2014 Blancpain GT Series

The 2014 Blancpain GT Series season was the first season of the Blancpain GT Series. The season started on 12 April at Monza and ended on 2 November in Baku. The season featured twelve rounds, five Blancpain Endurance Series rounds and seven Blancpain Sprint Series rounds.

2014 Blancpain GT Series
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Calendar

Event Circuit Date Series Report
1 Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza, Italy 13 April Endurance Report
2 Circuit Paul Armagnac, Nogaro, France 21 April Sprint Report
3 Brands Hatch, Kent, Great Britain 18 May Sprint Report
4 Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone United Kingdom 25 May Endurance Report
5 Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet, France 28 June Endurance Report
6 Circuit Park Zandvoort, Noord-Holland, Netherlands 6 July Sprint Report
7 Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium 26–27 July Endurance Report
8 Automotodróm Slovakia Ring, Orechová Potôň, Slovakia 24 August Sprint Report
9 Algarve International Circuit, Algarve, Portugal 7 September Sprint Report
10 Nürburgring, Nürburg, Germany 21 September Endurance Report
11 Circuit Zolder, Heusden-Zolder, Belgium 19 October Sprint Report
12 Baku World Challenge, Baku, Azerbaijan 2 November Sprint Report

Race results

Event Circuit Series Pole Position Race winner
1 Monza BES No. 98 ART Grand Prix No. 98 ART Grand Prix
Grégoire Demoustier
Álvaro Parente
Alexandre Prémat
Grégoire Demoustier
Álvaro Parente
Alexandre Prémat
2 QR Nogaro BSS No. 28 Grasser Racing Team No. 1 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT
Hari Proczyk
Jeroen Bleekemolen
Laurens Vanthoor
César Ramos
CR No. 1 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT No. 84 HTP Motorsport
Laurens Vanthoor
César Ramos
Maximilian Buhk
Maximilian Götz
3 QR Brands Hatch BSS No. 1 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT No. 28 Grasser Racing Team
Laurens Vanthoor
César Ramos
Hari Proczyk
Jeroen Bleekemolen
CR No. 28 Grasser Racing Team No. 28 Grasser Racing Team
Hari Proczyk
Jeroen Bleekemolen
Hari Proczyk
Jeroen Bleekemolen
4 Silverstone BES No. 93 Pro GT by Almeras No. 7 M-Sport Bentley
Eric Dermont
Franck Perera
Steven Kane
Guy Smith
Andy Meyrick
5 Paul Ricard BES No. 98 ART Grand Prix No. 7 M-Sport Bentley
Grégoire Demoustier
Álvaro Parente
Nicolas Lapierre
Steven Kane
Guy Smith
Andy Meyrick
6 QR Zandvoort BSS No. 28 Grasser Racing Team No. 28 Grasser Racing Team
Hari Proczyk
Jeroen Bleekemolen
Hari Proczyk
Jeroen Bleekemolen
CR No. 28 Grasser Racing Team No. 2 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT
Hari Proczyk
Jeroen Bleekemolen
René Rast
Enzo Ide
7 Spa-Francorchamps BES No. 1 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT No. 1 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT
Laurens Vanthoor
René Rast
Markus Winkelhock
Laurens Vanthoor
René Rast
Markus Winkelhock
8 QR Slovakia Ring BSS No. 1 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT No. 1 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT
Laurens Vanthoor
César Ramos
Laurens Vanthoor
César Ramos
CR No. 1 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT No.76 BMW Sports Trophy Team Schubert
Laurens Vanthoor
César Ramos
Dominik Baumann
Thomas Jäger
9 QR Algarve BSS No. 3 G-Drive Racing No. 28 Grasser Racing Team
Roman Rusinov
Tomáš Enge
Hari Proczyk
Jeroen Bleekemolen
CR No. 28 Grasser Racing Team No. 84 HTP Motorsport
Hari Proczyk
Jeroen Bleekemolen
Maximilian Buhk
Maximilian Götz
10 Nürburgring BES No. 1 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT No. 1 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT
Laurens Vanthoor
César Ramos
Christopher Mies
Laurens Vanthoor
César Ramos
Christopher Mies
11 QR Zolder BSS No. 1 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT No. 1 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT
Laurens Vanthoor
César Ramos
Laurens Vanthoor
César Ramos
CR No. 1 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT No. 84 HTP Motorsport
Laurens Vanthoor
César Ramos
Maximilian Buhk
Maximilian Götz
12 QR Baku BSS No. 9 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT No. 1 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT
Stéphane Ortelli
Stéphane Richelmi
Laurens Vanthoor
César Ramos
CR No. 1 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT No. 1 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT
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. 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
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
1000 km Nürburgring points
Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th 
Points 33 24 19 15 12 9 6 4 2 1

