2015 ADAC GT Masters

2015 ADAC GT Masters season
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The 2015 ADAC GT Masters season is the ninth season of the ADAC GT Masters, the grand tourer-style sports car racing founded by the German automobile club ADAC. The season starts on 25 April at Motorsport Arena Oschersleben and ends on 4 October at Hockenheim after eight double-header meetings.^[1] René Rast and Kelvin van der Linde enter the season as the defending Drivers' Champions. Prosperia C. Abt Racing enters the season as the defending Teams' Champion.

The series will change tyre supplier from Yokohama to Pirelli.^[2]

Entry list

Team	Car	No.	Driver	Rounds
C. Abt Racing[3]	Audi R8 LMS ultra[3]	1	Kelvin van der Linde[3]	All
			Stefan Wackerbauer[3]
		2	Jordan Pepper[3]	All
			Nicki Thiim[3]
		3	Christer Jöns[3]	All
			Andreas Weishaupt[4]
Bentley Team HTP[5]	Bentley Continental GT3[5]	7	Luca Stolz[5][5]	All
			Jeroen Bleekemolen[5]	1–4
			Vincent Abril	5
			Maximilian Buhk	6
			Tom Dillmann	7–8
		8	Fabian Hamprecht[5]	All
			Clemens Schmid[5]
Šenkýř Motorsport[6]	BMW Z4 GT3[6]	12	Lennart Marioneck[7]	1–6, 8
			Jakub Knoll[6]	1–2, 4–5
			Samuel Sladecka	3
			Markus Palttala	6
			Michael Joos[8]	8
RWT Racing Team[9]	Corvette Z06.R GT3[9]	13	Sven Barth[10]	1–5, 7–8
			Remo Lips[10]
Lambda Performance	Ford GT GT3	14	Frank Kechele	8
			Nico Verdonck
YACO Racing[11]	Audi R8 LMS ultra[11]	16	Rahel Frey[12]	All
			Philip Geipel[12]
BMW Sports Trophy Team Schubert[13]	BMW Z4 GT3[13]	19	Claudia Hürtgen[10]	All
			Jesse Krohn[10]	1
			Uwe Alzen	2–7
			Niklas Mackschin	8
		80	Dominik Baumann[10]	All
			Jens Klingmann[10]	1–7
			Bruno Spengler[14]	8
Team Zakspeed[15]	Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3[15]	21	Sebastian Asch[10]	All
			Luca Ludwig[15]
MRS GT-Racing[16]	Nissan GT-R GT3[16]	22	Dominic Jöst[10]	All
			Florian Scholze[10]
		23	Marc Gassner[10]	All
			Florian Strauss[17]
kfzteile24 MS Racing[18]	Audi R8 LMS ultra[18]	24	Marc Basseng[10]	All
			Florian Stoll[10]
		100	Daniel Dobitsch[10]	All
			Edward Sandström[10]
Reiter Engineering[10]	Chevrolet Camaro GT3[10]	25	Oliver Gavin[10]	1
			Tomáš Enge[10]
	Lamborghini Gallardo R-EX[19]		Tomáš Enge[10]	2, 6–7
			David Russell[19]	2–3
			Steve Owen	3
			Albert von Thurn und Taxis	6
			Jaap van Lagen[20]	7
		88	Nick Catsburg[20]	7
			Albert von Thurn und Taxis
Car Collection Motorsport	Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3	33	Alexander Mattschull[21]	5
			Renger van der Zande[21]
GW IT Racing Team Schütz Motorsport[13]	Porsche 911 GT3 R[13]	36	Klaus Bachler[10]	All
			Christian Engelhart[10]	1, 8
			Philipp Eng	2
			Martin Ragginger	3–7
HP Racing[13]	Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3[13]	42	Harald Proczyk[10]	All
			Andreas Simonsen[10]	1–2, 4, 6
			Bernd Schneider	3, 5, 7–8
Grasser Racing Team[19]	Lamborghini Huracán GT3[19]	63	Mirko Bortolotti[19]	2
			Adrian Zaugg[19]
Callaway Competition[22]	Corvette Z06.R GT3[22]	66	Daniel Keilwitz[10]	All
			Andreas Wirth[10]
		69	Patrick Assenheimer[10]	All
			Diego Alessi[10]	1–7
			Andreas Simonsen	8
Tonino Team Herberth[13]	Porsche 911 GT3 R[13]	99	René Bourdeaux	3
			Alfred Renauer
Rowe Racing	Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3		Nico Bastian[21]	5
			Stef Dusseldorp[21]

