2017 Blancpain GT Series Asia
The 2017 Blancpain GT Series Asia was the inaugural season of SRO Motorsports Group and Team Asia One GT Management's Blancpain GT Series Asia, an auto racing series for grand tourer cars in Asia. The races were contested with GT3-spec and GT4-spec cars.
2017 Blancpain GT Series Asia | |||
Previous: | none | Next: | 2018 |
Calendar
On 19 October 2016, the Stéphane Ratel Organisation announced the 2017 calendar and championship details.[1] The series started at Sepang on 8 April and ended at Zhejiang on 15 October, as the event at Zhejiang was moved forward one week, after the ruling Communist Party of China scheduled its 19th National Congress for the period.[2]
Event | Circuit | Date |
---|---|---|
1 | 8–9 April | |
2 | 20–21 May | |
3 | 24–25 June | |
4 | 19–20 August | |
5 | 23–24 September | |
6 | 14–15 October |
Entry list
GT3
|
|
GT4
Team | Car | No. | Drivers | Class | Rounds |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR[25] | 10 | AA | All | ||
117 | Inv | 1 | |||
Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR[37] | 11 | AA | All | ||
McLaren 570S GT4[38] | 12 | AA | 4 | ||
Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR[39] | 17 | AA | All | ||
1–2, 4, 6 | |||||
3 | |||||
5 | |||||
Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR[27] | 77 | AA | All | ||
Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR[40] | 89 | AA | All | ||
1 | |||||
2 | |||||
3 | |||||
4, 6 | |||||
5 |
Race results
Bold indicates overall winner.
Round | Circuit | Pole position | Pro-Am Winners | Silver Winners | Am-Am Winners | GT4 Winners | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | R1 | ||||||
R2 | |||||||
2 | R1 | ||||||
R2 | |||||||
3 | R1 | ||||||
R2 | |||||||
4 | R1 | ||||||
R2 | |||||||
5 | R1 | ||||||
R2 | |||||||
6 | R1 | ||||||
R2 | |||||||
Championship standings
- Scoring system
Championship points were awarded for the first ten positions in each race. 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 | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Points | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
Drivers' championships
Overall
|
Bold – Pole |
- Notes
- 1 – Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak and Yu Lin were guest drivers in Shanghai and therefore ineligible to score points.
Pro-Am
Pos. | Driver | Team | SEP |
CHA |
SUZ |
FUJ |
SHA |
ZHE |
Points | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 24 | Ret | 3 | 4 | 223 | ||
2 | 10 | 9 | 3 | Ret | 10 | 9 | Ret | 9 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 147 | ||
3 | 11 | 8 | 146 | ||||||||||||
4 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 12 | Ret | 25 | 11 | 7 | 10 | ||||||
4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 24 | Ret | 3 | 4 | 140 | ||||||
5 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 12 | Ret | 25 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 121 | ||||
6 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 9 | Ret | Ret | 5 | 8 | 17 | Ret | DNS | 106 | ||
7 | 9 | 12 | DNS | 12 | Ret | 16 | 16 | 17 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 12 | 103 | ||
8 | 12 | 18 | 1 | Ret | 5 | 7 | Ret | 2 | 93 | ||||||
9 | DNS | 13 | 61 | ||||||||||||
5 | Ret | 16 | Ret | Ret | 16 | DNS | DNS | 8 | 3 | ||||||
10 | 13 | 1 | Ret | Ret | 6 | 13 | 55 | ||||||||
11 | 1 | Ret | Ret | 2 | 43 | ||||||||||
11 | 2 | 4 | 43 | ||||||||||||
12 | 5 | 7 | 40 | ||||||||||||
12 | 7 | 1 | 40 | ||||||||||||
13 | 6 | Ret | 21 | 4 | 37 | ||||||||||
14 | 27 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 30 | ||||||||||
15 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 27 | ||||||||||
16 | 11 | 8 | 25 | ||||||||||||
17 | 7 | 7 | 20 | ||||||||||||
18 | 9 | 10 | 14 | ||||||||||||
51 | 121 | ||||||||||||||
18 | 9 | 10 | 14 | ||||||||||||
19 | 15 | 12 | 12 | ||||||||||||
20 | 13 | 19 | 11 | ||||||||||||
21 | 12 | 18 | 10 | ||||||||||||
22 | 14 | 17 | 8 | ||||||||||||
23 | 18 | 20 | 6 | ||||||||||||
23 | 10 | 13 | 6 | ||||||||||||
24 | 15 | 27 | 3 | ||||||||||||
Ret | DNS | ||||||||||||||
Guest drivers ineligible to score Pro-Am class points | |||||||||||||||
5 | 12 | ||||||||||||||
19 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
13 | 14 | ||||||||||||||
Ret | 15 | ||||||||||||||
13 | 13 | ||||||||||||||
18 | 18 | ||||||||||||||
Pos. | Driver | Team | SEP |
CHA |
SUZ |
FUJ |
SHA |
ZHE |
Points |
- Notes
- 1 – Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak was a guest driver in Shanghai and therefore ineligible to score Pro-Am class points.
