2015 ENEOS 1000 kilometrų lenktynės

July 2015 2015 ENEOS 1000 kilometru lenktynes (ENEOS 1000 km race) was a 16th running of ENEOS 1000 kilometrų lenktynės, a touring car and GT endurance racing event held in Lithuania, at Palanga circuit, 2 kilometers away from resort town Palanga on July 16–18, 2015. Race was won by Jonas Gelžinis, Ignas Gelžinis and Tautvydas Barštys who drove for Juta-KG Group team. Nerijus Dagilis, Nemunas Dagilis and Robertas Kupčikas finished second for Balpol-15 min powered by Oktanas Racing and Steve Vanbellingen, Erik Qvick, Dirk Vanrompuy and Tom Vanrompuy took final podium position for Belgian Qvick Motors team.http://www.15min.lt/gazas/naujiena/autosportas/slapiose-eneos-1000-km-lenktynese-nugalejo-broliai-gelziniai-ir-tautvydas-barstys-25-516572 Šlapiose "Eneos 1000 km" lenktynėse nugalėjo broliai Gelžiniai ir Tautvydas Barštys Background For the first practice session, all teams were divided into two groups. 2013 ENEOS 1000 kilometrų lenktynės winners General Financing-Autopaslauga by Pitlane confirmed their favourite status, as Jeroen Bleekemolen went fastest in first practice session with a laptime of 1:12.796. Juta-KG Group and MOPTRANS-Club PORT by JR Motorsport also impressed with their speed, as they completed top three. Algirdai Racing Team with Aquila CR1 was fastest in other group, but slower than Porsche of General Financing-Autopaslauga by Pitlane. Ramūnas Čapkauskas of Algirdai Racing Team damaged his car in the first practice session, but the team managed to repair it before the start of second practice session, where he showed best lap time of 1:12.920 "Blue Ghost Racing Team" driver Modestas Jakas crashed his Toyota Celica heavily in the second practice session. Luckily, he wasn't injured, but his team was forced to withdraw from the race. Qualifying Jeroen Bleekemolen, who drove for General Financing - Autopaslauga by Pitlane, qualified on pole with best lap time of 1:09.679. Jonas Gelžinis from Juta Racing was second, less than half a second behind Jeroen Bleekemolen (Lap time 1:10.090). Algirdai Racing Team's Ramūnas Čapkauskas took third position, driving Aquila CR1 prototype (Lap Time 1:10.156). Qualifying was red-flagged several times. At the end of the first phase of qualifying, Daniel Colembie went off the track and heavily damaged his BMW M4. His JR Motorsports teammate Simas Juodviršis also crashed, this time in top 10 shootout. Team was unable to rebuild both cars before the race, therefore Daniel Colembie and his co-drivers Michael Verhagen and Ward Sluys withdrawn from the race. Some drivers were unable to improve their lap time due to crash of Simas Juodviršis, as qualification was cancelled early. Defending race winners, Liqui Moly Racing Team Lithuania, did not advance to top 10 shootout: Kazimieras Vasiliauskas qualified in 12th position. Qualification: Top 10 shootout results Pos Class No Team Drivers Vehicle Lap time 1 GT 52 General Financing - Autopaslauga by Pitlane NED Jeroen Bleekemolen Porsche Carrera GT3 Cup 1:09.679 2 GT 71 Juta-KG Group LTU Jonas Gelžinis Porsche Carrera GT3 Cup +0.411 3 X1 7 Algirdai Racing Team LTU Ramūnas Čapkauskas Aquila SR1 +0.477 4 GT 15 Balpol-15min powered by Oktanas Racing LTU Robertas Kupčikas Porsche Carrera GT3 Cup +2.165 5 X1 45 MOPTRANS-Club PORT by JR Motorsport LTU Simas Juodviršis BMW M4 +2.168 6 GT 8 RaceTech LTU Marius Slaboševičius BMW M3 GT2 +2.616 7 A3000+ 21 Palanga SPA hotel by Qvick Motors BEL Erik Qvick BMW M3 GTR +5.509 8 GT 51 Finance Group – GSR LTU Rokas Steponavičius Ginetta G50 GT4 +6.754 9 D 92 RIMO LTU Martynas Samuitis BMW 335D +7.462 10 X1 19 MOJO Lounge Racing by JR Motorsport USA Daniel Colembie BMW M4 no time Race Jeroen Bleekemolen led early stages of the race, as Jonas Gelžinis and Robertas Kupčikas closely followed him in second and third. Ramūnas Čapkauskas retired from the race after only 50 laps due electronic failure of his Aquila CR1 prototype. 