The 2017 GT Series Sprint Cup, known for sponsorship reasons as the 2017 Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup, was the fifth season of the GT Series Sprint Cup following on from the demise of the SRO Group's FIA GT1 World Championship (an auto racing series for grand tourer cars), the fourth with the designation of Blancpain Sprint Series or Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup.
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 series started at Misano on 2 April and ended at the Nürburgring on 17 September. [1] Zandvoort would make its return on the schedule after a one-year absence, replacing the round in Barcelona, but on 7 November the SRO announced the finalised calendar, confirming Zandvoort had been replaced by Zolder. The finalised calendar also showed the series would return to the Hungaroring. [2]
Event | Circuit | Date | Report |
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1 | Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Misano Adriatico, Italy | 2 April | Report |
2 | Brands Hatch, Kent, Great Britain | 7 May | Report |
3 | Circuit Zolder, Heusden-Zolder, Belgium | 4 June | Report |
4 | Hungaroring, Mogyoród, Hungary | 27 August | Report |
5 | Nürburgring, Nürburg, Germany | 17 September | Report |
Bold indicates overall winner.
Event | Circuit | Pole position | Qualifying Race Winners | Main Race | |||
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Pro Winners | Pro-Am Winners | Silver Winners | Am Winners | ||||
1 | Misano | No. 66 Attempto Racing | No. 84 Mercedes-AMG Team HTP Motorsport | No. 84 Mercedes-AMG Team HTP Motorsport | No. 333 Rinaldi Racing | No. 85 HTP Motorsport | No entries |
Marco Mapelli Giovanni Venturini |
Maximilian Buhk Franck Perera |
Maximilian Buhk Franck Perera |
Daniel Keilwitz Alexander Mattschull |
Fabian Schiller Jules Szymkowiak | |||
2 | Brands Hatch | No. 63 GRT Grasser Racing Team | No. 63 GRT Grasser Racing Team | No. 63 GRT Grasser Racing Team | No. 333 Rinaldi Racing | No. 42 Strakka Motorsport | |
Mirko Bortolotti Christian Engelhart |
Mirko Bortolotti Christian Engelhart |
Mirko Bortolotti Christian Engelhart |
Daniel Keilwitz Alexander Mattschull |
David Fumanelli Lewis Williamson | |||
3 | Zolder | No. 17 Team WRT | No. 17 Team WRT | No. 2 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT | No. 11 Kessel Racing | No. 85 HTP Motorsport | No. 888 Kessel Racing |
Robin Frijns Stuart Leonard |
Robin Frijns Stuart Leonard |
Will Stevens Markus Winkelhock |
Michał Broniszewski Giacomo Piccini |
Fabian Schiller Jules Szymkowiak |
Stephen Earle David Perel | ||
4 | Hungaroring | No. 5 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT | No. 5 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT | No. 5 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT | No. 333 Rinaldi Racing | No. 85 HTP Motorsport | No finishers |
Marcel Fässler Dries Vanthoor |
Marcel Fässler Dries Vanthoor |
Marcel Fässler Dries Vanthoor |
Daniel Keilwitz Alexander Mattschull |
Fabian Schiller Jules Szymkowiak | |||
5 | Nürburgring | No. 5 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT | No. 84 Mercedes-AMG Team HTP Motorsport | No. 17 Team WRT | No. 333 Rinaldi Racing | No. 85 HTP Motorsport | No. 888 Kessel Racing |
Marcel Fässler Dries Vanthoor |
Maximilian Buhk Franck Perera |
Robin Frijns Stuart Leonard |
Daniel Keilwitz Alexander Mattschull |
Fabian Schiller Jules Szymkowiak |
Stephen Earle David Perel |
Championship points were awarded for the first six positions in each Qualifying Race and for the first ten positions in each Main Race. The pole-sitter in the Qualifying Race 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.
