2019 VLN Series

The 2019 VLN Series was the 42nd season of the VLN and the last one with the VLN name.

The drivers championship was won by Yannick Fübrich and David Griessner, driving a BMW M240i Racing Cup for Adrenalin Motorsport.

Calendar Race Length Circuit Date 1 65. ADAC Westfalenfahrt 4 hours Nürburgring Nordschleife March 23 2 44. DMV 4-Stunden-Rennen 4 hours April 13 3 61. ADAC ACAS H&R-Cup 4 hours April 27 4 50. Adenauer ADAC Rundstrecken-Trophy 4 hours July 13 5 ROWE 6 Stunden ADAC Ruhr-Pokal-Rennen 6 hours August 3 6 42. RCM DMV Grenzlandrennen 4 hours September 7 7 59. ADAC Reinoldus-Langstreckenrennen 4 hours September 28 8 51. ADAC Barbarossapreis 4 hours October 12 9 44. DMV Münsterlandpokal 4 hours October 26

Entry Lists Entries are split into multiple different classes: SP9 – For FIA-homologated GT3 cars. SPX – 'Special vehicles' which do not fit into any other class. SP7 – Purpose-built racecars with an engine capacity between 3500 and 3999cc. Cup 2 – Porsche Carrera Cup cars. SP8 – Purpose-built racecars with an engine capacity over 4000cc. SP8T – Purpose-built racecars with an engine capacity over 4000cc and a turbocharger. SP10 – For FIA- and SRO-homologated GT4 cars. SP6 – Purpose-built racecars with an engine capacity between 3000 and 3499cc. SP4 – Purpose-built racecars with an engine capacity between 2000 and 2499cc. SP4T – Purpose-built racecars with an engine capacity between 2000 and 2499cc and a turbocharger. SP3 – Purpose-built racecars with an engine capacity between 1750 and 2999cc. SP3T – Purpose-built racecars with an engine capacity between 1750 and 2999cc and a turbocharger. SP-Pro – Prototype racecars with an engine capacity over 3000cc. SP2T – Purpose-built racecars with an engine capacity between 1400 and 1749cc and a turbocharger. V6 – Production cars with an engine capacity over 3500cc. V5 – Production cars with an engine capacity between 2500cc and 2999cc. VT3 – Production cars with an engine capacity over 3000cc and a turbocharger. VT2 – Production cars with an engine capacity between 2000 and 2999cc and a turbocharger. H2 – Pre-2008 production cars and purpose-built racecars with an engine capacity between 2000 and 6249cc. AT(-G) – Vehicles using alternative fuel sources (e.g. electric, LPG, hydrogen, etc.) Cup 5 – BMW M235i Racing Cup V4 – Production cars with an engine capacity between 2000 and 2499cc. TCR – FIA-homologated TCR Touring Cars. Cup X – KTM X-Bow Cup. Cup 3 – Porsche Cayman GT4 Trophy.

