2018 GT4 Central European Cup explained

The 2018 GT4 Central European Cup was the first and only season of the GT4 Central European Cup, a sports car championship created and organised by the Stéphane Ratel Organisation (SRO). The season began on 28 April at Most and ended on 7 October at Zandvoort. It was discontinued for 2019, with the new ADAC GT4 Germany taking over its position in the Central European market.

Calendar

On 15 December 2017, the Stéphane Ratel Organisation announced the 2018 calendar.^[1]

Round	Circuit	Date	Supporting
1	Autodrom Most, Most, Czech Republic	28–29 April	ADAC GT Masters
2	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg, Austria	19–20 May	F2 Italian Trophy
3	Nürburgring, Nürburg, Germany	30 June–1 July	ADAC Truck-Grand-Prix
4	Automotodróm Slovakia Ring, Orechová Potôň, Slovakia	18–19 August	Standalone event
5	Circuit Zandvoort, Zandvoort, Netherlands	6–7 October

Entry list

Team Car Drivers Class Rounds Phoenix Racing^[2] Audi R8 LMS GT4 3 Gosia Rdest PA 3 Óscar Tunjo 4 John-Louis Jasper PA 3 Helmut Rödig eSky WP Racing Team^[3] Maserati GranTurismo MC GT4 7 Łukasz Kręski Am All Maciej Marcinkiewicz Ekris Racing^[4] Ekris M4 GT4 8 Ricardo van der Ende PA 5 Bernhard van Oranje Sofia Car Motorsport^[5] SIN R1 GT4 11 Ivan Vlachkov^[6] Am All Konstantin Marshavelov^[7] 4 Chris Chadwick 5 razoon - more than racing^[8] KTM X-Bow GT4 13 Önder Erdem Am 2 Dominik Olbert Racing One Audi R8 LMS GT4 16 Hamza Owega PA 1 PROsport Performance Porsche Cayman PRO4 GT4 18 Moritz Oestreich PA 1 Luca Wollgarten Besagroup Racing Mercedes-AMG GT4 20 Franjo Kovac PA 1 Tomáš Pekař Franjo Kovac Am 2–4 Cora Schumacher 2–3 Salag Racing KTM X-Bow GT4 21 Adam Galas Am 4 True Racing - Reiter^[9] Felbermayr - Reiter Holinger - Reiter K Racing - Reiter KTM X-Bow GT4 22 David Klar PA 3 Lennart Marioneck 23 Sergej Pavlovec Am 1 David Klar PA 2, 4–5 Laura Kraihamer 2 Mads Siljehaug^[10] 4 Nicolai Elghanayan 5 24 Maciej Dreszer PA 1 David Klar 25 Ilmari Korpivaara PA All Benjamin Mazatis 26 Marylin Niederhauser PA All Patric Niederhauser 1 Nikolaj Rogivue 2 Mads Siljehaug 3 Eike Angermayr 4 Lennart Marioneck 5 SRT Selleslagh Mercedes-AMG GT4 30 Bas Schouten PA 5 Nicolas Vandierendonck 31 Louis-Philippe Soenen Am 5 Allied-Racing Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR 41 Freddy Kremer Am 1–3 Nicolas Schöll 1–2 Joachim Bölting 3 Jan Kasperlik PA 4 Csaba Mór Jan Kasperlik Am 5 Jörg Viebahn 43 Rob Severs PA All Jörg Viebahn 1 Jan Kasperlik 2 Nicolas Schöll 3–5 Lechner Racing Mercedes-AMG GT4 47 Freddy Fast Am All Scuderia Villorba Corse^[11] Maserati GranTurismo MC GT4 50 Antoni Chodzen PA 2–5 Piotr Chodzen 2–4 Patrick Zamparini 5 77 Romy Dall'Antonia Am All Giuseppe Fascicolo Team GT McLaren 570S GT4 87 Micah Stanley PA 2 Alain Valente^[12] 88 Christian Danner Am 2 Bernhard Laber Equipe Verschuur McLaren 570S GT4 111 Liesette Braams Am 5 Luc Braams

Icon Class PA Pro-Am Cup Am Am Cup

Race results

Bold indicates overall winner.

