2017 GT & Prototype Challenge

The 2017 GT & Prototype Challenge was the 1st season of the GT & Prototype Challenge. The Super GT and Superlights classes of the Supercar Challenge were split from the original series to form the new championship.

Regulations The series entrants are divided over four classes. The GT class, from the Supercar Challenge Super GT class, forms the highest and fastest division. Cars with a 2,8kg per HP or more ratio are allowed to compete. This includes all Group GT3 class cars and specially built GT's such as the Solution F built Volvo S60 and Renault Sport R.S. 01. LMP3 spec cars first raced in the Supercar Challenge Super GT class in 2016. The class forms a separate class within the series open to all 2016 specification LMP3 machinery.

Two classes from the Supercar Challenge Superlights class are included in the new series. The fastest of the two is the Group CN class. Group CN specification cars built after 2014 are allowed to compete. The fourth, and slowest, class is the Radical SR3 class. Mainly a Radical SR3 spec class, the class is open to cars with comparable lap times. Also allowed are the Praga R1 and pre-2014 Group CN class cars.

Entry list

Team Chassis Engine Drivers Rounds Super GT JR Motorsport Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 Mercedes-Benz M156 6.2 L V8 101 Daan Meijer 1, 4–5 de Jong Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 106 Daniël de Jong 6 Henk de Jong Topper Team Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6 109 Sebastiaan Bleekemolen 2 Dirk Schulz TCS Motorsport Ginetta G50 GT4 Ford Cyclone 3.5 L V6 128 Paul Fleury 2 Speedlover Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6 153 Hans Hjelm 4 PUMAXS Racing Pumax RT Chevrolet LS7 6.7 L V8 172 Henk Thuis 1, 6 BlueBerry Racing Mosler MT900R GT3Chevrolet LS7 7.0 L V8 173 Berry van Elk 1, 4–6 Dick van Elk 6 TransAm EuroRacing Howe Ford Mustang TA2 Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 180 Hervé Maillien 2 181 Alexis van de Poele 2 Eric van de Poele 182 Alexandre Berard 3 Charles-Aime Clerc Team Roscar Ferrari 458 GT3 Ferrari 4.5 L V8 192 Alexis Berthet 5 Patrick Michellier Saleen S7R Ford 7.0 L V8 195 Guy Heliou 5 GT entries ineligible to score points TransAm EuroRacing Howe Ford Mustang TA2 Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 180 Amaury Bonduel 1 Stéphane Kox JR Motorsport BMW M4 Silhouette BMW S54 3.2 L I6 181 Koen Bogaerts 1 Bas Schouten DVB Racing Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6 184 Alexandre Jouannem 1 Cengiz Oguzhan Team Roscar Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6 187 Jean Jacques Lega 5 188 Eric Bazonnet 5 Laurent Cochard 189 Jean-Pierre Levasseur 5 Jean-Charles Levy 190 George Canas 5 197 Thomas Winkler 5 198 Tomas Pfister 5 Alfred Winkler Porsche 996 GT3 Cup Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6 191 Denis Baron 5 David Defaux Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6 193 Thierry Genetier 5 Marc Peraldi Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6 194 Régis Rego de Sebes 5 ABOG Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6 190 Aart Bosman 1 Moritz Racing Marcos Mantis Ford 5.0 L V8 191 Bert Moritz 1 Patrick Moritz LMP3 Prime Racing Ginetta G57 P2 Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 202 Jean-Pierre Lequeux 1–3 Jean-Marc Ueberecken Inter Europol Competition Ligier JS P3 Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 203 Jakub Śmiechowski 1–5 Wolfgang Jordan 1 Cristopher Dreyspring 3–4 204 Martin Hippe 1–2, 5 Hans Laub 1 Philippe Bourgeois 2 Pontus Fredricsson 5 Racing Experience Ligier JS P3 Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 222 David Hauser All Gary Hauser 4–6 Equipe Verschuur Renault RS 01 Trophy Gibson 3.8 L V6 226 Sandor van Es 1 Rob Kamphues 227 Sam Dejonghe 5 Stéphane Lémeret AFK Motorsport Renault RS 01 Trophy Gibson 3.8 L V6 228 Oliver Freymuth 2–3, 5 KEO Racing Ligier JS P3 Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 243 Joakim Frid 5 Roman Krumins Peter Kox Motorsport Ligier JS P3 Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 248 Peter Kox 4 Stéphane Kox G57 Prime Racing Ginetta G57 P2 Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 202 Jean-Pierre Lequeux 5 Jean-Marc Ueberecken Powermotorsports Norma M20 FC Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 290 Siegmar Pfeifer 5 Group CN Deldiche Racing Norma Benelux Norma M20 FC Honda K20A 2.0 L I4 301 Luc de Cock 1–3, 6 Tim Joosen Sam Dejonghe 3 333 David Houthoofd 2 Hulford Racing Wolf GB08 Honda K20A 2.0 L I4 337 Gerry Hulford 5 Miles Hulford Alain Berg Radical SR8 Suzuki RPE 2.7 L V8 339 Alain Berg 4 Henk Thuis Bas Koeten Racing Wolf GB08 Honda K20A 2.0 L I4 340 Rob Kamphues 4 Leon Rijnbeek JR Motorsport Radical SR8 Suzuki RPE 2.7 L V8 341 Bob Herber 4, 6 Daan Meijer 6 Daniel Schildgen Radical SR8 Suzuki RPE 2.7 L V8 342 Daniel Schildgen 6 Team Aschoff Praga R1T Renault F4R 832 2.0 L I4 387 Max Aschoff 5 Robert Aschoff Praga Factory Team Praga R1T Renault F4R 832 2.0 L I4 388 Ales Jirasek 5 VR Motorsport Praga R1T Renault F4R 832 2.0 L I4 396 Tim Gray 1–4, 6 Alastair Boulton 1, 4–5 Oliver Hewitt 2–3 Alain Berg 5–6 SR3-Praga Blueberry Racing Praga R1 Renault F4R 832 2.0 L I4 401 Fiona James 1–2, 4, 6 Cor Euser 3 402 Dick van Elk 2–4, 6 V-Max Racing Praga R1 Renault F4R 832 2.0 L I4 5 408 Daniel Schildgen 5 Wim Jeuris Radical SR3L Suzuki RPE 1.5 L I4 403 Wim Jeuris 1–5 EHK2 Ligier JS51 Honda K20A 2.0 L I4 405 Cristian Holtappels 3 Ko Koppejan Radical SR3 Suzuki RPE 1.5 L I4 406 Ko Koppejan 1

