The 2019 GT World Challenge Europe (known for sponsorship reasons as the 2019 Blancpain 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 (an auto racing series for grand tourer cars), 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.[1]
Calendar
At the annual press conference during the 2018 24 Hours of Spa on 27 July, the Stéphane Ratel Organisation announced the first draft of the 2019 calendar.[2] Zolder was initially replaced by the Red Bull Ring, before Zandvoort was chosen to host a race weekend. The Endurance Cup round in Barcelona would become an World Challenge Europe round, replacing the round at the Nürburgring, before the two tracks were swapped around again in the final draft of the calendar released on 22 October.[3]
Round | Circuit | Date |
---|---|---|
1 | Brands Hatch, Kent, Great Britain | 5 May |
2 | Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Misano Adriatico, Italy | 30 June |
3 | Circuit Zandvoort, Zandvoort, Netherlands | 14 July |
4 | Nürburgring, Nürburg, Germany | 1 September |
5 | Hungaroring, Mogyoród, Hungary | 8 September |
Entry list
A cap of 30 cars was placed in an attempt to reduce accidents on narrower tracks.[4]
Race results
Bold indicates overall winner.
Round | Circuit | Pole position | Pro Winners | Silver Winners | Pro-Am Winners | Am Winners | Report | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | R1 | Brands Hatch | No. 4 Black Falcon | No. 4 Black Falcon | No. 89 AKKA ASP Team | No. 333 Rinaldi Racing | No. 444 HB Racing | Report |
Maro Engel Luca Stolz |
Maro Engel Luca Stolz |
Nico Bastian Thomas Neubauer |
David Perel Rinat Salikhov |
Florian Scholze Wolfgang Triller | ||||
R2 | No. 90 AKKA ASP Team | No. 4 Black Falcon | No. 89 AKKA ASP Team | No. 519 Orange1 FFF Racing Team | No. 444 HB Racing | |||
Timur Boguslavskiy Fabian Schiller |
Maro Engel Luca Stolz |
Nico Bastian Thomas Neubauer |
Hiroshi Hamaguchi Phil Keen |
Florian Scholze Wolfgang Triller | ||||
2 | R1 | Misano | No. 2 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT | No. 563 Orange1 FFF Racing Team | No. 90 AKKA ASP Team | No. 52 AF Corse | No. 444 HB Racing | Report |
Dries Vanthoor Charles Weerts |
Andrea Caldarelli Marco Mapelli |
Timur Boguslavskiy Fabian Schiller |
Andrea Bertolini Louis Machiels |
Florian Scholze Wolfgang Triller | ||||
R2 | No. 88 AKKA ASP Team | No. 2 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT | No. 89 AKKA ASP Team | No. 519 Orange1 FFF Racing Team | No. 444 HB Racing | |||
Vincent Abril Raffaele Marciello |
Dries Vanthoor Charles Weerts |
Nico Bastian Thomas Neubauer |
Hiroshi Hamaguchi Phil Keen |
Florian Scholze Wolfgang Triller | ||||
3 | R1 | Zandvoort | No. 88 AKKA ASP Team | No. 88 AKKA ASP Team | No. 62 R-Motorsport | No. 519 Orange1 FFF Racing Team | No. 444 HB Racing | Report |
Vincent Abril Raffaele Marciello |
Vincent Abril Raffaele Marciello |
Hugo de Sadeleer Aaro Vainio |
Hiroshi Hamaguchi Phil Keen |
Florian Scholze Wolfgang Triller | ||||
R2 | No. 25 Saintéloc Racing | No. 25 Saintéloc Racing | No. 62 R-Motorsport | No. 333 Rinaldi Racing | No. 444 HB Racing | |||
Simon Gachet Christopher Haase |
Simon Gachet Christopher Haase |
Hugo de Sadeleer Aaro Vainio |
David Perel Rinat Salikhov |
Florian Scholze Wolfgang Triller | ||||
4 | R1 | Nürburgring | No. 63 GRT Grasser Racing Team | No. 563 Orange1 FFF Racing Team | No. 56 Attempto Racing | No. 333 Rinaldi Racing | No. 111 Kessel Racing | Report |
Mirko Bortolotti Christian Engelhart |
Andrea Caldarelli Marco Mapelli |
Milan Dontje Mattia Drudi |
David Perel Rinat Salikhov |
Stephen Earle Rory Penttinen | ||||
R2 | No. 1 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT | No. 76 R-Motorsport | No. 10 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT | No. 52 AF Corse | No. 444 HB Racing | |||
