2015 GT Sports Club

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The 2015 GT Sports Club is the first season of the SRO Group's GT Sports Club, an auto racing series for grand tourer cars. The GT Sports Club is a championship for Bronze and Iron drivers only. Platinum, Gold, Silver and Bronze indicate how professional a driver is. The SRO introduced the new "Iron" categorisation within the Bronze category, for drivers over the age of 60. [1] All drivers must participate with GT3-spec cars, RACB G3 cars or GTE-spec cars. The series maiden race weekend was from 17 to 19 April during the Espíritu de Montjuïc event at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. [2] Max Bianchi won the first overall championship and Martin Lanting won the Iron Cup after the last race of the championship at Misano. [3]

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Calendar

EventCircuitDateSupporting
1 Flag of Spain.svg Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló, Spain 19 AprilEspíritu de Montjuïc
2 Flag of France.svg Paul Ricard Circuit, Le Castellet, France 20 June Blancpain Endurance Series
3 Flag of Portugal (official).svg Algarve International Circuit, Algarve, Portugal 6 September Blancpain Sprint Series
4 Flag of Italy.svg Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Misano, Italy 4 October
Source: [4]

Entry list

TeamCarNo.DriverClassRounds
Flag of France.svg SRO Race Centre Aston Martin DBRS9 GT3 6 Flag of France.svg Stéphane Ratel1–2
7 Flag of France.svg Michel Mhitarian2
Flag of Italy.svg Scuderia Villorba Corse Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 8 Flag of France.svg Cédric MezardAll
Flag of France.svg AKKA ASP Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 9 Flag of France.svg Gabriel BalthazardIron2 (QR)
Flag of France.svg Jean-Luc Beaubelique2 (MR)
10 Flag of France.svg Maurice Ricci2
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg WRT Racing Audi R8 LMS ultra 12 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Jean-Michel BaertAll
Flag of France.svg TDS Racing BMW Z4 GT3 21 Flag of France.svg Claude-Yves Gosselin 2
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Kessel Racing Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 23 Flag of Italy.svg Max BianchiAll
Ferrari 458 Challenge 38 Flag of Hong Kong.svg Wong Chong Yau RunmeCC1
Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 111 Flag of the United States.svg Stephen EarleIron3
Flag of Germany.svg Reiter Engineering Lamborghini Gallardo GT3 24 Flag of South Africa.svg Naomi Schiff 1
Flag of France.svg Pro GT by Almeras Porsche 997 GT3-R 34 Flag of France.svg Roland Berville2
Flag of Italy.svg Krypton Motorsport Porsche 997 GT3-R 35 Flag of Italy.svg Stefano Pezzucchi1–2
Flag of France.svg Saintéloc Racing Audi R8 LMS ultra 36 Flag of France.svg Marc SourdIron2
37 Flag of France.svg Michael Blanchemain2
Flag of Portugal (official).svg Sports & You Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 39 Flag of Russia.svg Natalia Freidina3
Flag of Italy.svg AF Corse Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 42 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Patrick Van GlabekeAll
Ferrari 458 Italia GTE 48 Flag of Monaco.svg Martin LantingIronAll
51 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Christoph Ulrich4
Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 52 Flag of Italy.svg Mario CordoniAll
53 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Louis-Philippe SoenenIronAll
54 Flag of the United States.svg Michael LuzichIronAll
Flag of Germany.svg Attempto Racing McLaren 650S GT3 55 Flag of Russia.svg Natalia Freidina2
Porsche 997 GT3-R 56 Flag of Germany.svg Jürgen Häring2
Flag of Germany.svg HTP Motorsport Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 57 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Wim de Pundert2–4
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Kox Racing McLaren 650S GT3 76 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Nico Pronk2
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg NSC Motorsports Lamborghini Gallardo GT3 95 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Thierry Verstraete1–3
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Autosports Audi R8 LMS ultra 99 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Phil Burgan Iron4
IconClass
IronIron Cup
CCCup Challenge

Race results

EventCircuitPole positionQualifying Race WinnerChampionship Race Winner
1 Flag of Spain.svg Catalunya Flag of Italy.svg No. 35 Krypton Motorsport Flag of Italy.svg No. 35 Krypton Motorsport Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg No. 23 Kessel Racing
Flag of Italy.svg Stefano Pezzucchi Flag of Italy.svg Stefano Pezzucchi Flag of Italy.svg Max Bianchi
2 Flag of France.svg Paul Ricard Flag of Italy.svg No. 35 Krypton Motorsport Flag of Italy.svg No. 35 Krypton Motorsport Flag of Italy.svg No. 35 Krypton Motorsport
Flag of Italy.svg Stefano Pezzucchi Flag of Italy.svg Stefano Pezzucchi Flag of Italy.svg Stefano Pezzucchi
3 Flag of Portugal (official).svg Algarve Flag of Italy.svg No. 52 AF Corse Flag of Italy.svg No. 52 AF Corse Flag of Italy.svg No. 52 AF Corse
Flag of Italy.svg Mario Cordoni Flag of Italy.svg Mario Cordoni Flag of Italy.svg Mario Cordoni
4 Flag of Italy.svg Misano Flag of Italy.svg No. 52 AF Corse Flag of Italy.svg No. 52 AF Corse Flag of Italy.svg No. 52 AF Corse
Flag of Italy.svg Mario Cordoni Flag of Italy.svg Mario Cordoni Flag of Italy.svg Mario Cordoni

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 driver's race distance in order to be classified and earn points.

