2014 Blancpain Sprint Series

The 2014 Blancpain Sprint Series is the second season following on from the demise of the SRO Group's FIA GT1 World Championship (an auto racing series for grand tourer cars), the first with the designation of Blancpain Sprint Series.

Calendar

The series will start at the Circuit Paul Armagnac in Nogaro, France on 21 April and end at Baku World Challenge in Azerbaijan on 2 November. The seven-event calendar contained largely the same events as FIA GT Series, with the addition of races at Brands Hatch in the Great Britain and Algarve in Portugal, and the pullout of Circuito de Navarra, Spain.^[1]

Event	Circuit	Date	Report
1	Circuit Paul Armagnac, Nogaro, France	21 April	report
2	Brands Hatch, Kent, Great Britain	18 May	report
3	Circuit Park Zandvoort, Noord-Holland, Netherlands	6 July	report
4	Automotodróm Slovakia Ring, Orechová Potôň, Slovakia	24 August	report
5	Algarve International Circuit, Algarve, Portugal	7 September	report
6	Circuit Zolder, Heusden-Zolder, Belgium	19 October	report
7	Baku World Challenge, Baku, Azerbaijan	2 November	report

Entry list

Team Car No. Drivers Class Rounds BMW Sports Trophy Team Brasil[2] BMW Z4 GT3[2] 0 Cacá Bueno[2] P 1–6 Sérgio Jimenez[2] 20 Ricardo Sperafico[3] P 7 Rodrigo Sperafico[3] 21 Nelson Piquet, Jr.[2] P 1 Matheus Stumpf[2] 30 Matheus Stumpf[4] P 2–7 Valdeno Brito[4] 2, 4 Nelson Piquet, Jr. 3, 5–6 Miguel Paludo[3] 7 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT[5] Audi R8 LMS ultra 1 Laurens Vanthoor[5] P All César Ramos[5] 2 René Rast[5] P All Enzo Ide[5] 4 Mateusz Lisowski[5] S All Vincent Abril[5] 9 Stéphane Ortelli[6] P 4–7 Fabian Hamprecht[6] 4–5 Stéphane Richelmi[3] 6–7 G-Drive Racing[N 1] Audi R8 LMS ultra 3 Stéphane Ortelli[5] P 1–3 Grégory Guilvert[8] 1 Roman Rusinov[4] 2–3 Lamborghini Gallardo FL2[9] 5–6 Tomáš Enge[9] 5–6 Phoenix Racing[10] Audi R8 LMS ultra 5 Alessandro Latif[10] P 1 Marc Basseng[10] Alessandro Latif[4] PA 2–7 Marc Basseng[4] 6 Markus Winkelhock[10] P All Nikolaus Mayr-Melnhof[10] Zakspeed[3] Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 13 Alon Day[3] P 7 Andreas Simonsen[3] Boutsen Ginion[3] McLaren MP4-12C GT3 15 Kévin Estre[3] P 7 Robert Bell[3] 16 Chris van der Drift[3] P 7 Frédéric Vervisch[3] Tonino Team Herberth Porsche 997 GT3-R 21 Jaap van Lagen P 3 Robert Renauer Blancpain Racing[11] Lamborghini Gallardo FL2[11] 24 Marc A. Hayek[11] PA 1 Peter Kox[11] Grasser Racing Team[12] Lamborghini Gallardo FL2[12] 27 Tomáš Enge[8] P 1 Sascha Halek[12] PA 2–5 Stefan Landmann[4] P 6–7 Tomas Pivoda[13] 28 Hari Proczyk[12] P All Jeroen Bleekemolen[8] Trackspeed Porsche 997 GT3-R 31 Richard Westbrook P 7 Norbert Siedler ROAL Motorsport[14] BMW Z4 GT3[14] 33 Alex Zanardi[14] P 1–2, 4–7 34 Stefano Colombo[14] S All David Fumanelli[14] Schütz Motorsport[3] Porsche 997 GT3 R 36 Marco Holzer[3] P 7 Martin Ragginger[3] Bhaitech McLaren MP4-12C GT3 60 Fabio Onidi[8] P All Giorgio Pantano[8] 61 Sten Pentus[8] P 1–6 Daniel Lloyd[8] 1–3 Chris van der Drift[15] 4–6 Filip Salaquarda[3] 7 Álvaro Parente[3] Fortec Motorsport[16] Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3[16] 62 Armaan Ebrahim[8] S 1 Benjamin Hetherington[8] 1 63 S 6–7 Miguel Toril[16] All Nico Bastian[8] 1 Armaan Ebrahim 2–5 Sports and You[9] Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3[9] 71 Paulo Pinheiro[9] PA 5 Francisco Mora[9] 72 António Coimbra[9] PA 5 Luis Silva[9] Vita4one Racing Team[17] BMW Z4 GT3[17] Michael Bartels[17] P 6 Yelmer Buurman[17] BMW Sports Trophy Team Schubert[18] BMW Z4 GT3[18] 76 Dominik Baumann[18] P 3–7 Thomas Jäger[18] 3–6 Jens Klingmann[3] 7 HTP Motorsport[19] Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3[19] 84 Maximilian Götz[20] P All Maximilian Buhk[19] 1–3, 5–7 Nico Verdonck[21] 4 85 Stef Dusseldorp[22] P All Sergey Afanasyev[19] 86 Lucas Wolf[15] S 4–7 Luca Stolz[15] Reiter Engineering[4] Lamborghini Gallardo FL2[4] 88 Štefan Rosina[4] P 2–4 Tomáš Enge[4] 2, 4 Peter Kox 3 Farnbacher Racing[4] Porsche 997 GT3-R[4] 89 Philipp Frommenwiler[4] P 2 Nick Tandy[4] Scuderia Villorba Corse[23] Ferrari 458 Italia GT3[23] 90 Andrea Montermini[23] P 1–2, 4 Filip Salaquarda[23] 1–4, 6 Alessandro Balzan[24] 3, 6 NSC Motorsports[25] Lamborghini Gallardo FL2[25] 95 Nick Catsburg[25] P 6 Peter Kox[25] All–Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport[15] Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3[15] 97 René Münnich[15] PA 4 Beechdean AMR[13] Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3[13] 107 Jonathan Adam[13] P 6–7 Andy Soucek[13] Callaway – RWT[3] Corvette Z06.R GT3 112 Sven Barth[3] S 7 David Jahn[3] 110 Daniel Keilwitz[3] P 7 Andreas Wirth[3] GT Russian Team[13] Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3[13] 177 Aleksey Vasilyev[13] PA 6–7 Marko Asmer[13] Prosperia ABT Racing[3] Audi R8 LMS ultra 777 Christopher Mies[3] P 7 Kelvin van der Linde[3] Triple 888 Racing[3] BMW Z4 GT3 888 Ryan Ratcliffe[3] S 7 Joe Osborne[3]

