2015 GT4 European Series

The 2015 Competition102 GT4 European Series season was the eighth season of the GT4 European Series, a sports car championship created and organised by the Stéphane Ratel Organisation (SRO). The season began on 5 April at Circuit Paul Armagnac, and finished on 4 October at Misano World Circuit after six race weekends.^[1]

V8 Racing duo Marcel Nooren and Jelle Beelen won the GT4 Pro championship by 24 points ahead of their nearest competitor, Duncan Huisman. Nooren and Beelen won races at Nogaro and the Red Bull Ring, as well as taking a total of ten podium finishes from the twelve races. Huisman was a three-time race winner, sharing one victory with Luc Braams and two with Sandor van Es. Third place in the Pro championship standings went to Peter Ebner and Sascha Halek, who also won three races during the season. The other Pro class wins were shared between Carsten Struwe and Peter Terting (sweeping the Nürburgring round), while the pairings of Bernhard van Oranje and Ricardo van der Ende (Racing Team Holland by Ekris Motorsport), and Marcus Clutton and Jordan Witt (Chevron Cars) each took one victory. The GT4 Amateur class title was taken by ZaWotec driver Daniel Uckermann by 19 points ahead of Pavel Lefterov for ASC Bulavto Racing. Uckermann and Lefterov each took four victories, with Liesette Braams, André Grammatico, Håkan Ricknäs and Patrick Zamparini and Barrie Baxter each taking one victory during 2015.

Calendar edit

On 5 December 2014, a six-round calendar was announced for the 2015 season, with races in support of the Blancpain Sprint Series, the ADAC GT Masters and the Spa 24 Hours. On 27 February 2015, it was announced that the round, scheduled to support Spa 24 Hours, would be moved to June, and in support of the ADAC GT Masters.^[2]

Rnd	Circuit	Date	Event
1	Circuit Paul Armagnac, Nogaro	4–6 April	Blancpain Sprint Series
2	Circuit Park Zandvoort, Noord-Holland	23–24 May	Pinksterraces
3	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg	6–7 June	ADAC GT Masters
4	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Francorchamps	20–21 June
5	Nürburgring, Nürburg	15–16 August
6	Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Misano	3–4 October	Blancpain Sprint Series

Entry list edit

2015 Entry List^[3]
Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Class	Rounds
Racing Team Holland by Ekris Motorsport	Ford Mustang FR500C	1	Bernhard van Oranje Ricardo van der Ende	P	1
	Ekris M4 GT4				6
	BMW M3 GT4				2–5
		8	Rob Severs	P	All
		8	Simon Knap	P	All
Las Moras Racing Team	BMW M3 GT4	4	Liesette Braams	A	1–2, 6
			Frans Verschuur	A	6
			Jörg Viebahn	P	4–5
ASC Bulavto Racing	Lotus Evora GT4	6	Pavel Lefterov	A	All
BMW Espace Bienvenue	BMW M3 GT4	9	André Grammatico	A	1
Mathol Racing	Aston Martin Vantage GT4	10	Jörg Viebahn	P	1–3
Sofia Car Motorsport	SIN R1 GT4	11	Ivo Tzonev	A	1
			Grigor Grigorov		1
			José Luis Talermann		2–4
			José Manuel Balbiani		2
			Marcos Siebert		3
			Pieter Christiaan van Oranje		5^{[N 1]}
			Stephan Kuhs		5^{[N 1]}
			Olivier Muytjens	P	6
			Peter Terting	P	6
		71	Hendrick Still	P	1–3, 5–6^{[N 1]}
			Pieter Christiaan van Oranje		2
			Rosen Daskalov		3
			Tim Franz Scheerbarth		5^{[N 1]}
			Andreas Gülden		6
NMT Racing	BMW M3 GT4	12	Tristan Boorsma	A	2, 4
NMT Racing	BMW M3 GT4	12	Yorick Boorsma	A	2, 4
ZaWotec	KTM X-Bow GTR	15	Sascha Halek	P	2–6
		15	Peter Ebner	P	2–6
		16	Heinz Halek	A	6
			Daniel Uckermann		2–5
	Lotus Evora GT4		Daniel Uckermann		1
PROsport Performance	Porsche 981 Cayman SP	18	Thomas Krebs	A^{[N 2]}	1–4
			Arno Klasen		1–2
			Carsten Struwe		3–4
			Carsten Struwe	P	5
			Peter Terting	P	5
Ricknäs Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT4	21	Peter Larsen	A	2
Ricknäs Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT4	21	Håkan Ricknäs	A	2, 5
Allied-Racing	BMW M3 GT4	28	Jan Kasperlik	A	2–5^{[N 3]}
Allied-Racing	BMW M3 GT4	28	Dietmar Lackinger	A	2–5^{[N 3]}
Maserati	Maserati GranTurismo MC	33	Carlo Curti	P	6
		33	Lino Curti	P	6
		46	Patrick Zamparini	A	6
		46	Barrie Baxter	A	6
Chevron Cars	Chevron GT4	44	Marcus Clutton	P	2–6^{[N 4]}
			Wayne Schofield		3–4^{[N 4]}
			Jordan Witt		5–6
Optimum Motorsport	Ginetta G50 GT4	46	Salih Yoluç	P	5^{[N 5]}
Tolman Motorsport	Ginetta G55 GT4	56	David Pattison	A	4
Tolman Motorsport	Ginetta G55 GT4	56	Luke Davenport	A	4
Bald Eagle Racing	BMW M3 GT4	66	Thomas Martinsson	A	2–3, 5
Bald Eagle Racing	BMW M3 GT4	66	Oskar Krüger	A	2–3, 5
V8 Racing	Chevrolet Camaro GT4	69	Marcel Nooren	P	All
		69	Jelle Beelen	P	All
		96	Duncan Huisman	P	All
			Luc Braams		1–3, 5–6
			Sandor van Es		4
Förenade Racing	BMW M3 GT4	90	Milton Lundström	A	5
Förenade Racing	BMW M3 GT4	90	Joakim Söderström	A	5

