# 2016 Blancpain GT Sports Club

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.

## Calendar

| Event | Circuit | Date | Supporting |
| 1 | Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Misano, Italy | 10 April | Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup |
| 2 | Brands Hatch, Kent, Great Britain | 8 May | Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup |
| 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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## Entry list

| Team | Car | No. | Driver | Class | Rounds |
| Oregon Team | Renault R.S. 01 | 1 | Davide Roda | Xtra | 4 |
| Saintéloc Junior Team | Audi R8 LMS ultra | 5 | Claude-Yves Gosselin | | All |
| Saintéloc Junior Team | Audi R8 LMS ultra | 6 | Pierre Feligioni | | All |
| Saintéloc Junior Team | Audi R8 LMS ultra | 7 | Gilles Lallemant | | 2–3 |
| JPB Racing | Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 | 9 | Jean-Paul Buffin | | All |
| Kessel Racing Team Malucelli Dragon Racing | Ferrari 458 Italia GTE | 11 | Michał Broniszewski | | 1 |
| Kessel Racing Team Malucelli Dragon Racing | Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 | 11 | Michał Broniszewski | | 2–5 |
| Kessel Racing Team Malucelli Dragon Racing | Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 | 38 | Wong Chong Yau Runme | | 1 |
| Kessel Racing Team Malucelli Dragon Racing | Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 | 60 | Marco Galassi | | 4 |
| Kessel Racing Team Malucelli Dragon Racing | Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 | 65 | Alexis De Bernardi | | All |
| Kessel Racing Team Malucelli Dragon Racing | Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 | 77 | Marco Zanuttini | | 4 |
| Kessel Racing Team Malucelli Dragon Racing | Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 | 88 | Leon Price | Iron | All |
| Kessel Racing Team Malucelli Dragon Racing | Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 | 111 | Stephen Earle | Iron | All |
| Kessel Racing Team Malucelli Dragon Racing | Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 | 177 | Fons Scheltema | | 5 |
| Team WRT | Audi R8 LMS ultra | 12 | Jean-Michel Baert | | 1–4 |
| Team WRT | Audi R8 LMS | 12 | Jean-Michel Baert | | 5 |
| Team WRT | Audi R8 LMS ultra | 25 | Louis-Philippe Soenen | Iron | All |
| HP Racing | Lamborghini Gallardo GT3 | 17 | Coach McKansy | | All |
| HP Racing | Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 | 18 | Daniel Vogt | | 3–5 |
| Boutsen Ginion | BMW M6 GT3 | 18 | Karim Ojjeh | | 2 |
| CMR | BMW Z4 GT3 | 21 | Pierre Hirschi | | 1, 3–4 |
| CMR | Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 | 22 | Nicolas Misslin | | 1 |
| CMR | Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 | 30 | Marc Sourd | Iron | 3 |
| CMR | Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 | 300 | Éric Cayrolle | | 5 |
| Stile F Squadra Corse | Ferrari 458 Italia GTE | 23 | Martin Grab | | 3 |
| Stile F Squadra Corse | Ferrari 458 Italia GTE | 666 | Yoshiki Ohmura | | 1, 3 |
| HTP Motorsport | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 39 | Wim de Pundert | | 1–3, 5 |
| Artega Rennsport | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 46 | Klaus Dieter Frers | Iron | 3–5 |
| AF Corse Kaspersky Motorsport | Ferrari 458 Italia GTE | 48 | Martin Lanting | Iron | All |
| AF Corse Kaspersky Motorsport | Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 | 49 | Mario Cordoni | | All |
| AF Corse Kaspersky Motorsport | Ferrari 458 Italia GTE | 50 | Piergiuseppe Perazzini | Iron | 1 |
| AF Corse Kaspersky Motorsport | Ferrari 458 Italia GTE | 51 | Christoph Ulrich | | 1, 3–4 |
| AF Corse Kaspersky Motorsport | Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 | 51 | Christoph Ulrich | | 5 |
| AF Corse Kaspersky Motorsport | Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 | 52 | Garry Kondakov | | 3 |
| AF Corse Kaspersky Motorsport | Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 | 54 | Michael Luzich | Iron | 1–2 |
| AF Corse Kaspersky Motorsport | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 488 | Patrick Van Glabeke | | 1, 3–5 |
| AF Corse Kaspersky Motorsport | Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 | 488 | Patrick Van Glabeke | | 2 |
| Selleslagh Racing Team | Corvette ZR1 GTE | 63 | Nicolas Vandierendonck | | All |
| Attempto Racing | Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo | 66 | Mauro Casadei | Xtra | 1 |
| Monlau Competición | Renault R.S. 01 | 69 | Jürgen Smet | Xtra | 5 |
| AKKA ASP | Ferrari 458 Italia GTE | 72 | Anthony Pons | | 1–2, 4–5 |
| AKKA ASP | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 87 | Daniele Perfetti | | 3 |
| AKKA ASP | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 89 | Maurice Ricci | | 1, 3, 5 |
| Baporo Motorsport | Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 | 93 | Jaime Font Casas | | 5 |
| JB Motorsport | Audi R8 LMS ultra | 98 | Jan Brunstedt | Iron | All |
| Mentos Racing | Porsche 997 GT3 RSR | 154 | Augusto Perfetti | Iron | 3 |
| Mentos Racing | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 888 | Egidio Perfetti | | 3 |
| Black Pearl Racing | Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 | 458 | Christian Hook | | 1 |
| X-Bionic Racing Team | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 | 963 | Cédric Leimer | | 5 |
| Icon | Class |
| Iron | Iron Cup |
| Xtra | Xtra Cup |

