2018 GT Series Sprint Cup

The 2018 GT Series Sprint Cup (known for sponsorship reasons as the 2018 Blancpain 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 (an auto racing series for grand tourer cars), the fifth with the seasons sponsored by Blancpain. The season began on 7 April at Zolder and ended on 16 September at the Nürburgring.

Calendar[edit]

At the annual press conference during the 2017 24 Hours of Spa on 28 July, the Stéphane Ratel Organisation announced the first draft of the 2018 calendar. Zolder became the season opener instead of Misano.^[1] On 9 October 2017, the finalised calendar was announced, confirming the dates of the races at the Hungaroring.^[2]

Race format

In previous years a race weekend consisted of one Qualifying session, one Qualifying Race - of which the results set up the grid for the Main Race - and one Main Race. On 2 October 2017, changes to the format of race weekends were announced. In 2018 a race weekend consisted of two races scoring equal points and featuring separate Qualifying sessions for each race.^[3]

Round	Circuit	Date
1	Circuit Zolder, Heusden-Zolder, Belgium	8 April
2	Brands Hatch, Kent, Great Britain	6 May
3	Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Misano Adriatico, Italy	24 June
4	Hungaroring, Mogyoród, Hungary	2 September
5	Nürburgring, Nürburg, Germany	16 September

Entry list[edit]

Team

Car

Drivers

Class

Rounds

Belgian Audi Club Team WRT^[4]

Audi R8 LMS^[4]

1

Christopher Mies^[5]

P

All

Alex Riberas^[5]

2

Will Stevens^[5]

P

All

Dries Vanthoor^[5]

3

Gilles Magnus^[6]

S

1

Alessio Picariello^[6]

Ricardo Feller^[7]

3–5

Adrien De Leener^[7]

17

Stuart Leonard^[5]

P

1–2, 4–5

Robin Frijns^[5]

1, 4–5

Frédéric Vervisch^[8]

2

Stuart Leonard^[7]

S

3

Sheldon van der Linde^[7]

Black Falcon^[9]

Mercedes-AMG GT3^[9]

6

Hubert Haupt^[9]

S

4–5

Luca Stolz^[9]

Kessel Racing^[10]^{[N 1]}

TP 12 - Kessel Racing^[11]^{[N 1]}

Ferrari 488 GT3^[11]

11

Michał Broniszewski^[10]

PA

1

Giacomo Piccini^[10]

39

Piti Bhirombhakdi^[11]

PA

All

Carlo van Dam^[11]

	Emil Frey Lexus Racing^[12]^{[N 2]}
	Emil Frey Jaguar Racing^[13]^{[N 2]}

Lexus RC F GT3^[12]

14

Albert Costa^[14]

P

All

Christian Klien^[14]

Emil Frey GT3 Jaguar^[13]

54

Alex Fontana^[15]

S

3

Mikaël Grenier^[15]

Lexus RC F GT3^[12]

114

Norbert Siedler^[10]

P

All

Stéphane Ortelli^[10]

1–3

Markus Palttala^[9]

4–5

Boutsen Ginion Racing^[10]

Lamborghini Gallardo R-EX^[10]

15

Pierre Feligioni^[10]

Am

1

Claude-Yves Gosselin^[10]

GRT Grasser Racing Team^[16]

Lamborghini Huracán GT3^[16]

19

Andrea Caldarelli^[16]

P

All

Ezequiel Pérez Companc^[16]

63

Mirko Bortolotti^[16]

P

All

Christian Engelhart^[16]

82

Loris Hezemans^[16]

P

1–4

Franck Perera^[16]

Audi Sport Slovakia^[17]

Audi R8 LMS^[17]

21

Christian Malchárek^[17]

PA

3–4

Jirko Malchárek^[17]

Saintéloc Racing^[18]

Audi R8 LMS^[18]

25

Simon Gachet^[19]

P

All

Christopher Haase^[18]

26

Nyls Stievenart^[19]

PA

All

Markus Winkelhock^[18]

Team Parker Racing^[20]

Bentley Continental GT3^[20]

31

Josh Caygill^[20]

S

1–3

Árón Taylor-Smith^[20]

32

Ian Loggie^[8]

PA

2

Callum MacLeod^[21]

SMP Racing by AKKA ASP^[22]^{[N 3]}

AKKA ASP Team^[23]^{[N 3]}

SunEnergy1 Racing^[24]^{[N 3]}

Mercedes-AMG GT3^[23]

35

Vladimir Atoev^[22]

S

All

Aleksey Korneev^[22]

87

Nico Jamin^[23]

P

1–2, 5

Félix Serrallés^[10]

1–2

Adam Christodoulou^[25]

5

Denis Bulatov^[26]

S

3–4

Nico Jamin^[26]

88

Raffaele Marciello^[23]

P

All

Michael Meadows^[23]

90

Nico Bastian^[23]

S

All

Jack Manchester^[23]

751

Kenny Habul^[24]

PA

4

Tristan Vautier^[24]

3Y Technology^[10]

BMW M6 GT3^[10]

37

Lukas Moraes^[10]

S

All

Andrew Watson^[10]

1–4

Denis Dupont^[25]

5

Attempto Racing^[27]

Audi R8 LMS^[27]

55

Pierre Kaffer^[27]

P

All

Pieter Schothorst^[27]

66

Kelvin van der Linde^[27]

P

All

Steijn Schothorst^[27]

Rinaldi Racing^[28]

Ferrari 488 GT3^[28]

333

David Perel^[28]

PA

5

Rinat Salikhov^[28]

Icon	Class
P	Pro Cup
S	Silver Cup
PA	Pro-Am Cup
Am	Am Cup

Race results[edit]

Bold indicates overall winner.

Round		Circuit	Pole position	Pro Winners	Silver Winners	Pro-Am Winners	Am Winners
1	R1	Zolder	No. 2 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT	No. 63 GRT Grasser Racing Team	No. 3 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT	No. 39 TP 12 - Kessel Racing	No. 15 Boutsen Ginion Racing
	R1		Will Stevens Dries Vanthoor	Mirko Bortolotti Christian Engelhart	Gilles Magnus Alessio Picariello	Piti Bhirombhakdi Carlo van Dam	Pierre Feligioni Claude-Yves Gosselin
	R2		No. 63 GRT Grasser Racing Team	No. 66 Attempto Racing	No. 3 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT	No. 39 TP 12 - Kessel Racing	No. 15 Boutsen Ginion Racing
	R2		Mirko Bortolotti Christian Engelhart	Kelvin van der Linde Steijn Schothorst	Gilles Magnus Alessio Picariello	Piti Bhirombhakdi Carlo van Dam	Pierre Feligioni Claude-Yves Gosselin
2	R1	Brands Hatch	No. 2 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT	No. 2 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT	No. 31 Team Parker Racing	No. 39 TP 12 - Kessel Racing	No entries
	R1		Will Stevens Dries Vanthoor	Will Stevens Dries Vanthoor	Josh Caygill Árón Taylor-Smith	Piti Bhirombhakdi Carlo van Dam
	R2		No. 17 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT	No. 17 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT	No. 37 3Y Technology	No. 26 Saintéloc Racing
	R2		Stuart Leonard Frédéric Vervisch	Stuart Leonard Frédéric Vervisch	Lukas Moraes Andrew Watson	Nyls Stievenart Markus Winkelhock
3	R1	Misano	No. 87 AKKA ASP Team	No. 1 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT	No. 90 AKKA ASP Team	No. 26 Saintéloc Racing
	R1		Denis Bulatov Nico Jamin	Christopher Mies Alex Riberas	Nico Bastian Jack Manchester	Nyls Stievenart Markus Winkelhock
	R2		No. 88 AKKA ASP Team	No. 1 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT	No. 87 AKKA ASP Team	No. 26 Saintéloc Racing
	R2		Raffaele Marciello Michael Meadows	Christopher Mies Alex Riberas	Denis Bulatov Nico Jamin	Nyls Stievenart Markus Winkelhock
4	R1	Hungaroring	No. 90 AKKA ASP Team	No. 63 GRT Grasser Racing Team	No. 87 AKKA ASP Team	No. 751 SunEnergy1 Racing
	R1		Nico Bastian Jack Manchester	Mirko Bortolotti Christian Engelhart	Denis Bulatov Nico Jamin	Kenny Habul Tristan Vautier
	R2		No. 88 AKKA ASP Team	No. 88 AKKA ASP Team	No. 87 AKKA ASP Team	No. 26 Saintéloc Racing
	R2		Raffaele Marciello Michael Meadows	Raffaele Marciello Michael Meadows	Denis Bulatov Nico Jamin	Nyls Stievenart Markus Winkelhock
5	R1	Nürburgring	No. 63 GRT Grasser Racing Team	No. 1 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT	No. 3 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT	No. 26 Saintéloc Racing
	R1		Mirko Bortolotti Christian Engelhart	Christopher Mies Alex Riberas	Ricardo Feller Adrien De Leener	Nyls Stievenart Markus Winkelhock
	R2		No. 6 Black Falcon	No. 88 AKKA ASP Team	No. 6 Black Falcon	No. 333 Rinaldi Racing
	R2		Hubert Haupt Luca Stolz	Raffaele Marciello Michael Meadows	Hubert Haupt Luca Stolz	David Perel Rinat Salikhov

