Sportscar365 gives an overview of the changes made to the blancpain gt series sporting regulations for 2016. Blancpain gt sports club points leader pons secures paul. Michelinstar chef marie robert joins the blancpain circle of friends. Sro motorsports america 2019 championships blancpain gt.
Competition classes blancpain gt world challenge america. The overall championship was won by chinese lamborghini factory team fff racing and their drivers, andrea. The blancpain gt series continued its growth in 2016 and was one of the most exciting racing series with a big number of cars on the grid. New for 2019, the blancpain gt world challenge america series is the premier destination for gt3 racing in north america. Gt world challenge europe gt world challenge europe. Unlike last season though, where odracing was a top contender for the title, patel and gilbert managed to stay in the middle order for race 1 securing crucial points, while race 2 saw the drivers finish outside of the top 10 standings. A prestigious title crowned the blancpain gt world challenge season for mercedesamg motorsport. Discover an entire race weekend and the blancpain experience onsite filmed by the famous tf1 program automoto. The blancpain gt series is a customer series, meaning that all teams are privately owned, manufacturers cannot run their own works teams such as in other toptier racing series. For the american series, mercedesamg has selected a competitive quartet that has already scored the first points. Tech1 racing is set to contest the full gt world challenge europe powered by aws season with its lexus rc f gt3.
Blancpain gt series 2017 blancpain gt series sprint cup. Innovation is our tradition from blancpain on vimeo. Over the years, we established ourselves as a world reference in gt competition, becoming cofounders of some of the greatest championships in this discipline, including the blancpain gt series europe comprising the blancpain endurance series and the blancpain sprint series, the blancpain gt series asia and the blancpain sports club. The season began on 7 april at zolder and ended on 16 september at the. The swiss watchmaker has not renewed a deal that gave it title sponsorship of the blancpain gt series endurance cup in europe, as well as sros gt world challenge sprint series.
The 2016 blancpain gt series sprint cup was the fourth season following on from the demise of the sro groups fia gt1 world championship an auto racing series for grand tourer cars, the third with the designation of blancpain sprint series or blancpain gt series sprint cup. Watch blancpain endurance championship season 2017. Heusinkveld core motorsports rounds out the topfive with 6 points. New blancpain gt sporting regulations confirmed sportscar365. The 2017 blancpain gt sports club was the third season of the sro groups blancpain gt sports club, an auto racing series for grand tourer cars. Main race barcelona blancpain gt series endurance 2019. Driver penalty points system introduced for blancpain gt. The 2016 blancpain gt series was the third season of the blancpain gt series.
Our headline category allows you to challenge for overall wins with dedicated livestream and tv broadcasts in a new and exciting, twodriver, 90minute sprintx style format. Barwell confirms witt, macdowall and schandorff for silver cup programme. It was a positive weekend for team wrt, in action on two fronts this weekend. Blancpain gt series endurance cup pro 2017 standings. The beautiful circuit paul ricard in le castellet, france, is home to round 3 of the 2017 blancpain gt series endurance cup. One of the major rounds of the blancpain gt series championship took place on the legendary motor racing circuit paul ricard in south of france from the 24th to the 25th of june 2017. Round 3 of the blancpain endurance series continues on circuit paul ricard in le castellet, france. The 2017 blancpain gt series comes to a close iracing. In the overall blancpain gt series standings, black falcon mercedesamg duo maro engel and luca stolz top the table with 50. The 2018 blancpain gt series sprint cup was the sixth season of the blancpain gt series sprint cup following on from the demise of the sro motorsports groups fia gt1 world championship an auto racing series for grand tourer cars, the fifth with the designation of blancpain sprint series or blancpain gt series sprint cup. In the blancpain gt championship, it is part of the endurance cup, and awards a higher amount of points than regular endurance races.
Formerly pirelli world challenge, the series features the top sports car drivers and teams with an action packed weekend showcasing exceptional gt3 machinery from brands like ferrari, mercedesamg, porsche, acura, bentley, bmw, and more. During this sixhour, 1,000kilometer race, man and machine will be put to the test as they compete in the dark of night and light of day for valuable championship points in the pro, proam, and am cup categories. Blancpain enters the blue hour with the villeret ultraplate, a boutique exclusive. Twodoor coupe or sedan, rearwheel drive with turbocharged or normallyaspirated engines. A rolling system of penalty points for driving offences will be introduced for the blancpain gt series this season as part of a push to improve ontrack behaviour. The 2017 blancpain gt series sprint cup was the fifth season of the blancpain gt series sprint cup following on from the demise of the sro groups fia gt1 world championship an auto racing series for grand tourer cars, the fourth with the designation of blancpain sprint series or. Gt world challenge europe teams gt world challenge europe drivers gt world challenge europe pro am team gt world challenge europe pro am driver gt world challenge europe silver cup team gt world challenge europe silver cup driver blancpain gt series endurance cup overall team blancpain. David askew, george kurtz and jc perez rank among the most renowned gt drivers. The league consisted of 50 world championship license class teams competing in a number of endurance races throughout the year. Team wrt to barcelona to chase the blancpain gt series. Blancpain gt world challenge america series events.
