2017 Blancpain GT Series Asia

The 2017 Blancpain GT Series Asia was the inaugural season of SRO Motorsports Group and Team Asia One GT Management's Blancpain GT Series Asia, an auto racing series for grand tourer cars in Asia. The races were contested with GT3-spec and GT4-spec cars.

Calendar On 19 October 2016, the Stéphane Ratel Organisation announced the 2017 calendar and championship details. The series started at Sepang on 8 April and ended at Zhejiang on 15 October, as the event at Zhejiang was moved forward one week, after the 19th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party. Event Circuit Date 1 Sepang International Circuit, Sepang, Malaysia 8–9 April 2 Chang International Circuit, Buriram, Thailand 20–21 May 3 Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka, Japan 24–25 June 4 Fuji Speedway, Oyama, Japan 19–20 August 5 Shanghai International Circuit, Jiading, China 23–24 September 6 Zhejiang International Circuit, Shaoxing, China 14–15 October

Entry list

GT3 Team Car Drivers Class Rounds FFF Racing Team by ACM Lamborghini Huracán GT3 1 Alberto Di Folco S All Aidan Read 2 Ho-Pin Tung PA 1 Junhan Zhu Yue Lin AA 2–6 Junhan Zhu 2–5 Ting Zheng 6 Porsche Team EBI Porsche 911 GT3 R 3 Yuya Sakamoto S 4 Naoya Yamano Audi Hong Kong Audi R8 LMS Cup Phoenix Racing Asia Audi R8 LMS 5 Marchy Lee S All Shaun Thong 6 Alex Au PA All Alex Yoong 16 Keong Wee Lim PA 6 Melvin Moh J-Fly by Absolute Racing Milestone Racing Bentley Team Absolute Audi R8 LMS 7 Jeffrey Lee PA 2–6 Alessio Picariello 13 Franky Cheng PA All Jingzu Sun Bentley Continental GT3 20 Adderly Fong PA 5 Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak 30 Andrew Kim PA 5 Weiron Tan Team WRT Audi R8 LMS 7 Jeffrey Lee PA 1 Will Stevens est cola Thailand Porsche 911 GT3 R 8 Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak PA 2 Maxime Jousse Singha Motorsport Team Thailand Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 9 Voravud Bhirombhakdi PA 2 Carlo van Dam Clearwater Racing McLaren 650S GT3 12 Rob Bell PA 1 Richard Wee KCMG KCMG by Champion Racing Audi R8 LMS 18 Martin Rump PA All Rick Yoon 19 Takuya Shirasaka AA 1–5 Naoto Takeda X-One Motorsports Lamborghini Huracán GT3 27 Andrew Haryanto AA 1, 3–6 Vincent Wong 1 Samson Chan 3 ARN Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 28 Hiroaki Nagai PA 3–4 Kota Sasaki HubAuto Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R 33 Brian Lee PA 5 Hideto Yasuoka 277 Tim Bridgman S 5 Leo Ye BBT Spirit of Race Ferrari 488 GT3 37 Anthony Liu PA 1–2 Davide Rizzo Audi R8 LMS Anthony Liu 4 Davide Rizzo Ferrari 488 GT3 38 Rui Águas PA 1–4 Nasrat Muzayyin 1 Rino Mastronardi 2, 4 Francisco Guedes 3 39 Xin Jiang PA All Massimiliano Wiser D'station Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R 47 Seiji Ara PA 3–4 Satoshi Hoshino Singha Plan-B Motorsport Team Audi R8 LMS 59 Bhurit Bhirombhakdi PA 2–3 Kantasak Kusiri Vincenzo Sospiri Racing Lamborghini Huracán GT3 66 Sandy Stuvik S All Martin Kodrić 1–2, 4 Nicolas Costa 3 Yuki Nemoto 5 Christopher Dreyspring 6 CMRT Eurasia Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 69 James Cai AA 1–2, 4–6 Kenneth Lim T2 Motorsports Ferrari 488 GT3 75 Gregory Teo AA 1, 3–5 David Tjiptobiantoro OD Racing Team Audi R8 LMS 86 Mitchell Gilbert S All Aditya Patel Spirit Z Racing Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 (2017) 87 Sun Zheng S All David Cheng Craft-Bamboo Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R 88 Joël Camathias S 1 Jules Gounon Naiyanobh Bhirombhakdi PA 2 Chris van der Drift Devon Modell S 3–6 Nick Foster 3–5 Andre Heimgartner 6 99 Darryl O'Young S All Peter Li 1, 3–4, 6 Devon Modell 2 Marvin Dienst 5 FIST - Team AAI BMW M6 GT3 90 Yu Lin AA 1 Jun San Chen PA 4 Shinichi Takagi 91 Jesse Krohn S 1, 4 Ollie Millroy 1 Sean Walkinshaw 4 Yu Lin PA 5 Nico Menzel Arrows Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R 98 Fairuz Fauzy PA 1 Philip Ma AA 3–4 Jacky Yeung Earl Bamber PA 5 Will Hardeman SACCESS Racing Lamborghini Huracán GT3 390 Makio Saitou PA 4 Yuki Urata CarGuy Racing Lamborghini Huracán GT3 777 Takeshi Kimura PA 3 Kei Cozzolino S 4 Naoki Yokomizo GruppeM Racing Team Mercedes-AMG GT3 888 Tim Sugden S All Jules Szymkowiak 999 Hunter Abbott PA All Raffaele Marciello 1 Maximilian Buhk 2, 4–6 Maximilian Götz 3 Icon Class PA Pro-Am S Silver AA Am-Am Inv Invitational

