2015 VLN Series

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

Rnd.	Race	Length	Circuit	Date
1	61. ADAC Westfalenfahrt	4 hours[a]	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

Results indicate overall winners only.

Rnd	Circuit	Pole Position	Winners
1	Nürburgring Nordschleife	No. 6 Rowe Racing	No. 6 Rowe Racing
		Maro Engel Jan Seyffarth Renger van der Zande	Maro Engel Jan Seyffarth Renger van der Zande
2		No. 28 Bentley Motorsport	No. 10 Audi Sport Team WRT
		Lance David Arnold Christian Menzel Guy Smith	Christopher Mies Nico Müller
3		No. 30 Frikadelli Racing Team	No. 30 Frikadelli Racing Team
		Klaus Abbelen Patrick Huisman Sabine Schmitz	Klaus Abbelen Patrick Huisman Sabine Schmitz
4		No. 16 Mercedes-AMG Test Team	No. 36 Walkenhorst Motorsport
		Bernd Schneider Thomas Jäger Jan Seyffarth	Michela Cerruti Felipe Fernández Laser Jesse Krohn
5		No. 777 H&R Spezialfedern	No. 777 H&R Spezialfedern
		Uwe Alzen Dominik Schwager	Uwe Alzen Dominik Schwager
6		No. 7 Rowe Racing	No. 7 Rowe Racing
		Klaus Graf Christian Hohenadel	Klaus Graf Christian Hohenadel
7		No. 55 Farnbacher Racing	No. 2 Black Falcon
		Dominik Farnbacher Mario Farnbacher Hiroki Yoshimoto	Hubert Haupt Abdulaziz bin Turki Al Saud Adam Christodoulou Yelmer Buurman
8		No. 16 Mercedes-AMG Test Team	No. 44 Twin Busch Motorsport
		Thomas Jäger Jan Seyffarth Yelmer Buurman	Marc Busch Dennis Busch
9		No. 2 Black Falcon	No. 2 Black Falcon
		Hubert Haupt Manuel Metzger Yelmer Buurman Adam Christodoulou	Hubert Haupt Manuel Metzger Yelmer Buurman Adam Christodoulou
10		No. 36 Walkenhorst Motorsport	No. 56 Black Falcon
		Jesse Krohn Victor Bouveng	"Gerwin" Manuel Metzger Philipp Eng
Sources:[5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24]

Footnotes

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]

References

1. "All VLN champions at a glance". Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie. Retrieved 2023-10-09.
2. "VLN-Auftaktrennen unfallbedingt abgebrochen". nuerburgring-langstrecken-serie.de (in German). 28 March 2015. Archived from the original on 7 August 2020. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
3. "Motorsport Memorial - Andy Gehrmann". motorsportmemorial.org. Archived from the original on 7 January 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
4. "Groneck-Brüder sichern sich ihren zweiten VLN-Titel". nuerburgring-langstrecken-serie.de (in German). 31 October 2015. Archived from the original on 28 January 2021. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
5. "Ergebnis Zeittraining - 61. ADAC Westfalenfahrt (28.03.2015)" (PDF). nuerburgring-langstrecken-serie.de (in German). 28 March 2015. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 January 2022. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
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7. "Ergebnis Zeittraining - 40. DMV 4-Stunden-Rennen (25.04.2015)" (PDF). nuerburgring-langstrecken-serie.de (in German). 25 April 2015. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 January 2022. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
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9. "Ergebnis Zeittraining - 57. ADAC ACAS H&R-Cup (20.06.2015)" (PDF). nuerburgring-langstrecken-serie.de (in German). 20 June 2015. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 January 2022. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
10. "Ergebnis Rennen - 57. ADAC ACAS H&R-Cup (20.06.2015)" (PDF). nuerburgring-langstrecken-serie.de (in German). 20 June 2015. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 January 2022. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
11. "Ergebnis Zeittraining - 46. Adenauer ADAC Worldpeace Trophy (04.07.2015)" (PDF). nuerburgring-langstrecken-serie.de (in German). 4 July 2015. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 January 2022. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
12. "Ergebnis Rennen (NEU) - 46. Adenauer ADAC Worldpeace Trophy (04.07.2015)" (PDF). nuerburgring-langstrecken-serie.de (in German). 4 July 2015. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 January 2022. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
13. "Ergebnis Zeittraining - 47. ADAC Barbarossapreis (01.08.2015)" (PDF). nuerburgring-langstrecken-serie.de (in German). 1 August 2015. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 January 2022. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
14. "Ergebnis Rennen - 47. ADAC Barbarossapreis (01.08.2015)" (PDF). nuerburgring-langstrecken-serie.de (in German). 1 August 2015. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 January 2022. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
15. "Ergebnis Zeittraining - 38. RCM DMV Grenzlandrennen (22.08.2015)" (PDF). nuerburgring-langstrecken-serie.de (in German). 22 August 2015. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 January 2022. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
16. "Ergebnis Rennen - 38. RCM DMV Grenzlandrennen (22.08.2015)" (PDF). nuerburgring-langstrecken-serie.de (in German). 22 August 2015. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 January 2022. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
17. "Ergebnis Zeittraining - OPEL 6-Stunden ADAC Ruhr-Pokal-Rennen (05.09.2015)" (PDF). nuerburgring-langstrecken-serie.de (in German). 5 September 2015. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 January 2022. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
18. "Ergebnis Rennen - OPEL 6-Stunden ADAC Ruhr-Pokal-Rennen (05.09.2015)" (PDF). nuerburgring-langstrecken-serie.de (in German). 5 September 2015. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 January 2022. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
19. "Ergebnis Zeittraining - 55. ADAC Reinoldus-Langstreckenrennen (03.10.2015)" (PDF). nuerburgring-langstrecken-serie.de (in German). 3 October 2015. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 January 2022. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
20. "Ergebnis Rennen - 55. ADAC Reinoldus-Langstreckenrennen (03.10.2015)" (PDF). nuerburgring-langstrecken-serie.de (in German). 3 October 2015. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 January 2022. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
21. "Ergebnis Zeittraining - ROWE DMV 250-Meilen-Rennen (17.10.2015)" (PDF). nuerburgring-langstrecken-serie.de (in German). 17 October 2015. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 January 2022. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
22. "Ergebnis Rennen - ROWE DMV 250-Meilen-Rennen (17.10.2015)" (PDF). nuerburgring-langstrecken-serie.de (in German). 17 October 2015. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 January 2022. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
23. "Ergebnis Zeittraining - 40. DMV Münsterlandpokal (31.10.2015)" (PDF). nuerburgring-langstrecken-serie.de (in German). 31 October 2015. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 January 2022. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
24. "Ergebnis Rennen - 40. DMV Münsterlandpokal (31.10.2015)" (PDF). nuerburgring-langstrecken-serie.de (in German). 31 October 2015. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 January 2022. Retrieved 3 January 2022.

External links

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