The 2018 GT Series Sprint Cup (known for sponsorship reasons as the 2018 Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup) was the sixth season of the GT Series Sprint Cup following on from the demise of the SRO Motorsports Group's FIA GT1 World Championship (an auto racing series for grand tourer cars), the fifth with the seasons sponsored by Blancpain. The season began on 7 April at Zolder and ended on 16 September at the Nürburgring.

Calendar

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At the annual press conference during the 2017 24 Hours of Spa on 28 July, the Stéphane Ratel Organisation announced the first draft of the 2018 calendar. Zolder became the season opener instead of Misano.[1] On 9 October 2017, the finalised calendar was announced, confirming the dates of the races at the Hungaroring.[2]

Race format

In previous years a race weekend consisted of one Qualifying session, one Qualifying Race - of which the results set up the grid for the Main Race - and one Main Race. On 2 October 2017, changes to the format of race weekends were announced. In 2018 a race weekend consisted of two races scoring equal points and featuring separate Qualifying sessions for each race.[3]

Round Circuit Date
1   Circuit Zolder, Heusden-Zolder, Belgium 8 April
2   Brands Hatch, Kent, Great Britain 6 May
3   Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Misano Adriatico, Italy 24 June
4   Hungaroring, Mogyoród, Hungary 2 September
5   Nürburgring, Nürburg, Germany 16 September

Entry list

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Christian Klien in the pits at Circuit Zolder.
Team Car No. Drivers Class Rounds
  Belgian Audi Club Team WRT[4] Audi R8 LMS[4] 1   Christopher Mies[5] P All
  Alex Riberas[5]
2   Will Stevens[5] P All
  Dries Vanthoor[5]
3   Gilles Magnus[6] S 1
  Alessio Picariello[6]
  Ricardo Feller[7] 3–5
  Adrien De Leener[7]
17   Stuart Leonard[5] P 1–2, 4–5
  Robin Frijns[5] 1, 4–5
  Frédéric Vervisch[8] 2
  Stuart Leonard[7] S 3
  Sheldon van der Linde[7]
  Black Falcon[9] Mercedes-AMG GT3[9] 6   Hubert Haupt[9] S 4–5
  Luca Stolz[9]
  Kessel Racing[10][N 1]
  TP 12 - Kessel Racing[11][N 1]
Ferrari 488 GT3[11] 11   Michał Broniszewski[10] PA 1
  Giacomo Piccini[10]
39   Piti Bhirombhakdi[11] PA All
  Carlo van Dam[11]
  Emil Frey Lexus Racing[12][N 2]
Emil Frey Jaguar Racing[13][N 2]
Lexus RC F GT3[12] 14   Albert Costa[14] P All
  Christian Klien[14]
Emil Frey GT3 Jaguar[13] 54   Alex Fontana[15] S 3
  Mikaël Grenier[15]
Lexus RC F GT3[12] 114   Norbert Siedler[10] P All
  Stéphane Ortelli[10] 1–3
  Markus Palttala[9] 4–5
  Boutsen Ginion Racing[10] Lamborghini Gallardo R-EX[10] 15   Pierre Feligioni[10] Am 1
  Claude-Yves Gosselin[10]
  GRT Grasser Racing Team[16] Lamborghini Huracán GT3[16] 19   Andrea Caldarelli[16] P All
  Ezequiel Pérez Companc[16]
63   Mirko Bortolotti[16] P All
  Christian Engelhart[16]
82   Loris Hezemans[16] P 1–4
  Franck Perera[16]
  Audi Sport Slovakia[17] Audi R8 LMS[17] 21   Christian Malchárek[17] PA 3–4
  Jirko Malchárek[17]
  Saintéloc Racing[18] Audi R8 LMS[18] 25   Simon Gachet[19] P All
  Christopher Haase[18]
26   Nyls Stievenart[19] PA All
  Markus Winkelhock[18]
  Team Parker Racing[20] Bentley Continental GT3[20] 31   Josh Caygill[20] S 1–3
  Árón Taylor-Smith[20]
32   Ian Loggie[8] PA 2
  Callum MacLeod[21]
  SMP Racing by AKKA ASP[22][N 3]

  AKKA ASP Team[23][N 3]