Race calendar and results

The eight-event calendar for the 2015 season was announced on 21 November 2014.^[1]

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Race Winner
1	R1	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	25 April	No. 7 Bentley Team HTP	No. 36 GW IT Racing Team Schütz Motorsport
				Jeroen Bleekemolen Luca Stolz	Klaus Bachler Christian Engelhart
	R2		26 April	No. 7 Bentley Team HTP	No. 7 Bentley Team HTP
				Jeroen Bleekemolen Luca Stolz	Jeroen Bleekemolen Luca Stolz
2	R1	Red Bull Ring	6 June	No. 36 GW IT Racing Team Schütz Motorsport	No. 25 Reiter Engineering
				Klaus Bachler Philipp Eng	Tomáš Enge David Russell
	R2		7 June	No. 25 Reiter Engineering	No. 63 Grasser Racing Team
				Tomáš Enge David Russell	Mirko Bortolotti Adrian Zaugg
3	R1	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	20 June	No. 21 Team Zakspeed	No. 80 BMW Sports Trophy Team Schubert
				Sebastian Asch Luca Ludwig	Dominik Baumann Jens Klingmann
	R2		21 June	No. 42 HP Racing	No. 21 Team Zakspeed
				Harald Proczyk Bernd Schneider	Sebastian Asch Luca Ludwig
4	R1	EuroSpeedway Lausitz	4 July	No. 36 GW IT Racing Team Schütz Motorsport	No. 80 BMW Sports Trophy Team Schubert
				Klaus Bachler Martin Ragginger	Dominik Baumann Jens Klingmann
	R2		5 July	No. 21 Team Zakspeed	No. 21 Team Zakspeed
				Sebastian Asch Luca Ludwig	Sebastian Asch Luca Ludwig
5	R1	Nürburgring	15 August	No. 36 GW IT Racing Team Schütz Motorsport	No. 100 kfzteile24 MS Racing
				Klaus Bachler Martin Ragginger	Daniel Dobitsch Edward Sandström
	R2		16 August	No. 36 GW IT Racing Team Schütz Motorsport	No. 24 kfzteile24 MS Racing
				Klaus Bachler Martin Ragginger	Marc Basseng Florian Stoll
6	R1	Sachsenring	29 August	No. 19 BMW Sports Trophy Team Schubert	No. 80 BMW Sports Trophy Team Schubert
				Uwe Alzen Claudia Hürtgen	Dominik Baumann Jens Klingmann
	R2		30 August	No. 36 GW IT Racing Team Schütz Motorsport	No. 1 C. Abt Racing
				Klaus Bachler Martin Ragginger	Kelvin van der Linde Stefan Wackerbauer
7	R1	Circuit Park Zandvoort	19 September	No. 36 GW IT Racing Team Schütz Motorsport	No. 21 Team Zakspeed
				Klaus Bachler Martin Ragginger	Sebastian Asch Luca Ludwig
	R2		20 September	No. 80 BMW Sports Trophy Team Schubert	No. 80 BMW Sports Trophy Team Schubert
				Dominik Baumann Jens Klingmann	Dominik Baumann Jens Klingmann
8	R1	Hockenheimring	3 October	No. 7 Bentley Team HTP	No. 16 YACO Racing
				Luca Stolz Tom Dillmann	Rahel Frey Philip Geipel
	R2		4 October	No. 14 Lambda Performance	No. 2 C. Abt Racing
				Frank Kechele Nico Verdonck	Jordan Pepper Nicki Thiim

