The 2015 SEAT León Eurocup was the fifth season of the

SEAT León Eurocup The SEAT León Eurocup was a one-make racing, one-make touring car racing series which uses SEAT Leóns, run by SEAT Sport. Background The championship began in 2008, making its debut at Circuit de Valencia, as a support series for the World To ...

. The season was contested over seven race meetings – with two races at each meeting – starting on 25 April at the

Paul Ricard Circuit The Circuit Paul Ricard () is a French motorsport race track built in 1969 at Le Castellet, Var, near Marseille, with finance from pastis magnate Paul Ricard. Ricard wanted to experience the challenge of building a racetrack. The circuit has ho ...

and concluding on 1 November at the

Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya The Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya () is a motorsport race track in Montmeló, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. With long straights and a variety of corners, the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya is seen as an all-rounder circuit. The track has stands ...

. Reigning champion Pol Rosell defended his championship title for the Baporo Motorsport team. Rosell won four races and recorded eight podium finishes as he finished eleven points clear of his closest rival,

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. Paulsen went into the final race with a shot of winning the title, but his failure to score points sealed the title for Rosell. PCR Sport driver Mikel Azcona finished third in the championship, a further eleven points in arrears. Azcona won one race during the season; the season-opener at Paul Ricard. Six other drivers won races during 2015; Fran Rueda won the partially reversed-grid races at Paul Ricard and

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, with single victories taken by Wolf-Power Racing's

Jonny Cocker Jonathan Cocker (born 24 August 1986) is a British racing driver. In 2012 he won the ELMS GTE Pro Championship. He competed in the American Le Mans Series (ALMS) for Drayson Racing, a team run by Paul Drayson. Career Cocker, who was born in C ...

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Target Competition Target Competition is an Italian auto racing team based in Eppan an der Weinstraße, Italy. The team is currently competing in the World Touring Car Cup and others TCR series. The team has previously raced in the TCR Europe Touring Car Series, SE ...

Loris Hezemans Loris Hezemans (born 26 May 1997) is a Dutch professional racing driver. He last competed part-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 27 Ford Mustang for Team Hezeberg and part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series driving the No. 33 Toyo ...

(

Red Bull Ring The Red Bull Ring is a motorsport race track in Spielberg, Styria, Austria. The race circuit was founded as Österreichring (translation: Austrian Circuit) and hosted the Austrian Grand Prix for 18 consecutive years, from to . It was later sh ...

), Rosell's team-mate Alex Morgan (

Nürburgring The is a 150,000 person capacity motorsports complex located in the town of Nürburg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It features a Formula One, Grand Prix race track built in 1984, and a long "North loop" track, built in the 1920s, around t ...

), while

JSB Compétition JSB Compétition is a French auto racing team based in Camps-en-Amiénois, France. The team has raced in the SEAT León Eurocup & TCR International Series, since 2014 & 2015 respectively. TCR International Series SEAT León Cup Racer (2015–) ...

team-mates Thibaut Mourgues and

Lucile Cypriano Lucile Cypriano (born 2 September 1996) is a French racing driver currently competing in the SEAT León Eurocup. She previously competed in the TCR International Series, Volkswagen Scirocco R-Cup and French F4 Championship. Racing career Cypri ...

won at

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and Catalunya respectively.

Teams and drivers

Race calendar and results

All rounds were part of the

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weekends, except for the

event, which supported the

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Championship standings

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:2015 SEAT Leon Eurocup season SEAT León Eurocup seasons

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