The 2014–2015
MRF Challenge
MRF Challenge is an open-wheel motorsport formula based in India organized by Madras Motor Sports Club. This was India's first and only FIA
FIA is the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (English: International Automobile Federation), ...
Formula 2000 Championship was the third running of the MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship. The championship commenced on 17 October 2014 in
Losail International Circuit
The Losail International Circuit or Lusail International Circuit (Arabic: حلبة لوسيل الدولية) is a motor racing circuit located just outside the city of Lusail, north of Doha, Qatar.
Built in just under a year by 1,000 workers ...
,
Qatar
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and finished on 25 January 2015 in
Madras Motor Racing Track,
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
. The series consisted of 12 races, spread across 3 meetings.
With four victories – two at Losail and two in Madras – and top-five finishes in every race,
Toby Sowery
Toby Sowery (born 30 June 1996 in Melbourn) is a British racing driver.
Career
Karting
Born in Melbourn, Sowery began karting in 2004 at the age of eight and claimed titles in Easykart, Junior TKM and Junior Rotax GP.
Lower Formulae
In 201 ...
finished the season as champion. Sowery finished 47 points clear of his next closest competitor
Ryan Cullen
Ryan Cullen (born 26 March 1991) is an Irish racing driver currently competing in the FIA World Endurance Championship for Vector Sport.
Career
Cullen first drove in the British Formula Ford in 2012 as a novice driver which means a driver has ...
, who was a three-time race winner, winning a pair of races in
Bahrain
Bahrain ( ; ; ar, البحرين, al-Bahrayn, locally ), officially the Kingdom of Bahrain, ' is an island country in Western Asia. It is situated on the Persian Gulf, and comprises a small archipelago made up of 50 natural islands and an ...
and one in Madras. Third place in the championship went to the best placed home driver
Raj Bharath, who was a race winner at Losail; he finished 26 points in arrears of Cullen. Four other drivers won races during the season; Tarun Reddy won the other race to be held at Losail, Struan Moore and
Mathias Lauda
Mathias Lauda (born 30 January 1981) is an Austrian racing driver currently racing for Aston Martin Racing as a factory driver in the FIA World Endurance Championship. He is the son of the late three-time Formula One world champion Niki Lauda a ...
each won races in Bahrain, and Oscar King won the season's final race, in Madras.
Drivers
Freddie Hunt, son of
Formula One
Formula One (also known as Formula 1 or F1) is the highest class of international racing for open-wheel single-seater formula racing cars sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). The World Drivers' Championship, ...
champion
James Hunt
James Simon Wallis Hunt (29 August 1947 – 15 June 1993) ''Autocourse Grand Prix Archive'', 14 October 2007. Retrieved 4 November 2007. was a British racing driver who won the Formula One World Championship in . After retiring from racing in ...
and
Mathias Lauda
Mathias Lauda (born 30 January 1981) is an Austrian racing driver currently racing for Aston Martin Racing as a factory driver in the FIA World Endurance Championship. He is the son of the late three-time Formula One world champion Niki Lauda a ...
, son of , and Formula One champion
Niki Lauda
Andreas Nikolaus "Niki" Lauda (22 February 1949 – 20 May 2019) was an Austrian Formula One driver and aviation entrepreneur. He was a three-time Formula One World Drivers' Champion, winning in , and , and is the only driver in Formula ...
both competed in the series.
Race calendar and results
The second round in Bahrain was held in support of the
FIA World Endurance Championship
The FIA World Endurance Championship is an auto racing world championship organized by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO) and sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). The series supersedes the ACO's former Intercont ...
.
Championship standings
References
External links
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2014–2015
MRF Challenge
MRF Challenge is an open-wheel motorsport formula based in India organized by Madras Motor Sports Club. This was India's first and only FIA
FIA is the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (English: International Automobile Federation), ...
MRF Challenge
MRF Challenge is an open-wheel motorsport formula based in India organized by Madras Motor Sports Club. This was India's first and only FIA
FIA is the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (English: International Automobile Federation), ...
MRF Challenge
MRF Challenge is an open-wheel motorsport formula based in India organized by Madras Motor Sports Club. This was India's first and only FIA
FIA is the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (English: International Automobile Federation), ...
MRF Challenge
MRF Challenge is an open-wheel motorsport formula based in India organized by Madras Motor Sports Club. This was India's first and only FIA
FIA is the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (English: International Automobile Federation), ...
MRF Challenge
MRF Challenge is an open-wheel motorsport formula based in India organized by Madras Motor Sports Club. This was India's first and only FIA
FIA is the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (English: International Automobile Federation), ...