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | Pole |
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Points | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
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Points | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
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Bold – Pole |
Pos. | Driver | Team | MIS |
BRH |
ZOL |
HUN |
NÜR |
Points | |||||
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QR | MR | QR | MR | QR | MR | QR | MR | QR | MR | ||||
1 |
Daniel Keilwitz Alexander Mattschull |
Rinaldi Racing | 25 | 14 | 19 | 16 | 19 | 27 | 18 | 15 | 18 | 18 | 144 |
2 |
Piti Bhirombhakdi Carlo van Dam |
Kessel Racing TP12 | 17 | 19 | 26 | 20 | 18 | 20 | 19 | 16 | 26 | 20 | 119 |
3 | Jean-Luc Beaubelique | AKKA ASP | Ret | 26 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 27 | 21 | 27 | 24 | 87 |
4 |
Jean-Philippe Belloc Christophe Bourret |
AKKA ASP | Ret | 20 | 28 | 24 | 27 | 23 | 29 | 22 | 29 | 26 | 72 |
5 | Jules Gounon | AKKA ASP | Ret | 26 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 27 | 21 | 69 | ||
6 |
Michał Broniszewski Giacomo Piccini |
Kessel Racing | 13 | 22 | 27 | 25 | 20 | 16 | 62 | ||||
7 | Tristan Vautier | AKKA ASP | 27 | 24 | 18 | ||||||||
8 |
Matteo Malucelli Rinat Salikhov |
Rinaldi Racing | 24 | 28 | 16 | ||||||||
9 |
Kenneth Heyer Yoshiharu Mori |
Kornely Motorsport | 24 | 23 | WD | WD | 14 | ||||||
Pos. | Driver | Team | QR | MR | QR | MR | QR | MR | QR | MR | QR | MR | Points |
MIS |
BRH |
ZOL |
HUN |
NÜR |
Pos. | Driver | Team | MIS |
BRH |
ZOL |
HUN |
NÜR |
Points | |||||
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QR | MR | QR | MR | QR | MR | QR | MR | QR | MR | ||||
1 |
Fabian Schiller Jules Szymkowiak |
HTP Motorsport | 2 | 12 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 154 |
2 | Lewis Williamson | Strakka Motorsport | 19 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 18 | 25 | Ret | 17 | 13 | 110 |
3 |
Lorenzo Casè Phil Quaife |
Spirit of Race | Ret | DNS | 25 | 19 | 25 | 17 | 22 | 19 | DNS | DNS | 65 |
4 | Nicolas Pohler | Attempto Racing | Ret | 26 | 21 | 21 | 62 | ||||||
Orange 1 Team Lazarus | 23 | 23 | 25 | 23 | |||||||||
5 | David Fumanelli | Strakka Motorsport | 14 | 11 | 11 | 18 | 58 | ||||||
6 | Max van Splunteren | Attempto Racing | Ret | DNS | Ret | 26 | 21 | 21 | 28 | 20 | 21 | Ret | 50 |
7 | Fabrizio Crestani | Orange 1 Team Lazarus | 23 | 23 | 25 | 23 | 34 | ||||||
8 | Martin Kodrić | Strakka Motorsport | 25 | Ret | 17 | 13 | 27 | ||||||
9 | Nick Leventis | Strakka Motorsport | 19 | 13 | 25 | ||||||||
10 |
Marko Helistekangas Caitlin Wood |
Reiter Young Stars | 26 | 21 | WD | WD | 19 | ||||||
11 | Christopher Zöchling | Attempto Racing | 28 | 20 | 17 | ||||||||
12 | Isaac Tutumlu | Attempto Racing | 21 | Ret | 5 | ||||||||
Adrian Zaugg | Attempto Racing | Ret | DNS | ||||||||||
Pos. | Driver | Team | QR | MR | QR | MR | QR | MR | QR | MR | QR | MR | Points |
MIS |
BRH |
ZOL |
HUN |
NÜR |
Pos. | Driver | Team | MIS |
BRH |
ZOL |
HUN |
NÜR |
Points | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
QR | MR | QR | MR | QR | MR | QR | MR | QR | MR | ||||
1 |
Stephen Earle David Perel |
Kessel Racing | 30 | 26 | 30 | Ret | 28 | 27 | 77 | ||||
Pos. | Driver | Team | QR | MR | QR | MR | QR | MR | QR | MR | QR | MR | Points |
MIS |
BRH |
ZOL |
HUN |
NÜR |
Pos. | Team | Manufacturer | MIS |
BRH |
ZOL |
HUN |
NÜR |
Points | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
QR | MR | QR | MR | QR | MR | QR | MR | QR | MR | ||||
1 | Belgian Audi Club Team WRT | Audi | 6 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 106 |
2 | Team WRT | Audi | 12 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 97 |
