The 2015 GT Sprint Series (known for sponsorship reasons as the 2015 Blancpain Sprint Series) was the third season following on from the demise of the SRO Group's FIA GT1 World Championship (an auto racing series for grand tourer cars), the second with the designation of Blancpain Sprint Series.
The series started at the Circuit Paul Armagnac in Nogaro, France on 6 April and finished at Circuit Park Zandvoort in Netherlands on 11 October. Baku had been scheduled to host the final round of the season, but was replaced by Zandvoort for economic reasons. [1] The seven-event calendar contained largely the same events as the previous season, with the addition of races at Moscow Raceway in Russia and Misano in Italy. [2] [3]
Event | Circuit | Date |
---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 6 April |
2 | ![]() | 10 May |
3 | ![]() | 7 June |
4 | ![]() | 4 July |
5 | ![]() | 6 September |
6 | ![]() | 4 October |
7 | ![]() | 11 October |
Event | Circuit | Pole position | Qualifying Race Winner | Championship Race Winner | Report |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Report |
![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() | |||
2 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Report |
![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() | |||
3 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Report |
![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() | |||
4 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Report |
![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() | |||
5 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Report |
![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() | |||
6 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Report |
![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() | |||
7 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Report |
![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() |
Championship points were awarded for the first six positions in each Qualifying Race and for the first ten positions in each Championship Race. The pole-sitter in the qualifying race also received one point, 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.
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | Pole |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Points | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Points | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
|
Bold – Pole |
Pos. | Driver | Team | NOG![]() | BRH![]() | ZOL![]() | MSC![]() | ALG![]() | MIS![]() | ZAN ![]() | Total | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
QR | CR | QR | CR | QR | CR | QR | CR | QR | CR | QR | CR | QR | CR | ||||
1 | ![]() | ![]() | 5 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 209 |
2 | ![]() | ![]() | 14 | 9 | Ret | 13 | 13 | DNS | 15 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 15 | 11 | 144 | ||
3 | ![]() | Ret | 13 | 13 | DNS | 15 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 15 | 11 | 116 | |||||
4 | ![]() | 14 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 15 | 111 | |||||||
5 | ![]() | ![]() | 5 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 92 | ||||||||
6 | ![]() | 13 | 9 | 34 | |||||||||||||
7 | ![]() ![]() | ![]() | 10 | 16 | 22 | ||||||||||||
7 | ![]() ![]() | ![]() | 15 | 16 | 22 | ||||||||||||
8 | ![]() ![]() | ![]() | 13 | 18 | 16 | ||||||||||||
9 | ![]() ![]() | ![]() | Ret | 14 | 15 |
Pos. | Driver | Team | NOG![]() | BRH![]() | ZOL![]() | MSC![]() | ALG![]() | MIS![]() | ZAN ![]() | Total | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
QR | CR | QR | CR | QR | CR | QR | CR | QR | CR | QR | CR | QR | CR | ||||
1 | ![]() | ![]() | Ret | 14 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 8 | Ret | Ret | DNS | 7 | 6 | 164 |
2 | ![]() | ![]() | 7 | 12 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 138 | ||||
3 | ![]() | 7 | 12 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 114 | |||||||
4 | ![]() | ![]() | 8 | 10 | 8 | Ret | Ret | DNS | 7 | 6 | 77 | ||||||
5 | ![]() | Ret | 14 | 13 | 12 | 53 | |||||||||||
6 | ![]() | 8 | 6 | 34 | |||||||||||||
7 | ![]() | ![]() | 14 | 11 | 24 | ||||||||||||
8 | ![]() ![]() | ![]() | 16 | DNS | 7 |
Pos. | Team | Manufacturer | NOG![]() | BRH![]() | ZOL![]() | MSC![]() | ALG![]() | MIS![]() | ZAN ![]() | Total | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
