2014 GT4 European Series season

The 2014 GT4 European Series season was the seventh season of the GT4 European Cup and the first with the new series denomination, the GT4 European Series. The season began on 10 May at Misano, and finished on 26 October at Monza after six race weekends.^[1]

In the main GT4 professional class, the championship title was won by two-time defending champion Ricardo van der Ende and team-mate Bernhard van Oranje for Racing Team Holland by Ekris Motorsport. Van der Ende and van Oranje won five races during the season, and ultimately won the title during the first race at Monza. The runner-up position, 22 points in arrears of van der Ende and van Oranje, was taken by 2013 amateur champion Jörg Viebahn. Viebahn won three races during the season; he won with Bertus Sanders at Misano and Paul Ricard, and partnered Simon Knap to victory at Monza. Although being outscored by Duncan Huisman and Luc Braams on total points, the series' best ten results regulation allowed Marcel Nooren and Jan Joris Verheul to take third in the championship, by a single point. Nooren and Verheul took successive victories at Spa-Francorchamps and Paul Ricard, while Huisman and Braams won at the Nürburgring. The only other entry to win a race was Alfab Racing, with drivers Erik Behrens and Daniel Roos, winning the first race at Monza after Huisman and Braams were given a post-race penalty.

The amateur GT4 class was poorly supported, with only three entries taking part at any point during the 2014 season. With seven victories, André Grammatico was the winner of the championship, and finished 15 points clear – on dropped scores – of Liesette Braams and Rob Severs, who won four races. The remaining race victory was taken by Fabian Lauda, who won at Zandvoort. In the teams' championship, Racing Team Holland by Ekris Motorsport claimed the title by 31 points, ahead of V8 Racing.

Calendar

Rnd	Circuit	Date	Event
1	Misano World Circuit, Italy	10–11 May	Italian GT Championship
2	Circuit Park Zandvoort, Noord-Holland, Netherlands	5–6 July	Zandvoort Masters
3	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium	25–26 July	Blancpain Endurance Series, 24 Hours of Spa
4	Circuit Paul Ricard, France	30–31 August	Italian GT Championship
5	Nürburgring, Germany	20–21 September	Blancpain Endurance Series, 1000 km Nürburgring
6	Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Italy	25–26 October	Italian GT Championship

Entry list

2014 Entry List[2] Team Car No. Drivers Class Rounds Racing Team Holland by Ekris Motorsport BMW M3 GT4 1 101 Bernhard van Oranje P All Ricardo van der Ende 8 108 Pieter Christiaan van Oranje P All Simon Knap Las Moras Racing Team (V8 Racing) Chevrolet Camaro GT4 2 102 Luc Braams P All Duncan Huisman 3 103 Marcel Nooren P All Jan Joris Verheul Las Moras Racing Team BMW M3 GT4 4 104 Liesette Braams A All Rob Severs Lechner Racing School Lotus Evora GT4 5 105 Fabian Lauda A 1–3 Alfab Racing Aston Martin Vantage GT4 007 107 Erik Behrens P All Daniel Roos BMW Espace Bienvenue BMW M3 GT4 9 109 André Grammatico A All PROsport Performance Porsche 911 GT4 10 110 Jörg Viebahn P 2–6 Bertus Sanders Nova Race Ginetta G50 11 Giampiero Cristoni G 1, 6 Renato di Amato 1 Leif Lødeng 6 15 888 Salvador Tineo G 1, 3–6 Mark Speakerwas 1, 3 Jesse Anttila 4–6 16 116 G 1, 3 Fran Viel Bugliotti 1, 3–6 Mark Speakerwas 6 18 Jörg Viebahn P 1 Bertus Sanders 50 Tiziano Frazza G 1 121 Andres Josephson G 3 Lorenzo Bontempelli 133 Andrea Perlini G 3 Allied-Racing BMW M3 GT4 12 Jan Kasperlik A 6 Dietmar Lackinger Nova Giudici Ginetta G50 12 Claudio Giudici G 1 13 Gianni Giudici G 1 27 Luca Magnoni G 1 33 Andrea Perlini G 1 35 Alessandra Brena G 1 Walter Conforti Nova Rangoni (Rangoni Corse) Ginetta G50 14 114 Manuel Lasagni G 1, 3–6 Alessandro Bonacini 1, 4 24 124 Stefano Stefanelli G 1, 3–6 Lorenzo Marcucci 27 127 Luca Magnoni G 3–6 32 Tiziano Cappelletti G 1 Angelo Rogari 77 177 Roberto Gentili G 1, 3–6 Ricknäs Motorsport Porsche 911 GT4 18 Peter Larsen A 6 Håkan Ricknäs 117 P 3 Magnus Holmström Genesee Reflex Racing Ginetta G50 28 Marcos Vivian P 1 Luciano Bacheta Veloso Motorsport Aston Martin Vantage GT4 33 Eugenio Montez G 6 Sergio Montez Cor Euser Racing Lotus Evora GT4 106 Marcos Vivian P 2 Cor Euser Primus Racing Ginetta G50 119 Johan Rosén A 3 Peter Larsen Optimum Motorsport Ginetta G55 120 Lee Mowle A 3 Nissan Nederland Nissan 370Z GT4 123 Frans Verschuur A 2 Bernhard ten Brinke Guest teams and drivers Sorg Rennsport BMW M3 GT4 101 Erik Berggren I 5 Thomas Fjordbach Bremotion Sport Roding R1 102 Patrick Brenndörfer I 5 Rijmarracing BMW M3 GT4 103 Peter Stox I 5 Koen de Wit 104 Marcel van Rijswick I 5 Andre de Vries Mathol Racing Aston Martin Vantage GT4 107 Steffen Retzlaff I 5 Hendrick Still

