2015 Blancpain Sprint Series Zandvoort round

Race details
Date	11 October 2015
Location	Circuit Park Zandvoort, Netherlands
Course	4.307 km (2.676 mi)
	Qualifying Race
Pole
Time	1:36.485
Fastest Lap
Time	1:38.937
Podium
	Main Race
Pole
Fastest Lap
Time	1:38.053
Podium

The 2015 Blancpain Sprint Series Zandvoort round was the last of seven rounds of the

Circuit Park Zandvoort in The Netherlands

between 9 October and 11 October 2015.

HTP Bentley of Jules Szymkowiak sending the both into the barriers. Both drivers could get out of their cars, but Vanthoor had to be transported to the medical centre to get treatment for a sprained foot. In Zandvoort he was replaced by Christopher Mies.^[5]

Jeroen Bleekemolen returns

6 Hours of Fuji

.

Free practice

Maximilian Buhk was the quickest driver in the first of two free practice sessions.[7] His fastest lap was a 1:38.084, which was eight tenths faster than championship rival Frijns.^[8]

FP2 was dominated by Audi with six cars in the top seven. Debutant Nicki Thiim managed to get the fastest time with a 1:38.205. Frijns was again second, three tenths behind his Danish teammate.^[9]

Qualifying

The No. 84

HTP Bentley of Abril and Buhk was back on top after qualifying and managed to get Pole position for the Qualifying Race. Their championships rivals Frijns, who qualified second, and Norbert Siedler, who qualified fourth, were close behind as the top four was covered by only three tenths of a second. In the second qualifying session Max van Splunteren went off track, which damaged their Bentley. Although he and teammate Szymkowiak were faster than some others, they were still put to the back of the grid, because they were penalized after the crash at Misano involving Szymkowiak and Vanthoor.^[1]^[10]

Qualifying Race

Warm-Up

The championship contending No. 333 Rinaldi Ferrari of Siedler (and Bleekemolen) withdrew from the Main Race after they had suffered an engine failure in the warm-up session. The engine just suddenly lost power causing Siedler to give up his championship hopes.[11]

Main Race

Classification

Qualifying

Pos.	Class	No.	Drivers	Team	Manufacturer	Q1	Q2	Q3
1	Pro	84	Vincent Abril Maximilian Buhk	HTP	Bentley	1:37.707	1:37.216	1:36.485
2	Pro	1	Robin Frijns Christopher Mies	Belgian Audi Club Team WRT	Audi	1:37.669	1:36.922	1:36.601
3	Pro	2	Nicki Thiim Frédéric Vervisch	Belgian Audi Club Team WRT	Audi	1:39.448	1:37.411	1:36.630
4	Pro	333	Jeroen Bleekemolen Norbert Siedler	Rinaldi Racing	Ferrari	1:38.257	1:36.750	1:36.777
5	Pro	6	Nikolaus Mayr-Melnhof Markus Winkelhock	Phoenix Racing	Audi	1:45.690	1:37.364	1:36.821
6	Pro	88	Albert von Thurn und Taxis	Reiter Engineering	Lamborghini	1:42.546	1:37.180	1:37.120
7	Pro	173	Craig Dolby Sean Walkinshaw	Always Evolving Motorsport	Nissan	1:39.706	1:37.508	1:37.385
8	Pro	71	Marko Asmer Roman Mavlanov	GT Russian Team	Mercedes-Benz	1:39.574	1:37.393	1:38.511
9	Pro	3	Stéphane Ortelli Stéphane Richelmi	Belgian Audi Club Team WRT	Audi	1:40.010	1:37.538
10	Pro-Am	70	Indy Dontje Aleksey Karachev	GT Russian Team	Mercedes-Benz	1:39.975	1:37.643
11	Pro	4	James Nash Frank Stippler	Belgian Audi Club Team WRT	Audi	1:40.293	1:37.669
12^{[N 1]}	Silver Cup	83	Max van Splunteren Jules Szymkowiak	HTP	Bentley	1:37.689	no time
13	Pro	0	Cacá Bueno Sérgio Jimenez	BMW Sports Trophy Team Brasil	BMW	1:39.387	1:37.911
14	Pro	77	Átila Abreu Valdeno Brito	BMW Sports Trophy Team Brasil	BMW	1:39.870	1:38.231
15	Pro	75	Marco Bonanomi Filip Salaquarda	ISR	Audi	1:39.459	1:38.273
16	Silver Cup	74	Anders Fjordbach Michael Markussen	ISR	Audi	1:40.622	no time

Notes

HTP
Bentley was penalized after causing a crash in the Qualifying Race at Misano and was put to the back of the grid.

Qualifying Race

Class winners in bold.

Pos. Class No. Drivers Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Pts.