Drivers' Championship (Top 45)

Pos. Driver Team MNZ
NOG
BRH
SIL
LEC
ZAN
SPA
SVK
ALG
NÜR
ZOL
BAK
Total[1]
CR QR CR QR CR CR CR QR CR 6hrs 12hrs 24hrs QR CR QR CR CR QR CR QR CR
1 Laurens Vanthoor Belgian Audi Club Team WRT 4 1 Ret 6 4 3 8 3 10 4 1 1 1 11 4 8 1 1 3 1 1 200
2 Maximilian Buhk HTP Motorsport 5 5 1 2 2 4 2 4 6 6 5 2 1 2 6 1 9 Ret 190
3 Maximilian Götz 5 1 2 2 2 4 6 6 5 3 4 2 1 6 1 9 Ret 160
4 César Ramos Belgian Audi Club Team WRT 4 1 Ret 6 4 3 8 3 10 1 11 4 8 1 1 3 1 1 157
5 Stéphane Ortelli Saintéloc Racing 2 4 5 2 4 4 34 120
G-Drive Racing 4 2 Ret 13 9 Ret
Belgian Audi Club Team WRT 12 Ret 17 3 23 10 3 4
6 René Rast Belgian Audi Club Team WRT DSQ 7 14 9 4 1 4 1 1 9 3 3 5 4 Ret 4 Ret 114
7 Jeroen Bleekemolen
Hari Proczyk
Grasser Racing Team 17 6 1 1 1 5 2 Ret 1 2 3 2 15 Ret 113
8 Grégory Guilvert Saintéloc Racing 2 4 5 2 4 4 34 88
G-Drive Racing 4 2
9 Stef Dusseldorp
Sergey Afanasyev
HTP Motorsport 11 6 4 Ret Ret 5 3 Ret DNS 54 54 Ret Ret 6 5 11 2 11 4 Ret Ret 84
10 Andy Soucek ART Grand Prix 3 2 Ret 20 51 Ret 5 81
Beechdean AMR 5 5 2 2
11 Christopher Mies Belgian Audi Club Team WRT Ret 9 7 1 3 3 1 75
Prosperia ABT Racing Ret 15
11 Markus Winkelhock Phoenix Racing 2 Ret 5 Ret Ret 11 15 Ret Ret 6 16 18 6 3 75
Belgian Audi Club Team WRT 4 1 1
12 Enzo Ide Belgian Audi Club Team WRT DSQ 7 14 9 4 1 9 3 3 5 4 Ret 4 Ret 71
13 Edward Sandström Saintéloc Racing 2 4 5 2 4 4 34 67
14 Andy Meyrick
Guy Smith
Steven Kane
M-Sport Bentley 8 1 1 38 15 13 8 58
15 Cacá Bueno
Sérgio Jimenez
BMW Sports Trophy Team Brasil 3 5 3 3 Ret 14 7 2 9 14 21 8 55
15 Nico Verdonck HTP Motorsport 5 6 4 3 10 9 3 4 14 55
16 Álvaro Parente ART Grand Prix 1 7 2 21 43 Ret Ret 49
Bhaitech 20 16
16 Grégoire Demoustier ART Grand Prix 1 7 2 21 43 Ret Ret 49
17 Dominik Baumann BMW Sports Trophy Team Schubert 5 2 Ret 1 13 13 8 Ret Ret Ret 45
17 Thomas Jäger 5 2 Ret 1 13 13 8 Ret 45
17 Kévin Estre ART Grand Prix 3 2 Ret 20 51 Ret 5 45
Boutsen Ginion 21 18
17 Kevin Korjus ART Grand Prix 3 2 Ret 20 51 Ret 5 45
18 James Nash
Frank Stippler
Belgian Audi Club Team WRT Ret 9 7 1 3 3 26 42
19 Marc Basseng Belgian Audi Club Team WRT 4 3 13 26 41
Phoenix Racing 10 9 13 11 10 13 8 7 11 7 15 15 DNS DNS
ISR Racing 18 16 14
20 Harold Primat HTP Motorsport 5 6 4 3 10 9 14 39
21 Jonathan Adam Leonard Motorsport AMR 23 36
Beechdean AMR 56 56 Ret 5 5 2 2
22 Lucas Wolf HTP Motorsport 11 5 3 17 5 8 17 19 12 19 DNS 35
23 Lucas Luhr
