Blancpain GT Sprint Cup: Nurburgring

The finale of the 2018 Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup, at the Nürburgring in Nurburg, Germany, in the Eiffel Mountains.

Pre-Race:

Leaders Tied Ahead of Nürburgring Sprint Cup Finale
https://sportscar365.com/sro/blancpain-gt/leaders-tied-ahead-of-nurburgring-sprint-cup-finale/

Ratel Considering Minimum Pit Stop Times for Sprint Cup
https://sportscar365.com/sro/blancpain-gt/ratel-considering-minimum-pit-stop-times-for-sprint-cup/

Vanthoor, WRT Top Opening Session at Nürburgring
https://sportscar365.com/sro/blancpain-gt/vanthoor-wrt-top-opening-session-at-nurburgring/

AKKA ASP Leads FP2; WRT Quickest on Friday
https://sportscar365.com/sro/blancpain-gt/akka-asp-leads-fp2-wrt-quickest-on-friday/

Qualifying:

Bortolotti, Stolz Score Nurburgring Poles
https://sportscar365.com/sro/blancpain-gt/bortolotti-stolz-score-nurburgring-poles/

WRT Repairing Title-Contending Audi; Likely to Start Race 1
https://sportscar365.com/sro/blancpain-gt/wrt-repairing-no-1-audi-likely-to-start-race-1/

Race 1:

GRT Wins Race 1 As Mies, Riberas Open Up Points Lead
https://sportscar365.com/sro/blancpain-gt/grt-wins-race-1-as-mies-riberas-open-up-points-lead/

There has been a change.  A big change, in the race one results.  Grasser Lamborghini has been disqualified.  WRT Audi inherits the win.  Mirko Bortolotti and Christian Engelhart were given a 30 second time penalty.

Mies, Riberas Inherit Race 1 Win as Grasser Penalized
https://sportscar365.com/sro/blancpain-gt/mies-riberas-inherit-race-1-win-as-grasser-penalized/

Lamborghini debuts the 2019 Evo version of the Huracan GT3.

Lamborghini Reveals Huracan GT3 Evo
https://sportscar365.com/imsa/iwsc/lamborghini-reveals-huracan-gt3-evo/

Meet Lamborghini’s 2019-Spec Huracan GT3 Evo
https://sportscar365.com/features/videos/meet-lamborghinis-2019-spec-huracan-gt3-evo/

Nurburgring Weekend Notebook
https://sportscar365.com/sro/blancpain-gt/nurburgring-weekend-notebook-4/

Engelhart, Bortolotti Disqualified After Multiple Offences
https://sportscar365.com/sro/blancpain-gt/no-63-lamborghini-disqualified-after-multiple-offences/

Race 2:

Marciello, Meadows Win Race 2, Sprint Cup Title
https://sportscar365.com/sro/blancpain-gt/marciello-meadows-win-race-2-sprint-cup-title/

Nürburgring Race 2 Highlights
https://sportscar365.com/features/videos/nurburgring-race-2-highlights/

There may be another post to wrap up the action at the Nurburgring. The 2018 Blancpain GT Sprint Cup is over, and Raffaele Marciello and Michael Meadows are champions. Now that the Sprint Cup finale is in the bag, we look forward to the final event of the Blancpain GT Series overall season, the last Endurance Cup race of the year at Circuit de Barcelona Catalunya in Barcelona, Spain, coming up in just two weeks.