2019 GT World Challenge Europe

The 2019 GT World Challenge Europe (known for sponsorship reasons as the 2019 Blancpain GT World Challenge Europe) was the seventh season of the GT World Challenge Europe following on from the demise of the SRO Motorsports Group's FIA GT1 World Championship (an auto racing series for grand tourer cars), the first with the sponsorship of Blancpain. 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.^[1]

2019 Blancpain GT World Challenge Europe

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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.^[2] 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.^[3]

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.^[4]

Team Car No. Drivers Class Rounds Belgian Audi Club Team WRT[5] Audi R8 LMS Evo[5] 1 Ezequiel Pérez Companc[6] P 1, 3–5 Dries Vanthoor[6] 2 Charles Weerts[6] P All Christopher Mies[6] 1, 3–5 Dries Vanthoor 2 10 Rik Breukers[6] S All Óscar Tunjo[6] 17 Shae Davies[6] S All Tom Gamble[6] Black Falcon[7] Mercedes-AMG GT3[7] 4 Maro Engel[7] P All Luca Stolz[7] Phoenix Racing[8] Audi R8 LMS Evo[8] 5 Kim-Luis Schramm[9] P All Frank Stippler[10] 1–2 Jean-Karl Vernay 3 Jamie Green 4–5 11 Finlay Hutchison[8] P All Frédéric Vervisch[10] 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[11] Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo[11] 15 Pierre Feligioni Am 2 Claude-Yves Gosselin GRT Grasser Racing Team[12] Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo[12] 19 Michele Beretta S 3 Rolf Ineichen 63 Mirko Bortolotti[12] P All Christian Engelhart[12] Tech 1 Racing[13] Lexus RC F GT3[13] 23 Jack Hawksworth[13] P 3–5 Aurélien Panis[13] Saintéloc Racing[14] Audi R8 LMS Evo[14] 24 Nyls Stievenart[10] PA 1–3 Stéphane Ortelli[10] P 4–5 Dorian Boccolacci 25 Simon Gachet[14] P All Christopher Haase[14] 26 Steven Palette[14] P All Markus Winkelhock[14] AF Corse[15] Ferrari 488 GT3[15] 52 Andrea Bertolini[10] PA All Louis Machiels[10] Dinamic Motorsport[16] Porsche 911 GT3 R[16] 54 Sven Müller[16] P 5 Giorgio Roda[16] Attempto Racing[15] Audi R8 LMS Evo[15] 55 Nick Foster[10] P All Steijn Schothorst[10] 56 Milan Dontje[10] S All Mattia Drudi[10] 66 Kelvin van der Linde[10] P All Clemens Schmid[10] R-Motorsport[17] Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3[17] 62 Hugo de Sadeleer[17] S All Aaro Vainio[17] 76 Ricky Collard[17] P All Marvin Kirchhöfer[17] AKKA ASP Team[18] Mercedes-AMG GT3[18] 87 Jim Pla[19] PA All Jean-Luc Beaubelique[19] 1, 5 Mauro Ricci[19] 2–4 88 Vincent Abril[18] P All Raffaele Marciello[18] 89 Nico Bastian[20] S All Thomas Neubauer[20] 90 Timur Boguslavskiy[10] S All Fabian Schiller[10] 1–2, 4 Felipe Fraga 3, 5 Kessel Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 111 Stephen Earle Am 4 Rory Penttinen Rinaldi Racing[15] Ferrari 488 GT3[15] 333 David Perel[10] PA All Rinat Salikhov[10] HB Racing[15] Ferrari 488 GT3[15] 444 Florian Scholze[10] Am All Wolfgang Triller[21] Orange1 FFF Racing Team[22] Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo[22] 519 Hiroshi Hamaguchi[23] PA All Phil Keen[23] 555 Diego Menchaca[23] S All Taylor Proto[23] 563 Andrea Caldarelli[23] P All Marco Mapelli[23]

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	Report
1	R1	Brands Hatch	No. 4 Black Falcon	No. 4 Black Falcon	No. 89 AKKA ASP Team	No. 333 Rinaldi Racing	No. 444 HB Racing	Report
			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 Racing	Report
			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 Racing	Report
			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 Racing	Report
			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 Racing	Report
			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

Pos. 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 Pos. Driver Team BRH MIS ZAN NÜR HUN Points

