2019 Blancpain GT Sports Club

The 2019 Blancpain GT Sports Club was the fifth and final 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 level drivers only, with two additional sub-classes based on age, Titanium and Iron, in order to separate the potential of using higher-level drivers who are often in amateur classes based on their age. The Titanium categorisation for drivers between the age of 50 and 59. The Iron categorisation for drivers over the age of 60 (meaning all drivers who would be FIA Platinum or Gold but are 60 or older). The races were contested with GT3-spec, GTE-spec, GT2-spec and Trophy cars. The season began on 13 April at Monza and ended on 29 September at Barcelona-Catalunya.

Calendar edit

At the annual press conference during the 2018 24 Hours of Spa on 27 July, the Stéphane Ratel Organisation announced the first draft of the 2019 calendar, in which the Nürburgring initially made an appearance.^[1] It was dropped from the schedule and replaced by Misano, when the finalised calendar was announced on 28 March 2019.^[2]

Round	Circuit	Date	Supporting
1	Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza, Italy	13–14 April	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup
2	Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet, France	1–2 June	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup
3	Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Misano Adriatico, Italy	29–30 June	Blancpain GT World Challenge Europe
4	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium	20–21 July	SRO Speedweek
5	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló, Spain	28–29 September	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup

Entry list edit

Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Class	Rounds
Kessel Racing	Ferrari 488 GT3	1	Michał Broniszewski		2
		12	Rick Lovat	Iron	1–3, 5
		23	Murad Sultanov		All
		111	Stephen Earle	Iron	All
		133	Murat Cuhadaroglu	Ti	4
Boutsen Ginion	Lamborghini Gallardo R-EX	2	Pierre Feligioni		5
BMS Scuderia Italia	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	7	Luigi Lucchini		2, 5
Reno Racing	Honda NSX GT3	11	Jens Reno Møller		All
Capital Racing Team	Mercedes-AMG GT3	13	Denis Remenyako		2, 5
GetSpeed Performance	Mercedes-AMG GT3	13	Denis Remenyako		4
HB Racing	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	14	Angélique Detavernier		5
		24	Dilantha Malagamuwa	Ti	1–3, 5
		666	Bernhard Loffler		4
		888	Robert Zwinger		2
HP Racing International	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	17	Coach McKansy	Ti	All
Audi Sport Team WRT	Audi R8 LMS GT2	25	James Sofronas		5
Rinaldi Racing	Ferrari 488 GT3	33	Christian Hook	Ti	3
Rinaldi Racing	Ferrari 488 GT3	333	Vadim Kogay	Ti	1–2
ERC Sport	Mercedes-AMG GT3	44	Lee Mowle	Ti	1–4
AF Corse	Ferrari 488 GT3	50	Louis-Philippe Soenen	Iron	All
		51	Mario Cordoni		1–4
		53	Ken Abe		1–2
		54	Kriton Lendoudis		2
		55	Frederic Fangio		2, 5
		56	Howard Blank	Iron	3–4
GDL Racing	Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo	61	Roberto Rayneri	Iron	1
StileF Squadra Corse	Ferrari 458 Italia GTE	69	Hardy Woodcock		2
	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	84	Pete Mitchell		2
	Ferrari 488 GT3	777	Pavel Strukov		All
Van der Horst Motorsport	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo	98	Gerard van der Horst	Ti	1–2
Attempto Racing	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	100	Bernd Kleinbach	Iron	1–2
Sources:^[3]^[4]