1 Pro 84 Vincent Abril
Maximilian Buhk
HTP
Bentley 35 9^{[N 1]}

2 Pro 2 Nicki Thiim
Frédéric Vervisch Belgian Audi Club Team WRT Audi 35 +5.764 6

3 Pro 6 Nikolaus Mayr-Melnhof
Markus Winkelhock
Phoenix Racing
Audi 35 +16.144 4

4 Pro 333 Jeroen Bleekemolen
Norbert Siedler Rinaldi Racing Ferrari 35 +30.919 3

5 Pro 3 Stéphane Ortelli
Stéphane Richelmi Belgian Audi Club Team WRT Audi 35 +31.741 2

6 Pro 173 Craig Dolby
Sean Walkinshaw Always Evolving Motorsport Nissan 35 +34.768 1

7 Silver Cup 83 Max van Splunteren
Jules Szymkowiak
HTP
Bentley 35 +34.768

8 Pro 0 Cacá Bueno
Sérgio Jimenez BMW Sports Trophy Team Brasil BMW 35 +35.030

9 Pro 77 Átila Abreu
Valdeno Brito BMW Sports Trophy Team Brasil BMW 35 +44.836

10 Pro 71 Marko Asmer
Roman Mavlanov GT Russian Team Mercedes-Benz 35 +45.144

11 Pro 75 Marco Bonanomi
Filip Salaquarda ISR Audi 35 +46.566

12 Pro 88
Albert von Thurn und Taxis
Reiter Engineering Lamborghini 35 +52.612

13 Pro-Am 70 Indy Dontje
Aleksey Karachev GT Russian Team Mercedes-Benz 35 +1:13.998

14 Silver Cup 74 Anders Fjordbach
Michael Markussen ISR Audi 35 +1:22.070

15 Pro 1 Robin Frijns
Christopher Mies Belgian Audi Club Team WRT Audi 34 +1 Lap

Ret Pro 4 James Nash
Frank Stippler Belgian Audi Club Team WRT Audi 6 Electrical

Notes

^ 8 points for winning QR plus 1 point for Pole (8 + 1 = 9).

Main Race

Class winners in bold.

Pos. Class No. Drivers Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Pts.

1 Pro 84 Vincent Abril
Maximilian Buhk
HTP
Bentley 36 25

2 Pro 1 Robin Frijns
Christopher Mies Belgian Audi Club Team WRT Audi 36 +0.375 18

3 Pro 2 Nicki Thiim
Frédéric Vervisch Belgian Audi Club Team WRT Audi 36 +0.886 15

4 Pro 75 Marco Bonanomi
Filip Salaquarda ISR Audi 36 +41.794 12

5 Pro 3 Stéphane Ortelli
Stéphane Richelmi Belgian Audi Club Team WRT Audi 36 +42.457 10

6 Silver Cup 83 Max van Splunteren
Jules Szymkowiak
HTP
Bentley 36 +42.760 8

7 Pro 71 Marko Asmer
Roman Mavlanov GT Russian Team Mercedes-Benz 36 +55.903 6

8 Pro 88
Albert von Thurn und Taxis
Reiter Engineering Lamborghini 36 +56.501 4

9 Pro-Am 70 Indy Dontje
Aleksey Karachev GT Russian Team Mercedes-Benz 36 +1:02.661 2

10 Pro 0 Cacá Bueno
Sérgio Jimenez BMW Sports Trophy Team Brasil BMW 36 +1:34.675 1

11 Silver Cup 74 Anders Fjordbach
Michael Markussen ISR Audi 36 +1:36.052

Ret Pro 4 James Nash
Frank Stippler Belgian Audi Club Team WRT Audi 19 Retired

Ret Pro 173 Craig Dolby
Sean Walkinshaw Always Evolving Motorsport Nissan 11 Collision Damage

Ret Pro 6 Nikolaus Mayr-Melnhof
Markus Winkelhock
Phoenix Racing
Audi 0 Accident

Ret Pro 77 Átila Abreu
Valdeno Brito BMW Sports Trophy Team Brasil BMW 0 Accident

DNS^{[N 1]} Pro 333 Jeroen Bleekemolen
Norbert Siedler Rinaldi Racing Ferrari — Engine

Notes

^ The No. 333 Rinaldi Ferrari did not start the race due to an engine failure in the Warm-Up session a couple of hours before the start of the Main Race.

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

Pos Driver Points

1 1 Vincent Abril
Maximilian Buhk 135

1 2 Robin Frijns 127

2 3 Laurens Vanthoor 109

1 4 Norbert Siedler 95

2 5 Marco Seefried 92

Note: Only the top five positions are included.