Icon Class P Pro S Silver Cup PA Pro-Am Trophy

Race results

Event	Circuit	Pole position	Qualifying Race Winner	Championship Race Winner	Report
1	Nogaro	No. 28 Grasser Racing Team	No. 1 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT	No. 84 HTP Motorsport	Report
		Hari Proczyk Jeroen Bleekemolen	Laurens Vanthoor César Ramos	Maximilian Buhk Maximilian Götz
2	Brands Hatch	No. 1 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT	No. 28 Grasser Racing Team	No. 28 Grasser Racing Team	Report
		Laurens Vanthoor César Ramos	Hari Proczyk Jeroen Bleekemolen	Hari Proczyk Jeroen Bleekemolen
3	Zandvoort	No. 28 Grasser Racing Team	No. 28 Grasser Racing Team	No. 2 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT	Report
		Hari Proczyk Jeroen Bleekemolen	Hari Proczyk Jeroen Bleekemolen	René Rast Enzo Ide
4	Slovakia Ring	No. 1 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT	No. 1 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT	No.76 BMW Sports Trophy Team Schubert	Report
		Laurens Vanthoor César Ramos	Laurens Vanthoor César Ramos	Dominik Baumann Thomas Jäger
5	Algarve	No. 3 G-Drive Racing	No. 28 Grasser Racing Team	No. 84 HTP Motorsport	Report
		Roman Rusinov Tomáš Enge	Hari Proczyk Jeroen Bleekemolen	Maximilian Buhk Maximilian Götz
6	Zolder	No. 1 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT	No. 1 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT	No. 84 HTP Motorsport	Report
		Laurens Vanthoor César Ramos	Laurens Vanthoor César Ramos	Maximilian Buhk Maximilian Götz
7	Baku	No. 9 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT	No. 1 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT	No. 1 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT	Report
		Stéphane Ortelli Stéphane Richelmi	Laurens Vanthoor César Ramos	Laurens Vanthoor César Ramos

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. The pole-sitter in the qualifying race also received one point, 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.

