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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 Championship  (an auto racing  series for grand tourer  cars), the first with the sponsorship of Blancpain. The season began on 4 May at Brands Hatch  and ended on 8 September at the Hungaroring . It was the first season of the unification of GT3 sprint series across the globe under the World Challenge name.[ 1] 
At the annual press conference during the 2018 24 Hours of Spa  on 27 July, the Stéphane Ratel Organisation  announced the first draft of the 2019 calendar.[ 2] Zolder  was initially replaced by the Red Bull Ring , before Zandvoort  was chosen to host a race weekend. The Endurance Cup round in Barcelona  would become an World Challenge Europe round, replacing the round at the Nürburgring , before the two tracks were swapped around again in the final draft of the calendar released on 22 October.[ 3] 
Round
 
Circuit
 
Date
  
1
 
Brands Hatch , Kent , Great Britain 
5 May
  
2
 
Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli , Misano Adriatico , Italy 
30 June
  
3
 
Circuit Zandvoort , Zandvoort , Netherlands 
14 July
  
4
 
Nürburgring , Nürburg , Germany 
1 September
  
5
 
Hungaroring , Mogyoród , Hungary 
8 September
  
A cap of 30 cars was placed in an attempt to reduce accidents on narrower tracks.[ 4] 
 
Icon
 
Class
  
P Pro Cup
  
S Silver Cup
  
PA Pro-Am Cup
  
Am Am Cup
  
  
Bold  indicates overall winner.
Championship standings [ edit ] 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.
Position
 
 1st  
 
 2nd  
 
 3rd  
 
 4th  
 
 5th  
 
 6th  
 
 7th  
 
 8th  
 
 9th  
 
 10th  
 
 Pole  
  
Points
 
16.5
 
12
 
9.5
 
7.5
 
6
 
4.5
 
3
 
2
 
1
 
0.5
 
1
  
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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  – PoleItalics  – Fastest Lap
  
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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  – PoleItalics  – Fastest Lap
  
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