The 2017 Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup was the seventh season of the Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup . The season began on 23 April at Monza and ended on 1 October in Barcelona . The season featured five rounds, with each race lasting for a duration of three hours besides the 24 Hours of Spa and the 1000 km Paul Ricard events.
Calendar [ edit ] At the annual press conference during the 2016 24 Hours of Spa on 29 July, the Stéphane Ratel Organisation announced the first draft of the 2017 calendar. The Sprint Cup round in Barcelona became an Endurance Cup round, replacing the round at the Nürburgring .[1]
Event Race Circuit Date 1 3 Hours of Monza Autodromo Nazionale Monza , Monza , Italy 23 April Report 2 3 Hours of Silverstone Silverstone Circuit , Silverstone , Great Britain 14 May Report 3 1000 km Paul Ricard Circuit Paul Ricard , Le Castellet , France 24 June Report 4 Total 24 Hours of Spa Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps , Spa , Belgium 29–30 July Report 5 3 Hours of Barcelona Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya , Montmeló , Spain 1 October Report
Entry list [ edit ] Team Car Drivers Class Rounds Good Smile Racing with Team UKYO [2] Mercedes-AMG GT3 [2] 00 Tatsuya Kataoka [2] P 4 Kamui Kobayashi [2] Nobuteru Taniguchi [2] Audi R8 LMS [3] 1 Antonio García [4] P 3–4 Nico Müller [4] René Rast [4] 2 Nathanaël Berthon [5] P 1–2, 5 Stéphane Richelmi [5] Benoît Tréluyer [5] Christopher Mies [4] 3–4 Frédéric Vervisch [4] Pieter Schothorst[6] 3 Connor De Phillippi [4] 4 3 Josh Caygill [5] P 1–2 Jonathan Venter[5] Nikolaus Mayr-Melnhof [5] 1–2 Josh Caygill [6] PA 3–5 Jonathan Venter[6] Hugo de Sadeleer [6] 3 Richard Lyons [7] 4 Nikolaus Mayr-Melnhof [8] Clément Mateu[9] 5 5 Marcel Fässler [5] P All Dries Vanthoor [5] Will Stevens [5] 1–3, 5 André Lotterer [10] 4 6 Nathanaël Berthon [6] P 3–4 Stéphane Richelmi [6] Benoît Tréluyer [6] 17 Jake Dennis [5] P All Stuart Leonard [5] Markus Winkelhock [11] 1 Jamie Green [12] 2, 4 Robin Frijns [5] 3, 5 Mercedes-AMG GT3 [13] 4 Yelmer Buurman [13] P All Adam Christodoulou [13] Luca Stolz [13] 15 Dore Chaponick Jr.[13] PA All Scott Heckert [13] Brett Sandberg[13] Jeroen Bleekemolen [8] 4 16 Oliver Morley[13] PA All Miguel Toril[13] Manuel Metzger[13] 1–2 Matt Griffin[6] 3 Marvin Kirchhöfer [7] 4–5 Maximilian Götz [8] 4 18 Maro Engel [6] P 3 Hubert Haupt[6] Gabriele Piana[6] Abdulaziz Bin Turki Al Faisal [8] PA 4 Hubert Haupt[8] Gabriele Piana[8] Renger van der Zande [8] Bentley Team M-Sport [14] Bentley Continental GT3 [14] 7 Oliver Jarvis [14] P All Steven Kane [14] Guy Smith [14] 8 Vincent Abril [14] P All Andy Soucek [14] Maxime Soulet [14] Bentley Team ABT [15] Bentley Continental GT3 [15] 9 Christer Jöns[15] P 4 Jordan Pepper [15] Nico Verdonck [15] Kessel Racing [13] Ferrari 488 GT3 [13] 11 Michał Broniszewski[13] PA All Matteo Cressoni [13] 1–4 Andrea Rizzoli[13] Giacomo Piccini [8] 4–5 888 Jacques Duyver[13] Am All David Perel[13] Marco Zanuttini[13] Niki Cadei[7] 4 Ombra Racing [16] Lamborghini Huracán GT3 [16] 12 Michele Beretta [17] P All Stefano Gattuso [17] Andrea Piccini [17] Emil Frey Jaguar Racing[18] Emil Frey GT3 Jaguar [18] 14 Stéphane Ortelli [13] P All Albert Costa [13] 1–4 Lorenz Frey[13] Alex Fontana [19] 5 Norbert Siedler [19] 114 Jonathan Hirschi [13] P All Christian Klien [13] Marco Seefried[13] GRT Grasser Racing Team [13] Lamborghini Huracán GT3 [13] 19 Ezequiel Pérez Companc [13] P All Raffaele Giammaria [13] 1–4 Norbert Siedler [13] 1–3 Rolf Ineichen [8] 4 Frédéric Vervisch [20] 5 Renger van der Zande [20] 