2019 GT4 European Series

The 2019 GT4 European Series was the twelfth season of the GT4 European Series, a sports car championship created and organised by the Stéphane Ratel Organisation (SRO). The season began on 13 April at Monza and ended on 1 September at the Nürburgring.

At the annual press conference during the 2018 24 Hours of Spa on 27 July, the Stéphane Ratel Organisation announced the first draft of the 2019 calendar, in which Barcelona-Catalunya initially made an appearance.^[1] It was dropped from the schedule and replaced by Zandvoort, when the finalised calendar was announced on 22 October.^[2]

Round	Circuit	Date	Supporting
1	Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza, Italy	13–14 April	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup
2	Brands Hatch, Kent, Great Britain	4–5 May	Blancpain GT World Challenge Europe
3	Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet, France	1–2 June	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup
4	Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Misano Adriatico, Italy	29–30 June	Blancpain GT World Challenge Europe
5	Circuit Zandvoort, Zandvoort, Netherlands	13–14 July
6	Nürburgring, Nürburg, Germany	31 August–1 September

The GT4 European Series is supported by 5 sponsors. These are the tire manufacturer Pirelli, the lubricant specialist RAVENOL, the watch manufacturer CERTINA, Elf and Gullwing Racing Insurance.

Team Car No. Drivers Class Rounds Street Art Racing[3] Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4[3] 007 Julien Darras[4] S All Jamie Vandenbalck[4] 17 Pascal Bachmann[3] Am All Clément Seyler[3] Phoenix Racing[5] Audi R8 LMS GT4[5] 1 Cédric Freiburghaus[5] S All Nicolaj Møller Madsen[5] Leipert Motorsport[6] Mercedes-AMG GT4[6] 2 Marcus Påverud[6] PA All Luca Trefz[6] 4 Jan Kisiel[6] S All Max Koebolt[6] Ekris Motorsport[7] BMW M4 GT4[7] 8 Ricardo van der Ende[7] S All Euan McKay[7] CMR[8] Alpine A110 GT4[8] 9 Soheil Ayari[8] PA 1–3 Guillaume Roman[8] Pierre-Alexandre Jean S 4 Stéphane Lémeret 36 Pierre-Alexandre Jean[8] S 1–3 Pierre Sancinéna[8] 48 David Loger[8] Am All Eric Mouez[8] Las Moras by Equipe Verschuur[9][N 1] Equipe Verschuur[10][N 1] McLaren 570S GT4[10] 11 Liesette Braams[9] Am 1–5 Luc Braams[9] 1 Gaby Uljee[11] 2–5 14 Benjamin Lessennes[10] S All Daniel McKay[10] Borusan Otomotiv Motorsport[9] BMW M4 GT4[9] 12 Ibrahim Okyay[9] PA 1–5 Fatih Ayhan[9] 1 Levent Kocabıyık[11] 2, 5 Cem Bölükbaşı[12] 3–4 Schwede Motorsport[13] Mercedes-AMG GT4[13] 13 Marc Basseng[13] PA 1–5 Phillip Bethke[13] 777 Jan Rehnig[13] PA All Dominik Schraml[13] NM Racing Team[14] Ginetta G55 GT4[14] 15 Max Llobet[14] S 1–3 Lluc Ibáñez[14] PA 4–6 Jorge Cabezas Catalan True Racing[15][N 2] Valvoline - True Racing[16][N 2] KTM X-Bow GT4[15] 16 Reinhard Kofler[15] S All Patric Niederhauser[15] 24 Mads Siljehaug[16] S All Phil Hill[16] 1–4 Nicolai Elghanayan 5 Eike Angermayer 6 PROsport Performance[17] Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4[17] 18 Akhil Rabindra[17] S 1–3, 6 Florian Thoma[17] 1–3 David Griessner 6 19 David Griessner[18] S 1–4 Jérémy Sarhy[18] 1–3 Akhil Rabindra[17] 4 Alex Mies 6 Mike David Ortmann Allied-Racing[19] Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport[19] 21 Benjamin Mazatis[19] PA All Niki Leutwiler[19] 1–3 Constantin Schöll 4–6 22 Jan Kasperlik[19] PA 1, 3–6 Nicolas Schöll[19] Glenn Van Parijs[11] S 2 Constantin Schöll[11] MDM Motorsport[20] BMW M4 GT4[20] 25 Simon Knap[20] S All Alec Udell[20] 26 Mark van der Aa[20] S All Koen Bogaerts[20] IMSA Performance[12] Audi R8 LMS GT4[12] 27 Michael Blanchemain[12] Am 3 Franck Leherpeur[12] Selleslagh Racing Team[21] Mercedes-AMG GT4[21] 30 Guillaume Dumarey[21] S 1–3 Jean Glorieux[21] PA 4 Guillaume Dumarey[21] Kay van Berlo 5 Angélique Detavernier Am 6 David Dermont 31 Bas Schouten[21] S 1–2 Junior Strous[21] 1 Meindert van Buuren[11] 2 Stéphane Lémeret[12] 3 Aurélien Panis[12] Jonathan Cecotto PA 4 Alessandro Giovanelli Am 5–6 Bob Herber 32 Jean-Luc Behets[21] Am 1, 3–4, 6 Johan Vannerum[21] Bullitt Racing[22] Mercedes-AMG GT4[22] 33 Andy Meyrick[22] PA All Stephen Pattrick[22] 66 Oleg Kharuk[23] PA 2–3 Ivan Lukashevich[23] Alex Lambertz S 4–6 Romain Monti Rédélé Compétition[9] Alpine A110 GT4[9] 35 Grégoire Demoustier[9] PA 1–5 Alain Ferté[9] 76 Laurent Coubard Am 4 Jean Charles Rédélé Generation AMR SuperRacing[9] Aston Martin Vantage GT4[9] 44 Matthew George[9] PA 1–2 James Holder[9] Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4[12] 3 Matthew George[12] Team GT[9] McLaren 570S GT4[9] 55 Michaël Benyahia[9] S 1, 3 Charlie Fagg[9] 56 Christian Danner[12] Am 3 Bernhard Laber[12] Academy Motorsport[24] Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4[24] 61 Fiona James[24] PA 1–3, 5 Tom Wood[24] S 4, 6 Micah Stanley 62 Matt Cowley[24] S All Will Moore[25] 1–5 Finlay Hutchison 6 V8 Racing[26] Chevrolet Camaro GT4.R[26] 68 Oliver Hart S 5 Finlay Hutchison 69 Duncan Huisman[26] S 1, 3–4 Olivier Hart[26] 1 Francesco Pastorelli 3–4 Duncan Huisman PA 5 Luc Braams W & D Racing Team[27] BMW M4 GT4[27] 71 Paolo Meloni[27] PA All Massimiliano Tresoldi[27] eSky WP Racing[12] Maserati GranTurismo MC GT4[12] 77 Łukasz Kręski[12] Am 3 Maciej Marcinkiewicz[12] Team Speedcar[12] Alpine A110 GT4[12] 88 Robert Consani[12] S 3 Benjamin Lariche[12] razoon - more than racing[28] KTM X-Bow GT4[28] 99 Dominik Olbert[28] PA 1–2 Constantin Schöll[28] 1 Laura Kraihamer[11] 2 Önder Erdem[12] Am 3–4, 6 Dominik Olbert[12] RN Vision STS[29] BMW M4 GT4[29] 111 Gabriele Piana[29] PA All Marius Zug[29] Centri Porsche Ticino[12] Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport[12] 718 Max Busnelli[12] Am 3 Ivan Jacoma[12] PA 6 Kevin Gilardoni