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

Silver Cup

Pos.	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
Pos.	Driver	Team	BRH		MIS		ZAN		NÜR		HUN		Points

Pro-Am Cup Pos. 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 Pos. Driver Team BRH MIS ZAN NÜR HUN Points

Am Cup Pos. 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 Pos. Driver Team BRH MIS ZAN NÜR HUN Points

Teams' championships

Overall

Pos. Team Manufacturer BRH MIS ZAN NÜR HUN Points 1 AKKA ASP Team Mercedes-AMG 1 8 2 6 1 6 9 18 1 1 99.5 2 Orange1 FFF Racing Team Lamborghini 14 2 1 2 3 7 1 3 5 4 95 3 Black Falcon Mercedes-AMG 2 1 3 4 4 4 8 4 2 3 93.5 4 GRT Grasser Racing Team Lamborghini 3 10 6 16 2 2 2 8 3 2 80 5 Saintéloc Racing Audi 16 7 13 3 10 1 3 2 6 6 66.5 6 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT Audi 6 6 14 1 5 3 4 6 8 7 65.5 7 R-Motorsport Aston Martin 7 5 4 7 6 8 7 1 9 9 56 8 Attempto Racing Audi 5 3 7 8 12 9 6 12 4 10 42.5 9 Phoenix Racing Audi 8 12 10 5 8 10 13 9 14 11 22 10 Tech 1 Racing Lexus 15 Ret 19 5 26 22 7.5 11 Rinaldi Racing Ferrari 13 16 12 22 25 15 20 24 25 Ret 4 12 AF Corse Ferrari Ret Ret 11 21 20 19 23 19 23 26 2.5 13 Audi Sport Italia Audi 16 20 0.5 KCMG Nissan 18 17 18 23 24 23 26 22 27 25 0 GetSpeed Performance Mercedes-AMG 21 25 0 Kessel Racing Ferrari 25 23 0 Boutsen Ginion Lamborghini 24 27 0 Dinamic Motorsport Porsche 28 27 0 Pos. Team Manufacturer BRH MIS ZAN NÜR HUN Points

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

Silver Cup

Pos.	Team	Manufacturer	BRH		MIS		ZAN		NÜR		HUN		Points
1	AKKA ASP Team	Mercedes-AMG	1	8	5	6	9	12	10	10	7	5	149.5
2	R-Motorsport	Aston Martin	Ret	11	17	7	6	8	15	14	9	9	103
3	Attempto Racing	Audi	10	9	9	18	16	9	6	15	12	15	102
4	Belgian Audi Club Team WRT	Audi	6	Ret	14	9	11	11	11	6	16	14	94
5	Orange1 FFF Racing Team	Lamborghini	19	DNS	23	10	22	16	22	16	24	23	55.5
6	GRT Grasser Racing Team	Lamborghini					19	17					10.5
Pos.	Team	Manufacturer	BRH		MIS		ZAN		NÜR		HUN		Points

Pro-Am Cup Pos. Team Manufacturer BRH MIS ZAN NÜR HUN Points 1 Orange1 FFF Racing Team Lamborghini 14 14 15 17 18 20 21 20 22 21 131 2 Rinaldi Racing Ferrari 13 16 12 22 25 15 20 24 25 Ret 102.5 3 AKKA ASP Team Mercedes-AMG 17 15 19 24 23 22 27 21 21 24 96.5 4 AF Corse Ferrari Ret Ret 11 21 20 19 23 19 23 26 96 5 Saintéloc Racing Audi DNS DNS 13 19 21 21 40.5 Pos. Team Manufacturer BRH MIS ZAN NÜR HUN Points

Am Cup Pos. Team Manufacturer BRH MIS ZAN NÜR HUN Points 1 HB Racing Ferrari 18 17 18 23 24 23 26 22 27 25 170.5 2 Kessel Racing Ferrari 25 23 28.5 3 GetSpeed Performance Mercedes-AMG 21 25 24 4 Boutsen Ginion Lamborghini 24 27 19 Pos. Team Manufacturer BRH MIS ZAN NÜR HUN Points

See also

• 2019 Blancpain GT Series
• 2019 Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup
• 2019 Blancpain GT World Challenge America
• 2019 Blancpain GT World Challenge Asia