  SunEnergy1 Racing[24][N 3]
Mercedes-AMG GT3[23] 35   Vladimir Atoev[22] S All
  Aleksey Korneev[22]
87   Nico Jamin[23] P 1–2, 5
  Félix Serrallés[10] 1–2
  Adam Christodoulou[25] 5
  Denis Bulatov[26] S 3–4
  Nico Jamin[26]
88   Raffaele Marciello[23] P All
  Michael Meadows[23]
90   Nico Bastian[23] S All
  Jack Manchester[23]
751   Kenny Habul[24] PA 4
  Tristan Vautier[24]
  3Y Technology[10] BMW M6 GT3[10] 37   Lukas Moraes[10] S All
  Andrew Watson[10] 1–4
  Denis Dupont[25] 5
  Attempto Racing[27] Audi R8 LMS[27] 55   Pierre Kaffer[27] P All
  Pieter Schothorst[27]
66   Kelvin van der Linde[27] P All
  Steijn Schothorst[27]
  Rinaldi Racing[28] Ferrari 488 GT3[28] 333   David Perel[28] PA 5
  Rinat Salikhov[28]
Icon Class
P Pro Cup
S Silver Cup
PA Pro-Am Cup
Am Am Cup

Race results

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Bold indicates overall winner.

Round Circuit Pole position Pro Winners Silver Winners Pro-Am Winners Am Winners
1 R1   Zolder   No. 2 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT   No. 63 GRT Grasser Racing Team   No. 3 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT   No. 39 TP 12 - Kessel Racing   No. 15 Boutsen Ginion Racing
  Will Stevens
  Dries Vanthoor
  Mirko Bortolotti
  Christian Engelhart
  Gilles Magnus
  Alessio Picariello
  Piti Bhirombhakdi
  Carlo van Dam
  Pierre Feligioni
  Claude-Yves Gosselin
R2   No. 63 GRT Grasser Racing Team   No. 66 Attempto Racing   No. 3 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT   No. 39 TP 12 - Kessel Racing   No. 15 Boutsen Ginion Racing
  Mirko Bortolotti
  Christian Engelhart
  Kelvin van der Linde
  Steijn Schothorst
  Gilles Magnus
  Alessio Picariello
  Piti Bhirombhakdi
  Carlo van Dam
  Pierre Feligioni
  Claude-Yves Gosselin
2 R1   Brands Hatch   No. 2 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT   No. 2 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT   No. 31 Team Parker Racing   No. 39 TP 12 - Kessel Racing No entries
  Will Stevens
  Dries Vanthoor
  Will Stevens
  Dries Vanthoor
  Josh Caygill
  Árón Taylor-Smith
  Piti Bhirombhakdi
  Carlo van Dam
R2   No. 17 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT   No. 17 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT   No. 37 3Y Technology   No. 26 Saintéloc Racing
  Stuart Leonard
  Frédéric Vervisch
  Stuart Leonard
  Frédéric Vervisch
  Lukas Moraes
  Andrew Watson
  Nyls Stievenart
  Markus Winkelhock
3 R1   Misano   No. 87 AKKA ASP Team   No. 1 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT   No. 90 AKKA ASP Team   No. 26 Saintéloc Racing
  Denis Bulatov
  Nico Jamin
  Christopher Mies
  Alex Riberas
  Nico Bastian
  Jack Manchester
  Nyls Stievenart
  Markus Winkelhock
R2   No. 88 AKKA ASP Team   No. 1 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT   No. 87 AKKA ASP Team   No. 26 Saintéloc Racing
  Raffaele Marciello
  Michael Meadows
  Christopher Mies
  Alex Riberas
  Denis Bulatov
  Nico Jamin
  Nyls Stievenart
  Markus Winkelhock
4 R1   Hungaroring   No. 90 AKKA ASP Team   No. 63 GRT Grasser Racing Team   No. 87 AKKA ASP Team   No. 751 SunEnergy1 Racing
  Nico Bastian
  Jack Manchester
  Mirko Bortolotti
  Christian Engelhart
  Denis Bulatov
  Nico Jamin
  Kenny Habul
  Tristan Vautier
R2   No. 88 AKKA ASP Team   No. 88 AKKA ASP Team   No. 87 AKKA ASP Team   No. 26 Saintéloc Racing
  Raffaele Marciello
  Michael Meadows
  Raffaele Marciello
  Michael Meadows
  Denis Bulatov
  Nico Jamin
  Nyls Stievenart
  Markus Winkelhock
5 R1   Nürburgring   No. 63 GRT Grasser Racing Team   No. 1 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT   No. 3 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT   No. 26 Saintéloc Racing
  Mirko Bortolotti
  Christian Engelhart
  Christopher Mies
  Alex Riberas
  Ricardo Feller
  Adrien De Leener
  Nyls Stievenart
  Markus Winkelhock
R2   No. 6 Black Falcon   No. 88 AKKA ASP Team   No. 6 Black Falcon   No. 333 Rinaldi Racing
  Hubert Haupt
  Luca Stolz
  Raffaele Marciello
  Michael Meadows
  Hubert Haupt
  Luca Stolz
  David Perel
  Rinat Salikhov

