2018 Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup

The 2018 Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup was the sixth season of the Blancpain 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 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. On 9 October 2017, the finalised calendar was announced, confirming the dates of the races at the Hungaroring.

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. 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

Team Car Drivers Class Rounds Belgian Audi Club Team WRT Audi R8 LMS 1 Christopher Mies P All Alex Riberas 2 Will Stevens P All Dries Vanthoor 3 Gilles Magnus S 1 Alessio Picariello Ricardo Feller 3–5 Adrien De Leener 17 Stuart Leonard P 1–2, 4–5 Robin Frijns 1, 4–5 Frédéric Vervisch 2 Stuart Leonard S 3 Sheldon van der Linde Black Falcon Mercedes-AMG GT3 6 Hubert Haupt S 4–5 Luca Stolz Kessel Racing TP 12 - Kessel Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 11 Michał Broniszewski PA 1 Giacomo Piccini 39 Piti Bhirombhakdi PA All Carlo van Dam Emil Frey Lexus Racing Emil Frey Jaguar Racing Lexus RC F GT3 14 Albert Costa P All Christian Klien Emil Frey GT3 Jaguar 54 Alex Fontana S 3 Mikaël Grenier Lexus RC F GT3 114 Norbert Siedler P All Stéphane Ortelli 1–3 Markus Palttala 4–5 Boutsen Ginion Racing Lamborghini Gallardo R-EX 15 Pierre Feligioni Am 1 Claude-Yves Gosselin GRT Grasser Racing Team Lamborghini Huracán GT3 19 Andrea Caldarelli P All Ezequiel Pérez Companc 63 Mirko Bortolotti P All Christian Engelhart 82 Loris Hezemans P 1–4 Franck Perera Audi Sport Slovakia Audi R8 LMS 21 Christian Malchárek PA 3–4 Jirko Malchárek Saintéloc Racing Audi R8 LMS 25 Simon Gachet P All Christopher Haase 26 Nyls Stievenart PA All Markus Winkelhock Team Parker Racing Bentley Continental GT3 31 Josh Caygill S 1–3 Árón Taylor-Smith 32 Ian Loggie PA 2 Callum MacLeod SMP Racing by AKKA ASP AKKA ASP Team SunEnergy1 Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 35 Vladimir Atoev S All Aleksey Korneev 87 Nico Jamin P 1–2, 5 Félix Serrallés 1–2 Adam Christodoulou 5 Denis Bulatov S 3–4 Nico Jamin 88 Raffaele Marciello P All Michael Meadows 90 Nico Bastian S All Jack Manchester 751 Kenny Habul PA 4 Tristan Vautier 3Y Technology BMW M6 GT3 37 Lukas Moraes S All Andrew Watson 1–4 Denis Dupont 5 Attempto Racing Audi R8 LMS 55 Pierre Kaffer P All Pieter Schothorst 66 Kelvin van der Linde P All Steijn Schothorst Rinaldi Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 333 David Perel PA 5 Rinat Salikhov Icon Class P Pro Cup S Silver Cup PA Pro-Am Cup Am Am Cup

Race results Bold indicates overall winner. Round Circuit Pole position Pro Winners Silver Winners Pro-Am Winners Am Winners 1 1 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Hubert Haupt Luca Stolz Raffaele Marciello Michael Meadows Hubert Haupt Luca Stolz David Perel Rinat Salikhov

Championship standings 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.

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

Overall 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 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 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 Driver Team ZOL BRH MIS HUN NÜR PointsBold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

Silver Cup 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 Driver Team ZOL BRH MIS HUN NÜR Points

Pro-Am Cup 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 Driver Team ZOL BRH MIS HUN NÜR Points

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

Teams' championships

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