63 Mirko Bortolotti [13] P All Andrea Caldarelli [13] Christian Engelhart [13] 82 Tom Dillmann [21] P 5 Giorgio Roda[21] Paolo Ruberti [21] Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 [22] 22 Struan Moore[23] P All Matt Parry [23] Matt Simmons[23] 23 Alex Buncombe [22] P All Katsumasa Chiyo [22] Lucas Ordóñez [22] Reiter Young Stars [24] Lamborghini Gallardo R-EX [24] 24 Tomáš Enge [24] P 3, 5 Marko Helistekangas[24] Caitlin Wood [24] Audi R8 LMS [13] 25 Christopher Haase [4] P 3–4 Markus Winkelhock [4] Peter Terting [6] 3 Jules Gounon [4] 4 26 Christian Kelders[13] PA 1–3 Marc Rostan [13] Christopher Haase [25] 1–2 Grégory Guilvert [6] 3 Frédéric Bouvy[26] Am 4 Christian Kelders[26] Marc Rostan [26] Simon Gachet [21] P 5 Christopher Haase [21] Romain Monti[21] Orange 1 Team Lazarus [13] Lamborghini Huracán GT3 [13] 27 Fabrizio Crestani [13] P All Nicolas Pohler[25] Gustavo Yacamán [13] 1–2 Luca Filippi [6] 3–4 Artur Janosz [21] 5 Team Zakspeed [27] Mercedes-AMG GT3 [27] 31 Rui Águas [27] PA 1–2 José Manuel Balbiani [27] Kriton Lendoudis[27] 32 Kevin Ceccon [25] P 1 Luca Ludwig [25] Immanuel Vinke[27] Am 2 Beniamino Caccia[12] Jörg Viebahn[12] Walkenhorst Motorsport[28] BMW M6 GT3 [28] 35 Mikkel Jensen [29] P 1–3, 5 Nico Menzel[13] Jaap van Lagen [25] 1 Christian Krognes[13] 2–3, 5 Matias Henkola[8] PA 4 Christian Krognes[8] Nico Menzel[8] Markus Palttala [8] 36 Henry Walkenhorst[13] Am 2–5 David Schiwietz[13] 2–4 Matias Henkola[12] 2, 5 Stef Van Campenhout[13] 3–4 Ralf Oeverhaus[7] 4 Ace Robey[21] 5 BBT [6] [N 5] Spirit of Race [30] [N 5] AF Corse [13] [N 5] Kaspersky Motorsport [31] [N 5] SMP Racing [13] [N 5] Ferrari 488 GT3 [31] 37 Anthony Liu[6] PA 3 Davide Rizzo[6] Toni Vilander [6] 50 Pasin Lathouras[30] P All Alessandro Pier Guidi [30] Michele Rugolo [30] 51 Olivier Beretta [13] PA All Lorenzo Bontempelli[13] Motoaki Ishikawa[13] Francesco Castellacci [7] 4 52 Duncan Cameron[8] PA 4 Matt Griffin[8] Riccardo Ragazzi[8] Aaron Scott[8] 53 Niek Hommerson[13] PA All Louis Machiels[13] Andrea Bertolini [13] 1, 3–5 Rory Butcher [32] 2, 4 55 James Calado [33] P All Marco Cioci[31] Giancarlo Fisichella [31] 72 Miguel Molina [34] P All Davide Rigon [13] Viktor Shaytar [13] 961 Alex Demirdjian[25] Am 1 Abbie Eaton [25] Davide Rizzo[25] Alex Demirdjian[8] PA 4 Nicolas Minassian [8] Davide Rizzo[8] Toni Vilander [7] McLaren 650S GT3 [35] 42 Nick Leventis [36] PA 1, 3–5 Lewis Williamson [36] Craig Fleming[36] 1, 3–4 Oliver Webb [8] 4 David Fumanelli [21] 5 Álvaro Parente [37] P 2 Oliver Webb [37] Lewis Williamson [36] 43 Jonny Kane [6] P 3–5 Sam Tordoff [6] David Fumanelli [6] 3–4 Ben Barnicoat [21] 5 44 David Fumanelli [36] P 1–2 Jonny Kane [36] Sam Tordoff [36] 58 Ben Barnicoat [36] P 1–4 Rob Bell [36] Côme Ledogar [36] 59 Jazeman Jaafar [36] P All Andrew Watson [36] Dean Stoneman [36] 1–3 Pieter Schothorst[38] 4 Steijn Schothorst [39] 5 Mercedes-AMG GT3 [41] 48 Patrick Assenheimer[40] P All Indy Dontje [40] Kenneth Heyer[40] 84 Maximilian Buhk [41] P All Jimmy Eriksson [25] Franck Perera [25] 85 Dominik Baumann[13] P All Edward Sandström [25] Fabian Schiller [25] 86 Damien Faulkner [25] PA 1–2 Mike Skeen [25] Gian Maria Gabbiani[25] 1 Hunter Abbott [12] 2 Raton Racing[13] Lamborghini Huracán GT3 [13] 60 Andrea Amici[13] PA 1–3 Stefano Costantini [13] Dennis Lind [13] Attempto Racing[13] Lamborghini Huracán GT3 [13] 66 Marco Mapelli [13] P 1–3 Giovanni Venturini [13] Luca Filippi [42] 1 Bertrand Baguette [12] 2–3 Mikaël Grenier [7] 4 Jaap van Lagen [7] Max van Splunteren[26] Manel Cerqueda Diez[21] PA 5 Max van Splunteren[21] Isaac Tutumlu [21] 67 Giorgio