The 2015 Blancpain GT Series season was the second season of the Blancpain GT Series. The season started on 6 April at Nogaro and ended on 11 October in Zandvoort. The season featured twelve rounds, five Blancpain Endurance Series rounds and seven Blancpain Sprint Series rounds.
Calendar On June 6 2015 it was announced that Circuit Park Zandvoort would replace Baku as the final round of the season due to economic reasons. Event Circuit Date Series 1 Circuit Paul Armagnac, Nogaro, France 6 April Report 2 Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza, Italy 12 April Report 3 Brands Hatch, Kent, Great Britain 10 May Sprint Report 4 Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone United Kingdom 24 May Endurance Report 5 Circuit Zolder, Heusden-Zolder, Belgium 7 June Sprint Report 6 Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet, France 20 June Endurance Report 7 Moscow Raceway, Volokolamsk, Russia 4 July Sprint Report 8 Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium 25–26 July Endurance Report 9 Algarve International Circuit, Algarve, Portugal 6 September Sprint Report 10 Nürburgring, Nürburg, Germany 20 September Endurance Report 11 Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Misano, Italy 4 October Sprint Report 12 Circuit Park Zandvoort, North Holland, Netherlands 11 October Sprint Report
Race results
Event Circuit Series Pole position Race winner 1 Nogaro No. 3 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT No. 3 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT Stéphane Ortelli Stéphane Richelmi Stéphane Ortelli Stéphane Richelmi No. 3 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT No. 77 BMW Sports Trophy Team Brasil Stéphane Ortelli Stéphane Richelmi Maxime Martin Dirk Müller 2 Monza No. 333 Rinaldi Racing No. 19 Grasser Racing Team Rinat Salikhov Norbert Siedler Fabio Babini Jeroen Mul Andrew Palmer 3 QR Brands Hatch BSS No. 1 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT No. 1 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT Robin Frijns Laurens Vanthoor Robin Frijns Laurens Vanthoor CR No. 1 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT No. 1 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT Robin Frijns Laurens Vanthoor Robin Frijns Laurens Vanthoor 4 Silverstone BES No. 23 Nissan GT Academy Team RJN No. 58 Von Ryan Racing Alex Buncombe Katsumasa Chiyo Wolfgang Reip Rob Bell Kévin Estre Shane van Gisbergen 5 QR Zolder BSS No. 1 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT No. 1 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT Robin Frijns Laurens Vanthoor Robin Frijns Laurens Vanthoor CR No. 1 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT No. 1 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT Robin Frijns Laurens Vanthoor Robin Frijns Laurens Vanthoor 6 Le Castellet BES No. 63 Grasser Racing Team No. 23 Nissan GT Academy Team RJN Mirko Bortolotti Giovanni Venturini Adrian Zaugg Alex Buncombe Katsumasa Chiyo Wolfgang Reip 7 QR Moscow BSS No. 88 Reiter Engineering No. 88 Reiter Engineering Nick Catsburg Albert von Thurn und Taxis Nick Catsburg Albert von Thurn und Taxis CR No. 88 Reiter Engineering No. 84 Bentley Team HTP Nick Catsburg Albert von Thurn und Taxis Vincent Abril Maximilian Buhk 8 Spa-Francorchamps BES No. 2 Audi Sport Team WRT No. 46 BMW Sports Trophy Team Marc VDS Nico Müller Stéphane Ortelli Frank Stippler Nick Catsburg Lucas Luhr Markus Palttala 9 QR Algarve BSS No. 2 Audi Sport Team WRT No. 84 Bentley Team HTP Enzo Ide Christopher Mies Vincent Abril Maximilian Buhk CR No. 84 Bentley Team HTP No. 1 Audi Sport Team WRT Vincent Abril Maximilian Buhk Robin Frijns Laurens Vanthoor 10 Nürburgring BES No. 63 Grasser Racing Team No. 58 Von Ryan Racing Mirko Bortolotti Giovanni Venturini Adrian Zaugg Rob Bell Kévin Estre Shane van Gisbergen 11 QR Misano BSS No. 333 Rinaldi Racing No. 333 Rinaldi Racing Marco Seefried Norbert Siedler Marco Seefried Norbert Siedler CR No. 333 Rinaldi Racing No. 333 Rinaldi Racing Marco Seefried Norbert Siedler Marco Seefried Norbert Siedler 12 QR Zandvoort BSS No. 84 Bentley Team HTP No. 84 Bentley Team HTP Vincent Abril Maximilian Buhk Vincent Abril Maximilian Buhk CR No. 84 Bentley Team HTP No. 84 Bentley Team HTP Vincent Abril Maximilian Buhk Vincent Abril Maximilian Buhk
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 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.
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
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' Championship
(key) Bold – Pole position Italics – Fastest lap