2015 Blancpain GT Series season

2015 Blancpain GT Series season
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The 2015 Blancpain GT Series season is the second season of the Blancpain GT Series. The season will start on 6 April at Nogaro and will end on 25 October in Baku. The season will feature twelve rounds, five Blancpain Endurance Series rounds and seven Blancpain Sprint Series rounds.

Calendar

Event	Circuit	Date	Series	Report
1	Circuit Paul Armagnac, Nogaro, France	6 April	Sprint	Report
2	Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza, Italy	12 April	Endurance	Report
3	Brands Hatch, Kent, Great Britain	10 May	Sprint	Report
4	Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone United Kingdom	24 May	Endurance	Report
5	Circuit Zolder, Heusden-Zolder, Belgium	7 June	Sprint	Report
6	Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet, France	20 June	Endurance	Report
7	Moscow Street Circuit, Moscow, Russia^{[N 1]}	5 July	Sprint	Report
8	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium	25–26 July	Endurance	Report
9	Algarve International Circuit, Algarve, Portugal	6 September	Sprint	Report
10	Nürburgring, Nürburg, Germany	20 September	Endurance	Report
11	Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Misano, Italy	4 October	Sprint	Report
12	Baku World Challenge, Baku, Azerbaijan	25 October	Sprint	Report

Notes

↑ The Moscow round remains provisional, pending an agreement with the event promoter.^[1]

Race results

Event		Circuit	Series	Pole position	Race winner
1	QR	Nogaro	Sprint	No. 3 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT	No. 3 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT
	QR			Stéphane Ortelli Stéphane Richelmi	Stéphane Ortelli Stéphane Richelmi
	CR			No. 3 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT	No. 77 BMW Sports Trophy Team Brasil
	CR			Stéphane Ortelli Stéphane Richelmi	Maxime Martin Dirk Müller
2		Monza	Endurance	No. 333 Rinaldi Racing	No. 333 Rinaldi Racing
2		Monza	Endurance	Norbert Siedler Rinat Salikhov	Norbert Siedler Rinat Salikhov
3	QR	Brands Hatch	Sprint
	QR
	CR
	CR
4		Silverstone	Endurance
4		Silverstone	Endurance
5	QR	Zolder	Sprint
	QR
	CR
	CR
6		Le Castellet	Endurance
6		Le Castellet	Endurance
7	QR	Moscow	Sprint
	QR
	CR
	CR
8		Spa-Francorchamps	Endurance
8		Spa-Francorchamps	Endurance
9	QR	Algarve	Sprint
	QR
	CR
	CR
10		Nürburgring	Endurance
10		Nürburgring	Endurance
11	QR	Misano	Sprint
	QR
	CR
	CR
12	QR	Baku	Sprint
	QR
	CR
	CR

Championship standings

Scoring system

Championship points were awarded for the first six positions in each Qualifying Race and for the first ten positions in each Championship Race. Entries were required to complete 75% of the winning car's race distance in order to be classified and earn points. Individual drivers were required to participate for a minimum of 25 minutes in order to earn championship points in any race. There were no points awarded for the Pole Position.

Qualifying Race points

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th
Points	8	6	4	3	2	1

Championship Race points

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Points	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1

1000 km Paul Ricard points

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Points	33	24	19	15	12	9	6	4	2	1

24 Hours of Spa points

Points were awarded after six hours, after twelve hours and at the finish.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Points after 6hrs/12hrs	12	9	7	6	5	4	3	2	1	0
Points at the finish	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1

