2014 Blancpain Endurance Series

2014 Blancpain Endurance Series season
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The 2014 Blancpain Endurance Series season was the fourth season of the Blancpain Endurance Series. The season started on 12 April at Monza and ended on 21 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 Nürburgring events.

The main trophy of the series, the Pro Cup for drivers, was won by Laurens Vanthoor of the Belgian Audi Club Team WRT squad; Vanthoor won each of the last two races to be held during the season, winning at Spa with René Rast and Markus Winkelhock at the Nürburgring with César Ramos and Christopher Mies. Vanthoor finished 36 points clear of his nearest rivals, Steven Kane, Andy Meyrick and Guy Smith, driving a Bentley for M-Sport. The trio also won two races during the season, at Le Castellet and Silverstone. The season opening round was won by ART Grand Prix, with drivers Grégoire Demoustier, Álvaro Parente and Alexandre Prémat. Belgian Audi Club Team WRT were the winners of the teams' championship, finishing 32 points clear of M-Sport and HTP Motorsport.

Despite not winning a race over the course of the season, Scuderia Villorba Corse drivers Stefano Gai and Andrea Rizzoli were the winners of the Pro-Am Cup. Francesco Castellacci finished in third position; having been a part of the Villorba Corse line-up with Gai and Rizzoli earlier in the season, Castellacci contested the final round with AF Corse. The highest-placed race winners were Henry Hassid and Nick Catsburg, who finished fourth in the championship, as the only crew to win more than one event in the Pro-Am Cup. Scuderia Villorba Corse won the teams' championship, three points ahead of TDS Racing. AF Corse's Peter Mann and Francisco Guedes won the Gentlemen Drivers' Trophy, finishing eight points clear of GT Corse by Rinaldi pairing Alexander Mattschull and Frank Schmickler, who won three races to the single victory of Mann and Guedes. AF Corse also denied GT Corse by Rinaldi the teams' title, by just a single point.

Calendar

In November 2013, the Stéphane Ratel Organisation announced the 2014 calendar.^[1] The calendar was the same as the previous season. The race at Circuit Paul Ricard was held on Saturday evening, finishing in night-time conditions.

Rnd	Race	Circuit	Date	Report
1	3 Hours of Monza	Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Italy	13 April	Report
2	3 Hours of Silverstone	Silverstone Circuit, United Kingdom	25 May	Report
3	3 Hours of Paul Ricard	Circuit Paul Ricard, France	28 June	Report
4	Total 24 Hours of Spa	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium	27 July	Report
5	iRacing.com 1000 km Nürburgring	Nürburgring, Germany	21 September	Report