Icon	Class
Ti	Titanium Cup
Iron	Iron Cup

Race results edit

Round		Circuit	Pole position	Overall Winner	Titanium Winner	Iron Winner
1	R1	Monza	No. 11 Reno Racing	No. 11 Reno Racing	No. 17 HP Racing International	No. 111 Kessel Racing
	R1		Jens Reno Møller	Jens Reno Møller	Coach McKansy	Stephen Earle
	R2		No. 11 Reno Racing	No. 11 Reno Racing	No. 44 ERC Sport	No. 111 Kessel Racing
	R2		Jens Reno Møller	Jens Reno Møller	Lee Mowle	Stephen Earle
2	R1	Paul Ricard	No. 11 Reno Racing	No. 7 BMS Scuderia Italia	No. 44 ERC Sport	No. 50 AF Corse
	R1		Jens Reno Møller	Luigi Lucchini	Lee Mowle	Louis-Philippe Soenen
	R2		No. 23 Kessel Racing	No. 23 Kessel Racing	No. 17 HP Racing International	No. 111 Kessel Racing
	R2		Murad Sultanov	Murad Sultanov	Coach McKansy	Stephen Earle
3	R1	Misano	No. 33 Rinaldi Racing	No. 33 Rinaldi Racing	No. 33 Rinaldi Racing	No. 111 Kessel Racing
	R1		Christian Hook	Christian Hook	Christian Hook	Stephen Earle
	R2		No. 33 Rinaldi Racing	No. 11 Reno Racing	No. 33 Rinaldi Racing	No. 111 Kessel Racing
	R2		Christian Hook	Jens Reno Møller	Christian Hook	Stephen Earle
4	R1	Spa-Francorchamps	No. 11 Reno Racing	No. 11 Reno Racing	No. 17 HP Racing International	No. 111 Kessel Racing
	R1		Jens Reno Møller	Jens Reno Møller	Coach McKansy	Stephen Earle
	R2		No. 11 Reno Racing	No. 13 GetSpeed Performance	No. 17 HP Racing International	No. 111 Kessel Racing
	R2		Jens Reno Møller	Denis Remenyako	Coach McKansy	Stephen Earle
5	R1	Barcelona-Catalunya	No. 13 Capital Racing Team	No. 13 Capital Racing Team	No. 17 HP Racing International	No. 50 AF Corse
	R1		Denis Remenyako	Denis Remenyako	Coach McKansy	Louis-Philippe Soenen
	R2		No. 13 Capital Racing Team	No. 23 Kessel Racing	No. 17 HP Racing International	No. 111 Kessel Racing
	R2		Denis Remenyako	Murad Sultanov	Coach McKansy	Stephen Earle

Championship standings edit

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.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Points	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1

Drivers' championships edit

Overall edit

Pos.	Driver	Team	MNZ		LEC		MIS		SPA		CAT		Points
1	Jens Reno Møller	Reno Racing	1	1	2	5	8	1	1	2	4	2	180
2	Murad Sultanov	Kessel Racing	3	2	Ret	1	4	3	3	4	2	1	155
3	Coach McKansy	HP Racing International	4	4	Ret	2	5	4	4	3	5	3	116
4	Lee Mowle	ERC Sport	8	3	6	4	2	DNS	5	5			77
5	Mario Cordoni	AF Corse	2	5	3	9	3	5	Ret	DNS			70
6	Denis Remenyako	Capital Racing Team			7	6					1	11	82
6	Denis Remenyako	GetSpeed Performance							2	1			82
7	Christian Hook	Rinaldi Racing					1	2					43
8	Stephen Earle	Kessel Racing	6	8	16	15	7	7	6	7	12	6	46
9	Luigi Lucchini	BMS Scuderia Italia			1	8					6	Ret	37
10	Pavel Strukov	StileF Squadra Corse	11	6	18	12	10	6	7	6	13	7	37
11	Robert Zwinger	HB Racing			4	3							27
12	Frederic Fangio	AF Corse			10	7					7	4	25
13	Dilantha Malagamuwa	HB Racing	9	13	12	14	6	10			9	8	17
14	Vadim Kogay	Rinaldi Racing	5	7	Ret	11							16
15	James Sofronas	Audi Sport Team WRT									3	12	15
16	Louis-Philippe Soenen	AF Corse	12	12	9	18	9	Ret	8	8	11	10	13
17	Pete Mitchell	StileF Squadra Corse			5	21							10
18	Gerard van der Horst	Van der Horst Motorsport	7	9	13	17							8
19	Rick Lovat	Kessel Racing	10	10	14	19	Ret	8			14	9	8
20	Howard Blank	AF Corse					11	9	10	9			5
21	Ken Abe	AF Corse	14	14	8	16							4
22	Bernhard Loffler	HB Racing							9	10			3
23	Kriton Lendoudis	AF Corse			11	10							1
	Bernd Kleinbach	Attempto Racing	13	11	15	20							0
	Hardy Woodcock	StileF Squadra Corse			17	13							0
	Roberto Rayneri	GDL Racing	15	DNS									0
	Michał Broniszewski	Kessel Racing			DNS	DNS
	Murad Cuhadaroglu	Kessel Racing							DNS	DNS
Entries ineligible to score points
	Angélique Detavernier	HB Racing									10	5
	Pierre Feligioni	Boutsen Ginion									8	Ret
Pos.	Driver	Team	MNZ		LEC		MIS		SPA		CAT		Points

