2014_Blancpain_Sprint_Series_season
The 2014 GT Sprint Series (known for sponsorship reasons as the 2014 Blancpain Sprint Series) was the second season following on from the demise of the SRO Group's FIA GT1 World Championship (an auto racing series for grand tourer cars), the first with the designation of Blancpain Sprint Series.
The series began at the Circuit Paul Armagnac in Nogaro, France on 21 April and ended at Baku World Challenge in Azerbaijan on 2 November. The seven-event calendar contained largely the same events as FIA GT Series, with the addition of races at Brands Hatch in the Great Britain and Algarve in Portugal, and the pullout of Circuito de Navarra, Spain.[1]
More information Event, Circuit ...
| Event | Circuit | Date | Report |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Circuit Paul Armagnac, Nogaro, France |
21 April | report |
| 2 |  Brands Hatch, Kent, Great Britain |
18 May | report |
| 3 |  Circuit Park Zandvoort, North Holland, Netherlands |
6 July | report |
| 4 |  Automotodróm Slovakia Ring, Orechová Potôň, Slovakia |
24 August | report |
| 5 |  Algarve International Circuit, Algarve, Portugal |
7 September | report |
| 6 |  Circuit Zolder, Heusden-Zolder, Belgium |
19 October | report |
| 7 |  Baku World Challenge, Baku, Azerbaijan |
2 November | report |
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More information Team, Car ...
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More information Event, Circuit ...
| Event | Circuit | Pole position | Qualifying Race Winner | Championship Race Winner | Report |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nogaro |
 No. 28 Grasser Racing Team |
No. 1 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT |
 No. 84 HTP Motorsport |
Report |
| Hari Proczyk Jeroen Bleekemolen |
Laurens Vanthoor César Ramos |
Maximilian Buhk Maximilian Götz | |||
| 2 | Brands Hatch |
No. 1 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT |
No. 28 Grasser Racing Team |
No. 28 Grasser Racing Team |
Report |
| Laurens Vanthoor César Ramos |
Hari Proczyk Jeroen Bleekemolen |
Hari Proczyk Jeroen Bleekemolen | |||
| 3 | Zandvoort |
No. 28 Grasser Racing Team |
No. 28 Grasser Racing Team |
No. 2 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT |
Report |
| Hari Proczyk Jeroen Bleekemolen |
Hari Proczyk Jeroen Bleekemolen |
René Rast Enzo Ide | |||
| 4 | Slovakia Ring |
No. 1 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT |
No. 1 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT |
No.76 BMW Sports Trophy Team Schubert |
Report |
| Laurens Vanthoor César Ramos |
Laurens Vanthoor César Ramos |
Dominik Baumann Thomas Jäger | |||
| 5 | Algarve |
 No. 3 G-Drive Racing |
No. 28 Grasser Racing Team |
No. 84 HTP Motorsport |
Report |
Roman Rusinov Tomáš Enge |
Hari Proczyk Jeroen Bleekemolen |
Maximilian Buhk Maximilian Götz | |||
| 6 | Zolder |
No. 1 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT |
No. 1 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT |
No. 84 HTP Motorsport |
Report |
| Laurens Vanthoor César Ramos |
Laurens Vanthoor César Ramos |
Maximilian Buhk Maximilian Götz | |||
| 7 | Baku |
No. 9 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT |
No. 1 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT |
No. 1 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT |
Report |
 Stéphane Ortelli Stéphane Richelmi |
Laurens Vanthoor César Ramos |
Laurens Vanthoor César Ramos |
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- 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. 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.
- Qualifying race points
More information Position, Points ...
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | Pole |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
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- Championship race points
More information Position, Points ...
