2015 ADAC GT Masters

The 2015 ADAC GT Masters season was the ninth season of the ADAC GT Masters, the grand tourer-style sports car racing founded by the German automobile club ADAC. The season started on 25 April at Motorsport Arena Oschersleben and ended on 4 October at Hockenheim after eight double-header meetings. René Rast and Kelvin van der Linde entered the season as the defending Drivers' Champions. Prosperia C. Abt Racing entered the season as the defending Teams' Champion.

The series changed tyre supplier from Yokohama to Pirelli.

Entry list

Team Car Driver Rounds C. Abt Racing Audi R8 LMS ultra 1 Kelvin van der Linde All Stefan Wackerbauer 2 Jordan Pepper All Nicki Thiim 3 Christer Jöns All Andreas Weishaupt Bentley Team HTP Bentley Continental GT3 7 Luca Stolz All Jeroen Bleekemolen 1–4 Vincent Abril 5 Maximilian Buhk 6 Tom Dillmann 7–8 8 Fabian Hamprecht All Clemens Schmid Šenkýř Motorsport BMW Z4 GT3 12 Lennart Marioneck 1–6, 8 Jakub Knoll 1–2, 4–5 Samuel Sladecka 3 Markus Palttala 6 Michael Joos 8 RWT Racing Team Corvette Z06.R GT3 13 Sven Barth 1–5, 7–8 Remo Lips Lambda Performance Ford GT GT3 14 Frank Kechele 8 Nico Verdonck YACO Racing Audi R8 LMS ultra 16 Rahel Frey All Philip Geipel BMW Sports Trophy Team Schubert BMW Z4 GT3 19 Claudia Hürtgen All Jesse Krohn 1 Uwe Alzen 2–7 Niklas Mackschin 8 80 Dominik Baumann All Jens Klingmann 1–7 Bruno Spengler 8 Team Zakspeed Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 21 Sebastian Asch All Luca Ludwig MRS GT-Racing Nissan GT-R GT3 22 Dominic Jöst All Florian Scholze 23 Marc Gassner All Florian Strauss kfzteile24 MS Racing Audi R8 LMS ultra 24 Marc Basseng All Florian Stoll 100 Daniel Dobitsch All Edward Sandström Reiter Engineering Chevrolet Camaro GT3 25 Oliver Gavin 1 Tomáš Enge Lamborghini Gallardo R-EX Tomáš Enge 2, 6–7 David Russell 2–3 Steve Owen 3 Albert von Thurn und Taxis 6 Jaap van Lagen 7 88 Nick Catsburg 7 Albert von Thurn und Taxis Car Collection Motorsport Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 33 Alexander Mattschull 5 Renger van der Zande GW IT Racing Team Schütz Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R 36 Klaus Bachler All Christian Engelhart 1, 8 Philipp Eng 2 Martin Ragginger 3–7 HP Racing Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 42 Harald Proczyk All Andreas Simonsen 1–2, 4, 6 Bernd Schneider 3, 5, 7–8 Grasser Racing Team Lamborghini Huracán GT3 63 Mirko Bortolotti 2 Adrian Zaugg Callaway Competition Corvette Z06.R GT3 66 Daniel Keilwitz All Andreas Wirth 69 Patrick Assenheimer All Diego Alessi 1–7 Andreas Simonsen 8 Tonino Team Herberth Porsche 911 GT3 R 99 René Bourdeaux 3 Alfred Renauer Rowe Racing Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 Nico Bastian 5 Stef Dusseldorp

Race calendar and results The eight-event calendar for the 2015 season was announced on 21 November 2014.

