2015 GT Sports Club

The 2015 GT Sports Club is the first season of the SRO Group's GT Sports Club, an auto racing series for grand tourer cars. The GT Sports Club is a championship for Bronze and Iron drivers only. Platinum, Gold, Silver and Bronze indicate how professional a driver is. The SRO introduced the new "Iron" categorisation within the Bronze category, for drivers over the age of 60.[1] All drivers must participate with GT3-spec cars, RACB G3 cars or GTE-spec cars. The series maiden race weekend was from 17 to 19 April during the Espíritu de Montjuïc event at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.[2] Max Bianchi won the first overall championship and Martin Lanting won the Iron Cup after the last race of the championship at Misano.[3]

2015 GT Sports Club
Previous: none Next: 2016

Calendar
Event Circuit Date Supporting
1 Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló, Spain 19 April Espíritu de Montjuïc
2 Paul Ricard Circuit, Le Castellet, France 20 June Blancpain Endurance Series
3 Algarve International Circuit, Algarve, Portugal 6 September Blancpain Sprint Series
4 Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Misano, Italy 4 October
Source: [4]

Entry list
Team Car No. Driver Class Rounds
SRO Race Centre Aston Martin DBRS9 GT3 6 Stéphane Ratel 1–2
7 Michel Mhitarian 2
Scuderia Villorba Corse Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 8 Cédric Mezard All
AKKA ASP Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 9 Gabriel Balthazard Iron 2 (QR)
Jean-Luc Beaubelique 2 (MR)
10 Maurice Ricci 2
WRT Racing Audi R8 LMS ultra 12 Jean-Michel Baert All
TDS Racing BMW Z4 GT3 21 Claude-Yves Gosselin 2
Kessel Racing Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 23 Max Bianchi All
Ferrari 458 Challenge 38 Wong Chong Yau Runme CC 1
Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 111 Stephen Earle Iron 3
Reiter Engineering Lamborghini Gallardo GT3 24 Naomi Schiff 1
Pro GT by Almeras Porsche 997 GT3-R 34 Roland Berville 2
Krypton Motorsport Porsche 997 GT3-R 35 Stefano Pezzucchi 1–2
Saintéloc Racing Audi R8 LMS ultra 36 Marc Sourd Iron 2
37 Michael Blanchemain 2
Sports & You Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 39 Natalia Freidina 3
AF Corse Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 42 Patrick Van Glabeke All
Ferrari 458 Italia GTE 48 Martin Lanting Iron All
51 Christoph Ulrich 4
Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 52 Mario Cordoni All
53 Louis-Philippe Soenen Iron All
54 Michael Luzich Iron All
Attempto Racing Porsche 997 GT3-R 55 Jürgen Häring 2
McLaren 650S GT3 56 Natalia Freidina 2
HTP Motorsport Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 57 Wim de Pundert 2–4
Kox Racing McLaren 650S GT3 76 Nico Pronk 2
NSC Motorsports Lamborghini Gallardo GT3 95 Thierry Verstraete 1–3
United Autosports Audi R8 LMS ultra 99 Phil Burgan Iron 4
Icon Class
Iron Iron Cup
CC Cup Challenge

Race results
Event Circuit Pole position Qualifying Race Winner Championship Race Winner
1 Catalunya No. 35 Krypton Motorsport No. 35 Krypton Motorsport No. 23 Kessel Racing
Stefano Pezzucchi Stefano Pezzucchi Max Bianchi
2 Paul Ricard No. 35 Krypton Motorsport No. 35 Krypton Motorsport No. 35 Krypton Motorsport
Stefano Pezzucchi Stefano Pezzucchi Stefano Pezzucchi
3 Algarve No. 52 AF Corse No. 52 AF Corse No. 52 AF Corse
Mario Cordoni Mario Cordoni Mario Cordoni
4 Misano No. 52 AF Corse No. 52 AF Corse No. 52 AF Corse
Mario Cordoni Mario Cordoni Mario Cordoni

Championship standings
Scoring system

Championship points were awarded for the first six positions in each Qualifying Race and for the first ten positions in each Championship Race. Entries were required to complete 75% of the winning driver's race distance in order to be classified and earn points.