Maggi [25] PA 1–3 Clément Mateu[13] Max van Splunteren[13] Sarah Bovy [7] Am 4 Jürgen Krebs[7] Giorgio Maggi [7] Clément Mateu[7] Audi R8 LMS [13] 75 Filip Salaquarda [13] P All Clemens Schmid [13] 1–4 Frank Stippler [13] 1–2, 5 Filipe Albuquerque [43] 3–4 Kevin Ceccon [21] 5 76 Kelvin van der Linde [4] P 3–4 Frank Stippler [4] Jamie Green [6] 3 Pierre Kaffer [4] 4 Barwell Motorsport[44] Lamborghini Huracán GT3 [44] 77 Martin Kodrić [44] PA All Patrick Kujala [44] Adrian Amstutz[44] 1–4 Oliver Gavin [7] 4 Hunter Abbott [45] 5 78 Richard Abra[44] PA All Leo Machitski[44] Miguel Ramos [44] 1–4 Phil Keen [8] 4 Jeroen Bleekemolen [45] 5 Mercedes-AMG GT3 [46] 87 Jean-Luc Beaubelique[46] PA 1–3, 5 Jules Gounon [46] Nico Bastian [25] 1–3 Mauro Ricci[21] 5 88 Daniel Juncadella [46] P All Félix Serrallés [46] Tristan Vautier [46] 1–2, 4–5 Renger van der Zande [6] 3 89 Ludovic Badey[46] PA All Daniele Perfetti[46] Alex Fontana [46] 1–4 Nico Bastian [8] 4–5 90 Raffaele Marciello [46] P All Michael Meadows [46] Edoardo Mortara [13] Oman Racing Team with TF Sport [47] Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 [47] 97 Jonathan Adam [47] PA All Ahmad Al Harthy [47] Salih Yoluç [6] 3–5 Euan Hankey[8] 4 Rowe Racing [48] BMW M6 GT3 [48] 98 Bruno Spengler [49] P 2–5 Markus Palttala [49] 2–3, 5 Jesse Krohn [49] 2 Tom Blomqvist [6] 3–5 Nick Catsburg [8] 4 99 Philipp Eng [49] P 2–5 Maxime Martin [49] Alexander Sims [12] KÜS TEAM75 Bernhard [50] Porsche 911 GT3 R [50] 117 Michael Christensen [50] P 4 Kévin Estre [50] Laurens Vanthoor [50] Garage 59 [51] McLaren 650S GT3 [51] 188 Chris Goodwin [51] Am 2, 4 Chris Harris [51] Alexander West[51] Bradley Ellis[8] 4 Rinaldi Racing[52] Ferrari 488 GT3 [52] 333 Alexander Mattschull[52] PA All Rinat Salikhov[52] Daniel Keilwitz[52] 1–2, 5 Matteo Malucelli[6] 3–4 Norbert Siedler [7] 4 488 Pierre Ehret[52] Am All Rino Mastronardi [52] Rory Penttinen [6] 3 Patrick Van Glabeke[8] 4 Gabriele Lancieri [7] Team HB Racing[28] Lamborghini Huracán GT3 [28] 777 Bernard Delhez[13] Am All Gilles Vannelet[13] 1–4 Mike Stursberg[12] 2–4 Christopher Zanella [26] 4 Edward Lewis Brauner[21] 5 Marc Rostan [21] Herberth Motorsport[13] Porsche 911 GT3 R [13] 911 Jürgen Häring[13] PA All Alfred Renauer[13] Robert Renauer[13] Marc Lieb [50] 4 912 Daniel Allemann[50] PA 4 Ralf Bohn[50] Mathieu Jaminet [50] Sven Müller [50] Group N entries are ineligible to score points RMS[8] Porsche 911 GT3 Cup [8] 56 Howard Blank[8] N 4 Yannick Mallegol[8] Frank Mechaly[7] Fabrice Notari[7] SpeedLover[8] Porsche 911 GT3 Cup [8] 991 Thierry de Latre du Bosqueau[8] N 4 Grégory Paisse[8] Pierre-Yves Paque[8] Louis-Philippe Soenen[7]
Icon Class P Pro Cup PA Pro-Am Cup Am Am Cup N Group N
Race results [ edit ] Bold indicates overall winner.
Championship standings [ edit ] Scoring system Championship points were awarded for the first ten positions in each race. The pole-sitter also received one point and 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.
Race points Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th Pole Points 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1 1
1000 km Paul Ricard points Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th Pole Points 33 24 19 15 12 9 6 4 2 1 1
24 Hours of Spa points Points were awarded after six hours, after twelve hours and at the finish.
Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th Pole Points after 6hrs/12hrs 12 9 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 1 Points at the finish 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1
Drivers' championships [ edit ] Overall [ edit ]