The 2017 Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup was the seventh season of the Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup. The season began on 23 April at Monza and ended on 1 October in Barcelona. The season featured five rounds, with each race lasting for a duration of three hours besides the 24 Hours of Spa and the 1000 km Paul Ricard events.
Calendar 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 Sprint Cup round in Barcelona became an Endurance Cup round, replacing the round at the Nürburgring. Event Race Circuit Date 1 3 Hours of Monza Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza, Italy 23 April Report 2 3 Hours of Silverstone Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone, Great Britain 14 May Report 3 1000 km Paul Ricard Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet, France 24 June Report 4 Total 24 Hours of Spa Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa, Belgium 29–30 July Report 5 3 Hours of Barcelona Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló, Spain 1 October Report
Entry list Team Car Drivers Class Rounds Good Smile Racing with Team UKYO Mercedes-AMG GT3 00 Tatsuya Kataoka P 4 Kamui Kobayashi Nobuteru Taniguchi Audi Sport Team WRT Belgian Audi Club Team WRT Team WRT Audi R8 LMS 1 Antonio García P 3–4 Nico Müller René Rast 2 Nathanaël Berthon P 1–2, 5 Stéphane Richelmi Benoît Tréluyer Christopher Mies 3–4 Frédéric Vervisch Pieter Schothorst 3 Connor De Phillippi 4 3 Josh Caygill P 1–2 Jonathan Venter Nikolaus Mayr-Melnhof 1–2 Josh Caygill PA 3–5 Jonathan Venter Hugo de Sadeleer 3 Richard Lyons 4 Nikolaus Mayr-Melnhof Clément Mateu 5 5 Marcel Fässler P All Dries Vanthoor Will Stevens 1–3, 5 André Lotterer 4 6 Nathanaël Berthon P 3–4 Stéphane Richelmi Benoît Tréluyer 17 Jake Dennis P All Stuart Leonard Markus Winkelhock 1 Jamie Green 2, 4 Robin Frijns 3, 5 Mercedes-AMG Team Black Falcon Black Falcon Mercedes-AMG GT3 4 Yelmer Buurman P All Adam Christodoulou Luca Stolz 15 Dore Chaponick Jr. PA All Scott Heckert Brett Sandberg Jeroen Bleekemolen 4 16 Oliver Morley PA All Miguel Toril Manuel Metzger 1–2 Matt Griffin 3 Marvin Kirchhöfer 4–5 Maximilian Götz 4 18 Maro Engel P 3 Hubert Haupt Gabriele Piana Abdulaziz Bin Turki Al Faisal PA 4 Hubert Haupt Gabriele Piana Renger van der Zande Bentley Team M-Sport Bentley Continental GT3 7 Oliver Jarvis P All Steven Kane Guy Smith 8 Vincent Abril P All Andy Soucek Maxime Soulet Bentley Team ABT Bentley Continental GT3 9 Christer Jöns P 4 Jordan Pepper Nico Verdonck Kessel Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 11 Michał Broniszewski PA All Matteo Cressoni 1–4 Andrea Rizzoli Giacomo Piccini 4–5 888 Jacques Duyver Am All David Perel Marco Zanuttini Niki Cadei 4 Ombra Racing Lamborghini Huracán GT3 12 Michele Beretta P All Stefano Gattuso Andrea Piccini Emil Frey Jaguar Racing Emil Frey GT3 Jaguar 14 Stéphane Ortelli P All Albert Costa 1–4 Lorenz Frey Alex Fontana 5 Norbert Siedler 114 Jonathan Hirschi P All Christian Klien Marco Seefried GRT Grasser Racing Team Lamborghini Huracán GT3 19 Ezequiel Pérez Companc P All Raffaele Giammaria 1–4 Norbert Siedler 1–3 Rolf Ineichen 4 Frédéric Vervisch 5 Renger van der Zande 63 Mirko Bortolotti P All Andrea Caldarelli Christian Engelhart 82 Tom Dillmann P 5 Giorgio Roda Paolo Ruberti Motul Team RJN Motorsport Motul Team RJN Nissan Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 22 Struan Moore P All Matt Parry Matt Simmons 23 Alex Buncombe P All Katsumasa Chiyo Lucas Ordóñez Reiter Young Stars Lamborghini Gallardo R-EX 24 Tomáš Enge P 3, 5 Marko Helistekangas Caitlin Wood Audi Sport Team Saintéloc Saintéloc Racing Audi R8 LMS 25 Christopher Haase P 3–4 Markus Winkelhock