Markus Palttala
Dirk Werner
BMW Sports Trophy Team Marc VDS 5 2 2 32
23 Nikolaus Mayr-Melnhof Phoenix Racing 2 Ret 5 Ret Ret 11 15 Ret Ret 6 16 18 6 3 32
24 Alexandre Prémat ART Grand Prix 1 7 Ret 31
25 Nick Catsburg TDS Racing 21 37 6 12 9 Ret 4 30
NSC Motorsports 2 Ret
26 Vincent Abril
Mateusz Lisowski
Belgian Audi Club Team WRT 7 3 12 6 11 9 6 9 7 Ret 17 11 Ret 17 28
27 Henry Hassid TDS Racing 21 37 6 12 9 Ret 4 24
27 Andreas Simonsen Black Falcon 14 22 9 8 32 Ret 3 24
Zakspeed 13 10
28 Abdulaziz Al Faisal
Hubert Haupt
Black Falcon 14 22 9 8 32 Ret 3 23
29 Giorgio Pantano Bhaitech 11 8 8 16 13 Ret Ret Ret Ret 10 7 6 12 7 19
Boutsen Ginion 58 58 Ret
29 Fabio Onidi Bhaitech 11 8 8 16 13 Ret Ret Ret Ret 10 7 6 12 7 19
30 Nicolas Lapierre ART Grand Prix 2 21 43 Ret 18
30 Jazeman Jaafar HTP Motorsport 6 6 5 18
31 Bernd Schneider HTP Motorsport 6 3 10 9 14 17
31 Stéphane Richelmi Belgian Audi Club Team WRT 22 23 10 3 4 17
32 Robert Renauer
Jaap van Lagen
Tonino Team Herberth 6 3 16
33 Fabian Hamprecht ISR Racing 18 16 14 15
Belgian Audi Club Team WRT 12 Ret 17 3
33 Tomáš Enge Reiter Engineering 16 9 Ret Ret DNS 15
Grasser Racing Team 9 16
G-Drive Racing 6 4 13 9
33 Roman Rusinov G-Drive Racing[N 1] Ret 13 9 Ret 6 4 13 9 15
33 Stefano Gai
Andrea Rizzoli
Scuderia Villorba Corse 9 14 8 10 7 15 7 15
34 Matheus Stumpf BMW Sports Trophy Team Brasil 18 15 4 8 12 8 4 Ret 10 16 22 Ret Ret Ret 14
34 Alessandro Latif Phoenix Racing 10 9 13 11 10 13 8 7 11 7 15 15 DNS DNS 14
35 Filip Salaquarda Scuderia Villorba Corse 8 10 7 7 17 DNS Ret DNS 9 7 13
ISR Racing 18 16 14
Bhaitech 20 16
36 Alex Zanardi ROAL Motorsport 14 13 17 5 10 Ret 14 9 10 13 Ret DNS 12
36 Peter Kox Reiter Engineering 16 16 7 12
Blancpain Racing 12 Ret
NSC Motorsports 2 Ret
36 Chris van der Drift Boutsen Ginion 28 49 45 40 Ret 7 6 12
Bhaitech 13 8 12 12 Ret Ret
36 Martin Ragginger Fach Auto Tech 46 41 26 12
Schütz Motorsport 5 5
36 Marco Holzer Schütz Motorsport 5 5 12
37 Stefano Colombo ROAL Motorsport 6 15 11 11 10 19 15 12 39 44 35 5 13 Ret 15 12 17 Ret 14 11
37 Alexander Sims Ecurie Ecosse 9 8 7 11
Triple 888 Racing 9
38 Luca Stolz HTP Motorsport 17 5 8 17 19 12 19 DNS 10
38 Andrea Montermini Scuderia Villorba Corse 8 10 7 7 10 7 15 Ret DNS 10
38 Valdeno Brito BMW Sports Trophy Team Brasil 4 8 4 Ret 10
39 Vladimir Lunkin Black Falcon Ret 33 Ret 23 24 34 6 9
39 Anders Fjordbach
Devon Modell
6 9
39 Oliver Bryant
Alasdair McCaig
Andrew Smith
