2014 GT4 European Series

The 2014 GT4 European Series season was the seventh season of the GT4 European Cup and the first with the new series denomination, the GT4 European Series. The season began on 10 May at Misano, and finished on 26 October at Monza after six race weekends.^[1]

In the main GT4 professional class, the championship title was won by two-time defending champion Ricardo van der Ende and team-mate Bernhard van Oranje for Racing Team Holland by Ekris Motorsport. Van der Ende and van Oranje won five races during the season, and ultimately won the title during the first race at Monza. The runner-up position, 22 points in arrears of van der Ende and van Oranje, was taken by 2013 amateur champion Jörg Viebahn. Viebahn won three races during the season; he won with Bertus Sanders at Misano and Paul Ricard, and partnered Simon Knap to victory at Monza. Although being outscored by Duncan Huisman and Luc Braams on total points, the series' best ten results regulation allowed Marcel Nooren and Jan Joris Verheul to take third in the championship, by a single point. Nooren and Verheul took successive victories at Spa-Francorchamps and Paul Ricard, while Huisman and Braams won at the Nürburgring. The only other entry to win a race was Alfab Racing, with drivers Erik Behrens and Daniel Roos, winning the first race at Monza after Huisman and Braams were given a post-race penalty.

The amateur GT4 class was poorly supported, with only three entries taking part at any point during the 2014 season. With seven victories, André Grammatico was the winner of the championship, and finished 15 points clear – on dropped scores – of Liesette Braams and Rob Severs, who won four races. The remaining race victory was taken by Fabian Lauda, who won at Zandvoort. In the teams' championship, Racing Team Holland by Ekris Motorsport claimed the title by 31 points, ahead of V8 Racing.

Calendar[edit]

Rnd	Circuit	Date	Event
1	Misano World Circuit, Italy	10–11 May	Italian GT Championship
2	Circuit Park Zandvoort, North Holland, Netherlands	5–6 July	Zandvoort Masters
3	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium	25–26 July	Blancpain Endurance Series, 24 Hours of Spa
4	Circuit Paul Ricard, France	30–31 August	Italian GT Championship
5	Nürburgring, Germany	20–21 September	Blancpain Endurance Series, 1000 km Nürburgring
6	Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Italy	25–26 October	Italian GT Championship

Entry list[edit]