Championship standings[edit]

Scoring system

Championship points were awarded for the first ten positions in each race. The pole-sitter also received one point and 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. A new points system was introduced this season. It takes the maximum points an entry could earn in the old 'Qualifying Race + Main Race'-format divided by two.^[29]

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[edit]

Overall[edit]

Pos.	Driver	Team	ZOL		BRH		MIS		HUN		NÜR		Points
1	Raffaele Marciello Michael Meadows	AKKA ASP Team	8	2	3	4	2	10	2	1	4	1	98
2	Christopher Mies Alex Riberas	Belgian Audi Club Team WRT	3	Ret	2	2	1	1	Ret	4	1	16	90.5
3	Kelvin van der Linde Steijn Schothorst	Attempto Racing	4	1	8	3	Ret	4	10	3	6	4	65
4	Will Stevens Dries Vanthoor	Belgian Audi Club Team WRT	2	11	1	Ret	Ret	2	5	7	2	Ret	63.5
5	Mirko Bortolotti Christian Engelhart	GRT Grasser Racing Team	1	7	10	5	3	18	1	6	DSQ	EX	57.5
6	Nico Jamin	AKKA ASP Team	9	4	5	6	Ret	5	3	8	7	6	45
7	Stuart Leonard	Belgian Audi Club Team WRT	5	5	4	1	8	6	Ret	16	11	9	44.5
8	Simon Gachet Christopher Haase	Saintéloc Racing	10	12	7	8	Ret	3	4	2	10	3	44.5
9	Andrea Caldarelli Ezequiel Pérez Companc	GRT Grasser Racing Team	6	3	12	Ret	4	20	16	11	3	5	37
10	Frédéric Vervisch	Belgian Audi Club Team WRT			4	1							25
11	Félix Serrallés	AKKA ASP Team	9	4	5	6							19
12	Denis Bulatov	AKKA ASP Team					Ret	5	3	8			18.5
13	Albert Costa Christian Klien	Emil Frey Lexus Racing	Ret	20	11	14	9	Ret	6	13	5	7	15.5
14	Hubert Haupt Luca Stolz	Black Falcon							9	12	15	2	14
15	Robin Frijns	Belgian Audi Club Team WRT	5	5					Ret	16	11	9	13
16	Norbert Siedler	Emil Frey Lexus Racing	14	13	9	9	5	8	11	14	9	8	13
17	Loris Hezemans Franck Perera	GRT Grasser Racing Team	20	Ret	13	7	17	7	13	5			12
18	Nico Bastian Jack Manchester	AKKA ASP Team	11	9	19	15	6	15	7	9	16	17	10.5
19	Stéphane Ortelli	Emil Frey Lexus Racing	14	13	9	9	5	8					10
20	Gilles Magnus Alessio Picariello	Belgian Audi Club Team WRT	7	6									7.5
20	Adam Christodoulou	AKKA ASP Team									7	6	7.5
21	Pierre Kaffer Pieter Schothorst	Attempto Racing	Ret	14	6	12	Ret	12	12	17	8	12	6.5
21	Sheldon van der Linde	Belgian Audi Club Team WRT					8	6					6.5
22	Vladimir Atoev Aleksey Korneev	SMP Racing by AKKA ASP	16	8	18	Ret	12	17	8	18	14	11	4
23	Alex Fontana Mikaël Grenier	Emil Frey Jaguar Racing					7	11					3
24	Markus Palttala	Emil Frey Lexus Racing							11	14	9	8	3
25	Nyls Stievenart Markus Winkelhock	Saintéloc Racing	15	15	17	11	11	9	18	19	12	15	1
26	Ricardo Feller Adrien De Leener	Belgian Audi Club Team WRT					10	13	14	10	13	Ret	1
27	Piti Bhirombhakdi Carlo van Dam	TP 12 - Kessel Racing	12	10	14	13	13	14	17	21	Ret	13	0.5
27	Lukas Moraes	3Y Technology	17	17	DSQ	10	14	16	20	15	Ret	14	0.5
27	Andrew Watson	3Y Technology	17	17	DSQ	10	14	16	20	15			0.5
27	David Perel Rinat Salikhov	Rinaldi Racing									Ret	10	0.5
	Michał Broniszewski Giacomo Piccini	Kessel Racing	13	18									0
	Denis Dupont	3Y Technology									Ret	14	0
	Josh Caygill Árón Taylor-Smith	Team Parker Racing	18	16	15	Ret	15	Ret					0
	Kenny Habul Tristan Vautier	SunEnergy1 Racing							15	DNS			0
	Christian Malchárek Jirko Malchárek	Audi Sport Slovakia					16	19	19	20			0
	Ian Loggie Callum MacLeod	Team Parker Racing			16	Ret							0
	Pierre Feligioni Claude-Yves Gosselin	Boutsen Ginion Racing	19	19									0
Pos.	Driver	Team	ZOL		BRH		MIS		HUN		NÜR		Points

