The 2018 Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup was the eighth season of the Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup . The season began on 22 April at Monza and ended on 30 September in Barcelona . The season featured five rounds, with each race lasting for a duration of three hours besides the 24 Hours of Spa and the 1000 km Paul Ricard events.
Calendar [ edit ] At the annual press conference during the 2017 24 Hours of Spa on 28 July, the Stéphane Ratel Organisation announced the first draft of the 2018 calendar. No changes were made to the schedule compared to 2017.[1] On 17 September 2017, it was announced the race at Silverstone was moved a week to avoid a clash with the Nürburgring 24 Hours .[2]
Round Race Circuit Date 1 3 Hours of Monza Autodromo Nazionale Monza , Monza , Italy 22 April Report 2 3 Hours of Silverstone Silverstone Circuit , Silverstone , Great Britain 20 May Report 3 Circuit Paul Ricard 1000km Circuit Paul Ricard , Le Castellet , France 2 June Report 4 Total 24 Hours of Spa Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps , Stavelot , Belgium 28–29 July Report 5 3 Hours of Barcelona Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya , Montmeló , Spain 30 September Report
Entry list [ edit ] On 2 October 2017, it was announced grids would be limited to 26 Pro class entries, in an effort to make the championship more attractive to Pro-Am and Am class competitors. The entry cap was in place for all races except for the 24 Hours of Spa.[3]
Team Car Drivers Class Rounds Audi R8 LMS [4] 1 Christopher Mies [6] P All Alex Riberas [6] Dries Vanthoor [6] 2 Robin Frijns [5] P 4 Nico Müller [5] René Rast [5] 17 Stuart Leonard [6] P All Sheldon van der Linde [6] 1–3, 5 Robin Frijns [6] 1, 5 Marcel Fässler [7] 2, 4 Frédéric Vervisch [8] 3 Daniel Serra [5] 4 Mercedes-AMG GT3 [9] 4 Yelmer Buurman [9] P All Maro Engel [9] Luca Stolz [9] 5 Rui Águas [9] PA All Saud Al Faisal[9] Kriton Lendoudis[9] Tom Onslow-Cole [10] 4 6 Abdulaziz Al Faisal [9] S All Hubert Haupt[9] Gabriele Piana[9] Manuel Metzger[11] 4 Bentley Team M-Sport [12] Bentley Continental GT3 (2018) [12] 7 Jules Gounon [13] P All Steven Kane [13] Guy Smith [13] 1–2 Jordan Pepper [14] 3–5 8 Vincent Abril [13] P All Andy Soucek [13] Maxime Soulet [13] Target Racing [11] Lamborghini Huracán GT3 [11] 9 Stefano Costantini [11] Am 4 Sylvain Debs[11] Bernard Delhez[15] Alberto Di Folco[11] Kessel Racing [16] Ferrari 488 GT3 [16] 11 Michał Broniszewski[16] PA 1, 5 Alessandro Pier Guidi [16] Ombra Racing [16] Lamborghini Huracán GT3 [16] 12 Alex Frassineti[16] S All Romain Monti[16] Andrea Rizzoli[16] Kang Ling [15] 4 Lexus RC F GT3 [17] 14 Albert Costa [18] P All Christian Klien [18] Marco Seefried[18] Emil Frey GT3 Jaguar [18] 54 Alex Fontana [18] S All Mikaël Grenier [18] Adrian Zaugg [18] Lexus RC F GT3 [17] 114 Stéphane Ortelli [18] P All Markus Palttala [18] Norbert Siedler [18] Antonelli Motorsport [15] Lamborghini Huracán GT3 [15] 18 Giacomo Altoè [15] PA 4 Gianluca Giraudi[15] Juan Perez[15] Loris Spinelli [15] GRT Grasser Racing Team [19] Lamborghini Huracán GT3 [19] 19 Raffaele Giammaria [19] P All Ezequiel Pérez Companc [19] Marco Mapelli [16] 1, 3–5 Giovanni Venturini [20] 2 63 Mirko Bortolotti [19] P All Andrea Caldarelli [19] Christian Engelhart [19] 82 Rolf Ineichen [19] P All Phil Keen [16] Franck Perera [19] GT SPORT MOTUL Team RJN[21] Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 (2017) [21] 22 Struan Moore[21] S All Ricardo Sánchez[21] Jordan Witt[21] 1–4 Sean Walkinshaw[22] 4 Colin Noble[23] 5 Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 (2018) [21] 23 Alex Buncombe [21] P All Matt Parry [21] Lucas Ordóñez [21] 1–4 Jann Mardenborough [23] 5 Reiter Young Stars [24] Lamborghini Gallardo R-EX [24] 24 Lennart Marioneck[24] S 1–3, 5 Patric Niederhauser [16] Mads Siljehaug[24] Audi R8 LMS [25] 25 Christopher Haase [25] P All Simon Gachet [26] 1–3, 5 Antoine Jung[26] 1–2 Markus Winkelhock [8] 3–4 Frédéric Vervisch [5] 4 Ricardo Feller [27] 5 26 Marc Rostan [26] PA 1–2, 5 Nyls Stievenart[26] Markus Winkelhock [25] Christian Kelders[8] Am 3–4 Marc Rostan [8] Nyls Stievenart[8] Simon Gachet [5] 4 Daiko Lazarus Racing [28] Lamborghini Huracán GT3 [28] 27 Giuseppe Cipriani [16] PA 1–3, 5 Fabrizio Crestani [28] Miguel Ramos [28] 28 Arno Santamato[29] S All Stefano Gattuso [29] 1–4 Federico Leo [29] 1–3 Fabrizio Crestani [15] 4 Nicolas Pohler[11] Toby Sowery [27] 5 Montaplast by Land-Motorsport[5] Audi R8 LMS [5] 29 Kelvin van der Linde [5] P 4 Sheldon van der Linde [5] Jeffrey Schmidt[5] Castrol Honda Racing [30] Honda NSX GT3 [30] 30 Bertrand Baguette [31] PA 4 Loïc Depailler[32] Esteban Guerrieri [31] Riccardo Patrese [32] Team Parker Racing [33] Bentley Continental GT3 (2016) [33] 31 Seb Morris [33] PA All Derek Pierce[33] Rob Smith[16] Andy Meyrick [34] 4 ARC Bratislava [16] Mercedes-AMG GT3 [16] 33 Miroslav Konôpka [16] PA 1 Andrzej Lewandowski[16] Kang Ling [35] Walkenhorst Motorsport[16] BMW M6 GT3 [16] 34 Tom Blomqvist [11] P 4 Philipp Eng [11] Christian Krognes[11] 36 Immanuel Vinke[16] Am All Henry Walkenhorst[16] 1–2, 4–5 Anders Buchardt[16] 1, 3–4 Andreas Ziegler[36] 2 Ralf Oeverhaus[8] 3–5 Mercedes-AMG GT3 [37] 35 Denis Bulatov[37] P All Michael Meadows [37] Vitaly Petrov [37] 1–4 Aleksey Korneev [27] 5 Ferrari 488 GT3 [38] 72 Mikhail Aleshin [38] P All Miguel Molina [38] Davide Rigon [38] Mercedes-AMG GT3 [39] 42 Chris Buncombe [40] PA All Nick Leventis [40] Lewis Williamson [40] David Fumanelli [40] 4 43 Maximilian Buhk [40] P All Maximilian Götz [40] Álvaro Parente [40] 1, 3–5 David Fumanelli [40] 2 44 Adrien Tambay [41] P 1–3 David Fumanelli [41] 1, 3 Lucas Auer [35] 1 Oliver Rowland [42] 2, 5 Thomas Jäger [42] 2 Felipe Fraga [43] 3–5 Christian Vietoris [41] 4–5 Rubens Barrichello [44] 4 Ram Racing [45] Mercedes-AMG GT3 [45] 49 Euan Hankey[45] PA 1–4 Salih Yoluç [45] Darren Burke[36] 2–4 Felix Rosenqvist [11] 4 Tom Onslow-Cole [46] 5 Remon Vos[46] AF Corse [16] [N 7] T2 Motorsports [15] [N 7] 961 Corse [16] [N 7] Ferrari 488 GT3 [38] 51 Duncan Cameron[16] PA All Matt Griffin[16] Gianluca de Lorenzi [16] 3 Lorenzo Bontempelli[10] 4–5 Aaron Scott[11] 4 53 Andrea Bertolini [16] PA All Niek Hommerson[16] Louis Machiels[16] Marco Cioci[11] 4 75 Christian Colombo[11] Am 4 Matteo Cressoni [11] Gregory Teo[11] David Tjiptobiantoro[11] 961 Lorenzo Bontempelli[16] PA 1 Alex Demirdjian[16] Giancarlo Fisichella [16] Attempto Racing[47] Audi R8 LMS [47] 55 Pierre Kaffer [16] P 1–4 Jeffrey Schmidt[35] 1–3 Nicolas Pohler[16] 1–2 Kim-Luis Schramm [48] 3–5 Clemens Schmid [15] 4–5 Anders Fjordbach [49] 5 66 Pieter Schothorst[47] P All Steijn Schothorst [47] Kelvin van der Linde [47] 1–3, 5 Jamie Green [5] 4 Lamborghini Huracán GT3 [11] 666 Sven Heyrowsky[11] Am 4 John-Louis Jasper[11] Jürgen Krebs[11] Tim Müller[11] Rory Penttinen [50] Garage 59[51] McLaren 650S GT3 [51] 58 Ben Barnicoat [16] P All Côme Ledogar [16] Andrew Watson [16] 1–3, 5 Olivier Pla [15] 4 188 Chris Goodwin [16] Am All Chris Harris [16] Alexander West[16] Andrew Watson [15] 4 R-Motorsport [52] Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 [52] 62 Marvin Kirchhöfer [53] P All Maxime Martin [54] Alex Brundle [52] 1–3 Dominik Baumann[55] 4–5 76 Jake Dennis [52] P All Nicki Thiim [54] Matthieu Vaxivière [56] Barwell Motorsport[57] Lamborghini Huracán GT3 [57] 77 Adrian Amstutz[16] Am All Leo Machitski[16] Francisco Guedes[16] 1, 3 Jon Minshaw[36] 2 Richard Abra[11] 4–5 Patrick Kujala [11] 4 78 Michele