2019 Blancpain GT World Challenge Europe

The 2019 Blancpain GT World Challenge Europe was the seventh season of the Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup following on from the demise of the SRO Motorsports Group's FIA GT1 World Championship (an auto racing series for grand tourer cars), the sixth under the Blancpain partnership. The season began on 4 May at Brands Hatch and ended on 8 September at the Hungaroring. It was the first season of the unification of GT3 sprint series across the globe under the World Challenge name.

Calendar At the annual press conference during the 2018 24 Hours of Spa on 27 July, the Stéphane Ratel Organisation announced the first draft of the 2019 calendar. Zolder was initially replaced by the Red Bull Ring, before Zandvoort was chosen to host a race weekend. The Endurance Cup round in Barcelona would become an World Challenge Europe round, replacing the round at the Nürburgring, before the two tracks were swapped around again in the final draft of the calendar released on 22 October. Round Circuit Date 1 Brands Hatch, Kent, Great Britain 5 May 2 Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Misano Adriatico, Italy 30 June 3 Circuit Zandvoort, Zandvoort, Netherlands 14 July 4 Nürburgring, Nürburg, Germany 1 September 5 Hungaroring, Mogyoród, Hungary 8 September

Entry list A cap of 30 cars was placed in an attempt to reduce accidents on narrower tracks. Team Car Drivers Class Rounds Belgian Audi Club Team WRT Audi R8 LMS Evo 1 Ezequiel Pérez Companc P 1, 3–5 Dries Vanthoor 2 Charles Weerts P All Christopher Mies 1, 3–5 Dries Vanthoor 2 10 Rik Breukers S All Óscar Tunjo 17 Shae Davies S All Tom Gamble Black Falcon Mercedes-AMG GT3 4 Maro Engel P All Luca Stolz Phoenix Racing Audi R8 LMS Evo 5 Kim-Luis Schramm P All Frank Stippler 1–2 Jean-Karl Vernay 3 Jamie Green 4–5 11 Finlay Hutchison P All Frédéric Vervisch Audi Sport Italia Audi R8 LMS Evo 7 Andrea Fontana P 2 Pierre Kaffer GetSpeed Performance Mercedes-AMG GT3 13 Adam Osieka Am 2 Denis Remenyako Boutsen Ginion Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 15 Pierre Feligioni Am 2 Claude-Yves Gosselin GRT Grasser Racing Team Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 19 Michele Beretta S 3 Rolf Ineichen 63 Mirko Bortolotti P All Christian Engelhart Tech 1 Racing Lexus RC F GT3 23 Jack Hawksworth P 3–5 Aurélien Panis Saintéloc Racing Audi R8 LMS Evo 24 Stéphane Ortelli PA 1–3 Nyls Stievenart Dorian Boccolacci P 4–5 Stéphane Ortelli 25 Simon Gachet P All Christopher Haase 26 Steven Palette P All Markus Winkelhock AF Corse Ferrari 488 GT3 52 Andrea Bertolini PA All Louis Machiels Dinamic Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R 54 Sven Müller P 5 Giorgio Roda Attempto Racing Audi R8 LMS Evo 55 Nick Foster P All Steijn Schothorst 56 Milan Dontje S All Mattia Drudi 66 Kelvin van der Linde P All Clemens Schmid R-Motorsport Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 62 Hugo de Sadeleer S All Aaro Vainio 76 Ricky Collard P All Marvin Kirchhöfer AKKA ASP Team Mercedes-AMG GT3 87 Jim Pla PA All Jean-Luc Beaubelique 1, 5 Mauro Ricci 2–4 88 Vincent Abril P All Raffaele Marciello 89 Nico Bastian S All Thomas Neubauer 90 Timur Boguslavskiy S All Fabian Schiller 1–2, 4 Felipe Fraga 3, 5 Kessel Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 111 Stephen Earle Am 4 Rory Penttinen Rinaldi Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 333 David Perel PA All Rinat Salikhov HB Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 444 Florian Scholze Am All Wolfgang Triller Orange1 FFF Racing Team Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 519 Hiroshi Hamaguchi PA All Phil Keen 555 Diego Menchaca S All Taylor Proto 563 Andrea Caldarelli P All Marco Mapelli Icon Class P Pro Cup S Silver Cup PA Pro-Am Cup Am Am Cup