Icon Class S Silver Cup PA Pro-Am Cup Am Am Cup

Bold indicates overall winner.

Round		Circuit	Pole position	Silver Winners	Pro-Am Winners	Am Winners
1	R1	Monza	No. 55 Team GT	No. 14 Equipe Verschuur	No. 111 RN Vision STS	No. 32 Selleslagh Racing Team
			Michaël Benyahia Charlie Fagg	Benjamin Lessennes Daniel McKay	Gabriele Piana Marius Zug	Jean-Luc Behets Johan Vannerum
	R2		No. 69 V8 Racing	No. 14 Equipe Verschuur	No. 2 Leipert Motorsport	No. 32 Selleslagh Racing Team
			Olivier Hart Duncan Huisman	Benjamin Lessennes Daniel McKay	Marcus Påverud Luca Trefz	Jean-Luc Behets Johan Vannerum
2	R1	Brands Hatch	No. 18 PROsport Performance	No. 16 True Racing	No. 2 Leipert Motorsport	No. 48 CMR
			Akhil Rabindra Florian Thoma	Reinhard Kofler Patric Niederhauser	Marcus Påverud Luca Trefz	David Loger Eric Mouez
	R2		No. 14 Equipe Verschuur	No. 4 Leipert Motorsport	No. 35 Rédélé Compétition	No. 17 Street Art Racing
			Benjamin Lessennes Daniel McKay	Jan Kisiel Max Koebolt	Grégoire Demoustier Alain Ferté	Pascal Bachmann Clément Seyler
3	R1	Paul Ricard	No. 44 Generation AMR SuperRacing	No. 25 MDM Motorsport	No. 35 Rédélé Compétition	No. 56 Team GT
			Matthew George James Holder	Simon Knap Alec Udell	Grégoire Demoustier Alain Ferté	Christian Danner Bernhard Laber
	R2		No. 25 MDM Motorsport	No. 25 MDM Motorsport	No. 71 W & D Racing Team	No. 48 CMR
			Simon Knap Alec Udell	Simon Knap Alec Udell	Paolo Meloni Massimiliano Tresoldi	David Loger Eric Mouez
4	R1	Misano	No. 24 Valvoline - True Racing	No. 66 Bullitt Racing	No. 111 RN Vision STS	No. 32 Selleslagh Racing Team
			Phil Hill Mads Siljehaug	Alex Lambertz Romain Monti	Gabriele Piana Marius Zug	Jean-Luc Behets Johan Vannerum
	R2		No. 4 Leipert Motorsport	No. 4 Leipert Motorsport	No. 777 Schwede Motorsport	No. 17 Street Art Racing
			Jan Kisiel Max Koebolt	Jan Kisiel Max Koebolt	Jan Rehnig Dominik Schraml	Pascal Bachmann Clément Seyler
5	R1	Zandvoort	No. 24 Valvoline - True Racing	No. 1 Phoenix Racing	No. 111 RN Vision STS	No. 31 Selleslagh Racing Team
			Nicolai Elghanayan Mads Siljehaug	Cédric Freiburghaus Nicolaj Møller Madsen	Gabriele Piana Marius Zug	Alessandro Giovanelli Bob Herber
	R2		No. 14 Equipe Verschuur	No. 25 MDM Motorsport	No. 2 Leipert Motorsport	No. 48 CMR
			Benjamin Lessennes Daniel McKay	Simon Knap Alec Udell	Marcus Påverud Luca Trefz	David Loger Eric Mouez
6	R1	Nürburgring	No. 8 Ekris Motorsport	No. 66 Bullitt Racing	No. 111 RN Vision STS	No. 32 Selleslagh Racing Team
			Ricardo van der Ende Euan McKay	Alex Lambertz Romain Monti	Gabriele Piana Marius Zug	Jean-Luc Behets Johan Vannerum
	R2		No. 8 Ekris Motorsport	No. 8 Ekris Motorsport	No. 111 RN Vision STS	No. 32 Selleslagh Racing Team
			Ricardo van der Ende Euan McKay	Ricardo van der Ende Euan McKay	Gabriele Piana Marius Zug	Jean-Luc Behets Johan Vannerum

Scoring system

Championship points were awarded for the first ten positions in each 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.