QR | CR | QR | CR | QR | CR | QR | CR | QR | CR | QR | CR | QR | CR | ||||
1 | ![]() | Audi | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 177 |
2 | ![]() | Bentley | 8 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 143 |
3 | ![]() | BMW | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 118 |
4 | ![]() | Ferrari | 4 | 5 | 10 | Ret | 2 | Ret | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | DNS | 98 |
5 | ![]() | Audi | Ret | 8 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 101 | 61 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 3 | Ret | 60 |
6 | ![]() | Lamborghini | Ret | 17 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 1 | Ret | 5 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 58 |
7 | ![]() | Audi | 6 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 14 | Ret | 9 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 50 |
8 | ![]() | Mercedes-Benz | 5 | 9 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 41 |
9 | ![]() | McLaren/Porsche | 12 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 37 | ||||||
10 | ![]() | Nissan | Ret | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 31 | ||||||
11 | ![]() | Lamborghini | 2 | 3 | 21 | ||||||||||||
12 | ![]() | Nissan | 14 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 6 | Ret | 20 | ||||||||
13 | ![]() | Nissan | Ret | 14 | 4 | ||||||||||||
14 | ![]() | Porsche | 10 | 16 | 1 | ||||||||||||
15 | ![]() | BMW | 15 | 16 | 1 |
Pos. | Team | Manufacturer | NOG![]() | BRH![]() | ZOL![]() | MSC![]() | ALG![]() | MIS![]() | ZAN ![]() | Total | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
QR | CR | QR | CR | QR | CR | QR | CR | QR | CR | QR | CR | QR | CR | ||||
1 | ![]() | Mercedes-Benz | 5 | 9 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 236 |
2 | ![]() | Porsche | 10 | 16 | 25 | ||||||||||||
2 | ![]() | BMW | 15 | 16 | 25 | ||||||||||||
3 | ![]() | McLaren | 13 | 18 | 19 | ||||||||||||
4 | ![]() | Nissan | Ret | 14 | 18 |
Pos. | Team | Manufacturer | NOG![]() | BRH![]() | ZOL![]() | MSC![]() | ALG![]() | MIS![]() | ZAN ![]() | Total | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
QR | CR | QR | CR | QR | CR | QR | CR | QR | CR | QR | CR | QR | CR | ||||
1 | ![]() | Bentley | Ret | 14 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 8 | Ret | Ret | DNS | 7 | 6 | 164 |
2 | ![]() | Audi | 7 | 12 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 138 | ||||
3 | ![]() | Lamborghini | 16 | DNS | 7 |
Robin Christiaan Maria Frijns is a Dutch racing driver. He most recently raced in Formula E with Envision Racing, and in the FIA World Endurance Championship for Team WRT as part of the BMW factory driver lineup.
Raffaele "Lello" Marciello is a Swiss-born Italian professional racing driver who currently competes in the FIA World Endurance Championship and the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup for BMW M Team WRT. A former member of the Ferrari Driver Academy, he was the 2013 European Formula Three Champion, a reserve and test driver for the Sauber Formula One team in 2015, and spent three seasons competing in the GP2 Series. He switched to GT racing in 2017 and became a works Mercedes-AMG driver ahead of the 2018 campaign, where he stayed until leaving in 2023 and subsequently signing with BMW. In 2022, Marciello earned his first major endurance race victory by winning the Spa 24 Hours.
The 2014 Blancpain Endurance Series season was the fourth season of the Blancpain Endurance Series. The season started on 12 April at Monza and ended on 21 September at the Nürburgring. The season featured five rounds, with each race lasting for a duration of three hours besides the 24 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps and the 1000 km Nürburgring events.
The 2014 GT Sprint Series was the second season following on from the demise of the SRO Group's FIA GT1 World Championship, the first with the designation of Blancpain Sprint Series.
The 2015 Blancpain Endurance Series season was the fifth season of the Blancpain Endurance Series. The season started on 12 April at Monza and ended on 20 September at the Nürburgring. The season featured five rounds, with each race lasting for a duration of three hours besides the 24 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps and the 1000 km Paul Ricard events.
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.
