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The 2015 ADAC GT Masters season was the ninth season of the ADAC GT Masters, the grand tourer-style sports car racing founded by the German automobile club ADAC. The season started on 25 April at Motorsport Arena Oschersleben and ended on 4 October at Hockenheim after eight double-header meetings.[1] René Rast and Kelvin van der Linde entered the season as the defending Drivers' Champions. Prosperia C. Abt Racing entered the season as the defending Teams' Champion.

The series changed tyre supplier from Yokohama to Pirelli.[2]

Entry list

Team Car No. Driver Rounds
Germany C. Abt Racing[3] Audi R8 LMS ultra[3] 1 South Africa Kelvin van der Linde[3] All
Germany Stefan Wackerbauer[3]
2 South Africa Jordan Pepper[3] All
Denmark Nicki Thiim[3]
3 Germany Christer Jöns[3] All
Germany Andreas Weishaupt[4]
Germany Bentley Team HTP[5] Bentley Continental GT3[5] 7 Germany Luca Stolz[5][6] All
Netherlands Jeroen Bleekemolen[6] 1–4
France Vincent Abril 5
Germany Maximilian Buhk 6
France Tom Dillmann 7–8
8 Germany Fabian Hamprecht[5] All
Austria Clemens Schmid[5]
Czech Republic Šenkýř Motorsport[7] BMW Z4 GT3[7] 12 Germany Lennart Marioneck[8] 1–6, 8
Czech Republic Jakub Knoll[7] 1–2, 4–5
Slovakia Samuel Sladecka 3
Finland Markus Palttala 6
Austria Michael Joos[9] 8
Germany RWT Racing Team[10] Corvette Z06.R GT3[10] 13 Germany Sven Barth[11] 1–5, 7–8
Switzerland Remo Lips[11]
Germany Lambda Performance Ford GT GT3 14 Germany Frank Kechele 8
Belgium Nico Verdonck
Germany YACO Racing[12] Audi R8 LMS ultra[12] 16 Switzerland Rahel Frey[13] All
Germany Philip Geipel[13]
Germany BMW Sports Trophy Team Schubert[14] BMW Z4 GT3[14] 19 Germany Claudia Hürtgen[11] All
Finland Jesse Krohn[11] 1
Germany Uwe Alzen 2–7
Germany Niklas Mackschin 8
80 Austria Dominik Baumann[11] All
Germany Jens Klingmann[11] 1–7
Canada Bruno Spengler[15] 8
Germany Team Zakspeed[16] Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3[16] 21 Germany Sebastian Asch[11] All
Germany Luca Ludwig[16]
Germany MRS GT-Racing[17] Nissan GT-R GT3[17] 22 Germany Dominic Jöst[11] All
Germany Florian Scholze[11]
23 Germany Marc Gassner[11] All
Germany Florian Strauss[18]
Germany kfzteile24 MS Racing[19] Audi R8 LMS ultra[19] 24 Germany Marc Basseng[11] All
Germany Florian Stoll[11]
100 Austria Daniel Dobitsch[11] All
Sweden Edward Sandström[11]
Germany Reiter Engineering[11] Chevrolet Camaro GT3[11] 25 United Kingdom Oliver Gavin[11] 1
Czech Republic Tomáš Enge[11]
Lamborghini Gallardo R-EX[20] Czech Republic Tomáš Enge[11] 2, 6–7
Australia David Russell[20] 2–3
Australia Steve Owen 3
Germany Albert von Thurn und Taxis 6
Netherlands Jaap van Lagen[21] 7
88 Netherlands Nick Catsburg[21] 7
Germany Albert von Thurn und Taxis
Germany Car Collection Motorsport Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 33 Germany Alexander Mattschull[22] 5
Netherlands Renger van der Zande[22]
Germany GW IT Racing Team Schütz Motorsport[14] Porsche 911 GT3 R[14] 36 Austria Klaus Bachler[11] All
Germany Christian Engelhart[11] 1, 8
Austria Philipp Eng 2
Austria Martin Ragginger 3–7
Switzerland HP Racing[14] Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3[14] 42 Austria Harald Proczyk[11] All
Sweden Andreas Simonsen[11] 1–2, 4, 6
Germany Bernd Schneider 3, 5, 7–8
Austria Grasser Racing Team[20] Lamborghini Huracán GT3[20] 63 Italy Mirko Bortolotti[20] 2
South Africa Adrian Zaugg[20]
Germany Callaway Competition[23] Corvette Z06.R GT3[23] 66 Germany Daniel Keilwitz[11] All
Germany Andreas Wirth[11]
69 Germany Patrick Assenheimer[11] All
Italy Diego Alessi[11] 1–7
Sweden Andreas Simonsen 8
Germany Tonino Team Herberth[14] Porsche 911 GT3 R[14] 99 Germany René Bourdeaux 3
Germany Alfred Renauer
Germany Rowe Racing Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 Germany Nico Bastian[22] 5
Netherlands Stef Dusseldorp[22]