Pos. Driver Team MNZ BRH LEC MIS ZAN NÜR Points Silver Cup 1 Simon Knap Alec Udell MDM Motorsport 3 Ret 6 11 1 1 3 5 6 1 5 6 156 2 Jan Kisiel Max Koebolt Leipert Motorsport 5 7 4 1 8 3 4 1 5 4 9 7 156 3 Benjamin Lessennes Daniel McKay Equipe Verschuur 1 1 3 6 Ret 2 27 11 4 3 7 3 143 4 Ricardo van der Ende Euan McKay Ekris Motorsport DNS 10 10 5 2 6 6 2 10 2 2 1 141 5 Reinhard Kofler Patric Niederhauser True Racing Ret 4 1 3 5 4 8 17 Ret 6 3 2 121 6 Cédric Freiburghaus Nicolaj Møller Madsen Phoenix Racing 4 3 Ret 2 Ret Ret 5 10 1 5 4 30 108 7 Alex Lambertz Romain Monti Bullitt Racing 1 3 11 Ret 1 18 68 8 Akhil Rabindra PROsport Performance 13 11 2 9 14 5 Ret 13 10 10 57 9 Florian Thoma PROsport Performance 13 11 2 9 14 5 46 10 Mark van der Aa Koen Bogaerts MDM Motorsport 8 20 Ret 7 3 10 13 19 9 Ret 16 14 46 11 Julien Darras Jamie Vandenbalck Street Art Racing Ret DNS 9 4 4 14 16 8 18 14 17 16 42 12 Mads Siljehaug Valvoline - True Racing Ret Ret 23 18 31 Ret 15 Ret 3 Ret 11 5 30 13 Olivier Hart V8 Racing 20 13 2 7 26 14 David Griessner PROsport Performance Ret 25 5 17 Ret 12 Ret 13 10 10 23 15 Duncan Huisman V8 Racing 20 13 30 23 7 4 22 16 Michaël Benyahia Charlie Fagg Team GT 2 Ret 16 21 20 17 Francesco Pastorelli V8 Racing 30 23 7 4 20 18 Bas Schouten Selleslagh Racing Team 27 2 19 28 18 18 Junior Strous Selleslagh Racing Team 27 2 18 19 Lluc Ibáñez Max Llobet NM Racing Team 16 12 20 12 17 7 13 20 Jérémy Sarhy PROsport Performance Ret 25 5 17 Ret 12 12 21 Stéphane Lémeret Selleslagh Racing Team 9 13 11 CMR 10 28 22 Pierre-Alexandre Jean CMR 11 19 Ret DNS Ret Ret 10 28 10 23 Micah Stanley Tom Wood Academy Motorsport Ret 7 Ret 23 8 24 Aurélien Panis Selleslagh Racing Team 9 13 7 25 Pierre Sancinéna CMR 11 19 Ret DNS Ret Ret 6 26 Matt Cowley Academy Motorsport 15 18 18 25 Ret 32 12 18 Ret 19 3 26 Will Moore Academy Motorsport 15 18 18 25 Ret 32 12 18 3 27 Glenn Van Parijs Constantin Schöll Allied-Racing 14 19 2 28 Guillaume Dumarey Jean Glorieux Selleslagh Racing Team 17 16 22 13 20 Ret 1 29 Phil Hill Valvoline - True Racing Ret Ret 23 18 31 Ret 15 Ret 1 Meindert van Buuren Selleslagh Racing Team 19 28 0 Robert Consani Benjamin Lariche Team Speedcar DNS Ret Drivers ineligible to score points Finlay Hutchison V8 Racing 2 7 Academy Motorsport Ret 19 Nicolai Elghanayan Valvoline - True Racing 3 Ret Alex Mies Mike David Ortmann PROsport Performance 8 4 Eike Angermayer Valvoline - True Racing 11 5 Pro-Am Cup 1 Marcus Påverud Luca Trefz Leipert Motorsport 10 5 7 10 13 9 18 9 13 8 12 11 207 2 Gabriele Piana Marius Zug RN Vision STS 6 6 8 Ret 10 17 2 DNS 7 11 6 8 199 3 Jan Rehnig Dominik Schraml Schwede Motorsport 22 8 17 20 12 Ret 19 6 16 Ret 13 13 103 4 Jan Kasperlik Nicolas Schöll Allied-Racing 7 9 32 11 26 12 14 Ret 28 9 95 5 Grégoire