Round		Circuit	Pole position	Pro-Am Winners	Am Winners
1	1	Most	No. 7 eSky WP Racing Team	No. 16 Racing One	No. 11 Sofia Car Motorsport
			Łukasz Kręski Maciej Marcinkiewicz	Hamza Owega	Ivan Vlachkov
	R2		No. 26 K Racing - Reiter	No. 26 K Racing - Reiter	No. 11 Sofia Car Motorsport
			Marylin Niederhauser Patric Niederhauser	Marylin Niederhauser Patric Niederhauser	Ivan Vlachkov
2	R1	Red Bull Ring	No. 41 Allied-Racing	No. 50 Scuderia Villorba Corse	No. 77 Scuderia Villorba Corse
			Freddy Kremer Nicolas Schöll	Antoni Chodzen Piotr Chodzen	Romy Dall'Antonia Giuseppe Fascicolo
	R2		No. 87 Team GT	No. 43 Allied-Racing	No. 88 Team GT
			Micah Stanley Alain Valente	Jan Kasperlik Rob Severs	Christian Danner Bernhard Laber
3	R1	Nürburgring	No. 3 Phoenix Racing	No. 26 K Racing - Reiter	No. 77 Scuderia Villorba Corse
			Gosia Rdest Óscar Tunjo	Marylin Niederhauser Mads Siljehaug	Romy Dall'Antonia Giuseppe Fascicolo
	R2		No. 43 Allied-Racing	No. 3 Phoenix Racing	No. 11 Sofia Car Motorsport
			Nicolas Schöll Rob Severs	Gosia Rdest Óscar Tunjo	Ivan Vlachkov
4	R1	Slovakia Ring	No. 43 Allied-Racing	No. 41 Allied-Racing	No. 7 eSky WP Racing Team
			Nicolas Schöll Rob Severs	Jan Kasperlik Csaba Mór	Łukasz Kręski Maciej Marcinkiewicz
	R2		No. 11 Sofia Car Motorsport	No. 23 True Racing - Reiter	No. 7 eSky WP Racing Team
			Konstantin Marshavelov Ivan Vlachkov	David Klar Mads Siljehaug	Łukasz Kręski Maciej Marcinkiewicz
5	R1	Zandvoort	No. 43 Allied-Racing	No. 43 Allied-Racing	No. 7 eSky WP Racing Team
			Nicolas Schöll Rob Severs	Nicolas Schöll Rob Severs	Maciej Marcinkiewicz
	R2		No. 26 K Racing - Reiter	No. 43 Allied-Racing	No. 48 Lechner Racing
			Lennart Marioneck Marylin Niederhauser	Nicolas Schöll Rob Severs	Freddy Fast

Championship standings

Scoring systemChampionship points were awarded for the first ten positions in each 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.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Points	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1

Drivers' championship

Driver Team MST RBR NÜR SVK ZAN Points Pro-Am class 1 Rob Severs Allied-Racing 4 8 13 1 5 2 5 11 1 1 162 2 Marylin Niederhauser K Racing - Reiter 2 1 9 8 1 6 Ret 4 4 8 157 3 Ilmari Korpivaara Benjamin Mazatis Holinger - Reiter 7 2 7 5 12 3 3 3 5 10 149 4 David Klar Felbermayr - Reiter 9 6 122 True Racing - Reiter 5 7 6 4 7 1 9 Ret 5 Nicolas Schöll Allied-Racing 5 2 5 11 1 1 102 7 Antoni Chodzen Scuderia Villorba Corse 3 Ret Ret DNS 4 9 8 2 82 7 Mads Siljehaug K Racing - Reiter 1 6 70 True Racing - Reiter 7 1 8 Jan Kasperlik Allied-Racing 13 1 2 Ret 60 9 Lennart Marioneck True Racing - Reiter 6 4 55 K Racing - Reiter 4 8 10 Piotr Chodzen Scuderia Villorba Corse 3 Ret Ret DNS 4 9 52 11 Patric Niederhauser K Racing - Reiter 2 1 50 12 Gosia Rdest Óscar Tunjo Phoenix Racing 2 1 43 13 Moritz Oestreich Luca Wollgarten PROsport Performance 3 4 33 14 Laura Kraihamer True Racing - Reiter 5 7 33 15 Jörg Viebahn Allied-Racing 4 8 25 16 Nikolaj Rogivue K Racing - Reiter 9 8 24 17 John-Louis Jasper Helmut Rödig Phoenix Racing 3 8 23 18 Maciej Dreszer Felbermayr - Reiter 9 6 22 19 Franjo Kovac Tomáš Pekař Besagroup Racing 11 11 16 20 Micah Stanley Alain Valente Team GT Ret 10 10 Guest drivers ineligible to score Pro-Am class points Hamza Owega Racing One 1 3 Bas Schouten Nicolas Vandierendonck SRT Selleslagh 2 6 Patrick Zamparini Scuderia Villorba Corse 8 2 Csaba Mór Allied-Racing 2 Ret Eike Angermayr K Racing - Reiter Ret 4 Nicolai Elghanayan True Racing - Reiter 9 Ret Ricardo van der Ende Bernhard van Oranje Ekris Racing DNS DNS Am class 1 Maciej Marcinkiewicz eSky WP Racing Team Ret DNS 4 3 7 7 1 2 3 4 162 2 Romy Dall'Antonia Giuseppe Fascicolo Scuderia Villorba Corse 10 7 1 4 4 12 10 5 7 7 160 3 Freddy Fast Lechner Racing 12 9 8 Ret 9 10 6 7 6 3 135 4 Ivan Vlachkov Sofia Car Motorsport 5 5 12 DNS 8 5 8 8 10 Ret 133 5 Freddy Kremer Allied-Racing 6 10 6 Ret 10 9 67 6 Łukasz Kręski eSky WP Racing Team Ret DNS 4 DNS WD WD 1 2 WD WD 65 7 Franjo Kovac Besagroup Racing 11 9 11 11 11 10 54 8 Christian Danner Bernhard Laber Team GT 2 2 43 9 Nicolas Schöll Allied-Racing 6 10 6 Ret 42 10 Cora Schumacher Besagroup Racing 11 9 11 11 34 11 Joachim Bölting Allied-Racing 10 9 25 12 Jan Kasperlik Jörg Viebahn Allied-Racing 11 5 25 13 Önder Erdem Dominik Olbert razoon - more than racing 10 6 20 14 Sergej Pavlovec True Racing - Reiter 8 Ret 15 Guest drivers ineligible to score Am class points Adam Galas Salag Racing 9 6 Konstantin Marshavelov Sofia Car Motorsport 8 8 Louis-Philippe Soenen SRT Selleslagh 13 9 Chris Chadwick Sofia Car Motorsport 10 Ret Liesette Braams Luc Braams Equipe Verschuur 12 Ret valign=middle valign=middle Driver valign=middle Team MST RBR NÜR SVK ZAN valign=middle Points

Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

Teams' championship

	Team	Manufacturer	Points
1	Scuderia Villorba Corse	Maserati	163
2	eSky WP Racing Team	Maserati	162
3	Allied-Racing	Porsche	140
4	Lechner Racing	Mercedes-AMG	135
5	Sofia Car Motorsport	SIN	133
6	Reiter Engineering	KTM	125
7	Besagroup Racing	Mercedes-AMG	78
8	Team GT	McLaren	43
9	PROsport Performance	Porsche	30
10	Phoenix Racing	Audi	30
11	razoon - more than racing	KTM	20

See also

• 2018 GT4 European Series
• 2018 French GT4 Cup

Notes and References

1. News: SRO Launches Nordic, Central, Belgian GT4 Cups. Kilshaw. Jake. 15 December 2017. sportscar365. John Dagys Media. 4 January 2018.
2. News: 2018 GT4 Central European Cup - Nürburgring Final Entry List. 29 June 2018. central.gt4series.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 30 June 2018.
3. News: Team eSky WP Racing für die komplette Saison in der GT4 Central European Cup. 20 March 2018. central.gt4series.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 21 March 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180622192721/https://central.gt4series.com/de_de/news/7/team-esky-wp-racing-fur-die-komplette-saison-in-dergt4-central-european-cup. 22 June 2018. dead.
4. News: Showdown im Titelkampf des GT4 Central European Cup in Zandvoort. 3 October 2018. central.gt4series.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 6 October 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181006114707/https://central.gt4series.com/de_de/news/87/showdown-im-titelkampf-des-gt4-central-european-cup-in-zandvoort. 6 October 2018. dead.
5. News: Sofia Car Motorsports tritt dem GT4 Central European Cup bei. 27 February 2018. central.gt4series.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 1 March 2018.
6. News: GT4 Central European Cup feiert Premiere in Most. 26 April 2018. central.gt4series.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 27 April 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181006154841/https://central.gt4series.com/de_de/news/18/gt4-central-european-cup-feiert-premiere-in-most. 6 October 2018. dead.
7. News: Titelkampf im GT4 Central European Cup startet in die nächste Runde. 13 August 2018. central.gt4series.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 17 August 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180818020908/https://central.gt4series.com/de_de/news/78/titelkampf-im-gt4-central-european-cup-startet-in-die-nachste-runde. 18 August 2018. dead.
8. News: Neue Teams und Formel-1-Experte Christian Danner beim GT4 Central European Cup am Red Bull Ring. 16 May 2018. central.gt4series.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 16 May 2018.
9. News: Reiter Confirms GT4 Series Entries. Kilbey. Stephen. 5 January 2018. dailysportscar.com. Dailysportscar. 5 January 2018.
10. News: Slovakia Ring: Free Practice 1 results. 17 August 2018. central.gt4series.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 17 August 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180817225646/https://central.gt4series.com/de_de/result/75. 17 August 2018. dead.
11. News: Villorba Corse steigt mit zwei Maserati-Fahrzeugen in den GT4 Central European Cup ein. 26 February 2018. central.gt4series.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 1 March 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181113165655/https://central.gt4series.com/de_de/news/4/villorba-corse-steigt-mit-zwei-maserati-fahrzeugen-in-den-gt4-central-european-cup-ein. 13 November 2018. dead.
12. News: 2018 GT4 Central European Cup - Red Bull Ring - Official Entry List. 18 May 2018. central.gt4series.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 18 May 2018.