2018 Rolex GT Super Series season

2018 Rolex GT Super Series season
Season
Races	12
Start date	11th March 2018
Start Event	Round of Brazil
End date	4th November 2018
End Event	Round of Japan
Awards
Driver's Champion	TBD
Team's Champion	TBD
Manufacturer's Champion	TBD
Independent Driver's Champion	TBD
Seasons
Previous season	Next season
2017	2019

The 2018 Rolex GT Super Series season will be the third season of GT racing sanctioned by the World MotorSports Group, and the first with Rolex as title sponsors. Reigning champions Union Saver Developments, Ricardo Llosa and Jordan McKenna did not return to defend their titles, and in their place 35 full-time cars competed for both honours.

Entry List

Full-Time Teams

Team	Car	Tires	Class	#	Starting Driver	Second Driver	Rounds
AMR Team Falken Tire	Aston Martin DBR9		Template:Manufacturer	007	Template:GBR John Magnus	Olivia Gieszler	1-
Racing Team Solvalou	Lamborghini Murcielago R-GT	Template:Michelin	Template:Manufacturer	02	Template:USA Chris Winter	Einar Ármannsson	1-
				03	Template:GBR Morgan Le Fay	Antonio Fazio	1-
Template:GBR Chris Short Racing	Ferrari 550 Maranello	Template:Dunlop	Template:Independent	08	Template:GBR Chris Whiting	Richard de Lange	1-
				09	Alexi Melvanov	Vitaly Kabirov	1-
Template:BEL Boutsen Ginion	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	Template:Pirelli	Template:Independent	2	Akinori Kikkawa	Template:FRA Laurent Gauthier	1-
				3	Template:AUS Melanie Bourne	Template:USA Jacob Tucker	1-
Template:GBR Gulf Racing AMR	Aston Martin DBR9	Template:Michelin	Template:Manufacturer	6	Matteo Rossi	Template:GBR Roland Davidson	1-
Best In The World Motorsport	Lamborghini Murcielago R-GT	Template:Michelin	Template:Independent	11	Template:BEL Simon Mestach	Rêdûr Jaffer	1-5
					Maven O'Connor		6-7
					Koyomi Setou		10-13
				96	Haílton Fidélis	Marlin Hortin	1-4
					Sandra Yoo		5-13
Template:GBR Lister Dealers Winton Racing	Lister Storm GT	Template:Pirelli	Template:Independent	13	Helio Hernandez	Template:GBR Karen Faraday	1-
				31	Template:GBR Sam Winton	Natsuki Yaname	1-
Template:USA Gerald Pereria-Pan Asia Alliance	Lister Storm GT	Template:Pirelli	Template:Manufacturer	14	Fabian Rei	Ryota Wong	1-
				41	Template:DEN Paul Travesen	Template:USA Shane Sparks	1-
Template:BEL Scuderia Belgio	Ferrari 550 Maranello	Template:Michelin	Template:Independent	21	Template:BEL Gia Van Dycke	Template:BEL Laurent Seron	1-3,7-13
						Justin Case	4-6
Pagani Automobili S.p.A.	Pagani Zonda GR	Template:Pirelli	Template:Manufacturer	24	Amato Agostini	Template:AUT Felix Horvath	1-
				25	Anton Robishaud	Giulio Mari	1-
BMS Scuderia Italia	Ferrari 550 Maranello	Template:Pirelli	Template:Manufacturer	27	Denis van Walwijk	Andrea Constantini	1-
				28	Evgeny Restov	Template:GBR James James Davies	1-
Template:USA Globex Scorpio Racing	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	Template:Dunlop	Template:Independent	30	Template:GBR Paul Jenkins	Luc Pellerin	1-2, 4-12
					Luc Pellerin	Template:USA Ernest Bruno	3, 13
Template:DEN RMR Motorsport	Maserati MC12 GT1	Template:Pirelli	Template:Independent	32	Template:DEN Kjeld Axelsen	Template:DEN Morten Pedersen	1-
Équipe Fantomette by Euromotor International	Lister Storm GT	Template:Pirelli	Template:Independent	44	Diego Vercuisse	Template:FRA Alexandre Charpantier	1-
				45	Template:USA Helena Bertinelli	Patrick Feldhoffer	1-
Template:GBR Tom Douglas Racing	Saleen S7-R	Template:Dunlop	Template:Independent	55	Template:GBR James Douglas	Template:AUS Joel Melrose	1-
				555	Template:USA Antonio Reyna-Sanchez	Template:USA Vidal Reyna-Sanchez	1-
Template:GBR CWG Data Collection	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	Template:Michelin	Template:Independent	56	Template:GBR Darren Older Jr	Valeri Kozar	1-2, 8-9, 12
					Markus Jacobson		3-7, 10-11
				57	Ito Shidehara	Ronnie Fitzgerald	1-
Template:GBR Fulcrum Racing	Maserati MC12 GT1	Template:Pirelli	Template:Independent	61	Federico Navarro	Template:USA David Simmons	1-2, 4-12
						Lucio Richetti	3, 13
				62	Template:GBR Thomas Day	Sekou Kparghai	1-
Template:USA Carson Speedworks	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	Template:Michelin	Template:Manufacturer	63	Template:USA Joey Alliot	Template:FRA Jacques Malenfant	1-
				64	Li Qi	Template:USA Oliver Jones	1-
Minarae	Ferrari 550 Maranello	Template:Pirelli	Template:Independent	77	Template:GBR Nathan Scott	Andrea Massini	1-
Team LKM	Lamborghini Murcielago R-GT	Template:Michelin	Template:Independent	88	Template:GBR Harrison Wilkinson	Carlton Cho	1-
People's Republic Racing	Ferrari 575 GTC	Template:Pirelli	Template:Independent	98	Claudio Bandini	Template:GBR Peter Harrison	1-
				99	Daniel Einfeldt	Daniel Von Schweiger	1-

