2015–16 Andros Trophy season

The 2015–16 Andros Trophy season is the 26th season of the Andros Trophy, a motor racing championship for automobile ice racing and motorcycle ice racing held in France and Andorra. The season begins in Val Thorens on 5 December 2015 and finishes on 13 February 2016 in Saint-Dié-des-Vosges.

Jean-Philippe Dayraut is the defending Elite Pro drivers' champion.

Teams and drivers

Elite Pro and Elite

Calendar and results

Championship standings

Points systems

Elite Pro/Elite

Points are awarded for both the two Qualifying sessions and for the Super Final. Only the best result of both Qualifying sessions will count. Both results will count in case of a tie break. For example if Driver A becomes first in Q1 and second in Q2 and Driver B becomes third in Q1 and first in Q2, then Driver A will receive the most points. Points are awarded based on the results of the Qualifying sessions and on finishing positions of the Super Final as shown in the chart below.

In Val Thorens, at Isola 2000 with the Elite championship only, in Lans-en-Vercors – with the exception of the second round with the Elite Pro championship – at Super Besse with the Elite championship only and in Saint-Dié-des-Vosges the field was split up into two. The best half after Qualifying raced in a normal Super Final and the other half raced in a Final. If for example seven drivers raced in the Super Final then the winner of the Final would be classified as 8th.

Andros Trophy

The Andros Trophy (Trophée Andros) is the French national ice racing championship.

History

The idea of an ice racing series first became an idea when professional racer Max Mamers (French Rallycross Champion 1982 and 1983 with Talbot Matra Murena) and the owner of the Andros company (jam and compote producers), Frédéric Gervoson, met as rugby fans in 1985. They spent the winter racing with friends on ice circuits.

On 27 January 1990, the idea of a series came to life at Serre Chevalier with the first round of four.

The series quickly grew, with a round at Paris (Pelouse de Reuilly) in 1991 creating a five round series; and a seven round championship in 1992.

In 2003, the trophy gained an international aspect with a race at Sherbrooke in Canada, a race that was held for three seasons. For the 2005/06 season, the trophy remained mainly national, the exception being one round held in Andorra.

The current series

The series now runs with a number of different races and classes.

Elite Class

Andros

Andros (Greek: Άνδρος) is the northernmost island of the Greek Cyclades archipelago, approximately 10 km (6 mi) south east of Euboea, and about 3 km (2 mi) north of Tinos. It is nearly 40 km (25 mi) long, and its greatest breadth is 16 km (10 mi). Its surface is for the most part mountainous, with many fruitful and well-watered valleys. The area is 380 km² (147 sq mi). The largest towns are Andros (town), Gavrio, Batsi, and Ormos Korthiou.

The island is famous for its Sariza spring at Apoikia where the water comes out of a lionhead. Palaeopolis, the ancient capital, was built into a steep hillside, and the breakwater of its harbor can still be seen underwater.

History

Antiquity

Andros (town)

Andros (Greek: Άνδρος), also called Chora (Χώρα, "main town"), is a town and a former municipality on the island of Andros, in the Cyclades, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Andros, of which it is a municipal unit, and shares the island of Andros with the municipal units of Korthio and Ydrousa. Its population was 4,107 inhabitants at the 2001 census.

It has a mix of post-World War I neoclassical mansions with vernacular Cycladic houses. The town squares are paved with marble. At the end of the headland are two islands. The first, linked to the mainland by a brick bridge, with a ruined Venetian castle and the second with a lighthouse. There are four museums: the extensive Archaeological Museum, Museum of Modern Art, a Nautical Museum and a Folklore Museum.

References

Andros (disambiguation)

Andros can refer to: