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2017 Blancpain GT Sports Club

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The 2017 Blancpain GT Sports Club was the third season of the SRO Group's Blancpain GT Sports Club, an auto racing series for grand tourer cars. The Blancpain GT Sports Club is a championship for Bronze and Iron drivers only. The "Iron" categorisation is within the Bronze category, for drivers over the age of 60. All drivers must participate with GT3-spec cars, RACB G3 cars or GTE-spec cars.

Calendar

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At the annual press conference during the 2016 24 Hours of Spa on 29 July, the Stéphane Ratel Organisation announced the first draft of the 2017 calendar. The series started at Misano on 2 April and ended in Barcelona on 1 October. The round at Brands Hatch was replaced by a round in Silverstone.[1] On 7 November, the SRO announced the calendar was finalised, confirming the series would go the Hungaroring to support the Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup.[2]

Event Circuit Date Supporting
1 Italy Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Misano, Italy 2 April Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup
2 United Kingdom Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone, Great Britain 14 May Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup
3 France Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet, France 25 June
4 Belgium Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa, Belgium 29 July Total 24 Hours of Spa
5 Hungary Hungaroring, Mogyoród, Hungary 27 August Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup
6 Spain Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló, Spain 1 October Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup

Entry list

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Team Car No. Drivers Class Rounds
Belgium Boutsen Ginion BMW M6 GT3 2 Saudi Arabia Karim Ojjeh[3] All
Lamborghini Gallardo R-EX 4 France Claude-Yves Gosselin[3] 1–4, 6
6 France Pierre Feligioni[3] 1–4, 6
Germany Artega Rennsport Ferrari 488 GT3 3 Germany Klaus Dieter Frers[3] Iron All
Italy BMS Scuderia Italia Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 7 Italy Luigi Lucchini[4] 3, 6
Switzerland Kessel Racing Ferrari 488 GTE 11 Poland Michał Broniszewski[4] 3
Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 27 Switzerland Peter Goerke[5] 6
65 Luxembourg Alexis De Bernardi[3] 1–5
77 Netherlands Fons Scheltema[6] 2
102 Italy Claudio Schiavoni[3] 1
108 France Deborah Mayer[3] 1
111 United States Stephen Earle[3] Iron All
Belgium Comtoyou Racing Audi R8 LMS 12 Belgium Angélique Detavernier[7] 4
Germany Black Falcon Mercedes-AMG GT3 16 United Kingdom Oliver Morley[6] 2
Austria HP Racing Lamborghini Huracán GT3 17 Germany Coach McKansy[3] All
18 Liechtenstein Daniel Vogt[3] 1–4
France CMR BMW Z4 GT3 21 Switzerland Pierre Hirschi[3] 1–2, 4
Italy AF Corse Ferrari 488 GT3 22 Lebanon Alex Demirdjian[4] 3
48 Monaco Martin Lanting[3] Iron 1
Ferrari 458 Italia GTE 6
Ferrari 458 Challenge 49 United States Howard Blank[6] Cup 2, 6
Ferrari 488 GT3 50 Belgium Louis-Philippe Soenen[3] Iron All
Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 51 Switzerland Christoph Ulrich[3] All
52 France Frederic Fangio[4] 3, 6
Ferrari 488 GT3 53 Italy Piergiuseppe Perazzini[7] Iron 4
488 Belgium Patrick Van Glabeke[3] All
San Marino GDL Racing Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo 24 Sri Lanka Dilantha Malagamuwa[7] Xtra 4, 6
Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 66 Italy Roberto Rayneri[3] 1–4, 6
Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo 70 Italy Mario Cordoni[3] Xtra 1, 6
United Kingdom Barwell Motorsport Lamborghini Huracán GT3 33 United Kingdom Jon Minshaw[6] 2
Germany Rinaldi Racing Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 33 Germany Christian Hook[4] 3–6
Germany HTP Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 39 Netherlands Wim de Pundert[3] Iron 1, 3–4, 6
San Marino Team Malucelli Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 60 San Marino Marco Galassi[3] 1, 3–4
Italy Shipex by Ombra Racing Lamborghini Huracán GT3 63 Belgium Nicolas Vandierendonck[3] 1–4, 6
Austria DB-Motorsport Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 68 Austria Oliver Baumann[3] 1, 5–6
BMW Z4 GT3 4
France AKKA ASP Mercedes-AMG GT3 72 France Anthony Pons[3] All
87 Switzerland Daniele Perfetti[3] 1
Canada Mark Thomas[6] 2
Belgium Mauro Ricci[4] 3, 6
89 Switzerland Daniele Perfetti[4] 3
Italy Antonelli Motorsport Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo 350 Italy Mauro Casadei[3] Xtra 1
San Marino Stile F Squadra Corse Ferrari 458 Italia GTE 666 Switzerland Yoshiki Ohmura[3] 1
Germany Herberth Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R 911 Germany Jürgen Häring[6] 2
991 Germany Edward Lewis Brauner[7] 4
Switzerland Autovitesse Garage R. Affolter Lamborghini Huracán GT3 963 Switzerland Cédric Leimer[3] 1–4
Icon Class
Iron Iron Cup
Xtra Xtra Cup
Cup Cup

