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The 2015 Circuito Schin Stock Car Brasil season was the thirty-seventh season of the
Stock Car Brasil Stock Car Pro Series, formerly known as Stock Car Brasil, is a touring car auto racing series based in Brazil organized by Vicar. It is considered the major Brazilian and South American motorsports series. Starting in 1979 with Chevrolet as the ...
. The season began at the
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in March and ended at the
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in December. The 2015 Stock Car Brasil consists of four main support championships which support the championship at almost every round, along with several smaller championships supporting one or two events.
Marcos Gomes Marcos Giffoni de Melo Gomes (born July 26, 1984) is a Brazilian professional racing driver currently set to compete in the Stock Car Brasil series for Cavaleiro Sports, where he won the 2015 championship. Marcos is the son of four-time Stock C ...
was the champion of the season.


Teams and drivers


Team changes

* AMG Motorsport return for the official name after
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reduced support in the team. * Hanier Racing is now called Cavaleiro Racing with the acquisition of 100% of corporate shares by Beto Cavaleiro. Textiles Hanier left the championship. * ProGP scaled back to a single car operation. * RC3 Bassani returned to operating as a two-car team and the team changed name to União Química Bassani for sponsorship reasons.


Driver changes


Changed teams

* Popó Bueno left Shell Racing and joined Total Racing. *
Luciano Burti Luciano Pucci Burti (born 5 March 1975) is a Brazilian racing driver who briefly raced in Formula One. He is now a commentator for TV Globo. Early career Burti's early career saw him graduate through the usual channels and he found himself i ...
changed teams from Vogel Motorsport to RZ Motorsport. * Fábio Fogaça left the Schin Racing Team and moved to Hot Car Competições. *
Alceu Feldmann Alceu Elias Feldmann Filho (born September 4, 1972) is a Brazilian racing driver. Feldmann has 13 seasons in Stock Car Brasil Stock Car Pro Series, formerly known as Stock Car Brasil, is a touring car auto racing series based in Brazil organ ...
returned to Boettger Competições, having competed for the team from 2005 to 2009. * Bia Figueiredo and
Rafael Suzuki Rafael "Hideo" Suzuki (born August 13, 1987 in São Paulo, Brazil) is a Japanese born Brazilian racing driver. He has competed in several Formula Three series before the All-Japan Formula Three Championship, such as the Formula Three Sudamerican ...
, who raced for ProGP in 2014, will join União Química Racing and RZ Motorsport respectively. *
Lucas Foresti Lucas Constantino Bethonico Foresti (born 12 May 1992) is a Brazilian racing driver who currently competes in Stock Car Brasil for KTF Sports. Career Karting After a previous career in junior motocross, Foresti made his karting debut at Brasíl ...
switched from RC3 Bassani to AMG Motorsport. * Felipe Fraga and
Marcos Gomes Marcos Giffoni de Melo Gomes (born July 26, 1984) is a Brazilian professional racing driver currently set to compete in the Stock Car Brasil series for Cavaleiro Sports, where he won the 2015 championship. Marcos is the son of four-time Stock C ...
joined Voxx Racing, leaving Vogel Motorsport and the Schin Racing Team respectively. *
Sérgio Jimenez Sérgio Jimenez (born May 15, 1984, in Piedade, São Paulo State) is a Brazilian racecar driver. Career He started his career in 1994 with karting and in 2002 participated in the Formula Renault Formula Renault are classes of formula racing ...
left Voxx Racing to race for the Axalta C2 Team. * Felipe Lapenna and
Raphael Matos Raphael Matos (born August 28, 1981) is a Brazilian professional racing driver. He was the 2008 Firestone Indy Lights Series champion and the 2007 Champ Car Atlantic Series champion. He lives in Miami. Career highlights Early career Born in Bel ...
left Hot Car Competições to join the Schin Racing Team. *
Denis Navarro Denis Navarro (born March 16, 1987 in São Paulo) is a Brazilian auto racing driver. He currently drives in the Stock Car Brasil Stock Car Pro Series, formerly known as Stock Car Brasil, is a touring car auto racing series based in Brazil orga ...
and Diego Nunes joined Vogel Motorsport, leaving Voxx Racing and the Axalta C2 Team respectively. *
Tuka Rocha Christiano "Tuka" Chiaradia Alcoba Rocha (December 13, 1982 – November 17, 2019) was a Brazilian race car driver. He won numerous karting championships in Brazil from 1996 to 2000. Then moved up to South American Formula 3 Lights. In 2002 he mo ...
left RZ Motorsport and moved to União Quimica Racing. * After seven seasons racing for his own team,
Ricardo Zonta Ricardo Luiz Zonta (born March 23, 1976) is a Brazilian professional racing driver. He currently competes full-time in the Brazilian Stock Car Pro Series, driving the No. 10 Toyota Corolla E210 for RCM Motorsport. Early career Born in Curitiba, ...
switched to Shell Racing.


Entering/re-entering the series

*
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runner-up Raphael Abbate will debut in the series, with Hot Car Competições. *
César Ramos César Altair Zanetti Ramos (born 25 July 1989 in Novo Hamburgo) is a Brazilian racing driver currently competing in the Stock Car Pro Series with Ipiranga Racing. Ramos has also previously raced in Formula Renault, Italian Formula Three, Blan ...
, who competed for Belgian Audi Club Team WRT in the Blancpain Endurance and Sprint championships in 2014, joined Total Racing in 2015. Ramos competed as a wildcard at the first round in 2014, with Ipiranga-RCM.


