2019 Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup
The 2019 GT Series Endurance Cup was the ninth season of the GT Series Endurance Cup. The season began on 14 April at Monza and ended on 29 September in Barcelona. The season featured five rounds, with each race lasting for a duration of three hours besides the 24 Hours of Spa and the 1000 km Paul Ricard events.
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. The World Challenge Europe round at the Nürburgring would become an Endurance Cup round, replacing the round in Barcelona, before the two tracks were swapped around again in the final draft of the calendar released on 22 October.Round | Race | Circuit | Date | - |
1 | 3 Hours of Monza | Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza, Italy | 14 April | - |
2 | 3 Hours of Silverstone | Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone, Great Britain | 12 May | - |
3 | Circuit Paul Ricard 1000kms | Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet, France | 1 June | - |
4 | Total 24 Hours of Spa | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium | 27–28 July | Report |
5 | 3 Hours of Barcelona | Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló, Spain | 29 September | - |
Entry list
Race results
Bold indicates overall winner.Round | Circuit | Pole position | Pro Winners | Silver Winners | Pro-Am Winners | Am Winners |
1 | Monza | No. 63 GRT Grasser Racing Team | No. 54 Dinamic Motorsport | No. 90 AKKA ASP Team | No. 93 Tempesta Racing | No. 77 Barwell Motorsport |
1 | Monza | Mirko Bortolotti Christian Engelhart Rolf Ineichen | Zaid Ashkanani Klaus Bachler Andrea Rizzoli | Nico Bastian Timur Boguslavskiy Felipe Fraga | Chris Buncombe Chris Froggatt Jonathan Hui | Adrian Amstutz Leo Machitski Miguel Ramos |
2 | Silverstone | No. 63 GRT Grasser Racing Team | No. 72 SMP Racing | No. 19 GRT Grasser Racing Team | No. 52 AF Corse | No. 77 Barwell Motorsport |
2 | Silverstone | Mirko Bortolotti Christian Engelhart Rolf Ineichen | Mikhail Aleshin Miguel Molina Davide Rigon | Lucas Mauron Arno Santamato Gerhard Tweraser | Andrea Bertolini Niek Hommerson Louis Machiels | Adrian Amstutz Leo Machitski Miguel Ramos |
3 | Paul Ricard | No. 107 Bentley Team M-Sport | No. 107 Bentley Team M-Sport | No. 90 AKKA ASP Team | No. 87 AKKA ASP Team | No. 188 Garage 59 |
3 | Paul Ricard | Jules Gounon Steven Kane Jordan Pepper | Jules Gounon Steven Kane Jordan Pepper | Nico Bastian Timur Boguslavskiy Felipe Fraga | Jean-Luc Beaubelique Jim Pla Mauro Ricci | Chris Goodwin Chris Harris Alexander West |
4 | Spa-Francorchamps | No. 4 Mercedes-AMG Team Black Falcon | No. 20 GPX Racing | No. 78 Barwell Motorsport | No. 97 Oman Racing with TF Sport | No. 33 Rinaldi Racing |
4 | Spa-Francorchamps | Yelmer Buurman Maro Engel Luca Stolz | Michael Christensen Kévin Estre Richard Lietz | Sandy Mitchell James Pull Jordan Witt | Ahmad Al Harthy Charlie Eastwood Salih Yoluç Nicki Thiim | Christian Hook Manuel Lauck Alexander Mattschull Hendrik Still |
5 | Barcelona-Catalunya | No. 98 Rowe Racing | No. 563 Orange1 FFF Racing Team | No. 90 AKKA ASP Team | No. 26 Saintéloc Racing | No. 29 Raton Racing by Target |
5 | Barcelona-Catalunya | Romain Dumas Mathieu Jaminet Sven Müller | Andrea Caldarelli Albert Costa Marco Mapelli | Nico Bastian Timur Boguslavskiy Felipe Fraga | Edouard Cauhaupé Pierre-Alexandre Jean Pierre-Yves Paque | Stefano Costantini Toni Forné Christoph Lenz |
Championship standings
;Scoring systemChampionship 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.
;Race points
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | Pole |
Points | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
;1000 km Paul Ricard points
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | Pole |
Points | 33 | 24 | 19 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
;24 Hours of Spa points
Points are awarded after six hours, after twelve hours and at the finish.
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | Pole |
Points after 6hrs/12hrs | 12 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Points at the finish | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Drivers' championships
Overall
Silver Cup
Pro-Am Cup
;Notes:- 1 – Charlie Eastwood, Ahmad Al Harthy and Salih Yoluç lost the point for Pole position after a breach of article 19.6, after the gantry camera card was not submitted in time.
Am Cup
Teams' championships
Overall
Silver Cup
Pro-Am Cup
;Notes:- 1 – Oman Racing with TF Sport lost the point for Pole position after a breach of article 19.6, after the gantry camera card was not submitted in time.
Am Cup