Drivers' Championship

Pos.	Driver	Team	NOG		MNZ	BRH		SIL	ZOL		LEC	MOS		SPA			ALG		NÜR	MIS		BAK		Total
Pos.	Driver	Team	QR	CR	CR	QR	CR	CR	QR	CR	CR	QR	CR	6hrs	12hrs	24hrs	QR	CR	CR	QR	CR	QR	CR	Total
1	Norbert Siedler	Rinaldi Racing	4	5	1																			38
2	Stéphane Ortelli	Belgian Audi Club Team WRT	1	2	5																			36
3	Maxime Martin	BMW Sports Trophy Team Brasil	2	1																				31
3	Dirk Müller	BMW Sports Trophy Team Brasil	2	1																				31
4	Stéphane Richelmi	Belgian Audi Club Team WRT	1	2	Ret																			26
5	Rinat Salikhov	Rinaldi Racing			1																			25
6	Christopher Mies	Belgian Audi Club Team WRT	3	3	Ret																			19
6	Enzo Ide	Belgian Audi Club Team WRT	3	3																				19
7	Robin Frijns	Belgian Audi Club Team WRT	DNS	DNS	2																			18
7	Laurens Vanthoor	Belgian Audi Club Team WRT	DNS	DNS	2																			18
7	Jean-Karl Vernay	Belgian Audi Club Team WRT			2																			18
7	Frank Stippler	Belgian Audi Club Team WRT	11	6	5																			18
8	Duncan Cameron	AF Corse			3																			15
8	Matt Griffin	AF Corse			3																			15
9	Marco Seefried	Rinaldi Racing	4	5																				13
10	Maximilian Buhk	Bentley Team HTP	8	4																				12
10	Maximilian Buhk	Bentley M-Sport			12																			12
10	Vincent Abril	Bentley Team HTP	8	4	46																			12
10	Guy Smith	Bentley M-Sport			4																			12
10	Steven Kane	Bentley M-Sport			4																			12
10	Andy Meyrick	Bentley M-Sport			4																			12
11	Nico Müller	Belgian Audi Club Team WRT			5																			10
12	James Nash	Belgian Audi Club Team WRT	11	6																				8
12	Michael Broniszewski	Kessel Racing			6																			8
12	Alessandro Bonacini	Kessel Racing			6																			8
12	Michael Lyons	Kessel Racing			6																			8
13	Marco Bonanomi	ISR	6	7	19																			7
13	Filip Salaquarda	ISR	6	7	19																			7
14	Alex Buncombe	Nissan GT Academy Team RJN			7																			6
14	Katsumasa Chiyo	Nissan GT Academy Team RJN			7																			6
14	Wolfgang Reip	Nissan GT Academy Team RJN			7																			6
15	Markus Winkelhock	Phoenix Racing	Ret	8	20																			4
15	Nikolaus Mayr-Melnhof	Phoenix Racing	Ret	8																				4
15	Edoardo Mortara	Saintéloc Racing			8																			4
15	Greg Guilvert	Saintéloc Racing			8																			4
15	Edward Sandström	Saintéloc Racing			8																			4
16	Bernd Schneider	GT Russian Team	5	11	18																			3
16	Aleksey Karachev	GT Russian Team	5	11	18																			3
17	Aleksey Vasilyev	GT Russian Team	14	9	16																			2
17	Christophe Bouchut	GT Russian Team	14	9																				2
17	Piergiuseppe Perazzini	AF Corse			9																			2
17	Marco Cioci	AF Corse			9																			2
17	Enzo Potolicchio	AF Corse			9																			2
18	Nico Bastian	Rowe Racing			10																			1
18	Stef Dusseldorp	Rowe Racing			10																			1
18	Klaus Graf	Rowe Racing			10																			1
	Anders Fjordbach	ISR	7	12	DNS																			0
	Thomas Fjordbach	ISR	7	12																				0
	Martin Ragginger	Fach Auto Tech	10	16																				0
	Marcel Wagner	Fach Auto Tech	10	16																				0
	Craig Dolby	MRS GT-Racing	Ret	15	11																			0
	Sean Walkinshaw	MRS GT-Racing	Ret	15	11																			0
	Martin Plowman	MRS GT-Racing			11																			0
	Rob Bell	Attempto Racing	12	13																				0
	Rob Bell	Von Ryan Racing			15																			0
	Kévin Estre	Attempto Racing	12	13																				0
	Kévin Estre	Von Ryan Racing			15																			0
	Andy Soucek	Bentley M-Sport			12																			0
	Maxime Soulet	Bentley M-Sport			12																			0
	Yoshiharu Mori	Attempto Racing	13	18	47																			0
	Philipp Wlazik	Attempto Racing	13	18																				0
	Dennis Andersen	Insightracing with Flex-Box			13																			0
	Martin Jensen	Insightracing with Flex-Box			13																			0
	Olivier Lombard	Bentley Team HTP	Ret	14																				0
	Jules Szymkowiak	Bentley Team HTP	Ret	14																				0
	Indy Dontje	Team Astana by Rowe			14																			0
	Daniel Juncadella	Team Astana by Rowe			14																			0
	Nicolai Sylvest	Team Astana by Rowe			14																			0
	Shane Van Gisbergen	Von Ryan Racing			15																			0
	Marko Asmer	GT Russian Team			16																			0
	Nick Catsburg	Reiter Engineering	Ret	17																				0
	Albert von Thurn und Taxis	Reiter Engineering	Ret	17																				0
	Cacá Bueno	BMW Sports Trophy Team Brasil			17																			0
	Sérgio Jimenez	BMW Sports Trophy Team Brasil			17																			0
	Felipe Fraga	BMW Sports Trophy Team Brasil			17																			0
	Frédéric Vervisch	ISR			19																			0
	Christopher Haase	Phoenix Racing			20																			0
	Christian Mamerow	Phoenix Racing			20																			0
	Pierre Kaffer	Black Pearl by Rinaldi			21																			0
	Steve Parrow	Black Pearl by Rinaldi			21																			0
	Maurice Ricci	AKKA ASP			22																			0
	Gabriel Balthazard	AKKA ASP			22																			0
	Tristan Vautier	AKKA ASP			22																			0
	Stephen Earle	Kessel Racing			23																			0
	Liam Talbot	Kessel Racing			23																			0
	Marco Zanuttini	Kessel Racing			23																			0
	Mirko Bortolotti	Grasser Racing Team			24																			0
	Giovanni Venturini	Grasser Racing Team			24																			0
	Adrian Zaugg	Grasser Racing Team			24																			0