Race results Bold indicates overall winner. Round Circuit Pole position Pro Winners Silver Winners Pro-Am Winners Am Winners 1 1 Brands Hatch No. 4 Black Falcon No. 4 Black Falcon No. 89 AKKA ASP Team No. 333 Rinaldi Racing No. 444 HB RacingReport Maro Engel Luca Stolz Maro Engel Luca Stolz Nico Bastian Thomas Neubauer David Perel Rinat Salikhov Florian Scholze Wolfgang Triller R2 No. 90 AKKA ASP Team No. 4 Black Falcon No. 89 AKKA ASP Team No. 519 Orange1 FFF Racing Team No. 444 HB Racing Timur Boguslavskiy Fabian Schiller Maro Engel Luca Stolz Nico Bastian Thomas Neubauer Hiroshi Hamaguchi Phil Keen Florian Scholze Wolfgang Triller 2 R1 Misano No. 2 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT No. 563 Orange1 FFF Racing Team No. 90 AKKA ASP Team No. 52 AF Corse No. 444 HB RacingReport Dries Vanthoor Charles Weerts Andrea Caldarelli Marco Mapelli Timur Boguslavskiy Fabian Schiller Andrea Bertolini Louis Machiels Florian Scholze Wolfgang Triller R2 No. 88 AKKA ASP Team No. 2 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT No. 89 AKKA ASP Team No. 519 Orange1 FFF Racing Team No. 444 HB Racing Vincent Abril Raffaele Marciello Dries Vanthoor Charles Weerts Nico Bastian Thomas Neubauer Hiroshi Hamaguchi Phil Keen Florian Scholze Wolfgang Triller 3 R1 Zandvoort No. 88 AKKA ASP Team No. 88 AKKA ASP Team No. 62 R-Motorsport No. 519 Orange1 FFF Racing Team No. 444 HB RacingReport Vincent Abril Raffaele Marciello Vincent Abril Raffaele Marciello Hugo de Sadeleer Aaro Vainio Hiroshi Hamaguchi Phil Keen Florian Scholze Wolfgang Triller R2 No. 25 Saintéloc Racing No. 25 Saintéloc Racing No. 62 R-Motorsport No. 333 Rinaldi Racing No. 444 HB Racing Simon Gachet Christopher Haase Simon Gachet Christopher Haase Hugo de Sadeleer Aaro Vainio David Perel Rinat Salikhov Florian Scholze Wolfgang Triller 4 R1 Nürburgring No. 63 GRT Grasser Racing Team No. 563 Orange1 FFF Racing Team No. 56 Attempto Racing No. 333 Rinaldi Racing No. 111 Kessel RacingReport Mirko Bortolotti Christian Engelhart Andrea Caldarelli Marco Mapelli Milan Dontje Mattia Drudi David Perel Rinat Salikhov Stephen Earle Rory Penttinen R2 No. 1 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT No. 76 R-Motorsport No. 10 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT No. 52 AF Corse No. 444 HB Racing Ezequiel Pérez Companc Dries Vanthoor Ricky Collard Marvin Kirchhöfer Rik Breukers Óscar Tunjo Andrea Bertolini Louis Machiels Florian Scholze Wolfgang Triller 5 R1 Hungaroring No. 88 AKKA ASP Team No. 88 AKKA ASP Team No. 89 AKKA ASP Team No. 87 AKKA ASP Team No. 444 HB RacingReport Vincent Abril Raffaele Marciello Vincent Abril Raffaele Marciello Nico Bastian Thomas Neubauer Jean-Luc Beaubelique Jim Pla Florian Scholze Wolfgang Triller R2 No. 88 AKKA ASP Team No. 88 AKKA ASP Team No. 90 AKKA ASP Team No. 519 Orange1 FFF Racing Team No. 444 HB Racing Vincent Abril Raffaele Marciello Vincent Abril Raffaele Marciello Timur Boguslavskiy Felipe Fraga Hiroshi Hamaguchi Phil Keen Florian Scholze Wolfgang Triller

