The 2015 Blancpain Endurance Series season was the fifth season of the Blancpain Endurance Series. The season started on 12 April at Monza and ended on 20 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 Paul Ricard events.
Calendar On 3 November 2014, the Stéphane Ratel Organisation announced the 2015 calendar. The calendar was the same of the previous season.
Race Circuit Date 1 3 Hours of Monza Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza, Italy 12 April Report 2 3 Hours of Silverstone Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone, Great Britain 24 May Report 3 1000 km Paul Ricard Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet, France 20 June Report 4 Total 24 Hours of Spa Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa, Belgium 25–26 July Report 5 iRacing.com GT500 Nürburgring, Nürburg, Germany 20 September Report
Entry list
Team Car Drivers Rounds Pro Cup BMW Sports Trophy Team Brasil BMW Z4 GT3 0 Cacá Bueno 1–2, 5 Felipe Fraga 1–2, 5 Sérgio Jimenez 1–2, 5 77 Átila Abreu 1–3, 5 Valdeno Brito 1–2, 5 Ricardo Sperafico 1 Matheus Stumpf 2, 5 Felipe Fraga 3–4 Sérgio Jimenez 3–4 Cacá Bueno 4 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT Audi R8 LMS ultra 1 Robin Frijns 1–2, 5 Jean-Karl Vernay 1–2, 5 Laurens Vanthoor All René Rast 3–4 Mike Rockenfeller 3 Markus Winkelhock 4 2 Stéphane Ortelli 1, 4–5 Frank Stippler 1, 4–5 Nico Müller 1, 3–4 Robin Frijns 3 Jean-Karl Vernay 3 Stéphane Richelmi 5 3 1–4 Kelvin van der Linde 1 Christopher Mies 1 Stéphane Ortelli 2–3 Frank Stippler 2–3 Robin Frijns 4 Jean-Karl Vernay 4 Phoenix Racing Audi R8 LMS (2015) 5 Christopher Mies 3–4 Marcel Fässler 3 Christopher Haase 3 Nicki Thiim 4 Christian Mamerow 4 6 1 Christopher Haase 1 Markus Winkelhock 1–3, 5 Marchy Lee 2–3, 5 Shaun Thong 2–3, 5 Marcel Fässler 4 Mike Rockenfeller 4 André Lotterer 4 Bentley M-Sport Bentley Continental GT3 7 Steven Kane All Andy Meyrick All Guy Smith All Maximilian Buhk All Andy Soucek All Maxime Soulet All ROAL Motorsport BMW Z4 GT3 9 Timo Glock 3–4 Bruno Spengler 3–4 Alex Zanardi 3–4 Grasser Racing Team Lamborghini Huracán GT3 19 Fabio Babini All Jeroen Mul All Andrew Palmer All 63 Mirko Bortolotti All Giovanni Venturini All Adrian Zaugg All AKKA ASP Ferrari 458 GT3 20 Morgan Moullin Traffort 3, 5 Alessandro Pier Guidi 3, 5 Tristan Vautier 3, 5 Black Falcon Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 21 Yelmer Buurman All Abdulaziz Bin Turki Al Faisal All Hubert Haupt All 29 Adam Christodoulou 4 Andreas Simonsen 4 Nico Verdonck 4 Nissan GT Academy Team RJN Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 23 Alex Buncombe All Katsumasa Chiyo All Wolfgang Reip All Car Collection Motorsport Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 33 Kenneth Heyer 2–3 Jan Seyffarth 2–3 Miguel Toril 2–3 Saintéloc Audi R8 LMS ultra 35 Grégory Guilvert All Edward Sandström 1–2, 4 Edoardo Mortara 1, 3 Marc Basseng 2, 4 Adrien Tambay 3 Christopher Mies 5 Miguel Molina 5 Oman Racing Team Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 44 Jonathan Adam 1–3 Ahmad Al Harthy 1–3, 5 Daniel