	Adrian Quaife-Hobbs	Von Ryan Racing			25																			0
	Álvaro Parente	Von Ryan Racing			25																			0
	Bruno Senna	Von Ryan Racing			25																			0
	Fabien Barthez	AKKA ASP			26																			0
	Anthony Pons	AKKA ASP			26																			0
	Jonathan Adam	Oman Racing Team			27																			0
	Ahmad Al Harthy	Oman Racing Team			27																			0
	Daniel Lloyd	Oman Racing Team			27																			0
	Rino Mastronardi	Glorax Racing			28																			0
	Andrey Birzhin	Glorax Racing			28																			0
	Fabio Mancini	Glorax Racing			28																			0
	Stuart Leonard	Leonard Motorsport AMR			29																			0
	Michael Meadows	Leonard Motorsport AMR			29																			0
	Paul Wilson	Leonard Motorsport AMR			29																			0
	Adrien de Leener	AF Corse			30																			0
	Cédric Sbirrazzuoli	AF Corse			30																			0
	Valdeno Brito	BMW Sports Trophy Team Brasil			31																			0
	Átila Abreu	BMW Sports Trophy Team Brasil			31																			0
	Yelmer Buurman	Black Falcon			32																			0
	Abdulaziz Bin Turki Al Faisal	Black Falcon			32																			0
	Hubert Haupt	Black Falcon			32																			0
	Oliver Bryant	Ecurie Ecosse			33																			0
	Alasdair McCaig	Ecurie Ecosse			33																			0
	Devon Modell	Ecurie Ecosse			33																			0
	Ian Loggie	Team Parker Racing			34																			0
	Julian Westwood	Team Parker Racing			34																			0
	Sacha Bottemane	Belgian Audi Club Team WRT			35																			0
	Max Koebolt	Belgian Audi Club Team WRT			35																			0
	Pieter Schothorst	Belgian Audi Club Team WRT			35																			0
	Henrik Hedman	Dragon Speed			36																			0
	Elton Julian	Dragon Speed			36																			0
	Thomas Kemenater	Dragon Speed			36																			0
	Oliver Morley	Black Falcon			37																			0
	Maro Engel	Black Falcon			37																			0
	Sean Johnston	Black Falcon			37																			0
	Jean-Marc Bachelier	AF Corse			38																			0
	Howard Blank	AF Corse			38																			0
	Yannick Mallegol	AF Corse			38																			0
	Jürgen Häring	Attempto Racing			39																			0
	Dimitrios Konstantinou	Attempto Racing			39																			0
	Frank Schmickler	Attempto Racing			39																			0
	Fabien Thuner	Attempto Racing			40																			0
	Nicolas Armindo	Attempto Racing			40																			0
	Miguel Ramos	Attempto Racing			40																			0
	Pierre Ehret	Car Collection Motorsport			41																			0
	Alexander Mattschull	Car Collection Motorsport			41																			0
	Jean-Paul Buffin	Saintéloc Racing			42																			0
	Georges Cabanne	Saintéloc Racing			42																			0
	Marc Sourd	Saintéloc Racing			42																			0
	Pierre Hirschi	Classic & Modern Racing			43																			0
	Christian Kelders	Classic & Modern Racing			43																			0
	Jean-Luc Blanchemain	Classic & Modern Racing			43																			0
	Lee Mowle	Triple 888 Racing			44																			0
	Ryan Ratcliffe	Triple 888 Racing			44																			0
	Joe Osborne	Triple 888 Racing			44																			0
	Garry Kondakov	AF Corse			45																			0
	Alexander Moiseev	AF Corse			45																			0
	Riccardo Ragazzi	AF Corse			45																			0
	Mike Parisy	Bentley Team HTP			46																			0
	Harold Primat	Bentley Team HTP			46																			0
	Ronnie Valori	Attempto Racing			47																			0
	Alessandro Balzan	Attempto Racing			47																			0
	Kelvin van der Linde	Belgian Audi Club Team WRT			Ret																			0
	Jonny Cocker	Team Russia by Barwell			Ret																			0
	Leo Machitski	Team Russia by Barwell			Ret																			0
	Timur Sardarov	Team Russia by Barwell			Ret																			0
	Pierre Etienne Bordet	Delahaye Racing Team			Ret																			0
	Alexandre Viron	Delahaye Racing Team			Ret																			0
	Peter Schmidt	Car Collection Motorsport			Ret																			0
	Kenneth Heyer	Car Collection Motorsport			Ret																			0
	Miguel Toril	Car Collection Motorsport			Ret																			0
	Jean-Luc Beaubelique	AKKA ASP			Ret																			0
	Philippe Giauque	AKKA ASP			Ret																			0
	Morgan Moullin Traffort	AKKA ASP			Ret																			0
	Ricardo Sánchez	Nissan GT Academy Team RJN			Ret																			0
	Florian Strauss	Nissan GT Academy Team RJN			Ret																			0
	Marc Gassner	Nissan GT Academy Team RJN			Ret																			0
	Olivier Grotz	Boutsen Ginion			Ret																			0
	Karim Ojjeh	Boutsen Ginion			Ret																			0
	Enzo Guibbert	Sport Garage			Ret																			0
	Gilles Vannelet	Sport Garage			Ret																			0
	Arno Santamato	Sport Garage			Ret																			0
	Fredy Barth	Emil Frey Racing			Ret																			0
	Gabriele Gardel	Emil Frey Racing			Ret																			0
	Lorenz Frey	Emil Frey Racing			Ret																			0
	Eric Dermont	TDS Racing			Ret																			0
	Henry Hassid	TDS Racing			Ret																			0
	Franck Perera	TDS Racing			Ret																			0
	Fabio Onidi	ISR			DNS																			0
	Andrea Roda	ISR			DNS																			0
	Fabio Babini	Grasser Racing Team			DSQ																			0
	Jeroen Mul	Grasser Racing Team			DSQ																			0
	Andrew Palmer	Grasser Racing Team			DSQ																			0
Guest drivers ineligible for points
	Ricardo Sperafico	BMW Sports Trophy Team Brasil	9	10																				0
	Rodrigo Sperafico	BMW Sports Trophy Team Brasil	9	10																				0