Demoustier Alain Ferté Rédélé Compétition 14 17 16 8 6 33 20 22 Ret 12 94 6 Paolo Meloni Massimiliano Tresoldi W & D Racing Team 9 23 13 Ret 11 8 Ret Ret 20 22 76 7 Marc Basseng Phillip Bethke Schwede Motorsport Ret Ret 27 24 12 15 11 16 16 13 69 8 Benjamin Mazatis Allied-Racing 18 15 Ret 15 23 26 Ret 24 19 Ret 18 12 59 9 Ibrahim Okyay Borusan Otomotiv Motorsport 12 24 24 22 Ret 24 9 20 23 Ret 51 10 Fiona James Tom Wood Academy Motorsport 25 21 11 14 29 16 Ret Ret 47 11 Ivan Jacoma Centri Porsche Ticino 7 31 15 17 20 12 Niki Leutwiler Allied-Racing 18 15 Ret 15 23 26 31 13 Jorge Cabezas Catalan Lluc Ibáñez NM Racing Team Ret Ret 8 Ret 19 27 30 14 Duncan Huisman Luc Braams V8 Racing 15 10 28 15 Constantin Schöll razoon - more than racing Ret DSQ 28 Allied-Racing Ret 24 19 Ret 18 12 16 Andy Meyrick Stephen Pattrick Bullitt Racing 28 Ret 12 26 Ret 20 24 Ret Ret Ret 27 17 Cem Bölükbaşı Borusan Otomotiv Motorsport Ret 24 9 20 26 18 Jonathan Cecotto Alessandro Giovanelli Selleslagh Racing Team 12 15 22 19 Max Busnelli Centri Porsche Ticino 7 31 18 20 Guillaume Dumarey Jean Glorieux Selleslagh Racing Team 25 14 14 21 Levent Kocabıyık Borusan Otomotiv Motorsport 24 22 23 Ret 14 22 Fatih Ayhan Borusan Otomotiv Motorsport 12 24 11 23 Soheil Ayari Guillaume Roman CMR Ret 14 Ret Ret Ret Ret 10 24 Matthew George[N 3] James Holder[N 3] Generation AMR SuperRacing 23 DNS 15 16 15 22 10 Oleg Kharuk Ivan Lukashevich Bullitt Racing Ret DNS Ret Ret Dominik Olbert razoon - more than racing Ret DSQ DNS DNS Laura Kraihamer razoon - more than racing DNS DNS Drivers ineligible to score points Kay van Berlo Angelique Detavernier Selleslagh Racing Team DSQ 9 Kevin Gilardoni Centri Porsche Ticino 15 17 Am Cup 1 Pascal Bachmann Clément Seyler Street Art Racing 24 26 25 21 19 29 17 18 24 19 22 29 202 2 David Loger Eric Mouez CMR 26 Ret 21 27 25 18 23 23 22 15 23 28 183 3 Jean-Luc Behets Johan Vannerum Selleslagh Racing Team 19 22 24 27 14 21 21 20 165 4 Liesette Braams Las Moras by Equipe Verschuur 21 27 26 23 27 28 21 26 25 17 134 5 Gaby Uljee Las Moras by Equipe Verschuur 26 23 27 28 21 26 25 17 101 6 Alessandro Giovanelli Selleslagh Racing Team 21 16 27 21 71 7 Christian Danner Bernhard Laber Team GT 18 19 43 8 Luc Braams Las Moras by Equipe Verschuur 21 27 33 9 Önder Erdem Dominik Olbert razoon - more than racing 28 Ret 28 27 25 Ret 32 10 Łukasz Kręski Maciej Marcinkiewicz eSky WP Racing 22 25 27 11 Laurent Coubard Jean Charles Rédélé Rédélé Competition 22 25 24 12 Michael Blanchemain Franck Leherpeur IMSA Performance 21 30 21 Drivers ineligible to score points Bob Herber Selleslagh Racing Team 21 16 27 21 David Dermont Angélique Detavernier Selleslagh Racing Team Ret 24 Pos. Driver Team MNZ BRH LEC MIS ZAN 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