Key
Colour	Result
Gold	Race winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
Black	Excluded (EX)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Race cancelled (C)
	Withdrew (WD)
Blank	Did not participate

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Silver Cup[edit]

Pos.	Driver	Team	ZOL		BRH		MIS		HUN		NÜR		Points
1	Nico Bastian Jack Manchester	AKKA ASP Team	11	9	19	15	6	15	7	9	16	17	108.5
2	Vladimir Atoev Aleksey Korneev	SMP Racing by AKKA ASP	16	8	18	Ret	12	17	8	18	14	11	80.5
3	Lukas Moraes	3Y Technology	17	17	DSQ	10	14	16	20	15	Ret	14	59
4	Denis Bulatov Nico Jamin	AKKA ASP Team					Ret	5	3	8			50.5
5	Andrew Watson	3Y Technology	17	17	DSQ	10	14	16	20	15			49.5
6	Ricardo Feller Adrien De Leener	Belgian Audi Club Team WRT					10	13	14	10	13	Ret	47
7	Hubert Haupt Luca Stolz	Black Falcon							9	12	15	2	43
8	Gilles Magnus Alessio Picariello	Belgian Audi Club Team WRT	7	6									35
9	Josh Caygill Árón Taylor-Smith	Team Parker Racing	18	16	15	Ret	15	Ret					33
10	Stuart Leonard Sheldon van der Linde	Belgian Audi Club Team WRT					8	6					22.5
11	Alex Fontana Mikaël Grenier	Emil Frey Jaguar Racing					7	11					21.5
12	Denis Dupont	3Y Technology									Ret	14	9.5
Pos.	Driver	Team	ZOL		BRH		MIS		HUN		NÜR		Points

Pro-Am Cup[edit]

Pos.	Driver	Team	ZOL		BRH		MIS		HUN		NÜR		Points
1	Nyls Stievenart Markus Winkelhock	Saintéloc Racing	15	15	17	11	11	9	18	19	12	15	134.5
2	Piti Bhirombhakdi Carlo van Dam	TP 12 - Kessel Racing	12	10	14	13	13	14	17	21	Ret	13	126
3	Christian Malchárek Jirko Malchárek	Audi Sport Slovakia					16	19	19	20			39.5
4	Michał Broniszewski Giacomo Piccini	Kessel Racing	13	18									21.5
5	David Perel Rinat Salikhov	Rinaldi Racing									Ret	10	16.5
5	Kenny Habul Tristan Vautier	SunEnergy1 Racing							15	DNS			16.5
6	Ian Loggie Callum MacLeod	Team Parker Racing			16	Ret							12
Pos.	Driver	Team	ZOL		BRH		MIS		HUN		NÜR		Points