## Race results

| Event | Circuit | Pole position | Qualifying Race Winner | Main Race | Main Race | Main Race |
| Event | Circuit | Pole position | Qualifying Race Winner | 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 |
| 1 | Misano | 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 |
| 2 | Brands Hatch | Michał Broniszewski | Michał Broniszewski | Michał Broniszewski | Stephen Earle | No entries |
| 3 | Paul Ricard | No. 888 Mentos Racing | No. 87 AKKA ASP | No. 87 AKKA ASP | No. 48 AF Corse | No entries |
| 3 | Paul Ricard | Egidio Perfetti | Daniele Perfetti | Daniele Perfetti | Martin Lanting | No entries |
| 4 | Spa-Francorchamps | No. 11 Kessel Racing | No. 11 Kessel Racing | No. 11 Kessel Racing | No. 48 AF Corse | No. 1 Oregon Team |
| 4 | Spa-Francorchamps | 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 |
| 5 | Barcelona-Catalunya | Nicolas Vandierendonck | Cédric Leimer | Cédric Leimer | Stephen Earle | Jürgen Smet |

## 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 | BRH | BRH | LEC | LEC | SPA | SPA | CAT | CAT | Points |
| Pos. | Driver | Team | QR | MR | QR | MR | QR | MR | QR | MR | QR | MR | Points |
| 1 | Michał Broniszewski | Kessel Racing | DNS | DNS | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 105 |
| 2 | Nicolas Vandierendonck | Selleslagh Racing Team | 10 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 62 |
| 3 | Mario Cordoni | AF Corse | 4 | 1 | 16 | 5 | Ret | DNS | 7 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 53 |
| 4 | Patrick Van Glabeke | AF Corse | 19 | 11 | 2 | 3 | Ret | DNS | 20 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 35 |
| 5 | Martin Lanting | AF Corse | 16 | 4 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 21 | 35 |
| 6 | Cédric Leimer | X-Bionic Racing Team | | | | | | | | | 1 | 1 | 33 |
| 6 | Daniele Perfetti | AKKA ASP | | | | | 1 | 1 | | | | | 33 |
| 7 | Alexis De Bernardi | Kessel Racing | 13 | DNS | 6 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 33 |
| 8 | Nicolas Misslin | CMR | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | 26 |
| 9 | Karim Ojjeh | Boutsen Ginion | | | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | 22 |
| 10 | Coach McKansy | HP Racing | 9 | Ret | 7 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 16 | 22 |
| 11 | Piergiuseppe Perazzini | AF Corse | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | 21 |
| 12 | Maurice Ricci | AKKA ASP | 7 | 9 | | | 16 | 6 | | | 6 | 5 | 21 |
| 13 | Anthony Pons | AKKA ASP | 3 | Ret | 8 | DNS | | | 4 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 19 |
| 14 | Daniel Vogt | HP Racing | | | | | 2 | 4 | 14 | 18 | DNS | 15 | 18 |
| 15 | Egidio Perfetti | Mentos Racing | | | | | 7 | 2 | | | | | 18 |
| 16 | Pierre Hirschi | CMR | 6 | 6 | | | 11 | 15 | 12 | 8 | | | 15 |
| 17 | Stephen Earle | Kessel Racing | 12 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 22 | 13 | 15 |