Championship standings

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Scoring system

Championship points were awarded for the first ten positions in each race. The pole-sitter also received one point and entries were required to complete 75% of the winning car's race distance in order to be classified and earn points. Individual drivers were required to participate for a minimum of 25 minutes in order to earn championship points in any race. A new points system was introduced this season. It takes the maximum points an entry could earn in the old 'Qualifying Race + Main Race'-format divided by two.[29]

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

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Overall

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Pos. Driver Team ZOL
 
BRH
 
MIS
 
HUN
 
NÜR
 
Points
1   Raffaele Marciello
  Michael Meadows
  AKKA ASP Team 8 2 3 4 2 10 2 1 4 1 98
2   Christopher Mies
  Alex Riberas
  Belgian Audi Club Team WRT 3 Ret 2 2 1 1 Ret 4 1 16 90.5
3   Kelvin van der Linde
  Steijn Schothorst
  Attempto Racing 4 1 8 3 Ret 4 10 3 6 4 65
4   Will Stevens
  Dries Vanthoor
  Belgian Audi Club Team WRT 2 11 1 Ret Ret 2 5 7 2 Ret 63.5
5   Mirko Bortolotti
  Christian Engelhart
  GRT Grasser Racing Team 1 7 10 5 3 18 1 6 DSQ EX 57.5
6   Nico Jamin   AKKA ASP Team 9 4 5 6 Ret 5 3 8 7 6 45
7   Stuart Leonard   Belgian Audi Club Team WRT 5 5 4 1 8 6 Ret 16 11 9 44.5
8   Simon Gachet
  Christopher Haase
  Saintéloc Racing 10 12 7 8 Ret 3 4 2 10 3 44.5
9   Andrea Caldarelli
  Ezequiel Pérez Companc
  GRT Grasser Racing Team 6 3 12 Ret 4 20 16 11 3 5 37
10   Frédéric Vervisch   Belgian Audi Club Team WRT 4 1 25
11   Félix Serrallés   AKKA ASP Team 9 4 5 6 19
12   Denis Bulatov   AKKA ASP Team Ret 5 3 8 18.5
13   Albert Costa
  Christian Klien
  Emil Frey Lexus Racing Ret 20 11 14 9 Ret 6 13 5 7 15.5
14   Hubert Haupt
  Luca Stolz
  Black Falcon 9 12 15 2 14
15   Robin Frijns   Belgian Audi Club Team WRT 5 5 Ret 16 11 9 13
16   Norbert Siedler   Emil Frey Lexus Racing 14 13 9 9 5 8 11 14 9 8 13
17   Loris Hezemans
  Franck Perera
  GRT Grasser Racing Team 20 Ret 13 7 17 7 13 5 12
18   Nico Bastian
  Jack Manchester
  AKKA ASP Team 11 9 19 15 6 15 7 9 16 17 10.5
19   Stéphane Ortelli   Emil Frey Lexus Racing 14 13 9 9 5 8 10
20   Gilles Magnus
  Alessio Picariello
  Belgian Audi Club Team WRT 7 6 7.5
20   Adam Christodoulou   AKKA ASP Team 7 6 7.5
21   Pierre Kaffer
  Pieter Schothorst
  Attempto Racing Ret 14 6 12 Ret 12 12 17 8 12 6.5
21   Sheldon van der Linde   Belgian Audi Club Team WRT 8 6 6.5
22   Vladimir Atoev
  Aleksey Korneev
  SMP Racing by AKKA ASP 16 8 18 Ret 12 17 8 18 14 11 4
23   Alex Fontana
  Mikaël Grenier
  Emil Frey Jaguar Racing 7 11 3
24   Markus Palttala   Emil Frey Lexus Racing 11 14 9 8 3
25   Nyls Stievenart
  Markus Winkelhock
  Saintéloc Racing 15 15 17 11 11 9 18 19 12 15 1
26   Ricardo Feller
  Adrien De Leener
  Belgian Audi Club Team WRT 10 13 14 10 13 Ret 1
27   Piti Bhirombhakdi
  Carlo van Dam
  TP 12 - Kessel Racing 12 10 14 13 13 14 17 21 Ret 13 0.5
27   Lukas Moraes   3Y Technology 17 17 DSQ 10 14 16 20 15 Ret 14 0.5
27   Andrew Watson   3Y Technology 17 17 DSQ 10 14 16 20 15 0.5
27   David Perel
  Rinat Salikhov
  Rinaldi Racing Ret 10 0.5
  Michał Broniszewski
  Giacomo Piccini
  Kessel Racing 13 18 0
  Denis Dupont   3Y Technology Ret 14 0
  Josh Caygill
  Árón Taylor-Smith
  Team Parker Racing 18 16 15 Ret 15 Ret 0
  Kenny Habul
  Tristan Vautier
  SunEnergy1 Racing 15 DNS 0
  Christian Malchárek
  Jirko Malchárek
  Audi Sport Slovakia 16 19 19 20 0
  Ian Loggie
  Callum MacLeod
  Team Parker Racing 16 Ret 0
  Pierre Feligioni
  Claude-Yves Gosselin
  Boutsen Ginion Racing 19 19 0
Pos. Driver Team ZOL
 
