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.
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. [1]
Event | Race | Circuit | Date | Report |
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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 |
Bold indicates overall winner.
Event | Circuit | Pole position | Pro Winners | Pro-Am Winners | Am Winners |
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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 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.
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | Pole |
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Points | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | Pole |
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Points | 33 | 24 | 19 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
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 |
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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 |
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Bold – Pole |
Pos. | Driver | Team | MNZ | SIL | LEC | SPA | CAT | Points | ||
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6hrs | 12hrs | 24hrs | ||||||||
1 | Jonathan Adam Ahmad Al Harthy | Oman Racing Team with TF Sport | 7 | 21 | 14 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 26 | 116 |
2 | Martin Kodrić Patrick Kujala | Barwell Motorsport | 23 | 20 | 12 | 42 | 30 | Ret | 16 | 87 |
3 | Salih Yoluç | Oman Racing Team with TF Sport | 14 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 26 | 72 | ||
4 | Adrian Amstutz | Barwell Motorsport | 23 | 20 | 12 | 42 | 30 | Ret | 62 | |
5 | Oliver Morley Miguel Toril | Black Falcon | 19 | Ret | 20 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 30 | 62 |
6 | Nico Bastian | AKKA ASP | 17 | 22 | 15 | 56 | 50 | Ret | 21 | 60 |
7 | Marvin Kirchhöfer | Black Falcon | 14 | 12 | 12 | 30 | 47 | |||
8 | Maximilian Götz | Black Falcon | 14 | 12 | 12 | 46 | ||||
9 | Jean-Luc Beaubelique Jules Gounon | AKKA ASP | 17 | 22 | 15 | 36 | 46 | |||
10 | Alexander Mattschull Rinat Salikhov | Rinaldi Racing | 16 | EX | 19 | 54 | 56 | Ret | 20 | 42 |
11 | Euan Hankey | Oman Racing Team with TF Sport | 9 | 14 | 15 | 40 | ||||
12 | Hunter Abbott | HTP Motorsport | 25 | 37 | ||||||
Barwell Motorsport | 16 | |||||||||
13 | Niek Hommerson Louis Machiels | Spirit of Race | 15 | 33 | 17 | 23 | 38 | Ret | Ret | 35 |
14 | Michał Broniszewski | Kessel Racing | 8 | 44 | 32 | 22 | 17 | Ret | 28 | 34 |
15 | Andrea Bertolini | Spirit of Race | 15 | 17 | 23 | 38 | Ret | Ret | 34 | |
16 | Daniel Keilwitz | Rinaldi Racing | 16 | EX | 20 | 30 | ||||
17 | Matteo Cressoni Andrea Rizzoli | Kessel Racing | 8 | 44 | 32 | 22 | 17 | Ret | 30 | |