Icon	Class
P	Pro
A	Amateur

Race calendar and results edit

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Pro Winners	Am Winners	Overall Winners
1	R1	Nogaro	5 April	No. 71 Sofia Car Motorsport	No. 96 V8 Racing	No. 4 Las Moras Racing Team	No. 96 V8 Racing
	R1		5 April	Hendrick Still	Luc Braams Duncan Huisman	Liesette Braams	Luc Braams Duncan Huisman
	R2		6 April	No. 96 V8 Racing	No. 69 V8 Racing	No. 9 BMW Espace Bienvenue	No. 69 V8 Racing
	R2		6 April	Luc Braams Duncan Huisman	Marcel Nooren Jelle Beelen	André Grammatico	Marcel Nooren Jelle Beelen
2	R1	Zandvoort	23 May	No. 15 ZaWotec	No. 1 Racing Team Holland by Ekris Motorsport	No. 16 ZaWotec	No. 16 ZaWotec
	R1		23 May	Sascha Halek Peter Ebner	Bernhard van Oranje Ricardo van der Ende	Daniel Uckermann	Daniel Uckermann
	R2		24 May	No. 15 ZaWotec	No. 15 ZaWotec	No. 16 ZaWotec	No. 15 ZaWotec
	R2		24 May	Sascha Halek Peter Ebner	Sascha Halek Peter Ebner	Daniel Uckermann	Sascha Halek Peter Ebner
3	R1	Spielberg	7 June	No. 15 ZaWotec	No. 15 ZaWotec	No. 16 ZaWotec	No. 15 ZaWotec
	R1			Sascha Halek Peter Ebner	Sascha Halek Peter Ebner	Daniel Uckermann	Sascha Halek Peter Ebner
	R2			No. 71 Sofia Car Motorsport	No. 69 V8 Racing	No. 16 ZaWotec	No. 69 V8 Racing
	R2			Hendrick Still Rosen Daskalov	Marcel Nooren Jelle Beelen	Daniel Uckermann	Marcel Nooren Jelle Beelen
4	R1	Spa-Francorchamps	20 June	No. 96 V8 Racing	No. 96 V8 Racing	No. 6 ASC Bulavto Racing	No. 6 ASC Bulavto Racing
	R1		20 June	Sandor van Es Duncan Huisman	Sandor van Es Duncan Huisman	Pavel Lefterov	Pavel Lefterov
	R2		21 June	No. 6 ASC Bulavto Racing	No. 96 V8 Racing	No. 6 ASC Bulavto Racing	No. 6 ASC Bulavto Racing
	R2		21 June	Pavel Lefterov	Sandor van Es Duncan Huisman	Pavel Lefterov	Pavel Lefterov
5	R1	Nürburgring	15 August	No. 15 ZaWotec	No. 18 PROsport Performance	No. 21 Ricknäs Motorsport	No. 18 PROsport Performance
	R1			Sascha Halek Peter Ebner	Carsten Struwe Peter Terting	Håkan Ricknäs	Carsten Struwe Peter Terting
	R2			No. 1 Racing Team Holland by Ekris Motorsport	No. 18 PROsport Performance	No. 6 ASC Bulavto Racing	No. 6 ASC Bulavto Racing
	R2			Bernhard van Oranje Ricardo van der Ende	Carsten Struwe Peter Terting	Pavel Lefterov	Pavel Lefterov
6	R1	Misano	3 October	No. 44 Chevron Cars	No. 44 Chevron Cars	No. 46 Maserati	No. 44 Chevron Cars
	R1		3 October	Marcus Clutton Jordan Witt	Marcus Clutton Jordan Witt	Patrick Zamparini Barrie Baxter	Marcus Clutton Jordan Witt
	R2		4 October	No. 6 ASC Bulavto Racing	No. 15 ZaWotec	No. 6 ASC Bulavto Racing	No. 6 ASC Bulavto Racing
	R2		4 October	Pavel Lefterov	Sascha Halek Peter Ebner	Pavel Lefterov	Pavel Lefterov

