The 2011 Blancpain Endurance Series season was the inaugural season of the Blancpain Endurance Series, the sports car racing series developed by the Stéphane Ratel Organisation and the Royal Automobile Club of Belgium (RACB) with approval from the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA).
The season commenced on 17 April at Monza and concluded on 9 October at Silverstone.
On 15 December 2010, the Stéphane Ratel Organisation announced the 2011 calendar. [1]
Rnd | Circuit | Date |
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1 | Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza, Italy | 17 April |
2 | Circuito de Navarra, Los Arcos, Spain | 22 May |
3 | Total 24 Hours of Spa Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium | 30 July |
4 | Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, France | 27 August |
5 | Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone, Great Britain | 9 October |
On 9 March 2011 the SRO released an official entry list of the teams and manufacturers. The full entry list for Monza was released on 10 April. [2]
Team | Class | Car | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
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Vita4One | GT3 Pro | Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 | 1 | Frank Kechele | 1–2, 4–5 |
Nico Verdonck | All | ||||
Eric van de Poele | 3 | ||||
Jean-Karl Vernay | 3–4 | ||||
Matteo Bobbi | 5 | ||||
Michael Bartels | 1–2 | ||||
GT3 Pro-Am | 2 | 3, 5 | |||
Niek Hommerson | All | ||||
Louis Machiels | |||||
Paul van Splunteren | 1, 4 | ||||
Andrea Bertolini | 3 | ||||
GT3 Pro | 29 | Matteo Bobbi | 3 | ||
Frank Kechele | |||||
Giacomo Petrobelli | 3, 5 | ||||
Michael Bartels | 4 | ||||
Martin Matzke | |||||
Filip Salaquarda | 4–5 | ||||
Carlos Iaconelli | 5 | ||||
Hexis AMR | GT3 Pro | Aston Martin DBRS9 | 3 | Julien Rodrigues | All |
Yann Clairay | 1–4 | ||||
Pierre-Brice Mena | |||||
Laurent Cazenave | 5 | ||||
Stef Dusseldorp | |||||
4 | Frédéric Makowiecki | All | |||
Henri Moser | |||||
Gilles Vannelet | 1–2, 4 | ||||
Stef Dusseldorp | 3 | ||||
Yann Clairay | 5 | ||||
Team Rhino's Leipert | GT3 Pro-Am | Lamborghini Gallardo LP600 GT3 | 6 | Duarte Félix da Costa | All |
Lourenço da Veiga | |||||
Ricardo Bravo | |||||
Mika Vahamaki | 3 | ||||
7 | Olivier Tielemans [3] | 1–2 | |||
Mika Vahamaki [3] | |||||
Niki Lanik [3] | 1 | ||||
Dennis Vollmair | 2 | ||||
José Manuel Balbiani | 5 | ||||
Alejandro Chahwan | |||||
Sebastián Martínez | |||||
GPR AMR | GT3 Pro-Am | Aston Martin DBRS9 | 8 | Eddy Renard | 1–3 |
Ludovic Sougnez | 1–2 | ||||
Christian Kelders | 1 | ||||
Jonathan Hirschi | 2 | ||||
Tomáš Enge | 3 | ||||
Gavin Pickering | |||||
Jan Stoviček | |||||
GT3 Gentlemen Trophy | 78 | Pierre Grivegnee | 3 | ||
Alex van de Poele | |||||
Jean-Pierre Vandewauwer | |||||
GT4 | Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT4 | 88 | Giuseppe de Pasquale | 1–2 | |