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
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Drivers' Championship
Cup
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Pro-Am Trophy
More information Pos., Driver ...
| Pos. | Driver | Team | NOG |
BRH |
ZAN |
SVK |
ALG |
ZOL |
BAK |
Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QR | CR | QR | CR | QR | CR | QR | CR | QR | CR | QR | CR | QR | CR | ||||
| 1 | Marc Basseng Alessandro Latif |
Phoenix Racing |
13 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 15 | 15 | DNS | DNS | 162 | ||
| 2 | Sascha Halek Stefan Landmann |
Grasser Racing Team |
15 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 12 | 16 | 19 | 100 | ||||||
| 3 |  Marko Asmer Aleksey Vasilyev |
GT Russian Team |
20 | Ret | 18 | 12 | 39 | ||||||||||
| 4 | Francisco Mora Paulo Pinheiro |
Sports and You |
Ret | 18 | 18 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | António Coimbra Luis Silva |
Sports and You |
18 | 20 | 16 | ||||||||||||
| 6 |  Marc A. Hayek Peter Kox |
Blancpain Racing |
12 | Ret | 9 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | René Münnich |
All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport |
14 | Ret | 6 | ||||||||||||
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Silver Cup
More information Pos., Driver ...
| Pos. | Driver | Team | NOG |
BRH |
ZAN |
SVK |
ALG |
ZOL |
BAK |
Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QR | CR | QR | CR | QR | CR | QR | CR | QR | CR | QR | CR | QR | CR | ||||
| 1 | Vincent Abril Mateusz Lisowski |
Belgian Audi Club Team WRT |
7 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 7 | Ret | 17 | 11 | Ret | 17 | 174 |
| 2 |  Stefano Colombo David Fumanelli |
ROAL Motorsport |
15 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 13 | Ret | 15 | 12 | 17 | Ret | 14 | 154 |
| 3 |  Miguel Toril |
Fortec Motorsport |
13 | 12 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 15 | Ret | Ret | 14 | 16 | 11 | 132 |
| 4 | Luca Stolz Lucas Wolf |
HTP Motorsport |
17 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 19 | 12 | 19 | DNS | 79 | ||||||
| 5 |  Armaan Ebrahim |
Fortec Motorsport |
DNS | DNS | 16 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 15 | Ret | 63 | ||||
| 6 | Benjamin Hetherington |
DNS | DNS | Ret | 14 | 16 | 11 | 48 | |||||||||
| 7 | Joe Osborne Ryan Ratcliffe |
Triple 888 Racing |
17 | 13 | 24 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Nico Bastian |
Fortec Motorsport |
13 | 12 | 21 | ||||||||||||
| Guest drivers ineligible for Silver Cup points | |||||||||||||||||
| Sven Barth David Jahn |
Callaway – RWT |
14 | 8 | ||||||||||||||
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Teams' Championship
Cup
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Pro-Am Trophy
More information Pos., Team ...
| Pos. | Team | Manufacturer | NOG |
BRH |
ZAN |
SVK |
ALG |
ZOL |
BAK |
Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QR | CR | QR | CR | QR | CR | QR | CR | QR | CR | QR | CR | QR | CR | ||||
| 1 | Phoenix Racing |
Audi | 13 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 15 | 15 | DNS | DNS | 162 | ||
| 2 | Grasser Racing Team |
Lamborghini | 15 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 12 | 16 | 19 | 100 | ||||||
| 3 | GT Russian Team |
Mercedes-Benz | 20 | Ret | 18 | 12 | 39 | ||||||||||
| 4 | Sports and You |
Mercedes-Benz | 18 | 18 | 22 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Blancpain Racing |
Lamborghini | 12 | Ret | 9 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport |
Mercedes-Benz | 14 | Ret | 6 | ||||||||||||
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Silver Cup
More information Pos., Team ...
| Pos. | Team | Manufacturer | NOG |
BRH |
ZAN |
SVK |
ALG |
ZOL |
BAK |
Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QR | CR | QR | CR | QR | CR | QR | CR | QR | CR | QR | CR | QR | CR | ||||
| 1 | Belgian Audi Club Team WRT |
Audi | 7 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 7 | Ret | 17 | 11 | Ret | 17 | 174 |
| 2 | ROAL Motorsport |
BMW | 15 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 13 | Ret | 15 | 12 | 17 | Ret | 14 | 154 |
| 3 | Fortec Motorsport |
Mercedes-Benz | 13 | 12 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 15 | Ret | Ret | 14 | 16 | 11 | 132 |
| 4 | HTP Motorsport |
Mercedes-Benz | 17 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 19 | 12 | 19 | DNS | 79 | ||||||
| 5 | Triple 888 Racing |
BMW | 17 | 13 | 24 | ||||||||||||
| Guest teams ineligible for Silver Cup points | |||||||||||||||||
| Callaway – RWT |
Chevrolet | 14 | 8 | 0 | |||||||||||||
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