# 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 | 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 | | All |
| Boutsen Ginion | Lamborghini Gallardo R-EX | 4 | Claude-Yves Gosselin | | 1–4, 6 |
| Boutsen Ginion | Lamborghini Gallardo R-EX | 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 |
| Kessel Racing | Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 | 27 | Peter Goerke | | 6 |
| Kessel Racing | Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 | 65 | Alexis De Bernardi | | 1–5 |
| Kessel Racing | Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 | 77 | Fons Scheltema | | 2 |
| Kessel Racing | Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 | 102 | Claudio Schiavoni | | 1 |
| Kessel Racing | Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 | 108 | Deborah Mayer | | 1 |
| Kessel Racing | Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 | 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 |
| HP Racing | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 | 18 | Daniel Vogt | | 1–4 |
| CMR | BMW Z4 GT3 | 21 | Pierre Hirschi | | 1–2, 4 |
| AF Corse | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 22 | Alex Demirdjian | | 3 |
| AF Corse | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 48 | Martin Lanting | Iron | 1 |
| AF Corse | Ferrari 458 Italia GTE | 48 | Martin Lanting | Iron | 6 |
| AF Corse | Ferrari 458 Challenge | 49 | Howard Blank | Cup | 2, 6 |
| AF Corse | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 50 | Louis-Philippe Soenen | Iron | All |
| AF Corse | Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 | 51 | Christoph Ulrich | | All |
| AF Corse | Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 | 52 | Frederic Fangio | | 3, 6 |
| AF Corse | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 53 | Piergiuseppe Perazzini | Iron | 4 |
| AF Corse | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 488 | Patrick Van Glabeke | | All |
| GDL Racing | Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo | 24 | Dilantha Malagamuwa | Xtra | 4, 6 |
| GDL Racing | Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 | 66 | Roberto Rayneri | | 1–4, 6 |
| GDL Racing | 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 |
| DB-Motorsport | BMW Z4 GT3 | 68 | Oliver Baumann | | 4 |
| AKKA ASP | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 72 | Anthony Pons | | All |
| AKKA ASP | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 87 | Daniele Perfetti | | 1 |
| AKKA ASP | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 87 | Mark Thomas | | 2 |
| AKKA ASP | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 87 | Mauro Ricci | | 3, 6 |
| AKKA ASP | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 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 |
| Herberth Motorsport | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 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 | Pole position | Qualifying Race Winner | Main Race | Main Race | Main Race | 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 | No entries | Howard Blank |
| 3 | Paul Ricard | No. 72 AKKA ASP | No. 72 AKKA ASP | No. 72 AKKA ASP | No. 3 Artega Rennsport | No entries | No entries |
| 3 | Paul Ricard | Anthony Pons | Anthony Pons | Anthony Pons | Klaus Dieter Frers | No entries | No entries |
| 4 | Spa-Francorchamps | No. 53 AF Corse | No. 53 AF Corse | No. 53 AF Corse | No. 53 AF Corse | No. 24 GDL Racing | No entries |
| 4 | Spa-Francorchamps | Piergiuseppe Perazzini | Piergiuseppe Perazzini | Piergiuseppe Perazzini | Piergiuseppe Perazzini | Dilantha Malagamuwa | No entries |
| 5 | Hungaroring | No. 488 AF Corse | No. 488 AF Corse | No. 51 AF Corse | No. 111 Kessel Racing | No entries | No entries |
| 5 | Hungaroring | Patrick van Glabeke | Patrick van Glabeke | Christoph Ulrich | Stephen Earle | No entries | No entries |
| 6 | Barcelona-Catalunya | No. 72 AKKA ASP | No. 72 AKKA ASP | Race cancelled after two laps due to heavy rain | Race cancelled after two laps due to heavy rain | Race cancelled after two laps due to heavy rain | 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 | Race cancelled after two laps due to heavy rain | Race cancelled after two laps due to heavy rain | 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 | MIS | SIL | SIL | LEC | LEC | SPA | SPA | HUN | HUN | CAT | 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 | MIS | SIL | SIL | LEC | LEC | SPA | SPA | HUN | HUN | CAT | 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) |
| White | Race cancelled (C) |
| White | Withdrew (WD) |
| Blank | Did not participate |

#### Iron Cup

| Pos. | Driver | Team | MIS | MIS | SIL | SIL | LEC | LEC | SPA | SPA | HUN | HUN | CAT | 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 | MIS | SIL | SIL | LEC | LEC | SPA | SPA | HUN | HUN | CAT | CAT | | Points |