted to the Island layout, after using the International circuit in 2014. All races were held in the United Kingdom.

Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team 1 R1 Brands Hatch(Indy Circuit, Kent) 4 April Daniel Baybutt Dan Ticktum Lando Norris Carlin Dan Ticktum R2 5 April Dan Ticktum Ricky Collard TRS Arden Junior Racing Team Dan Ticktum R3 Lando Norris Lando Norris Lando Norris Carlin Dan Ticktum 2 R4 Donington Park(National Circuit, Leicestershire) 18 April Dan Ticktum James Pull Dan Ticktum Fortec Motorsports Dan Ticktum R5 19 April Jack Barlow Matheus Leist Double R Racing Dan Ticktum R6 Dan Ticktum Dan Ticktum Dan Ticktum Fortec Motorsports Dan Ticktum 3 R7 Thruxton Circuit(Hampshire) 9 May Sandy Mitchell Sandy Mitchell Sandy Mitchell TRS Arden Junior Racing Team Sandy Mitchell R8 10 May Sandy Mitchell Lando Norris Carlin Sandy Mitchell R9 Sandy Mitchell Ricky Collard Sandy Mitchell TRS Arden Junior Racing Team Sandy Mitchell 4 R10 Oulton Park(Island Circuit, Cheshire) 6 June Lando Norris Colton Herta Ricky Collard TRS Arden Junior Racing Team Rafael Martins R11 Matheus Leist Sennan Fielding JHR Developments Dan Ticktum R12 7 June Lando Norris Lando Norris Lando Norris Carlin Dan Ticktum 5 R13 Croft Circuit(North Yorkshire) 27 June Lando Norris Lando Norris Sennan Fielding JHR Developments Josh Smith R14 Colton Herta Josh Smith Fortec Motorsports Josh Smith R15 28 June Lando Norris Lando Norris Ricky Collard TRS Arden Junior Racing Team Petru Florescu 6 R16 Snetterton Circuit(300 Circuit, Norfolk) 8 August Colton Herta Colton Herta Dan Ticktum Fortec Motorsports Dan Ticktum R17 9 August Dan Ticktum Colton Herta Carlin Dan Ticktum R18 Colton Herta Colton Herta Colton Herta Carlin Dan Ticktum 7 R19 Knockhill Racing Circuit(Fife) 22 August Lando Norris Lando Norris Lando Norris Carlin Enaam Ahmed R20 23 August Dan Ticktum Sennan Fielding JHR Developments Josh Smith R21 Dan Ticktum Colton Herta Ricky Collard TRS Arden Junior Racing Team Enaam Ahmed 8 R22 Rockingham Motor Speedway(International Super Sports Car Circuit, Northamptonshire) 5 September Lando Norris Lando Norris Lando Norris Carlin Dan Ticktum R23 6 September Sennan Fielding Ricky Collard TRS Arden Junior Racing Team Sandy Mitchell R24 Colton Herta Lando Norris Colton Herta Carlin Dan Ticktum 9 R25 Silverstone Circuit(National Circuit, Northamptonshire) 26 September Matheus Leist Colton Herta Lando Norris Carlin Daniel Baybutt R26 27 September Ricky Collard Ricky Collard TRS Arden Junior Racing Team Daniel Baybutt R27 Lando Norris Colton Herta Matheus Leist Double R Racing Enaam Ahmed 10 R28 Brands Hatch(Grand Prix Circuit, Kent) 10 October Lando Norris Lando Norris Lando Norris Carlin Enaam Ahmed R29 Lando Norris Enaam Ahmed TRS Arden Junior Racing Team Enaam Ahmed R30 11 October Lando Norris Colton Herta Colton Herta Carlin Enaam Ahmed

Championship standings

Points were awarded as follows: Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th+  Points 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1 5 1