Championship standings

Scoring system

Championship 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

Pos. Driver Team OSC RBR SPA LAU NÜR SAC ZAN HOC Total 1 Sebastian Asch Luca Ludwig Team Zakspeed 2 2 3 4 2 1 4 1 9 10 5 17 1 11 Ret 5 199 2 Dominik Baumann BMW Sports Trophy Team Schubert 5 7 Ret Ret 1 5 1 4 12 4 1 8 10 1 4 3 186 3 Jens Klingmann BMW Sports Trophy Team Schubert 5 7 Ret Ret 1 5 1 4 12 4 1 8 10 1 156 4 Klaus Bachler GW IT Racing Team Schütz Motorsport 1 4 5 3 4 8 5 3 Ret 3 9 3 11 5 Ret Ret 150 5 Harald Proczyk HP Racing 3 3 Ret Ret 7 10 2 Ret 4 5 6 5 6 8 Ret 13 109 6 Marc Basseng Florian Stoll kfzteile24 MS Racing 12 11 9 16 8 3 8 6 16 1 Ret 6 2 4 Ret 8 107 7 Daniel Keilwitz Andreas Wirth Callaway Competition 4 14 2 12 12 2 9 2 19 Ret 3 10 7 Ret 5 9 104 8 Daniel Dobitsch Edward Sandström kfzteile24 MS Racing Ret 9 Ret 10 6 16 Ret 5 1 2 14 Ret 8 6 6 4 102 9 Luca Stolz Bentley Team HTP 11 1 13 5 3 15 6 7 13 7 Ret 4 4 9 Ret 11 101 10 Rahel Frey Philip Geipel YACO Racing 7 Ret 11 11 16 7 10 10 2 11 Ret 7 3 10 1 6 92 11 Claudia Hürtgen BMW Sports Trophy Team Schubert 6 5 8 9 5 6 3 8 6 Ret 2 14 13 Ret Ret DNS 91 12 Jordan Pepper Nicki Thiim C. Abt Racing 8 15 12 13 11 4 11 14 5 Ret Ret 9 5 3 8 1 87 13 Martin Ragginger GW IT Racing Team Schütz Motorsport 4 8 5 3 Ret 3 9 3 11 5 85 14 Kelvin van der Linde Stefan Wackerbauer C. Abt Racing 17 6 10 17 Ret 11 Ret 12 3 Ret Ret 1 Ret 7 3 7 81 15 Uwe Alzen BMW Sports Trophy Team Schubert 8 9 5 6 3 8 6 Ret 2 14 13 Ret 73 16 Jeroen Bleekemolen Bentley Team HTP 11 1 13 5 3 15 6 7 66 17 Andreas Simonsen HP Racing 3 3 Ret Ret 2 Ret 6 5 66 Callaway Competition 12 Ret 18 Tomáš Enge Reiter Engineering 10 Ret 1 2 8 16 DSQ 13 55 19 Fabian Hamprecht Clemens Schmid Bentley Team HTP 16 DNS Ret 8 14 17 7 9 14 9 13 2 Ret 12 2 Ret 52 20 David Russell Reiter Engineering 1 2 DNS DNS 50 21 Bernd Schneider HP Racing 7 10 4 5 6 8 Ret 13 43 22 Christian Engelhart GW IT Racing Team Schütz Motorsport 1 4 Ret Ret 37 23 Patrick Assenheimer Callaway Competition Ret 13 4 15 9 14 Ret Ret 7 12 4 15 Ret DNS 12 Ret 32 24 Diego Alessi Callaway Competition Ret 13 4 15 9 14 Ret Ret 7 12 4 15 Ret DNS 32 25 Bruno Spengler BMW Sports Trophy Team Schubert 4 3 30 26 Philipp Eng GW IT Racing Team Schütz Motorsport 5 3 28 27 Sven Barth Remo Lips RWT Racing Team 15 10 7 7 10 12 13 11 Ret 14 12 15 13 10 20 28 Christer Jöns Andreas Weishaupt C. Abt Racing 18 12 14 Ret 13 9 14 Ret 17 6 7 Ret 9 14 10 12 20 29 Jesse Krohn BMW Sports Trophy Team Schubert 6 5 18 30 Tom Dillmann Bentley Team HTP 4 9 Ret 11 17 31 Dominic Jöst Florian Scholze MRS GT-Racing 13 8 Ret 6 17 13 WD WD 18 15 10 12 WD WD WD WD 15 32 Maximilian Buhk Bentley Team HTP Ret 4 12 33 Marc Gassner Florian Strauss MRS GT-Racing 9 Ret Ret 18 18 DNS WD WD 10 8 11 13 15 Ret 9 Ret 12 34 Vincent Abril Bentley Team HTP 13 7 6 35 Albert von Thurn und Taxis Reiter Engineering 8 16 14^1 2^1 4 36 Oliver Gavin Reiter Engineering 10 Ret 1 37 Lennart Marioneck Šenkýř Motorsport 14 Ret Ret 14 15 18 12 13 15 17 12 11 11 Ret 1 38 Michael Joos Šenkýř Motorsport 11 Ret 1 Markus Palttala Šenkýř Motorsport 12 11 0 Jakub Knoll Šenkýř Motorsport 14 Ret Ret 14 12 13 15 17 0 Samuel Sladecka Šenkýř Motorsport 15 18 0 René Bourdeaux Alfred Renauer Tonino Team Herberth 19 19 0 Niklas Mackschin BMW Sports Trophy Team Schubert Ret DNS 0 Steve Owen Reiter Engineering DNS DNS 0 Guest drivers ineligible for points Mirko Bortolotti Adrian Zaugg Grasser Racing Team 6 1 Frank Kechele Nico Verdonck Lambda Performance 7 2 Nick Catsburg Reiter Engineering 14 2 Alexander Mattschull Renger van der Zande Car Collection Motorsport 8 16 Nico Bastian Stef Dusseldorp Rowe Racing 11 13 Jaap van Lagen Reiter Engineering DSQ 13

