The fia gt series was launched in january 20 and is the worlds premier series for grand touring race cars. On 3 november the fia published the official blancpain sprint series calendar 2015 calendar. Thus, the 2015 season consists of seven races nogaro, france 0406 april 2015 brands hatch, great britain 0910 may 2015 zolder, belgium 0507 june 2015. Gary watkins asks whether its replacement, the gt sprint series, will ever be able to hit the. The 2015 blancpain sprint series was the third season following on from the demise of the sro groups fia gt1 world championship the second with the. Fia gt world cup entries strongest yet sportscar racing.
Gt, gts and gt cup cars compete in both sprint and sprintx championships. Blancpain gt series sprint cup the field will be the sprint cups smallest since 2015 after consistently having over 30 cars at each race over the last two seasons. Teams representing audi, bmw, ferrari, honda, lamborghini, mercedesbenz and porsche have secured a stellar lineup of drivers under the races new professionalsonly rules. Developed in conjunction with mclaren gt the motorsport division of mclaren automotive and gt racing specialists, crs gt limited, the 570s gt4 will now enter an intensive. Wrt enter no fewer than four audi r8 lms ultras with isr entering a further pair and a single car. Nogaro 2015 qualifying race live this stream is in standard definition. This series in 2015 consist of seven events that are held in europe and asia. Season 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 20 2012 2011. They were also crowned teams champions in the sprint and endurance series. Blancpain sprint series nogaro 2015 qualifying race. Blancpain sprint series news, entry lists and media on. Audi dominates sprint cup penultimate round in hungary. The 2015 blancpain sprint series was the third season following on from the demise of the sro group s fia gt1 world championship an auto racing series for grand tourer cars, the second with the designation of blancpain sprint series.
Mclaren automotive has announced two new trackdedicated models of the recentlylaunched sports series. The blancpain gt series have released their full season entry lists this morning. Coming into 2015, the brits are knighting the 650s a fulltime race car by means of a gt3 iteration for the blancplain endurance series and a sprint racer. This season will be an important one for us to gather experience from a category as demanding as gt3, but at the same time we are offering a competitive product.
Gt world challenge europe teams gt world challenge europe drivers gt world challenge europe pro am team gt world challenge europe pro am driver gt world challenge europe silver cup team gt world challenge europe silver cup driver blancpain gt series endurance cup overall team blancpain. Competition classes blancpain gt world challenge america. The blancpain endurance series and the fia gt series are world class grand touring competition for homologated gt3 supercars that are organised and promoted by the sro motorsports. A detailed version can be found here the number might not be the highest but there not many tbas to be filled after wrt announced the 2014 driver lineups.
Powerhouse teams stake claim in blancpain gt qualification. A bit more than one month ahead of the first race of the new blancpain sprint series bss, there are cars on the preliminary entry list for nogaro. The racing was good, the drivers excellent, but the fia gt1 world championhip lasted just three years. Blancpain sprint series gruppe gt3 20 2014 2015 2016. Marcel fassler is likely to reprise his third driver role with corvette racing in longdistance events in 2017, after the termination of the audi lmp1 programme. Mrs gt has been associated with mclaren in the past, but for 2015 its running a nissan gtr in the pro cup category of both the blancpain sprint and endurance championships, with an allbritish driver lineup. The 2015 blancpain endurance series final year film gt. Watch the highlights of the blancpain sprint series event at algarve. Fia gt1weltmeisterschaft gruppe gt1 2010 2011 2012.
The official youtube channel of the fia gt championship and blancpain endurance serieswatch live races, exclusive driver interviews and all behind the scenes action from the worlds best gt sprint series. Encouraged by the success of the blancpain endurance series, worldrenowned swiss watch manufacture blancpain and the sro motorsports group decide at the end of 20 to extend their partnership to the sprint series, previously promoted as the fia gt series, offering teams and drivers the opportunity to compete for an overall blancpain gt series title, linking sprint and endurance. The 2015 fia gt world cup was the inaugural running of the event and the eighth time overall. Vehicle competition classes fia gt3 cars, luxurybrand sports or gt grand touring vehicles compete in pwcs gt class. Watch the highlights of the finest gt racing series in the world from 2015. Blancpain sprint series algarve 2015 event highlights. The fia is pleased to confirm the calendar for the 2015 fia rgt cup, an exciting new competition for drivers and codrivers using a car of class rgt with a valid fia passport. Basically, the season calendar is the same as in 2014 season. It featured multiple grand tourer race cars based on production road cars and conforming with the gt1 20102011 and gt3 2012 regulations competing in onehour races on multiple continents.
In 2015 they again won both teams and drivers championships in the blancpain gt series. However, beside the endurance series, the swiss watchmaker blancpain also sponsors the blancpain sprint series, smaller scale championship which uses a fia gt3 specification cars. October 29th, 2015 by jaimeb the second round of qualification for the upcoming iracing. The championship was mostly concentrated in europe, but throughout the years has visited other continents including asia and south america. The series is the first national level version of fia gt3. On november 29, 2006, the german adac launched a race series known as gt masters, which will be a national level series for fia gt3 cars. At the end of 2009, the championship was replaced by the fia gt1 world. The blancpain sprint series ha a 21 car list with no major surprises. The tightened driver categorisation regulations mean that half the field. With the recent announcement of the forthcoming iracing. The gt world challenge europe sprint cup, formerly the fia gt series in 20 and the blancpain sprint series in 2014 and 2015, the blancpain gt series. Iconic cars, tracks and drivers of the 2015 series.
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