Raffaele Sangiuolo | |||||
Léonard Vernet | 1 | ||||
Philippe "Brody" Broodcoren | 2 | ||||
AutOrlando Sport | GT3 Pro | Porsche 997 GT3-R | 9 | Gianluca Roda | All |
Raffaele Giammaria | |||||
Paolo Ruberti | |||||
SOFREV ASP | GT3 Pro | Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 | 10 | Patrice Goueslard | 1–4 |
Julien Jousse | |||||
Jérôme Policand | 1–2, 4 | ||||
Olivier Pla | 3 | ||||
GT3 Pro-Am | 20 | Ludovic Badey | All | ||
Jean-Luc Beaubélique | |||||
Franck Morel | |||||
Guillaume Moreau | 3 | ||||
United Autosports | GT3 Pro-Am | Audi R8 LMS | 11 | Matt Bell | 3 |
Mark Blundell | |||||
Eddie Cheever | |||||
Mark Patterson | |||||
12 | Alain Li | 3 | |||
Arie Luyendyk | |||||
Richard Meins | |||||
Henri Richard | |||||
23 | Zak Brown | 3 | |||
Richard Dean | |||||
Johnny Herbert | |||||
Stefan Johansson | |||||
KRK Racing Team Holland | GT3 Pro | Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 | 15 | Mike Hezemans | 3 |
Anthony Kumpen | |||||
Koen Wauters | |||||
GT3 Pro-Am | 16 | Bernhard van Oranje | 3 | ||
Dennis Retera | |||||
Marius Ritskes | |||||
Raf Vanthoor | |||||
De Lorenzi Racing | GT3 Pro-Am | Porsche 997 GT3-R | 18 | Gianluca de Lorenzi | 1–4 |
Alessandro Bonetti | |||||
Stefano Borghi | 1–2 | ||||
Lorenzo Bontempelli | 3 | ||||
Beniamino Caccia | |||||
GT3 Gentlemen Trophy | Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | 36 | Sergio Negroni | All | |
Luigi Emiliani | 1–2, 4–5 | ||||
Marco Cassera | |||||
Giorgio Piodi | 3 | ||||
Roberto Fecchio | |||||
Stefano Crotti | |||||
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup S | 37 | Giorgio Piodi | 1–2, 4 | ||
Stefano Bianconi | 1–2 | ||||
Sergio Parato | 1 | ||||
Stefano Villa | 2, 4 | ||||
Matteo Milani | 4 | ||||
GT4 | Ginetta G50 Cup | 73 | Piero Limonta | 1–2 | |
Fabrizio Ferrari | |||||
Alberto Viglione | 1 | ||||
Diego Alessi | 2 | ||||
Level Racing | GT3 Gentlemen Trophy | Porsche 997 GT3 Cup S | 19 | Philippe "Brody" Broodcoren | 1, 3–5 |
Cyril Calmon | 1 | ||||
Christoff Corten | 3, 5 | ||||
Kurt Dujardin | 3 | ||||
Mathijs Harkema | 3–5 | ||||
Pierre-Yves Rosoux | 4 | ||||
Sport Garage | GT3 Gentlemen Trophy | Ferrari 430 Scuderia GT3 | 22 | Lionel Comole | All |
Philip Shearer | 1–2 | ||||
Amandine Foulard | |||||
André-Alain Corbel | 3 | ||||
Thomas Duchêne | |||||
Eric Vaissière | |||||
Romain Brandela | 4 | ||||
Paul Lanchere | |||||
Chris Dymond | 5 | ||||
Robert Hissom | |||||
GT3 Pro-Am | 42 | Éric Cayrolle | All | ||
Michaël Petit | |||||
Christophe Jouet | 1–3, 5 | ||||
Romain Brandela | 3 | ||||
Blancpain Reiter | GT3 Pro-Am | Lamborghini Gallardo LP600 GT3 | 24 | Marc A. Hayek | 1–3, 5 |
Peter Kox | |||||
Jos Menten | 3 | ||||
GT3 Pro | 25 | Albert von Thurn und Taxis | 1–3 | ||
Nikolaus Mayr-Melnhof | |||||
Eugenio Amos | |||||
Delahaye Racing | GT3 Pro-Am | Corvette Z06 GT3 | 26 | Jean-Luc Blanchemain | 3 |
Frédéric Bouvy | |||||
Damien Coens | |||||
Christian Kelders | |||||
