# 2018 Blancpain GT Sports Club

The 2018 Blancpain GT Sports Club was the fourth season of the SRO Motorsports Group's Blancpain GT Sports Club, an auto racing series for grand tourer cars. The Blancpain GT Sports Club is a championship for Bronze, Titanium and Iron drivers only. The Titanium categorisation is within the Bronze category, for drivers between the age of 50 and 59. The Iron categorisation is within the Bronze category, for drivers over the age of 60. The races are contested with GT3-spec, RACB G3, GTE-spec and Trophy cars.

## Calendar

At the annual press conference during the 2017 24 Hours of Spa on 28 July, the Stéphane Ratel Organisation announced the first draft of the 2018 calendar. Autodromo Nazionale Monza replaced Silverstone and acted as the season opener. On 9 October 2017, the finalised calendar of the parent series, Blancpain GT Series, was announced, confirming the dates of the races at the Hungaroring.
| Round | Circuit | Date | Supporting |
| 1 | Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza, Italy | 22 April | Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup |
| 2 | Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet, France | 3 June | Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup |
| 3 | Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Misano Adriatico, Italy | 24 June | Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup |
| 4 | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium | 22 July | SRO Speedweek |
| 5 | Hungaroring, Mogyoród, Hungary | 2 September | Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup |
| 6 | Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló, Spain | 30 September | Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup |

## Entry list

| Team | Car | No. | Drivers | Class | Rounds |
| Boutsen Ginion | BMW M6 GT3 | 2 | Karim Ojjeh | Ti | All |
| Boutsen Ginion | Lamborghini Gallardo R-EX | 4 | Claude-Yves Gosselin | Ti | 1–4, 6 |
| Boutsen Ginion | Lamborghini Gallardo R-EX | 6 | Pierre Feligioni | | 1–4 |
| Artega Rennsport | Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 | 3 | Klaus Dieter Frers | Iron | 1 |
| Artega Rennsport | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 3 | Klaus Dieter Frers | Iron | 2–6 |
| BMS Scuderia Italia | Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 | 7 | Luigi Lucchini | | 2–3, 6 |
| Kessel Racing | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 8 | Deborah Mayer | | 2 |
| Kessel Racing | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 20 | Claudio Schiavoni | Ti | 1–2 |
| Kessel Racing | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 23 | Murad Sultanov | | 2, 4 |
| Kessel Racing | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 111 | Stephen Earle | Iron | All |
| HP Racing International | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 | 17 | Coach McKansy | Ti | All |
| Car Collection Motorsport | Audi R8 LMS | 18 | Dirg Parhofer | Ti | 2, 6 |
| GDL Racing | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup | 24 | Dilantha Malagamuwa | Cup | 1 |
| GDL Racing | Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 | 60 | Roberto Rayneri | Iron | All |
| Reiter Engineering | Lamborghini Gallardo R-EX | 24 | Kurt Wagner | Ti | 4 |
| Rinaldi Racing | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 33 | Christian Hook | Ti | 1–2, 4 |
| Rinaldi Racing | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 33 | Vadim Kogay | Ti | 6 |
| 3Y Technology | BMW M6 GT3 | 42 | Jean-Paul Buffin | Ti | 6 |
| AF Corse | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 50 | Louis-Philippe Soenen | Iron | All |
| AF Corse | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 51 | Christoph Ulrich | | 1 |
| AF Corse | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 53 | Frederic Fangio | | 1 |
| AF Corse | Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 | 53 | Frederic Fangio | | 2, 6 |
| AF Corse | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 55 | Angélique Detavernier | | 2, 4–6 |
| AF Corse | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 70 | Mario Cordoni | Ti | All |
| AF Corse | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 488 | Patrick Van Glabeke | | All |
| Herberth Motorsport | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 66 | Jürgen Häring | Ti | All |
| Herberth Motorsport | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 72 | Stanislav Minsky | | 4 |
| Herberth Motorsport | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 991 | Edward Lewis Brauner | | 1–2, 5–6 |
| Team Parker Racing | Bentley Continental GT3 | 88 | Stéphane Ratel | Ti | 6 |
| Attempto Racing | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 | 99 | Mike Hansch | | 1–2 |
| Attempto Racing | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 | 100 | Bernd Kleinbach | Iron | 1 |
| Attempto Racing | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 100 | Bernd Kleinbach | Iron | 3 |
| HB Racing | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 | 224 | Dilantha Malagamuwa | Ti | 6 |
| SunEnergy1 Racing by AKKA ASP Team | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 751 | Kenny Habul | | 5 |
| Icon | Class |
| Ti | Titanium Cup |
| Iron | Iron Cup |
| Cup | Cup |