18 | Olivier Beretta Lorenzo Bontempelli Motoaki Ishikawa | AF Corse | Ret | 38 | Ret | 34 | 25 | 19 | 24 | 26 |
19 | Davide Rizzo Toni Vilander | BBT | Ret | 25 | ||||||
Spirit of Race | 24 | 15 | 17 | |||||||
20 | Alex Demirdjian Nicolas Minassian | Spirit of Race | 24 | 15 | 17 | 25 | ||||
21 | Matias Henkola Christian Krognes Nico Menzel Markus Palttala | Walkenhorst Motorsport | 21 | 23 | 20 | 21 | ||||
22 | Matt Griffin | Black Falcon | 20 | 21 | ||||||
AF Corse | 26 | 29 | 23 | |||||||
23 | Damien Faulkner Mike Skeen | HTP Motorsport | 18 | 25 | 20 | |||||
24 | Richard Abra Leo Machitski | Barwell Motorsport | Ret | 26 | 24 | 57 | 49 | Ret | 27 | 20 |
25 | Ludovic Badey Daniele Perfetti | AKKA ASP | Ret | 32 | Ret | 56 | 50 | Ret | 21 | 17 |
26 | Francesco Castellacci | AF Corse | 34 | 25 | 19 | 16 | ||||
27 | Giacomo Piccini | Kessel Racing | 22 | 17 | Ret | 28 | 15 | |||
28 | Miguel Ramos | Barwell Motorsport | Ret | 26 | 24 | 57 | 49 | Ret | 14 | |
29 | Lewis Williamson | Strakka Racing | Ret | 38 | 28 | 48 | Ret | 22 | 12 | |
30 | Nick Leventis | Strakka Racing | WD | 38 | 28 | 48 | Ret | 22 | 12 | |
31 | Matteo Malucelli | Rinaldi Racing | 19 | 54 | 56 | Ret | 12 | |||
32 | David Fumanelli | Strakka Racing | 22 | 12 | ||||||
33 | Andrea Amici Stefano Costantini Dennis Lind | Raton Racing | 20 | 27 | 37 | 12 | ||||
34 | Duncan Cameron Riccardo Ragazzi Aaron Scott | AF Corse | 26 | 29 | 23 | 12 | ||||
35 | Jürgen Häring Alfred Renauer Robert Renauer | Herberth Motorsport | 25 | 28 | 27 | 37 | 54 | Ret | 29 | 10 |
36 | Gian Maria Gabbiani | HTP Motorsport | 18 | 8 | ||||||
37 | Abdulaziz Bin Turki Al Faisal Hubert Haupt Gabriele Piana Renger van der Zande | Black Falcon | 19 | 45 | Ret | 7 | ||||
38 | Daniel Allemann Ralf Bohn Mathieu Jaminet Sven Müller | Herberth Motorsport | 36 | 37 | 29 | 7 | ||||
39 | Dore Chaponick Jr. Scott Heckert Brett Sandberg | Black Falcon | Ret | 40 | 22 | 27 | 47 | Ret | 38 | 6 |
40 | Jeroen Bleekemolen | Black Falcon | 27 | 47 | Ret | 6 | ||||
Barwell Motorsport | 27 | |||||||||
41 | Manuel Metzger | Black Falcon | 19 | Ret | 6 | |||||
42 | Rory Butcher | Spirit of Race | 33 | 23 | 38 | Ret | 5 | |||
43 | Max van Splunteren | Attempto Racing | 26 | 30 | Ret | 33 | 4 | |||
44 | Clément Mateu | Attempto Racing | 26 | 30 | Ret | 4 | ||||
Team WRT | 34 | |||||||||
45 | Giorgio Maggi | Attempto Racing | 26 | 30 | Ret | 4 | ||||
46 | Josh Caygill Jonathan Venter | Team WRT | 25 | 25 | 42 | Ret | 34 | 4 | ||
47 | Alex Fontana | AKKA ASP | Ret | 32 | Ret | 56 | 50 | Ret | 2 | |
48 | Richard Lyons Nikolaus Mayr-Melnhof | Team WRT | 25 | 42 | Ret | 2 | ||||
49 | Oliver Gavin | Barwell Motorsport | 42 | 30 | Ret | 2 | ||||
50 | Hugo de Sadeleer | Team WRT | 25 | 2 | ||||||
51 | Mauro Ricci | AKKA ASP | 36 | 1 | ||||||