Round Circuit Date Pole position Race winner 1 1 Motorsport Arena Oschersleben 25 April No. 7 Bentley Team HTP No. 36 GW IT Racing Team Schütz Motorsport Jeroen Bleekemolen Luca Stolz Klaus Bachler Christian Engelhart R2 26 April No. 7 Bentley Team HTP No. 7 Bentley Team HTP Jeroen Bleekemolen Luca Stolz Jeroen Bleekemolen Luca Stolz 2 R1 Red Bull Ring 6 June No. 36 GW IT Racing Team Schütz Motorsport No. 25 Reiter Engineering Klaus Bachler Philipp Eng Tomáš Enge David Russell R2 7 June No. 25 Reiter Engineering No. 63 Grasser Racing Team Tomáš Enge David Russell Mirko Bortolotti Adrian Zaugg 3 R1 Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 20 June No. 21 Team Zakspeed No. 80 BMW Sports Trophy Team Schubert Sebastian Asch Luca Ludwig Dominik Baumann Jens Klingmann R2 21 June No. 42 HP Racing No. 21 Team Zakspeed Harald Proczyk Bernd Schneider Sebastian Asch Luca Ludwig 4 R1 Lausitzring 4 July No. 36 GW IT Racing Team Schütz Motorsport No. 80 BMW Sports Trophy Team Schubert Klaus Bachler Martin Ragginger Dominik Baumann Jens Klingmann R2 5 July No. 21 Team Zakspeed No. 21 Team Zakspeed Sebastian Asch Luca Ludwig Sebastian Asch Luca Ludwig 5 R1 Nürburgring 15 August No. 36 GW IT Racing Team Schütz Motorsport No. 100 kfzteile24 MS Racing Klaus Bachler Martin Ragginger Daniel Dobitsch Edward Sandström R2 16 August No. 36 GW IT Racing Team Schütz Motorsport No. 24 kfzteile24 MS Racing Klaus Bachler Martin Ragginger Marc Basseng Florian Stoll 6 R1 Sachsenring 29 August No. 19 BMW Sports Trophy Team Schubert No. 80 BMW Sports Trophy Team Schubert Uwe Alzen Claudia Hürtgen Dominik Baumann Jens Klingmann R2 30 August No. 36 GW IT Racing Team Schütz Motorsport No. 1 C. Abt Racing Klaus Bachler Martin Ragginger Kelvin van der Linde Stefan Wackerbauer 7 R1 Circuit Park Zandvoort 19 September No. 36 GW IT Racing Team Schütz Motorsport No. 21 Team Zakspeed Klaus Bachler Martin Ragginger Sebastian Asch Luca Ludwig R2 20 September No. 80 BMW Sports Trophy Team Schubert No. 80 BMW Sports Trophy Team Schubert Dominik Baumann Jens Klingmann Dominik Baumann Jens Klingmann 8 R1 Hockenheimring 3 October No. 7 Bentley Team HTP No. 16 YACO Racing Luca Stolz Tom Dillmann Rahel Frey Philip Geipel R2 4 October No. 14 Lambda Performance No. 2 C. Abt Racing Frank Kechele Nico Verdonck Jordan Pepper Nicki Thiim

Championship standings Scoring system Championship points were awarded for the first ten positions in each 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.

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th  Points 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1

Drivers' championship Driver Team OSC RBR SPA LAU NÜR SAC ZAN HOC Total 1 Sebastian Asch Luca Ludwig Team Zakspeed 2 2 3 4 2 1 4 1 9 10 5 17 1 11 Ret 5 199 2 Dominik Baumann BMW Sports Trophy Team Schubert 5 7 Ret Ret 1 5 1 4 12 4 1 8 10 1 4 3 186 3 Jens Klingmann BMW Sports Trophy Team Schubert 5 7 Ret Ret 1 5 1 4 12 4 1 8 10 1 156 4 Klaus Bachler GW IT Racing Team Schütz Motorsport 1 4 5 3 4 8 5 3 Ret 3 9 3 11 5 Ret Ret 150 5 Harald Proczyk HP Racing 3 3 Ret Ret 7 10 2 Ret 4 5 6 5 6 8 Ret 13 109 6 Marc Basseng Florian Stoll kfzteile24 MS Racing 12 11 9 16 8 3 8 6 16 1 Ret 6 2 4 Ret 8 107 7 Daniel Keilwitz Andreas Wirth Callaway Competition 4 14 2 12 12 2 9 2 19 Ret 3 10 7 Ret 5 9 104 8 Daniel Dobitsch Edward Sandström kfzteile24 MS Racing Ret 9 Ret 10 6 16 Ret 5 1 2 14 Ret 8 6 6 4 102 9 Luca Stolz Bentley Team HTP 11 1 13 5 3 15 6 7 13 7 Ret 4 4 9 Ret 11 101 10 Rahel Frey Philip Geipel YACO Racing 7 Ret 11 11 16 7 10 10 2 11 Ret 7 3 10 1 6 92 11 Claudia Hürtgen BMW Sports Trophy Team Schubert 6 5 8 9 5 6 3 8 6 Ret 2 14 13 Ret Ret DNS 91 12 Jordan Pepper Nicki Thiim C. Abt Racing 8 15 12 13 11 4 11 14 5 Ret Ret 9 5 3 8 1 87 13 Martin Ragginger GW IT Racing Team Schütz Motorsport 4 8 5 3 Ret 3 9 3 11 5 85 14 Kelvin van der Linde Stefan Wackerbauer C. Abt Racing 17 6 10 17 Ret 11 Ret 12 3 Ret Ret 1 Ret 7 3 7 81 15 Uwe Alzen BMW Sports Trophy Team Schubert 8 9 5 6 3 8 6 Ret 2 14 13 Ret 73 16 Jeroen Bleekemolen Bentley Team HTP 11 1 13 5 3 15 6 7 66 17 Andreas Simonsen HP Racing 3 3 Ret Ret 2 Ret 6 5 66 Callaway Competition 12 Ret 18 Tomáš Enge Reiter Engineering 10 Ret 1 2 8 16 DSQ 13 55 19 Fabian Hamprecht Clemens Schmid Bentley Team HTP 16 DNS Ret 8 14 17 7 9 14 9 13 2 Ret 12 2 Ret 52 20 David Russell Reiter Engineering 1 2 DNS DNS 50 21 Bernd Schneider HP Racing 7 10 4 5 6 8 Ret 13 43 22 Christian Engelhart GW IT Racing Team Schütz Motorsport 1 4 Ret Ret 37 23 Patrick Assenheimer Callaway Competition Ret 13 4 15 9 14 Ret Ret 7 12 4 15 Ret DNS 12 Ret 32 24 Diego Alessi Callaway Competition Ret 13 4 15 9 14 Ret Ret 7 12 4 15 Ret DNS 32 25 Bruno Spengler BMW Sports Trophy Team Schubert 4 3 30 26 Philipp Eng GW IT Racing Team Schütz Motorsport 5 3 28 27 Sven Barth Remo Lips RWT Racing Team 15 10 7 7 10 12 13 11 Ret 14 12 15 13 10 20 28 Christer Jöns Andreas Weishaupt C. Abt Racing 18 12 14 Ret 13 9 14 Ret 17 6 7 Ret 9 14 10 12 20 29 Jesse Krohn BMW Sports Trophy Team Schubert 6 5 18 30 Tom Dillmann Bentley Team HTP 4 9 Ret 11 17 31 Dominic Jöst Florian Scholze MRS GT-Racing 13 8 Ret 6 17 13 WD WD 18 15 10 12 WD WD WD WD 15 32 Maximilian Buhk Bentley Team HTP Ret 4 12 33 Marc Gassner Florian Strauss MRS GT-Racing 9 Ret Ret 18 18 DNS WD WD 10 8 11 13 15 Ret 9 Ret 12 34 Vincent Abril Bentley Team HTP 13 7 6 35 Albert von Thurn und Taxis Reiter Engineering 8 16 141 21 4 36 Oliver Gavin Reiter Engineering 10 Ret 1 37 Lennart Marioneck Šenkýř Motorsport 14 Ret Ret 14 15 18 12 13 15 17 12 11 11 Ret 1 38 Michael Joos Šenkýř Motorsport 11 Ret 1 Markus Palttala Šenkýř Motorsport 12 11 0 Jakub Knoll Šenkýř Motorsport 14 Ret Ret 14 12 13 15 17 0 Samuel Sladecka Šenkýř Motorsport 15 18 0 René Bourdeaux Alfred Renauer Tonino Team Herberth 19 19 0 Niklas Mackschin BMW Sports Trophy Team Schubert Ret DNS 0 Steve Owen Reiter Engineering DNS DNS 0 Guest drivers ineligible for points Mirko Bortolotti Adrian Zaugg Grasser Racing Team 6 1 Frank Kechele Nico Verdonck Lambda Performance 7 2 Nick Catsburg Reiter Engineering 14 2 Alexander Mattschull Renger van der Zande Car Collection Motorsport 8 16 Nico Bastian Stef Dusseldorp Rowe Racing 11 13 Jaap van Lagen Reiter Engineering DSQ 13Bold – Pole Notes 1 – Albert von Thurn und Taxis was a guest driver at Zandvoort and therefore ineligible to score championship points.

