2018 GT4 Central European Cup

The 2018 GT4 Central European Cup was the first and only season of the GT4 Central European Cup, a sports car championship created and organised by the Stéphane Ratel Organisation (SRO). The season began on 28 April at Most and ended on 7 October at Zandvoort. It was discontinued for 2019, with the new ADAC GT4 Germany taking over its position in the Central European market.

Calendar

On 15 December 2017, the Stéphane Ratel Organisation announced the 2018 calendar.^[1]

Round	Circuit	Date	Supporting
1	Autodrom Most, Most, Czech Republic	28–29 April	ADAC GT Masters
2	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg, Austria	19–20 May	F2 Italian Trophy
3	Nürburgring, Nürburg, Germany	30 June–1 July	ADAC Truck-Grand-Prix
4	Automotodróm Slovakia Ring, Orechová Potôň, Slovakia	18–19 August	Standalone event
5	Circuit Zandvoort, Zandvoort, Netherlands	6–7 October	Standalone event

Entry list

Team

Car

Drivers

Class

Rounds

Phoenix Racing^[2]

Audi R8 LMS GT4^[2]

3

Gosia Rdest^[2]

PA

3

Óscar Tunjo^[2]

4

John-Louis Jasper^[2]

PA

3

Helmut Rödig^[2]

eSky WP Racing Team^[3]

Maserati GranTurismo MC GT4^[3]

7

Łukasz Kręski^[3]

Am

All

Maciej Marcinkiewicz^[3]

Ekris Racing^[4]

Ekris M4 GT4^[4]

8

Ricardo van der Ende^[4]

PA

5

Bernhard van Oranje^[4]

Sofia Car Motorsport^[5]

SIN R1 GT4^[5]

11

Ivan Vlachkov^[6]

Am

All

Konstantin Marshavelov^[7]

4

Chris Chadwick^[4]

5

razoon - more than racing^[8]

KTM X-Bow GT4^[8]

13

Önder Erdem^[8]

Am

2

Dominik Olbert^[8]

Racing One^[6]

Audi R8 LMS GT4^[6]

16

Hamza Owega^[6]

PA

1

PROsport Performance^[6]

Porsche Cayman PRO4 GT4^[6]

18

Moritz Oestreich^[6]

PA

1

Luca Wollgarten^[6]

Besagroup Racing^[6]

Mercedes-AMG GT4^[6]

20

Franjo Kovac^[6]

PA

1

Tomáš Pekař^[6]

Franjo Kovac^[8]

Am

2–4

Cora Schumacher^[8]

2–3

Salag Racing^[7]

KTM X-Bow GT4^[7]

21

Adam Galas^[7]

Am

4

	True Racing - Reiter^[9]^{[N 1]}
	Felbermayr - Reiter^[9]^{[N 1]}
	Holinger - Reiter^[9]^{[N 1]}
	K Racing - Reiter^[9]^{[N 1]}

KTM X-Bow GT4^[9]

22

David Klar^[2]

PA

3

Lennart Marioneck^[2]

23

Sergej Pavlovec^[6]

Am

1

David Klar^[8]

PA

2, 4–5

Laura Kraihamer^[8]

2

Mads Siljehaug^[10]

4

Nicolai Elghanayan^[4]

5

24

Maciej Dreszer^[6]

PA

1

David Klar^[6]

25

Ilmari Korpivaara^[6]

PA

All

Benjamin Mazatis^[6]

26

Marylin Niederhauser^[6]

PA

All

Patric Niederhauser^[6]

1

Nikolaj Rogivue^[8]

2

Mads Siljehaug^[2]

3

Eike Angermayr^[7]

4

Lennart Marioneck^[4]

5

SRT Selleslagh^[4]

Mercedes-AMG GT4^[4]

30

Bas Schouten^[4]

PA

5

Nicolas Vandierendonck^[4]

31

Louis-Philippe Soenen^[4]

Am

5

Allied-Racing^[6]

Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR^[6]

41

Freddy Kremer^[6]

Am

1–3

Nicolas Schöll^[6]

1–2

Joachim Bölting^[2]

3

Jan Kasperlik^[7]

PA

4

Csaba Mór^[7]

Jan Kasperlik^[4]

Am

5

Jörg Viebahn^[4]

43

Rob Severs^[6]

PA

All

Jörg Viebahn^[6]

1

Jan Kasperlik^[8]

2

Nicolas Schöll^[2]

3–5

Lechner Racing^[6]

Mercedes-AMG GT4^[6]