References

^
Stéphane Ratel Organisation
. October 10, 2015. Retrieved October 16, 2015.

Stéphane Ratel Organisation
. October 10, 2015. Retrieved October 16, 2015.

Stéphane Ratel Organisation
. October 11, 2015. Retrieved October 16, 2015.

Stéphane Ratel Organisation
. October 3, 2015. Retrieved October 16, 2015.

^ Wouters, Vincent (8 October 2015). "Mies Replaces Vanthoor in Zandvoort BSS Finale". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media, LLC. Retrieved 8 October 2015.

^ Watkins, Gary (6 October 2015). "Bleekemolen drafted for Zandvoort BSS by Rinaldi Ferrari GT team". Autosport. Haymarket. Retrieved 6 October 2015.

Stéphane Ratel Organisation
. October 9, 2015. Retrieved October 16, 2015.

Stéphane Ratel Organisation
. October 9, 2015. Retrieved October 16, 2015.

Stéphane Ratel Organisation
. October 9, 2015. Retrieved October 16, 2015.

Stéphane Ratel Organisation
. October 10, 2015. Retrieved October 16, 2015.

Stéphane Ratel Organisation
. October 11, 2015. Retrieved October 16, 2015.

External links

Official website

Previous round:
2015 Blancpain Sprint Series Misano round 2015 season
Next round:
TBA

Previous round:
2014 Blancpain Sprint Series Zandvoort round Blancpain Sprint Series
Zandvoort Round Next round:
None

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[[[HTP_Motorsport|HTP]]83-12] HTP
Bentley was penalized after causing a crash in the Qualifying Race at Misano and was put to the back of the grid.

[[[HTP_Motorsport|HTP]]84-13] 8 points for winning QR plus 1 point for Pole (8 + 1 = 9).

[Rinaldi333-14] The No. 333 Rinaldi Ferrari did not start the race due to an engine failure in the Warm-Up session a couple of hours before the start of the Main Race.

[Qualifying3-1] 
Stéphane Ratel Organisation
. October 10, 2015. Retrieved October 16, 2015.

[2] Stéphane Ratel Organisation
. October 10, 2015. Retrieved October 16, 2015.

[3] Stéphane Ratel Organisation
. October 11, 2015. Retrieved October 16, 2015.

[4] Stéphane Ratel Organisation
. October 3, 2015. Retrieved October 16, 2015.

[5] Wouters, Vincent (8 October 2015). "Mies Replaces Vanthoor in Zandvoort BSS Finale". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media, LLC. Retrieved 8 October 2015.

[6] Watkins, Gary (6 October 2015). "Bleekemolen drafted for Zandvoort BSS by Rinaldi Ferrari GT team". Autosport. Haymarket. Retrieved 6 October 2015.

[7] Stéphane Ratel Organisation
. October 9, 2015. Retrieved October 16, 2015.

[8] Stéphane Ratel Organisation
. October 9, 2015. Retrieved October 16, 2015.

[9] Stéphane Ratel Organisation
. October 9, 2015. Retrieved October 16, 2015.

[10] Stéphane Ratel Organisation
. October 10, 2015. Retrieved October 16, 2015.

[11] Stéphane Ratel Organisation
. October 11, 2015. Retrieved October 16, 2015.

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Race details


Date	11 October 2015
Location	Circuit Park Zandvoort, Netherlands
Course	4.307 km (2.676 mi)
Qualifying Race
Pole
Drivers	Vincent Abril Maximilian Buhk	Bentley Team HTP
Time	1:36.485^[1]
Fastest Lap
Drivers	Vincent Abril Maximilian Buhk	Bentley Team HTP
Time	1:38.937^[2]
Podium
First	Vincent Abril Maximilian Buhk	Bentley Team HTP
Second	Nicki Thiim Frédéric Vervisch	Belgian Audi Club Team WRT
Third	Nikolaus Mayr-Melnhof Markus Winkelhock	Phoenix Racing
Main Race
Pole
Drivers	Vincent Abril Maximilian Buhk	Bentley Team HTP
Fastest Lap
Drivers	Robin Frijns Christopher Mies	Belgian Audi Club Team WRT
Time	1:38.053^[3]
Podium
First	Vincent Abril Maximilian Buhk	Bentley Team HTP
Second	Robin Frijns Christopher Mies	Belgian Audi Club Team WRT
Third	Nicki Thiim Frédéric Vervisch	Belgian Audi Club Team WRT

2015 Blancpain Sprint Series Zandvoort round

Report

Background

Championship contender Laurens Vanthoor injured

Jeroen Bleekemolen returns

Free practice

Qualifying

Qualifying Race

Warm-Up

Main Race

Classification

Qualifying

Qualifying Race

Main Race

Standings after the race

References

External links