Race results

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Event Circuit Pole position Qualifying Race Winner Main Race
Overall Winner Iron Cup Winner Xtra Cup Winner Cup Winner
1 Italy Misano France No. 72 AKKA ASP France No. 72 AKKA ASP France No. 87 AKKA ASP Switzerland No. 111 Kessel Racing San Marino No. 70 GDL Racing No entries
France Anthony Pons France Anthony Pons Switzerland Daniele Perfetti United States Stephen Earle Italy Mario Cordoni
2 United Kingdom Silverstone United Kingdom No. 33 Barwell Motorsport United Kingdom No. 33 Barwell Motorsport United Kingdom No. 33 Barwell Motorsport Switzerland No. 111 Kessel Racing No entries Italy No. 49 AF Corse
United Kingdom Jon Minshaw United Kingdom Jon Minshaw United Kingdom Jon Minshaw United States Stephen Earle United States Howard Blank
3 France Paul Ricard France No. 72 AKKA ASP France No. 72 AKKA ASP France No. 72 AKKA ASP Germany No. 3 Artega Rennsport No entries
France Anthony Pons France Anthony Pons France Anthony Pons Germany Klaus Dieter Frers
4 Belgium Spa-Francorchamps Italy No. 53 AF Corse Italy No. 53 AF Corse Italy No. 53 AF Corse Italy No. 53 AF Corse San Marino No. 24 GDL Racing
Italy Piergiuseppe Perazzini Italy Piergiuseppe Perazzini Italy Piergiuseppe Perazzini Italy Piergiuseppe Perazzini Sri Lanka Dilantha Malagamuwa
5 Hungary Hungaroring Italy No. 488 AF Corse Italy No. 488 AF Corse Italy No. 51 AF Corse Switzerland No. 111 Kessel Racing No entries
Belgium Patrick van Glabeke Belgium Patrick van Glabeke Switzerland Christoph Ulrich United States Stephen Earle
6 Spain Barcelona-Catalunya France No. 72 AKKA ASP France No. 72 AKKA ASP Race cancelled after two laps due to heavy rain
France Anthony Pons France Anthony Pons

Championship standings

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Scoring system

Championship points were awarded for the first six positions in each Qualifying Race and for the first ten positions in each Main Race. Entries were required to complete 75% of the winning car's race distance in order to be classified and earn points.

Qualifying Race points
Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th 
Points 8 6 4 3 2 1
Main Race points
Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th 
Points 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1