Teams' Championship

Pos.	Team	Manufacturer	NOG		MNZ	BRH		SIL	ZOL		LEC	MOS		SPA			ALG		NÜR	MIS		BAK		Total
Pos.	Team	Manufacturer	QR	CR	CR	QR	CR	CR	QR	CR	CR	QR	CR	6hrs	12hrs	24hrs	QR	CR	CR	QR	CR	QR	CR	Total
1	Belgian Audi Club Team WRT	Audi	1	2	2																			44
2	Rinaldi Racing	Ferrari	4	5	1																			41
3	BMW Sports Trophy Team Brasil	BMW	2	1	17																			31
4	Bentley Team HTP	Bentley	8	4	46																			16
5	AF Corse	Ferrari			3																			15
6	Bentley M-Sport	Bentley			4																			12
6	ISR	Audi	6	7	19																			12
7	Kessel Racing	Ferrari			6																			10
8	GT Russian Team	Mercedes-Benz	5	9	16																			9
9	Nissan GT Academy Team RJN	Nissan			7																			8
9	Phoenix Racing	Audi	Ret	8	20																			8
10	Saintéloc Racing	Audi			8																			6
11	Rowe Racing	Mercedes-Benz			10																			4
11	MRS GT-Racing	Nissan	Ret	15	11																			4
11	Attempto Racing	McLaren	12	13	39																			4
12	Fach Auto Tech	Porsche	10	16																				1
12	Insightracing with Flex-Box	Ferrari			13																			1
	Von Ryan Racing	McLaren			15																			0
	Reiter Engineering	Lamborghini	Ret	17																				0
	Black Pearl by Rinaldi	Ferrari			21																			0
	AKKA ASP	Ferrari			22																			0
	Grasser Racing Team	Lamborghini			24																			0
	Oman Racing Team	Aston Martin			27																			0
	Glorax Racing	Ferrari			28																			0
	Leonard Motorsport AMR	Aston Martin			29																			0
	Black Falcon	Mercedes-Benz			32																			0
	Ecurie Ecosse	BMW			33																			0
	Team Parker Racing	Audi			34																			0
	Dragon Speed	Ferrari			36																			0
	Car Collection Motorsport	Mercedes-Benz			41																			0
	Classic & Modern Racing	BMW			43																			0
	Triple 888 Racing	BMW			44																			0
	Team Russia by Barwell	BMW			Ret																			0
	Delahaye Racing Team	Porsche			Ret																			0
	Boutsen Ginion	BMW			Ret																			0
	Sport Garage	Ferrari			Ret																			0
	Emil Frey Racing	Jaguar			Ret																			0
	TDS Racing	BMW			Ret																			0

References

↑ "2015 Blancpain GT Series calendar". FIA.com (Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile). 3 November 2014. Retrieved 21 January 2015.

External links

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