The season-opener will take place this weekend on the Brands Hatch Indy circuit.
Teams and Drivers
Following a particularly eventful game of musical chairs over the winter, this year's driver line-up looks like this:
West Surrey Racing / Team JCT600 with GardX / Team IHG Rewards Club (BMW 125i M Sport)
Rob Collard
Sam Tordoff
Andy Priaulx
Infiniti Support Our Paras Racing (Infiniti Q50)
Derek Palmer Jr
Richard Hawken*
Team Dynamics / Honda Yuasa Racing (Honda Civic Type R)
Matt Neal
Gordon Shedden
MG 888 Racing (MG6 GT)
Jack Goff
Andrew Jordan
Team BMR (Volkswagen CC)
Colin Turkington
Warren Scott
Árón Smith
Jason Plato
Motorbase Performance (Ford Focus ST)*
Mat Jackson*
James Cole*
Handy Motorsport (Toyota Avensis)
Simon Belcher
Speedworks Motorsport (Toyota Avensis)
Tom Ingram
Welch Motorsport (Proton Persona)
Andy Wilmot
Dan Welch
Dextra Racing (Ford Focus ST)
Alex Martin
Laser Tools Racing (Mercedes-Benz A-Class)
Aiden Moffat
Power Maxed Racing / #RacingforHeroes (Chevrolet Cruze)
Dave Newsham
Josh Cook
AmD Tuning
Mike Bushell (Ford Focus ST)
Nicolas Hamilton (Audi S3)*
RCIB Insurance Racing (Toyota Avensis)
Kieran Gallagher
Eurotech Racing (Honda Civic)
Martin Depper
Jeff Smith
Ciceley Racing / WIX Racing (Mercedes-Benz A-Class)
Adam Morgan
Rob Austin Racing / Exocet AlcoSense (Audi A4)
Hunter Abbott
Rob Austin
Houseman Racing (Toyota Avensis)
Stewart Lines
* - confirmed entries that will not take part until later in the season.
Calendar
The calendar is far more familiar, with the only change being the reversion to the Oulton Park Island layout after the series' unsuccessful experiment with the International configuration last year. As ever, all the races (and many of the supports) will be covered live by ITV4.
- Brands Hatch Indy - April 5
- Donington Park - April 19
- Thruxton - May 10
- Oulton Park - June 7
- Croft - June 28
- Snetterton - August 9
- Knockhill - August 23
- Rockingham - September 6
- Silverstone - September 27
- Brands Hatch GP - October 11
Rule Changes
There are a number of changes to the regulations for this season:
- The amounts of success ballast have been increased, and the RWD cars must carry theirs as far forward in the cabin as possible.
- The starting performance of the FWD and RWD cars will be analysed to determine if equalisation measures are necessary.
- In-season engine boost level adjustment has been dropped.
- The drivers must spread their use of the mandatory soft tyre compound equally across Races 1, 2 and 3 over the course of the season.
- The Race 2 grid will be set by the fastest laps set by each car in Race 1, discounting tyre changes (except in mixed weather conditions).
- The Jack Sears Trophy will be awarded to the highest-placed rookie driver.
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Edited by midgrid, 01 April 2015 - 21:04.