The 2016 Blancpain GT Sports Club was the second 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.
| Event | Circuit | Date | Supporting |
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| 1 |  Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Misano, Italy | 10 April | Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup |
| 2 |  Brands Hatch, Kent, Great Britain | 8 May | |
| 3 |  Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet, France | 26 June | Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup |
| 4 |  Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa, Belgium | 30 July | Total 24 Hours of Spa |
| 5 |  Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló, Spain | 2 October | Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup |
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| Event | Circuit | Pole position | Qualifying Race Winner | Main Race | ||
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| Overall Winner | Iron Cup Winner | Xtra Cup Winner | ||||
| 1 | Misano | No. 22 CMR | No. 22 CMR | No. 49 AF Corse | No. 50 AF Corse |  No. 66 Attempto Racing |
| Nicolas Misslin | Nicolas Misslin | Mario Cordoni | Piergiuseppe Perazzini | Mauro Casadei | ||
| 2 | Brands Hatch |  No. 11 Kessel Racing | No. 11 Kessel Racing | No. 11 Kessel Racing | No. 111 Kessel Racing | No entries |
 Michał Broniszewski | Michał Broniszewski | Michał Broniszewski |  Stephen Earle | |||
| 3 | Paul Ricard |  No. 888 Mentos Racing | No. 87 AKKA ASP | No. 87 AKKA ASP | No. 48 AF Corse | |
 Egidio Perfetti | Daniele Perfetti | Daniele Perfetti |  Martin Lanting | |||
| 4 | Spa-Francorchamps | No. 11 Kessel Racing | No. 11 Kessel Racing | No. 11 Kessel Racing | No. 48 AF Corse | No. 1 Oregon Team |
| Michał Broniszewski | Michał Broniszewski | Michał Broniszewski | Martin Lanting | Davide Roda | ||
| 5 | Barcelona-Catalunya | No. 63 Selleslagh Racing Team | No. 963 X-Bionic Racing Team | No. 963 X-Bionic Racing Team | No. 111 Kessel Racing | No. 69 Monlau Competición |
| Nicolas Vandierendonck | Cédric Leimer | Cédric Leimer | Stephen Earle | Jürgen Smet | ||
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.
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
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| Points | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
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| Points | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
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| Pos. | Driver | Team | MIS | BRH | LEC | SPA | CAT | Points | |||||
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| QR | MR | QR | MR | QR | MR | QR | MR | QR | MR | ||||
| 1 | Martin Lanting | AF Corse | 16 | 4 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 21 | 124 |
| 2 | Stephen Earle | Kessel Racing | 12 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 22 | 13 | 123 |
| 3 |  Jan Brunstedt | JB Motorsport | 14 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 14 | 87 |
| 4 | Louis-Philippe Soenen | Team WRT | 18 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 68 |
| 5 |  Leon Price |  Dragon Racing | 22 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 20 | 22 | 17 | 20 | 23 | DNS | 44 |
| 6 | Klaus Dieter Frers | Artega Rennsport | 19 | 21 | 11 | 14 | DNS | 17 | 38 | ||||
| 7 | Piergiuseppe Perazzini | AF Corse | 2 | 3 | 33 | ||||||||
| 8 | Marc Sourd | CMR | 10 | 9 | 24 | ||||||||
| 9 | Michael Luzich | AF Corse | 23 | 21 | 17 | 14 | 18 | ||||||
| 10 | Augusto Perfetti | Mentos Racing | 22 | 20 | 8 | ||||||||
| Pos. | Driver | Team | QR | MR | QR | MR | QR | MR | QR | MR | QR | MR | Points |
| MIS | BRH | LEC | SPA | CAT | |||||||||
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