Part-Time Teams

Team	Car	Tires	#	Starting Driver	Second Driver	Rounds
Kiwi Racing	Lamborghini Murciealago R-GT	Template:Michelin	47	Simon Bourne	TBA	10-11
Template:FRA Antegra Ayari Autosport	Saleen S7-R	Template:Michelin	50	Template:FRA Raymond Dupuis	Template:SUI Matthias Gafner	4-5, 8-9
Toshio Race Team	Ferrari 575 GTC	Template:Michelin	66	Yuya Kurosawa	Ryota Saito	10, 12
Team Astana Motors	Ferrari 575 GTC	Template:Pirelli	70	Nikov Time	Lorenzo Mancini	3-5, 11
Template:FRA Lynxe Development International	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	Template:Michelin	89	Emma Pescatore	Maria Rodriguez	4-7

Calendar

Testing

Date	Track	Fastest Driver	Fastest Team	Fastest Time	Main Article
February 17	Bahrain International Circuit	Template:GBR Morgan Le Fay	Racing Team Solvalou	1:49.218	2018 GT Super Series Pre-Season Test
February 18		Template:USA Shane Sparks	Template:USA Gerald Pereria-Pan Asia Alliance	1:49.166

Races

	Race	Venue	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Car	Independent Winner
1	Round of Brazil	Autódromo José Carlos Pace	11 March	Matteo Rossi Template:GBR Roland Davidson	Matteo Rossi Template:GBR Roland Davidson	Template:USA Joey Alliot Template:FRA Jacques Malenfant	Template:GBR Darren Older Jr Valeri Kozar
2	Yas Supercar Festival	Yas Marina Circuit	25 March	Fabian Rei Ryota Wong	Matteo Rossi Template:GBR Roland Davidson	Template:USA Chris Winter Einar Ármannsson	Template:GBR Darren Older Jr Valeri Kozar
3	Template:GBR RAC Tourist Trophy	Silverstone Circuit	15 April	Template:USA Joey Alliot Template:FRA Jacques Malenfant
4	Template:FRA Round of France	Paul Ricard HTTT	29 April
5	Round of Italy	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	20 May
6	Template:USA Round of The United States	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	24 June
7	Molson GT Gatineau	Road Gatineau	1 July
8	Round of Germany	Nürburgring GP-Strecke	19 August
9	Template:BEL Round of Belgium	Circuit de Spa Francorchamps	9 September
10	Template:MAS Round of Malaysia	Sepang International Circuit	7 October
11	Round of China	Zhuhai International Circuit	21 October
12	Round of Japan	Suzuka Circuit	4 November