BRH
 
MIS
 
HUN
 
NÜR
 
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

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Pos. Driver Team ZOL
 
BRH
 
MIS
 
HUN
 
NÜR
 
Points
1   Nico Bastian
  Jack Manchester
  AKKA ASP Team 11 9 19 15 6 15 7 9 16 17 108.5
2   Vladimir Atoev
  Aleksey Korneev
  SMP Racing by AKKA ASP 16 8 18 Ret 12 17 8 18 14 11 80.5
3   Lukas Moraes   3Y Technology 17 17 DSQ 10 14 16 20 15 Ret 14 59
4   Denis Bulatov
  Nico Jamin
  AKKA ASP Team Ret 5 3 8 50.5
5   Andrew Watson   3Y Technology 17 17 DSQ 10 14 16 20 15 49.5
6   Ricardo Feller
  Adrien De Leener
  Belgian Audi Club Team WRT 10 13 14 10 13 Ret 47
7   Hubert Haupt
  Luca Stolz
  Black Falcon 9 12 15 2 43
8   Gilles Magnus
  Alessio Picariello
  Belgian Audi Club Team WRT 7 6 35
9   Josh Caygill
  Árón Taylor-Smith
  Team Parker Racing 18 16 15 Ret 15 Ret 33
10   Stuart Leonard
  Sheldon van der Linde
  Belgian Audi Club Team WRT 8 6 22.5
11   Alex Fontana
  Mikaël Grenier
  Emil Frey Jaguar Racing 7 11 21.5
12   Denis Dupont   3Y Technology Ret 14 9.5
Pos. Driver Team ZOL
 
