Watch the highlights of the finest gt racing series in the world from 2015. Blancpain endurance series elected european race of the year. Sep 07, 2016 british gts calendar has been devised to avoid clashes with sros blancpain gt series and blancpain gt series asian cup, thus allowing teams to compete in several championships. Since its launch in 2011, the blancpain gt series endurance cup has established itself as europes most competitive gt3 category. The blancpain gt sports club is a championship for bronze and iron drivers only.
Check out the full live stream of the 2017 blancpain endurance series paul ricard km this saturday 24th june. Iconic cars, tracks and drivers of the 2015 series. The sro motorsports group is proud to announce that the blancpain endurance series has been voted european race series of the year. The season will start on 2 april in misano and will end on 31 october in barcelona. The season will feature ten rounds, five endurance cup rounds and five sprint cup rounds. The season featured ten rounds, five endurance cup rounds and five sprint cup rounds. The calendar was reduced to five events, dropping races at nogaro, moscow, algarve, zolder and zandvoort, with. Teams can compete in the entire series or pick a cup. Jan 25, 2019 since its launch in 2011, the blancpain gt series endurance cup has established itself as europes most competitive gt3 category. British gts calendar has been devised to avoid clashes with sros blancpain gt series and blancpain gt series asian cup, thus allowing teams to compete in several championships. Official blancpain endurance series test days paul ricard.
Gt3 racing in the blancpain endurance series continues to get stronger on a seemingly race by race basis, and the upcoming paul ricard km is a perfect example of the growth. The 2017 season of the blancpain gt series debuted in monza, italy. Blancpain gt series offers a huge media coverage, both on tv, through web live streaming and from social networks sharing. Elsewhere, and unlike 2016, the newlyrevised gt4 european series will not form part of british gts silverstone and spa grids, although individual entries. The league consisted of 50 world championship license class teams competing in a number of.
Blancpain gt series endurance cup am 2017 standings. The season began on 23 april at monza and ended on 1 october in barcelona. Oct 19, 2016 the inaugural blancpain gt series asia campaign will feature a sixround, 12race calendar in 2017, kicking off at sepang, next april. Blancpain gt series endurance cup round 3 silverstone. The hungaroring has been named as the venue for the penultimate round of the 2017. Didnt go all to plan, some minor but costly mistakes. Originally known as the blancpain endurance series, the championship has earned its reputation thanks to packed grids, a wide variety of machinery, and an intense level of ontrack competition. Its going to be a great event and a great year ahead. This competition is one of the musts of the international motorsport calendar. After that the series will move on to thailands only fia grade 1 track, the chang international circuit in buriram, for two more onehour races in late may. The 2017 blancpain gt series will be the fourth season of the blancpain gt series.
Barwell confirms witt, macdowall and schandorff for silver cup programme. The calendar for the 2017 season of the blancpain gt series 2017 blancpain gt series schedule released has been finalised. As was the case in 2016, the worlds biggest gt3 series includes ten rounds. Nov 07, 2016 the 2017 calendar includes the wellknown traditional meetings, but with a twist, to keep things fresh. May 18, 2014 2014 blancpain endurance series calendar th april.
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. The 2017 calendar includes the wellknown traditional meetings, but with a twist, to keep things fresh. Not only will the drivers champions get their hands on some shining silverware, but several blancpain gt series teams will also see their hard work during 2016 rewarded with a title. Blancpain gt world challenge america 2019 fan guide. During the professional motorsport world expo awards ceremony in cologne an independent judging panel of motorsport experts highlighted the qualities of the series.
After that the series will move on to thailands only fia grade 1 track, the chang international circuit in buriram, for two more onehour races in. This sunday november 27th the annual sro prize giving ceremony will take place in london. Blancpain endurance series championships racing sports cars. Apr 22, 2017 keep an eye out at racedepartment during 2017 as we look to stream more live racing than ever before. The season featured five rounds, with each race lasting for a duration of three hours besides the 24. The 2016 blancpain gt series was the third season of the blancpain gt series. Blancpain endurance series elected european race of the. The 2016 blancpain gt series sprint cup was the fourth season following on from the demise. Innovation is our tradition from blancpain on vimeo. The 2017 blancpain gt series endurance cup was the seventh season of the blancpain gt series endurance cup. Blancpain endurance series 2017 show more 1,339 photos 4,892 views. On 18 september 2015, the stephane ratel organisation announced the 2016 calendar. In 2014, sro promotes several championships and series, such as the blancpain gt series with the blancpain sprint series and the blancpain endurance series, including the iconic total 24 hours of spa, the cooper tires british f3 championship, the avon tyres british gt championship and has various franchise agreements including the. Jenson team rocket rjn confirms new mclaren partnership.
