The blancpain gt series is a customer series, meaning that all teams are privately owned, manufacturers cannot run their own works teams such as in other toptier racing series. Blancpain regulations assetto corsa competizione general. Formerly pirelli world challenge, the series features the top sports car drivers and teams with an action packed weekend showcasing exceptional gt3 machinery from brands like ferrari, mercedesamg, porsche, acura, bentley, bmw, and more. It will allow you to experience the real atmosphere of gt3 championship,competing against official drivers,teams,cars and circuits reproduced ingame with the highest level of accuracy ever achieved. Gt is a site dedicated to bringing you news, photos, videos, features and interviews from the paddocks of the main european gt series, with the odd 24 hour race thrown into the mix for good measure. Watch live races, exclusive driver interviews and all behind the scenes action from the worlds best gt series. It is the competitors obligation to ensure that all persons concerned by his entry observe all the requirements of the code, the circuit general prescriptions, the applicable technical regulations, the present sporting regulations, the appendix 1 to each event as well as. An official blancpain gt series video game will be released in 2019, with assetto corsa competizione set to be released for early access on september 12 with monthly updates. It will allow you to experience the real atmosphere of gt3 championship,competing against official drivers,teams,cars and circuits reproduced ingame with the. Gt4 european series gt4 series, sro motorsports group. Standings 2019 gt world challenge europe drivers gt. August 3rd, 2015 by jaimeb with the second half of 2015 season 3 upon us, its time for sim racers and sim racing teams to start turning their attention to the season 4 blancpain endurance series, the qualifying series for iracings newest professional sim racing series.
The season began on 14 april at monza and ended on 29 september in barcelona. Pepper takes pro win for bentley, selva dominates silver contest with mclaren in sro esport gt series opener. The 2018 blancpain gt series sprint cup was the sixth season of the blancpain gt series sprint cup following on from the demise of the sro motorsports groups fia gt1 world championship an auto racing series for grand tourer cars, the fifth with the designation of blancpain sprint series or blancpain gt series sprint cup. Upgrades increasing a drivers fia categorisation for the blancpain gt series only will be issued for the full season, independently of the driver lineup.
Blancpain gt series hereinafter the series reserved for fiahomologated grand touring cars hereinafter gt3, racb g3 cars and various cars including those from singlemake series competing in the national group in the 24hour race only. An introduction to the blancpain gt series rules and. The 2020 gt world challenge europe will be the seventh season of the gt world challenge europe and the first after title sponsor blancpain withdrew sponsorship. Vehicle competition classes fia gt3 cars, luxurybrand sports or gt grand touring vehicles compete in pwcs gt class. The objective of the blancpain gt series endurance cup, five events centred around the total 24 hours of. This leads to great racing, but understanding the differences between them can be difficult. No point for a european toplevel gt series to have a race in the n24h weekend. Sro esport gt series confirms extensive television and online coverage for 2020 championship.
The blancpain gt world championship series youtube. Mar 23, 2015 iracing launches blancpain gt3 series. Watch the highlights of the finest gt racing series in the world from 2015. The season will begin on 2 may at silverstone and will end on 1 november at imola. The 2019 season will see sro motorsports group unite the sprintformat championships formerly known as the blancpain gt series sprint cup, blancpain gt series asia and pirelli world challenge gt. The changes to the sporting regulations for the series formerly known as the blancpain gt series endurance cup include reintroducing a competitive element to pitstops and new regulations. Competition classes blancpain gt world challenge america. Blancpain gt world challenge america series events sonoma. The 2014 season also saw an overall blancpain gt series title awarded for the first time, recognising the most consistent performers across the endurance and sprint formats.
