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: Round Rally name Podium finishers Statistics Rank Driver Car Time Stages Length Starters Finishers 1 International Rally of Whangarei(17–19 April)1 Ken Block Ford Fiesta S2000 2:54:53.6 16281.30 km 48 182 Pontus Tidemand Škoda Fabia S2000 2:55:29.43 Ben Hunt Subaru Impreza WRX STi 2:57:02.1 2 Rallye de Nouvelle-Calédonie(15–17 May)1 Gaurav Gill Škoda Fabia S2000 2:29:16.4 16 246.34 km 20 152 Pontus Tidemand Škoda Fabia S2000 2:29:56.03 Jean-Louis Leyraud Škoda Fabia S2000 2:35:39.6 3 International Rally of Queensland(19–21 June)1 Pontus Tidemand Škoda Fabia S2000 2:01:23.8 18 227.06 km 48 292 Michael Young Subaru Impreza WRX STi 2:05:25.03 Subhan Aksa Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X 2:08:00.8 4 Malaysian Rally(14–16 August)1 Pontus Tidemand Škoda Fabia S2000 3:05:11.5 14 226.56 km 26 222 Gaurav Gill Škoda Fabia S2000 3:07:08.03 Fan Fan Soueast Mitsubishi Lancer EX 3:26:58.8 5 Rally Hokkaido(18–20 September)1 Pontus Tidemand Škoda Fabia S2000 2:24:49.5 20 225.35 km 22 142 Michael Young Subaru Impreza WRX STi 2:36:50.13 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 13230.04 km 102 442 Hitoshi Takayama Subaru Impreza WRX STi 3:42:13.13 Michael Young Subaru Impreza WRX STi 3:58:16.7 7 Rally of India(11–13 December)1 Lohitt Urs Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VIII 2:22:21.4 132 Satyan Kochar Volkswagen Polo 2:40:13.93 Pradeep RG Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VIII 2:45:39.0
Championship standings The 2015 APRC for Drivers points was as follows:
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 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 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 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
External links
APRC Live Podcast APRC News and Video