70 laps into the race unexpected heavy rain caught many fast drivers, including Dainius Matijošaitis with BMW M4, Edvinas Arkušauskas with BMW E90 EDVA, Marius Steponavičius with BMW M3 GT2 and Arūnas Mrazauskas with Lexus IS-F, who crashed heavily. Only Mrazauskas was able to continue the race after lengthy repairs in pitlane, as all other drivers retired. Due to crashes, safety car was deployed several times. Rain stopped only 100 laps later. As the race track began to dry, two race-leading Porsches took a gamble and pitted for slick tyres. However, the risk didn't paid off as the rain started to fall again. Both cars stayed on track on slick tyres as Jeroen Bleekemolen and Ignas Gelžinis hoped that the rain will stop soon. However, this was a crucial mistake for Bleekemolen, who missed a breaking point on the wet track and crashed into the barriers. He managed to return to pitlane for repairs, but lost 14 laps and the race lead in the process. Battle for the lead continued between Juta-KG Group and Balpol-15min powered by Oktanas Racing, as the two teams were separated by only a few seconds during majority of the second part of the race. However, 30 laps until the end of the race Nerijus Dagilis ran out of fuel and was forced to stop at the track. His Porsche was pulled back to pitlane, but after this mistake his team lost 6 laps and all chances to win a race. That left Ignas Gelžinis comfortably in front. For the final stint he handed the car over to Tautvydas Barštys, who easily crossed the finish line in first place. This was first win for Tautvydas Barštys in 1000 kilometrų lenktynės, second win for Ignas Gelžinis, and a record-breaking fifth win for Jonas Gelžinis. Former Formula 1 drover Michael Bleekemolen and his co-driver Rene Steenmetz was running fifth as the race was coming to an end. However, after mechanical problems with his Renault Clio he was forced to retire from the race when only six laps were remaining. In the process, he dropped to sixth place, as all other drivers were six laps behind. Race results Class winners in bold. Pos Class No Team Drivers Vehicle Laps 1 GT 71 Juta-KG Group LTU Jonas GelžinisLTU Ignas GelžinisLTU Tautvydas Barštys Porsche 911 GT3 Cup 373 2 GT 15 Balpol-15min powered by Oktanas Racing LTU Nerijus DagilisLTU Nemunas DagilisLTU Robertas Kupčikas Porsche 911 GT3 Cup 369 3 A3000+ 21 Palanga SPA hotel by Qvick Motors BEL Steve VanbellingenBEL Erik QvickBEL Dirk van RompuyBEL Tom van Rompuy BMW M3 GTR 363 4 GT 51 Finance Group – GSR LTU Arūnas GranskasLTU Rokas SteponavičiusLTU Ernesta GlobytėLTU Eugenijus Misiūra Ginetta G50 GT4 352 5 A3000+ 27 Bauer Racing LTU Ramūnas Čapkauskas LTU Linas AdomavičiusLTU Žilvinas Juršys LTU Tomas Šipkauskas BMW M3 350 6 A3000 25 Team Bleekemolen NED Michael Bleekemolen NED Rene Steenmetz Renault Clio 340 7 GT 5 Luktarna LTU Giedrius Notkus LTU Remigijus DevainisBLR Yuri Pukhkyy BMW M3 340 8 D 18 ALWARK-Kaukas LTU Kęstutis Binkauskas LTU Karolis ŠikšnelisLTU Marius MasiulionisLTU Igoris Ivanovas Volkswagen Golf 334 9 GT 52 General Financing - Autopaslauga by Pitlane LTU Benediktas Vanagas NED Jeroen BleekemolenNED Sebastiaan Bleekemolen Porsche Carrera GT3 Cup 333 10 A3000 54 Autoverslas Racing Team LTU Valdemaras Zakarauskas LTU Rimgaudas StatnickasLTU Andrejus TerasLTU Vytenis Gulbinas Audi A4 329 11 A2000 55 Autoklubas AB ALYTAUS CHEMIJA LTU Karolis Blėdis LTU Arūnas LekavičiusLTU Tomas Isiūnas Renault Clio Sport 329 12 A2000 14 SIUSKPIGIAU.LT – ZAIBELIS LTU Ignas Palaima LTU Ignas BrusokasLTU Mantas