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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. 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.

Entry list

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

Race calendar and results

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

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Race Winner
1	R1	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	25 April	No. 7 Bentley Team HTP	No. 36 GW IT Racing Team Schütz Motorsport
	R1		25 April	Jeroen Bleekemolen Luca Stolz	Klaus Bachler Christian Engelhart
	R2		26 April	No. 7 Bentley Team HTP	No. 7 Bentley Team HTP
	R2		26 April	Jeroen Bleekemolen Luca Stolz	Jeroen Bleekemolen Luca Stolz
2	R1	Red Bull Ring	6 June	No. 36 GW IT Racing Team Schütz Motorsport	No. 25 Reiter Engineering
	R1		6 June	Klaus Bachler Philipp Eng	Tomáš Enge David Russell
	R2		7 June	No. 25 Reiter Engineering	No. 63 Grasser Racing Team
	R2		7 June	Tomáš Enge David Russell	Mirko Bortolotti Adrian Zaugg
3	R1	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	20 June	No. 21 Team Zakspeed	No. 80 BMW Sports Trophy Team Schubert
	R1		20 June	Sebastian Asch Luca Ludwig	Dominik Baumann Jens Klingmann
	R2		21 June	No. 42 HP Racing	No. 21 Team Zakspeed
	R2		21 June	Harald Proczyk Bernd Schneider	Sebastian Asch Luca Ludwig
4	R1	Lausitzring	4 July	No. 36 GW IT Racing Team Schütz Motorsport	No. 80 BMW Sports Trophy Team Schubert
	R1		4 July	Klaus Bachler Martin Ragginger	Dominik Baumann Jens Klingmann
	R2		5 July	No. 21 Team Zakspeed	No. 21 Team Zakspeed
	R2		5 July	Sebastian Asch Luca Ludwig	Sebastian Asch Luca Ludwig
5	R1	Nürburgring	15 August	No. 36 GW IT Racing Team Schütz Motorsport	No. 100 kfzteile24 MS Racing
	R1		15 August	Klaus Bachler Martin Ragginger	Daniel Dobitsch Edward Sandström
	R2		16 August	No. 36 GW IT Racing Team Schütz Motorsport	No. 24 kfzteile24 MS Racing
	R2		16 August	Klaus Bachler Martin Ragginger	Marc Basseng Florian Stoll
6	R1	Sachsenring	29 August	No. 19 BMW Sports Trophy Team Schubert	No. 80 BMW Sports Trophy Team Schubert
	R1		29 August	Uwe Alzen Claudia Hürtgen	Dominik Baumann Jens Klingmann
	R2		30 August	No. 36 GW IT Racing Team Schütz Motorsport	No. 1 C. Abt Racing
	R2		30 August	Klaus Bachler Martin Ragginger	Kelvin van der Linde Stefan Wackerbauer
7	R1	Circuit Park Zandvoort	19 September	No. 36 GW IT Racing Team Schütz Motorsport	No. 21 Team Zakspeed
	R1		19 September	Klaus Bachler Martin Ragginger	Sebastian Asch Luca Ludwig
	R2		20 September	No. 80 BMW Sports Trophy Team Schubert	No. 80 BMW Sports Trophy Team Schubert
	R2		20 September	Dominik Baumann Jens Klingmann	Dominik Baumann Jens Klingmann
8	R1	Hockenheimring	3 October	No. 7 Bentley Team HTP	No. 16 YACO Racing
	R1		3 October	Luca Stolz Tom Dillmann	Rahel Frey Philip Geipel
	R2		4 October	No. 14 Lambda Performance	No. 2 C. Abt Racing
	R2		4 October	Frank Kechele Nico Verdonck	Jordan Pepper 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		RBR		SPA		LAU		NÜR		SAC		ZAN		HOC		Total
1	Sebastian Asch Luca Ludwig	Team Zakspeed	2	2	3	4	2	1	4	1	9	10	5	17	1	11	Ret	5	199
2	Dominik Baumann	BMW Sports Trophy Team Schubert	5	7	Ret	Ret	1	5	1	4	12	4	1	8	10	1	4	3	186
3	Jens Klingmann	BMW Sports Trophy Team Schubert	5	7	Ret	Ret	1	5	1	4	12	4	1	8	10	1			156
4	Klaus Bachler	GW IT Racing Team Schütz Motorsport	1	4	5	3	4	8	5	3	Ret	3	9	3	11	5	Ret	Ret	150
5	Harald Proczyk	HP Racing	3	3	Ret	Ret	7	10	2	Ret	4	5	6	5	6	8	Ret	13	109
6	Marc Basseng Florian Stoll	kfzteile24 MS Racing	12	11	9	16	8	3	8	6	16	1	Ret	6	2	4	Ret	8	107
7	Daniel Keilwitz Andreas Wirth	Callaway Competition	4	14	2	12	12	2	9	2	19	Ret	3	10	7	Ret	5	9	104