Entry list

2014 Entry List
Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Pro Cup
Belgian Audi Club Team WRT[2]	Audi R8 LMS ultra	1	Laurens Vanthoor	All
			César Ramos	1–3, 5
			Marc Basseng	1–3
			René Rast	4
			Markus Winkelhock	4
			Christopher Mies	5
		2	André Lotterer	4
			Marcel Fässler	4
			Benoît Tréluyer	4
		3	Christopher Mies	1–4
			Frank Stippler	All
			James Nash	All
			Marc Basseng	5
M-Sport Bentley	Bentley Continental GT3	7	Steven Kane	All
			Guy Smith	All
			Andy Meyrick	All
		8	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	All
			Duncan Tappy	All
			Antoine Leclerc	All
Emil Frey Racing	Emil Frey G3 Jaguar XK	14	Fredy Barth	5
			Gabriele Gardel	5
			Jonathan Hirschi	5
Black Falcon	Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3	19	Abdulaziz Al Faisal	All
			Hubert Haupt	All
			Andreas Simonsen	All
		63	Mike Parisy	4
			Adam Christodoulou	4
			Yelmer Buurman	4
Saintéloc Racing	Audi R8 LMS ultra	26	Stéphane Ortelli	All
			Grégory Guilvert	All
			Edward Sandström	All
Leonard Motorsport AMR	Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3	32	Stuart Leonard	2
			Paul Wilson	2
			Jonathan Adam	2
Oman Racing Team	Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3	44	Michael Caine	All
			Ahmad Al Harthy	All
			Stephen Jelley	1–4
			Joe Osborne[3]	5
Brothers Racing Team	Audi R8 LMS ultra	55	Cheng Congfu	1–3
			Sun Zheng	1–3
			André Couto	1–3
BMW Sports Trophy Team Marc VDS	BMW Z4 GT3	66	Maxime Martin	4
			Jörg Müller	4
			Augusto Farfus	4
		77	Lucas Luhr	4
			Markus Palttala	4
			Dirk Werner	4
ISR Racing	Audi R8 LMS ultra	75	Filip Salaquarda	4
			Fabian Hamprecht	4
			Marc Basseng	4
HTP Motorsport	Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3	84	Harold Primat	All
			Nico Verdonck	All
			Maximilian Buhk	1, 3
			Bernd Schneider	2, 4–5
		85	Sergey Afanasyev	All
			Stef Dusseldorp	All
			Lucas Wolf	1–3
			Xavier Maassen	4
			Maximilian Buhk	5
		86	Maximilian Buhk	4
			Maximilian Götz	4
			Jazeman Jaafar	4
Reiter Engineering	Lamborghini Gallardo FL2[4]	88	Peter Kox	1
			Albert von Thurn und Taxis	1
			Tomáš Enge	1
ART Grand Prix	McLaren MP4-12C GT3	98	Grégoire Demoustier	All
			Álvaro Parente	All
			Alexandre Prémat	1–2, 5
			Nicolas Lapierre	3–4
		99	Andy Soucek	All
			Kevin Korjus	All
			Kévin Estre	All
Von Ryan Racing	McLaren MP4-12C GT3	101	Shane Van Gisbergen	4
			Rob Bell	4
			Tim Mullen	4
Triple 888 Racing	BMW Z4 GT3	888	Jody Firth	5
			Warren Hughes	5
			Alexander Sims	5
Audi Race Experience	Audi R8 LMS ultra	1000	Didier Cuche	5
			Rahel Frey	5
			Nico Müller	5
Pro-Am Cup
Belgian Audi Club Team WRT	Audi R8 LMS ultra	4	Jean-Luc Blanchemain	4–5
			Christian Kelders	4–5
			Fred Bouvy	4
			Vincent Radermecker	4
			Stéphane Richelmi	5
TDS Racing	BMW Z4 GT3	10	Eric Clément	All
			Benjamin Lariche	All
			Nicolas Armindo	All
			Olivier Pla	4
		12	Henry Hassid	All
			Nick Catsburg	All
			Pierre Thiriet	4
			Jens Klingmann	4
Kessel Racing	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	11	Michał Broniszewski	All
			Alessandro Bonacini	All
			Giacomo Petrobelli	1–2
			Marco Frezza	3–5
			Giacomo Piccini	4
Emil Frey Racing[5]	Emil Frey G3 Jaguar XK	14	Fredy Barth	1–4
			Lorenz Frey	1–4
			Gabriele Gardel	1–4
			Jonathan Hirschi	4