Race calendar and results

The eight-event calendar for the 2015 season was announced on 21 November 2014.[1]

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Race Winner
1 R1 Germany Motorsport Arena Oschersleben 25 April Germany No. 7 Bentley Team HTP Germany No. 36 GW IT Racing Team Schütz Motorsport
Netherlands Jeroen Bleekemolen
Germany Luca Stolz 		Austria Klaus Bachler
Germany Christian Engelhart
R2 26 April Germany No. 7 Bentley Team HTP Germany No. 7 Bentley Team HTP
Netherlands Jeroen Bleekemolen
Germany Luca Stolz 		Netherlands Jeroen Bleekemolen
Germany Luca Stolz
2 R1 Austria Red Bull Ring 6 June Germany No. 36 GW IT Racing Team Schütz Motorsport Germany No. 25 Reiter Engineering
Austria Klaus Bachler
Austria Philipp Eng 		Czech Republic Tomáš Enge
Australia David Russell
R2 7 June Germany No. 25 Reiter Engineering Austria No. 63 Grasser Racing Team
Czech Republic Tomáš Enge
Australia David Russell 		Italy Mirko Bortolotti
South Africa Adrian Zaugg
3 R1 Belgium Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 20 June Germany No. 21 Team Zakspeed Germany No. 80 BMW Sports Trophy Team Schubert
Germany Sebastian Asch
Germany Luca Ludwig 		Austria Dominik Baumann
Germany Jens Klingmann
R2 21 June Switzerland No. 42 HP Racing Germany No. 21 Team Zakspeed
Austria Harald Proczyk
Germany Bernd Schneider 		Germany Sebastian Asch
Germany Luca Ludwig
4 R1 Germany EuroSpeedway Lausitz 4 July Germany No. 36 GW IT Racing Team Schütz Motorsport Germany No. 80 BMW Sports Trophy Team Schubert
Austria Klaus Bachler
Austria Martin Ragginger 		Austria Dominik Baumann
Germany Jens Klingmann
R2 5 July Germany No. 21 Team Zakspeed Germany No. 21 Team Zakspeed
Germany Sebastian Asch
Germany Luca Ludwig 		Germany Sebastian Asch
Germany Luca Ludwig
5 R1 Germany Nürburgring 15 August Germany No. 36 GW IT Racing Team Schütz Motorsport Germany No. 100 kfzteile24 MS Racing
Austria Klaus Bachler
Austria Martin Ragginger 		Austria Daniel Dobitsch
Sweden Edward Sandström
R2 16 August Germany No. 36 GW IT Racing Team Schütz Motorsport Germany No. 24 kfzteile24 MS Racing
Austria Klaus Bachler
Austria Martin Ragginger 		Germany Marc Basseng
Germany Florian Stoll
6 R1 Germany Sachsenring 29 August Germany No. 19 BMW Sports Trophy Team Schubert Germany No. 80 BMW Sports Trophy Team Schubert
Germany Uwe Alzen
Germany Claudia Hürtgen 		Austria Dominik Baumann
Germany Jens Klingmann
R2 30 August Germany No. 36 GW IT Racing Team Schütz Motorsport Germany No. 1 C. Abt Racing
Austria Klaus Bachler
Austria Martin Ragginger 		South Africa Kelvin van der Linde
Germany Stefan Wackerbauer
7 R1 Netherlands Circuit Park Zandvoort 19 September Germany No. 36 GW IT Racing Team Schütz Motorsport Germany No. 21 Team Zakspeed
Austria Klaus Bachler
Austria Martin Ragginger 		Germany Sebastian Asch
Germany Luca Ludwig
R2 20 September Germany No. 80 BMW Sports Trophy Team Schubert Germany No. 80 BMW Sports Trophy Team Schubert
Austria Dominik Baumann
Germany Jens Klingmann 		Austria Dominik Baumann
Germany Jens Klingmann
8 R1 Germany Hockenheimring 3 October Germany No. 7 Bentley Team HTP Germany No. 16 YACO Racing
Germany Luca Stolz
France Tom Dillmann 		Switzerland Rahel Frey
Germany Philip Geipel
R2 4 October Germany No. 14 Lambda Performance Germany No. 2 C. Abt Racing
Germany Frank Kechele
Belgium Nico Verdonck 		South Africa Jordan Pepper
Denmark Nicki Thiim

Championship standings

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.

