Blancpain Endurance Series 2011

The 2011 Blancpain Endurance Series was the debut season of the Blancpain Endurance Series . The series organized by the SRO Motorsports Group took place on five racing weekends in 2011. The highlight of the season was the 24-hour race at Spa-Francorchamps , which also counted towards the championship.

entry list

On March 9, 2011, the SRO published a preliminary list of participants with teams and vehicles as part of the presentation of the new series. Approved were GT3 , GT4 and Supersport cars. A maximum of three vehicles were allowed to start per team, with three drivers competing in each vehicle.

team	class	vehicle	No.	driver	run
Vita4One	GT3 Pro	Ferrari 458 Italia	1	Michael Bartels	1-
				Frank Kechele	1-
				Nico Verdonck	1-
	GT3 Pro-Am		2	Niek Hommerson	1-
				Louis Machiels	1-
				Paul van Splunteren	1-
Hexis AMR	GT3 Pro	Aston Martin DBRS9	3	Yann Clairay	1-
				Pierre-Brice Mena	1-
				Julien Rodrigues	1-
			4th	Frédéric Makowiecki	1-
				Henri Moser	1-
				Gilles Vannelet	1-
Team Rhino's Leipert	GT3 Pro-Am	Lamborghini Gallardo LP600	6th	Duarte Félix da Costa	1-
				Lourenco Beirao da Veiga	1-
				Ricardo Bravo	1-
	GT3 Pro		7th	Olivier Tielemans	1-
				Mika Vähämäki	1-
				Niki Lanik	1
				Dennis Vollmair	2-
Royal Ecurie Ardenne	GT3 Pro-Am	Aston Martin DBRS9	8th	Eddy Renard	1-
				Ludivic Sougnez	1-
				Christian Kelders	1
				Jonathan Hirschi	2-
AutOrlando Sport	GT3 Pro	Porsche 997 GT3 R.	9	Gianluca Roda	1-
				Paolo Ruberti	1-
				Raffaele Giammaria	1-
Team Sofrev ASP	GT3 Pro	Ferrari 458 Italia	10	Patrice Goueslard	1-
				Julien Jousse	1-
				Jérôme Policand	1-
	GT3 Pro-Am		20th	Ludovic Badey	1-
				Franck Morel	1-
				Jean-Luc Beaubélique	1-
De Lorenzi Racing	GT3 Pro-Am	Porsche 997 GT3 R.	18th	Gianluca de Lorenzi	1-
				Stefano Borghi	1-
				Alessandro Bonetti	1-
	GT3 Citation Cup	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	36	Sergio Negroni	1-
				Luigi Emiliani	1-
				Marco Cassera	1-
		Porsche 997 GT3 Cup S.	37	Sergio Parato	1
				Giorgio Piodi	1-
				Stefano Bianconi	1-
				Stefano Villa	2-
	GT4	Ginetta G50	73	Alberto Viglione	1
				Limonta Pier	1-
				Fabrizio Ferrari	1-
				Diego Alessi	2-
Level racing	GT3 Citation Cup	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup S.	19th	Cyril Calmon	1
				Brody	1
Sports garage	GT3 Citation Cup	Ferrari 430 Scuderia	22nd	Philip Shearer	1-
				Lionel Comole	1-
				Amandine Foulard	1-
	GT3 Pro-Am		42	Eric Cayrolle	1-
				Christophe Jouet	1-
				Michael Petit	1-
Blancpain rider	GT3 Pro-Am	Lamborghini Gallardo LP600	24	Marc A. Hayek	1-
				Peter Kox	1-
	GT3 Pro		25th	Albert von Thurn and Taxis	1-
				Nikolaus Meyr-Melnhof	1-
				Eugenio Amos	1-
Ruffier Racing	GT3 Citation Cup	Lamborghini Gallardo GT3	30th	Jacques Medard	1
				Gabriel Abergel	1
			31	Georges Cabannes	1-
				Grégory Guilvert	1
				Fabien Michal	2-
WRT	GT3 Pro	Audi R8 LMS	32	Bert Longin	1-
				Filipe Albuquerque	1-
				Stéphane Ortelli	1-
			33	Gregory Franchi	1-
				Andrea Piccini	1-
				Marcel Fässler	1-
Scuderia Vittoria Limited	GT3 Pro	Ferrari 458 Italia	38	Giacomo Petrobelli	1-
				Matteo Bobbi	1-
				Carlos Iaconelli	1-
Marc VDS Racing Team	GT3 Pro	Ford GT3	40	Bas Leinders	1-
				Maxime Martin	1-
				Markus Palttala	1-
Faster Racing by DB Motorsport	GT3 Pro-Am	BMW Z4 GT3	43	Jeroen the Boer	2-
				Simon Knap	2-
Gulf Racing	GT3 Pro	Lamborghini Gallardo GT3	45	Jean-Pierre Valentini	2-
				Andrea Barlesi	2-
				Fabien Giroix	2-
Black Bull Swiss Racing	GT3 Pro-Am	Ferrari 430 Scuderia	46	Andrea Invernizzi	1
				Mirko Venturi	1
				Tommaso Maino	1
AF Corse	GT3 Pro-Am	Ferrari 458 Italia	50	Jack Gerber	1-
				Matt Griffin	1-
Lotus Driving Academy	GT4	Lotus Evora GT	61	Stefan Landmann	1
				Walter Csabr	1
				Florian Aichunger	1
				Lorenz Frey	2-
				Rolf Maritz	2-
				Fredy Barth	2-
RJN Motorsport	GT4	Nissan 370Z	63	Alex Buncombe	1-
				Jordan Tresson	1-
				Christopher Ward	1-
Gentle Swiss Racing	GT4	Aston Martin Vantage	64	Lorenz Frey	1
				Rolf Maritz	1
				Fredy Barth	1
		Maserati MC Granturismo GT4	65	Andrina Gugger	1-
				Deris Schägi	1-
Lotus Italia Scuderia Giudici	GT4	Lotus Evora GT	70	Edoardo Piscopo	1-
				Leo Mansell	1-
				Greg Mansell	1-
GPR Aston Martin Racing	GT4	Aston Martin Vantage	88	Giuseppe de Pasquale	1-
				Raffaele Sangiuolo	1-
				Léonard Vernet	1
				Brody	2-

