2015 Blancpain Endurance Series
The 2015 Blancpain Endurance Series season was the fifth season of the Blancpain Endurance Series. The season started on 12 April at Monza and ended on 20 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 Paul Ricard events.
Calendar
On 3 November 2014, the Stéphane Ratel Organisation announced the 2015 calendar. The calendar was the same of the previous season.Race | Circuit | Date | ||
1 | 3 Hours of Monza | Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza, Italy | 12 April | Report |
2 | 3 Hours of Silverstone | Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone, Great Britain | 24 May | Report |
3 | 1000 km Paul Ricard | Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet, France | 20 June | Report |
4 | Total 24 Hours of Spa | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa, Belgium | 25–26 July | Report |
5 | iRacing.com GT500 | Nürburgring, Nürburg, Germany | 20 September | Report |
Entry list
Results and standings
Race results
Circuit | Pole Position | Pro Winners | Pro-Am Winners | Am Winners | |
1 | Monza | No. 19 Grasser Racing Team | No. 19 Grasser Racing Team | No. 333 Rinaldi Racing | No. 111 Kessel Racing |
1 | Monza | Fabio Babini Jeroen Mul Andrew Palmer | Fabio Babini Jeroen Mul Andrew Palmer | Rinat Salikhov Norbert Siedler | Stephen Earle Liam Talbot Marco Zanuttini |
2 | Silverstone | No. 23 Nissan GT Academy Team RJN | No. 58 Von Ryan Racing | No. 32 Leonard Motorsport AMR | No. 15 Boutsen Ginion |
2 | Silverstone | Alex Buncombe Katsumasa Chiyo Wolfgang Reip | Rob Bell Kévin Estre Shane van Gisbergen | Stuart Leonard Michael Meadows Paul Wilson | Olivier Grotz Karim Ojjeh |
3 | Paul Ricard | No. 63 Grasser Racing Team | No. 23 Nissan GT Academy Team RJN | No. 11 Kessel Racing | No. 25 Glorax Racing |
3 | Paul Ricard | Mirko Bortolotti Giovanni Venturini Adrian Zaugg | Alex Buncombe Katsumasa Chiyo Wolfgang Reip | Alessandro Bonacini Michał Broniszewski Michael Lyons | Andrey Birzhin Fabio Mancini Rino Mastronardi |
4 | Spa-Francorchamps | No. 2 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT | No. 46 BMW Sports Trophy Team Marc VDS | No. 47 AF Corse | No. 24 Team Parker Racing |
4 | Spa-Francorchamps | Nico Müller Stéphane Ortelli Frank Stippler | Nick Catsburg Lucas Luhr Markus Palttala | Gianmaria Bruni Pasin Lathouras Stéphane Lémeret Alessandro Pier Guidi | Ian Loggie Callum MacLeod Benny Simonsen Julian Westwood |
5 | Nürburgring | No. 63 Grasser Racing Team | No. 58 Von Ryan Racing | No. 14 Emil Frey Racing | No. 16 AKKA ASP |
5 | Nürburgring | Mirko Bortolotti Giovanni Venturini Adrian Zaugg | Rob Bell Kévin Estre Shane van Gisbergen | Fredy Barth Lorenz Frey Gabriele Gardel | Fabien Barthez Anthony Pons |
Championship standings
;Scoring systemChampionship points were awarded for the first ten positions in each Championship 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. There were no points awarded for the Pole Position.
;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 |
;1000 km Paul Ricard points
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
Points | 33 | 24 | 19 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
;24 Hours of Spa points
Points were awarded after six hours, after twelve hours and at the finish.
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
Points after 6hrs/12hrs | 12 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Points at the finish | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 |