Boutsen Ginion[5]	McLaren MP4-12C GT3	15	Karim Ojjeh	1–4
			Olivier Grotz	1–4
			Frédéric Vervisch	1–4
			Giorgio Pantano	4
		16	Shahan Sarkissian	All
			Alex Demirdjian	1–4
			Phil Quaife	1–2
			Chris van der Drift	3–5
			Michael Schmetz	4
			Jordan Grogor	5
Insightracing with Flex-Box[5]	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	17	Dennis Andersen	All
			Martin Jensen	All
			Jason Yeomans	4
Black Falcon	Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3	18	Vladimir Lunkin	All
			Yury Loboda	1–3
			Mikhail Loboda	1–3
			Richard Muscat	4
			Saud Turki Al Faisal	4
			Christian Bracke	4
			Anders Fjordbach	5
			Devon Modell	5
Lago Racing	Lamborghini Gallardo LP600	23	Roger Lago	4
			David Russell	4
			Steven Richards	4
			Steve Owen	4
Leonard Motorsport AMR	Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3	32	Stuart Leonard	4–5
			Paul Wilson	4–5
			Michael Meadows	4–5
			Pedro Lamy	4
Nissan GT Academy Team RJN	Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3	35	Miguel Faísca	All
			Katsumasa Chiyo	All
			Mark Shulzhitskiy	1, 4
			Stanislav Aksenov	2–3
			Masataka Yanagida	4
			Wolfgang Reip	5
		80	Florian Strauss	All
			Nick McMillen	All
			Alex Buncombe	All
			Wolfgang Reip	4
MP Motorsport AMR[6]	Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3	38	Richard Abra	All
			Mark Poole	All
			Joe Osborne	All
			Darren Turner	4
Sport Garage	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	42	Gilles Vannelet	1–3
			Michael Albert	1–3
			Stéphane Lemeret	1–3
ROAL Motorsport	BMW Z4 GT3	43	Stefano Comandini	All
			Eugenio Amos	All
			Stefano Colombo	1, 3–4
			Michela Cerruti	2, 4–5
AF Corse	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	50	Andrew Danyliw	All
			Simon Knap	All
			Andrea Sonvico	All
			Alessandro Pier Guidi	4
		52	Steve Wyatt	4
			Michele Rugolo	4
			Craig Lowndes	4
			Andrea Piccini	4
			Johnny Laursen	5
			Marco Seefried	5
			Francesco Castellacci	5
		53	Niek Hommerson	4
			Louis Machiels	4
			Andrea Bertolini	4
			Marco Cioci	4
		54	Duncan Cameron	4
			Matt Griffin	4
			Alex Mortimer	4
Graff Racing	Porsche 997 GT3 R	70	Eric Trouillet	1–3
			Nicolas Marroc	1–2
			Roland Bervillé	3
			Lonni Martins	3
Ecurie Ecosse[7]	BMW Z4 GT3	79	Oliver Bryant	All
			Andrew Smith	All
			Alasdair McCaig	All
			Alexander Sims	4
GT Russian Team	McLaren MP4-12C GT3	82	Alexey Vasilyev	4
			Marko Asmer	4
			Kazim Vasiliauskas	4
			Florian Spengler	4
	Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3		Alexey Vasilyev	5
			Marko Asmer	5
			Karim Al Azhari	5
Scuderia Villorba Corse	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	90	Andrea Rizzoli	All
			Francesco Castellacci	1–4
			Stefano Gai	All
			Andrea Montermini	4
			Thomas Kemenater	5
Pro GT by Almeras	Porsche 997 GT3 R	93	Eric Dermont	1–4
			Franck Perera	1–4
			Marco Bonanomi	4
			Lucas Lasserre	4
PGF-Kinfaun AMR	Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3	96	John Gaw	4
			Phil Dryburgh	4
			Paul White	4
			Tom Onslow-Cole	4
SMP Racing Russian Bears	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	100	Viacheslav Maleev	4
			Roman Mavlanov	4
			José Manuel Pérez-Aicart	4
			Daniel Zampieri	4
Beechdean AMR	Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3	107	Andrew Howard	2, 4
			Daniel Lloyd	2, 4
			Alex MacDowall	2
