2014 Blancpain Endurance Series

2014 Blancpain Endurance Series
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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 main trophy of the series, the Pro Cup for drivers, was won by Laurens Vanthoor of the Belgian Audi Club Team WRT squad; Vanthoor won each of the last two races to be held during the season, winning at Spa with René Rast and Markus Winkelhock at the Nürburgring with César Ramos and Christopher Mies. Vanthoor finished 36 points clear of his nearest rivals, Steven Kane, Andy Meyrick and Guy Smith, driving a Bentley for M-Sport. The trio also won two races during the season, at Le Castellet and Silverstone. The season opening round was won by ART Grand Prix, with drivers Grégoire Demoustier, Álvaro Parente and Alexandre Prémat. Belgian Audi Club Team WRT were the winners of the teams' championship, finishing 32 points clear of M-Sport and HTP Motorsport.

Despite not winning a race over the course of the season, Scuderia Villorba Corse drivers Stefano Gai and Andrea Rizzoli were the winners of the Pro-Am Cup. Francesco Castellacci finished in third position; having been a part of the Villorba Corse line-up with Gai and Rizzoli earlier in the season, Castellacci contested the final round with AF Corse. The highest-placed race winners were Henry Hassid and Nick Catsburg, who finished fourth in the championship, as the only crew to win more than one event in the Pro-Am Cup. Scuderia Villorba Corse won the teams' championship, three points ahead of TDS Racing. AF Corse's Peter Mann and Francisco Guedes won the Gentlemen Drivers' Trophy, finishing eight points clear of GT Corse by Rinaldi pairing Alexander Mattschull and Frank Schmickler, who won three races to the single victory of Mann and Guedes. AF Corse also denied GT Corse by Rinaldi the teams' title, by just a single point.

Calendar

In November 2013, the Stéphane Ratel Organisation announced the 2014 calendar.[1] The calendar was the same as the previous season. The race at Circuit Paul Ricard was held on Saturday evening, finishing in night-time conditions.

Rnd Race Circuit Date Report
1 3 Hours of Monza Italy Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Italy 13 April Report
2 3 Hours of Silverstone United Kingdom Silverstone Circuit, United Kingdom 25 May Report
3 3 Hours of Paul Ricard France Circuit Paul Ricard, France 28 June Report
4 Total 24 Hours of Spa Belgium Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium 27 July Report
5 iRacing.com 1000 km Nürburgring Germany Nürburgring, Germany 21 September Report