GT4 Team Car Drivers Class Rounds EKS Motorsports Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR 10 Eric Lo AA All Byron Tong 117 Nazim Azman Inv 1 Swen Herberger TTR Team SARD Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR 11 Tony Fong AA All Terence Tse Clearwater Racing McLaren 570S GT4 12 Weng Sun Mok AA 4 Richard Wee Taiwan Top Speed Racing Team Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR 17 Keo Chang AA All Jeremy Wang 1–2, 4, 6 George Chou 3 Jeff Lu 5 Craft-Bamboo Racing Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR 77 Jean-Marc Merlin AA All Frank Yu HubAuto Racing Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR 89 Ringo Chong AA All Alan Yeo 1 Douglas Khoo 2 Masahiko Ida 3 Kan Zang 4, 6 James Wong 5

Race results Bold indicates overall winner. Round Circuit Pole position Pro-Am Winners Silver Winners Am-Am Winners GT4 Winners 1 R1 Sepang No. 86 OD Racing Team No. 999 GruppeM Racing Team No. 86 OD Racing Team No. 19 KCMG No. 77 Craft-Bamboo Racing Mitchell Gilbert Aditya Patel Hunter Abbott Raffaele Marciello Mitchell Gilbert Aditya Patel Takuya Shirasaka Naoto Takeda Jean-Marc Merlin Frank Yu R2 No. 6 Audi R8 LMS Cup No. 37 BBT No. 86 OD Racing Team No. 75 T2 Motorsports No. 10 EKS Motorsports Alex Au Alex Yoong Anthony Liu Davide Rizzo Mitchell Gilbert Aditya Patel Gregory Teo David Tjiptobiantoro Eric Lo Byron Tong 2 R1 Buriram No. 37 BBT No. 38 Spirit of Race No. 5 Audi Hong Kong No. 19 KCMG No. 17 Taiwan Top Speed Racing Team Anthony Liu Davide Rizzo Rui Águas Rino Mastronardi Marchy Lee Shaun Thong Takuya Shirasaka Naoto Takeda Keo Chang Jeremy Wang R2 No. 7 J-Fly by Absolute Racing No. 999 GruppeM Racing Team No. 5 Audi Hong Kong No. 69 CMRT Eurasia No. 77 Craft-Bamboo Racing Jeffrey Lee Alessio Picariello Hunter Abbott Maximilian Buhk Marchy Lee Shaun Thong James Cai Kenneth Lim Jean-Marc Merlin Frank Yu 3 R1 Suzuka No. 99 Craft-Bamboo Racing No. 38 Spirit of Race No. 5 Audi Hong Kong No. 27 X-One Motorsports No. 77 Craft-Bamboo Racing Peter Li Darryl O'Young Rui Águas Francisco Guedes Marchy Lee Shaun Thong Samson Chan Andrew Haryanto Jean-Marc Merlin Frank Yu R2 No. 7 J-Fly by Absolute Racing No. 999 GruppeM Racing Team No. 66 Vincenzo Sospiri Racing No. 27 X-One Motorsports No. 17 Taiwan Top Speed Racing Team Jeffrey Lee Alessio Picariello Hunter Abbott Maximilian Götz Nicolas Costa Sandy Stuvik Samson Chan Andrew Haryanto Keo Chang George Chou 4 R1 Fuji No. 88 Craft-Bamboo Racing No. 999 GruppeM Racing Team No. 777 CarGuy Racing No. 27 X-One Motorsports No. 12 Clearwater Racing Nick Foster Devon Modell Hunter Abbott Maximilian Buhk Kei Cozzolino Naoki Yokomizo Andrew Haryanto Weng Sun Mok Richard Wee R2 No. 39 Spirit of Race No. 999 GruppeM Racing Team No. 5 Audi Hong Kong No. 27 X-One Motorsports No. 12 Clearwater Racing Xin Jiang Massimiliano Wiser Hunter Abbott Maximilian Buhk Marchy Lee Shaun Thong Andrew Haryanto Weng Sun Mok Richard Wee 5 R1 Shanghai No. 66 Vincenzo Sospiri Racing No. 6 Audi R8 LMS Cup No. 5 Audi Hong Kong No. 27 X-One Motorsports No. 77 Craft-Bamboo Racing Yuki Nemoto Sandy Stuvik Alex Au Alex Yoong Marchy Lee Shaun Thong Andrew Haryanto Jean-Marc Merlin Frank Yu R2 No. 7 J-Fly by Absolute Racing No. 6 Audi R8 LMS Cup No. 99 Craft-Bamboo Racing No. 2 FFF Racing Team by ACM No. 17 Taiwan Top Speed Racing Team Jeffrey Lee Alessio Picariello Alex Au Alex Yoong Marvin Dienst Darryl O'Young Yue Lin Junhan Zhu Keo Chang Jeff Lu 6 R1 Zhejiang No. 66 Vincenzo Sospiri Racing No. 999 GruppeM Racing Team No. 86 OD Racing Team No. 69 CMRT Eurasia No. 77 Craft-Bamboo Racing Christopher Dreyspring Sandy Stuvik Hunter Abbott Maximilian Buhk Mitchell Gilbert Aditya Patel James Cai Kenneth Lim Jean-Marc Merlin Frank Yu R2 No. 86 OD Racing Team No. 18 KCMG by Champion Racing No. 86 OD Racing Team No. 69 CMRT Eurasia No. 89 HubAuto Racing Mitchell Gilbert Aditya Patel Martin Rump Rick Yoon Mitchell Gilbert Aditya Patel James Cai Kenneth Lim Ringo Chong Kan Zang

Championship standings Scoring system Championship points were awarded for the first ten positions in each race. 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.

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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