Key
Colour	Result
Gold	Race winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
Black	Excluded (EX)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Race cancelled (C)
	Withdrew (WD)
Blank	Did not participate

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Titanium Cup edit

Pos.	Driver	Team	MNZ		LEC		MIS		SPA		CAT		Points
1	Coach McKansy	HP Racing International	4	4	Ret	2	5	4	4	3	5	3	201
2	Lee Mowle	ERC Sport	8	3	6	4	2	DNS	5	5			134
3	Dilantha Malagamuwa	HB Racing	9	13	12	14	6	10			9	8	113
4	Gerard van der Horst	Van der Horst Motorsport	7	9	13	17							52
5	Christian Hook	Rinaldi Racing					1	2					50
6	Vadim Kogay	Rinaldi Racing	5	7	Ret	11							48
	Murat Cuhadaroglu	Kessel Racing							DNS	DNS
Pos.	Driver	Team	MNZ		LEC		MIS		SPA		CAT		Points

Iron Cup edit

Pos.	Driver	Team	MNZ		LEC		MIS		SPA		CAT		Points
1	Stephen Earle	Kessel Racing	6	8	16	15	7	7	6	7	12	6	230
2	Louis-Philippe Soenen	AF Corse	12	12	9	18	9	Ret	2	2	11	10	164
3	Rick Lovat	Kessel Racing	10	10	14	19	Ret	8			14	9	120
4	Bernd Kleinbach	Attempto Racing	13	11	15	20							54
5	Howard Blank	AF Corse					11	9	10	9			45
6	Roberto Rayneri	GDL Racing	15	DNS									10
Pos.	Driver	Team	MNZ		LEC		MIS		SPA		CAT		Points

References edit

^ "Stephane Ratel presents exciting new global vision for SRO Motorsports Group". blancpain-gt-series.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 27 July 2018. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
^ "Entries into 2019 Blancpain GT Sports Club campaign continue to rise ahead of Monza". blancpainsportsclub.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 28 March 2019. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
^ "Monza to kick-off 2019 Blancpain GT Sports Club season". blancpainsportsclub.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 8 April 2019. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
^ "Bolstered 22-car entry list for Paul Ricard, as Blancpain GT Sports Club welcomes several new and returning drivers". blancpainsportsclub.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 28 May 2019. Retrieved 31 May 2019.

External links edit

Official website

[1] "Stephane Ratel presents exciting new global vision for SRO Motorsports Group". blancpain-gt-series.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 27 July 2018. Retrieved 14 April 2019.

[2] "Entries into 2019 Blancpain GT Sports Club campaign continue to rise ahead of Monza". blancpainsportsclub.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 28 March 2019. Retrieved 14 April 2019.

[3] "Monza to kick-off 2019 Blancpain GT Sports Club season". blancpainsportsclub.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 8 April 2019. Retrieved 14 April 2019.

[4] "Bolstered 22-car entry list for Paul Ricard, as Blancpain GT Sports Club welcomes several new and returning drivers". blancpainsportsclub.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 28 May 2019. Retrieved 31 May 2019.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]