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Sports season
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.
Entry list
2014 Entry List
Team
Car
Drivers
Rounds
Pro Cup
Belgian Audi Club Team WRT [ 2]
Audi R8 LMS ultra
1
Laurens Vanthoor
All
César Ramos
1–3, 5
Marc Basseng
1–3
René Rast
4
Markus Winkelhock
4
Christopher Mies
5
2
André Lotterer
4
Marcel Fässler
4
Benoît Tréluyer
4
3
Christopher Mies
1–4
Frank Stippler
All
James Nash
All
Marc Basseng
5
M-Sport Bentley
Bentley Continental GT3
7
Steven Kane
All
Guy Smith
All
Andy Meyrick
All
8
Jérôme d'Ambrosio
All
Duncan Tappy
All
Antoine Leclerc
All
Emil Frey Racing
Jaguar XK Emil Frey G3
14
Fredy Barth
5
Gabriele Gardel
5
Jonathan Hirschi
5
Black Falcon
Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3
19
Abdulaziz Al Faisal
All
Hubert Haupt
All
Andreas Simonsen
All
63
Mike Parisy
4
Adam Christodoulou
4
Yelmer Buurman
4
Saintéloc Racing
Audi R8 LMS ultra
26
Stéphane Ortelli
All
Grégory Guilvert
All
Edward Sandström
All
Leonard Motorsport AMR
Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3
32
Stuart Leonard
2
Paul Wilson
2
Jonathan Adam
2
Oman Racing Team
Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3
44
Michael Caine
All
Ahmad Al Harthy
All
Stephen Jelley
1–4
Joe Osborne [ 3]
5
Brothers Racing Team
Audi R8 LMS ultra
55
Cheng Congfu
1–3
Sun Zheng
1–3
André Couto
1–3
BMW Sports Trophy Team Marc VDS
BMW Z4 GT3
66
Maxime Martin
4
Jörg Müller
4
Augusto Farfus
4
77
Lucas Luhr
4
Markus Palttala
4
Dirk Werner
4
ISR Racing
Audi R8 LMS ultra
75
Filip Salaquarda
4
Fabian Hamprecht
4
Marc Basseng
4
HTP Motorsport
Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3
84
Harold Primat
All
Nico Verdonck
All
Maximilian Buhk
1, 3
Bernd Schneider
2, 4–5
85
Sergey Afanasyev
All
Stef Dusseldorp
All
Lucas Wolf
1–3
Xavier Maassen
4
Maximilian Buhk
5
86
Maximilian Buhk
4
Maximilian Götz
4
Jazeman Jaafar
4
Reiter Engineering
Lamborghini Gallardo FL2 [ 4]
88
Peter Kox
1
Albert von Thurn und Taxis
1
Tomáš Enge
1
ART Grand Prix
McLaren MP4-12C GT3
98
Grégoire Demoustier
All
Álvaro Parente
All
Alexandre Prémat
1–2, 5
Nicolas Lapierre
3–4
99
Andy Soucek
All
Kevin Korjus
All
Kévin Estre
All
Von Ryan Racing
McLaren MP4-12C GT3
101
Shane van Gisbergen
4
Rob Bell
4
Tim Mullen
4
Triple 888 Racing
BMW Z4 GT3
888
Jody Firth
5
Warren Hughes
5
Alexander Sims
5
Audi Race Experience
Audi R8 LMS ultra
1000
Didier Cuche
5
Rahel Frey
5
Nico Müller
5
Pro-Am Cup
Belgian Audi Club Team WRT
Audi R8 LMS ultra
4
Jean-Luc Blanchemain
4–5
Christian Kelders
4–5
Fred Bouvy
4
Vincent Radermecker
4
Stéphane Richelmi
5
TDS Racing
BMW Z4 GT3
10
Eric Clément
All
Benjamin Lariche
All
Nicolas Armindo
All
Olivier Pla
4
12
Henry Hassid
All
Nick Catsburg
All
Pierre Thiriet
4
Jens Klingmann
4
Kessel Racing
Ferrari 458 Italia GT3
11
Michał Broniszewski
All
Alessandro Bonacini
All
Giacomo Petrobelli
1–2
Marco Frezza
3–5
Giacomo Piccini
4
Emil Frey Racing [ 5]
Jaguar XK Emil Frey G3
14
Fredy Barth
1–4
Lorenz Frey
1–4
Gabriele Gardel
1–4
Jonathan Hirschi
4
Boutsen Ginion [ 5]
McLaren MP4-12C GT3
15
Karim Ojjeh
1–4
Olivier Grotz
1–4
Frédéric Vervisch
1–4
Giorgio Pantano
4
16
Shahan Sarkissian
All
Alex Demirdjian
1–4
Phil Quaife
1–2
Chris van der Drift
3–5
Michael Schmetz
4
Jordan Grogor
5
Insightracing with Flex-Box[ 5]
Ferrari 458 Italia GT3
17