47

Freddy Fast^[6]^{[N 2]}

Am

All

Scuderia Villorba Corse^[11]

Maserati GranTurismo MC GT4^[11]

50

Antoni Chodzen^[11]

PA

2–5

Piotr Chodzen^[11]

2–4

Patrick Zamparini^[4]

5

77

Romy Dall'Antonia^[11]

Am

All

Giuseppe Fascicolo^[11]

Team GT^[8]

McLaren 570S GT4^[8]

87

Micah Stanley^[8]

PA

2

Alain Valente^[12]

88

Christian Danner^[8]

Am

2

Bernhard Laber^[8]

Equipe Verschuur^[4]

McLaren 570S GT4^[4]

111

Liesette Braams^[4]

Am

5

Luc Braams^[4]

Icon	Class
PA	Pro-Am Cup
Am	Am Cup

Race results

Bold indicates overall winner.

Round		Circuit	Pole position	Pro-Am Winners	Am Winners
1	R1	Most	No. 7 eSky WP Racing Team	No. 16 Racing One	No. 11 Sofia Car Motorsport
	R1		Łukasz Kręski Maciej Marcinkiewicz	Hamza Owega	Ivan Vlachkov
	R2		No. 26 K Racing - Reiter	No. 26 K Racing - Reiter	No. 11 Sofia Car Motorsport
	R2		Marylin Niederhauser Patric Niederhauser	Marylin Niederhauser Patric Niederhauser	Ivan Vlachkov
2	R1	Red Bull Ring	No. 41 Allied-Racing	No. 50 Scuderia Villorba Corse	No. 77 Scuderia Villorba Corse
	R1		Freddy Kremer Nicolas Schöll	Antoni Chodzen Piotr Chodzen	Romy Dall'Antonia Giuseppe Fascicolo
	R2		No. 87 Team GT	No. 43 Allied-Racing	No. 88 Team GT
	R2		Micah Stanley Alain Valente	Jan Kasperlik Rob Severs	Christian Danner Bernhard Laber
3	R1	Nürburgring	No. 3 Phoenix Racing	No. 26 K Racing - Reiter	No. 77 Scuderia Villorba Corse
	R1		Gosia Rdest Óscar Tunjo	Marylin Niederhauser Mads Siljehaug	Romy Dall'Antonia Giuseppe Fascicolo
	R2		No. 43 Allied-Racing	No. 3 Phoenix Racing	No. 11 Sofia Car Motorsport
	R2		Nicolas Schöll Rob Severs	Gosia Rdest Óscar Tunjo	Ivan Vlachkov
4	R1	Slovakia Ring	No. 43 Allied-Racing	No. 41 Allied-Racing	No. 7 eSky WP Racing Team
	R1		Nicolas Schöll Rob Severs	Jan Kasperlik Csaba Mór	Łukasz Kręski Maciej Marcinkiewicz
	R2		No. 11 Sofia Car Motorsport	No. 23 True Racing - Reiter	No. 7 eSky WP Racing Team
	R2		Konstantin Marshavelov Ivan Vlachkov	David Klar Mads Siljehaug	Łukasz Kręski Maciej Marcinkiewicz
5	R1	Zandvoort	No. 43 Allied-Racing	No. 43 Allied-Racing	No. 7 eSky WP Racing Team
	R1		Nicolas Schöll Rob Severs	Nicolas Schöll Rob Severs	Maciej Marcinkiewicz
	R2		No. 26 K Racing - Reiter	No. 43 Allied-Racing	No. 48 Lechner Racing
	R2		Lennart Marioneck Marylin Niederhauser	Nicolas Schöll Rob Severs	Freddy Fast