Ecurie Ecosse 12 18 12 9 8 7 11 9
39 Francesco Castellacci Scuderia Villorba Corse 9 14 8 10 7 15 9
AF Corse 16
40 Eugenio Amos
Stefano Comandini
ROAL Motorsport 6 12 19 39 44 35 Ret 8
40 Sascha Halek Grasser Racing Team 9 16 15 15 8 6 16 12 16 19 48
Stefan Landmann 15 15 8 6 16 12 16 19 14 DNS DNS DNS
40 Andrea Bertolini
Marco Cioci
Niek Hommerson
Louis Machiels
AF Corse 19 13 6 8
40 Marcel Fässler
André Lotterer
Benoît Tréluyer
Belgian Audi Club Team WRT 7 5 12 8
40 Frédéric Vervisch Boutsen Ginion Ret 35 21 58 58 Ret 7 6 8
41 Alessandro Balzan Scuderia Villorba Corse 17 DNS 9 7 6
41 Thomas Kemenater 7 6
41 Jérôme d'Ambrosio
Antoine Leclerc
Duncan Tappy
M-Sport Bentley 7 15 Ret 43 25 17 12 6
41 Štefan Rosina Reiter Engineering 9 Ret 16 7 Ret DNS 6
42 Sven Barth
David Jahn
Callaway – RWT 14 8 4
42 Alex Buncombe
Nick McMillen
Florian Strauss
Nissan GT Academy Team RJN 13 8 22 16 33 25 31 4
42 Nelson Piquet, Jr. BMW Sports Trophy Team Brasil 18 15 12 8 10 16 22 Ret 4
42 Craig Lowndes
Andrea Piccini
Michele Rugolo
Steve Wyatt
AF Corse 14 12 8 4
42 Sten Pentus Bhaitech 16 14 10 12 7 15 13 8 12 12 Ret Ret 4
43 David Fumanelli ROAL Motorsport 15 11 11 10 15 12 5 13 Ret 15 12 17 Ret 14 3
44 Ricardo Sperafico
Rodrigo Sperafico
BMW Sports Trophy Team Brasil 10 9 2
44 Jody Firth
Warren Hughes
Triple 888 Racing 9 2
45 Alon Day Zakspeed 13 10 1
45 Stuart Leonard
Paul Wilson
Leonard Motorsport AMR 23 28 18 37 10 1
Michael Meadows 28 18 37 10
45 Miguel Toril Fortec Motorsport 13 12 16 14 14 16 11 10 15 Ret Ret 14 16 11 1
Armaan Ebrahim DNS DNS 16 14 14 16 11 10 15 Ret
45 Andrew Danyliw
Simon Knap
Andrea Sonvico
AF Corse 10 25 11 55 55 Ret 33 1
45 Katsumasa Chiyo
Miguel Faísca
Nissan GT Academy Team RJN Ret 20 10 52 47 38 13 1
Stanislav Aksenov 20 10
45 Ahmad Al Harthy
Michael Caine
Oman Racing Team Ret 10 31 31 27 Ret 32 1
Stephen Jelley Ret 10 31 31 27 Ret
45 Jens Klingmann TDS Racing 12 9 Ret 1
BMW Sports Trophy Team Schubert Ret Ret
45 Pierre Thiriet TDS Racing 12 9 Ret 1
45 Joe Osborne MP Motorsport AMR 26 11 17 11 14 10 32 1
Triple 888 Racing 17 13
45 Richard Abra
Mark Poole
MP Motorsport AMR 26 11 17 11 14 10 32 1
Darren Turner 11 14 10
Key
ColourResult
GoldRace winner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleDid not finish (Ret)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
Excluded (EX)
White Did not start (DNS)
Race cancelled (C)
Withdrew (WD)
BlankDid Not Participate