Drivers' championship Pos Driver BHI DON THR OUL CRO SNE KNO ROC SIL BHGP Points R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 1 Lando Norris 1 9 1 4 6 10 10 1 3 2 8 1 Ret 12 2 2 8 2 1 Ret 7 1 8 2 1 7 10 1 7 2 413 2 Ricky Collard 5 1 6 6 2 2 4 4 2 1 9 2 2 11 1 3 6 9 Ret 7 1 8 1 8 5 1 Ret 3 6 8 371 3 Colton Herta 12 4 14 15 9 4 5 6 9 3 6 Ret 6 2 14 9 1 1 5 2 2 3 7 1 2 5 2 2 5 1 355 4 4 Ret 10 5 3 Ret Ret 10 8 8 1 3 1 4 3 4 3 4 3 1 3 6 2 Ret 6 2 Ret Ret 8 5 300 5 Matheus Leist 3 8 3 7 1 Ret 2 5 4 5 2 DSQ 5 5 6 7 Ret DNS 9 6 11 5 4 6 4 3 1 Ret 14 7 273 6 Dan Ticktum 2 2 5 1 5 1 7 Ret Ret 9 3 4 DSQ DSQ DSQ 1 2 3 8 Ret 8 2 5 3 DSQ DSQ DSQ 242 7 Sandy Mitchell 14 6 12 13 Ret Ret 1 2 1 13 11 12 8 7 7 15 Ret 20 4 4 5 9 3 15 8 9 Ret 6 2 9 193 8 Enaam Ahmed 9 Ret 7 11 19 8 8 7 10 15 20 11 9 8 11 6 7 7 2 5 4 4 6 13 11 11 3 4 1 3 176 9 Rafael Martins 6 Ret 9 Ret 15 Ret 6 3 7 4 7 14 14 15 10 13 12 10 Ret 8 6 12 Ret 18 10 6 Ret 5 3 10 114 10 James Pull 8 3 2 2 7 3 Ret 11 Ret Ret 13 8 11 10 12 18 16 13 6 Ret Ret 16 14 7 9 17 Ret 10 9 6 104 11 Petru Florescu 13 10 11 10 18 15 Ret 14 5 7 15 5 Ret 13 4 5 11 5 14 11 Ret 7 11 5 13 10 7 9 11 12 99 12 Daniel Baybutt 7 14 8 9 10 7 3 19 Ret 10 4 9 10 9 9 21 13 12 11 Ret Ret 17 13 11 7 4 8 7 10 11 98 13 Josh Smith 11 5 15 Ret 13 9 15 16 13 12 Ret 10 7 1 Ret 20 10 19 7 3 10 13 15 10 16 15 Ret 14 12 19 84 14 Toby Sowery Ret 14 6 11 4 Ret Ret 9 4 3 12 Ret 8 4 4 80 15 Tarun Reddy 10 Ret Ret Ret 16 6 Ret 8 6 11 10 7 3 6 8 8 5 6 10 Ret Ret 10 NC Ret Ret 14 Ret Ret Ret 14 77 16 Louise Richardson Ret 12 Ret 12 11 16 12 12 12 14 17 13 4 3 5 12 14 14 15 12 9 14 Ret 9 14 16 5 11 13 17 72 17 Jack Barlow Ret 7 4 8 4 5 11 15 11 6 5 Ret 10 18 8 72 18 Jack Butel 15 11 Ret 14 12 13 13 13 Ret 18 18 16 Ret 16 16 17 9 16 16 9 13 Ret 12 14 12 8 6 12 17 14 38 19 Darius Karbaley 16 13 13 Ret Ret 12 9 9 14 16 12 18 Ret DNS Ret 16 15 17 15 13 4 Ret 15 16 31 20 Gustavo Myasava Ret Ret Ret 3 8 Ret 19 21 Ollie Pidgley 16 17 14 14 18 16 17 16 17 13 17 15 Ret 19 15 13 10 12 17 22 17 14 11 Ret 17 15 20 DNS Ret 12 Ret 17 19 Ret 18 15 10 16 Ret 16 15 15 23 Jessica Hawkins 19 19 15 15 14 13 14 17 11 12 Ret 14 11 Ret 12 13 24 Greg Holloway 18 16 17 17 18 9 13 18 18 10 – Alexandra Marinescu DNS DNS DNS 0 – Jodie Hemming DNS DNS DNS 0 Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Points BHI DON THR OUL CRO SNE KNO ROC SIL BHGPBold – PoleItalics – Fastest Lap† — Did not finish, but classified

Rookie Cup Pos Driver BHI DON THR OUL CRO SNE KNO ROC SIL BHGP Points R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 1 Enaam Ahmed 9 Ret 7 11 19 8 8 7 10 15 20 11 9 8 11 6 7 7 2 5 4 4 6 13 11 11 3 4 1 3 440 2 Dan Ticktum 2 2 5 1 5 1 7 Ret Ret 9 3 4 DSQ DSQ DSQ 1 2 3 8 Ret 8 2 5 3 DSQ DSQ DSQ 408 3 Sandy Mitchell 14 6 12 13 Ret Ret 1 2 1 13 11 12 8 7 7 15 Ret 20 4 4 5 9 3 15 8 9 Ret 6 2 9 401 4 Daniel Baybutt 7 14 8 9 10 7 3 19 Ret 10 4 9 10 9 9 21 13 12 11 Ret Ret 17 13 11 7 4 8 7 10 11 363 5 Petru Florescu 13 10 11 10 18 15 Ret 14 5 7 15 5 Ret 13 4 5 11 5 14 11 Ret 7 11 5 13 10 7 9 11 12 350 6 Rafael Martins 6 Ret 9 Ret 15 Ret 6 3 7 4 7 14 14 15 10 13 12 10 Ret 8 6 12 Ret 18 10 6 Ret 5 3 10 325 7 Josh Smith 11 5 15 Ret 13 9 15 16 13 12 Ret 10 7 1 Ret 20 10 19 7 3 10 13 15 10 16 15 Ret 14 12 19 290 8 Darius Karbaley 16 13 13 Ret Ret 12 9 9 14 16 12 18 Ret DNS Ret 16 15 17 15 13 4 Ret 15 16 142 9 Ameya Vaidyanathan 17 14 11 Ret 17 15 20 DNS Ret 12 Ret 17 19 Ret 18 15 10 16 Ret 16 15 110 Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Points BHI DON THR OUL CRO SNE KNO ROC SIL BHGP

Nations Cup Pos Driver BHI DON THR OUL CRO SNE KNO ROC SIL BHGP Points R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 1 12 4 14 15 9 4 5 6 9 3 6 Ret 6 2 14 9 1 1 5 2 2 3 7 1 2 5 2 2 5 1 590 2 3 8 3 3 1 Ret 2 3 4 4 2 14 5 5 6 7 12 10 9 6 6 5 4 6 4 3 1 5 3 7 588 3 13 10 11 10 18 15 Ret 14 5 7 15 5 Ret 13 4 5 11 5 14 11 Ret 7 11 5 13 10 7 9 11 12 432 4 10 Ret Ret 17 14 6 Ret 8 6 11 10 7 3 6 8 8 5 6 10 Ret Ret 10 10 16 Ret 14 Ret Ret 16 14 292 Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Points BHI DON THR OUL CRO SNE KNO ROC SIL BHGP

Teams Cup Pos Team Pts 1 Carlin 712 2 TRS Arden Junior Racing Team 627 3 Double R Racing 374 4 Fortec Motorsports 360 5 JHR Developments 345 6 JTR 205 7 MBM Motorsport 144 8 SWB Motorsport 122 9 Richardson Racing 85 10 Falcon Motorsport 34

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