Championship standings Scoring system Championship points are awarded for the first ten positions in each race. The pole-sitter also receives one point and entries are required to complete 75% of the winning car's race distance in order to be classified and earn points. Individual drivers are 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   Pole  Points 16.5 12 9.5 7.5 6 4.5 3 2 1 0.5 1

Drivers' championships

Overall Driver Team BRH MIS ZAN NÜR HUN Points 1 Andrea Caldarelli Marco Mapelli Orange1 FFF Racing Team Ret 2 1 2 3 7 1 3 5 4 92.5 2 Maro Engel Luca Stolz Black Falcon 2 1 3 4 4 4 8 4 2 3 92.5 3 Vincent Abril Raffaele Marciello AKKA ASP Team 4 19 2 15 1 6 9 Ret 1 1 78.5 4 Mirko Bortolotti Christian Engelhart GRT Grasser Racing Team 3 10 6 16 2 2 2 8 3 2 75 5 Simon Gachet Christopher Haase Saintéloc Racing 16 7 Ret 3 10 1 3 2 6 6 61 6 Charles Weerts Belgian Audi Club Team WRT 12 6 Ret 1 13 5 4 26 8 7 40.5 7 Dries Vanthoor Belgian Audi Club Team WRT 11 Ret Ret 1 5 3 5 27 17 16 40 8 Ricky Collard Marvin Kirchhöfer R-Motorsport 7 5 4 13 7 18 7 1 10 19 39.5 9 Nico Bastian Thomas Neubauer AKKA ASP Team 1 8 20 6 9 12 24 18 7 8 29 10 Kelvin van der Linde Clemens Schmid Attempto Racing 5 4 7 14 27 24 28 12 4 10 24.5 11 Christopher Mies Belgian Audi Club Team WRT 12 6 13 5 4 26 8 7 23 12 Ezequiel Pérez Companc Belgian Audi Club Team WRT 11 Ret 5 3 5 27 17 16 22.5 13 Timur Boguslavskiy AKKA ASP Team 15 18 5 26 26 DNS 10 10 13 5 14 14 Nick Foster Steijn Schothorst Attempto Racing Ret 3 8 8 12 13 14 13 11 13 13.5 15 Hugo de Sadeleer Aaro Vainio R-Motorsport Ret 11 17 7 6 8 15 14 9 9 11.5 16 Finlay Hutchison Frédéric Vervisch Phoenix Racing 8 12 10 5 8 10 13 25 18 20 11 17 Fabian Schiller AKKA ASP Team 15 18 5 26 10 10 8 18 Milan Dontje Mattia Drudi Attempto Racing 10 9 9 18 16 9 6 15 12 15 8 19 Rik Breukers Óscar Tunjo Belgian Audi Club Team WRT 9 Ret 25 9 11 25 11 6 16 14 6.5 20 Jack Hawksworth Aurélien Panis Tech 1 Racing 15 Ret 19 5 26 22 6 20 Felipe Fraga AKKA ASP Team 26 DNS 13 5 6 21 Shae Davies Tom Gamble Belgian Audi Club Team WRT 6 Ret 14 11 17 11 12 17 20 18 4.5 22 Steven Palette Markus Winkelhock Saintéloc Racing Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret DNS 18 7 19 12 3 23 Kim-Luis Schramm Phoenix Racing Ret 13 22 12 14 14 17 9 14 11 1 23 Jamie Green Phoenix Racing 17 9 14 11 1 24 Diego Menchaca Taylor Proto Orange1 FFF Racing Team 19 DNS 23 10 22 16 22 16 24 23 0.5 Stéphane Ortelli Saintéloc Racing DNS DNS 13 19 21 21 16 11 15 17 0 Dorian Boccolacci Saintéloc Racing 16 11 15 17 0 Andrea Bertolini Louis Machiels AF Corse Ret Ret 11 21 20 19 23 19 23 26 0 David Perel Rinat Salikhov Rinaldi Racing 13 16 12 22 25 15 20 24 25 Ret 0 Frank Stippler Phoenix Racing Ret 13 22 12 0 Nyls Stievenart Saintéloc Racing DNS DNS 13 19 21 21 0 Hiroshi Hamaguchi Phil Keen Orange1 FFF Racing Team 14 14 15 17 18 20 21 20 22 21 0 Jean-Karl Vernay Phoenix Racing 14 14 0 Jim Pla AKKA ASP Team 17 15 19 24 23 22 27 21 21 24 0 Jean-Luc Beaubelique AKKA ASP Team 17 15 21 24 0 Andrea Fontana Pierre Kaffer Audi Sport Italia 16 20 0 Florian Scholze Wolfgang Triller HB Racing 18 17 18 23 24 23 26 22 27 25 0 Michele Beretta Rolf Ineichen GRT Grasser Racing Team 19 17 0 Mauro Ricci AKKA ASP Team 19 24 23 22 27 21 0 Adam Osieka Denis Remenyako GetSpeed Performance 21 25 0 Stephen Earle Rory Penttinen Kessel Racing 25 23 0 Pierre Feligioni Claude-Yves Gosselin Boutsen Ginion 24 27 0 Sven Müller Giorgio Roda Dinamic Motorsport 28 27 0 Driver Team BRH MIS ZAN NÜR HUN PointsBold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