Key Colour Result Gold Race winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Black Disqualified (DSQ) Excluded (EX) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did Not Participate Bold – Pole

Notes

• ¹ – Albert von Thurn und Taxis was a guest driver at Zandvoort and therefore ineligible to score championship points.

Teams' championship

Pos. Team Manufacturer OSC RBR SPA LAU NÜR SAC ZAN HOC Total 1 BMW Sports Trophy Team Schubert BMW 5 5 8 9 1 5 1 4 6 4 1 8 10 1 4 3 221 2 Team Zakspeed Mercedes-Benz 2 2 3 4 2 1 4 1 9 10 5 17 1 11 Ret 5 215 3 kfzteile24 MS Racing Audi 12 9 9 10 6 3 8 5 1 1 14 6 2 4 6 4 173 4 GW IT Racing Team Schütz Motorsport Porsche 1 4 5 3 4 8 5 3 Ret 3 9 3 11 5 Ret Ret 165 5 C. Abt Racing Audi 8 6 10 13 11 4 11 12 3 6 7 1 5 3 3 1 164 6 Bentley Team HTP Bentley 11 1 13 5 3 15 6 7 13 7 13 2 4 9 2 11 143 7 Callaway Competition Chevrolet 4 13 2 12 9 2 9 2 7 12 3 10 7 Ret 5 9 135 8 HP Racing Mercedes-Benz 3 3 Ret Ret 7 10 2 Ret 4 5 6 5 6 8 Ret 13 128 9 YACO Racing Audi 7 Ret 11 11 16 7 10 10 2 11 Ret 7 3 10 1 6 114 10 Reiter Engineering Chevrolet 10 Ret 62 Lamborghini 1 2 DNS DNS 8 16 DSQ 13 11 MRS GT-Racing Nissan 9 8 Ret 6 17 13 WD WD 10 8 10 12 15 Ret 9 Ret 42 12 RWT Racing Team Chevrolet 15 10 7 7 10 12 13 11 Ret 14 12 15 13 10 40 13 Šenkýř Motorsport BMW 14 Ret Ret 14 15 18 12 13 15 17 12 11 11 Ret 12 Tonino Team Herberth Porsche 19 19 0 Guest teams ineligible for points Grasser Racing Team Lamborghini 6 1 Lambda Performance Ford 7 2 Car Collection Motorsport Mercedes-Benz 8 16 Rowe Racing Mercedes-Benz 11 13

Key Colour Result Gold Race winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Black Disqualified (DSQ) Excluded (EX) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did Not Participate Bold – Pole

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External links

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