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The 2019 GT Series Endurance Cup (known for sponsorship reasons as the 2019 Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup)was the ninth season of the
GT Series Endurance Cup The GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup, formerly for sponsorship reasons the Blancpain Endurance Series from 2011 to 2015 and Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup from 2016 to 2019, is a sports car racing series developed by SRO Motorsports Gro ...
. The season began on 14 April at
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and ended on 29 September in
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. The season featured five rounds, with each race lasting for a duration of three hours besides the
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and the 1000 km Paul Ricard events.


Calendar

At the annual press conference during the
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on 27 July, the
Stéphane Ratel Organisation SRO Motorsports Group (formerly the Stéphane Ratel Organisation) is an international sporting organisation best known for promoting and running a variety of racing events and series, including the Total 24 Hours of Spa, Intercontinental GT Chal ...
announced the first draft of the 2019 calendar. The World Challenge Europe round at the
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would become an Endurance Cup round, replacing the round in
Barcelona Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within ...
, before the two tracks were swapped around again in the final draft of the calendar released on 22 October.


Entry list


Race results

Bold indicates overall winner.


Championship standings

;Scoring system Championship points are awarded for the first ten positions in each race. The pole-sitter also receives one point and entries are required to complete 75% of the winning car's race distance in order to be classified and earn points. Individual drivers are required to participate for a minimum of 25 minutes in order to earn championship points in any race. ;Race points ;1000 km Paul Ricard points ;24 Hours of Spa points Points are awarded after six hours, after twelve hours and at the finish.


Drivers' championships


Overall


Silver Cup


Pro-Am Cup

;Notes: *1 –
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,
Ahmad Al Harthy Ahmad Al Harthy (born 31 August 1981 in Muscat, Oman) is an Omani racing driver. He won the 2012 Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain Pro-Am 1 Championship and in 2017 became the Blancpain Endurance Cup Pro-Am Champion along with British team-mate ...
and
Salih Yoluç Salih Yoluç (born 22 August 1985, Istanbul) is a Turkish racing driver. Biography Salih started his racing career in 2015 with Optimum Motorsport and he won Dubai 24 hours on his first-ever year of competing. At the end of 2015, he made ...
lost the point for Pole position after a breach of article 19.6, after the gantry camera card was not submitted in time.


Am Cup


Teams' championships


Overall


Silver Cup


Pro-Am Cup

;Notes: *1 – Oman Racing with
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lost the point for Pole position after a breach of article 19.6, after the gantry camera card was not submitted in time.


Am Cup


See also

*
2019 GT Series The 2019 Blancpain GT Series was the last season under the title of the Blancpain GT Series. The season began on 14 April at Monza and ended on 29 September in Barcelona. The season features ten rounds, five Endurance Cup rounds and five World C ...
*
2019 GT World Challenge America The 2019 Blancpain GT World Challenge America was the 30th season of the United States Auto Club's Blancpain GT World Challenge America. It was the first under Blancpain sponsorship, taking over from the longtime Pirelli sponsorship, as part of th ...
* 2019 GT World Challenge Asia *
2019 GT World Challenge Europe The 2019 GT World Challenge Europe (known for sponsorship reasons as the 2019 Blancpain GT World Challenge Europe) was the seventh season of the GT World Challenge Europe following on from the demise of the SRO Motorsports Group's FIA GT1 World Cha ...


Notes


References


External links

* {{FIA GT Championship Seasons Endurance Cup