Qualifying race points

Championship race points

Drivers' Championship

Cup

Pos. Driver Team NOG BRH ZAN SVK ALG ZOL BAK Total QR CR QR CR QR CR QR CR QR CR QR CR QR CR 1 Maximilian Götz HTP Motorsport 5 1 2 2 2 4 3 4 2 1 6 1 9 Ret 142 2 Maximilian Buhk 5 1 2 2 2 4 2 1 6 1 9 Ret 126 3 Hari Proczyk Jeroen Bleekemolen Grasser Racing Team 17 6 1 1 1 5 2 Ret 1 2 3 2 15 Ret 115 4 César Ramos Laurens Vanthoor Belgian Audi Club Team WRT 1 Ret 6 4 3 10 1 11 4 8 1 3 1 1 100 5 Enzo Ide René Rast Belgian Audi Club Team WRT DSQ 7 14 9 4 1 9 3 3 5 4 Ret 4 Ret 71 6 Cacá Bueno Sérgio Jimenez BMW Sports Trophy Team Brasil 3 5 3 3 Ret 14 7 2 9 14 21 8 55 7 Stéphane Ortelli G-Drive Racing 4 2 Ret 13 9 Ret 54 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT 12 Ret 17 3 23 10 3 4 8 Dominik Baumann BMW Sports Trophy Team Schubert 5 2 Ret 1 13 13 8 Ret Ret Ret 45 8 Thomas Jäger 5 2 Ret 1 13 13 8 Ret 45 9 Jonathan Adam Andy Soucek Beechdean AMR 5 5 2 2 36 10 Sergey Afanasyev Stef Dusseldorp HTP Motorsport 6 4 Ret Ret Ret DNS Ret 6 5 11 11 4 Ret Ret 35 11 Nikolaus Mayr-Melnhof Markus Winkelhock Phoenix Racing 2 Ret 5 Ret Ret 11 15 Ret Ret 6 16 18 6 3 32 12 Vincent Abril Mateusz Lisowski Belgian Audi Club Team WRT 7 3 12 6 11 9 6 9 7 Ret 17 11 Ret 17 28 13 Grégory Guilvert G-Drive Racing 4 2 21 14 Fabio Onidi Giorgio Pantano Bhaitech 11 8 8 16 13 Ret Ret Ret Ret 10 7 6 12 7 19 15 Stéphane Richelmi Belgian Audi Club Team WRT 23 10 3 4 18 16 Nico Verdonck HTP Motorsport 3 4 16 16 Robert Renauer Jaap van Lagen Tonino Team Herberth 6 3 16 16 Tomáš Enge Grasser Racing Team 9 16 16 Reiter Engineering 9 Ret Ret DNS G-Drive Racing 6 4 13 9 16 Roman Rusinov G-Drive Racing[N 1] Ret 13 9 Ret 6 4 13 9 16 17 Fabian Hamprecht Belgian Audi Club Team WRT 12 Ret 17 3 15 18 Matheus Stumpf BMW Sports Trophy Team Brasil 18 15 4 8 12 8 4 Ret 10 16 22 Ret Ret Ret 14 18 Marc Basseng Alessandro Latif Phoenix Racing 10 9 13 11 10 13 8 7 11 7 15 15 DNS DNS 14 19 Filip Salaquarda Scuderia Villorba Corse 8 10 7 7 17 DNS Ret DNS 9 7 13 Bhaitech 20 16 20 Peter Kox Blancpain Racing 12 Ret 12 Reiter Engineering 16 7 NSC Motorsports 2 Ret 20 Martin Ragginger Marco Holzer Schütz Motorsport 5 5 12 20 Alex Zanardi ROAL Motorsport 14 13 17 5 10 Ret 14 9 10 13 Ret DNS 12 20 Chris van der Drift Bhaitech 13 8 12 12 Ret Ret 12 Boutsen Ginion 7 6 21 Valdeno Brito BMW Sports Trophy Team Brasil 4 8 4 Ret 10 21 Lucas Wolf Luca Stolz HTP Motorsport 17 5 8 17 19 12 19 DNS 10 22 Frédéric Vervisch Boutsen Ginion 7 6 8 22 Sascha Halek Grasser Racing Team 9 16 15 15 8 6 16 12 16 19 8 22 Stefan Landmann 15 15 8 6 16 12 16 19 14 DNS DNS DNS 8 23 Andrea Montermini Scuderia Villorba Corse 8 10 7 7 Ret DNS 7 24 Nick Catsburg NSC Motorsports 2 Ret 6 24 Štefan Rosina Reiter Engineering 9 Ret 16 7 Ret DNS 6 24 Alessandro Balzan Scuderia Villorba Corse 17 DNS 9 7 6 25 Sten Pentus Bhaitech 16 14 10 12 7 15 13 8 12 12 Ret Ret 4 25 Nelson Piquet, Jr. BMW Sports Trophy Team Brasil 18 15 12 8 10 16 22 Ret 4 25 Sven Barth David Jahn Callaway – RWT 14 8 4 26 Stefano Colombo David Fumanelli ROAL Motorsport 15 11 11 10 15 12 5 13 Ret 15 12 17 Ret 14 3 27 Ricardo Sperafico Rodrigo Sperafico BMW Sports Trophy Team Brasil 10 9 2 28 Miguel Toril Fortec Motorsport 13 12 16 14 14 16 11 10 15 Ret Ret 14 16 11 1 28 Armaan Ebrahim DNS DNS 16 14 14 16 11 10 15 Ret 1 28 Alon Day Andreas Simonsen Zakspeed 13 10 1 Daniel Lloyd Bhaitech 16 14 10 12 7 15 0 Daniel Keilwitz Andreas Wirth Callaway – RWT 8 Ret 0 Benjamin Hetherington Fortec Motorsport DNS DNS Ret 14 16 11 0 Norbert Siedler Richard Westbrook Trackspeed 11 Ret 0 Nico Bastian Fortec Motorsport 13 12 0 Marko Asmer Aleksey Vasilyev GT Russian Team 20 Ret 18 12 0 Marc A. Hayek Blancpain Racing 12 Ret 0 Joe Osborne Ryan Ratcliffe Triple 888 Racing 17 13 0 René Münnich All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport 14 Ret 0 Tomas Pivoda Grasser Racing Team 14 DNS DNS DNS 0 Christopher Mies Kelvin van der Linde Prosperia ABT Racing Ret 15 0 Michael Bartels Yelmer Buurman Vita4one Racing Team 18 16 0 Álvaro Parente Bhaitech 20 16 0 António Coimbra Luis Silva Sports and You 18 20 0 Robert Bell Kévin Estre Boutsen Ginion 21 18 0 Francisco Mora Paulo Pinheiro Sports and You Ret 18 0 Jens Klingmann Miguel Paludo BMW Sports Trophy Team Schubert Ret Ret 0 Philipp Frommenwiler Nick Tandy Farnbacher Racing DNS DNS 0

