2015 World Rally Championship
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The 2015 World Rally Championship was the 43rd season of the World Rally Championship, a rallying championship recognised by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile as the highest class of international rallying. Teams and drivers contest thirteen rallies across four continents, competing for the FIA World Rally Championships for Drivers and Manufacturers. The WRC-2, WRC-3 and Junior WRC championships are run in support of the premier championship.
Sébastien Ogier
World Co-drivers' Champion:
Julien Ingrassia
World Manufacturers' Champion:
Volkswagen Motorsport
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Junior World Rally Championship
Sébastien Ogier started the season as the defending drivers' champion.[1] His team, Volkswagen Motorsport, were the defending manufacturers' champions.[2] Both Ogier and Volkswagen Motorsport claimed their third consecutive drivers' and manufacturers' championships with 3 rounds to spare by winning in Rally Australia.
The 2015 calendar was announced at a meeting of the FIA World Motor Sport Council in Beijing in September 2014.[3] The season maintained the same rallies as the 2014 season and was contested over thirteen rounds in Europe, the Americas and Oceania.
Round | Dates | Rally name | Rally headquarters | Surface | |
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1 | 22–25 January | Monte Carlo Rally | Gap, Hautes-Alpes, France | Mixed | |
2 | 13–15 February | Rally Sweden | Hagfors, Värmland | Snow | |
3 | 6–8 March | Rally Mexico | León, Guanajuato | Gravel | |
4 | 24–26 April | Rally Argentina | Villa Carlos Paz, Córdoba | Gravel | |
5 | 22–24 May | Rally de Portugal | Matosinhos, Porto | Gravel | |
6 | 12–14 June | Rally Italia Sardegna | Alghero, Sardinia | Gravel | |
7 | 3–5 July | Rally Poland | Mikołajki, Warmia-Masuria | Gravel | |
8 | 31 July–2 August | Rally Finland | Jyväskylä, Keski-Suomi | Gravel | |
9 | 21–23 August | Rallye Deutschland | Trier, Rhineland-Palatinate | Tarmac | |
10 | 11–13 September | Rally Australia | Coffs Harbour, New South Wales | Gravel | |
11 | 2–4 October | Tour de Corse | Ajaccio, Corse-du-Sud | Tarmac | |
12 | 23–25 October | Rally de Catalunya | Salou, Tarragona | Mixed | |
13 | 13–15 November | Wales Rally GB | Deeside, Flintshire | Gravel | |
Source:[3][4] | |||||
Notes:
- ^1 — The Rallies of Germany and France were provisional inclusions subject to negotiation of a new agreement between their organisers and series promoters.[3]
Calendar changes
- The Rallye Monte Carlo adopted Rally-2 regulations, allowing retired competitors to restart the event the next day with a time penalty.[5] Prior to 2015, the Rallye Monte Carlo was the only event being run without Rally-2 regulations.
- The Rallies of Portugal and Argentina swapped places in the calendar.[5]
- The Rally of Portugal moved from its base in the town of Faro in the Algarve region—where it had been headquartered from 2007 until 2014—and relocated to the country's north, its original home prior until its removal from the calendar in 2002.[5]
- On 6 February 2015, the Fédération Française du Sport Automobile (FFSA) announced that the Tour de Corse would replace the Rallye de France Alsace on the calendar for financial reasons.[6]