BRH
 
MIS
 
HUN
 
NÜR
 
Points

Pro-Am Cup

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Pos. Driver Team ZOL
 
BRH
 
MIS
 
HUN
 
NÜR
 
Points
1   Nyls Stievenart
  Markus Winkelhock
  Saintéloc Racing 15 15 17 11 11 9 18 19 12 15 134.5
2   Piti Bhirombhakdi
  Carlo van Dam
  TP 12 - Kessel Racing 12 10 14 13 13 14 17 21 Ret 13 126
3   Christian Malchárek
  Jirko Malchárek
  Audi Sport Slovakia 16 19 19 20 39.5
4   Michał Broniszewski
  Giacomo Piccini
  Kessel Racing 13 18 21.5
5   David Perel
  Rinat Salikhov
  Rinaldi Racing Ret 10 16.5
5   Kenny Habul
  Tristan Vautier
  SunEnergy1 Racing 15 DNS 16.5
6   Ian Loggie
  Callum MacLeod
  Team Parker Racing 16 Ret 12
Pos. Driver Team ZOL
 
BRH
 
MIS
 
HUN
 
NÜR
 
Points

Am Cup

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Pos. Driver Team ZOL
 
BRH
 
MIS
 
HUN
 
NÜR
 
Points
1   Pierre Feligioni
  Claude-Yves Gosselin
  Boutsen Ginion Racing 19 19 35
Pos. Driver Team ZOL
 
BRH
 
MIS
 
HUN
 
NÜR
 
Points

Teams' championships

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Overall

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Pos. Team Manufacturer ZOL
 
BRH
 
MIS
 
HUN
 
NÜR
 
Points
1   Belgian Audi Club Team WRT Audi 2 5 1 1 1 1 5 4 1 9 123
2   AKKA ASP Team
  SMP Racing by AKKA ASP
  SunEnergy1 Racing
Mercedes-AMG 8 2 3 4 2 5 2 1 4 1 119
3   GRT Grasser Racing Team Lamborghini 1 3 10 5 3 7 1 5 3 5 95
4   Attempto Racing Audi 4 1 6 3 Ret 4 10 3 6 4 83
5   Saintéloc Racing Audi 10 12 7 8 11 3 4 2 10 3 77.5
6   Emil Frey Jaguar/Lexus Racing Jaguar
Lexus
14 13 9 9 5 8 6 13 5 7 50.5
7    (TP 12 -) Kessel Racing Ferrari 12 10 14 13 13 14 17 21 Ret 13 26.5
8   Black Falcon Mercedes-AMG 9 12 15 2 25
9   3Y Technology BMW 17 17 DSQ 10 14 16 20 15 Ret 14 14
10   Team Parker Racing Bentley 18 16 15 Ret 16 Ret 7
11   Audi Sport Slovakia Audi 16 19 19 20 4
12   Rinaldi Racing Ferrari Ret 10 2
13   Boutsen Ginion Racing Lamborghini 19 19 1
Pos. Team Manufacturer ZOL
 
BRH
 
MIS
 
HUN
 
NÜR
 
Points

Pro-Am Cup

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Pos. Team Manufacturer ZOL
 
BRH
 
MIS
 
HUN
 
NÜR
 
Points
1   Saintéloc Racing Audi 15 15 17 11 11 9 18 19 12 15 137
2    (TP 12 -) Kessel Racing Ferrari 12 10 14 13 13 14 17 21 Ret 13 126
3   Audi Sport Slovakia Audi 16 19 19 20 39.5
4   Rinaldi Racing Ferrari Ret 10 16.5
4   SunEnergy1 Racing Mercedes-AMG 15 DNS 16.5
5   Team Parker Racing Bentley 16 Ret 12
Pos. Team Manufacturer ZOL
 
BRH
 
MIS
 
HUN
 
NÜR
 
Points

Am Cup

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Pos. Team Manufacturer ZOL
 
BRH
 
MIS
 
HUN
 
NÜR
 
Points
1   Boutsen Ginion Racing Lamborghini 19 19 35
Pos. Team Manufacturer ZOL
 
BRH
 
MIS
 
HUN
 
NÜR
 
Points

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b Car No. 11 entered as Kessel Racing under Swiss licence and car No. 39 entered as TP 12 - Kessel Racing under Thai licence.
  2. ^ a b Cars No. 14 and 114 entered as Emil Frey Lexus Racing and car No. TBA entered as Emil Frey Jaguar Racing.
  3. ^ a b c Car No. 35 entered as SMP Racing by AKKA ASP under Russian licence. Cars No. 87, 88 and 90 entered as AKKA ASP Team and car No. 751 entered as SunEnergy1 Racing, both under French licence.

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