2014 Entry List^[2]
Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Class	Rounds
Racing Team Holland by Ekris Motorsport	BMW M3 GT4	1 101	Bernhard van Oranje	P	All
		1 101	Ricardo van der Ende	P	All
		8 108	Simon Knap	P	All
			Pieter Christiaan van Oranje		1–5
			Jörg Viebahn		6
Las Moras Racing Team (V8 Racing)	Chevrolet Camaro GT4	2 102	Luc Braams	P	All
		2 102	Duncan Huisman	P	All
		3 103	Marcel Nooren	P	All
		3 103	Jan Joris Verheul	P	All
Las Moras Racing Team	BMW M3 GT4	4 104	Liesette Braams	A	All
Las Moras Racing Team	BMW M3 GT4	4 104	Rob Severs	A	All
Lechner Racing School	Lotus Evora GT4	5 105	Fabian Lauda	A	1–3
Alfab Racing	Aston Martin Vantage GT4	007 107	Erik Behrens	P	All
Alfab Racing	Aston Martin Vantage GT4	007 107	Daniel Roos	P	All
BMW Espace Bienvenue	BMW M3 GT4	9 109	André Grammatico	A	All
PROsport Performance	Porsche 911 GT4	10 110	Jörg Viebahn	P	2–5
PROsport Performance	Porsche 911 GT4	10 110	Bertus Sanders	P	2–5
Nova Race	Ginetta G50	11	Giampiero Cristoni	G	1, 6
			Renato di Amato		1
			Leif Lødeng		6
		15 888	Salvador Tineo	G	1, 3–6
			Mark Speakerwas		1, 3
			Jesse Anttila		4–6
		16 116	Jesse Anttila	G	1, 3
			Fran Viel Bugliotti		1, 3–6
			Mark Speakerwas		6
		18	Jörg Viebahn	P	1
		18	Bertus Sanders	P	1
		50	Tiziano Frazza	G	1
		121	Andres Josephson	G	3
		121	Lorenzo Bontempelli	G	3
		133	Andrea Perlini	G	3
Allied-Racing	BMW M3 GT4	12	Jan Kasperlik	A	6
Allied-Racing	BMW M3 GT4	12	Dietmar Lackinger	A	6
Nova Giudici	Ginetta G50	12	Claudio Giudici	G	1
		13	Gianni Giudici	G	1
		27	Luca Magnoni	G	1
		33	Andrea Perlini	G	1
		35	Alessandra Brena	G	1
		35	Walter Conforti	G	1
Nova Rangoni (Rangoni Corse)	Ginetta G50	14 114	Manuel Lasagni	G	1, 3–6
		14 114	Alessandro Bonacini	G	1, 4
		24 124	Stefano Stefanelli	G	1, 3–6
		24 124	Lorenzo Marcucci	G	1, 3–6
		27 127	Luca Magnoni	G	3–6
		32	Tiziano Cappelletti	G	1
		32	Angelo Rogari	G	1
		77 177	Roberto Gentili	G	1, 3–6
Ricknäs Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT4	18	Peter Larsen	A	6
		18	Håkan Ricknäs	A	6
		117	Håkan Ricknäs	A	3
		117	Magnus Holmström	A	3
Genesee Reflex Racing	Ginetta G50	28	Marcos Vivian	P	1
Genesee Reflex Racing	Ginetta G50	28	Luciano Bacheta	P	1
Veloso Motorsport	Aston Martin Vantage GT4	33	Eugenio Montez	A	6
Veloso Motorsport	Aston Martin Vantage GT4	33	Sergio Montez	A	6
Cor Euser Racing	Lotus Evora GT4	106	Marcos Vivian	P	2
Cor Euser Racing	Lotus Evora GT4	106	Cor Euser	P	2
Primus Racing	Ginetta G50	119	Johan Rosén	A	3
Primus Racing	Ginetta G50	119	Peter Larsen	A	3
Optimum Motorsport	Ginetta G55	120	Lee Mowle	A	3
Nissan Nederland	Nissan 370Z GT4	123	Frans Verschuur	A	2
Nissan Nederland	Nissan 370Z GT4	123	Bernhard ten Brinke	A	2
Guest teams and drivers
Sorg Rennsport	BMW M3 GT4	101	Erik Berggren	I	5
Sorg Rennsport	BMW M3 GT4	101	Thomas Fjordbach	I	5
Bremotion Sport	Roding R1	102	Patrick Brenndörfer	I	5
Rijmarracing	BMW M3 GT4	103	Peter Stox	I	5
		103	Koen de Wit	I	5
		104	Marcel van Rijswick	I	5
		104	Andre de Vries	I	5
Mathol Racing	Aston Martin Vantage GT4	107	Steffen Retzlaff	I	5
Mathol Racing	Aston Martin Vantage GT4	107	Hendrick Still	I	5

Icon	Class
P	Pro
A	Am
G	Ginetta G50
I	Invitation

Drivers competing in the Ginetta G50 class were ineligible for points.

