2015 VLN Series

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The 2015 VLN Series was the 38th season of the VLN.

The drivers championship was won by Dirk Groneck and Tim Groneck, driving a Renault Clio for Groneck Motorsport.[1]

A fatal accident occurred during the opening round of the season, claiming the life of 49-year-old Dutch spectator Andy Gehrmann and injuring nine other spectators. The No. 23 Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 of Jann Mardenborough unexpectedly took off at the Flugplatz, hit the barrier and bounced over the catch fencing, into the crowd.[2][3]

Calendar

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Rnd. Race Length Circuit Date
1 61. ADAC Westfalenfahrt 4 hours[a] Germany Nürburgring Nordschleife March 28
2 40. DMV 4-Stunden-Rennen 4 hours April 25
3 57. ADAC ACAS H&R-Cup 4 hours June 20
4 46. Adenauer ADAC Worldpeace Trophy 4 hours July 4
5 47. ADAC Barbarossapreis 4 hours August 1
6 38. RCM DMV Grenzlandrennen 4 hours August 22
7 Opel 6h ADAC Ruhr-Pokal-Rennen 6 hours September 5
8 55. ADAC Reinoldus-Langstreckenrennen 4 hours October 3
9 ROWE DMV 250-Meilen-Rennen 4 hours October 17
10 40. DMV Münsterlandpokal 4 hours[b] October 31

Race results

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Results indicate overall winners only.

Rnd Circuit Pole position Winners
1 Germany Nürburgring Nordschleife No. 6 Germany Rowe Racing No. 6 Germany Rowe Racing
Germany Maro Engel
Germany Jan Seyffarth
Netherlands Renger van der Zande 		Germany Maro Engel
Germany Jan Seyffarth
Netherlands Renger van der Zande
2 No. 28 United Kingdom Bentley Motorsport No. 10 Belgium Audi Sport Team WRT
Germany Lance David Arnold
Germany Christian Menzel
United Kingdom Guy Smith 		Germany Christopher Mies
Switzerland Nico Müller
3 No. 30 Germany Frikadelli Racing Team No. 30 Germany Frikadelli Racing Team
Germany Klaus Abbelen
Netherlands Patrick Huisman
Germany Sabine Schmitz 		Germany Klaus Abbelen
Netherlands Patrick Huisman
Germany Sabine Schmitz
4 No. 16 Germany Mercedes-AMG Test Team No. 36 Germany Walkenhorst Motorsport
Germany Bernd Schneider
Germany Thomas Jäger
Germany Jan Seyffarth 		Italy Michela Cerruti
Germany Felipe Fernández Laser
Finland Jesse Krohn
5 No. 777 Germany H&R Spezialfedern No. 777 Germany H&R Spezialfedern
Germany Uwe Alzen
Germany Dominik Schwager 		Germany Uwe Alzen
Germany Dominik Schwager
6 No. 7 Germany Rowe Racing No. 7 Germany Rowe Racing
Germany Klaus Graf
Germany Christian Hohenadel 		Germany Klaus Graf
Germany Christian Hohenadel
7 No. 55 Germany Farnbacher Racing No. 2 Germany Black Falcon
Germany Dominik Farnbacher
Germany Mario Farnbacher
Japan Hiroki Yoshimoto 		Germany Hubert Haupt
Saudi Arabia Abdulaziz bin Turki Al Saud
United Kingdom Adam Christodoulou
Netherlands Yelmer Buurman
8 No. 16 Germany Mercedes-AMG Test Team No. 44 Germany Twin Busch Motorsport
Germany Thomas Jäger
Germany Jan Seyffarth
Netherlands Yelmer Buurman 		Germany Marc Busch
Germany Dennis Busch
9 No. 2 Germany Black Falcon No. 2 Germany Black Falcon
Germany Hubert Haupt
Switzerland Manuel Metzger
Netherlands Yelmer Buurman
United Kingdom Adam Christodoulou 		Germany Hubert Haupt
Switzerland Manuel Metzger
Netherlands Yelmer Buurman
United Kingdom Adam Christodoulou
10 No. 36 Germany Walkenhorst Motorsport No. 56 Germany Black Falcon
Finland Jesse Krohn
Sweden Victor Bouveng 		Netherlands "Gerwin"
Switzerland Manuel Metzger
Austria Philipp Eng
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Footnotes

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  1. ^ The race was red-flagged after 48 minutes following the accident that ultimately claimed the life of Andy Gehrmann. It was not restarted.
  2. ^ The start of the race was delayed due to heavy fog. Once the fog cleared, the race began at 1:50 pm with a three-hour time limit. However, the fog worsened 11 minutes before the end and the race was stopped early.[4]

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