			Jonathan Adam	4
			Stefan Mücke	4
SOFREV Auto Sport Promotion	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	116	Fabien Barthez	4
			Eric Debard	4
			Ludovic Badey	4
			Tristan Vautier	4
		120	Christophe Bourret	4
			Pascal Gibon	4
			Jean-Philippe Belloc	4
			Julien Canal	4
Wochenspiegel Team Manthey	Porsche 997 GT3 R	150	Georg Weiss	4
			Oliver Kainz	4
			Jochen Krumbach	4
			Christian Menzel	4
Fach Auto Tech	Porsche 997 GT3 R	188	Otto Klohs	4
			Swen Dolenc	4
			Martin Ragginger	4
			Philipp Frommenwiler	4
Generation Bentley Racing	Bentley Continental GT3	200	James Appleby	2
			Steve Tandy	2
			Jody Fannin	2
GT Corse by Rinaldi	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	333	Marco Seefried	1–4
			Vadim Kogay	1–4
			Rinat Salikhov	1–4
			Norbert Siedler	4
Triple 888 Racing	BMW Z4 GT3	888	Ryan Ratcliffe	2
			Lee Mowle	2
			Derek Johnston	2
Gentlemen Trophy
Belgian Audi Club Team WRT	Audi R8 LMS ultra	2	Stéphane Pourquie	3
			Harry Teneketzian	3
			Grégoire Chaix	3
		4	Jean-Luc Blanchemain	1–3
			Christian Kelders	1, 3
			Yves Weerts	1–2
			Pierre Hirschi	2–3
Boutsen Ginion	BMW Z4 GT3	15	Karim Ojjeh	5
			Olivier Grotz	5
Team Parker Racing[5]	Audi R8 LMS ultra	22	Ian Loggie	All
			Julian Westwood	All
			Chris Jones	1–3
			Leo Machitski	4
			Carl Rosenblad	4
Saintéloc Racing	Audi R8 LMS ultra	25	Claude-Yves Gosselin	All
			Jean-Claude Lagniez	1–3
			Marc Sourd	1–3
			Marc Rostan	4–5
			Jean-Paul Buffin	4–5
			Philippe Haezebrouck	4
Sport Garage	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	41	Bernard Delhez	All
			George Cabannes	1–4
			Romain Brandela	1–2
			Sylvain Debs	3
			Michael Albert	4–5
			Thierry Prignault	4
			Bruce Lorgère-Roux	5
		42	Gilles Vannelet	4–5
			Martin Van Hove	4
			Beniamino Caccia	4
			Lorenzo Bontempelli	4
			Michaël Petit	5
			Paul Surand	5
AF Corse[8]	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	49	Howard Blank	All
			Jean-Marc Bachelier	All
			Yannick Mallegol	All
			François Perrodo	4
		51	Peter Mann	All
			Francisco Guedes	All
			Filipe Barreiros	1–3, 5
			Cédric Mézard	4
			Alexander Talkanitsa	4
GDL Motorsport	Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3	67	Nigel Fermer	4
			Keong Liam Lim	4
			Jean-Charles Perrin	4
			Gianluca de Lorenzi	4
Scuderia Villorba Corse	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	91	Cédric Mézard	3
			François Perrodo	3
Kessel Racing	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	111	Stephen Earle	All
			Freddy Kremer	All
			Daniele Perfetti	1
			Marcus Mahy	2, 4
			Beniamino Caccia	3
			Liam Talbot	4–5
Horse Power Racing	Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3	128	Paul Bailey	2
			Andy Schulz	2
Delahaye Racing	Porsche 997 GT3 R	228	Pierre-Etienne Bordet	4
			Alexandre Viron	4
			Stephane Lemeret	4
			Karim Al-Azhari	4
Duqueine Engineering	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	350	Leonardo Gorini	3–4
			Gilles Duqueine	3–4
			Paul Lanchere	3–4
			Philippe Colançon	4
		380	Phillipe Richard	4
			Phillipe Bourgeois	4
			Pierre Hirschi	4
			Marlène Broggi	4
GT Corse by Rinaldi	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	458	Alexander Mattschull	All
			Pierre Ehret	1, 3–5
			Frank Schmickler	1–3, 5
			Tim Müller	4
			Roger Grouwels	4