8	Daniel Dobitsch Edward Sandström	kfzteile24 MS Racing	Ret	9	Ret	10	6	16	Ret	5	1	2	14	Ret	8	6	6	4	102
9	Luca Stolz	Bentley Team HTP	11	1	13	5	3	15	6	7	13	7	Ret	4	4	9	Ret	11	101
10	Rahel Frey Philip Geipel	YACO Racing	7	Ret	11	11	16	7	10	10	2	11	Ret	7	3	10	1	6	92
11	Claudia Hürtgen	BMW Sports Trophy Team Schubert	6	5	8	9	5	6	3	8	6	Ret	2	14	13	Ret	Ret	DNS	91
12	Jordan Pepper Nicki Thiim	C. Abt Racing	8	15	12	13	11	4	11	14	5	Ret	Ret	9	5	3	8	1	87
13	Martin Ragginger	GW IT Racing Team Schütz Motorsport					4	8	5	3	Ret	3	9	3	11	5			85
14	Kelvin van der Linde Stefan Wackerbauer	C. Abt Racing	17	6	10	17	Ret	11	Ret	12	3	Ret	Ret	1	Ret	7	3	7	81
15	Uwe Alzen	BMW Sports Trophy Team Schubert			8	9	5	6	3	8	6	Ret	2	14	13	Ret			73
16	Jeroen Bleekemolen	Bentley Team HTP	11	1	13	5	3	15	6	7									66
17	Andreas Simonsen	HP Racing	3	3	Ret	Ret			2	Ret			6	5					66
17	Andreas Simonsen	Callaway Competition															12	Ret	66
18	Tomáš Enge	Reiter Engineering	10	Ret	1	2							8	16	DSQ	13			55
19	Fabian Hamprecht Clemens Schmid	Bentley Team HTP	16	DNS	Ret	8	14	17	7	9	14	9	13	2	Ret	12	2	Ret	52
20	David Russell	Reiter Engineering			1	2	DNS	DNS											50
21	Bernd Schneider	HP Racing					7	10			4	5			6	8	Ret	13	43
22	Christian Engelhart	GW IT Racing Team Schütz Motorsport	1	4													Ret	Ret	37
23	Patrick Assenheimer	Callaway Competition	Ret	13	4	15	9	14	Ret	Ret	7	12	4	15	Ret	DNS	12	Ret	32
24	Diego Alessi	Callaway Competition	Ret	13	4	15	9	14	Ret	Ret	7	12	4	15	Ret	DNS			32
25	Bruno Spengler	BMW Sports Trophy Team Schubert															4	3	30
26	Philipp Eng	GW IT Racing Team Schütz Motorsport			5	3													28
27	Sven Barth Remo Lips	RWT Racing Team	15	10	7	7	10	12	13	11	Ret	14			12	15	13	10	20
28	Christer Jöns Andreas Weishaupt	C. Abt Racing	18	12	14	Ret	13	9	14	Ret	17	6	7	Ret	9	14	10	12	20
29	Jesse Krohn	BMW Sports Trophy Team Schubert	6	5															18
30	Tom Dillmann	Bentley Team HTP													4	9	Ret	11	17
31	Dominic Jöst Florian Scholze	MRS GT-Racing	13	8	Ret	6	17	13	WD	WD	18	15	10	12	WD	WD	WD	WD	15
32	Maximilian Buhk	Bentley Team HTP											Ret	4					12
33	Marc Gassner Florian Strauss	MRS GT-Racing	9	Ret	Ret	18	18	DNS	WD	WD	10	8	11	13	15	Ret	9	Ret	12
34	Vincent Abril	Bentley Team HTP									13	7							6
35	Albert von Thurn und Taxis	Reiter Engineering											8	16	14	2			4
36	Oliver Gavin	Reiter Engineering	10	Ret															1
37	Lennart Marioneck	Šenkýř Motorsport	14	Ret	Ret	14	15	18	12	13	15	17	12	11			11	Ret	1
38	Michael Joos	Šenkýř Motorsport															11	Ret	1
	Markus Palttala	Šenkýř Motorsport											12	11					0
	Jakub Knoll	Šenkýř Motorsport	14	Ret	Ret	14			12	13	15	17							0
	Samuel Sladecka	Šenkýř Motorsport					15	18											0
	René Bourdeaux Alfred Renauer	Tonino Team Herberth					19	19											0
	Niklas Mackschin	BMW Sports Trophy Team Schubert															Ret	DNS	0
	Steve Owen	Reiter Engineering					DNS	DNS											0
Guest drivers ineligible for points
	Mirko Bortolotti Adrian Zaugg	Grasser Racing Team			6	1
	Frank Kechele Nico Verdonck	Lambda Performance															7	2
	Nick Catsburg	Reiter Engineering													14	2
	Alexander Mattschull Renger van der Zande	Car Collection Motorsport									8	16
	Nico Bastian Stef Dusseldorp	Rowe Racing									11	13
	Jaap van Lagen	Reiter Engineering													DSQ	13

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

Notes

– Albert von Thurn und Taxis was a guest driver at Zandvoort and therefore ineligible to score championship points.

Teams' championship

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

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