Key Colour Result Gold Race winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Black Disqualified (DSQ) Excluded (EX) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did Not Participate Bold – Pole

Pro-Am Trophy

Pos.	Driver	Team	NOG		BRH		ZAN		SVK		ALG		ZOL		BAK		Total
			QR	CR	QR	CR	QR	CR	QR	CR	QR	CR	QR	CR	QR	CR
1	Marc Basseng Alessandro Latif	Phoenix Racing			13	11	10	13	8	7	11	7	15	15	DNS	DNS	162
2	Sascha Halek Stefan Landmann	Grasser Racing Team			15	15	8	6	16	12	16	19					100
3	Marko Asmer Aleksey Vasilyev	GT Russian Team											20	Ret	18	12	39
4	Francisco Mora Paulo Pinheiro	Sports and You									Ret	18					18
5	António Coimbra Luis Silva	Sports and You									18	20					16
6	Marc A. Hayek Peter Kox	Blancpain Racing	12	Ret													9
7	René Münnich	All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport							14	Ret							6

Silver Cup

Pos.	Driver	Team	NOG		BRH		ZAN		SVK		ALG		ZOL		BAK		Total
			QR	CR	QR	CR	QR	CR	QR	CR	QR	CR	QR	CR	QR	CR
1	Vincent Abril Mateusz Lisowski	Belgian Audi Club Team WRT	7	3	12	6	11	9	6	9	7	Ret	17	11	Ret	17	174
2	Stefano Colombo David Fumanelli	ROAL Motorsport	15	11	11	10	15	12	5	13	Ret	15	12	17	Ret	14	154
3	Miguel Toril	Fortec Motorsport	13	12	16	14	14	16	11	10	15	Ret	Ret	14	16	11	132
4	Luca Stolz Lucas Wolf	HTP Motorsport							17	5	8	17	19	12	19	DNS	79
5	Armaan Ebrahim	Fortec Motorsport	DNS	DNS	16	14	14	16	11	10	15	Ret					63
6	Benjamin Hetherington		DNS	DNS									Ret	14	16	11	48
7	Joe Osborne Ryan Ratcliffe	Triple 888 Racing													17	13	24
8	Nico Bastian	Fortec Motorsport	13	12													21
Guest drivers ineligible for Silver Cup points
	Sven Barth David Jahn	Callaway – RWT													14	8