Results and standings

Race results

Rnd.	Circuit	Pole Position	PRO Winners	PRO-AM Winners	Gentlemen Winners
1	Monza	No. 98 ART Grand Prix	No. 98 ART Grand Prix	No. 43 ROAL Motorsport	No. 458 GT Corse by Rinaldi
		Grégoire Demoustier Álvaro Parente Alexandre Prémat	Grégoire Demoustier Álvaro Parente Alexandre Prémat	Stefano Colombo Stefano Comandini Eugenio Amos	Alexander Mattschull Pierre Ehret Frank Schmickler
2	Silverstone	No. 93 Pro GT by Almeras	No. 7 M-Sport Bentley	No. 80 Nissan GT Academy Team RJN	No. 458 GT Corse by Rinaldi
		Eric Dermont Franck Perera	Steven Kane Guy Smith Andy Meyrick	Florian Strauss Nick McMillen Alex Buncombe	Alexander Mattschull Frank Schmickler
3	Paul Ricard	No. 98 ART Grand Prix	No. 7 M-Sport Bentley	No. 12 TDS Racing	No. 458 GT Corse by Rinaldi
		Grégoire Demoustier Álvaro Parente Nicolas Lapierre	Steven Kane Guy Smith Andy Meyrick	Henry Hassid Nick Catsburg	Alexander Mattschull Pierre Ehret Frank Schmickler
4	Spa-Francorchamps	No. 1 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT	No. 1 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT	No. 53 AF Corse	No. 51 AF Corse
		Laurens Vanthoor René Rast Markus Winkelhock	Laurens Vanthoor René Rast Markus Winkelhock	Niek Hommerson Louis Machiels Andrea Bertolini Marco Cioci	Peter Mann Francisco Guedes Cédric Mézard Alexander Talkanitsa
5	Nürburgring	No. 1 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT	No. 1 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT	No. 12 TDS Racing	No. 22 Team Parker Racing
		Laurens Vanthoor César Ramos Christopher Mies	Laurens Vanthoor César Ramos Christopher Mies	Henry Hassid Nick Catsburg	Ian Loggie Julian Westwood

Championship Standings

Teams' Championship

Pro Cup^[9]

Pos.	Driver	Team	MNZ	SIL	LEC	SPA			NÜR	Total
			CR	CR	CR	6hrs	12hrs	24hrs	CR
1	Belgian Audi Club Team WRT	Audi	4	3	7	1	1	1	1	122
2	Bentley M-Sport	Bentley	7	1	1	38	15	13	8	90
3	HTP Motorsport	Mercedes-Benz	5	5	3	3	6	5	2	90
4	ART Grand Prix	McLaren	1	2	2	20	43	NC	5	84
5	Saintéloc Racing	Audi	2	4	5	2	4	4	4	80
6	Black Falcon	Mercedes-Benz	14	22	9	8	11	11	3	63
7	Oman Racing Team	Aston Martin	NC	10	31	31	27	NC	32	24
8	Brothers Racing Team	Audi	22	21	16					16
9	Triple Eight Racing	BMW							9	9
10	Reiter Engineering	Lamborghini	16							6
10	Emil Frey Racing	Jaguar							19	6
11	Leonard Motorsport AMR	Aston Martin		23						2

See also

• 2014 Blancpain GT Series
• 2014 Blancpain Sprint Series

References

1. "Blancpain Watches extends partnership to the SRO-Promoted GT Sprint Series". www.blancpain-gt-series.com. 15 November 2013. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
2. "Un impressionnant programme pour le Belgian Audi Club Team WRT en 2014". 28 January 2014.
3. "Nurburgring frustration for Oman Racing Team". Motorbase Performance. 24 September 2014. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
4. ten Caat, Marcel (11 April 2014). "Camaro Debut Delayed, Reiter Opts for Gallardo for Monza". Sportscar365 (John Dagys Media, LLC). Retrieved 12 April 2014.
5. http://sportscar365.com/blancpain/teams-continue-to-commit-to-blancpain-sprint-endurance-series/
6. Dagys, John (28 January 2014). "MP-AMR Set for Blancpain, British GT Programs". Sportscar365.com.
7. http://www.blancpain-gt-series.com/news/details/ecurie-ecosse-aiming-for-2014-blancpain-endurance-series-pro-am-title
8. http://sportscar365.com/blancpain/bes/af-corse-enters-three-ferraris-for-bes/
9. "Pro Cup Team Championship Standings from official site".

External links

• Official website