Racing calendar

The official racing calendar comprised five races of the season. Four races were held over a distance of three hours, in Spa-Francorchamps the 24-hour race was the championship run.

No.	date	Racetrack	Winner GT3 Pro	Winner GT3 Pro-Am	Winner GT3 Gentlemen Trophy	Winner GT3 Cup	Winner GT4 Cup
01	17th April	Monza	Gianluca Roda Paolo Ruberti Raffaele Giammaria	Marc A. Hayek Peter Kox	Georges Cabannes Grégory Guilvert	no vehicle at the start	Edoardo Piscopo Leo Mansell Greg Mansell
02	May 22	Los Arcos	Michael Bartels Frank Kechele Nico Verdonck	Ludovic Badey Franck Morel Jean-Luc Beaubélique	Georges Cabannes Fabien Michal	Luigi Emiliani Sergio Negroni Marco Cassera	Lorenz Frey Rolf Maritz Fredy Barth
03	30.-31. July	Spa Francorchamps	Mattias Ekström Gregory Franchi Timo Scheider	Ludovic Badey Frank Morel Jean-Luc Beaubélique Guillaume Moreau	Brody Christoff Corten Mathijs Harkema Kurt Dujardyn	Marc Faggionato Thierry Stepec Thierry Prignaud Franck Racinet	Alex Buncombe Jordan Tresson Christopher Ward
04th	August 27	Magny-Cours	Markus Palttala Bas Leinder's Maxime Martin	Niek Hommerson Louis Machiels Paul van Splunteren	Georges Cabannes Fabien Michal Grégory Guilvert	Luigi Emiliani Sergio Negroni Marco Cassera	Alex Buncombe Jordan Tresson Christopher Ward
05	9th October	Silverstone	Markus Palttala Bas Leinder's Maxime Martin	Niek Hommerson Louis Machiels Michael Bartels	Lionel Comole Robert Hissom Chris Dymond	Luigi Emiliani Sergio Negroni Marco Cassera	Edoardo Piscopo Leo Mansell Greg Mansell

Ratings

Point system

The points are awarded according to the well-known FIA scheme.