Footnotes edit

^ ^a ^b ^c Sofia Car Motorsport withdrew from the Nürburgring round after their request to field Hendrik Still in the No. 71 as a solo driver was rejected by the other teams.
^ Thomas Krebs and Arno Klassen were counted as Pro drivers prior to the second race of the Nogaro round.
^ Prior to the first race of the Spa-Francorchamps round, Jan Kasperlik withdrew due to illness. Dietmar Lackinger competed in the races as a solo driver.
^ ^a ^b The Chevron GT4 had an issue during qualifying for the Red Bull Ring round and did not take part in the races.
^ Yoluc withdrew from the Nürburgring round after his Ginetta G50 had an engine issue during free practice.

References edit

^ "GT4 European Series reveals exciting 2015 calendar". GT4 European Series. Stéphane Ratel Organisation. 5 December 2014. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
^ "GT4 European Series intensifies cooperation with ADAC GT Masters". GT4 European Series. Stéphane Ratel Organisation. 27 February 2015. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
^ "Competition102 GT4 European Series presents line-up for opening round". GT4 European Series. Stéphane Ratel Organisation. 25 March 2015. Archived from the original on 30 March 2015. Retrieved 30 March 2015.

External links edit

Official website

[Round_5R-4] Sofia Car Motorsport withdrew from the Nürburgring round after their request to field Hendrik Still in the No. 71 as a solo driver was rejected by the other teams.

[Round_1-5] Thomas Krebs and Arno Klassen were counted as Pro drivers prior to the second race of the Nogaro round.

[Round_4-6] Prior to the first race of the Spa-Francorchamps round, Jan Kasperlik withdrew due to illness. Dietmar Lackinger competed in the races as a solo driver.

[Round_3-7] The Chevron GT4 had an issue during qualifying for the Red Bull Ring round and did not take part in the races.

[Round_5Q-8] Yoluc withdrew from the Nürburgring round after his Ginetta G50 had an engine issue during free practice.

[Calendar-1] "GT4 European Series reveals exciting 2015 calendar". GT4 European Series. Stéphane Ratel Organisation. 5 December 2014. Retrieved 29 December 2014.

[2] "GT4 European Series intensifies cooperation with ADAC GT Masters". GT4 European Series. Stéphane Ratel Organisation. 27 February 2015. Retrieved 27 February 2015.

[3] "Competition102 GT4 European Series presents line-up for opening round". GT4 European Series. Stéphane Ratel Organisation. 25 March 2015. Archived from the original on 30 March 2015. Retrieved 30 March 2015.

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