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
Source:^[1]

Entry list

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	11	Michał Broniszewski^[3]		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	12	Jean-Michel Baert^[3]		5
	Audi R8 LMS ultra	25	Louis-Philippe Soenen^[3]	Iron	All
HP Racing	Lamborghini Gallardo GT3	17	Coach McKansy^[3]		All
HP Racing	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
Stile F Squadra Corse	Ferrari 458 Italia GTE	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
	Ferrari 458 Italia GTE	51	Christoph Ulrich^[3]		1, 3–4
	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	51	Christoph Ulrich^[3]		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	488	Patrick Van Glabeke^[3]		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
	Mercedes-AMG GT3	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
Mentos Racing	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

Event	Circuit	Pole position	Qualifying Race Winner	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
3	Paul Ricard	No. 888 Mentos Racing	No. 87 AKKA ASP	No. 87 AKKA ASP	No. 48 AF Corse
3	Paul Ricard	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
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		BRH		LEC		SPA		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		BRH		LEC		SPA		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

Iron Cup

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

Notes

^ ^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.
^ ^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

^ "Blancpain GT Sports Club Calendar 2016". gtsportsclub.com. Archived from the original on November 17, 2015. Retrieved November 15, 2015.
^ ^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.
^ ^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.
^ ^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.
^ ^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.
^ ^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.

External links

Official website

[KesselMalucelliDragon-5] 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.

[AFCorseKaspersky-8] 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.

[1] "Blancpain GT Sports Club Calendar 2016". gtsportsclub.com. Archived from the original on November 17, 2015. Retrieved November 15, 2015.

[SpaEntryList-2] "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.

[MisanoEntryList-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.

[BrandsHatchEntryList-4] "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.

[BarcelonaEntryList-6] "Blancpain GT Sports Club Barcelona Entry List". blancpainsportsclub.com. SRO Motorsports Group. Archived from the original on October 3, 2016. Retrieved October 1, 2016.

[PaulRicardEntryList-7] ^ ^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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