Entry list

2014 Entry List
Team Car No. Drivers Rounds
Pro Cup
Belgium Belgian Audi Club Team WRT[2] Audi R8 LMS ultra 1 Belgium Laurens Vanthoor All
Brazil César Ramos 1–3, 5
Germany Marc Basseng 1–3
Germany René Rast 4
Germany Markus Winkelhock 4
Germany Christopher Mies 5
2 Germany André Lotterer 4
Switzerland Marcel Fässler 4
France Benoît Tréluyer 4
3 Germany Christopher Mies 1–4
Germany Frank Stippler All
United Kingdom James Nash All
Germany Marc Basseng 5
United Kingdom M-Sport Bentley Bentley Continental GT3 7 United Kingdom Steven Kane All
United Kingdom Guy Smith All
United Kingdom Andy Meyrick All
8 Belgium Jérôme d'Ambrosio All
United Kingdom Duncan Tappy All
France Antoine Leclerc All
Switzerland Emil Frey Racing Emil Frey G3 Jaguar XK 14 Switzerland Fredy Barth 5
Switzerland Gabriele Gardel 5
Switzerland Jonathan Hirschi 5
Germany Black Falcon Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 19 Saudi Arabia Abdulaziz Al Faisal All
Germany Hubert Haupt All
Sweden Andreas Simonsen All
63 France Mike Parisy 4
United Kingdom Adam Christodoulou 4
Netherlands Yelmer Buurman 4
France Saintéloc Racing Audi R8 LMS ultra 26 Monaco Stéphane Ortelli All
France Grégory Guilvert All
Sweden Edward Sandström All
United Kingdom Leonard Motorsport AMR Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 32 United Kingdom Stuart Leonard 2
United Kingdom Paul Wilson 2
United Kingdom Jonathan Adam 2
Oman Oman Racing Team Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 44 United Kingdom Michael Caine All
Oman Ahmad Al Harthy All
United Kingdom Stephen Jelley 1–4
United Kingdom Joe Osborne[3] 5
China Brothers Racing Team Audi R8 LMS ultra 55 China Cheng Congfu 1–3
China Sun Zheng 1–3
Macau André Couto 1–3
Belgium BMW Sports Trophy Team Marc VDS BMW Z4 GT3 66 Belgium Maxime Martin 4
Germany Jörg Müller 4
Brazil Augusto Farfus 4
77 Germany Lucas Luhr 4
Finland Markus Palttala 4
Germany Dirk Werner 4
Czech Republic ISR Racing Audi R8 LMS ultra 75 Czech Republic Filip Salaquarda 4
Germany Fabian Hamprecht 4
Germany Marc Basseng 4
Germany HTP Motorsport Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 84 Switzerland Harold Primat All
Belgium Nico Verdonck All
Germany Maximilian Buhk 1, 3
Germany Bernd Schneider 2, 4–5
85 Russia Sergey Afanasyev All
Netherlands Stef Dusseldorp All
Germany Lucas Wolf 1–3
Netherlands Xavier Maassen 4
Germany Maximilian Buhk 5
86 Germany Maximilian Buhk 4
Germany Maximilian Götz 4
Malaysia Jazeman Jaafar 4
Germany Reiter Engineering Lamborghini Gallardo FL2[4] 88 Netherlands Peter Kox 1
Germany Albert von Thurn und Taxis 1
Czech Republic Tomáš Enge 1
France ART Grand Prix McLaren MP4-12C GT3 98 France Grégoire Demoustier All
Portugal Álvaro Parente All
France Alexandre Prémat 1–2, 5
France Nicolas Lapierre 3–4
99 Spain Andy Soucek All
Estonia Kevin Korjus All
France Kévin Estre All
New Zealand Von Ryan Racing McLaren MP4-12C GT3 101 New Zealand Shane Van Gisbergen 4
United Kingdom Rob Bell 4
United Kingdom Tim Mullen 4
United Kingdom Triple 888 Racing BMW Z4 GT3 888 United Kingdom Jody Firth 5
United Kingdom Warren Hughes 5
United Kingdom Alexander Sims 5
Germany Audi Race Experience Audi R8 LMS ultra 1000 Switzerland Didier Cuche 5
Switzerland Rahel Frey 5
Switzerland Nico Müller 5
Pro-Am Cup
Belgium Belgian Audi Club Team WRT Audi R8 LMS ultra 4 France Jean-Luc Blanchemain 4–5
Belgium Christian Kelders 4–5
Belgium Fred Bouvy 4
Belgium Vincent Radermecker 4
Monaco Stéphane Richelmi 5
France TDS Racing BMW Z4 GT3 10 France Eric Clément All
France Benjamin Lariche All
France Nicolas Armindo All
France Olivier Pla 4
12 France Henry Hassid All
Netherlands Nick Catsburg All
France Pierre Thiriet 4
Germany Jens Klingmann 4
Switzerland Kessel Racing Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 11 Poland Michał Broniszewski All
Italy Alessandro Bonacini All
Italy Giacomo Petrobelli 1–2
Italy Marco Frezza 3–5
Italy Giacomo Piccini 4
Switzerland Emil Frey Racing[5] Emil Frey G3 Jaguar XK 14 Switzerland Fredy Barth 1–4
Switzerland Lorenz Frey 1–4
Switzerland Gabriele Gardel 1–4
Switzerland Jonathan Hirschi 4