Point system
placement	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10
Points	25th	18th	15th	12	10	8th	6th	4th	2	1

Double points were awarded for the 24h race in Spa-Francorchamps. The following award scheme applied:

Point system
placement	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10
Points after 6 hours	12.5	9	7.5	6th	5	4th	3	2	1	0.5
Points after 12 hours	12.5	9	7.5	6th	5	4th	3	2	1	0.5
Points after 24 hours	25th	18th	15th	12	10	8th	6th	4th	2	1

Driver ranking

GT3 Pro Cup

Item driver Points 1.  Gregory Franchi 89.5 2.  Markus Palttala 80 3.  Filipe Albuquerque 74  Stéphane Ortelli 74  Bert Longin 74 4th  Gianluca Roda 70  Paolo Ruberti 70 5.  Bas Leinders 69  Maxime Martin 69 ...

GT3 Pro-Am Cup

Item driver Points 1.  Niek Hommerson 101  Louis Machiels 101 2.  Ludovic Badey 93.5  Franck Morel 93.5  Jean-Luc Beaubélique 93.5 3.  Duarte Félix da Costa 55  Ricardo Bravo 55  Lourenco Beirao da Veiga 55 4th  Paul van Splunteren 51 5.  Michael Bartels 50 ...

GT3 Gentlemen Trophy

Item driver Points 1.  Georges Cabannes 93 2.  Brody 68.5  Mathijs Harkema 68.5 3.  Fabien Michal 68 4th  Giorgio Piodi 59 5.  Christoff Corten 53.5 ...

GT3 Cup

Item driver Points 1.  Sergio Negroni 113.5 2.  Luigi Emiliani 100  Marco Cassera 100 3.  Thierry Stepec 46.5  Franck Racinet 46.5  Thierry Prignaud 46.5  Marc Faggionato 46.5 4th  Patrick Geladé 31.5  Didier Grandjean 31.5  Dominique Sandona 31.5  Pascal Muller 31.5 5.  Richard Feller 28  Olivier Baron 28  Manuel Nicolaidis 28  Fabio Spirgi 28 ...

GT4 Cup

Item driver Points 1.  Christopher Ward 116  Alex Buncombe 116  Jordan Tresson 116 2.  Edoardo Piscopo 105  Leo Mansell 105  Greg Mansell 105 3.  Raffaele Sangiuolo 67  Giuseppe de Pasquale 67 4th  Fredy Barth 33  Rolf Maritz 33  Lorenz Frey 33  Christophe Legrand 33  Wolfgang Haugg 33  Andrina Gugger 33 5.  Gianni Giudici 25th ...

Team ratings

GT3 Pro Cup

Item driver Points 1.  Belgian Audi Club 115.5 2.  Marc VDS Racing Team 85 3.  Vita4One 75 4th  AutOrlando Sport 71.5 5.  Hexis Racing 59.5 ...

GT3 Pro-Am Cup

Item driver Points 1.  Vita4One 101 2.  Sofrev ASP 95 3.  Team Preci Spark 50 4th  AF Corse 46  Rhino's Leipert Motorsport 46 5.  Blancpain riders 40 ...

GT3 Gentlemen Trophy

Item driver Points 1.  Ruffier Racing 93 2.  Level racing 68.5 3.  De Lorenzi Racing 59 4th  Sports garage 56 5.  Muehlner Motorsport 43 ...

GT4 Cup

Item driver Points 1.  RJN Motorsport 116 2.  Lotus Italia 105 3.  Lotus Driving Academy 61 4th  DVB Racing 45 5.  GPR Aston Martin 22nd ...

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.blancpain-endurance-series.com/system/_download.php?key=73
2. ↑ http://www.blancpain-endurance-series.com/newsitem.php?key=51
3. ↑ http://www.speedactiontv.be/Belcar__entree_en_matiere_positive_pour_GPR_Aston_Martin_Racing-7094-1.aspx
4. ↑ http://www.motorstv.com/car/gt/gt-endurance-series/07032011/autorlando-sport-confirm-blancpain-entry  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )
5. ↑ http://www.endurance-fans.de/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=298&Itemid=1  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )
6. ↑ http://www.autosport.be/?p=8123  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )
7. ↑ http://www.blancpain-endurance-series.com/newsitem.php?key=53
8. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from April 8, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.