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 edit

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.^[1] 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.^[2]

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 edit

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

Icon	Class
Ti	Titanium Cup
Iron	Iron Cup
Cup	Cup

Race results edit

Round	Circuit	Pole position	Qualifying Race Winner	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
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
3	Misano	Luigi Lucchini	Luigi Lucchini	Luigi Lucchini	Karim Ojjeh	Klaus Dieter Frers
4	Spa-Francorchamps	No. 2 Boutsen Ginion	No. 2 Boutsen Ginion	No. 2 Boutsen Ginion	No. 2 Boutsen Ginion	No. 3 Artega Rennsport
4	Spa-Francorchamps	Karim Ojjeh	Karim Ojjeh	Karim Ojjeh	Karim Ojjeh	Klaus Dieter Frers
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
5	Hungaroring	Kenny Habul	Kenny Habul	Karim Ojjeh	Karim Ojjeh	Stephen Earle
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
6	Barcelona-Catalunya	Coach McKansy	Coach McKansy	Patrick Van Glabeke	Coach McKansy	Stephen Earle

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

Pos.	Driver	Team	MNZ		LEC		MIS		SPA		HUN		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		LEC		MIS		SPA		HUN		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)
	Race cancelled (C)
	Withdrew (WD)
Blank	Did not participate

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Titanium Cup edit

Pos.	Driver	Team	MNZ		LEC		MIS		SPA		HUN		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		LEC		MIS		SPA		HUN		CAT		Points

Iron Cup edit

Pos.	Driver	Team	MNZ		LEC		MIS		SPA		HUN		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		LEC		MIS		SPA		HUN		CAT		Points

Notes edit

References edit

^ "Monza to kick off 2018 Blancpain GT Sports Club campaign". blancpainsportsclub.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 28 July 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
^ Kilshaw, Jake (9 October 2017). "Hungaroring Date Confirmed; Blancpain GT Schedule Finalized". sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s "Blancpain GT Sports Club ready to make Monza debut for season opener". blancpainsportsclub.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 16 April 2018. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "21-strong Blancpain GT Sports Club field ready to take on Paul Ricard for round two". blancpainsportsclub.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 29 May 2018. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Blancpain GT Sports Club fired up for SRO Speedweek at legendary Spa-Francorchamps". blancpainsportsclub.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 16 July 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Blancpain GT Sports Club all set for Barcelona finale, with Iron Cup rivals ready for epic showdown". blancpainsportsclub.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 24 September 2018. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
^ Kilshaw, Jake (29 September 2018). "Ratel Competing in Blancpain GT Sports Club". sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
^ "Blancpain GT Sports Club heads to Budapest, with all three class titles up for grabs". blancpainsportsclub.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 27 August 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018.

External links edit

Official website

[1] "Monza to kick off 2018 Blancpain GT Sports Club campaign". blancpainsportsclub.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 28 July 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2018.

[2] Kilshaw, Jake (9 October 2017). "Hungaroring Date Confirmed; Blancpain GT Schedule Finalized". sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 3 January 2018.

[Monza-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s "Blancpain GT Sports Club ready to make Monza debut for season opener". blancpainsportsclub.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 16 April 2018. Retrieved 20 April 2018.

[PaulRicard-4] "21-strong Blancpain GT Sports Club field ready to take on Paul Ricard for round two". blancpainsportsclub.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 29 May 2018. Retrieved 1 June 2018.

[Spa-5] "Blancpain GT Sports Club fired up for SRO Speedweek at legendary Spa-Francorchamps". blancpainsportsclub.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 16 July 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2018.

[Barcelona-6] "Blancpain GT Sports Club all set for Barcelona finale, with Iron Cup rivals ready for epic showdown". blancpainsportsclub.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 24 September 2018. Retrieved 28 September 2018.

[7] Kilshaw, Jake (29 September 2018). "Ratel Competing in Blancpain GT Sports Club". sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 29 September 2018.

[8] "Blancpain GT Sports Club heads to Budapest, with all three class titles up for grabs". blancpainsportsclub.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 27 August 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018.

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