2017 Blancpain GT Sports Club

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

Entry list Team Car Drivers Class Rounds Boutsen Ginion BMW M6 GT3 2 Karim Ojjeh All Lamborghini Gallardo R-EX 4 Claude-Yves Gosselin 1–4, 6 6 Pierre Feligioni 1–4, 6 Artega Rennsport Ferrari 488 GT3 3 Klaus Dieter Frers Iron All BMS Scuderia Italia Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 7 Luigi Lucchini 3, 6 Kessel Racing Ferrari 488 GTE 11 Michał Broniszewski 3 Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 27 Peter Goerke 6 65 Alexis De Bernardi 1–5 77 Fons Scheltema 2 102 Claudio Schiavoni 1 108 Deborah Mayer 1 111 Stephen Earle Iron All Comtoyou Racing Audi R8 LMS 12 Angélique Detavernier 4 Black Falcon Mercedes-AMG GT3 16 Oliver Morley 2 HP Racing Lamborghini Huracán GT3 17 Coach McKansy All 18 Daniel Vogt 1–4 CMR BMW Z4 GT3 21 Pierre Hirschi 1–2, 4 AF Corse Ferrari 488 GT3 22 Alex Demirdjian 3 48 Martin Lanting Iron 1 Ferrari 458 Italia GTE 6 Ferrari 458 Challenge 49 Howard Blank Cup 2, 6 Ferrari 488 GT3 50 Louis-Philippe Soenen Iron All Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 51 Christoph Ulrich All 52 Frederic Fangio 3, 6 Ferrari 488 GT3 53 Piergiuseppe Perazzini Iron 4 488 Patrick Van Glabeke All GDL Racing Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo 24 Dilantha Malagamuwa Xtra 4, 6 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 66 Roberto Rayneri 1–4, 6 Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo 70 Mario Cordoni Xtra 1, 6 Barwell Motorsport Lamborghini Huracán GT3 33 Jon Minshaw 2 Rinaldi Racing Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 33 Christian Hook 3–6 HTP Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 39 Wim de Pundert Iron 1, 3–4, 6 Team Malucelli Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 60 Marco Galassi 1, 3–4 Shipex by Ombra Racing Lamborghini Huracán GT3 63 Nicolas Vandierendonck 1–4, 6 DB-Motorsport Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 68 Oliver Baumann 1, 5–6 BMW Z4 GT3 4 AKKA ASP Mercedes-AMG GT3 72 Anthony Pons All 87 Daniele Perfetti 1 Mark Thomas 2 Mauro Ricci 3, 6 89 Daniele Perfetti 3 Antonelli Motorsport Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo 350 Mauro Casadei Xtra 1 Stile F Squadra Corse Ferrari 458 Italia GTE 666 Yoshiki Ohmura 1 Herberth Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R 911 Jürgen Häring 2 991 Edward Lewis Brauner 4 Autovitesse Garage R. Affolter Lamborghini Huracán GT3 963 Cédric Leimer 1–4 Icon Class Iron Iron Cup Xtra Xtra Cup Cup Cup

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

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

Iron Cup Driver Team MIS SIL LEC SPA HUN CAT Points QR MR QR MR QR MR QR MR QR MR 1 Stephen Earle Kessel Racing 14 5 10 11 10 14 12 9 4 3 8 C 142 2 Klaus Dieter Frers Artega Rennsport 6 6 11 15 9 12 6 6 3 4 6 C 141 3 Louis-Philippe Soenen AF Corse 22 18 16 18 15 16 15 11 10 10 12 C 87 4 Wim de Pundert HTP Motorsport 12 7 16 18 WD WD 11 C 43 5 Piergiuseppe Perazzini AF Corse 1 1 33 Martin Lanting AF Corse Ret Ret 13 C 2 Driver Team QR MR QR MR QR MR QR MR QR MR Points MIS SIL LEC SPA HUN CAT

See also 2017 Blancpain GT Series

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