Teams' championship Team Manufacturer OSC RBR SPA LAU NÜR SAC ZAN HOC Total 1 BMW Sports Trophy Team Schubert BMW 5 5 8 9 1 5 1 4 6 4 1 8 10 1 4 3 221 2 Team Zakspeed Mercedes-Benz 2 2 3 4 2 1 4 1 9 10 5 17 1 11 Ret 5 215 3 kfzteile24 MS Racing Audi 12 9 9 10 6 3 8 5 1 1 14 6 2 4 6 4 173 4 GW IT Racing Team Schütz Motorsport Porsche 1 4 5 3 4 8 5 3 Ret 3 9 3 11 5 Ret Ret 165 5 C. Abt Racing Audi 8 6 10 13 11 4 11 12 3 6 7 1 5 3 3 1 164 6 Bentley Team HTP Bentley 11 1 13 5 3 15 6 7 13 7 13 2 4 9 2 11 143 7 Callaway Competition Chevrolet 4 13 2 12 9 2 9 2 7 12 3 10 7 Ret 5 9 135 8 HP Racing Mercedes-Benz 3 3 Ret Ret 7 10 2 Ret 4 5 6 5 6 8 Ret 13 128 9 YACO Racing Audi 7 Ret 11 11 16 7 10 10 2 11 Ret 7 3 10 1 6 114 10 Reiter Engineering Chevrolet 10 Ret 62 Lamborghini 1 2 DNS DNS 8 16 DSQ 13 11 MRS GT-Racing Nissan 9 8 Ret 6 17 13 WD WD 10 8 10 12 15 Ret 9 Ret 42 12 RWT Racing Team Chevrolet 15 10 7 7 10 12 13 11 Ret 14 12 15 13 10 40 13 Šenkýř Motorsport BMW 14 Ret Ret 14 15 18 12 13 15 17 12 11 11 Ret 12 Tonino Team Herberth Porsche 19 19 0 Guest teams ineligible for points Grasser Racing Team Lamborghini 6 1 Lambda Performance Ford 7 2 Car Collection Motorsport Mercedes-Benz 8 16 Rowe Racing Mercedes-Benz 11 13Bold – Pole

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