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	MST		RBR		NÜR		SVK		ZAN		Points
Pro-Am class
1	Rob Severs	Allied-Racing	4	8	13	1	5	2	5	11	1	1	162
2	Marylin Niederhauser	K Racing - Reiter	2	1	9	8	1	6	Ret	4	4	8	157
3	Ilmari Korpivaara Benjamin Mazatis	Holinger - Reiter	7	2	7	5	12	3	3	3	5	10	149
4	David Klar	Felbermayr - Reiter	9	6									122
4	David Klar	True Racing - Reiter			5	7	6	4	7	1	9	Ret	122
5	Nicolas Schöll	Allied-Racing					5	2	5	11	1	1	102
7	Antoni Chodzen	Scuderia Villorba Corse			3	Ret	Ret	DNS	4	9	8	2	82
7	Mads Siljehaug	K Racing - Reiter					1	6					70
7	Mads Siljehaug	True Racing - Reiter							7	1			70
8	Jan Kasperlik	Allied-Racing			13	1			2	Ret			60
9	Lennart Marioneck	True Racing - Reiter					6	4					55
9	Lennart Marioneck	K Racing - Reiter									4	8	55
10	Piotr Chodzen	Scuderia Villorba Corse			3	Ret	Ret	DNS	4	9			52
11	Patric Niederhauser	K Racing - Reiter	2	1									50
12	Gosia Rdest Óscar Tunjo	Phoenix Racing					2	1					43
13	Moritz Oestreich Luca Wollgarten	PROsport Performance	3	4									33
14	Laura Kraihamer	True Racing - Reiter			5	7							33
15	Jörg Viebahn	Allied-Racing	4	8									25
16	Nikolaj Rogivue	K Racing - Reiter			9	8							24
17	John-Louis Jasper Helmut Rödig	Phoenix Racing					3	8					23
18	Maciej Dreszer	Felbermayr - Reiter	9	6									22
19	Franjo Kovac Tomáš Pekař	Besagroup Racing	11	11									16
20	Micah Stanley Alain Valente	Team GT			Ret	10							10
Guest drivers ineligible to score Pro-Am class points
	Hamza Owega	Racing One	1	3
	Bas Schouten Nicolas Vandierendonck	SRT Selleslagh									2	6
	Patrick Zamparini	Scuderia Villorba Corse									8	2
	Csaba Mór	Allied-Racing							2	Ret
	Eike Angermayr	K Racing - Reiter							Ret	4
	Nicolai Elghanayan	True Racing - Reiter									9	Ret
	Ricardo van der Ende Bernhard van Oranje	Ekris Racing									DNS	DNS
Am class
1	Maciej Marcinkiewicz	eSky WP Racing Team	Ret	DNS	4	3	7	7	1	2	3	4	162
2	Romy Dall'Antonia Giuseppe Fascicolo	Scuderia Villorba Corse	10	7	1	4	4	12	10	5	7	7	160
3	Freddy Fast	Lechner Racing	12	9	8	Ret	9	10	6	7	6	3	135
4	Ivan Vlachkov	Sofia Car Motorsport	5	5	12	DNS	8	5	8	8	10	Ret	133
5	Freddy Kremer	Allied-Racing	6	10	6	Ret	10	9					67
6	Łukasz Kręski	eSky WP Racing Team	Ret	DNS	4	DNS	WD	WD	1	2	WD	WD	65
7	Franjo Kovac	Besagroup Racing			11	9	11	11	11	10			54
8	Christian Danner Bernhard Laber	Team GT			2	2							43
9	Nicolas Schöll	Allied-Racing	6	10	6	Ret							42
10	Cora Schumacher	Besagroup Racing			11	9	11	11					34
11	Joachim Bölting	Allied-Racing					10	9					25
12	Jan Kasperlik Jörg Viebahn	Allied-Racing									11	5	25
13	Önder Erdem Dominik Olbert	razoon - more than racing			10	6							20
14	Sergej Pavlovec	True Racing - Reiter	8	Ret									15
Guest drivers ineligible to score Am class points
	Adam Galas	Salag Racing							9	6
	Konstantin Marshavelov	Sofia Car Motorsport							8	8
	Louis-Philippe Soenen	SRT Selleslagh									13	9
	Chris Chadwick	Sofia Car Motorsport									10	Ret
	Liesette Braams Luc Braams	Equipe Verschuur									12	Ret
Pos.	Driver	Team	MST		RBR		NÜR		SVK		ZAN		Points

Key
Colour	Result
Gold	Race winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
Black	Excluded (EX)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Race cancelled (C)
	Withdrew (WD)
Blank	Did not participate

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Teams' championship

Pos.	Team	Manufacturer	Points
1	Scuderia Villorba Corse	Maserati	163
2	eSky WP Racing Team	Maserati	162
3	Allied-Racing	Porsche	140
4	Lechner Racing	Mercedes-AMG	135
5	Sofia Car Motorsport	SIN	133
6	Reiter Engineering	KTM	125
7	Besagroup Racing	Mercedes-AMG	78
8	Team GT	McLaren	43
9	PROsport Performance	Porsche	30
10	Phoenix Racing	Audi	30
11	razoon - more than racing	KTM	20

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Cars No. 22 and 23 entered as True Racing - Reiter, car No. 24 entered as Felbermayr - Reiter, car No. 25 entered as Holinger - Reiter and car No. 26 entered as K Racing - Reiter.
^ Freddy Fast entered in car No. 48 at Round 5.