Dennis Andersen
All
Martin Jensen
All
Jason Yeomans
4
Black Falcon
Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3
18
Vladimir Lunkin
All
Yury Loboda
1–3
Mikhail Loboda
1–3
Richard Muscat
4
Saud Turki Al Faisal
4
Christian Bracke
4
Anders Fjordbach
5
Devon Modell
5
Lago Racing
Lamborghini Gallardo LP600
23
Roger Lago
4
David Russell
4
Steven Richards
4
Steve Owen
4
Leonard Motorsport AMR
Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3
32
Stuart Leonard
4–5
Paul Wilson
4–5
Michael Meadows
4–5
Pedro Lamy
4
Nissan GT Academy Team RJN
Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3
35
Miguel Faísca
All
Katsumasa Chiyo
All
Mark Shulzhitskiy
1, 4
Stanislav Aksenov
2–3
Masataka Yanagida
4
Wolfgang Reip
5
80
Florian Strauss
All
Nick McMillen
All
Alex Buncombe
All
Wolfgang Reip
4
MP Motorsport AMR [ 6]
Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3
38
Richard Abra
All
Mark Poole
All
Joe Osborne
All
Darren Turner
4
Sport Garage
Ferrari 458 Italia GT3
42
Gilles Vannelet
1–3
Michael Albert
1–3
Stéphane Lemeret
1–3
ROAL Motorsport
BMW Z4 GT3
43
Stefano Comandini
All
Eugenio Amos
All
Stefano Colombo
1, 3–4
Michela Cerruti
2, 4–5
AF Corse
Ferrari 458 Italia GT3
50
Andrew Danyliw
All
Simon Knap
All
Andrea Sonvico
All
Alessandro Pier Guidi
4
52
Steve Wyatt
4
Michele Rugolo
4
Craig Lowndes
4
Andrea Piccini
4
Johnny Laursen
5
Marco Seefried
5
Francesco Castellacci
5
53
Niek Hommerson
4
Louis Machiels
4
Andrea Bertolini
4
Marco Cioci
4
54
Duncan Cameron
4
Matt Griffin
4
Alex Mortimer
4
Graff Racing
Porsche 997 GT3 R
70
Eric Trouillet
1–3
Nicolas Marroc
1–2
Roland Bervillé
3
Lonni Martins
3
Ecurie Ecosse [ 7]
BMW Z4 GT3
79
Oliver Bryant
All
Andrew Smith
All
Alasdair McCaig
All
Alexander Sims
4
GT Russian Team
McLaren MP4-12C GT3
82
Alexey Vasilyev
4
Marko Asmer
4
Kazim Vasiliauskas
4
Florian Spengler
4
Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3
Alexey Vasilyev
5
Marko Asmer
5
Karim Al Azhari
5
Scuderia Villorba Corse
Ferrari 458 Italia GT3
90
Andrea Rizzoli
All
Francesco Castellacci
1–4
Stefano Gai
All
Andrea Montermini
4
Thomas Kemenater
5
Pro GT by Alméras
Porsche 997 GT3 R
93
Eric Dermont
1–4
Franck Perera
1–4
Marco Bonanomi
4
Lucas Lasserre
4
PGF-Kinfaun AMR
Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3
96
John Gaw
4
Phil Dryburgh
4
Paul White
4
Tom Onslow-Cole
4
SMP Racing Russian Bears
Ferrari 458 Italia GT3
100
Viacheslav Maleev
4
Roman Mavlanov
4
José Manuel Pérez-Aicart
4
Daniel Zampieri
4
Beechdean AMR
Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3
107
Andrew Howard
2, 4
Daniel Lloyd
2, 4
Alex MacDowall
2
Jonathan Adam
4
Stefan Mücke
4
SOFREV Auto Sport Promotion
Ferrari 458 Italia GT3
116
Fabien Barthez
4
Eric Debard
4
Ludovic Badey
4
Tristan Vautier
4
120
Christophe Bourret
4
Pascal Gibon
4
Jean-Philippe Belloc
4
Julien Canal
4
Wochenspiegel Team Manthey
Porsche 997 GT3 R
150
Georg Weiss
4
Oliver Kainz
4
Jochen Krumbach
4
Christian Menzel
4
Fach Auto Tech
Porsche 997 GT3 R
188
Otto Klohs
4
Swen Dolenc
4
Martin Ragginger
4
Philipp Frommenwiler
4
Generation Bentley Racing
Bentley Continental GT3
200
James Appleby
2
Steve Tandy
2
Jody Fannin
2
GT Corse by Rinaldi
Ferrari 458 Italia GT3
333
Marco Seefried
1–4
Vadim Kogay
1–4
Rinat Salikhov
1–4
Norbert Siedler
4
Triple 888 Racing
BMW Z4 GT3
888
Ryan Ratcliffe
2
