2015 GT Sprint Series
The 2015 GT Sprint Series (known for sponsorship reasons as the 2015 Blancpain Sprint Series) was the third season following on from the demise of the SRO Group's FIA GT1 World Championship (an auto racing series for grand tourer cars), the second with the designation of Blancpain Sprint Series.
Calendar
The series started at the Circuit Paul Armagnac in Nogaro, France on 6 April and finished at Circuit Park Zandvoort in Netherlands on 11 October. Baku had been scheduled to host the final round of the season, but was replaced by Zandvoort for economic reasons.[1] The seven-event calendar contained largely the same events as the previous season, with the addition of races at Moscow Raceway in Russia and Misano in Italy.[2][3]
Event | Circuit | Date |
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1 | France Circuit Paul Armagnac, Nogaro, France | 6 April |
2 | United Kingdom Brands Hatch, Kent, Great Britain | 10 May |
3 | Belgium Circuit Zolder, Heusden-Zolder, Belgium | 7 June |
4 | Russia Moscow Raceway, Volokolamsk, Russia | 4 July |
5 | Portugal Algarve International Circuit, Algarve, Portugal | 6 September |
6 | Italy Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Misano, Italy | 4 October |
7 | Netherlands Circuit Park Zandvoort, North Holland, Netherlands | 11 October |
Entry list
Race results
Event | Circuit | Pole position | Qualifying Race Winner | Championship Race Winner | Report |
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1 | France Nogaro | Belgium No. 3 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT | Belgium No. 3 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT | Brazil No. 77 BMW Sports Trophy Team Brasil | Report |
Monaco Stéphane Ortelli Monaco Stéphane Richelmi |
Monaco Stéphane Ortelli Monaco Stéphane Richelmi |
Belgium Maxime Martin Germany Dirk Müller | |||
2 | United Kingdom Brands Hatch | Belgium No. 1 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT | Belgium No. 1 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT | Belgium No. 1 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT | Report |
Netherlands Robin Frijns Belgium Laurens Vanthoor |
Netherlands Robin Frijns Belgium Laurens Vanthoor |
Netherlands Robin Frijns Belgium Laurens Vanthoor | |||
3 | Belgium Zolder | Belgium No. 1 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT | Belgium No. 1 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT | Belgium No. 1 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT | Report |
Netherlands Robin Frijns Belgium Laurens Vanthoor |
Netherlands Robin Frijns Belgium Laurens Vanthoor |
Netherlands Robin Frijns Belgium Laurens Vanthoor | |||
4 | Russia Moscow | Germany No. 88 Reiter Engineering | Germany No. 88 Reiter Engineering | Germany No. 84 Bentley Team HTP | Report |
Netherlands Nick Catsburg Germany Albert von Thurn und Taxis |
Netherlands Nick Catsburg Germany Albert von Thurn und Taxis |
France Vincent Abril Germany Maximilian Buhk | |||
5 | Portugal Algarve | Belgium No. 2 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT | Germany No. 84 Bentley Team HTP | Belgium No. 1 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT | Report |
Belgium Enzo Ide Germany Christopher Mies |
France Vincent Abril Germany Maximilian Buhk |
Netherlands Robin Frijns Belgium Laurens Vanthoor | |||
6 | Italy Misano | Germany No. 333 Rinaldi Racing | Germany No. 333 Rinaldi Racing | Germany No. 333 Rinaldi Racing | Report |
Germany Marco Seefried Austria Norbert Siedler |
Germany Marco Seefried Austria Norbert Siedler |
Germany Marco Seefried Austria Norbert Siedler | |||
7 | Netherlands Zandvoort | Germany No. 84 Bentley Team HTP | Germany No. 84 Bentley Team HTP | Germany No. 84 Bentley Team HTP | Report |
France Vincent Abril Germany Maximilian Buhk |
France Vincent Abril Germany Maximilian Buhk |
France Vincent Abril Germany Maximilian Buhk |
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
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | Pole |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Points | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 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 |
Drivers' championships
Cup
|
Bold – Pole |
- Notes
- 1 – Markus Winkelhock was unable to score at Moscow, because he did not share his car with another driver. His regular teammate Nikolaus Mayr-Melnhof had to go home just before the event started.