Lloyd 1–3 Rory Butcher 5 Stefan Mücke 5 BMW Sports Trophy Team Marc VDS BMW Z4 GT3 45 Augusto Farfus 4 Dirk Werner 4 Maxime Martin 4 46 3 Lucas Luhr 3–4 Markus Palttala 3–4 Nick Catsburg 4 Attempto Racing McLaren 650S GT3 54 Antti Buri 2 Vadim Gitlin 2 Oliver Webb 2 55 Nicolas Armindo 1–2 Miguel Ramos 1–2 Fabien Thuner 1–2 Von Ryan Racing McLaren 650S GT3 58 Rob Bell All Kévin Estre All Shane van Gisbergen 1–2, 4–5 Nicolas Lapierre 3 59 Adrian Quaife-Hobbs All Álvaro Parente All Bruno Senna 1, 3–5 Nicolas Lapierre 2 Black PearL Racing by Rinaldi Ferrari 458 GT3 66 Pierre Kaffer 3 Steve Parrow 3 Dominik Schwager 3 MRS GT-Racing Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 73 Craig Dolby 1–4 Martin Plowman 1–4 Sean Walkinshaw 1–4 ISR Audi R8 LMS ultra 74 Anders Fjordbach 1–2 Fabio Onidi 1–2 Andrea Roda 1–2 75 Marco Bonanomi All Filip Salaquarda All Frédéric Vervisch All Bentley Team HTP Bentley Continental GT3 84 Vincent Abril All Mike Parisy All Harold Primat All Rowe Racing Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 98 Indy Dontje 1–3 Daniel Juncadella 1–2 Nicolai Sylvest 1–3, 5 Thomas Jäger 3 Kenneth Heyer 5 Miguel Toril 5 99 Nico Bastian All Stef Dusseldorp All Klaus Graf 1–2 Daniel Juncadella 3–5 BMW Sports Trophy Team Schubert BMW Z4 GT3 120 Dominik Baumann 2 Claudia Hürtgen 2 Max Sandritter 2 Always Evolving Motorsport Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 173 Craig Dolby 5 Martin Plowman 5 Sean Walkinshaw 5 Rinaldi Racing Ferrari 458 GT3 333 Rinat Salikhov 2–3, 5 Marco Seefried 2–3 Norbert Siedler 2–3, 5 Robert Renauer 5 Pro-Am Cup Belgian Audi Club Team WRT Audi R8 LMS ultra 2 Phillippe Gaillard 2 David Hallyday 2 James Nash 2 3 David Hallyday 5 Christophe Hamon 5 Lonni Martins 5 4 Sacha Bottemane All Max Koebolt All Pieter Schothorst All James Nash 4 AKKA ASP Ferrari 458 GT3 10 Maurice Ricci 1–2 Gabriel Balthazard 1 Tristan Vautier 1 Ludovic Badey 2 20 Jean-Luc Beaubelique 1–2 Philippe Giauque 1–2 Morgan Moullin Traffort 1–2 Kessel Racing Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 11 Alessandro Bonacini All Michał Broniszewski All Michael Lyons All Andrea Piccini 4 TDS Racing BMW Z4 GT3 12 Eric Dermont All Henry Hassid All Franck Perera All Mathias Beche 4 Emil Frey Racing Emil Frey GT3 Jaguar 14 Fredy Barth All Lorenz Frey All Gabriele Gardel All Jonathan Hirschi 4 Insight Racing Denmark Ferrari 458 GT3 17 Dennis Andersen All Martin Jensen All Anders Fjordbach 4 Black Falcon Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 18 Maro Engel All Sean Johnston All Oliver Morley All Bernd Schneider 4 Nissan GT Academy Team RJN Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 22 Ricardo Sánchez All Florian Strauss 1, 4 Marc Gassner 1 Gaëtan Paletou 2–5 Jann Mardenborough 2 Mark Shulzhitskiy 3 Olivier Pla 4 Harry Tincknell 5 TF Sport Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 27 Bradley Ellis 5 Euan Hankey 5 Salih Yoluç 5 Classic & Modern Racing BMW Z4 GT3 30 Jonathan Hirschi 3 Pierre Hirschi 3 Christian Kelders 3 Leonard Motorsport AMR Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 