2015 GT Sports Club

The 2015 GT Sports Club is the first season of the SRO Group's GT Sports Club, an auto racing series for grand tourer cars. The GT Sports Club is a championship for Bronze and Iron drivers only. Platinum, Gold, Silver and Bronze indicate how professional a driver is. The SRO introduced the new "Iron" categorisation within the Bronze category, for drivers over the age of 60.^[1] All drivers must participate with GT3-spec cars, RACB G3 cars or GTE-spec cars. The series maiden race weekend was from 17 to 19 April during the Espíritu de Montjuïc event at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.^[2] Max Bianchi won the first overall championship and Martin Lanting won the Iron Cup after the last race of the championship at Misano.^[3]

Calendar

Event	Circuit	Date	Supporting
1	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló, Spain	19 April	Espíritu de Montjuïc
2	Paul Ricard Circuit, Le Castellet, France	20 June	Blancpain Endurance Series
3	Algarve International Circuit, Algarve, Portugal	6 September	Blancpain Sprint Series
4	Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Misano, Italy	4 October	Blancpain Sprint Series
Source: ^[4]

Entry list

Team	Car	No.	Driver	Class	Rounds
SRO Race Centre	Aston Martin DBRS9 GT3	6	Stéphane Ratel		1–2
SRO Race Centre	Aston Martin DBRS9 GT3	7	Michel Mhitarian		2
Scuderia Villorba Corse	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	8	Cédric Mezard		All
AKKA ASP	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	9	Gabriel Balthazard	Iron	2 (QR)
		9	Jean-Luc Beaubelique		2 (MR)
		10	Maurice Ricci		2
WRT Racing	Audi R8 LMS ultra	12	Jean-Michel Baert		All
TDS Racing	BMW Z4 GT3	21	Claude-Yves Gosselin		2
Kessel Racing	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	23	Max Bianchi		All
	Ferrari 458 Challenge	38	Wong Chong Yau Runme	CC	1
	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	111	Stephen Earle	Iron	3
Reiter Engineering	Lamborghini Gallardo GT3	24	Naomi Schiff		1
Pro GT by Almeras	Porsche 997 GT3-R	34	Roland Berville		2
Krypton Motorsport	Porsche 997 GT3-R	35	Stefano Pezzucchi		1–2
Saintéloc Racing	Audi R8 LMS ultra	36	Marc Sourd	Iron	2
Saintéloc Racing	Audi R8 LMS ultra	37	Michael Blanchemain		2
Sports & You	Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3	39	Natalia Freidina		3
AF Corse	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	42	Patrick Van Glabeke		All
	Ferrari 458 Italia GTE	48	Martin Lanting	Iron	All
	Ferrari 458 Italia GTE	51	Christoph Ulrich		4
	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	52	Mario Cordoni		All
		53	Louis-Philippe Soenen	Iron	All
		54	Michael Luzich	Iron	All
Attempto Racing	McLaren 650S GT3	55	Natalia Freidina		2
Attempto Racing	Porsche 997 GT3-R	56	Jürgen Häring		2
HTP Motorsport	Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3	57	Wim de Pundert		2–4
Kox Racing	McLaren 650S GT3	76	Nico Pronk		2
NSC Motorsports	Lamborghini Gallardo GT3	95	Thierry Verstraete		1–3
United Autosports	Audi R8 LMS ultra	99	Phil Burgan	Iron	4

Icon	Class
Iron	Iron Cup
CC	Cup Challenge

Race results

Event	Circuit	Pole position	Qualifying Race Winner	Championship Race Winner
1	Catalunya	No. 35 Krypton Motorsport	No. 35 Krypton Motorsport	No. 23 Kessel Racing
1	Catalunya	Stefano Pezzucchi	Stefano Pezzucchi	Max Bianchi
2	Paul Ricard	No. 35 Krypton Motorsport	No. 35 Krypton Motorsport	No. 35 Krypton Motorsport
2	Paul Ricard	Stefano Pezzucchi	Stefano Pezzucchi	Stefano Pezzucchi
3	Algarve	No. 52 AF Corse	No. 52 AF Corse	No. 52 AF Corse
3	Algarve	Mario Cordoni	Mario Cordoni	Mario Cordoni
4	Misano	No. 52 AF Corse	No. 52 AF Corse	No. 52 AF Corse
4	Misano	Mario Cordoni	Mario Cordoni	Mario Cordoni

Championship standings

Scoring system

Championship points were awarded for the first six positions in each Qualifying Race and for the first ten positions in each Championship Race. Entries were required to complete 75% of the winning driver's race distance in order to be classified and earn points.

