Saturday, September 26, 2015

Blancpain Endurance Series Round 5: Nurburgring (season finale)


In the finale of the 2015 Blancpain Endurance Series... the iRacing.com GT500, Von Ryan Racing became the first, and only, repeat race winners of the 2015 season, with Rob Bell, Shane van Gisbergen, and Kevin Estre, taking the #58 McLaren 650S GT3 to victory.  Pro Am honors went, for the first time to Emil Frey Racing and his custom Jaguar.  The #14 Emil Frey G3 Jaguar XK was driven to the class win by Frey, Freddy Barth, and Gabriele Gardel, (an all Swiss driving squad). 

In the Am class, victory went the way of another first-time race winner, in the form of the #16 AKKA ASP Ferrari 458 GT3 in the hands of Frenchmen Fabien Barthez and Anthony Pons.

Overall/PRO: #58 Bell/van Gisbergen/Estre     McLaren 650S GT3
            Pro Am: #14 Frey/Barth/Gardel            Emil Frey G3 Jaguar XK
            Am: #16 Barthez/Pons                          Ferrari 458 Italia

In the championship, Belgian Audi Club Team WRT/Audi Sport Team WRT have won the Pro Cup and the overall Blancpain Endurance Series championship, again, this year!  Stephane Ortelli and Frank Stippler are the champs!

Champions:

Pro Cup: #1 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT  Stephane Ortelli & Frank Stippler   Audi R8 LMS
Pro Am Cup: #51 AF Corse   Duncan Cameron & Matt Griffin  Ferrari 458 Italia GT3
Am Cup: #24 Team Parker Racing   Ian Loggie & Julian Westwood           Audi R8 LMS

Congratulations to the drivers, and their teams on their clinching of the 2015 Blancpain Endurance Series crowns in their divisions!  We will see you, next year, in 2016, for more awesome action, from the world's top GT3 spec sports car racing championship.  So long, for now.

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