Qualifying Race points
Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th 
Points 8 6 4 3 2 1
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

Overall
Pos. Driver Team CAT
 LEC
 ALG
 MIS
 Total
QR CR QR CR QR CR QR CR
1 Max Bianchi Kessel Racing 3 1 12 4 3 2 2 2 87
2 Cédric Mezard Scuderia Villorba Corse 6 2 2 2 4 3 4 3 79
3 Mario Cordoni AF Corse 2 12 Ret 8 1 1 1 1 76
4 Martin Lanting AF Corse 4 11 4 3 2 4 8 6 47
5 Stefano Pezzucchi Krypton Motorsport 1 Ret 1 1 41
6 Patrick Van Glabeke AF Corse 5 3 6 9 8 7 3 8 34
7 Jean-Michel Baert WRT Racing 12 6 9 Ret 6 6 6 4 30
8 Louis-Philippe Soenen AF Corse 10 8 13 13 10 8 5 5 20
9 Thierry Verstraete NSC Motorsports 8 4 14 18 7 9 14
10 Maurice Ricci AKKA ASP 5 5 12
10 Stephen Earle Kessel Racing 5 5 12
11 Naomi Schiff Reiter Engineering 7 5 10
11 Roland Berville Pro GT by Almeras 3 7 10
12 Jürgen Häring Attempto Racing 7 6 8
13 Michael Luzich AF Corse 9 7 18 19 9 11 11 10 7
14 Phil Burgan United Autosports 9 7 6
15 Wim de Pundert HTP Motorsport 16 17 Ret 12 10 9 2
15 Stéphane Ratel SRO Race Centre 11 9 17 20 2
16 Natalia Freidina Attempto Racing 19 15 1
Sports & You Ret 10
16 Wong Chong Yau Runme Kessel Racing 13 10 1
16 Jean-Luc Beaubelique AKKA ASP 10 1
Nico Pronk Kox Racing 21 11 0
Claude-Yves Gosselin TDS Racing 8 12 0
Marc Sourd Saintéloc Racing 10 14 0
Michel Mhitarian SRO Race Centre 15 16 0
Michael Blanchemain Saintéloc Racing 20 Ret 0
Christoph Ulrich AF Corse 7 Ret 0
Gabriel Balthazard AKKA ASP 11 0
Key
ColourResult
GoldRace winner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleDid not finish (Ret)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
Excluded (EX)
White Did not start (DNS)
Race cancelled (C)
Withdrew (WD)
BlankDid Not Participate

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Iron Cup
Pos. Driver Team CAT
 LEC
 ALG
 MIS
 Total
QR CR QR CR QR CR QR CR
1 Martin Lanting AF Corse 4 11 4 3 2 4 8 6 113
2 Louis-Philippe Soenen AF Corse 10 8 13 13 10 8 5 5 96
3 Michael Luzich AF Corse 9 7 18 19 9 11 11 10 74
4 Stephen Earle Kessel Racing 5 5 24
5 Marc Sourd Saintéloc Racing 10 14 21
6 Phil Burgan United Autosports 9 7 19
7 Gabriel Balthazard AKKA ASP 11 4

Cup Challenge
Pos. Driver Team CAT
 LEC
 ALG
 MIS
 Total
QR CR QR CR QR CR QR CR
1 Wong Chong Yau Runme Kessel Racing 13 10 33

See also

References
  1. "SRO Motorsports Group introduces GT Sports Club, a new Series exclusively for Bronze drivers". gtsportsclub.com. Retrieved November 15, 2015.
  2. "Espíritu de Montjuïc". gtsportsclub.com. Retrieved November 15, 2015.
  3. "Max Bianchi and Martin Lanting first GT Sports Club Champions". gtsportsclub.com. Retrieved November 15, 2015.
  4. "GT Sports Club Calendar 2015". gtsportsclub.com. Retrieved November 15, 2015.
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