2016 Blancpain GT Sports Club explained

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		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		All
		7	Gilles Lallemant^[4]		2–3
JPB Racing	Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3	9	Jean-Paul Buffin		All
Kessel Racing Team Malucelli Dragon Racing	Ferrari 458 Italia GTE	11	Michał Broniszewski		1
	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	11	Michał Broniszewski		2–5
		38	Wong Chong Yau Runme		1
		60	Marco Galassi		4
		65	Alexis De Bernardi		All
		77	Marco Zanuttini		4
		88	Leon Price	Iron	All
		111	Stephen Earle	Iron	All
		177	Fons Scheltema^[5]		5
Team WRT	Audi R8 LMS ultra	12	Jean-Michel Baert		1–4
	Audi R8 LMS	12	Jean-Michel Baert		5
	Audi R8 LMS ultra	25	Louis-Philippe Soenen	Iron	All
HP Racing	Lamborghini Gallardo GT3	17	Coach McKansy		All
HP Racing	Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3	18	Daniel Vogt^[6]		3–5
Boutsen Ginion	BMW M6 GT3	18	Karim Ojjeh		2
CMR	BMW Z4 GT3	21	Pierre Hirschi		1, 3–4
	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	22	Nicolas Misslin		1
	Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3	30	Marc Sourd	Iron	3
	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	300	Éric Cayrolle		5
Stile F Squadra Corse	Ferrari 458 Italia GTE	23	Martin Grab		3
Stile F Squadra Corse	Ferrari 458 Italia GTE	666	Yoshiki Ohmura		1, 3
HTP Motorsport	Mercedes-AMG GT3	39	Wim de Pundert		1–3, 5
Artega Rennsport	Ferrari 488 GT3	46	Klaus Dieter Frers	Iron	3–5
AF Corse Kaspersky Motorsport	Ferrari 458 Italia GTE	48	Martin Lanting	Iron	All
	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	49	Mario Cordoni		All
	Ferrari 458 Italia GTE	50	Piergiuseppe Perazzini	Iron	1
	Ferrari 458 Italia GTE	51	Christoph Ulrich		1, 3–4
	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	51	Christoph Ulrich		5
		52	Garry Kondakov		3
		54	Michael Luzich	Iron	1–2
	Ferrari 488 GT3	488	Patrick Van Glabeke		1, 3–5
	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	488	Patrick Van Glabeke		2
Selleslagh Racing Team	Corvette ZR1 GTE	63	Nicolas Vandierendonck		All
Attempto Racing	Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo	66	Mauro Casadei	Xtra	1
Monlau Competición	Renault R.S. 01	69	Jürgen Smet	Xtra	5
AKKA ASP	Ferrari 458 Italia GTE	72	Anthony Pons		1–2, 4–5
	Mercedes-AMG GT3	87	Daniele Perfetti		3
	Mercedes-AMG GT3	89	Maurice Ricci		1, 3, 5
Baporo Motorsport	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	93	Jaime Font Casas		5
JB Motorsport	Audi R8 LMS ultra	98	Jan Brunstedt	Iron	All
Mentos Racing	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR	154	Augusto Perfetti	Iron	3
Mentos Racing	Porsche 911 GT3 R	888	Egidio Perfetti		3
Black Pearl Racing	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	458	Christian Hook		1
X-Bionic Racing Team	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	963	Cédric Leimer		5

Icon	Class
Iron	Iron Cup
Xtra	Xtra Cup

Race results

Event	Circuit		Qualifying Race Winner	Main Race
Event	Circuit		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			align=middle rowspan=4	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. 69 Monlau Competición
5	Barcelona-Catalunya	Nicolas Vandierendonck	Cédric Leimer	Cédric Leimer	Stephen Earle	Jürgen Smet

Championship standings

Scoring systemChampionship 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

	Driver	Team	MIS		BRH		LEC		SPA		CAT		Points
	Driver	Team			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
valign=middle rowspan=2		valign=middle rowspan=2	Driver	valign=middle rowspan=2	Team			QR	MR	QR	MR	QR	MR	QR	MR	valign=middle rowspan=2	Points
MIS		BRH		LEC		SPA		CAT

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Iron Cup

	Driver	Team	MIS		BRH		LEC		SPA		CAT		Points
	Driver	Team			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
valign=middle rowspan=2		valign=middle rowspan=2	Driver	valign=middle rowspan=2	Team			QR	MR	QR	MR	QR	MR	QR	MR	valign=middle rowspan=2	Points
MIS		BRH		LEC		SPA		CAT

Notes and References

News: Blancpain GT Sports Club Calendar 2016. gtsportsclub.com. November 15, 2015. November 17, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151117025127/http://www.gtsportsclub.com/calendar/. dead.
News: Blancpain GT Sports Club Spa-Francorchamps Entry List. blancpainsportsclub.com. SRO Motorsports Group. July 22, 2016. July 29, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160920032251/http://www.blancpainsportsclub.com/gt/2016/07/22/blancpain-gt-sports-club-set-for-spa-showdown/. September 20, 2016. dead.
News: Blancpain GT Sports Club Misano Entry List. blancpainsportsclub.com. SRO Motorsports Group. April 9, 2016. May 5, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160807212651/http://www.blancpainsportsclub.com/gt/competitors/?fid=0. August 7, 2016. dead.
News: Blancpain GT Sports Club Brands Hatch Entry List. blancpainsportsclub.com. SRO Motorsports Group. May 6, 2016. May 8, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160807213156/http://www.blancpainsportsclub.com/gt/competitors/?fid=1. August 7, 2016. dead.
News: Blancpain GT Sports Club Barcelona Entry List. blancpainsportsclub.com. SRO Motorsports Group. October 1, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161003160403/http://www.blancpainsportsclub.com/gt/competitors/?fid=4. October 3, 2016. dead.
News: Blancpain GT Sports Club Paul Ricard Entry List. blancpainsportsclub.com. SRO Motorsports Group. June 25, 2016. June 28, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160919160058/http://www.blancpainsportsclub.com/gt/competitors/?fid=2. September 19, 2016. dead.