References

^ Kilshaw, Jake (15 December 2017). "SRO Launches Nordic, Central, Belgian GT4 Cups". sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k "2018 GT4 Central European Cup - Nürburgring Final Entry List" (PDF). central.gt4series.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 29 June 2018. Retrieved 30 June 2018.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Team eSky WP Racing für die komplette Saison in der GT4 Central European Cup". central.gt4series.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 20 March 2018. Archived from the original on 22 June 2018. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s "Showdown im Titelkampf des GT4 Central European Cup in Zandvoort". central.gt4series.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 3 October 2018. Archived from the original on 6 October 2018. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Sofia Car Motorsports tritt dem GT4 Central European Cup bei". central.gt4series.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 27 February 2018. Retrieved 1 March 2018.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab "GT4 Central European Cup feiert Premiere in Most". central.gt4series.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 26 April 2018. Archived from the original on 6 October 2018. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
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^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o "Neue Teams und Formel-1-Experte Christian Danner beim GT4 Central European Cup am Red Bull Ring". central.gt4series.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 16 May 2018. Retrieved 16 May 2018.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Kilbey, Stephen (5 January 2018). "Reiter Confirms GT4 Series Entries". dailysportscar.com. Dailysportscar. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
^ "Slovakia Ring: Free Practice 1 results". central.gt4series.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 17 August 2018. Archived from the original on 17 August 2018. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
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^ "2018 GT4 Central European Cup - Red Bull Ring - Official Entry List" (PDF). central.gt4series.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 18 May 2018. Retrieved 18 May 2018.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

External links

Official website

[Reiter-10] Cars No. 22 and 23 entered as True Racing - Reiter, car No. 24 entered as Felbermayr - Reiter, car No. 25 entered as Holinger - Reiter and car No. 26 entered as K Racing - Reiter.

[Fast-12] Freddy Fast entered in car No. 48 at Round 5.

[1] Kilshaw, Jake (15 December 2017). "SRO Launches Nordic, Central, Belgian GT4 Cups". sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 4 January 2018.

[Nürburgring-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k "2018 GT4 Central European Cup - Nürburgring Final Entry List" (PDF). central.gt4series.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 29 June 2018. Retrieved 30 June 2018.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[eSky-3] "Team eSky WP Racing für die komplette Saison in der GT4 Central European Cup". central.gt4series.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 20 March 2018. Archived from the original on 22 June 2018. Retrieved 21 March 2018.

[ZandvoortProv-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s "Showdown im Titelkampf des GT4 Central European Cup in Zandvoort". central.gt4series.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 3 October 2018. Archived from the original on 6 October 2018. Retrieved 6 October 2018.

[Sofia-5] "Sofia Car Motorsports tritt dem GT4 Central European Cup bei". central.gt4series.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 27 February 2018. Retrieved 1 March 2018.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[MostProv-6] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab "GT4 Central European Cup feiert Premiere in Most". central.gt4series.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 26 April 2018. Archived from the original on 6 October 2018. Retrieved 27 April 2018.

[SlovakiaProv-7] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Titelkampf im GT4 Central European Cup startet in die nächste Runde". central.gt4series.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 13 August 2018. Archived from the original on 18 August 2018. Retrieved 17 August 2018.

[RedBullProv-8] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o "Neue Teams und Formel-1-Experte Christian Danner beim GT4 Central European Cup am Red Bull Ring". central.gt4series.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 16 May 2018. Retrieved 16 May 2018.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[Reiter-9] Kilbey, Stephen (5 January 2018). "Reiter Confirms GT4 Series Entries". dailysportscar.com. Dailysportscar. Retrieved 5 January 2018.

[SlovakiaFP1-11] "Slovakia Ring: Free Practice 1 results". central.gt4series.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 17 August 2018. Archived from the original on 17 August 2018. Retrieved 17 August 2018.

[Villorba-13] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Villorba Corse steigt mit zwei Maserati-Fahrzeugen in den GT4 Central European Cup ein". central.gt4series.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 26 February 2018. Archived from the original on 13 November 2018. Retrieved 1 March 2018.

[RedBull-14] "2018 GT4 Central European Cup - Red Bull Ring - Official Entry List" (PDF). central.gt4series.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 18 May 2018. Retrieved 18 May 2018.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

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