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 [ edit ] 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 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 [ edit ] Team Car 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 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 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 48 Martin Lanting[3] Iron 1 Ferrari 458 Italia GTE 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 52 Frederic Fangio[4] 3, 6 Ferrari 488 GT3 53 Piergiuseppe Perazzini[7] Iron 4 488 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 BMW Z4 GT3 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] 2 991 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 [ edit ] Championship standings [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] Overall [ edit ] Iron Cup [ edit ] See also [ edit ] References [ edit ] External links [ edit ]
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