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

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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
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

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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 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
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

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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
  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
  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
  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
  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
  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
  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
  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
  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
  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
  Denis Remenyako   Murad Sultanov   Coach McKansy   Stephen Earle

Championship standings

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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

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Overall

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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
  GetSpeed Performance 2 1
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
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
Excluded (EX)
White Did not start (DNS)
Race cancelled (C)
Withdrew (WD)
Blank Did not participate

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Titanium Cup

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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

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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

See also

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References

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  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.
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