Only the highest finishing car per team scored points and all other cars entered by that team were invisible as far as scoring points concerned. Only the highest ranked car in its respective category counted towards the championship. Parentheses indicate results that did not count towards the championship. Only two cars can be considered as forming the same team for the Teams' championship. If more than two cars are entered under the same competitor license, the competitor has to nominate the car numbers eligible to score points. Failure to do so will default the eligibility to score points to the two cars with the lowest car numbers. In several occasions full points were not awarded, because it is dependent on the number of teams participating per class.

Pos.	Team	Manufacturer	Points
1	Leipert Motorsport	Mercedes-AMG	230
2	RN Vision STS	BMW	196
3	Street Art Racing	Aston Martin	189
4	(Las Moras by) Equipe Verschuur	McLaren	185
5	MDM Motorsport	BMW	170
6	Ekris Motorsport	BMW	155
7	(Valvoline -) True Racing	KTM	148
8	Schwede Motorsport	Mercedes-AMG	146
9	Allied-Racing	Porsche	142
10	Selleslagh Racing Team	Mercedes-AMG	132
11	Phoenix Racing	Audi	116
12	Rédélé Compétition	Alpine	114
13	Bullitt Racing	Mercedes-AMG	109
14	CMR	Alpine	107
15	Academy Motorsport	Aston Martin	85
16	PROsport Performance	Aston Martin	82
17	W & D Racing Team	BMW	80
18	Team GT	McLaren	68
19	V8 Racing	Chevrolet	66
20	Borusan Otomotiv Motorsport	BMW	66
21	NM Racing Team	Ginetta	64
22	Centri Porsche Ticino	Porsche	41
23	razoon - more than racing	KTM	40
24	eSky WP Racing	Maserati	30
25	IMSA Performance	Audi	27
26	Generation AMR SuperRacing[N 4]	Aston Martin	12
	Team SpeedCar	Alpine
Pos.	Team	Manufacturer	Points

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