Silver Cup Driver Team BRH MIS ZAN NÜR HUN Points 1 Nico Bastian Thomas Neubauer AKKA ASP Team 1 8 20 6 9 12 24 18 7 8 112.5 2 Hugo de Sadeleer Aaro Vainio R-Motorsport Ret 11 17 7 6 8 15 14 9 9 99 3 Milan Dontje Mattia Drudi Attempto Racing 10 9 9 18 16 9 6 15 12 15 97 4 Timur Boguslavskiy AKKA ASP Team 15 18 5 26 26 DNS 10 10 13 5 87 5 Rik Breukers Óscar Tunjo Belgian Audi Club Team WRT 9 Ret 25 9 11 25 11 6 16 14 75 6 Shae Davies Tom Gamble Belgian Audi Club Team WRT 6 Ret 14 11 17 11 12 17 20 18 64 7 Fabian Schiller AKKA ASP Team 15 18 5 26 10 10 59 8 Diego Menchaca Taylor Proto Orange1 FFF Racing Team 19 DNS 23 10 22 16 22 16 24 23 42 9 Felipe Fraga AKKA ASP Team 26 DNS 13 5 28 10 Michele Beretta Rolf Ineichen GRT Grasser Racing Team 19 17 9 Driver Team BRH MIS ZAN NÜR HUN Points

Pro-Am Cup Driver Team BRH MIS ZAN NÜR HUN Points 1 Hiroshi Hamaguchi Phil Keen Orange1 FFF Racing Team 14 14 15 17 18 20 21 20 22 21 131 2 David Perel Rinat Salikhov Rinaldi Racing 13 16 12 22 25 15 20 24 25 Ret 102.5 3 Jim Pla AKKA ASP Team 17 15 19 24 23 22 27 21 21 24 96.5 4 Andrea Bertolini Louis Machiels AF Corse Ret Ret 11 21 20 19 23 19 23 26 96 5 Jean-Luc Beaubelique AKKA ASP Team 17 15 21 24 52 6 Mauro Ricci AKKA ASP Team 19 24 23 22 27 21 44.5 7 Stéphane Ortelli Nyls Stievenart Saintéloc Racing DNS DNS 13 19 21 21 40.5 Driver Team BRH MIS ZAN NÜR HUN Points

Am Cup Driver Team BRH MIS ZAN NÜR HUN Points 1 Florian Scholze Wolfgang Triller HB Racing 18 17 18 23 24 23 26 22 27 25 170.5 2 Stephen Earle Rory Penttinen Kessel Racing 25 23 28.5 3 Adam Osieka Denis Remenyako GetSpeed Performance 21 25 24 4 Pierre Feligioni Claude-Yves Gosselin Boutsen Ginion 24 27 19 Driver Team BRH MIS ZAN NÜR HUN Points

Teams' championships

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