The 18 permanent cockpits for the 2015 Audi Sport TT Cup were awarded last January. A high-caliber panel of judges selected 16 young international male and two female drivers at the end of a multi-stage selection process.

The field of the 2015 Audi Sport TT Cup is made up of entrants from 13 nations and three continents. With three drivers, Germany has the largest representation. In addition, drivers from ten other European countries, as well as the USA and Hong Kong, will be on the grid.

At the mere age of 17, the Fin Joonas Lappalainen is the youngest, while 25-year-old Alexis van de Poele, from Belgium, is the oldest driver in the field. The average age of 21 years is correspondingly low. This underscores Audi’s ambitions of affording young international talent an opportunity to enter the company’s successful motorsport world.

“We had 165 applications from 30 nations,” says Project Manager Rolf Michl. “We intensively reviewed every single one and in a multi-stage selection process chose the 18 drivers who are now given the opportunity to prove themselves in the Audi Sport TT Cup. Our aim was to have a very international and attractive field – and we’ve achieved this.”

In addition to the 18 permanent entrants, six ‘seats’ are reserved for changing guest drivers. quattro GmbH centrally prepares and fields the 24 cars. Even before the start of the season, the drivers made two decisions on selecting the numbers and the colors of their race cars – with choices being white, black, yellow and blue. Red is reserved for the six guest entrants. “This results in a competitive field of vehicles that is visually attractive as well,” says Michl.

The 2015 Audi Sport TT Cup field with car numbers and car colors**

#3 Rdest, Gosia (PL, *January 14, 1993) – car color: black

#7 Hofbauer, Christoph (D, *July 15, 1991) – blue

#8 Thong, Shaun (HK, *November 1, 1995) – blue

#9 Önder, Kaan (TR, *January 10, 1997) – yellow

#11 Amweg, Levin (CH, *September 11, 1994) – white

#14 Caygill, Josh (GB, *June 22, 1989) – yellow

#17 Møller Madsen, Nicolaj (DK, *March 10, 1993) – yellow

#26 Peitz, Dominik (D, *November 20, 1991) – blue

#27 Marschall, Dennis (D, *August 15, 1996) – black

#33 Lindholm, Emil (FIN, *July 19, 1996) – white

#40 Coleselli, Marc (A, *August, 1993) – white

#43 Kisiel, Jan (PL, *July 14, 1994) – yellow

#45 Lappalainen, Joonas (FIN, *March 1, 1998) – blue

#49 Landy, Sebastian (USA, *December 14, 1995) – blue

#50 Hezemans, Loris (NL, *May 26, 1997) – white

#55 van de Poele, Alexis (B, *June 21, 1989) – white

#89 Åhlin-Kottulinsky, Mikaela (S, *November 13, 1992) – black

#92 Marklund, Anton (S, *December 9, 1992) – black

**Subject to change