| 18 | Éric Cayrolle | CMR | | | | | | | | | 5 | 4 | 14 |
| 19 | Jean-Michel Baert | Team WRT | 5 | 7 | Ret | 16 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 22 | 14 | Ret | 8 |
| 20 | Jaime Font Casas | Baporo Motorsport | | | | | | | | | 21 | 7 | 6 |
| 21 | Christoph Ulrich | AF Corse | 15 | 13 | | | 26 | 18 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 5 |
| 22 | Jan Brunstedt | JB Motorsport | 14 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 14 | 3 |
| 23 | Marc Sourd | CMR | | | | | 10 | 9 | | | | | 2 |
| 24 | Gilles Lallemant | Saintéloc Junior Team | | | 9 | 10 | 27 | Ret | | | | | 1 |
| | Christian Hook | Black Pearl Racing | 8 | 15 | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Marco Zanuttini | Kessel Racing | | | | | | | 8 | 17 | | | 0 |
| | Leon Price | Dragon Racing | 22 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 20 | 22 | 17 | 20 | 23 | DNS | 0 |
| | Claude-Yves Gosselin | Saintéloc Junior Team | 11 | 12 | 15 | Ret | 14 | 16 | Ret | 16 | 18 | 18 | 0 |
| | Klaus Dieter Frers | Artega Rennsport | | | | | 19 | 21 | 11 | 14 | DNS | 17 | 0 |
| | Fons Scheltema | Kessel Racing | | | | | | | | | 12 | 12 | 0 |
| | Jean-Paul Buffin | JPB Racing | 20 | 14 | 12 | Ret | 17 | 14 | DNS | DNS | Ret | DNS | 0 |
| | Louis-Philippe Soenen | Team WRT | 18 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 0 |
| | Marco Galassi | Team Malucelli | | | | | | | 13 | 13 | | | 0 |
| | Wim de Pundert | HTP Motorsport | 21 | 17 | 13 | Ret | 18 | 19 | | | 16 | 23 | 0 |
| | Pierre Feligioni | Saintéloc Junior Team | 24 | Ret | 18 | 13 | 24 | 25 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 0 |
| | Michael Luzich | AF Corse | 23 | 21 | 17 | 14 | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Yoshiki Ohmura | Stile F Squadra Corse | 25 | 19 | | | 23 | Ret | | | | | 0 |
| | Augusto Perfetti | Mentos Racing | | | | | 22 | 20 | | | | | 0 |
| | Martin Grab | Stile F Squadra Corse | | | | | 21 | 23 | | | | | 0 |
| | Garry Kondakov | Kaspersky Motorsport | | | | | 25 | 24 | | | | | 0 |
| | Wong Chong Yau Runme | Kessel Racing | DNS | Ret | | | | | | | | | |
| Xtra Cup ||||||||||||||
| 1 | Davide Roda | Oregon Team | | | | | | | 2 | 2 | | | 33 |
| 1 | Mauro Casadei | Attempto Racing | 17 | 20 | | | | | | | | | 33 |
| 1 | Jürgen Smet | Monlau Competición | | | | | | | | | 17 | 22 | 33 |
| Pos. | Driver | Team | QR | MR | QR | MR | QR | MR | QR | MR | QR | MR | Points |
| Pos. | Driver | Team | MIS | MIS | BRH | BRH | LEC | LEC | SPA | SPA | 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 | BRH | BRH | LEC | LEC | SPA | SPA | CAT | CAT | Points |
| Pos. | Driver | Team | QR | MR | QR | MR | QR | MR | QR | MR | QR | MR | Points |
| 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 |
| Pos. | Driver | Team | MIS | MIS | BRH | BRH | LEC | LEC | SPA | SPA | CAT | CAT | | Points |