Race calendar and results[edit]

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	PRO Winners	Overall Winners
1	R1	Misano	10 May	No. 1 Racing Team Holland by Ekris Motorsport	No. 1 Racing Team Holland by Ekris Motorsport	No. 14 Nova Rangoni
	R1		10 May	Bernhard van Oranje Ricardo van der Ende	Bernhard van Oranje Ricardo van der Ende	Manuel Lasagni Alessandro Bonacini
	R2		11 May	No. 16 Nova Race	No. 18 Nova Race	No. 18 Nova Race
	R2		11 May	Jesse Anttila Fran Viel Bugliotti	Jörg Viebahn Bertus Sanders	Jörg Viebahn Bertus Sanders
2	R1	Zandvoort	5 July	No. 101 Racing Team Holland by Ekris Motorsport	No. 101 Racing Team Holland by Ekris Motorsport	No. 101 Racing Team Holland by Ekris Motorsport
	R1		5 July	Bernhard van Oranje Ricardo van der Ende	Bernhard van Oranje Ricardo van der Ende	Bernhard van Oranje Ricardo van der Ende
	R2		6 July	No. 101 Racing Team Holland by Ekris Motorsport	No. 101 Racing Team Holland by Ekris Motorsport	No. 101 Racing Team Holland by Ekris Motorsport
	R2		6 July	Bernhard van Oranje Ricardo van der Ende	Bernhard van Oranje Ricardo van der Ende	Bernhard van Oranje Ricardo van der Ende
3	R1	Spa-Francorchamps	25 July	No. 110 PROsport Performance	No. 101 Racing Team Holland by Ekris Motorsport	No. 101 Racing Team Holland by Ekris Motorsport
	R1		25 July	Jörg Viebahn Bertus Sanders	Bernhard van Oranje Ricardo van der Ende	Bernhard van Oranje Ricardo van der Ende
	R2		26 July	No. 102 V8 Racing	No. 103 V8 Racing	No. 103 V8 Racing
	R2		26 July	Luc Braams Duncan Huisman	Marcel Nooren Jan Joris Verheul	Marcel Nooren Jan Joris Verheul
4	R1	Paul Ricard	31 August	No. 7 Alfab Racing	No. 3 Las Moras Racing Team (V8 Racing)	No. 888 Nova Race
	R1			Erik Behrens Daniel Roos	Marcel Nooren Jan Joris Verheul	Salvador Tineo Jesse Anttila
	R2			No. 7 Alfab Racing	No. 10 PROsport Performance	No. 10 PROsport Performance
	R2			Erik Behrens Daniel Roos	Jörg Viebahn Bertus Sanders	Jörg Viebahn Bertus Sanders
5	R1	Nürburgring	20 September	No. 24 Nova Rangoni (Rangoni Corse)	No. 2 Las Moras Racing Team (V8 Racing)	No. 2 Las Moras Racing Team (V8 Racing)
	R1			Stefano Stefanelli Lorenzo Marcucci	Luc Braams Duncan Huisman	Luc Braams Duncan Huisman
	R2			No. 3 Las Moras Racing Team (V8 Racing)	No. 1 Racing Team Holland by Ekris Motorsport	No. 16 Nova Race
	R2			Marcel Nooren Jan Joris Verheul	Bernhard van Oranje Ricardo van der Ende	Fran Viel Bugliotti
6	R1	Monza	25 October	No. 7 Alfab Racing	No. 7 Alfab Racing	No. 7 Alfab Racing
	R1		25 October	Erik Behrens Daniel Roos	Erik Behrens Daniel Roos	Erik Behrens Daniel Roos
	R2		26 October	No. 14 Nova Rangoni (Rangoni Corse)	No. 8 Racing Team Holland by Ekris Motorsport	No. 14 Nova Rangoni (Rangoni Corse)
	R2		26 October	Manuel Lasagni	Jörg Viebahn Simon Knap	Manuel Lasagni

References[edit]

^ "Calendar". GT4 European Series. Stéphane Ratel Organisation. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
^ "Teams". GT4 European Series. Stéphane Ratel Organisation. Archived from the original on 2014-04-30. Retrieved 30 April 2014.

External links[edit]

Official website

[Calendar-1] "Calendar". GT4 European Series. Stéphane Ratel Organisation. Retrieved 26 February 2014.

[2] "Teams". GT4 European Series. Stéphane Ratel Organisation. Archived from the original on 2014-04-30. Retrieved 30 April 2014.

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