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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
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 Lamborghini Gallardo R-EX 4 Claude-Yves Gosselin 1–4, 6 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 Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 27 Peter Goerke 6 65 Alexis De Bernardi 1–5 77 Fons Scheltema 2 102 Claudio Schiavoni 1 108 Deborah Mayer 1 111 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 18 Daniel Vogt 1–4 CMR BMW Z4 GT3 21 Pierre Hirschi 1–2, 4 AF Corse Ferrari 488 GT3 22 Alex Demirdjian 3 48 Martin Lanting Iron 1 Ferrari 458 Italia GTE 6 Ferrari 458 Challenge 49 Howard Blank Cup 2, 6 Ferrari 488 GT3 50 Louis-Philippe Soenen Iron All Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 51 Christoph Ulrich All 52 Frederic Fangio 3, 6 Ferrari 488 GT3 53 Piergiuseppe Perazzini Iron 4 488 Patrick Van Glabeke All GDL Racing Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo 24 Dilantha Malagamuwa Xtra 4, 6 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 66 Roberto Rayneri 1–4, 6 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 BMW Z4 GT3 4 AKKA ASP Mercedes-AMG GT3 72 Anthony Pons All 87 Daniele Perfetti 1 Mark Thomas 2 Mauro Ricci 3, 6 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 2 991 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
				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
		Anthony Pons	Anthony Pons	Daniele Perfetti	Stephen Earle	Mario Cordoni
2	Silverstone	No. 33 Barwell Motorsport	No. 33 Barwell Motorsport	No. 33 Barwell Motorsport	No. 111 Kessel Racing	No entries	No. 49 AF Corse
		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
		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
		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
		Patrick van Glabeke	Patrick van Glabeke	Christoph Ulrich	Stephen Earle
6	Barcelona-Catalunya	No. 72 AKKA ASP	No. 72 AKKA ASP	Race cancelled after two laps due to heavy rain
		Anthony Pons	Anthony Pons

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

Main Race points

Drivers' championships

Overall

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

Key Colour Result Gold Race winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Black Disqualified (DSQ) 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
			QR	MR	QR	MR	QR	MR	QR	MR	QR	MR	QR	MR
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
			MIS		SIL		LEC		SPA		HUN		CAT

See also

• 2017 Blancpain GT Series

References

1. "2017 Blancpain GT Sports Club Calendar" (PDF). blancpain-gt-series.com. SRO Motorsports Group. July 29, 2016. Retrieved March 28, 2017.
2. "2017 Blancpain GT Series calendar finalised". blancpain-gt-series.com. SRO Motorsports Group. November 7, 2016. Retrieved March 28, 2017.
3. ^ "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.
4. ^ "2017 Blancpain GT Sports Club reaches halfway mark at Paul Ricard". blancpainsportsclub.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 19 June 2017. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
5. "Blancpain GT Sports Club Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya Entry List". blancpainsportsclub.com. SRO Motorsports Group. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
6. ^ "Blancpain GT Sports Club Silverstone Entry List". blancpainsportsclub.com. SRO Motorsports Group. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
7. ^ "Blancpain GT Sports Club Spa-Francorchamps Entry List". blancpainsportsclub.com. SRO Motorsports Group. Retrieved 27 July 2017.

External links

• Official website

• 2017 in motorsport
• 2017 in European sport
• GT2 European Series