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The 2017 Blancpain GT Series Asia was the inaugural season of SRO Motorsports Group and Team Asia One GT Management's Blancpain GT Series Asia , an auto racing series for grand tourer cars in Asia . The races were contested with GT3-spec and GT4-spec cars.
Calendar
On 19 October 2016, the Stéphane Ratel Organisation announced the 2017 calendar and championship details.[1] The series started at Sepang on 8 April and ended at Zhejiang on 15 October, as the event at Zhejiang was moved forward one week, after the ruling Communist Party of China scheduled its 19th National Congress for the period.[2]
Event
Circuit
Date
1
Sepang International Circuit , Sepang , Malaysia
8–9 April
2
Chang International Circuit , Buriram , Thailand
20–21 May
3
Suzuka Circuit , Suzuka , Japan
24–25 June
4
Fuji Speedway , Oyama , Japan
19–20 August
5
Shanghai International Circuit , Jiading , China
23–24 September
6
Zhejiang International Circuit , Shaoxing , China
14–15 October
Entry list
GT3
Icon
Class
PA
Pro-Am
S
Silver
AA
Am-Am
Inv
Invitational
GT4
Race results
Bold indicates overall winner.
Championship standings
Scoring system
Championship points were awarded for the first ten positions in each race. Entries were required to complete 75% of the winning car's race distance in order to be classified and earn points. Individual drivers were required to participate for a minimum of 25 minutes in order to earn championship points in any race.
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
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
Notes
1 – Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak and Yu Lin were guest drivers in Shanghai and therefore ineligible to score points.
Pro-Am
Notes
1 – Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak was a guest driver in Shanghai and therefore ineligible to score Pro-Am class points.
Silver
Am-Am
Driver
Team
SEP
CHA
SUZ
FUJ
SHA
ZHE
Points
1
James Cai Kenneth Lim
CMRT Eurasia
20
19
16
14
29
21
14
21
14
11
178
2
Andrew Haryanto
X-One Motorsports
DNS
DNS
17
10
15
18
12
20
15
15
173
3
Yue Lin
FFF Racing Team by ACM
15
18
20
15
20
23
15
16
16
14
163
4
Takuya Shirasaka Naoto Takeda
KCMG
18
15
14
Ret
19
19
30
Ret
16
19
131
5
Junhan Zhu
FFF Racing Team by ACM
15
18
20
15
20
23
15
16
130
6
Gregory Teo David Tjiptobiantoro
T2 Motorsports
19
14
18
13
19
22
17
Ret
122
7
Samson Chan
X-One Motorsports
17
10
50
8
Philip Ma Jacky Yeung
Arrows Racing
21
17
22
25
44
9
Ting Zheng
FFF Racing Team by ACM
16
14
33
Jun San Chen Yu Lin
FIST - Team AAI
Ret
DNS
Vincent Wong
X-One Motorsports
DNS
DNS
Driver
Team
SEP
CHA
SUZ
FUJ
SHA
ZHE
Points
Teams' championship
Notes
1 – Arrows Racing and FIST - Team AAI were guest teams in Shanghai and therefore ineligible to score points.
See also
Notes
References
^ "Blancpain GT Series Asia reveals inaugural calendar and championship details" . blancpain-gt-series.com . SRO Motorsports Group . 19 October 2016. Retrieved 20 March 2017 .
^ "Blancpain GT Series Asia Finale Moved Forward to Oct. 14-15" . sportscar365 . John Dagys Media. 28 September 2017. Retrieved 28 September 2017 .
^ a b "FFF Team Announces Blancpain GT Asia Entries" . sportscar365 . John Dagys Media. 11 January 2017. Retrieved 21 March 2017 .
^ 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 ab ac ad ae "Blancpain GT Series Asia 2017 Round 1 - Sepang, Malaysia Provisional Entry List" (PDF) . vmail.vertouk.net . SRO Motorsports Group . 5 April 2017. Retrieved 5 April 2017 .
^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Blancpain GT Series Asia 2017 Chang International Circuit Entry List" . blancpain-gt-series-asia.com . SRO Motorsports Group . Retrieved 18 May 2017 .
^ a b c d "Blancpain GT Series Asia 2017 Zhejiang Circuit Entry List" . blancpain-gt-series-asia.com . SRO Motorsports Group . Retrieved 14 October 2017 .
^ a b c d "Team EBI Joins Blancpain GT Asia Grid For Fuji" . dailysportscar.com . Dailysportscar. 1 July 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2017 .
^ a b c "Phoenix Confirms Audis for Blancpain GT Asia" . sportscar365 . John Dagys Media. 18 January 2017. Retrieved 21 March 2017 .
^ a b c d Release, News (3 April 2017). "Phoenix Confirms Blancpain GT Asia Drivers" . sportscar365 . John Dagys Media. Retrieved 3 April 2017 .
^ a b c d e f "Bentley to make Blancpain GT Series Asia debut with Absolute Racing in Shanghai" . blancpain-gt-series-asia.com . SRO Motorsports Group . 14 September 2017. Retrieved 23 September 2017 .
^ a b c d e f g h "Additional Thai entries confirmed for Blancpain GT Series Asia's Buriram debut" . blancpain-gt-series-asia.com . SRO Motorsports Group . 4 May 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2017 .
^ a b c d Kilshaw, Jake (20 January 2017). "Clearwater Set for Multi-Class Entry in Blancpain GT Asia" . sportscar365 . John Dagys Media. Retrieved 21 March 2017 .