Beretta [57] S All Martin Kodrić [57] Sandy Mitchell [57] Rik Breukers[11] 4 Mercedes-AMG GT3 [11] 84 Edoardo Mortara [11] P 4 Gary Paffett [11] Renger van der Zande [11] 175 Kenny Habul [11] PA 4 Thomas Jäger [11] Martin Konrad[15] Bernd Schneider [11] Mercedes-AMG GT3 [37] 87 Jean-Luc Beaubelique[37] PA 1–3, 5 Nico Jamin [37] Mauro Ricci[37] 88 Raffaele Marciello [58] P All Tristan Vautier [58] 1–2, 4–5 Daniel Juncadella [58] 1, 4–5 Adam Christodoulou [7] 2–3 Thomas Jäger [8] 3 89 Fabien Barthez [59] Am All Eric Debard[59] Philippe Giauque[59] 1–4 Nico Jamin [11] 4 90 Nico Bastian [58] S All Jack Manchester[58] Jules Szymkowiak [58] Fabian Schiller [11] 4 Oman Racing with TF Sport [60] Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 [60] 97 Charlie Eastwood [60] S All Ahmad Al Harthy [60] Euan McKay[60] Ross Gunn [61] 4 Rowe Racing [16] BMW M6 GT3 [16] 98 Ricky Collard [16] P 1–4 Jesse Krohn [16] 1, 3–4 Jens Klingmann [16] 1, 5 Nick Yelloly [20] 2–3 John Edwards [20] 2 Marco Wittmann [62] 4 Tom Blomqvist [46] 5 Nick Catsburg [46] 99 Alexander Sims [16] P 1, 4–5 Nick Catsburg [16] 1, 4 Marco Wittmann [16] 1 Jens Klingmann [20] 2–4 Jesse Krohn [20] 2, 5 Connor De Phillippi [20] 2 Tom Blomqvist [48] 3 Chaz Mostert [48] Philipp Eng [46] 5 Brussels Racing[11] Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 [11] 100 Sam Dejonghe[11] PA 4 Nicolas Vandierendonck[11] Tim Verbergt[11] Koen Wauters [11] Aust Motorsport[5] Audi R8 LMS [5] 111 Tobias Dauenhauer[11] S 4 Philipp Frommenwiler[11] Loris Hezemans [11] Nikolaj Rogivue[11] KÜS Team75 Bernhard [61] Porsche 911 GT3 R [61] 117 Earl Bamber [61] P 4 Timo Bernhard [61] Laurens Vanthoor [61] Rinaldi Racing[63] Ferrari 488 GT3 [63] 333 Alexander Mattschull[63] PA All Rinat Salikhov[63] Dominik Schwager [63] 1 Daniel Keilwitz[20] 2, 4–5 Luca Ludwig [48] 3 David Perel[11] 4 488 Pierre Ehret[63] Am All Rick Yoon[16] Rory Penttinen [16] 1–3, 5 Nicholas Boulle[11] 4 Murad Sultanov[11] Black Swan Racing [64] Porsche 911 GT3 R [64] 540 Jeroen Bleekemolen [64] PA 4 Marc Lieb [11] Marc Miller [11] Tim Pappas [64] HB Racing[27] Ferrari 488 GT3 [27] 777 Jens Liebhauser[27] PA 5 Luca Ludwig [27] Florian Scholze[27] Car Collection Motorsport[16] Audi R8 LMS [16] 888 Toni Forné[35] PA 1, 3, 5 Frank Stippler [16] Dimitri Parhofer[16] 1, 5 Mike Hansch[48] 3 Manthey Racing [65] Porsche 911 GT3 R [65] 911 Romain Dumas [65] P All Frédéric Makowiecki [65] Dirk Werner [65] Herberth Motorsport[16] Porsche 911 GT3 R [16] 991 Edward Lewis Brauner[16] Am All Jürgen Häring[16] Wolfgang Triller[16] Alfred Renauer[11] 4 Group N entries are ineligible to score points GDL Racing [11] Lamborghini Huracán LP 620-2 Super Trofeo [11] 67 Sarah Bovy [15] N 4 Beniamino Caccia[11] Andrew Haryanto[11] Andrés Josephsohn[11] SpeedLover[11] Porsche 911 GT3 Cup [11] 70 Grégory Paisse[15] N 4 Pierre-Yves Paque[15] Gilles Petit[15] Bob Wilwert[15]
Icon Class P Pro Cup S Silver Cup PA Pro-Am Cup Am Am Cup N Group N
Race results [ edit ] Bold indicates overall winner.
Championship standings [ edit ] Scoring system Championship points were awarded for the first ten positions in each race. The pole-sitter also received one point and 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.
Race points Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th Pole Points 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1 1
1000 km Paul Ricard points Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th Pole Points 33 24 19 15 12 9 6 4 2 1 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 Pole Points after 6hrs/12hrs 12 9 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 1 Points at the finish 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1
Drivers' championships [ edit ] Overall [ edit ]