Icon Class P Pro A Am G Ginetta G50 I Invitation

• Drivers competing in the Ginetta G50 class were ineligible for points.

Race calendar and results

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	PRO Winners	Overall Winners
1	R1	Misano	10 May	No. 1 Racing Team Holland by Ekris Motorsport	No. 1 Racing Team Holland by Ekris Motorsport	No. 14 Nova Rangoni
				Bernhard van Oranje Ricardo van der Ende	Bernhard van Oranje Ricardo van der Ende	Manuel Lasagni Alessandro Bonacini
	R2		11 May	No. 16 Nova Race	No. 18 Nova Race	No. 18 Nova Race
				Jesse Anttila Fran Viel Bugliotti	Jörg Viebahn Bertus Sanders	Jörg Viebahn Bertus Sanders
2	R1	Zandvoort	5 July	No. 101 Racing Team Holland by Ekris Motorsport	No. 101 Racing Team Holland by Ekris Motorsport	No. 101 Racing Team Holland by Ekris Motorsport
				Bernhard van Oranje Ricardo van der Ende	Bernhard van Oranje Ricardo van der Ende	Bernhard van Oranje Ricardo van der Ende
	R2		6 July	No. 101 Racing Team Holland by Ekris Motorsport	No. 101 Racing Team Holland by Ekris Motorsport	No. 101 Racing Team Holland by Ekris Motorsport
				Bernhard van Oranje Ricardo van der Ende	Bernhard van Oranje Ricardo van der Ende	Bernhard van Oranje Ricardo van der Ende
3	R1	Spa-Francorchamps	25 July	No. 110 PROsport Performance	No. 101 Racing Team Holland by Ekris Motorsport	No. 101 Racing Team Holland by Ekris Motorsport
				Jörg Viebahn Bertus Sanders	Bernhard van Oranje Ricardo van der Ende	Bernhard van Oranje Ricardo van der Ende
	R2		26 July	No. 102 V8 Racing	No. 103 V8 Racing	No. 103 V8 Racing
				Luc Braams Duncan Huisman	Marcel Nooren Jan Joris Verheul	Marcel Nooren Jan Joris Verheul
4	R1	Paul Ricard	31 August	No. 7 Alfab Racing	No. 3 Las Moras Racing Team (V8 Racing)	No. 888 Nova Race
				Erik Behrens Daniel Roos	Marcel Nooren Jan Joris Verheul	Salvador Tineo Jesse Anttila
	R2			No. 7 Alfab Racing	No. 10 PROsport Performance	No. 10 PROsport Performance
				Erik Behrens Daniel Roos	Jörg Viebahn Bertus Sanders	Jörg Viebahn Bertus Sanders
5	R1	Nürburgring	20 September	No. 24 Nova Rangoni (Rangoni Corse)	No. 2 Las Moras Racing Team (V8 Racing)	No. 2 Las Moras Racing Team (V8 Racing)
				Stefano Stefanelli Lorenzo Marcucci	Luc Braams Duncan Huisman	Luc Braams Duncan Huisman
	R2			No. 3 Las Moras Racing Team (V8 Racing)	No. 1 Racing Team Holland by Ekris Motorsport	No. 16 Nova Race
				Marcel Nooren Jan Joris Verheul	Bernhard van Oranje Ricardo van der Ende	Fran Viel Bugliotti
6	R1	Monza	25 October	No. 7 Alfab Racing	No. 7 Alfab Racing	No. 7 Alfab Racing
				Erik Behrens Daniel Roos	Erik Behrens Daniel Roos	Erik Behrens Daniel Roos
	R2		26 October	No. 14 Nova Rangoni (Rangoni Corse)	No. 8 Racing Team Holland by Ekris Motorsport	No. 14 Nova Rangoni (Rangoni Corse)
				Manuel Lasagni	Jörg Viebahn Simon Knap	Manuel Lasagni

References

External links

• Official website