Silver
Pos. | Driver | Team | SEP |
CHA |
SUZ |
FUJ |
SHA |
ZHE |
Points | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 206 | ||
2 | 1 | 2 | Ret | 3 | 3 | Ret | 11 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 188 | ||
3 | 4 | 5 | DNS | 8 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 132 | ||
4 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 131 | ||
5 | 17 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 12 | DNS | 127 | ||
6 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 11 | Ret | 9 | 9 | 2 | 118 | ||||
7 | 8 | 16 | Ret | DNS | 8 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 112 | ||
8 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 11 | Ret | 9 | 62 | ||||||||
8 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 12 | DNS | 62 | ||||||
9 | 6 | 1 | 37 | ||||||||||||
10 | 8 | 2 | 35 | ||||||||||||
11 | 8 | 16 | Ret | DNS | 4 | 24 | 31 | ||||||||
12 | 1 | 15 | 29 | ||||||||||||
13 | 9 | 2 | 28 | ||||||||||||
14 | 3 | 26 | 14 | Ret | 24 | ||||||||||
15 | 4 | 8 | 23 | ||||||||||||
15 | 10 | 5 | 23 | ||||||||||||
16 | 3 | 26 | 22 | ||||||||||||
16 | 7 | 10 | 22 | ||||||||||||
17 | 7 | 7 | 20 | ||||||||||||
18 | 14 | Ret | 2 | ||||||||||||
Guest drivers ineligible to score Silver class points | |||||||||||||||
9 | 10 | ||||||||||||||
Pos. | Driver | Team | SEP |
CHA |
SUZ |
FUJ |
SHA |
ZHE |
Points |
Am-Am
Pos. | Driver | Team | SEP |
CHA |
SUZ |
FUJ |
SHA |
ZHE |
Points | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 20 | 19 | 16 | 14 | 29 | 21 | 14 | 21 | 14 | 11 | 178 | ||||
2 | DNS | DNS | 17 | 10 | 15 | 18 | 12 | 20 | 15 | 15 | 173 | ||||
3 | 15 | 18 | 20 | 15 | 20 | 23 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 163 | ||||
4 | 18 | 15 | 14 | Ret | 19 | 19 | 30 | Ret | 16 | 19 | 131 | ||||
5 | 15 | 18 | 20 | 15 | 20 | 23 | 15 | 16 | 130 | ||||||
6 | 19 | 14 | 18 | 13 | 19 | 22 | 17 | Ret | 122 | ||||||
7 | 17 | 10 | 50 | ||||||||||||
8 | 21 | 17 | 22 | 25 | 44 | ||||||||||
9 | 16 | 14 | 33 | ||||||||||||
Ret | DNS | ||||||||||||||
DNS | DNS | ||||||||||||||
Pos. | Driver | Team | SEP |
CHA |
SUZ |
FUJ |
SHA |
ZHE |
Points |
Teams' championship
Pos. | Team | Manufacturer | No. | SEP |
CHA |
SUZ |
FUJ |
SHA |
ZHE |
Points | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
GT3 | ||||||||||||||||
1 | Mercedes-Benz | 888 | 4 | 5 | DNS | 8 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 243 | |
999 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 24 | Ret | 3 | 4 | ||||
2 | Audi | 86 | 1 | 2 | Ret | 3 | 3 | Ret | 11 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 160 | |
3 | Audi | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 158 | |
4 | Porsche | 88 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 11 | Ret | 9 | 9 | 2 | 139 | |
99 | 17 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 12 | DNS | ||||
5 | Ferrari | 38 | 12 | 18 | 1 | Ret | 5 | 7 | Ret | 2 | 102 | |||||
39 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 9 | Ret | Ret | 5 | 8 | 17 | Ret | DNS | ||||
6 | Lamborghini | 66 | 8 | 16 | Ret | DNS | 8 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 67 | |
7 | Lamborghini | 1 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 62 | |
