2018 Blancpain GT Sports Club explained

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

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
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

Team Car Drivers Class Rounds Boutsen Ginion BMW M6 GT3 2 Karim Ojjeh^[3] Ti All Lamborghini Gallardo R-EX 4 Claude-Yves Gosselin Ti 1–4, 6 6 Pierre Feligioni 1–4 Artega Rennsport Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 3 Klaus Dieter Frers Iron 1 Ferrari 488 GT3 2–6 BMS Scuderia Italia Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 7 Luigi Lucchini^[4] 2–3, 6 Kessel Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 8 Deborah Mayer 2 20 Claudio Schiavoni Ti 1–2 23 Murad Sultanov 2, 4 111 Stephen Earle Iron All HP Racing International Lamborghini Huracán GT3 17 Coach McKansy Ti All Car Collection Motorsport Audi R8 LMS 18 Dirg Parhofer Ti 2, 6 GDL Racing Porsche 911 GT3 Cup 24 Dilantha Malagamuwa Cup 1 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 60 Roberto Rayneri Iron All Reiter Engineering Lamborghini Gallardo R-EX 24 Kurt Wagner^[5] Ti 4 Rinaldi Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 33 Christian Hook Ti 1–2, 4 Vadim Kogay^[6] Ti 6 3Y Technology BMW M6 GT3 42 Jean-Paul Buffin Ti 6 AF Corse Ferrari 488 GT3 50 Louis-Philippe Soenen Iron All 51 Christoph Ulrich 1 53 Frederic Fangio 1 Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 2, 6 Ferrari 488 GT3 55 Angélique Detavernier 2, 4–6 70 Mario Cordoni Ti All 488 Patrick Van Glabeke All Herberth Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R 66 Jürgen Häring Ti All 72 Stanislav Minsky 4 991 Edward Lewis Brauner 1–2, 5–6 Team Parker Racing Bentley Continental GT3 88 Stéphane Ratel^[7] Ti 6 Attempto Racing Lamborghini Huracán GT3 99 Mike Hansch 1–2 100 Bernd Kleinbach Iron 1 Porsche 911 GT3 R 3 HB Racing Lamborghini Huracán GT3 224 Dilantha Malagamuwa 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

Round	Circuit		Qualifying Race Winner	Main Race
				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
		Mario Cordoni	Mario Cordoni	Mario Cordoni	Mario Cordoni	Stephen Earle
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
		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
		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
		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
		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
		Coach McKansy	Coach McKansy	Patrick Van Glabeke	Coach McKansy	Stephen Earle

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

Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

Titanium Cup

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

Iron Cup

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

See also

• 2018 Blancpain GT Series

Notes and References

1. News: Monza to kick off 2018 Blancpain GT Sports Club campaign. 28 July 2017. blancpainsportsclub.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 3 January 2018.
2. News: Hungaroring Date Confirmed; Blancpain GT Schedule Finalized. Kilshaw. Jake. 9 October 2017. sportscar365. John Dagys Media. 3 January 2018.
3. News: Blancpain GT Sports Club ready to make Monza debut for season opener. 16 April 2018. blancpainsportsclub.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 20 April 2018.
4. News: 21-strong Blancpain GT Sports Club field ready to take on Paul Ricard for round two. 29 May 2018. blancpainsportsclub.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 1 June 2018.
5. News: Blancpain GT Sports Club fired up for SRO Speedweek at legendary Spa-Francorchamps. 16 July 2018. blancpainsportsclub.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 20 July 2018.
6. News: Blancpain GT Sports Club all set for Barcelona finale, with Iron Cup rivals ready for epic showdown. 24 September 2018. blancpainsportsclub.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 28 September 2018.
7. News: Ratel Competing in Blancpain GT Sports Club. Kilshaw. Jake. 29 September 2018. sportscar365. John Dagys Media. 29 September 2018.
8. News: Blancpain GT Sports Club heads to Budapest, with all three class titles up for grabs. 27 August 2018. blancpainsportsclub.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 1 September 2018.