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th 
Points 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1

Drivers' championship

Pos. Driver Team OSC
Germany 		RBR
Austria 		SPA
Belgium 		LAU
Germany 		NÜR
Germany 		SAC
Germany 		ZAN
Netherlands 		HOC
Germany 		Total
1 Germany Sebastian Asch
Germany Luca Ludwig 		Germany Team Zakspeed 2 2 3 4 2 1 4 1 9 10 5 17 1 11 Ret 5 199
2 Austria Dominik Baumann Germany BMW Sports Trophy Team Schubert 5 7 Ret Ret 1 5 1 4 12 4 1 8 10 1 4 3 186
3 Germany Jens Klingmann Germany BMW Sports Trophy Team Schubert 5 7 Ret Ret 1 5 1 4 12 4 1 8 10 1 156
4 Austria Klaus Bachler Germany GW IT Racing Team Schütz Motorsport 1 4 5 3 4 8 5 3 Ret 3 9 3 11 5 Ret Ret 150
5 Austria Harald Proczyk Switzerland HP Racing 3 3 Ret Ret 7 10 2 Ret 4 5 6 5 6 8 Ret 13 109
6 Germany Marc Basseng
Germany Florian Stoll 		Germany kfzteile24 MS Racing 12 11 9 16 8 3 8 6 16 1 Ret 6 2 4 Ret 8 107
7 Germany Daniel Keilwitz
Germany Andreas Wirth 		Germany Callaway Competition 4 14 2 12 12 2 9 2 19 Ret 3 10 7 Ret 5 9 104
8 Austria Daniel Dobitsch
Sweden Edward Sandström 		Germany kfzteile24 MS Racing Ret 9 Ret 10 6 16 Ret 5 1 2 14 Ret 8 6 6 4 102
9 Germany Luca Stolz Germany Bentley Team HTP 11 1 13 5 3 15 6 7 13 7 Ret 4 4 9 Ret 11 101
10 Switzerland Rahel Frey
Germany Philip Geipel 		Germany YACO Racing 7 Ret 11 11 16 7 10 10 2 11 Ret 7 3 10 1 6 92
11 Germany Claudia Hürtgen Germany BMW Sports Trophy Team Schubert 6 5 8 9 5 6 3 8 6 Ret 2 14 13 Ret Ret DNS 91
12 South Africa Jordan Pepper
Denmark Nicki Thiim 		Germany C. Abt Racing 8 15 12 13 11 4 11 14 5 Ret Ret 9 5 3 8 1 87
13 Austria Martin Ragginger Germany GW IT Racing Team Schütz Motorsport 4 8 5 3 Ret 3 9 3 11 5 85
14 South Africa Kelvin van der Linde
Germany Stefan Wackerbauer 		Germany C. Abt Racing 17 6 10 17 Ret 11 Ret 12 3 Ret Ret 1 Ret 7 3 7 81
15 Germany Uwe Alzen Germany BMW Sports Trophy Team Schubert 8 9 5 6 3 8 6 Ret 2 14 13 Ret 73
16 Netherlands Jeroen Bleekemolen Germany Bentley Team HTP 11 1 13 5 3 15 6 7 66
17 Sweden Andreas Simonsen Switzerland HP Racing 3 3 Ret Ret 2 Ret 6 5 66
Germany Callaway Competition 12 Ret
18 Czech Republic Tomáš Enge Germany Reiter Engineering 10 Ret 1 2 8 16 DSQ 13 55
19 Germany Fabian Hamprecht
Austria Clemens Schmid 		Germany Bentley Team HTP 16 DNS Ret 8 14 17 7 9 14 9 13 2 Ret 12 2 Ret 52
20 Australia David Russell Germany Reiter Engineering 1 2 DNS DNS 50
21 Germany Bernd Schneider Switzerland HP Racing 7 10 4 5 6 8 Ret 13 43
22 Germany Christian Engelhart Germany GW IT Racing Team Schütz Motorsport 1 4 Ret Ret 37
23 Germany Patrick Assenheimer Germany Callaway Competition Ret 13 4 15 9 14 Ret Ret 7 12 4 15 Ret DNS 12 Ret 32
24 Italy Diego Alessi Germany Callaway Competition Ret 13 4 15 9 14 Ret Ret 7 12 4 15 Ret DNS 32
25 Canada Bruno Spengler Germany BMW Sports Trophy Team Schubert 4 3 30
26 Austria Philipp Eng Germany GW IT Racing Team Schütz Motorsport 5 3 28
27 Germany Sven Barth
Switzerland Remo Lips 		Germany RWT Racing Team 15 10 7 7 10 12 13 11 Ret 14 12 15 13 10 20
28 Germany Christer Jöns
Germany Andreas Weishaupt 		Germany C. Abt Racing 18 12 14 Ret 13 9 14 Ret 17 6 7 Ret 9 14 10 12 20
29 Finland Jesse Krohn Germany BMW Sports Trophy Team Schubert 6 5 18
30 France Tom Dillmann Germany Bentley Team HTP 4 9 Ret 11 17
31 Germany Dominic Jöst
Germany Florian Scholze 		Germany MRS GT-Racing 13 8 Ret 6 17 13 WD WD 18 15 10 12 WD WD WD WD 15
32 Germany Maximilian Buhk Germany Bentley Team HTP Ret 4 12
33 Germany Marc Gassner
Germany Florian Strauss 		Germany MRS GT-Racing 9 Ret Ret 18 18 DNS WD WD 10 8 11 13 15 Ret 9 Ret 12
34 France Vincent Abril Germany Bentley Team HTP 13 7 6
35 Germany Albert von Thurn und Taxis Germany Reiter Engineering 8 16 141 21 4
36 United Kingdom Oliver Gavin Germany Reiter Engineering 10 Ret 1
37 Germany Lennart Marioneck Czech Republic Šenkýř Motorsport 14 Ret Ret 14 15 18 12 13 15 17 12 11 11 Ret 1
38 Austria Michael Joos Czech Republic Šenkýř Motorsport 11 Ret 1
Finland Markus Palttala Czech Republic Šenkýř Motorsport 12 11 0
Czech Republic Jakub Knoll Czech Republic Šenkýř Motorsport 14 Ret Ret 14 12 13 15 17 0
Slovakia Samuel Sladecka Czech Republic Šenkýř Motorsport 15 18 0
Germany René Bourdeaux
Germany Alfred Renauer 		Germany Tonino Team Herberth 19 19 0
Germany Niklas Mackschin Germany BMW Sports Trophy Team Schubert Ret DNS 0
Australia Steve Owen Germany Reiter Engineering DNS DNS 0
Guest drivers ineligible for points
Italy Mirko Bortolotti
South Africa Adrian Zaugg 		Austria Grasser Racing Team 6 1
Germany Frank Kechele
Belgium Nico Verdonck 		Germany Lambda Performance 7 2
Netherlands Nick Catsburg Germany Reiter Engineering 14 2
Germany Alexander Mattschull
Netherlands Renger van der Zande 		Germany Car Collection Motorsport 8 16
Germany Nico Bastian
Netherlands Stef Dusseldorp 		Germany Rowe Racing 11 13
Netherlands Jaap van Lagen Germany Reiter Engineering DSQ 13
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