Belgium Boutsen Ginion[5] McLaren MP4-12C GT3 15 Saudi Arabia Karim Ojjeh 1–4
Luxembourg Olivier Grotz 1–4
Belgium Frédéric Vervisch 1–4
Italy Giorgio Pantano 4
16 Lebanon Shahan Sarkissian All
Lebanon Alex Demirdjian 1–4
United Kingdom Phil Quaife 1–2
New Zealand Chris van der Drift 3–5
Belgium Michael Schmetz 4
South Africa Jordan Grogor 5
Denmark Insightracing with Flex-Box[5] Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 17 Denmark Dennis Andersen All
Denmark Martin Jensen All
United States Jason Yeomans 4
Germany Black Falcon Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 18 Russia Vladimir Lunkin All
Russia Yury Loboda 1–3
Russia Mikhail Loboda 1–3
Australia Richard Muscat 4
Saudi Arabia Saud Turki Al Faisal 4
Germany Christian Bracke 4
Denmark Anders Fjordbach 5
United Kingdom Devon Modell 5
Australia Lago Racing Lamborghini Gallardo LP600 23 Australia Roger Lago 4
Australia David Russell 4
New Zealand Steven Richards 4
Australia Steve Owen 4
United Kingdom Leonard Motorsport AMR Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 32 United Kingdom Stuart Leonard 4–5
United Kingdom Paul Wilson 4–5
United Kingdom Michael Meadows 4–5
Portugal Pedro Lamy 4
United Kingdom Nissan GT Academy Team RJN Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 35 Portugal Miguel Faísca All
Japan Katsumasa Chiyo All
Russia Mark Shulzhitskiy 1, 4
Russia Stanislav Aksenov 2–3
Japan Masataka Yanagida 4
Belgium Wolfgang Reip 5
80 Germany Florian Strauss All
United States Nick McMillen All
United Kingdom Alex Buncombe All
Belgium Wolfgang Reip 4
United Kingdom MP Motorsport AMR[6] Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 38 United Kingdom Richard Abra All
United Kingdom Mark Poole All
United Kingdom Joe Osborne All
United Kingdom Darren Turner 4
France Sport Garage Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 42 France Gilles Vannelet 1–3
Belgium Michael Albert 1–3
Belgium Stéphane Lemeret 1–3
Italy ROAL Motorsport BMW Z4 GT3 43 Italy Stefano Comandini All
Italy Eugenio Amos All
Italy Stefano Colombo 1, 3–4
Italy Michela Cerruti 2, 4–5
Italy AF Corse Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 50 Canada Andrew Danyliw All
Netherlands Simon Knap All
Italy Andrea Sonvico All
Italy Alessandro Pier Guidi 4
52 Australia Steve Wyatt 4
Italy Michele Rugolo 4
Australia Craig Lowndes 4
Italy Andrea Piccini 4
Denmark Johnny Laursen 5
Germany Marco Seefried 5
Monaco Francesco Castellacci 5
53 Belgium Niek Hommerson 4
Belgium Louis Machiels 4
Italy Andrea Bertolini 4
Italy Marco Cioci 4
54 United Kingdom Duncan Cameron 4
Republic of Ireland Matt Griffin 4
United Kingdom Alex Mortimer 4
France Graff Racing Porsche 997 GT3 R 70 France Eric Trouillet 1–3
France Nicolas Marroc 1–2
France Roland Bervillé 3
France Lonni Martins 3
United Kingdom Ecurie Ecosse[7] BMW Z4 GT3 79 United Kingdom Oliver Bryant All
United Kingdom Andrew Smith All
United Kingdom Alasdair McCaig All
United Kingdom Alexander Sims 4
Russia GT Russian Team McLaren MP4-12C GT3 82 Russia Alexey Vasilyev 4
Estonia Marko Asmer 4
Lithuania Kazim Vasiliauskas 4
Germany Florian Spengler 4
Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 Russia Alexey Vasilyev 5
Estonia Marko Asmer 5
United Arab Emirates Karim Al Azhari 5
Italy Scuderia Villorba Corse Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 90 Italy Andrea Rizzoli All
Monaco Francesco Castellacci 1–4
Italy Stefano Gai All
Italy Andrea Montermini 4
Italy Thomas Kemenater 5
France Pro GT by Almeras Porsche 997 GT3 R 93 France Eric Dermont 1–4
France Franck Perera 1–4
Italy Marco Bonanomi 4
France Lucas Lasserre 4
United Kingdom PGF-Kinfaun AMR Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 96 United Kingdom John Gaw 4
United Kingdom Phil Dryburgh 4
United Kingdom Paul White 4
United Kingdom Tom Onslow-Cole 4
Russia SMP Racing Russian Bears Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 100 Russia Viacheslav Maleev 4
Russia Roman Mavlanov 4
Spain José Manuel Pérez-Aicart 4
Italy Daniel Zampieri 4
United Kingdom Beechdean AMR Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 107 United Kingdom Andrew Howard 2, 4