32 Stuart Leonard All Michael Meadows All Paul Wilson 1–3, 5 Stefan Mücke 4 Tom Onslow-Cole 4 Car Collection Motorsport Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 33 Peter Schmidt 1, 5 Kenneth Heyer 1 Miguel Toril 1 Daniel Allemann 5 Karl Wendlinger 5 34 Pierre Ehret 3 Peter Schmidt 3 Renger van der Zande 3 Saintéloc Audi R8 LMS ultra 36 Grégoire Demoustier 5 Gilles Lallemant 5 Marc Rostan 5 Sport Garage Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 41 Enzo Guibbert All Gilles Vannelet All Arno Santamato 1–3, 5 Éric Cayrolle 4 Gabriele Lancieri 4 Oman Racing Team Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 44 Jonathan Adam 4 Ahmad Al Harthy 4 Daniel Lloyd 4 Jonathan Venter 4 AF Corse Ferrari 458 GT3 47 Gianmaria Bruni 4 Pasin Lathouras 4 Stéphane Lémeret 4 Alessandro Pier Guidi 4 51 Duncan Cameron All Matt Griffin All Francisco Guedes 3–4 Davide Rigon 4 52 Adrien de Leener All Cédric Sbirrazzuoli All Raffaele Giammaria 4 Toni Vilander 4 53 Marco Cioci All Piergiuseppe Perazzini All Enzo Potolicchio 1–4 Michele Rugolo 4 Francesco Guedes 5 Attempto Racing McLaren 650S GT3 54 Alessandro Balzan 1 Yoshiharu Mori 1 Ronnie Valori 1 Juan Cruz Álvarez 3 Gustavo Borches 3 Sergio Alejandro Yazbil 3 55 Sergey Chukanov 3 Vadim Gitlin 3 Miguel Ramos 3 Black PearL Racing by Rinaldi Ferrari 458 GT3 66 Pierre Kaffer 1–2 Steve Parrow 1–2, 5 Dominik Schwager 5 GT Russian Team Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 70 Aleksey Karachev All Bernd Schneider 1 Christophe Bouchut 2, 4 Dennis Waszek 2, 5 Marko Asmer 3 Aleksey Vasilyev 3 Kenneth Heyer 4 Miguel Toril 4 Indy Dontje 5 71 Marko Asmer 1–2, 4–5 Aleksey Vasilyev 1–2, 4–5 Karim Al Azhari 2, 5 Indy Dontje 4 Lewis Plato 4 Team Russia by Barwell BMW Z4 GT3 78 Jonny Cocker 1–2, 4–5 Leonid Machitski 1–2, 4–5 Timur Sardarov 1–2, 5 Phil Keen 4 Jon Minshaw 4 Ecurie Ecosse BMW Z4 GT3 79 Oliver Bryant All Alasdair McCaig All Devon Modell All Alexander Sims 4 Bentley Team HTP Bentley Continental GT3 83 Fabian Hamprecht 4 Louis Machiels 4 Clemens Schmid 4 Max van Splunteren 4 DragonSpeed Ferrari 458 GT3 100 Henrik Hedman All Elton Julian All Thomas Kemenater 1–3, 5 Ryan Dalziel 4 Anthony Lazzaro 4 BMW Racing Against Cancer BMW Z4 GT3 240 Marc Duez 4 Jean-Michel Martin 4 Eric van de Poele 4 Pascal Witmeur 4 Rinaldi Racing Ferrari 458 GT3 333 Rinat Salikhov 1, 4 Norbert Siedler 1, 4 Marco Seefried 4 Stef Van Campenhout 4 Triple Eight Racing BMW Z4 GT3 888 Lee Mowle All Joe Osborne All Ryan Ratcliffe All Dirk Müller 4 Am Cup AKKA ASP Ferrari 458 GT3 10 Jean-Luc Beaubelique 3, 5 Philippe Giauque 3 Maurice Ricci 3, 5 Jean-Philippe Belloc 4 Christophe Bourret 4 Pascal Gibon 4 Philippe Polette 4 16 Fabien Barthez 1–3, 5 Anthony Pons 1–3, 5 Boutsen Ginion BMW Z4 GT3 15 Olivier Grotz All Karim Ojjeh All Jordan Grogor 4 Werner Hamprecht 4 Team Parker Racing Audi R8 LMS ultra 24 Ian Loggie All Julian Westwood All Benny Simonsen 3–4 Callum MacLeod 4 Glorax Racing Ferrari 458 GT3 25 Andrey Birzhin 1–3 Fabio Mancini 1–3 Rino Mastronardi 1–3 Delahaye Racing Team Porsche 997 GT3-R 28 Pierre Etienne