Drivers' championships

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Overall

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Pos. Driver Team MIS
Italy
SIL
United Kingdom
LEC
France
SPA
Belgium
HUN
Hungary
CAT
Spain
Points
QR MR QR MR QR MR QR MR QR MR QR MR
1 France Anthony Pons France AKKA ASP 1 2 5 3 1 1 2 2 6 5 1 C 119
2 Switzerland Christoph Ulrich Italy AF Corse 16 12 8 7 7 6 8 4 2 1 DNS C 57
3 Saudi Arabia Karim Ojjeh Belgium Boutsen Ginion 9 22 3 2 4 4 5 3 Ret DNS 21 C 54
4 Switzerland Daniele Perfetti France AKKA ASP 3 1 2 2 53
5 Belgium Patrick Van Glabeke Italy AF Corse 17 8 13 9 Ret 11 3 12 1 2 3 C 40
6 Switzerland Cédric Leimer Switzerland Autovitesse Garage R. Affolter 2 3 2 5 14 Ret 4 Ret 40
7 Germany Klaus Dieter Frers Germany Artega Rennsport 6 6 11 15 9 12 6 6 3 4 6 C 35
8 United Kingdom Jon Minshaw United Kingdom Barwell Motorsport 1 1 33
9 Italy Piergiuseppe Perazzini Italy AF Corse 1 1 33
10 United States Stephen Earle Switzerland Kessel Racing 14 5 10 11 10 14 12 9 4 3 8 C 32
11 Luxembourg Alexis De Bernardi Switzerland Kessel Racing 7 10 7 6 5 5 19 DSQ 7 6 29
12 Belgium Mauro Ricci France AKKA ASP 3 3 2 C 25
13 Belgium Nicolas Vandierendonck Italy Shipex by Ombra Racing Ret Ret 4 4 DNS 13 WD WD 5 C 17
14 Germany Christian Hook Germany Rinaldi Racing 13 10 9 5 8 8 14 C 15
15 Switzerland Yoshiki Ohmura San Marino Stile F Squadra Corse 11 4 12
16 Germany Coach McKansy Austria HP Racing 8 20 14 13 18 21 Ret 15 5 7 4 C 11
17 San Marino Marco Galassi San Marino Team Malucelli Ret 9 12 7 7 13 8
18 Netherlands Wim de Pundert Germany HTP Motorsport 12 7 16 15 WD WD 11 C 6
19 Germany Edward Lewis Brauner Germany Herberth Motorsport 14 7 6
20 Austria Oliver Baumann Austria DB-Motorsport 4 Ret 16 16 9 9 7 C 5
21 Liechtenstein Daniel Vogt Austria HP Racing 13 Ret DNS DNS 8 8 Ret DNS 4
22 Netherlands Fons Scheltema Switzerland Kessel Racing 9 8 4
23 France Claude-Yves Gosselin Belgium Boutsen Ginion 10 13 20 12 6 19 10 10 Ret C 3
24 Switzerland Pierre Hirschi France CMR 5 21 21 16 11 DSQ 2
25 Italy Luigi Lucchini Italy BMS Scuderia Italia 11 9 20 C 2
26 Belgium Louis-Philippe Soenen Italy AF Corse 22 18 16 18 15 16 15 11 10 10 12 C 2
27 United Kingdom Oliver Morley Germany Black Falcon 6 DNS 1
28 Germany Jürgen Häring Germany Herberth Motorsport 15 10 1
France Pierre Feligioni Belgium Boutsen Ginion 19 16 17 17 19 20 17 17 10 C 0
Canada Mark Thomas France AKKA ASP 12 14 0
Monaco Martin Lanting Italy AF Corse Ret Ret 13 C 0
Belgium Angélique Detavernier Belgium Comtoyou Racing Ret 14 0
Italy Claudio Schiavoni Switzerland Kessel Racing 18 15 0
Switzerland Peter Goerke Switzerland Kessel Racing 15 C 0
Italy Roberto Rayneri San Marino GDL Racing 20 19 18 19 17 17 18 18 16 C 0
France Frederic Fangio Italy AF Corse Ret 18 17 C 0
France Deborah Mayer Switzerland Kessel Racing 21 17 0
Lebanon Alex Demirdjian Italy AF Corse EX DNS
Poland Michał Broniszewski Switzerland Kessel Racing DNS DNS
Xtra Cup
1 Sri Lanka Dilantha Malagamuwa San Marino GDL Racing 13 8 9 C 41
2 Italy Mario Cordoni San Marino GDL Racing 15 11 19 C 39
3 Italy Mauro Casadei Italy Antonelli Motorsport DNS 14 18
Cup
1 United States Howard Blank Italy AF Corse 19 20 18 C 41
Pos. Driver Team QR MR QR MR QR MR QR MR QR MR QR MR Points
MIS
Italy
SIL
United Kingdom
LEC
France
SPA
Belgium
HUN
Hungary
CAT
Spain
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 – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Iron Cup

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Pos. Driver Team MIS
Italy
SIL
United Kingdom
LEC
France
SPA
Belgium
HUN
Hungary
CAT
Spain
Points
QR MR QR MR QR MR QR MR QR MR QR MR
1 United States Stephen Earle Switzerland Kessel Racing 14 5 10 11 10 14 12 9 4 3 8 C 142
2 Germany Klaus Dieter Frers Germany Artega Rennsport 6 6 11 15 9 12 6 6 3 4 6 C 141
3 Belgium Louis-Philippe Soenen Italy AF Corse 22 18 16 18 15 16 15 11 10 10 12 C 87
4 Netherlands Wim de Pundert Germany HTP Motorsport 12 7 16 18 WD WD 11 C 43
5 Italy Piergiuseppe Perazzini Italy AF Corse 1 1 33
Monaco Martin Lanting Italy AF Corse Ret Ret 13 C 2
Pos. Driver Team QR MR QR MR QR MR QR MR QR MR QR MR Points
MIS
Italy
SIL
United Kingdom
LEC
France
SPA
Belgium
HUN
Hungary
CAT
Spain

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "2017 Blancpain GT Sports Club Calendar" (PDF). blancpain-gt-series.com. SRO Motorsports Group. July 29, 2016. Retrieved March 28, 2017.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "2017 Blancpain GT Series calendar finalised". blancpain-gt-series.com. SRO Motorsports Group. November 7, 2016. Retrieved March 28, 2017.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z "Bumper entry list confirmed for 2017 Blancpain GT Sports Club opener at Misano". blancpainsportsclub.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 27 March 2017. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g "2017 Blancpain GT Sports Club reaches halfway mark at Paul Ricard". blancpainsportsclub.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 19 June 2017. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  5. ^ "Blancpain GT Sports Club Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya Entry List". blancpainsportsclub.com. SRO Motorsports Group. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
  6. ^ a b c d e f "Blancpain GT Sports Club Silverstone Entry List". blancpainsportsclub.com. SRO Motorsports Group. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
  7. ^ a b c d "Blancpain GT Sports Club Spa-Francorchamps Entry List". blancpainsportsclub.com. SRO Motorsports Group. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
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