Race results

Rounds 1, 3 and 6 are co-headlined by the TCR Benelux Touring Car Championship.

Round Circuit Date Super GT Winning Car GT Winning Car LMP3 Winning Car Group CN Winning Car SR3 - Praga Winning Car Supporting Super GT Winning Drivers GT Winning Drivers LMP3 Winning Drivers Group CN Winning Drivers SR3 - Praga Winning Drivers 1 Zandvoort 20 May No. 101 JR Motorsport No. 181 JR Motorsport No. 226 Equipe Verschuur No. 301 Deldiche Racing No. 406 Ko Koppejan Jumbo Family Racing Days Daan Meijer Koen Bogaerts Bas Schouten Sandor van Es Rob Kamphues Luc de Cock Tim Joosen Ko Koppejan 21 May No. 172 PUMAXS Racing No. 181 JR Motorsport No. 222 Racing Experience No. 301 Deldiche Racing No. 401 Blueberry Racing Henk Thuis Koen Bogaerts Bas Schouten David Hauser Luc de Cock Tim Joosen Fiona James 2 Spa-Francorchamps 10 June No. 128 TCS Motorsport Merged with Super GT class No. 222 Racing Experience No. 301 Deldiche Racing No. 403 Wim Jeuris Spa Euro Race Paul Fleury David Hauser Luc de Cock Tim Joosen Wim Jeuris 11 June No. 180 TransAm EuroRacing No. 202 Prime Racing No. 333 Norma Benelux No. 403 Wim Jeuris Hervé Maillien Jean-Pierre Lequeux Jean-Marc Ueberecken David Houthoofd Wim Jeuris 3 Zolder 15 July No. 182 TransAm EuroRacing No. 203 Inter Europol Competition No. 301 Deldiche Racing No. 401 Blueberry Racing Zolder Superprix Alexandre Berard Charles-Aime Clerc Cristopher Dreyspring Jakub Śmiechowski Luc de Cock Tim Joosen Sam Dejonghe Cor Euser 16 July No. 182 TransAm EuroRacing No. 203 Inter Europol Competition No. 396 VR Motorsport No. 401 Blueberry Racing Alexandre Berard Charles-Aime Clerc Cristopher Dreyspring Jakub Śmiechowski Tim Gray Oliver Hewitt Cor Euser 4 Assen 5 August No. 153 Speedlover No. 222 Racing Experience No. 341 JR Motorsport No. 401 Blueberry Racing Gamma Racing Days Hans Hjelm David Hauser Gary Hauser Bob Herber Fiona James 6 August No. 101 JR Motorsport No. 203 Inter Europol Competition No. 339 Alain Berg No. 403 Wim Jeuris Daan Meijer Cristopher Dreyspring Jakub Śmiechowski Alain Berg Henk Thuis Wim Jeuris 5 Spa-Francorchamps 30 September No. 173 BlueBerry Racing No. 227 Equipe Verschuur No. 388 Praga Factory Team No. 408 V-Max Racing Racing Festival Berry van Elk Sam Dejonghe Stéphane Lémeret Ales Jirasek Daniel Schildgen 1 October No. 101 JR Motorsport No. 203 Inter Europol Competition No. 388 Praga Factory Team No. 403 Wim Jeuris Daan Meijer Jakub Śmiechowski Ales Jirasek Wim Jeuris 6 Assen 21 October No. 172 PUMAXS Racing No. 222 Racing Experience No. 301 Deldiche Racing No. 401 Blueberry Racing Formido Finaleraces Henk Thuis David Hauser Gary Hauser Luc de Cock Tim Joosen Fiona James 22 October No. 106 de Jong Racing No. 222 Racing Experience No. 341 JR Motorsport No. 401 Blueberry Racing Daniël de Jong Henk de Jong David Hauser Gary Hauser Bob Herber Daan Meijer Fiona James