2 | 15 | 27 | 15 | 18 | 20 | 15 | 20 | 23 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 14 | ||||
8 | Audi | 6 | 10 | 9 | 3 | Ret | 10 | 9 | Ret | 9 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 60 | |
9 | Audi | 7 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 12 | Ret | 25 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 46 | |||
10 | Ferrari | 37 | 13 | 1 | Ret | Ret | 33 | |||||||||
Audi | 6 | 13 | ||||||||||||||
11 | Audi | 18 | 5 | Ret | 16 | Ret | Ret | 16 | DNS | DNS | 8 | 3 | 29 | |||
12 | Lamborghini | 777 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 15 | 25 | |||||||||
13 | Ferrari | 28 | 6 | Ret | 21 | 4 | 20 | |||||||||
14 | BMW | 90 | Ret | DNS | 13 | 19 | 15 | |||||||||
91 | 3 | 26 | 14 | Ret | 181 | 181 | ||||||||||
14 | Audi | 13 | 9 | 12 | DNS | 12 | Ret | 16 | 16 | 17 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 12 | 15 | |
15 | Ferrari | 9 | 7 | 7 | 12 | |||||||||||
16 | Porsche | 47 | 27 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 10 | |||||||||
17 | Porsche | 3 | 7 | 10 | 7 | |||||||||||
18 | Audi | 7 | 11 | 8 | 4 | |||||||||||
19 | Porsche | 8 | 9 | 10 | 3 | |||||||||||
20 | Lamborghini | 27 | DNS | DNS | 17 | 10 | 15 | 18 | 12 | 20 | 15 | 15 | 1 | |||
Audi | 59 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 0 | ||||||||||
Aston Martin | 69 | 20 | 19 | 16 | 14 | 29 | 21 | 14 | 21 | 14 | 11 | 0 | ||||
Audi | 18 | DNS | 13 | 0 | ||||||||||||
19 | 18 | 15 | 14 | Ret | 19 | 19 | 30 | Ret | 16 | 19 | ||||||
Ferrari | 75 | 19 | 14 | 18 | 13 | 19 | 22 | 17 | Ret | 0 | ||||||
Porsche | 98 | 14 | 17 | 21 | 17 | 22 | 25 | 191 | 41 | 0 | ||||||
Lamborghini | 390 | 18 | 20 | 0 | ||||||||||||
McLaren | 12 | Ret | DNS | |||||||||||||
Guest teams ineligible to score points | ||||||||||||||||
Bentley | 20 | 5 | 12 | |||||||||||||
30 | Ret | 15 | ||||||||||||||
Porsche | 33 | 13 | 14 | |||||||||||||
277 | 9 | 10 | ||||||||||||||
Audi | 16 | 13 | 13 | |||||||||||||
GT4 | ||||||||||||||||
1 | Porsche | 77 | 22 | 22 | EX | 15 | 22 | 24 | 24 | 28 | 20 | 25 | 17 | 17 | 216 | |
2 | Porsche | 10 | 23 | 21 | 18 | 16 | 25 | 21 | 26 | 29 | 21 | 26 | 21 | 18 | 186 | |
3 | Porsche | 17 | 25 | 25 | 17 | 17 | 23 | 20 | 27 | 30 | 26 | 22 | 19 | 20 | 185 | |
4 | Porsche | 89 | 24 | 23 | Ret | 19 | 24 | 23 | 25 | 27 | 22 | 24 | 18 | 16 | 175 | |
5 | Porsche | 11 | 26 | 24 | Ret | DNS | 26 | 22 | 28 | Ret | 23 | 23 | 20 | 19 | 109 | |
6 | McLaren | 12 | 23 | 26 | 50 | |||||||||||
Pos. | Team | Manufacturer | No. | SEP |
CHA |
SUZ |
FUJ |
SHA |
ZHE |
Points |
- Notes
- 1 – Arrows Racing and FIST - Team AAI were guest teams in Shanghai and therefore ineligible to score points.
See also
Notes
- Car No. 5 entered as Audi Hong Kong, car No. 6 entered as Audi R8 LMS Cup and car No. 16 entered as Phoenix Racing Asia.
- Car No. 7 entered as J-Fly by Absolute Racing, car No. 13 entered as Milestone Racing and cars No. 20 and 30 entered as Bentley Team Absolute.
- Car No. 18 entered as KCMG at Round 1, but from Round 2 on as KCMG by Champion Racing. Car No. 19 entered as KCMG.
- Car 37 entered as BBT and cars No. 38 and 39 entered as Spirit of Race.
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