Manel Cerqueda Diez Isaac Tutumlu | Attempto Racing | 33 | 0 | |||||||
Craig Fleming | Strakka Racing | Ret | 38 | 28 | 48 | Ret | 0 | |||
Oliver Webb | Strakka Racing | 28 | 48 | Ret | 0 | |||||
Christian Kelders Marc Rostan | Saintéloc Racing | Ret | 36 | Ret | 0 | |||||
Christopher Haase | Saintéloc Racing | Ret | 36 | 0 | ||||||
Marc Lieb | Herberth Motorsport | 37 | 54 | Ret | 0 | |||||
Rui Águas José Manuel Balbiani Kriton Lendoudis | Team Zakspeed | Ret | 45 | 0 | ||||||
Phil Keen | Barwell Motorsport | 57 | 49 | Ret | 0 | |||||
Norbert Siedler | Rinaldi Racing | 54 | 56 | Ret | 0 | |||||
Anthony Liu | BBT | Ret | ||||||||
Grégory Guilvert | Saintéloc Racing | Ret | ||||||||
Pos. | Driver | Team | MNZ | SIL | LEC | 6hrs | 12hrs | 24hrs | CAT | Points |
SPA |
Pos. | Driver | Team | MNZ | SIL | LEC | SPA | CAT | Points | ||
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6hrs | 12hrs | 24hrs | ||||||||
1 | Jacques Duyver David Perel Marco Zanuttini | Kessel Racing | Ret | 39 | 28 | 29 | 26 | 22 | 39 | 118 |
2 | Pierre Ehret Rino Mastronardi | Rinaldi Racing | Ret | 35 | 31 | 39 | 28 | 25 | 32 | 107 |
3 | Bernard Delhez | Team HB Racing | 28 | 43 | Ret | 43 | 34 | 28 | 37 | 68 |
4 | Henry Walkenhorst | Walkenhorst Motorsport | 42 | 30 | 41 | 33 | 26 | DNS | 66 | |
5 | David Schiwietz | Walkenhorst Motorsport | 42 | 30 | 41 | 33 | 26 | 66 | ||
6 | Stef Van Campenhout | Walkenhorst Motorsport | 30 | 41 | 33 | 26 | 51 | |||
7 | Niki Cadei | Kessel Racing | 29 | 26 | 22 | 50 | ||||
8 | Gilles Vannelet | Team HB Racing | 28 | 43 | Ret | 43 | 34 | 28 | 50 | |
9 | Marc Rostan | Saintéloc Racing | 40 | 31 | 27 | 44 | ||||
Team HB Racing | 37 | |||||||||
10 | Patrick Van Glabeke Gabriele Lancieri | Rinaldi Racing | 39 | 28 | 25 | 36 | ||||
11 | Mike Stursberg | Team HB Racing | 43 | Ret | 43 | 34 | 28 | 32 | ||
12 | Ralf Oeverhaus | Walkenhorst Motorsport | 41 | 33 | 26 | 27 | ||||
13 | Frédéric Bouvy Christian Kelders | Saintéloc Racing | 40 | 31 | 27 | 26 | ||||
14 | Alex Demirdjian Abbie Eaton Davide Rizzo | AF Corse | 27 | 25 | ||||||
15 | Rory Penttinen | Rinaldi Racing | 31 | 20 | ||||||
16 | Christopher Zanella | Team HB Racing | 43 | 34 | 28 | 20 | ||||
17 | Edward Lewis Brauner | Team HB Racing | 37 | 18 | ||||||
18 | Sarah Bovy Jürgen Krebs Giorgio Maggi Clément Mateu | Attempto Racing | 45 | 35 | 31 | 16 | ||||
19 | Matias Henkola | Walkenhorst Motorsport | 42 | DNS | 15 | |||||
20 | Chris Goodwin Chris Harris Alexander West | Garage 59 | Ret | 52 | 41 | 32 | 12 | |||
21 | Bradley Ellis | Garage 59 | 52 | 41 | 32 | 12 | ||||
Beniamino Caccia Jörg Viebahn Immanuel Vinke | Team Zakspeed | Ret | ||||||||
Ace Robey | Walkenhorst Motorsport | DNS | ||||||||
Pos. | Driver | Team | MNZ | SIL | LEC | 6hrs | 12hrs | 24hrs | CAT | Points |
SPA |