Gasiūnas Honda Integra Type R 328 13 A2000 23 JP Sport – Transprofus LTU Jonas Pipiras LTU Mantas MorkisLTU Jonas PaukštėLTU Gintaras Morkevičius Honda Civic Type R 328 14 GT 1 Skinest Rail Kaminera LTU Arūnas Tuma LTU Tomas PetraitisPOL Oleg OssinovskiRUS Mikolai Sobol BMW M3 328 15 D 36 Cor Euser Racing USA Hal PrewittUSA Jim BriodyNED Cor Euser BMW M3 326 16 A3000 24 Alfa Romeo klubas LTU Rimvydas AgurkisLTU Giedrius ČenkusLTU Alminas Malaiška Alfa Romeo GT 326 17 A2000 90 MK Technika Rally LTU Gintautas ŠlepikasLTU Alfredas GriškonisLTU Silverijus LapėnasLTU Audronis Gulbinas Honda Civic Type R 325 18 A3000+ 53 Dynam!:t Energy LTU Mantas MatukaitisLTU Tadas AganauskasLTU Aistė AntanaitytėAUS Molly Taylor BMW M3 323 19 A3000 89 Helios sport – Pirelli Key point LTU Redas NavalinskasLTU Vaidotas MitkusLTU Karolis GedgaudasLTU Artūras Radinis BMW 325i 321 20 A3000+ 10 Techninis Projektas LTU Aurimas ŠiaulysLTU Tadas PetronisLTU Vygandas UrbanasLTU Mindaugas Urbanas Mitsubishi Lancer EVO IX 321 21 A3000 99 Rednut EST Rene TunderEST Kren TunderEST Kasmar Tunder BMW 325 311 22 A3000+ 58 Rotoma Racing LTU Robertas GraudinisLTU Mindaugas BoguševičiusLTU Linas Vaškys BMW M3 304 23 X1 4 Kauno automobilininkų sporto klubas LTU Dovilas ČiutelėLTU Aurimas MištautasGER Conrad RüdigerLTU Tomas Šutinis Lada 2104 Turbo 301 24 A3000 33 Domus Lumina LTU Mantas JančauskasLTU Gediminas VilimasLTU Mindaugas LiatukasNED Kevin Abbring BMW E36 Compact 292 25 X1 68 EBMotorsport LTU Egidijus BulotasLTU Gediminas Udras Porsche 968EBR 291 26 D 31 AEGN Engineering-Telšių Statyba LTU Giedrius NomeikaLTU Audrius KirklysLTU Gvidas AukštuolisLTU Artūras Ežerskis BMW 120D 275 27 D 81 Kaukas LTU Igoris IvanovasLTU Kęstutis VilkasLTU Martynas GikniusLTU Sigitas Ambrazevičius Volkswagen Golf 253 28 X1 79 DFDSDHR GBR Andrew HollandGBR Michael HollandGBR David Holland Ford Zak 234 29 A3000+ 20 Nero Racing LTU Nerijus MalasevičiusSWE Tobbe SöderbergSWE Kent PerssonLTU Mindaugas Varža BMW M3 224 30 D 11 Sparti reklama Racing Team LTU Rimas CesiulisLTU Almantas SadauskasLTU Karolis Staniulynas BMW 120D 219 31 A3000+ 77 EVO performance LTU Vytas BilinskasLTU Kiril OsosovLTU Martynas Gediminas Porsche Cayman 200 32 A2000 88 AUTOMANAI LTU Marius MiškūnasLTU Mantas MiškūnasLTU Edvinas Mardosas Honda Civic 196 33 GT 12 Orion Racing Team LTU Rytis GarbaravičiusLTU Marijus MazuchLTU Gediminas Ramonas BMW M3 165 34 X1 66 Domus Lumina by Samsonasracing.com LTU Martynas SamsonasNED Kevin AbbringLTU Mindaugas VaržaLTU Egidijus Valeiša Samsonasracing Kit Car 135 35 A3000+ 22 222 LTU Igoris SidunovasLTU Linas PuzonasLTU Eugenijus MisiūraLTU Audrius Gricius Volkswagen New Beelte RSI 105 36 D 92 RIMO LTU Rimantas BlažulionisLTU Saulius VitkauskasLTU Martynas Samuitis BMW 335D 104 37 GT 96 Lexus Team LT LTU Artūras MrazauskasLTU Dainius KablysLTU Darius Baltramiejūnas Lexus IS-F 90 – X1 45 MOPTRANS-Club PORT by JR Motorsport LTU Dainius MatijošaitisLTU Andrius JasionauskasLTU Simas Juodviršis BMW M4 82 – A3000+ 8 Liqui Moly Racing Team Lithuania LTU Edvinas ArkušauskasLTU Justas TamašauskasLTU Kazimieras Vasiliauskas BMW E90 EDVA 65 – GT 8 RaceTech NED Dennis de GrootLTU Marius SlaboševičiusLTU Džiugas TovilavičiusLTU Egidijus Valeiša BMW M3 GT2 46 – X1 7 Algirdai Racing Team LTU Ramūnas ČapkauskasLTU Deividas JociusLTU Vytautas Švedas Aquila SR1 18 – A3000+ 19 VIPTUNING LAT Artjoms KoclamazasviliLAT Elvis TuransLAT Agris Petrovskis BMW E90 12 NC X1 19 MOJO Lounge Racing by JR Motorsport BEL Ward SluysUSA Daniel ColembieNED Michael Verhagen BMW M4 DNS NC X1 44 Blue Ghost Racing Team LTU Benediktas ČernauskasLTU Virginijus LukšasLTU Modestas Jakas Toyota Celica DNS References ENEOS 1000 kilometrų lenktynės ENEOS 1000 kilometrų lenktynės