United Kingdom Daniel Lloyd 2, 4
United Kingdom Alex MacDowall 2
United Kingdom Jonathan Adam 4
Germany Stefan Mücke 4
France SOFREV Auto Sport Promotion Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 116 France Fabien Barthez 4
France Eric Debard 4
France Ludovic Badey 4
France Tristan Vautier 4
120 France Christophe Bourret 4
France Pascal Gibon 4
France Jean-Philippe Belloc 4
France Julien Canal 4
Germany Wochenspiegel Team Manthey Porsche 997 GT3 R 150 Germany Georg Weiss 4
Germany Oliver Kainz 4
Germany Jochen Krumbach 4
Germany Christian Menzel 4
Switzerland Fach Auto Tech Porsche 997 GT3 R 188 Germany Otto Klohs 4
Germany Swen Dolenc 4
Austria Martin Ragginger 4
Switzerland Philipp Frommenwiler 4
United Kingdom Generation Bentley Racing Bentley Continental GT3 200 United Kingdom James Appleby 2
United Kingdom Steve Tandy 2
United Kingdom Jody Fannin 2
Germany GT Corse by Rinaldi Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 333 Germany Marco Seefried 1–4
Russia Vadim Kogay 1–4
Russia Rinat Salikhov 1–4
Austria Norbert Siedler 4
United Kingdom Triple 888 Racing BMW Z4 GT3 888 United Kingdom Ryan Ratcliffe 2
United Kingdom Lee Mowle 2
United Kingdom Derek Johnston 2
Gentlemen Trophy
Belgium Belgian Audi Club Team WRT Audi R8 LMS ultra 2 France Stéphane Pourquie 3
France Harry Teneketzian 3
France Grégoire Chaix 3
4 France Jean-Luc Blanchemain 1–3
Belgium Christian Kelders 1, 3
Belgium Yves Weerts 1–2
Switzerland Pierre Hirschi 2–3
Belgium Boutsen Ginion BMW Z4 GT3 15 Saudi Arabia Karim Ojjeh 5
Luxembourg Olivier Grotz 5
United Kingdom Team Parker Racing[5] Audi R8 LMS ultra 22 United Kingdom Ian Loggie All
United Kingdom Julian Westwood All
United Kingdom Chris Jones 1–3
Russia Leo Machitski 4
Sweden Carl Rosenblad 4
France Saintéloc Racing Audi R8 LMS ultra 25 France Claude-Yves Gosselin All
France Jean-Claude Lagniez 1–3
France Marc Sourd 1–3
France Marc Rostan 4–5
France Jean-Paul Buffin 4–5
France Philippe Haezebrouck 4
France Sport Garage Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 41 Belgium Bernard Delhez All
France George Cabannes 1–4
France Romain Brandela 1–2
France Sylvain Debs 3
Belgium Michael Albert 4–5
France Thierry Prignault 4
France Bruce Lorgère-Roux 5
42 France Gilles Vannelet 4–5
Belgium Martin Van Hove 4
Italy Beniamino Caccia 4
Italy Lorenzo Bontempelli 4
France Michaël Petit 5
France Paul Surand 5
Italy AF Corse[8] Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 49 Italy Howard Blank All
France Jean-Marc Bachelier All
France Yannick Mallegol All
France François Perrodo 4
51 United Kingdom Peter Mann All
Portugal Francisco Guedes All
Portugal Filipe Barreiros 1–3, 5
France Cédric Mézard 4
Belarus Alexander Talkanitsa 4
Italy GDL Motorsport Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 67 Hong Kong Nigel Fermer 4
Malaysia Keong Liam Lim 4
Canada Jean-Charles Perrin 4
Italy Gianluca de Lorenzi 4
Italy Scuderia Villorba Corse Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 91 France Cédric Mézard 3
France François Perrodo 3
Switzerland Kessel Racing Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 111 United States Stephen Earle All
Germany Freddy Kremer All
Switzerland Daniele Perfetti 1
United Kingdom Marcus Mahy 2, 4
Italy Beniamino Caccia 3
Australia Liam Talbot 4–5
United Kingdom Horse Power Racing Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 128 United Kingdom Paul Bailey 2
United Kingdom Andy Schulz 2
France Delahaye Racing Porsche 997 GT3 R 228 France Pierre-Etienne Bordet 4
France Alexandre Viron 4
Belgium Stephane Lemeret 4
Saudi Arabia Karim Al-Azhari 4
France Duqueine Engineering Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 350 France Leonardo Gorini 3–4
France Gilles Duqueine 3–4
France Paul Lanchere 3–4
France Philippe Colançon 4
380 France Phillipe Richard 4
France Phillipe Bourgeois 4
Switzerland Pierre Hirschi 4
Belgium Marlène Broggi 4
Germany GT Corse by Rinaldi Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 458 Germany Alexander Mattschull All
France Pierre Ehret 1, 3–5
Germany Frank Schmickler 1–3, 5
Germany Tim Müller 4
Netherlands Roger Grouwels 4