Qualifying Race points
Position 1st  2nd  3rd  4th  5th  6th 
Points864321
Championship Race points
Position 1st  2nd  3rd  4th  5th  6th  7th  8th  9th  10th 
Points251815121086421

Drivers' Championships

Overall

Pos.DriverTeam CAT
Flag of Spain.svg
LEC
Flag of France.svg
ALG
Flag of Portugal (official).svg
MIS
Flag of Italy.svg
Total
QRCRQRCRQRCRQRCR
1 Flag of Italy.svg Max Bianchi Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Kessel Racing 31124322287
2 Flag of France.svg Cédric Mezard Flag of Italy.svg Scuderia Villorba Corse6222434379
3 Flag of Italy.svg Mario Cordoni Flag of Italy.svg AF Corse 212Ret8111176
4 Flag of Monaco.svg Martin Lanting Flag of Italy.svg AF Corse 41143248647
5 Flag of Italy.svg Stefano Pezzucchi Flag of Italy.svg Krypton Motorsport1Ret1141
6 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Patrick Van Glabeke Flag of Italy.svg AF Corse 5369873834
7 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Jean-Michel Baert Flag of Belgium (civil).svg WRT Racing 1269Ret666430
8 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Louis-Philippe Soenen Flag of Italy.svg AF Corse 10813131085520
9 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Thierry Verstraete Flag of Belgium (civil).svg NSC Motorsports8414187914
10 Flag of France.svg Maurice Ricci Flag of France.svg AKKA ASP 5512
10 Flag of the United States.svg Stephen Earle Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Kessel Racing 5512
11 Flag of South Africa.svg Naomi Schiff Flag of Germany.svg Reiter Engineering 7510
11 Flag of France.svg Roland Berville Flag of France.svg Pro GT by Almeras 3710
12 Flag of Germany.svg Jürgen Häring Flag of Germany.svg Attempto Racing 768
13 Flag of the United States.svg Michael Luzich Flag of Italy.svg AF Corse 97181991111107
14 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Phil Burgan Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Autosports 976
15 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Wim de Pundert Flag of Germany.svg HTP Motorsport 1617Ret121092
15 Flag of France.svg Stéphane Ratel Flag of France.svg SRO Race Centre 11917202
16 Flag of Russia.svg Natalia Freidina Flag of Germany.svg Attempto Racing 19151
Flag of Portugal (official).svg Sports & YouRet10
16 Flag of Hong Kong.svg Wong Chong Yau Runme Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Kessel Racing 13101
16 Flag of France.svg Jean-Luc Beaubelique Flag of France.svg AKKA ASP 101
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Nico Pronk Flag of the Netherlands.svg Kox Racing 21110
Flag of France.svg Claude-Yves Gosselin Flag of France.svg TDS Racing 8120
Flag of France.svg Marc Sourd Flag of France.svg Saintéloc Racing 10140
Flag of France.svg Michel Mhitarian Flag of France.svg SRO Race Centre 15160
Flag of France.svg Michael Blanchemain Flag of France.svg Saintéloc Racing 20Ret0
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Christoph Ulrich Flag of Italy.svg AF Corse 7Ret0
Flag of France.svg Gabriel Balthazard Flag of France.svg AKKA ASP 110
Key
ColourResult
GoldRace winner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleDid not finish (Ret)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
Excluded (EX)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Race cancelled (C)
Withdrew (WD)
BlankDid not participate

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Iron Cup

Pos.DriverTeam CAT
Flag of Spain.svg
LEC
Flag of France.svg
ALG
Flag of Portugal (official).svg
MIS
Flag of Italy.svg
Total
QRCRQRCRQRCRQRCR
1 Flag of Monaco.svg Martin Lanting Flag of Italy.svg AF Corse 411432486113
2 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Louis-Philippe Soenen Flag of Italy.svg AF Corse 10813131085596
3 Flag of the United States.svg Michael Luzich Flag of Italy.svg AF Corse 971819911111074
4 Flag of the United States.svg Stephen Earle Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Kessel Racing 5524
5 Flag of France.svg Marc Sourd Flag of France.svg Saintéloc Racing 101421
6 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Phil Burgan Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Autosports 9719
7 Flag of France.svg Gabriel Balthazard Flag of France.svg AKKA ASP 114

Cup Challenge

Pos.DriverTeam CAT
Flag of Spain.svg
LEC
Flag of France.svg
ALG
Flag of Portugal (official).svg
MIS
Flag of Italy.svg
Total
QRCRQRCRQRCRQRCR
1 Flag of Hong Kong.svg Wong Chong Yau Runme Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Kessel Racing 131033

See also

References

  1. "SRO Motorsports Group introduces GT Sports Club, a new Series exclusively for Bronze drivers". gtsportsclub.com. Retrieved November 15, 2015.
  2. "Espíritu de Montjuïc". gtsportsclub.com. Retrieved November 15, 2015.
  3. "Max Bianchi and Martin Lanting first GT Sports Club Champions". gtsportsclub.com. Retrieved November 15, 2015.
  4. "GT Sports Club Calendar 2015". gtsportsclub.com. Retrieved November 15, 2015.