Peter Terting 3 Jules Gounon 4 26 Christian Kelders PA 1–3 Marc Rostan Christopher Haase 1–2 Grégory Guilvert 3 Frédéric Bouvy Am 4 Christian Kelders Marc Rostan Simon Gachet P 5 Christopher Haase Romain Monti Orange 1 Team Lazarus Lamborghini Huracán GT3 27 Fabrizio Crestani P All Nicolas Pohler Gustavo Yacamán 1–2 Luca Filippi 3–4 Artur Janosz 5 Team Zakspeed Mercedes-AMG GT3 31 Rui Águas PA 1–2 José Manuel Balbiani Kriton Lendoudis 32 Kevin Ceccon P 1 Luca Ludwig Immanuel Vinke Am 2 Beniamino Caccia Jörg Viebahn Walkenhorst Motorsport BMW M6 GT3 35 Mikkel Jensen P 1–3, 5 Nico Menzel Jaap van Lagen 1 Christian Krognes 2–3, 5 Matias Henkola PA 4 Christian Krognes Nico Menzel Markus Palttala 36 Henry Walkenhorst Am 2–5 David Schiwietz 2–4 Matias Henkola 2, 5 Stef Van Campenhout 3–4 Ralf Oeverhaus 4 Ace Robey 5 BBT Spirit of Race AF Corse Kaspersky Motorsport SMP Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 37 Anthony Liu PA 3 Davide Rizzo Toni Vilander 50 Pasin Lathouras P All Alessandro Pier Guidi Michele Rugolo 51 Olivier Beretta PA All Lorenzo Bontempelli Motoaki Ishikawa Francesco Castellacci 4 52 Duncan Cameron PA 4 Matt Griffin Riccardo Ragazzi Aaron Scott 53 Niek Hommerson PA All Louis Machiels Andrea Bertolini 1, 3–5 Rory Butcher 2, 4 55 James Calado P All Marco Cioci Giancarlo Fisichella 72 Miguel Molina P All Davide Rigon Viktor Shaytar 961 Alex Demirdjian Am 1 Abbie Eaton Davide Rizzo Alex Demirdjian PA 4 Nicolas Minassian Davide Rizzo Toni Vilander Strakka Motorsport Strakka Racing McLaren 650S GT3 42 Nick Leventis PA 1, 3–5 Lewis Williamson Craig Fleming 1, 3–4 Oliver Webb 4 David Fumanelli 5 Álvaro Parente P 2 Oliver Webb Lewis Williamson 43 Jonny Kane P 3–5 Sam Tordoff David Fumanelli 3–4 Ben Barnicoat 5 44 David Fumanelli P 1–2 Jonny Kane Sam Tordoff 58 Ben Barnicoat P 1–4 Rob Bell Côme Ledogar 59 Jazeman Jaafar P All Andrew Watson Dean Stoneman 1–3 Pieter Schothorst 4 Steijn Schothorst 5 MANN-FILTER Team HTP Motorsport Mercedes-AMG Team HTP Motorsport HTP Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 48 Patrick Assenheimer P All Indy Dontje Kenneth Heyer 84 Maximilian Buhk P All Jimmy Eriksson Franck Perera 85 Dominik Baumann P All Edward Sandström Fabian Schiller 86 Damien Faulkner PA 1–2 Mike Skeen Gian Maria Gabbiani 1 Hunter Abbott 2 Raton Racing Lamborghini Huracán GT3 60 Andrea Amici PA 1–3 Stefano Costantini Dennis Lind Attempto Racing Lamborghini Huracán GT3 66 Marco Mapelli P 1–3 Giovanni Venturini Luca Filippi 1 Bertrand Baguette 2–3 Mikaël Grenier 4 Jaap van Lagen Max van Splunteren Manel Cerqueda Diez PA 5 Max van Splunteren Isaac Tutumlu 67 Giorgio Maggi PA 1–3 Clément Mateu Max van Splunteren Sarah Bovy Am 4 Jürgen Krebs Giorgio Maggi Clément Mateu ISR Audi Sport Team ISR Audi R8 LMS 75 Filip Salaquarda P All Clemens Schmid 1–4 Frank Stippler 1–2, 5 Filipe Albuquerque 3–4 Kevin Ceccon 5 76 Kelvin van der Linde P 3–4 Frank Stippler Jamie Green 3 Pierre Kaffer 4 Barwell Motorsport Lamborghini Huracán GT3 77 Martin Kodrić PA All Patrick Kujala Adrian Amstutz 1–4 Oliver Gavin 4 Hunter Abbott 5 78 Richard Abra PA All Leo Machitski Miguel Ramos 1–4 Phil Keen 4 Jeroen Bleekemolen 5 AKKA ASP Mercedes-AMG Team AKKA ASP Mercedes-AMG GT3 87 Jean-Luc Beaubelique PA 1–3, 5 Jules Gounon Nico Bastian 1–3 Mauro Ricci 5 88 Daniel Juncadella P All Félix Serrallés Tristan Vautier 1–2, 4–5 Renger van der Zande 3 89 Ludovic Badey PA All Daniele Perfetti Alex Fontana 1–4 Nico Bastian 4–5 90 Raffaele Marciello P All Michael Meadows Edoardo Mortara Oman Racing Team with TF Sport Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 97 Jonathan Adam PA All Ahmad Al Harthy Salih Yoluç 3–5 Euan Hankey 4 Rowe Racing BMW M6 GT3 98 Bruno