3 | GRT Grasser Racing Team | Lamborghini | 8 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 91 |
4 | ( Mercedes-AMG Team) HTP Motorsport | Mercedes-Benz | 1 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 87 |
5 | Rowe Racing | BMW | 11 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 49 |
6 | Bentley Team M-Sport | Bentley | 4 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 4 | 7 | 48 |
7 | AKKA ASP | Mercedes-Benz | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 22 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 46 |
8 | Saintéloc Racing | Audi | 7 | 5 | Ret | 8 | 31 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 20 | 22 | 31 |
9 | Strakka Racing | McLaren | 18 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 20 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 25 |
10 | ISR | Audi | 10 | 15 | 10 | Ret | 4 | 2 | 17 | 14 | Ret | Ret | 23 |
11 | Attempto Racing |
Lamborghini Porsche |
23 | 27 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 10 | 21 | Ret | 18 |
12 | Strakka Motorsport | McLaren | 19 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 18 | 25 | Ret | 17 | 13 | 7 |
13 | Rinaldi Racing | Ferrari | 25 | 14 | 19 | 16 | 19 | 27 | 18 | 15 | 18 | 18 | 2 |
Kessel Racing (TP12) | Ferrari | 13 | 19 | 26 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 19 | 16 | 26 | 20 | 0 | |
Orange 1 Team Lazarus | Lamborghini | 15 | 17 | 21 | 15 | 29 | Ret | 23 | 23 | 25 | 23 | 0 | |
AF Corse | Ferrari | Ret | DNS | 25 | 19 | 25 | 17 | 22 | 19 | DNS | DNS | 0 | |
Emil Frey Lexus Racing | Lexus | 22 | 21 | 0 | |||||||||
Reiter Young Stars | Lamborghini | 26 | 21 | WD | WD | 0 | |||||||
Kornely Motorsport | Mercedes-Benz | 24 | 23 | WD | WD | 0 | |||||||
Pos. | Team | Manufacturer | QR | MR | QR | MR | QR | MR | QR | MR | QR | MR | Points |
MIS |
BRH |
ZOL |
HUN |
NÜR |
Pos. | Team | Manufacturer | MIS |
BRH |
ZOL |
HUN |
NÜR |
Points | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
QR | MR | QR | MR | QR | MR | QR | MR | QR | MR | ||||
1 | Rinaldi Racing | Ferrari | 25 | 14 | 19 | 16 | 19 | 27 | 18 | 15 | 18 | 18 | 150 |
2 | Kessel Racing (TP12) | Ferrari | 13 | 19 | 26 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 19 | 16 | 26 | 20 | 130 |
3 | AKKA ASP | Mercedes-Benz | Ret | 20 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 27 | 21 | 27 | 24 | 99 |
4 | Kornely Motorsport | Mercedes-Benz | 24 | 23 | WD | WD | 18 | ||||||
Pos. | Team | Manufacturer | QR | MR | QR | MR | QR | MR | QR | MR | QR | MR | Points |
MIS |
BRH |
ZOL |
HUN |
NÜR |
Pos. | Driver | Team | MIS |
BRH |
ZOL |
HUN |
NÜR |
Points | |||||
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QR | MR | QR | MR | QR | MR | QR | MR | QR | MR | ||||
1 | HTP Motorsport | Mercedes-Benz | 2 | 12 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 154 |
2 | Strakka Motorsport | McLaren | 19 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 18 | 25 | Ret | 17 | 13 | 110 |
3 | AF Corse | Ferrari | Ret | DNS | 25 | 19 | 25 | 17 | 22 | 19 | DNS | DNS | 65 |
4 | Attempto Racing | Lamborghini | Ret | DNS | Ret | 26 | 21 | 21 | 28 | 20 | 21 | Ret | 50 |
5 | Orange 1 Team Lazarus | Lamborghini | 23 | 23 | 25 | 23 | 34 | ||||||
6 | Reiter Young Stars | Lamborghini | 26 | 21 | WD | WD | 19 | ||||||
Pos. | Driver | Team | QR | MR | QR | MR | QR | MR | QR | MR | QR | MR | Points |
MIS |
BRH |
ZOL |
HUN |
NÜR |
Pos. | Team | Manufacturer | MIS |
BRH |
ZOL |
HUN |
NÜR |
Points | |||||
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QR | MR | QR | MR | QR | MR | QR | MR | QR | MR | ||||
1 | Kessel Racing | Ferrari | 30 | 26 | 30 | Ret | 28 | 27 | 77 | ||||
Pos. | Team | Manufacturer | QR | MR | QR | MR | QR | MR | QR | MR | QR | MR | Points |
MIS |
BRH |
ZOL |
HUN |
NÜR |