Am Cup[edit]

Pos.	Driver	Team	ZOL		BRH		MIS		HUN		NÜR		Points
1	Pierre Feligioni Claude-Yves Gosselin	Boutsen Ginion Racing	19	19									35
Pos.	Driver	Team	ZOL		BRH		MIS		HUN		NÜR		Points

Teams' championships[edit]

Overall[edit]

Pos.	Team	Manufacturer	ZOL		BRH		MIS		HUN		NÜR		Points
1	Belgian Audi Club Team WRT	Audi	2	5	1	1	1	1	5	4	1	9	123
2	AKKA ASP Team SMP Racing by AKKA ASP SunEnergy1 Racing	Mercedes-AMG	8	2	3	4	2	5	2	1	4	1	119
3	GRT Grasser Racing Team	Lamborghini	1	3	10	5	3	7	1	5	3	5	95
4	Attempto Racing	Audi	4	1	6	3	Ret	4	10	3	6	4	83
5	Saintéloc Racing	Audi	10	12	7	8	11	3	4	2	10	3	77.5
6	Emil Frey Jaguar/Lexus Racing	Jaguar Lexus	14	13	9	9	5	8	6	13	5	7	50.5
7	(TP 12 -) Kessel Racing	Ferrari	12	10	14	13	13	14	17	21	Ret	13	26.5
8	Black Falcon	Mercedes-AMG							9	12	15	2	25
9	3Y Technology	BMW	17	17	DSQ	10	14	16	20	15	Ret	14	14
10	Team Parker Racing	Bentley	18	16	15	Ret	16	Ret					7
11	Audi Sport Slovakia	Audi					16	19	19	20			4
12	Rinaldi Racing	Ferrari									Ret	10	2
13	Boutsen Ginion Racing	Lamborghini	19	19									1
Pos.	Team	Manufacturer	ZOL		BRH		MIS		HUN		NÜR		Points

Pro-Am Cup[edit]

Pos.	Team	Manufacturer	ZOL		BRH		MIS		HUN		NÜR		Points
1	Saintéloc Racing	Audi	15	15	17	11	11	9	18	19	12	15	137
2	(TP 12 -) Kessel Racing	Ferrari	12	10	14	13	13	14	17	21	Ret	13	126
3	Audi Sport Slovakia	Audi					16	19	19	20			39.5
4	Rinaldi Racing	Ferrari									Ret	10	16.5
4	SunEnergy1 Racing	Mercedes-AMG							15	DNS			16.5
5	Team Parker Racing	Bentley			16	Ret							12
Pos.	Team	Manufacturer	ZOL		BRH		MIS		HUN		NÜR		Points

Am Cup[edit]

Pos.	Team	Manufacturer	ZOL		BRH		MIS		HUN		NÜR		Points
1	Boutsen Ginion Racing	Lamborghini	19	19									35
Pos.	Team	Manufacturer	ZOL		BRH		MIS		HUN		NÜR		Points

Notes[edit]

^ ^a ^b Car No. 11 entered as Kessel Racing under Swiss licence and car No. 39 entered as TP 12 - Kessel Racing under Thai licence.
^ ^a ^b Cars No. 14 and 114 entered as Emil Frey Lexus Racing and car No. TBA entered as Emil Frey Jaguar Racing.
^ ^a ^b ^c Car No. 35 entered as SMP Racing by AKKA ASP under Russian licence. Cars No. 87, 88 and 90 entered as AKKA ASP Team and car No. 751 entered as SunEnergy1 Racing, both under French licence.

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External links[edit]

Official website

[Kessel-11] Car No. 11 entered as Kessel Racing under Swiss licence and car No. 39 entered as TP 12 - Kessel Racing under Thai licence.

[Frey-14] Cars No. 14 and 114 entered as Emil Frey Lexus Racing and car No. TBA entered as Emil Frey Jaguar Racing.

[AKKA-25] Car No. 35 entered as SMP Racing by AKKA ASP under Russian licence. Cars No. 87, 88 and 90 entered as AKKA ASP Team and car No. 751 entered as SunEnergy1 Racing, both under French licence.

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[2] Kilshaw, Jake (9 October 2017). "Hungaroring Date Confirmed; Blancpain GT Schedule Finalized". sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 2 January 2018.

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