Results and standings

Race results

Rnd. Circuit Pole Position PRO Winners PRO-AM Winners Gentlemen Winners
1 Monza France No. 98 ART Grand Prix France No. 98 ART Grand Prix Italy No. 43 ROAL Motorsport Germany No. 458 GT Corse by Rinaldi
France Grégoire Demoustier
Portugal Álvaro Parente
France Alexandre Prémat
France Grégoire Demoustier
Portugal Álvaro Parente
France Alexandre Prémat
Italy Stefano Colombo
Italy Stefano Comandini
Italy Eugenio Amos
Germany Alexander Mattschull
France Pierre Ehret
Germany Frank Schmickler
2 Silverstone France No. 93 Pro GT by Almeras United Kingdom No. 7 M-Sport Bentley United Kingdom No. 80 Nissan GT Academy Team RJN Germany No. 458 GT Corse by Rinaldi
France Eric Dermont
France Franck Perera
United Kingdom Steven Kane
United Kingdom Guy Smith
United Kingdom Andy Meyrick
Germany Florian Strauss
United States Nick McMillen
United Kingdom Alex Buncombe
Germany Alexander Mattschull
Germany Frank Schmickler
3 Paul Ricard France No. 98 ART Grand Prix United Kingdom No. 7 M-Sport Bentley France No. 12 TDS Racing Germany No. 458 GT Corse by Rinaldi
France Grégoire Demoustier
Portugal Álvaro Parente
France Nicolas Lapierre
United Kingdom Steven Kane
United Kingdom Guy Smith
United Kingdom Andy Meyrick
France Henry Hassid
Netherlands Nick Catsburg
Germany Alexander Mattschull
France Pierre Ehret
Germany Frank Schmickler
4 Spa-Francorchamps Belgium No. 1 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT Belgium No. 1 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT Italy No. 53 AF Corse Italy No. 51 AF Corse
Belgium Laurens Vanthoor
Germany René Rast
Germany Markus Winkelhock
Belgium Laurens Vanthoor
Germany René Rast
Germany Markus Winkelhock
Belgium Niek Hommerson
Belgium Louis Machiels
Italy Andrea Bertolini
Italy Marco Cioci
United Kingdom Peter Mann
Portugal Francisco Guedes
France Cédric Mézard
Belarus Alexander Talkanitsa
5 Nürburgring Belgium No. 1 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT Belgium No. 1 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT France No. 12 TDS Racing United Kingdom No. 22 Team Parker Racing
Belgium Laurens Vanthoor
Brazil César Ramos
Germany Christopher Mies
Belgium Laurens Vanthoor
Brazil César Ramos
Germany Christopher Mies
France Henry Hassid
Netherlands Nick Catsburg
United Kingdom Ian Loggie
United Kingdom Julian Westwood

Championship Standings

Teams' Championship

Pro Cup[9]

Pos. Driver Team MNZ
Italy
SIL
United Kingdom
LEC
France
SPA
Belgium
NÜR
Germany
Total
CR CR CR 6hrs 12hrs 24hrs CR
1 Belgium Belgian Audi Club Team WRT Audi 4 3 7 1 1 1 1 122
2 United Kingdom Bentley M-Sport Bentley 7 1 1 38 15 13 8 90
3 Germany HTP Motorsport Mercedes-Benz 5 5 3 3 6 5 2 90
4 France ART Grand Prix McLaren 1 2 2 20 43 NC 5 84
5 France Saintéloc Racing Audi 2 4 5 2 4 4 4 80
6 Germany Black Falcon Mercedes-Benz 14 22 9 8 11 11 3 63
7 United Kingdom Oman Racing Team Aston Martin NC 10 31 31 27 NC 32 24
8 China Brothers Racing Team Audi 22 21 16 16
9 United Kingdom Triple Eight Racing BMW 9 9
10 Germany Reiter Engineering Lamborghini 16 6
10 Switzerland Emil Frey Racing Jaguar 19 6
11 United Kingdom Leonard Motorsport AMR Aston Martin 23 2

See also

References

External links

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