SP9 Team Car Drivers Events GetSpeed Performance Mercedes-AMG GT3 2 Marek Böckmann 1, 4–5 Tristan Vautier 1, 3 Luca Ludwig 1 Fabian Vettel 2 Philip Ellis 2, 4–6, 8–9 Jan Seyffarth 2–3 Christopher Brück 2 Kenneth Heyer 3 Renger van der Zande 3 Dominik Baumann 6–7, 9 Fabian Schiller 7 Maximilian Götz 8 23 Janine Hill All John Shoffner All Fabian Schiller All 24 Fabian Vettel 1 Philip Ellis 1 Indy Dontje 1 Falken Motorsports BMW M6 GT3 3 Alexandre Imperatori 1, 3, 6, 8 Jens Klingmann 1–2, 5 Peter Dumbreck 2, 6–8 Stef Dusseldorp 3, 5, 7 Sheldon van der Linde 8 Porsche 911 GT3 R 4 Klaus Bachler 1, 5–6, 8 Jörg Bergmeister 1, 7 Martin Ragginger 3, 5–8 Dirk Werner 3 Sven Müller 9 Patrick Pilet 9 Phoenix Racing Audi R8 LMS Evo 5 Vincent Kolb All Frank Stippler 1–2, 4–6, 8–9 Jamie Green 2 Steve Jans 3, 6–7 9 Steve Jans 1, 5, 8–9 Kim-Luis Schramm 1, 8–9 Michele Beretta 5, 8–9 Nicolaj Møller Madsen 5 15 Marcel Fässler 3 Jamie Green 3 Black Falcon Mercedes-AMG GT3 6 Patrick Assenheimer 1, 3–6, 8–9 Yelmer Buurman 1, 3 Gabriele Piana 1 Nico Bastian 3 Manuel Metzger 4, 6, 8 Maro Engel 5, 9 14 Adam Christodoulou 3 Maro Engel 3 Manuel Metzger 3 Dirk Müller 3 16 Hubert Haupt 3, 5, 9 Luca Stolz 3, 5 Maximilian Buhk 3 Adam Christodoulou 5, 9 Dirk Müller 9 Konrad Motorsport Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 7 Michele di Martino 1–8 Marco Mapelli 1 Franck Pereira 1, 8 Tom Coronel 2 Matias Henkola 3 Axcil Jefferies 4–8 Michael Lyons 5 Mirko Bortolotti 8 IronForce Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R 8 Lucas Luhr 1–2 Adrien de Leener 1–2 Jan-Erik Slooten 1–2 Steve Jans 2 Manthey Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R 12 Otto Klohs 3 Dennis Olsen 3 911 Earl Bamber 1 Laurens Vanthoor 1 Michael Christensen 3 Kévin Estre 3, 6 Lars Kern 6, 9 Otto Klohs 6 Mathieu Jaminet 9 Dirk Werner 9 912 Frédéric Makowiecki 1 Patrick Pilet 1 Richard Lietz 3 Nick Tandy 3 Team Zakspeed Dodge Viper GT3-R 13 Florian Strauß 1–2 Jeroen Bleekemolen 1–2 Christian Mamerow 1–2 Daniel Keilwitz 9 Hendrik Still 9 Team WRT Audi R8 LMS Evo 17 François Perrodo 4, 6, 9 Emmanuel Collard 4, 6, 9 Matthieu Vaxivière 4, 6, 9 GTronix 360 mcchip-dkr Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 20 "Dieter Schmidtmann" 2, 4–9 Heiko Hammel 2, 4–9 Franck Perera 5–6 Audi Sport Team Land Audi R8 LMS Evo 29 Kelvin van der Linde 1 Dries Vanthoor 1 René Rast 1–2 Christopher Mies 2 Frikadelli Racing Team Porsche 911 GT3 R 30 Klaus Abbelen 1–3 Sabine Schmitz 1–2 Alexander Müller 1–3 Felipe Fernández Laser 2–3 31 Matthew Campbell 1 Mathieu Jaminet 1, 3 Sven Müller 3 Romain Dumas 3 Car Collection Motorsport Audi R8 LMS Evo 32 Christopher Haase 1 Markus Winkelhock 1 Frank Stippler 2, 6 Pierre Kaffer 2, 6 Frédéric Vervisch 2 33 Klaus Koch 2, 4, 6 Christian Bollrath 2 Peter Schmidt 2, 4, 6, 8 Oliver Bender 4, 6 Elia Erhart 8 Florian Spengler 8 Walkenhorst Motorsport BMW M6 GT3 34 David Pittard All Christian Krognes 1–5, 8–9 Lucas Ordóñez 1, 3 Jordan Tresson 2 Jody Fannin 4–9 Nick Catsburg 6–7 35 Rudi Adams 1–8 Jody Fannin 1–3 Immanuel Vinke 1–3 Hunter Abbott 4–5, 7 Jordan Tresson 4–8 Jörn Schmidt-Staade 5–6, 8 36 Henry Walkenhorst 1, 3–7 Andreas Ziegler 1–7 Hunter Abbott 1–3 Peter Posavac 2, 5 Jörn Schmidt-Staade 4, 7 Anders Buchardt 5–6 Bandoh Racing Lexus RC F GT3 37 Dominik Farnbacher 3 Marco Seefried 3 KCMG Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 38 Alex Buncombe 1 Christian Menzel 1–3 Philipp Wlazik 1–3 Alex Fontana 1 Christer Jöns 2 39 Christian Menzel 2 Philipp Wlazik 2 Christer Jöns 3 Nico Menzel 3 Matthieu Vaxivière 3 BMW Team Schnitzer BMW M6 GT3 42 Martin Tomczyk 2 Sheldon van der Linde 2–3 Timo Scheider 2 Nick Yelloly 3 Augusto Farfus Jr. 7–8 Stef Dusseldorp 7 Philipp Eng 9 Kondō Racing Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 45 Tom Coronel 1 Mitsunori Takaboshi 1, 3 Tomonobu Fujii 1, 3 Tsugio Matsuda 1, 3 HTP Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 48 Maximilian Götz 1–2 Christian Hohenadel 1–2 Raffaele Marciello 1, 8 Lance David Arnold 2, 7 Tim Scheerbath 7 Edoardo Mortara 7 Maximilian Buhk 8 Team Équipe-Vitesse Audi R8 LMS Evo 50 Michael Heimrich 4, 6–9 Arno Klasen 4, 6–9 ROWE Racing BMW M6 GT3 98 Connor de Phillippi 1 Tom Blomqvist 1, 3 Mikkel Jensen 1, 3 Philipp Eng 3 99 Nick Catsburg 1, 5 Marco Wittmann 1, 3 John Edwards 1, 3 Jesse Krohn 3 Philipp Eng 5