The point standings of the season, with drivers table, teams table and description of the scoring system. The blancpain gt series has continued to grow in 2016. Ingbert, 30 th september 2018 rowe racing signed off from this seasons blancpain gt series endurance cup with two points finishes. Team odracing drivers aditya patel and mitch gilbert showed slow but firm recovery in round 2 of the 2018 blancpain gt series asia. A grand total of 16 titles are still up for grabs this weekend, with both the overall blancpain gt series and blancpain gt series endurance cup as the mostcoveted. Points 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 standings. Jenson team rocket rjn confirms new mclaren partnership. The seventh and eighth rounds of the blancpain gt series asia 2018 were held at the fuji speedway over the weekend, and saw indias aditya patel along with teammate mitch gilbert manage to grab points in one of the two races. Official blancpain gt series endurance cup circuit. The 150 or so drivers racing for their respective teams competed in 5 different cars from the same car class for read the rest.
Points make prizes points are awarded to the leading finishers in each class. Blancpain gt points leader engelhart joins konrad for n24. Sro esports gt series, kunos simulazioni and ak informatica to stage twohour assetto corsa competizione race at monza 23 march 2020 23 march 2020. The blancpain gt series came to a conclusion a few weeks ago at nurburgring. Sro adopts gt world challenge to replace blancpain from.
An introduction to the blancpain gt series rules and. The blancpain gt sports club is a championship for bronze and iron drivers only. The weekend was a mixed one for the od racing team drivers as the duos audi r8 lms gt3 faced a disadvantage over the other cars due to balance of performance regulations. The 2019 season will see sro motorsports group unite the sprintformat championships formerly known as the blancpain gt series sprint cup, blancpain gt. The series comprises one title of blancpain gt series winner for drivers and one title of blancpain gt series winner for teams. The blancpain gt series features a wide spectrum of drivers, from fully professional drivers paid to race by manufacturers, to young drivers looking to make a name for themselves and climb the career ladder, to enthusiastic gentleman drivers. One of the most discussed changes has been the socalled twocar rule. The official blancpain gt series facebook page web. After developing their partnership, blancpain and the sro decided that 2016 would see both the sprint and endurance. For paul ricard, sports cars battle it out into the night for six hours for championship points. Season 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 20 2012 2011. The european blancpain gt series also features the 24 hours of spafrancorchamps, one of the stages of the intercontinental gt series, which is the largest gt racing event in europe. The season began on 14 april at monza and ended on 29 september in barcelona.
Points finishes for porsche entries in blancpain gt series. They are followed by fff racings andrea caldarelli and marco mapelli 38 points, with akka asp star nico bastian third on 31. Ingbert produced a strong team performance at the formula 1 circuit on the outskirts of barcelona and, with bmw dtm driver philipp eng austria, was still within touching distance of third place in the endurance drivers championship. Titles the series comprises the title of the blancpain gt series winner for drivers and one title of blancpain gt series winner for teams, which will be awarded as well as in the silver, proam and am categories. Blancpain creates its first porcelain dial for the year of the rat. In the combined classification of the three continental sprint race series in europe, asia and north america, mercedesamg clearly beat. However, certain teams receive factory support, and thus can be considered as the manufacturers own teams, where many works drivers are employed. The blancpain gt series is over for 2019, but the intercontinental gt challenge is not, with many teams and drivers making the trip to south africa at the end of november for the kyalami 9 hours.
Welcome to rblancpain, the home of the blancpain endurance series, blancpain sprint series and all gt series on reddit no spoilers of any race results within 24 hours of the event join us on discord. Races 6 start date 23 april end date 22 october season champion. Both rowe racing cars in the points at the finale round of. The overall championship was won by chinese lamborghini factory team fff racing and their drivers, andrea caldarelli and marco. The 2019 blancpain gt series was the last season under the title of the blancpain gt series. Fia gt3 cars, luxurybrand sports or gt grand touring vehicles compete in pwcs gt class. It was more brawl ricard 6 hours than paul ricard 6 hours for gt sport motul team rjn nissan, but another tenacious performance from matt parry and teammates lucas ordonez and alex buncombe was finally rewarded with their first points of the 2018 blancpain gt series endurance cup campaign in the south of france. Blancpain gt series endurance cup pro 2017 standings championship points standings for the blancpain gt series endurance cup pro 2017. Round five of the blancpain gt series takes drivers to the historic autodromo internazionale enzo e dino ferrari. Porsche motorsport asia pacificsupported entries earned multiple pointspaying finishes at the final round of the blancpain gt series asia at the ningbo international speedpark, despite enduring a challenging weekend.
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