Drivers blancpain gt series, blancpain gt world challenge. Aug 31, 2019 each series will retain its present status as an individual championship and will be known as blancpain gt world challenge europe, blancpain gt world challenge asia and blancpain gt world. It features large and varied grids filled with race versions of supercar models from many of the worlds most. Official blancpain gt series game launched, to be released in. The season featured twelve rounds, five blancpain endurance series rounds and seven blancpain sprint series rounds. The 2018 season of the blancpain gt series will see a number of changes to the sporting rules, some of which aim to restore the proam identity of the series and others to increase safety during the races. The overall championship was won by chinese lamborghini factory team fff racing and their drivers, andrea caldarelli and marco mapelli. The blancpain gt series is a world class grand touring competition for homologated gt3 supercars that is organised and promoted by the sro motorsports group. Sro esport gt series confirms extensive television and online coverage for 2020 championship 24 april 2020 sro esport gt series reveals allstar entry list for 2020 championship 22 april 2020 fff racing team by acm announces fff award for online drivers in the sro esports gt series championship 20 april 2020. The season started on 10 april in misano and ended on 2 october in barcelona. The season featured ten rounds, five endurance cup rounds and five sprint cup rounds.
The 2017 blancpain gt series sprint cup was the fifth season of the blancpain gt series sprint cup following on from the demise of the sro groups fia gt1 world championship an auto racing series for grand tourer cars, the fourth with the designation of blancpain sprint series or blancpain gt series sprint cup. However, certain teams receive factory support, and thus can be considered as the manufacturers own teams, where many works drivers are employed. This brings it into line with srorun championships in asia and america, while also reflecting the expanded global gt world challenge, which allows manufacturers to measure the success of their. The season began on 7 april at zolder and ended on 30 september in barcelona. The new sro esport gt series kicked off in exciting fashion today 26 april with a pair of onehour assetto corsa competizione races at silverstone. Total 24 hours of spa total 24 hours of spa belgium.
If you would like to advertise or partner with us, please use the contact form. Your source for pirelli gt4 america live streaming, live timing, news, team and driver profiles, video highlights, photos, race and event information. So many of the gt3 teams in the n24h are from blancpain. Gt, gts and gt cup cars compete in both sprint and sprintx championships. Private testing ban, pit stop changes for blancpain gt. Next year, we will debut our newest premier series.
This is second round of blancpain endurance series this year and fifth event of whole blancpain gt series. Several new rules and alterations were announced by sro. Iconic cars, tracks and drivers of the 2015 series. The 2016 blancpain gt series sprint cup was the fourth season following on from the demise of the sro groups fia gt1 world championship an auto racing series for grand tourer cars, the third with the designation of blancpain sprint series or blancpain gt series sprint cup. The car is not required to use the engine it is offered with although it usually is, but it is required to be a production engine used in a road car. The official blancpain gt series facebook page web. Sportscar365 gives an overview of the changes made to the blancpain gt series sporting regulations for 2016. The season started on 12 april at monza and ended on 2 november in baku. Gt1 world and gt3 europe are now both dead, leaving the real gt1 cars dead for good, but the gt3 class is still being run on a big european stage in the blancpain endurance series. Gt world challenge europe gt world challenge europe. Endurance cup for 180 minute races plus the 24 hours of spa and the km paul ricard, totalling five endurance races per year. Each series will retain its present status as an individual championship and will be known as blancpain gt world challenge europe, blancpain gt world challenge asia and blancpain gt world. Following the conclusion of blancpain s longterm partnership, the series has been rechristened gt world challenge europe for the 2020 season. Full broadcast details can now be revealed for the sro esport gt series, which kicks off this weekend with a pair of assetto corsa competizione races staged at silverstone 26 april.
Watch blancpain gt series sprint cup misano 2017 qualifying race french live gtworld on dailymotion. Teams can compete in the entire series or pick a cup. Sprint cup for 2 x 60 minute races in a weekend, five weekends per year. The season features ten rounds, five endurance cup rounds and five world challenge europe rounds.