Notes

Teams' championship

Pos. Team Manufacturer OSC
Germany 		RBR
Austria 		SPA
Belgium 		LAU
Germany 		NÜR
Germany 		SAC
Germany 		ZAN
Netherlands 		HOC
Germany 		Total
1 Germany BMW Sports Trophy Team Schubert BMW 5 5 8 9 1 5 1 4 6 4 1 8 10 1 4 3 221
2 Germany Team Zakspeed Mercedes-Benz 2 2 3 4 2 1 4 1 9 10 5 17 1 11 Ret 5 215
3 Germany kfzteile24 MS Racing Audi 12 9 9 10 6 3 8 5 1 1 14 6 2 4 6 4 173
4 Germany GW IT Racing Team Schütz Motorsport Porsche 1 4 5 3 4 8 5 3 Ret 3 9 3 11 5 Ret Ret 165
5 Germany C. Abt Racing Audi 8 6 10 13 11 4 11 12 3 6 7 1 5 3 3 1 164
6 Germany Bentley Team HTP Bentley 11 1 13 5 3 15 6 7 13 7 13 2 4 9 2 11 143
7 Germany Callaway Competition Chevrolet 4 13 2 12 9 2 9 2 7 12 3 10 7 Ret 5 9 135
8 Switzerland HP Racing Mercedes-Benz 3 3 Ret Ret 7 10 2 Ret 4 5 6 5 6 8 Ret 13 128
9 Germany YACO Racing Audi 7 Ret 11 11 16 7 10 10 2 11 Ret 7 3 10 1 6 114
10 Germany Reiter Engineering Chevrolet 10 Ret 62
Lamborghini 1 2 DNS DNS 8 16 DSQ 13
11 Germany MRS GT-Racing Nissan 9 8 Ret 6 17 13 WD WD 10 8 10 12 15 Ret 9 Ret 42
12 Germany RWT Racing Team Chevrolet 15 10 7 7 10 12 13 11 Ret 14 12 15 13 10 40
13 Czech Republic Šenkýř Motorsport BMW 14 Ret Ret 14 15 18 12 13 15 17 12 11 11 Ret 12
Germany Tonino Team Herberth Porsche 19 19 0
Guest teams ineligible for points
Austria Grasser Racing Team Lamborghini 6 1
Germany Lambda Performance Ford 7 2
Germany Car Collection Motorsport Mercedes-Benz 8 16
Germany Rowe Racing Mercedes-Benz 11 13
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

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