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The 2015 Blancpain GT Series season was the second season of the
Blancpain GT Series GT World Challenge Europe (known as the Blancpain GT Series between 2014 and 2019) is a sports car racing series organised by SRO Motorsports Group. It features grand tourer racing cars modified from production road cars complying with the FIA's GT ...
. The season started on 6 April at
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and ended on 11 October in
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. The season featured twelve rounds, five
Blancpain Endurance Series The GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup, formerly for sponsorship reasons the Blancpain Endurance Series from 2011 to 2015 and Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup from 2016 to 2019, is a sports car racing series developed by SRO Motorsports Gr ...
rounds and seven
Blancpain Sprint Series The GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup, officially known as Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe Powered by AWS for sponsorship reasons, formerly the FIA GT Series, is a sports car racing series organized by the Stéphane Ratel Organisation (SRO) ...
rounds.


Calendar

On June 6 2015 it was announced that
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would replace
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as the final round of the season due to economic reasons.


Race results


Championship standings

;Scoring system Championship points were awarded for the first six positions in each Qualifying Race and for the first ten positions in each Championship Race. 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. There were no points awarded for the Pole Position. ;Qualifying Race points ;Championship Race points ;1000 km Paul Ricard points ;24 Hours of Spa points Points were awarded after six hours, after twelve hours and at the finish.


Drivers' Championship

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Bold – Pole position ''Italics'' – Fastest lap
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was unable to score at
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, because he did not share his car with another driver. His regular teammate
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had to go home just before the event started.


Teams' Championship


See also

* 2015 Blancpain Endurance Series *
2015 Blancpain Sprint Series The 2015 GT Sprint Series (known for sponsorship reasons as the 2015 Blancpain Sprint Series) was the third season following on from the demise of the SRO Group's FIA GT1 World Championship (an auto racing series for grand tourer cars), the second ...


Notes


References


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Blancpain GT Series GT World Challenge Europe 2015 in motorsport