Ruffier Racing | GT3 Gentlemen Trophy | Lamborghini Gallardo GT3 | 30 | Jacques Medard | 1–2 |
Gabriel Abergel | |||||
Frédéric Da Rocha | 4 | ||||
Patrice Lafargue | |||||
31 | Georges Cabannes | 1–2, 4–5 | |||
Grégory Guilvert | 1, 4 | ||||
Fabien Michal | 2, 4–5 | ||||
Gilles Vannelet | 5 | ||||
WRT Belgian Audi Club | GT3 Pro | Audi R8 LMS | 32 | Bert Longin | All |
Stéphane Ortelli | |||||
Filipe Albuquerque | |||||
33 | Gregory Franchi | All | |||
Andrea Piccini | 1–2, 4–5 | ||||
Marcel Fässler | 1–2, 4 | ||||
Mattias Ekström | 3 | ||||
Timo Scheider | |||||
Christopher Mies | 5 | ||||
JR Motorsports | GT3 Pro | Nissan GT-R GT3 | 35 | Richard Westbrook | 4–5 |
David Brabham | 4 | ||||
Nick Catsburg | 5 | ||||
Peter Dumbreck | |||||
Black Falcon | GT3 Pro | Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 | Kenneth Heyer | 3 | |
Thomas Jäger | |||||
Stéphane Lémeret | |||||
GT3 Pro-Am | 38 | Bret Curtis | 3 | ||
Jeroen van den Heuvel | |||||
Peter Van der Kolk | |||||
Andrii Lebed | |||||
Scuderia Vittoria | GT3 Pro | Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 | Giacomo Petrobelli | 1–2, 4 | |
Matteo Bobbi | |||||
Carlos Iaconelli | |||||
Marc VDS Racing Team | GT3 Pro | BMW Z4 GT3 | 40 | Bas Leinders | 3–5 |
Maxime Martin | |||||
Marc Hennerici | 3 | ||||
Markus Palttala | 4–5 | ||||
Ford GT GT3 | Bas Leinders | 1–2 | |||
Markus Palttala | |||||
Maxime Martin | |||||
41 | Markus Palttala | 3 | |||
Jonathan Hirschi | |||||
Antoine Leclerc | |||||
Alpina B6 GT3 | Dylan Derdaele | 5 | |||
Dino Lunardi | |||||
Nikolaus Mayr-Melnhof | |||||
GT3 Pro-Am | Ford Mustang FR500 GT3 | 92 | Éric Bachelart | 3 | |
Marc Duez | |||||
Jean-Michel Martin | |||||
Faster Racing by DB Motorsport | GT3 Pro-Am | BMW Z4 GT3 | 43 | Jeroen de Boer | 2–3 |
Simon Knap | |||||
David Hart | 3 | ||||
44 | Archie Hamilton | 3 | |||
Harrie Kolen | |||||
Xavier Maassen | |||||
Hoevert Vos | |||||
Gulf Racing | GT3 Pro-Am | Lamborghini Gallardo GT3 | 45 | Fabien Giroix | 2–5 |
Andrea Barlesi | |||||
Jean-Pierre Valentini | 2 | ||||
Karim Al Azhari | 3 | ||||
Frédéric Fatien | 3–5 | ||||
Black Bull Swiss Racing | GT3 Pro-Am | Ferrari 430 Scuderia GT3 | 46 | Andrea Invernizzi | 1 |
Mirko Venturi | |||||
Tommaso Maino | |||||
AF Corse | GT3 Pro-Am | Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 | 50 | Matt Griffin | All |
Jack Gerber | 1–4 | ||||
Niki Cadei | 3 | ||||
Marco Cioci | 3, 5 | ||||
Piergiuseppe Perazzini | 5 | ||||
51 | Jean-Marc Bachelier | 3, 5 | |||
Howard Blank | |||||
Yannick Mallégol | |||||
Maurizio Basso | 4 | ||||
Gino Forgione | |||||
Massimiliano Mugelli | |||||
Graff Racing | GT3 Pro-Am | Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 | 54 | Eric Debard | 3 |
Grégoire Demoustier | |||||
Nicolas Lapierre | |||||
Olivier Panis | |||||
55 | Philippe Haezebrouck | 3 | |||
Mike Parisy | |||||
Gilles Vannelet | |||||
Massimo Vignali | |||||
