2016 Blancpain GT Sports Club

2016 Blancpain GT Sports Club season
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The 2016 Blancpain GT Sports Club will be 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
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 Saintéloc Racing Audi R8 LMS ultra 5 Claude-Yves Gosselin[2] 1–2 6 Pierre Feligioni[2] 1–2 7 Gilles Lallemant[3] 2 JPB Racing Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 9 Jean-Paul Buffin[2] 1–2 Kessel Racing[N 1] Dragon Racing[N 1] Ferrari 458 Italia GTE 11 Michał Broniszewski[2] 1 Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 2 38 Wong Chong Yau Runme[2] 1 65 Alexis De Bernardi[2] 1–2 88 Leon Price[2] Iron 1–2 111 Stephen Earle[2] Iron 1–2 Team WRT Audi R8 LMS ultra 12 Jean-Michel Baert[2] 1–2 25 Louis-Philippe Soenen[2] Iron 1–2 HP Racing Lamborghini Gallardo GT3 17 Coach McKansy[2] 1–2 Boutsen Ginion BMW M6 GT3 18 Karim Ojjeh[3] 2 CMR BMW Z4 GT3 21 Pierre Hirschi[2] 1 Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 22 Nicolas Misslin[2] 1 HTP Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 39 Wim de Pundert[2] 1–2 AF Corse Ferrari 458 Italia GTE 48 Martin Lanting[2] Iron 1–2 Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 49 Mario Cordoni[2] 1–2 Ferrari 458 Italia GTE 50 Piergiuseppe Perazzini[2] Iron 1 51 Christoph Ulrich[2] 1 Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 54 Michael Luzich[2] Iron 1–2 Ferrari 488 GT3 488 Patrick Van Glabeke[2] 1 Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 2 Selleslagh Racing Team Corvette ZR1 GTE 63 Nicolas Vandierendonck[2] 1–2 Attempto Racing Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo 66 Mauro Casadei[2] Xtra 1 AKKA ASP Ferrari 458 Italia GTE 72 Anthony Pons[2] 1–2 Mercedes-AMG GT3 89 Maurice Ricci[2] 1 JB Motorsport Audi R8 LMS ultra 98 Jan Brunstedt[2] Iron 1–2 Black Pearl Racing Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 458 Christian Hook[2] 1 Stile F Squadra Corse Ferrari 458 Italia GTE 666 Yoshiki Ohmura[2] 1

Icon Class Iron Iron Cup Xtra Xtra Cup

Race results

Event	Circuit	Pole position	Qualifying Race Winner	Main Race
				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
		Nicolas Misslin	Nicolas Misslin	Mario Cordoni	Piergiuseppe Perazzini	Mauro Casadei
2	Brands Hatch
3	Le Castellet
4	Spa-Francorchamps
5	Barcelona-Catalunya

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 QR MR QR MR QR MR QR MR QR MR 1 Mario Cordoni AF Corse 4 1 28 2 Nicolas Misslin CMR 1 2 26 3 Piergiuseppe Perazzini AF Corse 2 3 21 4 Martin Lanting AF Corse 16 4 12 5 Nicolas Vandierendonck Selleslagh Racing Team 10 5 10 6 Pierre Hirschi CMR 6 6 9 7 Jean-Michel Baert Team WRT 5 7 8 8 Anthony Pons AKKA ASP 3 Ret 4 9 Stephen Earle Kessel Racing 12 8 4 10 Maurice Ricci AKKA ASP 7 9 2 11 Jan Brunstedt JB Motorsport 14 10 1 Christian Hook Black Pearl Racing 8 15 0 Coach McKansy HP Racing 9 Ret 0 Claude-Yves Gosselin Saintéloc Racing 11 12 0 Patrick Van Glabeke AF Corse 19 11 0 Christoph Ulrich AF Corse 15 13 0 Alexis De Bernardi Kessel Racing 13 DNS 0 Jean-Paul Buffin JPB Racing 20 14 0 Louis-Philippe Soenen Team WRT 18 16 0 Mauro Casadei Attempto Racing 17 20 0 Wim de Pundert HTP Motorsport 21 17 0 Leon Price Dragon Racing 22 18 0 Yoshiki Ohmura Stile F Squadra Corse 25 19 0 Michael Luzich AF Corse 23 21 0 Pierre Feligioni Saintéloc Racing 24 Ret 0 Wong Chong Yau Runme Kessel Racing DNS Ret 0 Michał Broniszewski Kessel Racing DNS DNS 0

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) Blank Did Not Participate Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

Iron Cup

Pos.	Driver	Team	MIS		BRH		LEC		SPA		CAT		Points
			QR	MR	QR	MR	QR	MR	QR	MR	QR	MR
1	Piergiuseppe Perazzini	AF Corse	2	3									33
2	Martin Lanting	AF Corse	16	4									21
3	Stephen Earle	Kessel Racing	12	8									21
4	Jan Brunstedt	JB Motorsport	14	10									16
5	Louis-Philippe Soenen	Team WRT	18	16									12
6	Leon Price	Dragon Racing	22	18									9
7	Michael Luzich	AF Corse	23	21									6

Xtra Cup

Pos.	Driver	Team	MIS		BRH		LEC		SPA		CAT		Points
			QR	MR	QR	MR	QR	MR	QR	MR	QR	MR
1	Mauro Casadei	Attempto Racing	17	20									33

See also

• 2016 Blancpain GT Series

Notes

1. Cars No. 11, 38, 65 and 111 entered as Kessel Racing under Swiss license and car No. 88 entered as Dragon Racing - although it is run by Kessel Racing - under Emirate license.

References

1. "Blancpain GT Sports Club Calendar 2016". gtsportsclub.com. Retrieved November 15, 2015.
2. "Blancpain GT Sports Club Misano Entry List". blancpainsportsclub.com (SRO Motorsports Group). April 9, 2016. Retrieved May 5, 2016.
3. "Blancpain GT Sports Club Brands Hatch Entry List". blancpainsportsclub.com (SRO Motorsports Group). Retrieved May 5, 2016.

External links

• Official website