Teams' Championship

Cup

Pos. Team Manufacturer NOG BRH ZAN SVK ALG ZOL BAK Total QR CR QR CR QR CR QR CR QR CR QR CR QR CR 1 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT Audi 1 3 6 4 3 1 1 3 3 3 1 3 1 1 168 2 HTP Motorsport Mercedes-Benz 5 1 2 2 2 4 3 4 2 1 6 1 9 Ret 146 3 Grasser Racing Team Lamborghini 9 6 1 1 1 5 2 12 1 2 3 2 15 Ret 123 4 BMW Sports Trophy Team Brasil BMW 3 4 3 3 12 8 4 2 9 14 21 8 10 9 81 5 Phoenix Racing Audi 2 9 5 11 10 11 8 7 11 6 15 15 6 3 66 6 BMW Sports Trophy Team Schubert BMW 5 2 Ret 1 13 13 8 Ret Ret Ret 51 7 Bhaitech McLaren 11 8 8 12 7 15 13 8 12 10 7 6 12 7 50 8 G-Drive Racing[N 1] Audi 4 2 Ret 13 9 Ret 43 Lamborghini 6 4 13 9 9 Beechdean AMR Aston Martin 5 5 2 2 40 10 ROAL Motorsport BMW 14 11 11 5 15 12 5 13 14 9 10 13 Ret 14 29 11 Scuderia Villorba Corse Ferrari 8 10 7 7 17 DNS Ret DNS 9 7 22 12 Tonino Team Herberth Porsche 6 3 17 13 Fortec Motorsport Mercedes-Benz 13 12 16 14 14 16 11 10 15 Ret Ret 14 16 11 15 14 Boutsen Ginion McLaren 7 6 15 15 Reiter Engineering Lamborghini 9 Ret 16 7 Ret DNS 8 16 GT Russian Team Mercedes-Benz 20 Ret 18 12 4 17 Triple 888 Racing BMW 17 13 2 18 Sports and You Mercedes-Benz 18 18 1 Blancpain Racing Lamborghini 12 Ret 0 All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport Mercedes-Benz 14 Ret 0 Farnbacher Racing Porsche DNS DNS 0 Guest teams ineligible for points NSC Motorsports Lamborghini 2 Ret 0 Schütz Motorsport Porsche 5 5 0 Callaway – RWT Chevrolet 8 8 0 Zakspeed Mercedes-Benz 13 10 0 Trackspeed Porsche 11 Ret 0 Prosperia ABT Racing Audi Ret 15 0 Vita4one Racing Team BMW 18 16 0

Key Colour Result Gold Race winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Black Disqualified (DSQ) Excluded (EX) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did Not Participate Bold – Pole

Pro-Am Trophy

Pos.	Team	Manufacturer	NOG		BRH		ZAN		SVK		ALG		ZOL		BAK		Total
			QR	CR	QR	CR	QR	CR	QR	CR	QR	CR	QR	CR	QR	CR
1	Phoenix Racing	Audi			13	11	10	13	8	7	11	7	15	15	DNS	DNS	162
2	Grasser Racing Team	Lamborghini			15	15	8	6	16	12	16	19					100
3	GT Russian Team	Mercedes-Benz											20	Ret	18	12	39
4	Sports and You	Mercedes-Benz									18	18					22
5	Blancpain Racing	Lamborghini	12	Ret													9
6	All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport	Mercedes-Benz							14	Ret							6

Silver Cup

Pos.	Team	Manufacturer	NOG		BRH		ZAN		SVK		ALG		ZOL		BAK		Total
			QR	CR	QR	CR	QR	CR	QR	CR	QR	CR	QR	CR	QR	CR
1	Belgian Audi Club Team WRT	Audi	7	3	12	6	11	9	6	9	7	Ret	17	11	Ret	17	174
2	ROAL Motorsport	BMW	15	11	11	10	15	12	5	13	Ret	15	12	17	Ret	14	154
3	Fortec Motorsport	Mercedes-Benz	13	12	16	14	14	16	11	10	15	Ret	Ret	14	16	11	132
4	HTP Motorsport	Mercedes-Benz							17	5	8	17	19	12	19	DNS	79
5	Triple 888 Racing	BMW													17	13	24
Guest teams ineligible for Silver Cup points
	Callaway – RWT	Chevrolet													14	8	0

See also

• 2014 Blancpain GT Series
• 2014 Blancpain Endurance Series

Footnotes

References

External links

• Official website