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
1
Circuit Paul Armagnac , Nogaro , France
21 April
2
Brands Hatch , Kent , Great Britain
18 May
3
Circuit Park Zandvoort , North Holland , Netherlands
6 July
4
Automotodróm Slovakia Ring , Orechová Potôň , Slovakia
24 August
5
Algarve International Circuit , Algarve , Portugal
7 September
6
Circuit Zolder , Heusden-Zolder , Belgium
19 October
7
Baku World Challenge , Baku , Azerbaijan
2 November
Entry list [ ]
Team
Car
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 [ ]
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' Championship [ ]
Cup [ ]
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)
Withdrew (WD)
Blank
Did Not Participate
Bold – Pole
Pro-Am Trophy [ ]
Silver Cup [ ]
Teams' Championship [ ]
Cup [ ]
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)
Withdrew (WD)
Blank
Did Not Participate
Bold – Pole
Pro-Am Trophy [ ]
Silver Cup [ ]
Team
Manufacturer
NOG
BRH
ZAN
SVK
ALG
ZOL
BAK
Total
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 [ ]
[ ]
References [ ]
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^ a b c d e f Mercier, Laurent (10 April 2014). "Jimenez Completes Lineup at BMW Team Brazil" . sportscar365.com . John Dagys Media, LLC. Retrieved 10 April 2014 .
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^ a b "@BlancpainGT: 22 August" . Twitter . Twitter Inc. 22 August 2014. Retrieved 22 August 2014 .
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^ a b c d e Corrêa, João (22 March 2014). "Phoenix Racing fields two Audi R8 LMS ultra in the Blancpain Sprint Series" . Motorsport.com . Motorsport.com, Inc. Retrieved 22 March 2014 .
^ a b c d "GRT Expands to Two-Car Lamborghini Effort" . John Dagys Media Group, LLC. 21 December 2013. Retrieved 4 February 2014 .
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^ a b c "Miguel Toril competirá en el equipo Fortec Motorsports" [Miguel Toril will compete in the Fortec Motorsports team]. Minuto90 (in Spanish). Garman Comunicaciones SL. 26 March 2014. Retrieved 28 March 2014 .
^ a b c d "Vita4One joins largest grid of the year so far" . Blancpain Sprint Series . Stéphane Ratel Organisation . 16 October 2014. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 16 October 2014 .
^ a b c d ten Caat, Marcel (24 June 2014). "Schubert Motorsport To Enter Blancpain Sprint Series" . Sportscar365 . John Dagys Media Group, LLC. Retrieved 26 June 2014 .
^ a b c d Watkins, Gary (20 January 2014). "HTP Mercedes and Maximilian Buhk to defend Blancpain GT titles" . Autosport.com . Haymarket Publications . Retrieved 22 January 2014 .
^ Bitzer, Yannick (14 April 2014). "Blancpain GT Serien — Die Starterlisten zur Saison 2014" . Motorsport-Magazin.com (in German). Adrivo Sportpresse. Retrieved 16 April 2014 .
^ ten Caat, Marcel (21 August 2014). "Buhk Suspended for Slovakia Ring After GT Masters Incident" . Sportscar365 . John Dagys Media Group, LLC. Retrieved 21 August 2014 .
^ Watkins, Gary (3 February 2014). "HTP Mercedes squad signs Stef Dusseldorp for 2014 Blancpain GT" . Autosport.com . Haymarket Publications . Retrieved 3 February 2014 .
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