Zandvoort would make its return on the schedule after a oneyear absence, replacing the round in barcelona, but on 7. In addition to that it hosts several respected series like the blancpain gt series endurance cup, the sro run top level gt championship that will be partnered by competition102 gt4 european series during 2224 april, 2016. Also noticed vastly varying lap times in different conditions. Blancpain gt series, blancpain gt world challenge europe. Enzo ide takes the 2016 blancpain gt series sprint cup tristan vautier and felix. Drop a comment or two below about the third round of the 2017 blancpain endurance series with your fellow community members and sit back and enjoy the broadcast happy viewing everyone. Blancpain sprint series cars, crashes and spins youtube.
Sprint cup for 2 x 60 minute races in a weekend, five weekends per year. Blancpain gt series teams proud to collect coveted. Blancpain gt series endurance cup pro 2017 standings championship points standings for the blancpain gt series endurance cup pro 2017. More than 20000 spectators travelled to the mythical autodromo nazionale of monza to admire a plethora of impressive supercars and to meet the teams and drivers. Keep an eye out at racedepartment during 2017 as we look to stream more live racing than ever before. Michelinstar chef marie robert joins the blancpain circle of friends. The calendar for the 2017 season of the blancpain gt series has been finalised. The 2015 calendar of the blancpain endurance series that was presented during the total 24 hours of spa is confirmed with one slight alteration, namely the paul ricard being advanced by one week. The 2016 blancpain gt series endurance cup was the sixth season of the blancpain gt. Blancpain gt series endurance cup am 2017 standings championship points standings for the blancpain gt series endurance cup am 2017. October 11th, 2017 by doug hunt the blancpain gt series came to a conclusion a few weeks ago at nurburgring. Blancpain enters the blue hour with the villeret ultraplate, a boutique exclusive. The season started on 10 april in misano and ended on 2 october in barcelona. Endurance cup for 180 minute races plus the 24 hours of spa and the km paul ricard, totalling five endurance races per year.
The iron categorisation is within the bronze category, for drivers over the age of 60. Apr 12, 2015 watch the highlights of the finest gt racing series in the world from 2015. The blancpain gt series schedule will remain at ten rounds in 2017, with zandvoort returning to the series and a possible visit to the red bull. The season featured five rounds, with each race lasting for a duration of three hours besides the 24 hours of spa and the km paul ricard events. The 2017 blancpain gt sports club was the third season of the sro groups blancpain gt sports club, an auto racing series for grand tourer cars.
Gt3 racing in the blancpain endurance series continues to get stronger on a seemingly race by race basis, and the upcoming paul ricard km is a. The official blancpain gt series facebook page web. The chef martin berasategui earns two additional michelin stars. Zolder replaces zandvoort in 2017 blancpain gt schedule.
Nov 07, 2016 the calendar for the 2017 season of the blancpain gt series 2017 blancpain gt series schedule released has been finalised. Blancpain creates its first porcelain dial for the year of the rat. Tech1 racing is set to contest the full gt world challenge europe powered by aws season with its lexus rc f gt3. Silverstone circuit, united kingdom 3 hours of silverstone. Blancpain gt series endurance cup pro 2017 standings. The season started on 24 april at monza and ended on 18 september at the nurburgring. In 2015 and 2016, i was using my olympus e500 and still working my way round the best spots to photograph cars at silverstone heres close action between the bentley and audi r8 in 2015 and a profile view of the aston martin in 2016.
Jul 29, 2016 the blancpain gt series schedule will remain at ten rounds in 2017, with zandvoort returning to the series and a possible visit to the red bull ring in spielberg. The 2016 blancpain gt series endurance cup was the sixth season of the blancpain gt series endurance cup. Blancpain gt series racing news the latest blancpain gt news. 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. A blancpain gt series sprint cup event consists of two races of one hour per event, while the blancpain gt series endurance cup races range from three hour events through a km race to the season highlight of the total 24 hours of spa, the worlds leading 24 hour race reserved for gt3 cars. Race calendar for blancpain gt series endurance cup. On 19 october 2016, the stephane ratel organisation announced the 2017 calendar and championship details. From zolder, belgium through the 24hrs of spa to the. Category sports car racing main region europe short name bes also known as blancpain gt endurance gt world challenge europe endurance cup select year 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 20 2012 2011. Apr 14, 2019 blancpain paul ricard, a fantastic win june 20. With two calendar clashes between the 2017 australian supercar championship and the blancpain endurance cup, this weekends sepang 12 hours is set to be shane van gisbergens last outing as a mclaren.
The series started at sepang on 8 april and ended at zhejiang on 15 october, as the event at zhejiang was moved forward one week, after the ruling communist party of china scheduled its 19th national congress for the period. Photographing the blancpain gt series endurance cup at silverstone race circuit. The league consisted of 50 world championship license class teams competing in a number of endurance races throughout the year. After developing their partnership, blancpain and the sro decided that 2016 would see both the.
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