## Race results

| Round | Circuit | Pole position | Qualifying Race Winner | Main Race | Main Race | Main Race | Main Race |
| Round | Circuit | Pole position | Qualifying Race Winner | Overall Winner | Titanium Cup Winner | Iron Cup Winner | Cup Winner |
| 1 | Monza | No. 70 AF Corse | No. 70 AF Corse | No. 70 AF Corse | No. 70 AF Corse | No. 111 Kessel Racing | No finishers |
| 1 | Monza | Mario Cordoni | Mario Cordoni | Mario Cordoni | Mario Cordoni | Stephen Earle | No finishers |
| 2 | Paul Ricard | No. 70 AF Corse | No. 7 BMS Scuderia Italia | No. 2 Boutsen Ginion | No. 2 Boutsen Ginion | No. 3 Artega Rennsport | No entries |
| 2 | Paul Ricard | Mario Cordoni | Luigi Lucchini | Karim Ojjeh | Karim Ojjeh | Klaus Dieter Frers | No entries |
| 3 | Misano | No. 7 BMS Scuderia Italia | No. 7 BMS Scuderia Italia | No. 7 BMS Scuderia Italia | No. 2 Boutsen Ginion | No. 3 Artega Rennsport | No entries |
| 3 | Misano | Luigi Lucchini | Luigi Lucchini | Luigi Lucchini | Karim Ojjeh | Klaus Dieter Frers | No entries |
| 4 | Spa-Francorchamps | No. 2 Boutsen Ginion | No. 2 Boutsen Ginion | No. 2 Boutsen Ginion | No. 2 Boutsen Ginion | No. 3 Artega Rennsport | No entries |
| 4 | Spa-Francorchamps | Karim Ojjeh | Karim Ojjeh | Karim Ojjeh | Karim Ojjeh | Klaus Dieter Frers | No entries |
| 5 | Hungaroring | No. 751 SunEnergy1 Racing by AKKA ASP Team | No. 751 SunEnergy1 Racing by AKKA ASP Team | No. 2 Boutsen Ginion | No. 2 Boutsen Ginion | No. 111 Kessel Racing | No entries |
| 5 | Hungaroring | Kenny Habul | Kenny Habul | Karim Ojjeh | Karim Ojjeh | Stephen Earle | No entries |
| 6 | Barcelona-Catalunya | No. 17 HP Racing International | No. 17 HP Racing International | No. 488 AF Corse | No. 17 HP Racing International | No. 111 Kessel Racing | No entries |
| 6 | Barcelona-Catalunya | Coach McKansy | Coach McKansy | Patrick Van Glabeke | Coach McKansy | Stephen Earle | No entries |

## 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 | MNZ | MNZ | LEC | LEC | MIS | MIS | SPA | SPA | HUN | HUN | CAT | CAT | Points |
| Pos. | Driver | Team | QR | MR | QR | MR | QR | MR | QR | MR | QR | MR | QR | MR | Points |
| 1 | Karim Ojjeh | Boutsen Ginion | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 142 |
| 2 | Coach McKansy | HP Racing International | 6 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 92 |
| 3 | Mario Cordoni | AF Corse | 1 | 1 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | WD | WD | 82 |
| 4 | Luigi Lucchini | BMS Scuderia Italia | | | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | | | | | 5 | 3 | 76 |
| 5 | Patrick Van Glabeke | AF Corse | 16 | Ret | 4 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 4 | Ret | 3 | 1 | 74 |
| 6 | Stephen Earle | Kessel Racing | 4 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 7 | Ret | 11 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 42 |
| 7 | Jürgen Häring | Herberth Motorsport | 15 | DNS | 8 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 5 | DNS | 8 | 7 | 10 | 38 |
| 8 | Angélique Detavernier | AF Corse | | | 6 | 10 | | | 6 | 4 | Ret | 4 | 6 | 9 | 30 |
| 9 | Klaus Dieter Frers | Artega Rennsport | 3 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 9 | Ret | 9 | 10 | 5 | 29 |
| 10 | Christian Hook | Rinaldi Racing | Ret | 5 | 12 | 5 | | | 7 | 6 | | | | | 28 |
| 11 | Claude-Yves Gosselin | Boutsen Ginion | 7 | 6 | Ret | 8 | 6 | Ret | 12 | 10 | | | 9 | 6 | 22 |
| 12 | Murad Sultanov | Kessel Racing | | | 9 | 3 | | | 8 | 7 | | | | | 21 |
| 13 | Edward Lewis Brauner | Herberth Motorsport | 5 | 11 | 7 | 9 | | | | | 8 | 5 | 4 | Ret | 17 |
| 14 | Pierre Feligioni | Boutsen Ginion | 10 | 8 | 5 | 11 | Ret | 6 | Ret | 12 | | | | | 14 |
| 15 | Frederic Fangio | AF Corse | 11 | 7 | 10 | 7 | | | | | | | 13 | 13 | 12 |
| 16 | Louis-Philippe Soenen | AF Corse | 13 | 9 | 16 | 16 | 10 | 8 | Ret | 13 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 12 |
| 17 | Kenny Habul | SunEnergy1 Racing by AKKA ASP Team | | | | | | | | | 1 | DNS | | | 8 |
| 18 | Dilantha Malagamuwa | HB Racing | | | | | | | | | | | 16 | 7 | 6 |
| 19 | Vadim Kogay | Rinaldi Racing | | | | | | | | | | | 15 | 8 | 4 |
| 20 | Roberto Rayneri | GDL Racing | 14 | 12 | 20 | 17 | Ret | 12 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 17 | 14 | 1 |
| | Claudio Schiavoni | Kessel Racing | 8 | Ret | 17 | 19 | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Mike Hansch | Attempto Racing | 9 | 14 | 13 | Ret | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Kurt Wagner | Reiter Engineering | | | | | | | 10 | Ret | | | | | 0 |
| | Bernd Kleinbach | Attempto Racing | 12 | 13 | | | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Stanislav Minsky | Herberth Motorsport | | | | | | | 11 | 14 | | | | | 0 |
| | Dirg Parhofer | Car Collection Motorsport | | | 18 | 20 | | | | | | | 12 | 12 | 0 |
| | Jean-Paul Buffin | 3Y Technology | | | | | | | | | | | 14 | 15 | 0 |
| | Deborah Mayer | Kessel Racing | | | 19 | 18 | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Christoph Ulrich | AF Corse | DNS | DNS | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Stéphane Ratel | Team Parker Racing | | | | | | | | | | | WD | WD | |
| Cup ||||||||||||||||
| | Dilantha Malagamuwa | GDL Racing | DNS | DNS | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Pos. | Driver | Team | QR | MR | QR | MR | QR | MR | QR | MR | QR | MR | QR | MR | Points |
| Pos. | Driver | Team | MNZ | MNZ | LEC | LEC | MIS | MIS | 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 |