The blancpain gt series is once again active this weekend with great event on britains most famous race track the silverstone circuit. A new blancpain endurance series was announced for 2011 which reestablished some of the endurance format of the former fia gt championship, although this series only utilised the fias gt3, gt4, and supersports categories gt2 was also planned to be in the series. Blancpain gt series qualifying nurburgring facebook. The season will feature ten rounds, five endurance cup rounds and five sprint cup rounds. Sep 30, 2018 encouraged by the success of the blancpain endurance series, worldrenowned swiss watch manufacture blancpain and the sro motorsports group decide at the end. Its got a startlingly pedantic list of rules and regulations, but. In 2019 the blancpain gt series will visit some of europes premier motorsport venues, contesting a 10round championship split equally between the endurance cup and blancpain gt world challenge europe formerly the sprint cup. Sep 30, 2018 a ban on private testing and changes to the pit stop procedures are amongst the changes in store for the blancpain gt series next season. One of the most discussed changes has been the socalled twocar rule. Joining the series six existing classes, new for 2015 was the gt cup class competition featuring porsche 911 gt3 cup cars competiting as part of gtgta races. The gt classes of sports car racing offer some of the most exciting and diverse forms of motorsport, with many roadbased cars of different specifications often sharing the track at the same time. Per stephane ratel at sro awards night, gt world challenge america will be proam only next year and reduced to six rounds. This means that the main race in silverstone on sunday will be 4 hours long and there is a little. This was the last ever time gt2spec cars contested in srosanctioned series.
Main race barcelona blancpain gt series endurance 2019. Assetto corsa competizione is the official blancpain gt series videogame. Grand touring gt, grand touring sport gts, gt cup, gt cup, touring car tc, touring car a tca, and the new tcr class tcr. In the blancpain gt championship, it is part of the endurance cup, and awards a higher amount of points than regular endurance races. Tcr, tc and tca classes currently on run in sprint races. The 2019 blancpain gt series is the last season under the title of the blancpain gt.
The 2016 blancpain gt series was the third season of the blancpain gt series. Series history blancpain gt world challenge america. Blancpain gt series sprint misano 2016 qualifying race. The european blancpain gt series also features the 24 hours of spafrancorchamps, one of the stages of the intercontinental gt series, which is the largest gt racing event in europe. New blancpain gt sporting regulations confirmed sportscar365.
Here i will attempt to differentiate between the gt classes, so that you may enjoy the sport more fully. Carbon fiber, titanium and magnesium cannot be used outside of parts like spoilers and wheels, unless the road car has a carbon cockpit. Blancpain gt world challenge america series events. The series comprises the title of blancpain gt series winner for drivers and one title of. The blancpain gt series runs over 10 events with 5 endurance cup and 5 sprint cup races. The series 2015 season featured 12 race weekends including five headliner events, six events partnered with indycar, and one with the nascar xfinity series. Blancpain gt asia gt world challenge asia gt world. The blancpain gt series is the premier european motorsport competition for gt which stands for grand touring racing. New pit rules set to shake up spa 24 hours and renamed.
These cars are specifically homologated to the racb gt4 rules. Blancpain gt series 2017 sporting regulations final s02 general conditions 4. Circuit paul ricard france 31 may 2019 1 june 2019 round 4 blancpain gt series endurance cup misano italy 28 30 june 2019 round 5 blancpain gt world challenge europe zandvoort netherlands 12 14 july 2019 round 6 blancpain gt world challenge europe. Valentino rossi contested the event at the wheel of a kessel ferrari, making the first of two special guest appeara. The 2019 blancpain gt series is the last season under the title of the blancpain gt series. The two series will feature iracings digital gt3 cars, including the bmw z4, ford gt and mclaren mp412c with aston martin and another major manufacturer read.
Official blancpain gt series game launched, to be released. In 2016, the series names were adjusted to the endurance cup and sprint cup. The challenge comprises the title of blancpain gt world challenge winner for manufacturers. The 2018 blancpain gt series was the fifth season of the blancpain gt series.
The blancpain gt series is mainly reserved for gt3 cars, applying the principles of balance of performance and driver categorisation system successfully developed by sro. The official youtube channel of the blancpain gt series. Titles the series comprises the title of the blancpain gt series winner for drivers and one title of blancpain gt series winner for teams, which will be awarded as well as in the silver, proam and am categories. Main race season final barcelona 2018 blancpain gt. No more than one derogation will be given to any lineup of drivers competingin any round of the blancpain gt series.
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