Spengler P 2–5 Markus Palttala 2–3, 5 Jesse Krohn 2 Tom Blomqvist 3–5 Nick Catsburg 4 99 Philipp Eng P 2–5 Maxime Martin Alexander Sims KÜS TEAM75 Bernhard Porsche 911 GT3 R 117 Michael Christensen P 4 Kévin Estre Laurens Vanthoor Garage 59 McLaren 650S GT3 188 Chris Goodwin Am 2, 4 Chris Harris Alexander West Bradley Ellis 4 Rinaldi Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 333 Alexander Mattschull PA All Rinat Salikhov Daniel Keilwitz 1–2, 5 Matteo Malucelli 3–4 Norbert Siedler 4 488 Pierre Ehret Am All Rino Mastronardi Rory Penttinen 3 Patrick Van Glabeke 4 Gabriele Lancieri Team HB Racing Lamborghini Huracán GT3 777 Bernard Delhez Am All Gilles Vannelet 1–4 Mike Stursberg 2–4 Christopher Zanella 4 Edward Lewis Brauner 5 Marc Rostan Herberth Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R 911 Jürgen Häring PA All Alfred Renauer Robert Renauer Marc Lieb 4 912 Daniel Allemann PA 4 Ralf Bohn Mathieu Jaminet Sven Müller Group N entries are ineligible to score points RMS Porsche 911 GT3 Cup 56 Howard Blank N 4 Yannick Mallegol Frank Mechaly Fabrice Notari SpeedLover Porsche 911 GT3 Cup 991 Thierry de Latre du Bosqueau N 4 Grégory Paisse Pierre-Yves Paque Louis-Philippe Soenen Icon Class P Pro Cup PA Pro-Am Cup Am Am Cup N Group N
Race results Bold indicates overall winner. Event Circuit Pole position Pro Winners Pro-Am Winners Am Winners 1 Monza No. 50 Spirit of Race No. 63 GRT Grasser Racing Team No. 97 Oman Racing Team with TF Sport No. 961 AF Corse Pasin Lathouras Alessandro Pier Guidi Michele Rugolo Mirko Bortolotti Andrea Caldarelli Christian Engelhart Jonathan Adam Ahmad Al Harthy Alex Demirdjian Abbie Eaton Davide Rizzo 2 Silverstone No. 88 AKKA ASP No. 63 GRT Grasser Racing Team No. 77 Barwell Motorsport No. 488 Rinaldi Racing Daniel Juncadella Félix Serrallés Tristan Vautier Mirko Bortolotti Andrea Caldarelli Christian Engelhart Adrian Amstutz Martin Kodrić Patrick Kujala Pierre Ehret Rino Mastronardi 3 Paul Ricard No. 4 Mercedes-AMG Team Black Falcon No. 8 Bentley Team M-Sport No. 77 Barwell Motorsport No. 888 Kessel Racing Yelmer Buurman Adam Christodoulou Luca Stolz Vincent Abril Andy Soucek Maxime Soulet Adrian Amstutz Martin Kodrić Patrick Kujala Jacques Duyver David Perel Marco Zanuttini 4 Spa-Francorchamps No. 55 Kaspersky Motorsport No. 25 Audi Sport Team Saintéloc No. 16 Black Falcon No. 888 Kessel Racing James Calado Marco Cioci Giancarlo Fisichella Jules Gounon Christopher Haase Markus Winkelhock Maximilian Götz Marvin Kirchhöfer Oliver Morley Miguel Toril Niki Cadei Jacques Duyver David Perel Marco Zanuttini 5 Barcelona-Catalunya No. 17 Team WRT No. 88 AKKA ASP No. 77 Barwell Motorsport No. 488 Rinaldi Racing Jake Dennis Robin Frijns Stuart Leonard Daniel Juncadella Félix Serrallés Tristan Vautier Hunter Abbott Martin Kodrić Patrick Kujala Pierre Ehret Rino Mastronardi
Championship standings Scoring system Championship points were awarded for the first ten positions in each race. The pole-sitter also received one point and 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.
Race points Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th Pole Points 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1 1
1000 km Paul Ricard points Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th Pole Points 33 24 19 15 12 9 6 4 2 1 1
24 Hours of Spa points Points were awarded after six hours, after twelve hours and at the finish. Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th Pole Points after 6hrs/12hrs 12 9 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 1 Points at the finish 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1
Drivers' championships
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