Pro-Am Trophy
Pos. | Driver | Team | NOG France |
BRH United Kingdom |
ZOL Belgium |
MSC Russia |
ALG Portugal |
MIS Italy |
ZAN Netherlands |
Total | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
QR | CR | QR | CR | QR | CR | QR | CR | QR | CR | QR | CR | QR | CR | ||||
1 | Russia Aleksey Karachev | Russia GT Russian Team | 5 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 209 |
2 | Russia Aleksey Vasilyev | Russia GT Russian Team | 14 | 9 | Ret | 13 | 13 | DNS | 15 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 15 | 11 | 144 | ||
3 | Estonia Marko Asmer | Ret | 13 | 13 | DNS | 15 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 15 | 11 | 116 | |||||
4 | France Christophe Bouchut | 14 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 15 | 111 | |||||||
5 | Germany Bernd Schneider | Russia GT Russian Team | 5 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 92 | ||||||||
6 | Netherlands Indy Dontje | 13 | 9 | 34 | |||||||||||||
7 | Austria Martin Ragginger Switzerland Marcel Wagner |
Switzerland Fach Auto Tech | 10 | 16 | 22 | ||||||||||||
7 | United Kingdom Lee Mowle United Kingdom Joe Osborne |
United Kingdom Triple 888 Racing | 15 | 16 | 22 | ||||||||||||
8 | Japan Yoshiharu Mori Germany Philipp Wlazik |
Germany Attempto Racing | 13 | 18 | 16 | ||||||||||||
9 | United States Nick Hammann Russia Mark Shulzhitskiy |
United Kingdom Nissan GT Academy Team RJN | Ret | 14 | 15 |
Silver Cup
Pos. | Driver | Team | NOG France |
BRH United Kingdom |
ZOL Belgium |
MSC Russia |
ALG Portugal |
MIS Italy |
ZAN Netherlands |
Total | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
QR | CR | QR | CR | QR | CR | QR | CR | QR | CR | QR | CR | QR | CR | ||||
1 | Netherlands Jules Szymkowiak | Germany Bentley Team HTP | Ret | 14 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 8 | Ret | Ret | DNS | 7 | 6 | 164 |
2 | Denmark Anders Fjordbach | Czech Republic ISR | 7 | 12 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 138 | ||||
3 | Denmark Thomas Fjordbach | 7 | 12 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 114 | |||||||
4 | Netherlands Max van Splunteren | Germany Bentley Team HTP | 8 | 10 | 8 | Ret | Ret | DNS | 7 | 6 | 77 | ||||||
5 | France Olivier Lombard | Ret | 14 | 13 | 12 | 53 | |||||||||||
6 | France Tom Dillmann | 8 | 6 | 34 | |||||||||||||
7 | Denmark Michael Markussen | Czech Republic ISR | 14 | 11 | 24 | ||||||||||||
8 | Italy Alberto Di Folco Netherlands Jeroen Mul |
Austria Grasser Racing Team | 16 | DNS | 7 |
Teams' championships
Cup
Pos. | Team | Manufacturer | NOG France |
BRH United Kingdom |
ZOL Belgium |
MSC Russia |
ALG Portugal |
MIS Italy |
ZAN Netherlands |
Total | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
QR | CR | QR | CR | QR | CR | QR | CR | QR | CR | QR | CR | QR | CR | ||||
1 | Belgium Belgian Audi Club Team WRT | Audi | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 177 |
2 | Germany Bentley Team HTP | Bentley | 8 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 143 |
3 | Brazil BMW Sports Trophy Team Brasil | BMW | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 118 |
4 | Germany Rinaldi Racing | Ferrari | 4 | 5 | 10 | Ret | 2 | Ret | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | DNS | 98 |
5 | Germany Phoenix Racing | Audi | Ret | 8 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 101 | 61 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 3 | Ret | 60 |
6 | Germany Reiter Engineering | Lamborghini | Ret | 17 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 1 | Ret | 5 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 58 |
7 | Czech Republic ISR | Audi | 6 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 14 | Ret | 9 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 50 |
8 | Russia GT Russian Team | Mercedes-Benz | 5 | 9 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 41 |
9 | Germany Attempto Racing | McLaren/Porsche | 12 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 37 | ||||||
10 | Germany MRS GT-Racing | Nissan | Ret | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 31 | ||||||
11 | Austria Grasser Racing Team | Lamborghini | 2 | 3 | 21 | ||||||||||||
12 | United States Always Evolving Motorsport | Nissan | 14 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 6 | Ret | 20 | ||||||||
13 | United Kingdom Nissan GT Academy Team RJN | Nissan | Ret | 14 | 4 | ||||||||||||
14 | Switzerland Fach Auto Tech | Porsche | 10 | 16 | 1 | ||||||||||||
15 | United Kingdom Triple 888 Racing | BMW | 15 | 16 | 1 |
- Notes
- 1 – Phoenix Racing was unable to score at Moscow, because Markus Winkelhock did not share his car with another driver. His regular teammate Nikolaus Mayr-Melnhof had to go home just before the event started.
Pro-Am Trophy
Pos. | Team | Manufacturer | NOG France |
BRH United Kingdom |
ZOL Belgium |
MSC Russia |
ALG Portugal |
MIS Italy |
ZAN Netherlands |
Total | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
QR | CR | QR | CR | QR | CR | QR | CR | QR | CR | QR | CR | QR | CR | ||||
1 | Russia GT Russian Team | Mercedes-Benz | 5 | 9 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 236 |
2 | Switzerland Fach Auto Tech | Porsche | 10 | 16 | 25 | ||||||||||||
2 | United Kingdom Triple 888 Racing | BMW | 15 | 16 | 25 | ||||||||||||
3 | Germany Attempto Racing | McLaren | 13 | 18 | 19 | ||||||||||||
4 | United Kingdom Nissan GT Academy Team RJN | Nissan | Ret | 14 | 18 |
Silver Cup
Pos. | Team | Manufacturer | NOG France |
BRH United Kingdom |
ZOL Belgium |
MSC Russia |
ALG Portugal |
MIS Italy |
ZAN Netherlands |
Total | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
QR | CR | QR | CR | QR | CR | QR | CR | QR | CR | QR | CR | QR | CR | ||||
1 | Germany Bentley Team HTP | Bentley | Ret | 14 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 8 | Ret | Ret | DNS | 7 | 6 | 164 |
2 | Czech Republic ISR | Audi | 7 | 12 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 138 | ||||
3 | Austria Grasser Racing Team | Lamborghini | 16 | DNS | 7 |
See also
References
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- ↑ Codling, Stuart (2 November 2014). "Blancpain 2015 calendar includes Moscow street race and prize tweak". Autosport. Haymarket. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
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- ↑ 26.0 26.1 26.2 26.3 Wouters, Vincent (6 March 2015). "Rinaldi Racing Expands to Sprint Series". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media, LLC. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
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