2017 Blancpain GT Sports Club

Last updated January 13, 2023

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.^[1] 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.^[2]

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	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup
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	No.	Drivers	Class	Rounds
Boutsen Ginion	BMW M6 GT3	2	Karim Ojjeh ^[3]		All
	Lamborghini Gallardo R-EX	4	Claude-Yves Gosselin ^[3]		1–4, 6
	Lamborghini Gallardo R-EX	6	Pierre Feligioni^[3]		1–4, 6
Artega Rennsport	Ferrari 488 GT3	3	Klaus Dieter Frers^[3]	Iron	All
BMS Scuderia Italia	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	7	Luigi Lucchini^[4]		3, 6
Kessel Racing	Ferrari 488 GTE	11	Michał Broniszewski^[4]		3
	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	27	Peter Goerke^[5]		6
		65	Alexis De Bernardi^[3]		1–5
		77	Fons Scheltema^[6]		2
		102	Claudio Schiavoni ^[3]		1
		108	Deborah Mayer^[3]		1
		111	Stephen Earle^[3]	Iron	All
Comtoyou Racing	Audi R8 LMS	12	Angélique Detavernier^[7]		4
Black Falcon	Mercedes-AMG GT3	16	Oliver Morley^[6]		2
HP Racing	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	17	Coach McKansy^[3]		All
HP Racing	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	18	Daniel Vogt ^[3]		1–4
CMR	BMW Z4 GT3	21	Pierre Hirschi^[3]		1–2, 4
AF Corse	Ferrari 488 GT3	22	Alex Demirdjian^[4]		3
	Ferrari 488 GT3	48	Martin Lanting^[3]	Iron	1
	Ferrari 458 Italia GTE	48	Martin Lanting^[3]	Iron	6
	Ferrari 458 Challenge	49	Howard Blank^[6]	Cup	2, 6
	Ferrari 488 GT3	50	Louis-Philippe Soenen^[3]	Iron	All
	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	51	Christoph Ulrich^[3]		All
	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	52	Frederic Fangio^[4]		3, 6
	Ferrari 488 GT3	53	Piergiuseppe Perazzini^[7]	Iron	4
	Ferrari 488 GT3	488	Patrick Van Glabeke^[3]		All
GDL Racing	Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo	24	Dilantha Malagamuwa ^[7]	Xtra	4, 6
	Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3	66	Roberto Rayneri^[3]		1–4, 6
	Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo	70	Mario Cordoni^[3]	Xtra	1, 6
Barwell Motorsport	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	33	Jon Minshaw^[6]		2
Rinaldi Racing	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	33	Christian Hook^[4]		3–6
HTP Motorsport	Mercedes-AMG GT3	39	Wim de Pundert^[3]	Iron	1, 3–4, 6
Team Malucelli	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	60	Marco Galassi^[3]		1, 3–4
Shipex by Ombra Racing	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	63	Nicolas Vandierendonck^[3]		1–4, 6
DB-Motorsport	Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3	68	Oliver Baumann^[3]		1, 5–6
DB-Motorsport	BMW Z4 GT3	68	Oliver Baumann^[3]		4
AKKA ASP	Mercedes-AMG GT3	72	Anthony Pons^[3]		All
		87	Daniele Perfetti^[3]		1
			Mark Thomas^[6]		2
			Mauro Ricci^[4]		3, 6
		89	Daniele Perfetti^[4]		3
Antonelli Motorsport	Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo	350	Mauro Casadei^[3]	Xtra	1
Stile F Squadra Corse	Ferrari 458 Italia GTE	666	Yoshiki Ohmura^[3]		1
Herberth Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT3 R	911	Jürgen Häring^[6]		2
Herberth Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT3 R	991	Edward Lewis Brauner^[7]		4
Autovitesse Garage R. Affolter	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	963	Cédric Leimer^[3]		1–4