^ a b c d e f g Kilshaw, Jake (31 March 2017). "KCMG Enters Two Audis for Blancpain GT Asia" . sportscar365 . John Dagys Media. Retrieved 31 March 2017 .
^ a b "X-ONE Lamborghini Confirmed for Blancpain GT Asia" . sportscar365 . John Dagys Media. 25 January 2017. Retrieved 21 March 2017 .
^ a b Kilshaw, Jake (22 March 2017). "X-ONE Signs Wong, Haryanto for Blancpain GT Asia" . sportscar365 . John Dagys Media. Retrieved 22 March 2017 .
^ a b c d e f g "Blancpain GT Series Asia 2017 Suzuka International Circuit / Entry List" . blancpain-gt-series-asia.com . SRO Motorsports Group . Retrieved 23 June 2017 .
^ a b c d "ARN Racing Ferrari 488 set for Japan's Blancpain GT Series Asia double header" . blancpain-gt-series-asia.com . SRO Motorsports Group . 2 June 2017. Retrieved 23 June 2017 .
^ a b c d "HubAuto Racing joins GT3 grid with pair of Porsches in Shanghai" . blancpain-gt-series-asia.com . SRO Motorsports Group . 15 September 2017. Retrieved 23 September 2017 .
^ a b c d e f g h i j "Blancpain GT Series Asia 2017 Shanghai International Circuit Entry List" . blancpain-gt-series-asia.com . SRO Motorsports Group . Retrieved 23 September 2017 .
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Spirit of Race, T2 Confirm Ferraris for Blancpain GT Asia" . sportscar365 . John Dagys Media. 3 February 2017. Retrieved 21 March 2017 .
^ a b c d e f g h i j "Blancpain GT Series Asia 2017 Round 7 & 8 - Fuji, Japan Provisional Entry List" (PDF) . vmail.vertouk.net . SRO Motorsports Group . 15 August 2017. Retrieved 15 August 2017 .
^ a b c d "Ara To Race With Hoshino In Blancpain GT Series Asia" . dailysportscar.com . Dailysportscar. 26 May 2017. Retrieved 26 May 2017 .
^ a b "VSR Joins Blancpain GT Asia as Lamborghini Junior Team" . sportscar365 . John Dagys Media. 26 January 2017. Retrieved 21 March 2017 .
^ a b "Heimgartner leads list of driver changes ahead of Zhejiang finale" . blancpain-gt-series-asia.com . SRO Motorsports Group . 11 October 2017. Retrieved 14 October 2017 .
^ a b c d e f "Eurasia, EKS Motorsports Commit to Blancpain GT Asia" . sportscar365 . John Dagys Media. 20 December 2016. Retrieved 21 March 2017 .
^ a b c "OD Racing Confirms Audi for Blancpain GT Asia" . sportscar365 . John Dagys Media. 13 March 2017. Retrieved 21 March 2017 .
^ a b c d e f "Craft-Bamboo Set for Two-Class Blancpain GT Asia Entry" . sportscar365 . John Dagys Media. 20 March 2017. Retrieved 21 March 2017 .
^ a b "Bhirombhakdi and Van Der Drift join Craft-Bamboo Racing for Buriram" . blancpain-gt-series-asia.com . SRO Motorsports Group . 9 May 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2017 .
^ a b "Foster joins Modell at Craft-Bamboo for Suzuka" . blancpain-gt-series-asia.com . SRO Motorsports Group . 21 June 2017. Retrieved 23 June 2017 .
^ a b Kilshaw, Jake (29 March 2017). "O'Young Joins Li in Craft-Bamboo Porsche" . sportscar365 . John Dagys Media. Retrieved 29 March 2017 .
^ "Modell joins Craft-Bamboo Racing from Buriram" . blancpain-gt-series-asia.com . SRO Motorsports Group . 2 May 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2017 .
^ a b Kilshaw, Jake (10 March 2017). "AAI Enters Blancpain GT Asia Opener, Considering More Rounds" . sportscar365 . John Dagys Media. Retrieved 21 March 2017 .
^ a b c d "CarGuy Racing becomes Blancpain GT Series Asia's first Japanese team" . blancpain-gt-series-asia.com . SRO Motorsports Group . 12 May 2017. Retrieved 26 May 2017 .
^ "Cozzolino, Yokomizo Claim Race 1 Win in Fuji" . sportscar365 . John Dagys Media. 19 August 2017. Retrieved 20 August 2017 .
^ a b c "GruppeM Confirms Mercedes-AMG Effort for Blancpain GT Asia" . sportscar365 . John Dagys Media. 9 December 2016. Retrieved 21 March 2017 .
^ a b c d Dagys, John (30 March 2017). "Buhk Headlines GruppeM Lineup for Blancpain GT Asia" . sportscar365 . John Dagys Media. Retrieved 30 March 2017 .
^ a b c d "TT Racing Announces Porsche GT4 Entry in Blancpain GT Asia" . sportscar365 . John Dagys Media. 28 January 2017. Retrieved 21 March 2017 .
^ a b c d Kilshaw, Jake (11 August 2017). "Clearwater First Non-Porsche Blancpain GT Series Asia GT4 Team" . sportscar365 . John Dagys Media. Retrieved 15 August 2017 .
^ a b c d "Taiwan Top Speed Racing Joins Blancpain GT Asia" . sportscar365 . John Dagys Media. 6 February 2017. Retrieved 21 March 2017 .
^ a b Dagys, John (11 December 2016). "HubAuto Commits to Blancpain GT Asia with Porsche GT4 Clubsport MR" . sportscar365 . John Dagys Media. Retrieved 21 March 2017 .
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