Pos. | Team | Manufacturer | MNZ | SIL | LEC | SPA | CAT | Points | ||
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6hrs | 12hrs | 24hrs | ||||||||
1 | Bentley Team M-Sport | Bentley | 6 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 88 |
2 | GRT Grasser Racing Team | Lamborghini | 1 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 1 | Ret | 3 | 87 |
3 | (Mercedes-AMG Team) AKKA ASP | Mercedes-Benz | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 83 |
4 | (MANN-FILTER/Mercedes-AMG Team) HTP Motorsport | Mercedes-Benz | 3 | 2 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 73 |
5 | SMP Racing | Ferrari | 5 | 4 | 2 | 51 | 36 | 24 | Ret | 48 |
6 | Audi Sport/Belgian Audi Club Team WRT | Audi | Ret | Ret | 3 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 48 |
7 | AF Corse/Kaspersky Motorsport | Ferrari | 2 | 6 | 23 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 48 |
8 | Team WRT | Audi | 12 | 13 | 6 | 25 | 42 | Ret | 2 | 30 |
9 | (Mercedes-AMG Team) Black Falcon | Mercedes-Benz | 10 | 40 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 28 |
10 | Rowe Racing | BMW | 7 | Ret | 15 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 21 | |
11 | Motul Team RJN Motorsport/Nissan | Nissan | 13 | 16 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 19 |
12 | Oman Racing Team with TF Sport | Aston Martin | 7 | 21 | 14 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 26 | 17 |
13 | ISR | Audi | 29 | Ret | 7 | 59 | 59 | Ret | 8 | 14 |
14 | Strakka Motorsport/Racing | McLaren | 9 | 8 | 16 | 28 | 44 | Ret | 14 | 8 |
15 | Kessel Racing | Ferrari | 8 | 39 | 28 | 22 | 17 | 22 | 28 | 6 |
16 | Emil Frey Jaguar Racing | Jaguar | 31 | 10 | 34 | 46 | 55 | Ret | 10 | 6 |
17 | Saintéloc Racing | Audi | Ret | 36 | 9 | 40 | 31 | 27 | 17 | 4 |
18 | Barwell Motorsport | Lamborghini | 23 | 20 | 12 | 42 | 30 | Ret | 16 | 2 |
19 | Ombra Racing | Lamborghini | 22 | 15 | Ret | 35 | 24 | 16 | 23 | 2 |
Orange 1 Team Lazarus | Lamborghini | 21 | 14 | 21 | 30 | 20 | 21 | 25 | 0 | |
Spirit of Race | Ferrari | 15 | 33 | 17 | 23 | 15 | 17 | Ret | 0 | |
Rinaldi Racing | Ferrari | 16 | 35 | 19 | 39 | 28 | 25 | 20 | 0 | |
Walkenhorst Motorsport | BMW | Ret | 18 | 26 | 21 | 23 | 20 | Ret | 0 | |
Attempto Racing | Lamborghini | 26 | 19 | Ret | 45 | 35 | 31 | 33 | 0 | |
Raton Racing | Lamborghini | 20 | 27 | 37 | 0 | |||||
Herberth Motorsport | Porsche | 25 | 28 | 27 | 36 | 37 | 29 | 29 | 0 | |
Team HB Racing | Lamborghini | 28 | 43 | Ret | 43 | 34 | 28 | 37 | 0 | |
Garage 59 | McLaren | Ret | 52 | 41 | 32 | 0 | ||||
Good Smile Racing with Team UKYO | Mercedes-Benz | 32 | 43 | Ret | 0 | |||||
Team Zakspeed | Mercedes-Benz | 32 | 45 | 0 | ||||||
Reiter Young Stars | Lamborghini | Ret | 35 | 0 | ||||||
BBT | Ferrari | Ret | ||||||||