The 2016 GT Series Sprint Cup was the fourth season following on from the demise of the SRO Group's FIA GT1 World Championship, the third with the designation of Blancpain Sprint Series or Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup. After developing their partnership, Blancpain and the SRO decided that 2016 would see both the Sprint and Endurance Series further integrated into the Blancpain GT Series, putting the emphasis on the prestigious overall drivers' and manufacturers' titles causing the Sprint Series name to change from Blancpain Sprint Series to Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup.
The 2016 Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup was the sixth season of the Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup. The season started on 24 April at Monza and ended on 18 September at the Nürburgring. 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. After developing their partnership, Blancpain and the SRO decided that 2016 would see both the Sprint and Endurance Series further integrated into the Blancpain GT Series, putting the emphasis on the prestigious overall drivers' and manufacturers' titles causing the Endurance Series name to change from Blancpain Endurance Series to Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup.
The 2015 Blancpain Sprint Series Zandvoort round was the last of seven rounds of the 2015 Blancpain Sprint Series season. It took place at Circuit Park Zandvoort in The Netherlands between 9 October and 11 October 2015.
Grégory Guilvert is a French racing driver currently competing in the TCR International Series. Having previously competed in the Blancpain Endurance Series, Eurocup Mégane Trophy & FIA GT3 European Championship amongst others.
The 2017 GT Series Sprint Cup, known for sponsorship reasons as the 2017 Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup, was the fifth season of the GT Series Sprint Cup following on from the demise of the SRO Group's FIA GT1 World Championship, the fourth with the designation of Blancpain Sprint Series or Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup.
The 2017 Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup was the seventh season of the Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup. The season began on 23 April at Monza and ended on 1 October 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.
The 2017 Championnat de France FFSA GT - GT4 European Series Southern Cup was the first season of the GT4 European Series Southern Cup and the 20th season of the French FFSA GT Championship, a sports car championship created and organised by the Stéphane Ratel Organisation (SRO).
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.
The 2018 GT Series Sprint Cup was the sixth season of the GT Series Sprint Cup following on from the demise of the SRO Motorsports Group's FIA GT1 World Championship, the fifth with the seasons sponsored by Blancpain. The season began on 7 April at Zolder and ended on 16 September at the Nürburgring.
Assetto Corsa Competizione is a sim racing video game developed by Italian video game developer Kunos Simulazioni. The game focuses on GT3, GT4, GT2 and one make series cars and is an officially licensed simulation of the GT World Challenge Europe and the Total 24 Hours of Spa covering seasons from 2018 to 2023, and is set to serve as a platform for esports.
Maximilian Buhk is a retired German racing driver. He experienced considerable success racing for Mercedes-AMG in the GT3 scene, winning the 2012 FIA GT3 European Championship and 2013 Blancpain Endurance Series, before taking the 2015 Blancpain GT Sprint Series title as part of the Bentley factory lineup.
The 2019 GT World Challenge Europe was the seventh season of the GT World Challenge Europe following on from the demise of the SRO Motorsports Group's FIA GT1 World Championship, the first with the sponsorship of Blancpain. The season began on 4 May at Brands Hatch and ended on 8 September at the Hungaroring. It was the first season of the unification of GT3 sprint series across the globe under the World Challenge name.
The 2019 Blancpain GT World Challenge America was the 30th season of the United States Auto Club's Blancpain GT World Challenge America. It was the first under Blancpain sponsorship, taking over from the longtime Pirelli sponsorship, as part of the standardisation of names of Stéphane Ratel Organisation-run GT3 sprint racing series globally, following the series' acquisition by the SRO Motorsports Group. It was also the last under Blancpain sponsorship, after they and the SRO concluded their partnership at the end of 2019. The season began on 2 March in Austin and ended on 20 October at Las Vegas.
The 2019 Pirelli GT4 America Series was the inaugural season of the GT4 America Series. It took over the GTS class of the Pirelli World Challenge, which adopted global GT4 technical regulations in 2018, and it is a Blancpain GT World Challenge America support series. GT4 America Series is split into a Sprint series, which features 50-minute races with one driver per car, and a SprintX series, which features one-hour races with two drivers per car and a mandatory driver change during Pit stops. Also East and West regional championships are awarded. The season began on 2 March in Austin and ended on 20 October in Las Vegas.