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

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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
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

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

Race results

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

Championship standings

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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

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Overall

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Pos. Driver Team MIS
 
BRH
 
LEC
 
SPA
 
CAT
 
Points
QR MR QR MR QR MR QR MR QR MR
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
MIS
 
BRH
 
LEC
 
SPA
 
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

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Pos. Driver Team MIS
 
BRH
 
LEC
 
SPA
 
CAT
 
Points
QR MR QR MR QR MR QR MR QR MR
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
MIS
 
BRH
 
LEC
 
SPA
 
CAT
 

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b c Cars No. 11, 38, 65, 77, 111 and 177 entered as Kessel Racing under Swiss licence, car No. 60 entered as Team Malucelli under Sammarinese licence and car No. 88 entered as Dragon Racing under Emirate licence.
  2. ^ a b Cars No. 48, 49, 50, 51, 54 and 488 entered as AF Corse under Italian licence and car No. 52 entered as Kaspersky Motorsport under Russian licence.

References

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  1. ^ "Blancpain GT Sports Club Calendar 2016". gtsportsclub.com. Archived from the original on November 17, 2015. Retrieved November 15, 2015.
  2. ^ a b c "Blancpain GT Sports Club Spa-Francorchamps Entry List". blancpainsportsclub.com. SRO Motorsports Group. July 22, 2016. Archived from the original on September 20, 2016. Retrieved July 29, 2016.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa "Blancpain GT Sports Club Misano Entry List". blancpainsportsclub.com. SRO Motorsports Group. April 9, 2016. Archived from the original on August 7, 2016. Retrieved May 5, 2016.
  4. ^ a b "Blancpain GT Sports Club Brands Hatch Entry List". blancpainsportsclub.com. SRO Motorsports Group. May 6, 2016. Archived from the original on August 7, 2016. Retrieved May 8, 2016.
  5. ^ a b c d e "Blancpain GT Sports Club Barcelona Entry List". blancpainsportsclub.com. SRO Motorsports Group. Archived from the original on October 3, 2016. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h "Blancpain GT Sports Club Paul Ricard Entry List". blancpainsportsclub.com. SRO Motorsports Group. June 25, 2016. Archived from the original on September 19, 2016. Retrieved June 28, 2016.
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