Drivers' championships

Driver Team ZAN SPA ZOL ASS SPA ASS Points Super GT 1 Daan Meijer JR Motorsport 7 Ret DNS 5 15 11 96 2 Henk Thuis PUMAXS Racing 9 9 3 9 89 3 Berry van Elk BlueBerry Racing 13 Ret 10 DNS 7 Ret 8 8 82 4 Daniël de Jong Henk de Jong de Jong Racing 5 1 46 5 Hervé Maillien TransAm EuroRacing 9 7 45 6 Hans Hjelm Speedlover 9 11 45 7 Sebastiaan Bleekemolen Dirk Schulz Topper Team 10 9 39 8 Guy Heliou Team Roscar 16 14 32 9 Alexandre Berard Charles-Aime Clerc TransAm EuroRacing 10 10 29 10 Paul Fleury TCS Motorsport 8 DNS 25 11 Alexis Berthet Patrick Michellier Team Roscar 11 DNS 23 12 Alexis van de Poele Eric van de Poele TransAm EuroRacing Ret Ret 3 Entries ineligible to score points Koen Bogaerts Bas Schouten JR Motorsport 10 4 0 Aart Bosman ABOG 11 6 0 Alexandre Jouannem Cengiz Oguzhan DVB Racing DNS 10 0 Amaury Bonduel Stéphane Kox TransAm EuroRacing Ret 11 0 Bert Moritz Patrick Moritz Moritz Racing DNS 12 0 Thomas Winkler Team Roscar 21 13 0 George Canas Team Roscar 13 Ret 0 Régis Rego de Sebes Team Roscar 14 Ret 0 Jean Jacques Lega Team Roscar 22 16 0 Tomas Pfister Alfred Winkler Team Roscar 17 22 0 Eric Bazonnet Laurent Cochard Team Roscar Ret 17 0 Jean-Pierre Levasseur Jean-Charles Levy Team Roscar 18 18 0 Thierry Genetier Marc Peraldi Team Roscar 19 19 0 Denis Baron David Defaux Team Roscar 24 23 0 LMP3 1 David Hauser Racing Experience 2 1 1 3 3 2 1 3 4 7 1 2 249 Gary Hauser 1 3 4 7 1 2 2 Jakub Śmiechowski Inter Europol Competition 3 5 2 2 1 1 5 1 5 2 208 Wolfgang Jordan 3 5 Cristopher Dreyspring 1 1 5 1 3 Jean-Pierre Lequeux Jean-Marc Ueberecken Prime Racing 6 2 7 1 4 4 8 6 136 4 Martin Hippe Inter Europol Competition 4 7 DNS DNS 9 4 76 Hans Laub 4 7 Philippe Bourgeois 3 4 Pontus Fredricsson 9 4 5 Oliver Freymuth AFK Motorsport 5 5 6 Ret 3 8 64 6 Sam Dejonghe Stéphane Lémeret Equipe Verschuur 1 3 49 7 Peter Kox Stéphane Kox Peter Kox Motorsport 2 2 40 8 Sandor van Es Rob Kamphues Equipe Verschuur 1 8 36 9 Joakim Frid Roman Krumins KEO Racing 12 9 16 Entries ineligible to score points Siegmar Pfeifer Powermotorsports 2 1 0 Group CN 1 Luc de Cock Tim Joosen Deldiche Racing 5 3 3 10 2 5 2 6 194 2 Tim Gray VR Motorsport 12 Ret Ret Ret 5 3 4 7 6 10 107 Alistair Boulton 12 Ret 4 7 Ret Ret Oliver Hewitt Ret Ret 5 3 Alain Berg Ret Ret 6 10 3 Bob Herber JR Motorsport 3 9 7 3 84 4 Ales Jirasek Praga Factory Team 7 5 54 5 David Houthoofd Norma Benelux 6 5 45 6 Max Aschoff Robert Aschoff Team Aschoff 10 10 40 7 Daniel Schildgen Daniel Schildgen 4 4 40 8 Rob Kamphues Leon Rijnbeek Bas Koeten Racing 8 6 30 9 Gerry Hulford Miles Hulford Hulford Racing 20 12 30 10 Henk Thuis Alain Berg Ret 4 26 Entries ineligible to score points Sam Dejonghe Deldiche Racing 2 5 0 SR3 - Praga 1 Wim Jeuris Wim Jeuris DNS DNS 11 8 8 7 11 8 Ret 15 169 2 Fiona James Blueberry Racing Ret 13 12 12 6 10 9 5 159 3 Dick van Elk Blueberry Racing 13 11 9 9 7 DNS Ret 7 117 V-Max Racing DNS 21 4 Cor Euser Blueberry Racing 7 6 52 5 Ko Koppejan Ko Koppejan 8 15 49 6 Daniel Schildgen V-Max Racing 23 20 45 7 Cristian Holtappels EHK2 Ret 8 15 Driver Team ZAN SPA ZOL ASS SPA ASS Points

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