SPX Team Car Drivers Rounds Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus SCG 003 51 Thomas Mutsch 1 Felipe Fernández Laser 1 Franck Mailleux 1 Black Falcon Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 52 Dominik Baumann 2 Thomas Jäger 2 Adam Christodoulou 2 54 Yelmer Buurman 8 Luca Stolz 8 Octane126 Ferrari 488 GTE 55 Björn Grossmann 1, 3, 6, 8 Simon Trummer 1, 3, 6 Jonathan Hirschi 3, 6, 8 Christian Hohenadel Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 56 Christian Hohenadel 9 Maximilian Buhk 9 Maximilian Götz 9

SP7 Team Car # Drivers Events Black Falcon Porsche 911 GT3 Cup 57 Peter Ludwig 2–8 "Takis" 2–6, 8 Jeroen Bleekemolen 2 Manuel Metzger 3–4, 6, 8 Maik Rosenberg 5, 7, 9 Carlos Rivas 5, 9 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup 58 Bill Cameron 4–9 Peter Bonk 4–9 ACV-Motorsportclub Göge Porsche 911 GT3 Cup 66 Thomas Kappeler 1–8 Willy Hüppi 1–8 Thomas Gerling 1–8 clickversicherung.de Porsche 911 GT3 Cup 69 Kersten Jodexnis 1–2, 4–5, 8–9 Marco Schelp 1–2 Christopher Brück 2–3 Robin Chrzanowski 3–5, 8–9 Peter Scharmach 5 rent2drive-FAMILIA-racing Porsche 911 GT3 Cup 76 Andreas Marc Riedl 7–9 Tim Breidenbach 7 Philipp Gresek 7 Richard Gresek 8–9 "Der Bommel" 8–9 77 Jörg Wiskirchen 6 Andreas Marc Riedl 6 Richard Gresek 6 Krohn Racing Porsche 911 GT3 Cup 78 Tracy Krohn 1–3 Niclas Jönsson 1–3 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup 79 Milan Kodidek 3–8 Marcus Löhnert 3–8 Kris Cools 5 Huber Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 Cup 80 Andreas Simonsen 1–8 Patrick Kolb 1–8 Lorenzo di Torrepadula 1, 3–4, 6–8 Johannes Stengel 2, 5 Christoph Rendlen 5 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup 81 Michael Hagen 1, 3 Johannes Stengel 1, 4 Teofilo Masera 3–4, 6, 8 Lukas Schreier 3 Reinhard Huber 6 Jon Miller 8 Ramana Lagemann 8 CP Racing Porsche 911 GT3 Cup 85 Charles Putman 2–3 Charles Espenlaub 2–3 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup 91 Axel Friedhoff 2 Max Friedhoff 2

Cup 2 Team Car Drivers Rounds Porsche 911 GT3 Cup 111 Bill Cameron 1–3 Peter Bonk 1–3 9und11 Racing Team Porsche 911 GT3 Cup 120 Georg Goder 1–5, 7–9 Ralf Öhme 1–3, 7 Martin Schlüter 1, 3–5, 7–9 Dirk Leßmeister 5 Mühlner Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 Cup 123 Marcel Hoppe All Moritz Kranz All Jörn Schmidt-Staade 1–3 Peter Terting 4 Alexander Mies 5, 7 Jean-Louis Hertenstein 6, 8 Mark J. Thomas 9 Michael Rebhan 9