Lee Mowle
2
Derek Johnston
2
Am Cup
Belgian Audi Club Team WRT
Audi R8 LMS ultra
2
Stéphane Pourquie
3
Harry Teneketzian
3
Grégoire Chaix
3
4
Jean-Luc Blanchemain
1–3
Christian Kelders
1, 3
Yves Weerts
1–2
Pierre Hirschi
2–3
Boutsen Ginion
BMW Z4 GT3
15
Karim Ojjeh
5
Olivier Grotz
5
Team Parker Racing [ 5]
Audi R8 LMS ultra
22
Ian Loggie
All
Julian Westwood
All
Chris Jones
1–3
Leo Machitski
4
Carl Rosenblad
4
Saintéloc Racing
Audi R8 LMS ultra
25
Claude-Yves Gosselin
All
Jean-Claude Lagniez
1–3
Marc Sourd
1–3
Marc Rostan
4–5
Jean-Paul Buffin
4–5
Philippe Haezebrouck
4
Sport Garage
Ferrari 458 Italia GT3
41
Bernard Delhez
All
George Cabannes
1–4
Romain Brandela
1–2
Sylvain Debs
3
Michael Albert
4–5
Thierry Prignault
4
Bruce Lorgère-Roux
5
42
Gilles Vannelet
4–5
Martin Van Hove
4
Beniamino Caccia
4
Lorenzo Bontempelli
4
Michaël Petit
5
Paul Surand
5
AF Corse [ 8]
Ferrari 458 Italia GT3
49
Howard Blank
All
Jean-Marc Bachelier
All
Yannick Mallegol
All
François Perrodo
4
51
Peter Mann
All
Francisco Guedes
All
Filipe Barreiros
1–3, 5
Cédric Mézard
4
Alexander Talkanitsa
4
GDL Motorsport
Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3
67
Nigel Fermer
4
Keong Liam Lim
4
Jean-Charles Perrin
4
Gianluca de Lorenzi
4
Scuderia Villorba Corse
Ferrari 458 Italia GT3
91
Cédric Mézard
3
François Perrodo
3
Kessel Racing
Ferrari 458 Italia GT3
111
Stephen Earle
All
Freddy Kremer
All
Daniele Perfetti
1
Marcus Mahy
2, 4
Beniamino Caccia
3
Liam Talbot
4–5
Horse Power Racing
Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3
128
Paul Bailey
2
Andy Schulz
2
Delahaye Racing
Porsche 997 GT3 R
228
Pierre-Etienne Bordet
4
Alexandre Viron
4
Stephane Lemeret
4
Karim Al-Azhari
4
Duqueine Engineering
Ferrari 458 Italia GT3
350
Leonardo Gorini
3–4
Gilles Duqueine
3–4
Paul Lanchere
3–4
Philippe Colançon
4
380
Phillipe Richard
4
Phillipe Bourgeois
4
Pierre Hirschi
4
Marlène Broggi
4
GT Corse by Rinaldi
Ferrari 458 Italia GT3
458
Alexander Mattschull
All
Pierre Ehret
1, 3–5
Frank Schmickler
1–3, 5
Tim Müller
4
Roger Grouwels
4
Results and standings
Race results
Championship Standings
Scoring system
Championship points were awarded for the first ten positions in each Championship Race. 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. There were no points awarded for the Pole Position.
Championship Race points
Position
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
9th
10th
Points
25
18
15
12
10
8
6
4
2
1
1000 km Paul Ricard points
Position
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
9th
10th
Points
33
24
19
15
12
9
6
4
2
1
24 Hours of Spa points
Points were awarded after six hours, after twelve hours and at the finish.
Position
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
9th
10th
Points after 6hrs/12hrs
12
9
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
Points at the finish
25
18
15
12
10
8
6
4
2
1
Drivers' Championships
Pro Cup
Colour
Result
Gold
Winner
Silver
Second place
Bronze
Third place
Green
Points finish
Blue
Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple
Retired (Ret)
Red
Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black
Disqualified (DSQ)
White
Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank
Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)
Teams' Championship
Pro Cup
[ 9]
See also
References
External links