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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.

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
				Harald 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	Harald Proczyk Jeroen Bleekemolen
	CR			No. 28 Grasser Racing Team	No. 28 Grasser Racing Team
				Harald Proczyk Jeroen Bleekemolen	Harald Proczyk Jeroen Bleekemolen
4		Silverstone	BES	No. 93 Pro GT by Alméras	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
				Harald Proczyk Jeroen Bleekemolen	Harald Proczyk Jeroen Bleekemolen
	CR			No. 28 Grasser Racing Team	No. 2 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT
				Harald 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	Harald Proczyk Jeroen Bleekemolen
	CR			No. 28 Grasser Racing Team	No. 84 HTP Motorsport
				Harald 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

Championship Race points

24 Hours of Spa points

Points were awarded after six hours, after twelve hours and at the finish.

1000 km Nürburgring points

Drivers' Championship (Top 45)

Pos. Driver Team MNZ NOG BRH SIL LEC ZAN SPA SVK ALG NÜR ZOL BAK Total 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 Harald 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 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 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

Footnotes

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

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 Alméras	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

• 2014 Blancpain Endurance Series
• 2014 Blancpain Sprint Series

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.

External links

• Official website

• GT World Challenge Europe
• 2014 in motorsport