Qualifying Race points

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th
Points	8	6	4	3	2	1

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

Drivers' Championships

Overall

Pos.	Driver	Team	CAT		LEC		ALG		MIS		Total
Pos.	Driver	Team	QR	CR	QR	CR	QR	CR	QR	CR	Total
1	Max Bianchi	Kessel Racing	3	1	12	4	3	2	2	2	87
2	Cédric Mezard	Scuderia Villorba Corse	6	2	2	2	4	3	4	3	79
3	Mario Cordoni	AF Corse	2	12	Ret	8	1	1	1	1	76
4	Martin Lanting	AF Corse	4	11	4	3	2	4	8	6	47
5	Stefano Pezzucchi	Krypton Motorsport	1	Ret	1	1					41
6	Patrick Van Glabeke	AF Corse	5	3	6	9	8	7	3	8	34
7	Jean-Michel Baert	WRT Racing	12	6	9	Ret	6	6	6	4	30
8	Louis-Philippe Soenen	AF Corse	10	8	13	13	10	8	5	5	20
9	Thierry Verstraete	NSC Motorsports	8	4	14	18	7	9			14
10	Maurice Ricci	AKKA ASP			5	5					12
10	Stephen Earle	Kessel Racing					5	5			12
11	Naomi Schiff	Reiter Engineering	7	5							10
11	Roland Berville	Pro GT by Almeras			3	7					10
12	Jürgen Häring	Attempto Racing			7	6					8
13	Michael Luzich	AF Corse	9	7	18	19	9	11	11	10	7
14	Phil Burgan	United Autosports							9	7	6
15	Wim de Pundert	HTP Motorsport			16	17	Ret	12	10	9	2
15	Stéphane Ratel	SRO Race Centre	11	9	17	20					2
16	Natalia Freidina	Attempto Racing			19	15					1
16	Natalia Freidina	Sports & You					Ret	10			1
16	Wong Chong Yau Runme	Kessel Racing	13	10							1
16	Jean-Luc Beaubelique	AKKA ASP				10					1
	Nico Pronk	Kox Racing			21	11					0
	Claude-Yves Gosselin	TDS Racing			8	12					0
	Marc Sourd	Saintéloc Racing			10	14					0
	Michel Mhitarian	SRO Race Centre			15	16					0
	Michael Blanchemain	Saintéloc Racing			20	Ret					0
	Christoph Ulrich	AF Corse							7	Ret	0
	Gabriel Balthazard	AKKA ASP			11						0

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

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Iron Cup

Pos.	Driver	Team	CAT		LEC		ALG		MIS		Total
Pos.	Driver	Team	QR	CR	QR	CR	QR	CR	QR	CR	Total
1	Martin Lanting	AF Corse	4	11	4	3	2	4	8	6	113
2	Louis-Philippe Soenen	AF Corse	10	8	13	13	10	8	5	5	96
3	Michael Luzich	AF Corse	9	7	18	19	9	11	11	10	74
4	Stephen Earle	Kessel Racing					5	5			24
5	Marc Sourd	Saintéloc Racing			10	14					21
6	Phil Burgan	United Autosports							9	7	19
7	Gabriel Balthazard	AKKA ASP			11						4

Cup Challenge

Pos.	Driver	Team	CAT		LEC		ALG		MIS		Total
Pos.	Driver	Team	QR	CR	QR	CR	QR	CR	QR	CR	Total
1	Wong Chong Yau Runme	Kessel Racing	13	10							33

References

^ "SRO Motorsports Group introduces GT Sports Club, a new Series exclusively for Bronze drivers". gtsportsclub.com. Retrieved November 15, 2015.
^ "Espíritu de Montjuïc". gtsportsclub.com. Retrieved November 15, 2015.
^ "Max Bianchi and Martin Lanting first GT Sports Club Champions". gtsportsclub.com. Retrieved November 15, 2015.
^ "GT Sports Club Calendar 2015". gtsportsclub.com. Retrieved November 15, 2015.

External links

Official website

[1] "SRO Motorsports Group introduces GT Sports Club, a new Series exclusively for Bronze drivers". gtsportsclub.com. Retrieved November 15, 2015.

[2] "Espíritu de Montjuïc". gtsportsclub.com. Retrieved November 15, 2015.

[3] "Max Bianchi and Martin Lanting first GT Sports Club Champions". gtsportsclub.com. Retrieved November 15, 2015.

[4] "GT Sports Club Calendar 2015". gtsportsclub.com. Retrieved November 15, 2015.

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