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2017 GT Series Sprint Cup

2017 GT Series Sprint Cup

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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.

Calendar

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replacing the round in Barcelona, but on 7 November the SRO announced the finalised calendar, confirming Zandvoort had been replaced by Zolder.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]

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Entry list

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Race results

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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. 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.

Qualifying Race points
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Main Race points
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Drivers' championships

Overall

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Pro-Am Cup

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Silver Cup

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Am Cup

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Teams' championships

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Pro-Am Cup

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Silver Cup

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Am Cup

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See also

Notes

  1. [N 1]
    Cars 1, 2 and 5 entered as Belgian Audi Club Team WRT and cars No. 3 and 17 entered as Team WRT.
  2. [N 2]
    Cars No. 11 and 888 entered as Kessel Racing and car No. 39 entered as Kessel Racing TP12.
  3. [N 3]
    Car No. 42 entered as Strakka Motorsport and cars No. 43, 44, 58 and 59 entered as Strakka Racing.
  4. [N 4]
    Car No. 55 entered as Spirit of Race under Swiss licence, but its drivers scored points for AF Corse.
  5. [N 5]
    Car No. 84 entered as Mercedes-AMG Team HTP Motorsport and cars No. 85 and 86 entered as HTP Motorsport.

References

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    "Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup Nürburgring Entry List". blancpain-gt-series.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 31 March 2017. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
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    "Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup Misano Entry List". blancpain-gt-series.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 31 March 2017. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
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    "Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup Zolder Provisional Entry List" (PDF). vmail.vertouk.net. SRO Motorsports Group. 30 May 2017. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
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    "Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup Hungaroring Entry List". blancpain-gt-series.com. SRO Motorsports Group. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
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