Ezequiel Pérez Companc Dries Vanthoor |
Ricky Collard Marvin Kirchhöfer |
Rik Breukers Óscar Tunjo |
Andrea Bertolini Louis Machiels |
Florian Scholze Wolfgang Triller | ||||
5 | R1 | Hungaroring | No. 88 AKKA ASP Team | No. 88 AKKA ASP Team | No. 89 AKKA ASP Team | No. 87 AKKA ASP Team | No. 444 HB Racing | Report |
Vincent Abril Raffaele Marciello |
Vincent Abril Raffaele Marciello |
Nico Bastian Thomas Neubauer |
Jean-Luc Beaubelique Jim Pla |
Florian Scholze Wolfgang Triller | ||||
R2 | No. 88 AKKA ASP Team | No. 88 AKKA ASP Team | No. 90 AKKA ASP Team | No. 519 Orange1 FFF Racing Team | No. 444 HB Racing | |||
Vincent Abril Raffaele Marciello |
Vincent Abril Raffaele Marciello |
Timur Boguslavskiy Felipe Fraga |
Hiroshi Hamaguchi Phil Keen |
Florian Scholze Wolfgang Triller |
Championship standings
- Scoring system
Championship points are awarded for the first ten positions in each race. The pole-sitter also receives one point and entries are required to complete 75% of the winning car's race distance in order to be classified and earn points. Individual drivers are 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 | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | Pole |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Points | 16.5 | 12 | 9.5 | 7.5 | 6 | 4.5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 |
Drivers' championships
Overall
|
Bold – Pole |
Silver Cup
Pos. | Driver | Team | BRH |
MIS |
ZAN |
NÜR |
HUN |
Points | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Nico Bastian Thomas Neubauer |
AKKA ASP Team | 1 | 8 | 20 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 24 | 18 | 7 | 8 | 112.5 |
2 | Hugo de Sadeleer Aaro Vainio |
R-Motorsport | Ret | 11 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 99 |
3 | Milan Dontje Mattia Drudi |
Attempto Racing | 10 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 97 |
4 | Timur Boguslavskiy | AKKA ASP Team | 15 | 18 | 5 | 26 | 26 | DNS | 10 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 87 |
5 | Rik Breukers Óscar Tunjo |
Belgian Audi Club Team WRT | 9 | Ret | 25 | 9 | 11 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 16 | 14 | 75 |
6 | Shae Davies Tom Gamble |
Belgian Audi Club Team WRT | 6 | Ret | 14 | 11 | 17 | 11 | 12 | 17 | 20 | 18 | 64 |
7 | Fabian Schiller | AKKA ASP Team | 15 | 18 | 5 | 26 | 10 | 10 | 59 | ||||
8 | Diego Menchaca Taylor Proto |
Orange1 FFF Racing Team | 19 | DNS | 23 | 10 | 22 | 16 | 22 | 16 | 24 | 23 | 42 |
9 | Felipe Fraga | AKKA ASP Team | 26 | DNS | 13 | 5 | 28 | ||||||
10 | Michele Beretta Rolf Ineichen |
GRT Grasser Racing Team | 19 | 17 | 9 | ||||||||
Pos. | Driver | Team | BRH |
MIS |
ZAN |
NÜR |
HUN |
Points |
Pro-Am Cup
|
Am Cup
|
Teams' championships
Overall
|
Bold – Pole |
Silver Cup
Pos. | Team | Manufacturer | BRH |
MIS |
ZAN |
NÜR |
HUN |
Points | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | AKKA ASP Team | Mercedes-AMG | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 149.5 |
2 | R-Motorsport | Aston Martin | Ret | 11 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 103 |
3 | Attempto Racing | Audi | 10 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 102 |
4 | Belgian Audi Club Team WRT | Audi | 6 | Ret | 14 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 16 | 14 | 94 |
5 | Orange1 FFF Racing Team | Lamborghini | 19 | DNS | 23 | 10 | 22 | 16 | 22 | 16 | 24 | 23 | 55.5 |
6 | GRT Grasser Racing Team | Lamborghini | 19 | 17 | 10.5 | ||||||||
Pos. | Team | Manufacturer | BRH |
MIS |
ZAN |
NÜR |
HUN |
Points |
Pro-Am Cup
|
Am Cup
|
See also
References
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