RMS | GT3 Gentlemen Trophy | Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | 56 | Marc Faggionato | 3 |
Thierry Prignaud | |||||
Franck Racinet | |||||
Thierry Stépec | |||||
57 | Olivier Baron | 3 | |||
Richard Feller | |||||
Manuel Nicolaïdis | |||||
Fabio Spirgi | |||||
McLaren GT | GT3 Pro | McLaren MP4-12C GT3 | 58 | Robert Bell | 3 |
Chris Goodwin | |||||
Tim Mullen | |||||
59 | Andrew Kirkaldy | 3–4 | |||
Álvaro Parente | 3–5 | ||||
Oliver Turvey | |||||
Danny Watts | 5 | ||||
GT3 Pro-Am | 60 | Adam Christodoulou | 3–5 | ||
Phil Quaife | 3, 5 | ||||
Glynn Geddie | 3 | ||||
Roger Wills | |||||
Klaas Hummel | 4–5 | ||||
Pierre Kaffer | 4 | ||||
Lotus Driving Academy | GT4 | Lotus Evora GT4 | 61 | Stefan Landmann | 1 |
Csaba Walter | |||||
Florian Aichinger | |||||
Lorenz Frey | 2, 4 | ||||
Rolf Maritz | |||||
Fredy Barth | |||||
62 | Andrina Gugger | 4 | |||
Matthias Gamauf | |||||
RJN Motorsport | GT4 | Nissan 370Z GT4 | 63 | Alex Buncombe | All |
Jordan Tresson | |||||
Christopher Ward | |||||
AutoVitesse | GT3 Pro-Am | Lamborghini Gallardo LP600 GT3 | 64 | Julien Piguet | 4 |
Cédric Leimer | |||||
Gentle Swiss Racing | GT4 | Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT4 | Lorenz Frey | 1 | |
Rolf Maritz | |||||
Fredy Barth | |||||
Maserati GranTurismo MC | 65 | Andrina Gugger | 1–2 | ||
Devis Schwägli | |||||
Lotus Italia Scuderia Giudici | GT4 | Lotus Evora GT4 | 70 | Edoardo Piscopo | All |
Leo Mansell | |||||
Greg Mansell | |||||
Gianni Giudici | 3 | ||||
Prospeed Competition | GT3 Pro-Am | Porsche 997 GT3-R | 74 | Nicolas de Crem | 3 |
Bryce Miller | |||||
Ludovic Sougnez | |||||
Paul van Splunteren | |||||
GT3 Pro | 75 | Marc Goossens | 3 | ||
Jan Heylen | |||||
Maxime Soulet | |||||
Need for Speed Team Schubert | GT3 Pro | BMW Z4 GT3 | 76 | Claudia Hürtgen | 3 |
Edward Sandström | |||||
Dirk Werner | |||||
Ecurie Ecosse | GT3 Pro-Am | Aston Martin DBRS9 | 79 | Oliver Bryant | 3 |
Alasdair McCaig | |||||
Andrew Smith | |||||
Joe Twyman | |||||
SMG | GT3 Pro-Am | Porsche 997 GT3-R | 80 | Eric Clément | 4 |
Philippe Gache | |||||
Exagon Engineering | GT3 Pro-Am | Porsche 997 GT3-R | 81 | Daniel Desbruères | 4 |
Christian Kelders | |||||
GCR | GT3 Gentlemen Trophy | Dodge Viper GT3 | 82 | Guy Clairay | 3 |
Jean-Marc Merlin | |||||
Dominique Nury | |||||
Bernard Salam | |||||
VDS Racing Adventures | GT3 Gentlemen Trophy | Ford Mustang FR500 GT3 | 85 | Benjamin Bailly | 3 |
José Close | |||||
Julien Schroyen | |||||
Raphaël van der Straten | |||||
Team Preci Spark | GT3 Pro-Am | Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 | 90 | David Jones | 3, 5 |
Godfrey Jones | |||||
Mike Jordan | 3 | ||||
Audi Sport Team Phoenix | GT3 Pro | Audi R8 LMS | 98 | Marcel Fässler | 3 |
Andrea Piccini | |||||
Mike Rockenfeller | |||||
99 | Marc Basseng | 3 | |||
Christopher Haase | |||||
Frank Stippler | |||||
DVB Racing | GT4 | BMW M3 GT4 | 100 | Wolfgang Haugg | 3 |
Christophe Legrand | |||||
Giuseppe de Pasquale | 3–5 | ||||
