2014 Blancpain Endurance Series


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. 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.
RaceCircuitDate
13 Hours of Monza Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Italy13 AprilReport
23 Hours of Silverstone Silverstone Circuit, United Kingdom25 MayReport
33 Hours of Paul Ricard Circuit Paul Ricard, France28 JuneReport
4Total 24 Hours of Spa Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium27 JulyReport
5iRacing.com 1000 km Nürburgring Nürburgring, Germany21 SeptemberReport

Entry list

Results and standings

Race results

Rnd.CircuitPole PositionPRO WinnersPRO-AM WinnersAM Winners
1Monza No. 98 ART Grand Prix No. 98 ART Grand Prix No. 43 ROAL Motorsport No. 458 GT Corse by Rinaldi
1Monza Grégoire Demoustier
Álvaro Parente
Alexandre Prémat
Grégoire Demoustier
Álvaro Parente
Alexandre Prémat
Stefano Colombo
Stefano Comandini
Eugenio Amos
Alexander Mattschull
Pierre Ehret
Frank Schmickler
2Silverstone No. 93 Pro GT by Almeras No. 7 M-Sport Bentley No. 80 Nissan GT Academy Team RJN No. 458 GT Corse by Rinaldi
2Silverstone Eric Dermont
Franck Perera
Steven Kane
Guy Smith
Andy Meyrick
Florian Strauss
Nick McMillen
Alex Buncombe
Alexander Mattschull
Frank Schmickler
3Paul Ricard No. 98 ART Grand Prix No. 7 M-Sport Bentley No. 12 TDS Racing No. 458 GT Corse by Rinaldi
3Paul Ricard Grégoire Demoustier
Álvaro Parente
Nicolas Lapierre
Steven Kane
Guy Smith
Andy Meyrick
Henry Hassid
Nick Catsburg
Alexander Mattschull
Pierre Ehret
Frank Schmickler
4Spa-Francorchamps No. 1 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT No. 1 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT No. 53 AF Corse No. 51 AF Corse
4Spa-Francorchamps 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
5Nürburgring No. 1 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT No. 1 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT No. 12 TDS Racing No. 22 Team Parker Racing
5Nürburgring 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