#### Titanium Cup

| Pos. | Driver | Team | MNZ | MNZ | LEC | LEC | MIS | MIS | SPA | SPA | HUN | HUN | CAT | CAT | Points |
| Pos. | Driver | Team | QR | MR | QR | MR | QR | MR | QR | MR | QR | MR | QR | MR | Points |
| 1 | Karim Ojjeh | Boutsen Ginion | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 160 |
| 2 | Coach McKansy | HP Racing International | 6 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 126 |
| 3 | Mario Cordoni | AF Corse | 1 | 1 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | WD | WD | 112 |
| 4 | Jürgen Häring | Herberth Motorsport | 15 | DNS | 8 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 5 | DNS | 8 | 7 | 10 | 82 |
| 5 | Claude-Yves Gosselin | Boutsen Ginion | 7 | 6 | Ret | 8 | 6 | Ret | 12 | 10 | | | 9 | 6 | 57 |
| 6 | Christian Hook | Rinaldi Racing | Ret | 5 | 12 | 5 | | | 7 | 6 | | | | | 46 |
| 7 | Dilantha Malagamuwa | HB Racing | | | | | | | | | | | 16 | 7 | 15 |
| 8 | Dirg Parhofer | Car Collection Motorsport | | | 18 | 20 | | | | | | | 12 | 12 | 14 |
| 9 | Vadim Kogay | Rinaldi Racing | | | | | | | | | | | 15 | 8 | 12 |
| 10 | Claudio Schiavoni | Kessel Racing | 8 | Ret | 17 | 19 | | | | | | | | | 9 |
| 11 | Jean-Paul Buffin | 3Y Technology | | | | | | | | | | | 14 | 15 | 7 |
| 12 | Kurt Wagner | Reiter Engineering | | | | | | | 10 | Ret | | | | | 1 |
| | Stéphane Ratel | Team Parker Racing | | | | | | | | | | | WD | WD | |
| Pos. | Driver | Team | QR | MR | QR | MR | QR | MR | QR | MR | QR | MR | QR | MR | Points |
| Pos. | Driver | Team | MNZ | MNZ | LEC | LEC | MIS | MIS | SPA | SPA | HUN | HUN | CAT | CAT | | Points |

#### Iron Cup

| Pos. | Driver | Team | MNZ | MNZ | LEC | LEC | MIS | MIS | 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 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 7 | Ret | 11 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 163 |
| 2 | Klaus Dieter Frers | Artega Rennsport | 3 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 9 | Ret | 9 | 10 | 5 | 161 |
| 3 | Louis-Philippe Soenen | AF Corse | 13 | 9 | 16 | 16 | 10 | 8 | Ret | 13 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 117 |
| 4 | Roberto Rayneri | GDL Racing | 14 | 12 | 20 | 17 | Ret | 12 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 17 | 14 | 88 |
| 5 | Bernd Kleinbach | Attempto Racing | 12 | 13 | | | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | 29 |
| Pos. | Driver | Team | QR | MR | QR | MR | QR | MR | QR | MR | QR | MR | QR | MR | Points |
| Pos. | Driver | Team | MNZ | MNZ | LEC | LEC | MIS | MIS | SPA | SPA | HUN | HUN | CAT | CAT | | Points |