Leaving the series

* Beto Cavaleiro will not return to the series in 2015, and will focus on running the Cavaleiro Racing. *
Nonô Figueiredo Flávio Pagano "Nonô" Figueiredo (born May 13, 1971, in São Paulo) is a Brazilian auto racing driver. He is better known as "Nonô"" Figueiredo and drives in the Brazilian V8 Stock Car Series. He started racing in Karting in 1984, winning seve ...
announced his retirement from Stock Car after three wins and fifteen seasons. * *
Lico Kaesemodel Orlando Otto Kaesemodel Neto, better known as Lico Kaesemodel (born May 10, 1983 in Curitiba) is a Brazilian racing driver, currently drives in Stock Car Brasil. Career He started karting career in 1995 and won four time the Curitiba states cha ...
, Felipe Tozzo, Mauri Zacarelli, Wellington Justino, Felipe Gama and Vicente Orige competed part-time in 2014 and will not return in 2015.


In-season changes

* After first round ProGP did not compete until fourth round, returning at fifth round with the rookie Gustavo Lima. *
Alceu Feldmann Alceu Elias Feldmann Filho (born September 4, 1972) is a Brazilian racing driver. Feldmann has 13 seasons in Stock Car Brasil Stock Car Pro Series, formerly known as Stock Car Brasil, is a touring car auto racing series based in Brazil organ ...
leaves Boettger Competições after first round. Boettger return to operate two cars in seventh round with Pedro Boesel and the last three rounds with
Felipe Guimarães Felipe "Lopes" Guimarães (born March 22, 1991, in Anápolis, Goiás) is a Brazilian racing driver. After a childhood in karting, Guimarães transitioned to the extremely competitive Formula Three Sudamericana series at the age of 16 and finishe ...
. *
Cacá Bueno Carlos Eduardo Santos Galvão Bueno Filho, better known as Cacá Bueno (born 24 January 1976) is a Brazilian professional racing driver. He competes full-time in the Stock Car Pro Series, driving the No. 0 Chevrolet Cruze for Crown Racing. He i ...
had been suspended in court after offending the marshals on team radio after his victory in the first race at Ribeirão Preto - when he crossed the line, he kept racing in front of
Marcos Gomes Marcos Giffoni de Melo Gomes (born July 26, 1984) is a Brazilian professional racing driver currently set to compete in the Stock Car Brasil series for Cavaleiro Sports, where he won the 2015 championship. Marcos is the son of four-time Stock C ...
because the chequered flag was not waved at neither of them in the occasion by mistake. After competing in the first round as a wildcard driver,
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replaces Bueno at Red Bull Racing. * Fábio Fogaça was fired on Hot Car Competições after nine round for poor results, in his place the team called the Argentine driver Mauro Giallombardo for two rounds and
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champion
Beto Monteiro Beto Monteiro (born 18 August 1975 in Recife, Brazil) is a Brazilian racing driver. He is currently competing in the Fórmula Truck. Racing record Career summary Not eligible for points. Incomplete Fórmula Truck results ( key) Complete F ...
for the last round. * Constantino Júnior return for Stock Car in last round replacing your nephew
Lucas Foresti Lucas Constantino Bethonico Foresti (born 12 May 1992) is a Brazilian racing driver who currently competes in Stock Car Brasil for KTF Sports. Career Karting After a previous career in junior motocross, Foresti made his karting debut at Brasíl ...
in AMG Motorsport after Foresti received a 30 days preventive suspension for doping. *
Raphael Matos Raphael Matos (born August 28, 1981) is a Brazilian professional racing driver. He was the 2008 Firestone Indy Lights Series champion and the 2007 Champ Car Atlantic Series champion. He lives in Miami. Career highlights Early career Born in Bel ...
also was suspended for the same reason of Foresti. In his place Schin Racing Team called Argentine driver
Néstor Girolami Néstor Adrián Girolami (born May 22, 1989 in Cordoba Province), also known by the nickname "Bebu", is an Argentine racing driver. His brother Franco is also racing driver. Career He began competing in karts in 1993. He remained in this disc ...
two time
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champion and winner of Stock Car All Star Race at Interlagos with
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.


Race calendar and results

The provisional 2015 schedule was announced on 18 November 2014. The seventh edition of the Schin Million was held on August 16 in
Goiânia Goiânia (; ) is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Goiás. With a population of 1,536,097, it is the second-largest city in the Central-West Region and the 10th-largest in the country. Its metropolitan area has a population ...
; the season will be contested over twenty-one races at twelve rounds, with the first round – also to be held in Goiânia – being contested by two-driver entries with wildcard drivers. The
Ribeirão Preto Ribeirão Preto (Portuguese pronunciation: ibejˈɾɐ̃w ˈpɾetu is a municipality and a metropolitan area located in the northeastern region of São Paulo state, Brazil. Ribeirão Preto is the eighth-largest municipality in the State wi ...
street circuit will return to the series after one year off the schedule, and will be held in April. Later in the season, it was announced that the race on the Salvador street circuit was to be replaced by a race at Curitiba. All races were held in Brazil.


Championship standings

;Points system Points were awarded for each race at an event, to the driver/s of a car that completed at least 75% of the race distance and was running at the completion of the race, up to a maximum of 48 points per event. *Dual Race: Used for the first round with Wildcard drivers. *Feature races: Used for the first race of each event and the Stock Car Million race. *Sprint races: Used for the second race of each event, with partially reversed (top ten) grid. *Final race: Used for the last round of the season with double points.


Drivers' Championship

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Teams' Championship


References


External links

* {{Stock Car Brasil seasons Stock Car Brasil seasons Stock Car Brasil season