Icon	Class
Iron	Iron Cup
Xtra	Xtra Cup
Cup	Cup

Race results

Event	Circuit	Pole position	Qualifying Race Winner	Main Race
Event	Circuit	Pole position	Qualifying Race Winner	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
1	Misano	Anthony Pons	Anthony Pons	Daniele Perfetti	Stephen Earle	Mario Cordoni	No entries
2	Silverstone	No. 33 Barwell Motorsport	No. 33 Barwell Motorsport	No. 33 Barwell Motorsport	No. 111 Kessel Racing	No entries	No. 49 AF Corse
2	Silverstone	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
3	Paul Ricard	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
4	Spa-Francorchamps	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
5	Hungaroring	Patrick van Glabeke	Patrick van Glabeke	Christoph Ulrich	Stephen Earle	No entries
6	Barcelona-Catalunya	No. 72 AKKA ASP	No. 72 AKKA ASP	Race cancelled after two laps due to heavy rain
6	Barcelona-Catalunya	Anthony Pons	Anthony Pons	Race cancelled after two laps due to heavy rain

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

Pos.	Driver	Team	MIS		SIL		LEC		SPA		HUN		CAT		Points
Pos.	Driver	Team	QR	MR	QR	MR	QR	MR	QR	MR	QR	MR	QR	MR	Points
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
Pos.	Driver	Team	QR	MR	QR	MR	QR	MR	QR	MR	QR	MR	QR	MR	Points
Pos.	Driver	Team	MIS		SIL		LEC		SPA		HUN		CAT		Points

Key
Colour	Result
Gold	Race winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
Black	Excluded (EX)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Race cancelled (C)
	Withdrew (WD)
Blank	Did Not Participate

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Iron Cup

Pos.	Driver	Team	MIS		SIL		LEC		SPA		HUN		CAT		Points
Pos.	Driver	Team	QR	MR	QR	MR	QR	MR	QR	MR	QR	MR	QR	MR	Points
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
Pos.	Driver	Team	QR	MR	QR	MR	QR	MR	QR	MR	QR	MR	QR	MR	Points
Pos.	Driver	Team	MIS		SIL		LEC		SPA		HUN		CAT		Points

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References

↑ "2017 Blancpain GT Sports Club Calendar" (PDF). blancpain-gt-series.com. SRO Motorsports Group. July 29, 2016. Retrieved March 28, 2017.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
↑ "2017 Blancpain GT Series calendar finalised". blancpain-gt-series.com. SRO Motorsports Group. November 7, 2016. Retrieved March 28, 2017.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 "Bumper entry list confirmed for 2017 Blancpain GT Sports Club opener at Misano". blancpainsportsclub.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 27 March 2017. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "2017 Blancpain GT Sports Club reaches halfway mark at Paul Ricard". blancpainsportsclub.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 19 June 2017. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
↑ "Blancpain GT Sports Club Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya Entry List". blancpainsportsclub.com. SRO Motorsports Group . Retrieved 30 September 2017.
1 2 3 4 5 6 "Blancpain GT Sports Club Silverstone Entry List". blancpainsportsclub.com. SRO Motorsports Group . Retrieved 12 May 2017.
1 2 3 4 "Blancpain GT Sports Club Spa-Francorchamps Entry List". blancpainsportsclub.com. SRO Motorsports Group . Retrieved 27 July 2017.

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[1] "2017 Blancpain GT Sports Club Calendar" (PDF). blancpain-gt-series.com. SRO Motorsports Group. July 29, 2016. Retrieved March 28, 2017.^{[ permanent dead link ]}

[2] "2017 Blancpain GT Series calendar finalised". blancpain-gt-series.com. SRO Motorsports Group. November 7, 2016. Retrieved March 28, 2017.

[MisanoEntryList-3] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 "Bumper entry list confirmed for 2017 Blancpain GT Sports Club opener at Misano". blancpainsportsclub.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 27 March 2017. Retrieved 28 March 2017.

[PaulRicardEntryList-4] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "2017 Blancpain GT Sports Club reaches halfway mark at Paul Ricard". blancpainsportsclub.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 19 June 2017. Retrieved 23 June 2017.

[BarcelonaEntryList-5] "Blancpain GT Sports Club Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya Entry List". blancpainsportsclub.com. SRO Motorsports Group . Retrieved 30 September 2017.

[SilverstoneEntryList-6] 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Blancpain GT Sports Club Silverstone Entry List". blancpainsportsclub.com. SRO Motorsports Group . Retrieved 12 May 2017.

[SpaEntryList-7] 1 2 3 4 "Blancpain GT Sports Club Spa-Francorchamps Entry List". blancpainsportsclub.com. SRO Motorsports Group . Retrieved 27 July 2017.

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