Bordet All Alexandre Viron All Emmanuel Orgeval 2–5 Paul-Loup Chatin 4 Classic & Modern Racing BMW Z4 GT3 30 Jean-Luc Blanchemain 1–2, 4–5 Pierre Hirschi 1–2, 4–5 Christian Kelders 1, 4–5 Frédéric Bouvy 4 Car Collection Motorsport Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 34 Pierre Ehret 1–2, 5 Alexander Mattschull 1–2, 5 Saintéloc Audi R8 LMS ultra 36 Jean-Paul Buffin 1–3 Georges Cabanne 1–3 Marc Sourd 1 Gilles Lallemant 2–4 Michael Blanchemain 4 Beniamino Caccia 4 Philippe Haezebrouck 4 37 Claude-Yves Gosselin 2 Jean-Claude Lagniez 2 Marc Rostan 2 Sport Garage Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 42 Tony Samon 2, 4 Christophe Hamon 2 Luc Paillard 2 Sylvain Debs 3 Bashar Mardini 3 Nicolas Misslin 3 Christian Beroujon 4 Christoff Corten 4 Marc Guillot 4 AF Corse Ferrari 458 GT3 48 Patrick Van Glabeke 3 Martin Lanting 3 Louis-Philippe Soenen 3 49 Jean-Marc Bachelier 1–3 Howard Blank 1–3 Yannick Mallegol 1–3 50 Garry Kondakov All Alexander Moiseev All Riccardo Ragazzi All Rui Águas 4 Attempto Racing Porsche 997 GT3-R 56 Jürgen Häring All Dimitrios Konstantinou All Frank Schmickler All Philipp Wlazik 4 Team Russia by Barwell BMW Z4 GT3 78 Leonid Machitski 3 Timur Sardarov 3 Duqueine Engineering Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 90 Romain Brandela 4 Eric Clément 4 Bernard Delhez 4 Gilles Duqueine 4 Kessel Racing Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 111 Stephen Earle All Liam Talbot All Marco Zanuttini All Marc Rostan 4
Results and standings
Race results
Circuit Pole position Pro winners Pro-Am winners Am winners 1 Monza No. 333 Rinaldi Racing No. 19 Grasser Racing Team No. 333 Rinaldi Racing No. 111 Kessel Racing Rinat Salikhov Norbert Siedler Fabio Babini Jeroen Mul Andrew Palmer Rinat Salikhov Norbert Siedler Stephen Earle Liam Talbot Marco Zanuttini 2 Silverstone No. 23 Nissan GT Academy Team RJN No. 58 Von Ryan Racing No. 32 Leonard Motorsport AMR No. 15 Boutsen Ginion Alex Buncombe Katsumasa Chiyo Wolfgang Reip Rob Bell Kévin Estre Shane van Gisbergen Stuart Leonard Michael Meadows Paul Wilson Olivier Grotz Karim Ojjeh 3 Paul Ricard No. 63 Grasser Racing Team No. 23 Nissan GT Academy Team RJN No. 11 Kessel Racing No. 25 Glorax Racing Mirko Bortolotti Giovanni Venturini Adrian Zaugg Alex Buncombe Katsumasa Chiyo Wolfgang Reip Alessandro Bonacini Michał Broniszewski Michael Lyons Andrey Birzhin Fabio Mancini Rino Mastronardi 4 Spa-Francorchamps No. 2 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT No. 46 BMW Sports Trophy Team Marc VDS No. 47 AF Corse No. 24 Team Parker Racing Nico Müller Stéphane Ortelli Frank Stippler Nick Catsburg Lucas Luhr Markus Palttala Gianmaria Bruni Pasin Lathouras Stéphane Lémeret Alessandro Pier Guidi Ian Loggie Callum MacLeod Benny Simonsen Julian Westwood 5 Nürburgring No. 63 Grasser Racing Team No. 58 Von Ryan Racing No. 14 Emil Frey Racing No. 16 AKKA ASP Mirko Bortolotti Giovanni Venturini Adrian Zaugg Rob Bell Kévin Estre Shane van Gisbergen Fredy Barth Lorenz Frey Gabriele Gardel Fabien Barthez Anthony Pons
Championship standings Scoring system