2015 GT Sports Club explained

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]

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 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 McLaren 650S GT3 55 Natalia Freidina 2 Porsche 997 GT3-R 56 Jürgen Häring 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		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 systemChampionship 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

Drivers' Championships

Overall

Driver Team CAT LEC ALG MIS Total 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

Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

Iron Cup

Driver Team CAT LEC ALG MIS Total 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

See also

• 2015 Blancpain GT Series

Notes and References

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