Teams ineligible to score points | ||||||||||
Audi Sport Team Saintéloc | Audi | 7 | 13 | 1 | ||||||
KÜS TEAM75 Bernhard | Porsche | 20 | 11 | 4 | ||||||
Audi Sport Team ISR | Audi | 8 | 9 | 9 | ||||||
Bentley Team ABT | Bentley | 16 | 18 | Ret | ||||||
SpeedLover | Porsche | 49 | 40 | 34 | ||||||
RMS | Porsche | 53 | 53 | Ret | ||||||
Pos. | Team | Manufacturer | MNZ | SIL | LEC | 6hrs | 12hrs | 24hrs | CAT | Points |
SPA |
Pos. | Team | Manufacturer | MNZ | SIL | LEC | SPA | CAT | Points | ||
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6hrs | 12hrs | 24hrs | ||||||||
1 | Oman Racing Team with TF Sport | Aston Martin | 7 | 21 | 14 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 26 | 116 |
2 | Barwell Motorsport | Lamborghini | 23 | 20 | 12 | 42 | 30 | Ret | 16 | 88 |
3 | Black Falcon | Mercedes-Benz | 19 | 40 | 20 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 30 | 63 |
4 | AKKA ASP | Mercedes-Benz | 17 | 22 | 15 | 56 | 50 | Ret | 21 | 61 |
5 | Spirit of Race | Ferrari | 15 | 33 | 17 | 23 | 15 | 17 | Ret | 61 |
6 | Rinaldi Racing | Ferrari | 16 | EX | 19 | 54 | 56 | Ret | 20 | 42 |
7 | Kessel Racing | Ferrari | 8 | 44 | 32 | 22 | 17 | Ret | 28 | 39 |
8 | AF Corse | Ferrari | Ret | 38 | Ret | 26 | 25 | 19 | 24 | 30 |
9 | Herberth Motorsport | Porsche | 25 | 28 | 27 | 36 | 37 | 29 | 29 | 28 |
10 | Walkenhorst Motorsport | BMW | 21 | 23 | 20 | 22 | ||||
11 | HTP Motorsport | Mercedes-Benz | 18 | 25 | 20 | |||||
12 | Raton Racing | Lamborghini | 20 | 27 | 37 | 15 | ||||
13 | Strakka Racing | McLaren | Ret | 38 | 28 | 48 | Ret | 22 | 14 | |
14 | Team WRT | Audi | 25 | 25 | 42 | Ret | 34 | 11 | ||
15 | Attempto Racing | Lamborghini | 26 | 30 | Ret | 33 | 7 | |||
16 | Saintéloc Racing | Audi | Ret | 36 | Ret | 2 | ||||
Team Zakspeed | Mercedes-Benz | Ret | 45 | 0 | ||||||
BBT | Ferrari | Ret | ||||||||
Pos. | Team | Manufacturer | MNZ | SIL | LEC | 6hrs | 12hrs | 24hrs | CAT | Points |
SPA |
Pos. | Team | Manufacturer | MNZ | SIL | LEC | SPA | CAT | Points | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
6hrs | 12hrs | 24hrs | ||||||||
1 | Kessel Racing | Ferrari | Ret | 39 | 28 | 29 | 26 | 22 | 39 | 118 |
2 | Rinaldi Racing | Ferrari | Ret | 35 | 31 | 39 | 28 | 25 | 32 | 107 |
3 | Team HB Racing | Lamborghini | 28 | 43 | Ret | 43 | 34 | 28 | 37 | 68 |
4 | Walkenhorst Motorsport | BMW | 42 | 30 | 41 | 33 | 26 | DNS | 66 | |
5 | Saintéloc Racing | Audi | 40 | 31 | 27 | 26 | ||||
6 | AF Corse | Ferrari | 27 | 25 | ||||||
7 | Attempto Racing | Lamborghini | 45 | 35 | 31 | 16 | ||||
8 | Garage 59 | McLaren | Ret | 52 | 41 | 32 | 12 | |||
Team Zakspeed | Mercedes-Benz | Ret | ||||||||
Pos. | Team | Manufacturer | MNZ | SIL | LEC | 6hrs | 12hrs | 24hrs | CAT | Points |
SPA |
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