Bold – Pole

Footnotes

  1. During the events at Nogaro, Brands Hatch and Zandvoort, G-Drive Racing ran as a support team for the W Racing Team.[2] During the events at Portimão and Zolder, G-Drive Racing formed part of the Reiter Engineering entry.[3]

Teams' Championship

Pos. Team Manufacturer Points
1 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT Audi 284
2 HTP Motorsport Mercedes-Benz 236
3 Grasser Racing Team Lamborghini 121
4 BMW Sports Trophy Team Brasil BMW 81
5 Saintéloc Racing Audi 78
6 ART Grand Prix McLaren 73
7 M-Sport Bentley Bentley 68
8 Phoenix Racing Audi 66
9 Scuderia Villorba Corse Ferrari 55
10 BMW Sports Trophy Team Schubert BMW 51
11 Bhaitech McLaren 50
12 G-Drive Racing Audi/Lamborghini 42
13 ROAL Motorsport BMW 41
14 Beechdean AMR Aston Martin 40
15 Black Falcon Mercedes-Benz 38
16 TDS Racing BMW 33
17 Ecurie Ecosse BMW 23
18 AF Corse Ferrari 19
19 Tonino Team Herberth Porsche 17
20 MP Motorsport AMR Aston Martin 16
21 Fortec Motorsport Mercedes-Benz 15
22 Boutsen Ginion McLaren 15
23 Nissan GT Academy Team RJN Nissan 11
24 Reiter Engineering Lamborghini 8
25 Oman Racing Team Aston Martin 6
26 Triple 888 Racing BMW 6
27 GT Russian Team McLaren/Mercedes-Benz 4
28 Leonard Motorsport AMR Aston Martin 2
29 Pro GT by Almeras Porsche 1
Blancpain Racing Lamborghini 0
Sport Garage Ferrari 0
All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport Mercedes-Benz 0
Graff Racing Porsche 0
Kessel Racing Ferrari 0
Brothers Racing Team Audi 0
GT Corse by Rinaldi Ferrari 0
Team Parker Racing Audi 0
Sports and You Mercedes-Benz 0
Insightracing with Flex-Box Ferrari 0
Emil Frey Racing Jaguar 0
Duqueine Engineering Ferrari 0
Farnbacher Racing Porsche 0
Teams ineligible for points
NSC Motorsports Lamborghini 0
BMW Sports Trophy Team Marc VDS BMW 0
Schütz Motorsport Porsche 0
Callaway – RWT Chevrolet 0
Zakspeed Mercedes-Benz 0
Trackspeed Porsche 0
ISR Racing Audi 0
Prosperia ABT Racing Audi 0
Vita4one Racing Team BMW 0
SOFREV Auto Sport Promotion Ferrari 0
Generation Bentley Racing Bentley 0
Fach Auto Tech Porsche 0
GDL Motorsport Mercedes-Benz 0
Delahaye Racing Porsche 0
Horse Power Racing Aston Martin 0
Audi Racing Experience Audi 0
PGF-Kinfaun AMR Aston Martin 0
Lago Racing Lamborghini 0
Von Ryan Racing McLaren 0
SMP Racing Russian Bears Ferrari 0
Wochenspiegel Team Manthey Porsche 0

See also

References

  1. "Blancpain GT Series Standings".
  2. "Belgian Audi Club Team WRT announces its line-up for 2014". Blancpain Sprint Series. Stéphane Ratel Organisation. 27 February 2014. Archived from the original on 7 March 2014. Retrieved 27 February 2014.
  3. Watkins, Gary (3 September 2014). "Blancpain Sprint Series frontrunner Buhk to return after case dropped". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
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