SP8 Team Car # Drivers Events WS Racing Audi R8 LMS GT4 128 Yat-Shing Wong 1 Cheuk-Wai Yan 1 Thomas Leyherr 2–5 Bernd Hömberg 2–5 Arno Klasen 2 Tim Breidbach 3 Hendrik Still 4 Carrie Schreiner 5 Niklas Kry 8–9 Thorsten Willems 8 Dennis Marschall 8 Ralf Lammering 9 rent2drive-FAMILIA-racing Porsche 911 GT3 Cup 131 David Ackermann 1–2, 4–9 Dmitry Lukovnikov 1–2, 4–9 Walter Csaba 1, 4, 7–8 Marvin Kirchhöfer 5 Peter Terting 6 Aston Martin Racing Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4 134 Marco Müller 2–3 Jesse Menczer 2 Tony Richards 3 150 Martin Brundle 1, 3 Marco Müller 1 Alexander West 1, 3–4 Chris Goodwin 3 Erik Manning 4 Novel Racing Lexus RC-F 135 Uwe Kleen 1, 5 Klaus Niesen 1, 3 Klaus Völker 1, 3, 9 Taketoshi Matsui 2 Tohjiro Azuma 2 Yoshinobu Koyama 2–3, 5, 7, 9 "Asahi Turbo" 5, 9 Kota Sasaki 7 Lexus IS-F CCS-R 136 Klaus Völker 4–6 Helmut Baumann 4–5 Michael Tapella 4 Klaus Niesen 5–6 Uwe Kleen 6 Hiroyuki Kishimoto 8 Kenichi Maejima 8 Jürgen Bussmann 8 Racing One Ferrari 458 Italia Challenge 139 Stephan Köhler All Christian Kohlhaas All Jürgen Bleul 1–4 Nikolai Rogivue 5, 8–9 Mike Jäger 5 BMW M3 GTR 140 Bernd Kleeschulte 4, 7 Florian Quante 4, 7 RaceIng Audi R8 LMS GT4 148 Bernhard Henzel 1–3, 6 Rahel Frey 1–3, 6

SP8T Team Car # Drivers Events Black Falcon Mercedes-AMG GT4 152 Christoph Hoffmann 1–2 Axel König 1, 3 Norbert Schneider 1–2 Mustafa Mehmet Kaya 2–4, 6–9 "Ace Robey" 3, 5 Reinhold Renger 4 Tobias Wahl 5 Gabriele Piana 6, 8 Miguel Toril-Boquoi 6 Yannick Mettler 7 Stephan Rösler 8 Mike Stursberg 9 Nico Bastian 9 155 Mustafa Mehmet Kaya 1–2, 5 Gabriele Piana 1, 5 "Ace Robey" 1–2, 4 Tristan Viidas 2 Stephan Rösler 3, 5 Yannick Mettler 3 Mike Stursberg 3 Carlos Rivas 4 Tobias Wahl 4, 8–9 Reinhold Renger 5 Axel König 6–7, 9 Christoph Hoffmann 6–8 Norbert Schneider 6–7 Miguel Toril-Boquoi 8 Marek Böckmann 9 770 Dominik Clemm 6 Nicolas Clemm 6 "Ace Robey" 6 Team Speedline Racing BMW M2 153 Thomas Heuchemer 3, 6, 8–9 Christian Heuchemer 3, 6, 8–9 Toyota Gazoo Racing Toyota GR Supra GT4 154 Yabuki Hisashi 2–3 Uwe Kleen 2 Herwig Daenens 3 Aston Martin Racing Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4 156 Jamie Chadwick 3 Peter Cate 3 Christian Gebhardt 3 Martin Brundle 7 Alex Brundle 7 Marco Müller 8 Marco van Ramshorst 8 Alexander West 9 Chris Goodwin 9 158 Marco Müller 5 David Thilenius 5 Schubert Motorsport BMW M2 159 Christopher Dreyspring 1–3, 6, 9 Christer Jöns 1–3, 6, 9 Ricardo van der Ende 6, 9 BMW Motorsport BMW M2 160 Beitske Visser 5, 7 Jörg Weidinger 5, 9 Dirk Adorf 7 Jens Klingmann 9 Team AVIA Sorg Rennsport BMW M4 GT4 771 Stefan Beyer 6, 8 Emin Akata 6, 8 Torsten Kratz 6, 8 Leutheuser Racing and Events BMW M4 GT4 772 Florian Wolf 6–9 Manuel Amweg 6–9 Arne Hoffmeister 6–7, 9 Danny Brink 8 Team Mathol Racing Mercedes-AMG GT4 775 Thomas Heinrich 6–8 Scott Preacher 6–7 Rüdiger Schicht 6 'Montana' 8

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