Raffaele Sangiuolo | |||||
Speedlover | GT4 | Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT4 | 103 | Peter van Audenhove | 3 |
Christoff Bigourie | |||||
Sven van Laere | |||||
René Marin | |||||
GT3 Gentlemen Trophy | Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | 104 | Michel de Coster | 3 | |
Tom Langeberg | |||||
Rik Renmans | |||||
Oskar Slingerland | |||||
Signa Motorsport | GT3 Gentlemen Trophy | Dodge Viper GT3 | 116 | Patrick Chaillet | 3 |
Benoit Galand | |||||
Christophe Geoffroy | |||||
Thierry de Latre du Bosqueau | |||||
Mühlner Motorsport | GT3 Pro-Am | Porsche 997 GT3-R | 123 | Armand Fumal | 3 |
Christian Lefort | |||||
Carl Rosenblad | |||||
Jérôme Thiry | |||||
124 | Sebastian Asch | 3 | |||
Tim Bergmeister | |||||
Jochen Krumbach | |||||
Martin Rich | |||||
Freeman Gepa 161 | GT3 Gentlemen Trophy | Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | 161 | Patrick Geladé | 3 |
Didier Grandjean | |||||
Pascal Muller | |||||
Dominique Sandona | |||||
Haribo Team Manthey | GT3 Pro-Am | Porsche 997 GT3-R | 888 | Christian Menzel | 3 |
Hans Guido Riegel | |||||
Mike Stursberg | |||||
Richard Westbrook |
Event | Circuit | GT3 Pro Cup Winner | GT3 Pro / Am Cup Winner | GT3 Citation Cup Winner | GT4 Cup Winner |
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1 | Monza | No. 9 AutOrlando Sport | No. 24 Blancpain Reiter | No. 31 Ruffier Racing | No. 70 Lotus Italia Scuderia Giudici |
Gianluca Roda Raffaele Giammaria Paolo Ruberti | Peter Kox Marc Hayek | Georges Cabannes Grégory Guilvert | Edoardo Piscopo Greg Mansell Leo Mansell | ||
2 | Navarra | No. 1 Vita4One | No. 20 SOFREV Auto Sport Promotion | No. 31 Ruffier Racing | No. 61 Lotus Driving Academy |
Frank Kechele Nico Verdonck Michael Bartels | Franck Morel Jean-Luc Beaubelique Ludovic Badey | Georges Cabannes Fabien Michal | Lorenz Frey Rolf Maritz Fredy Barth | ||
3 | Spa-Francorchamps Report | No. 33 Audi Sport Team WRT | No. 20 SOFREV Auto Sport Promotion | No. 19 Level Racing | No. 63 RJN Motorsport |
Gregory Franchi Timo Scheider Mattias Ekström | Franck Morel Jean-Luc Beaubélique Ludovic Badey Guillaume Moreau | Philippe Broodcoren Christoff Corten Kurt Dujardin Mathijs Herkema | Jordan Tresson Christopher Ward Alex Buncombe | ||
4 | Magny-Cours | No. 40 Marc VDS Racing Team | No. 2 Vita4One | No. 31 Ruffier Racing | No. 63 RJN Motorsport |
Bas Leinders Maxime Martin Markus Palttala | Niek Hommerson Louis Machiels Paul van Splunteren | Georges Cabannes Fabien Michal Grégory Guilvert | Jordan Tresson Christopher Ward Alex Buncombe | ||
5 | Silverstone | No. 40 Marc VDS Racing Team | No. 2 Vita4One | No. 22 Comole Racing | No. 70 Lotus Italia Scuderia Giudici |
Bas Leinders Maxime Martin Markus Palttala | Niek Hommerson Louis Machiels Michael Bartels | Lionel Comole Robert Hissom Chris Dymond | Edoardo Piscopo Greg Mansell Leo Mansell |
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