2017 GT & Prototype Challenge

The 2017 GT & Prototype Challenge was the 1st season of the GT & Prototype Challenge. The Super GT and Superlights classes of the Supercar Challenge were split from the original series to form the new championship.

2017 GT & Prototype Challenge

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2017 Supercar Challenge

Daan Meijer was the Super GT Champion.

David and Gary Hauser were the LMP3 Champions.

Luc de Cock and Tim Joosen were the Group CN Champions.

Regulations

The series entrants are divided over four classes. The GT class, from the Supercar Challenge Super GT class, forms the highest and fastest division. Cars with a 2,8kg per HP or more ratio are allowed to compete. This includes all Group GT3 class cars and specially built GT's such as the Solution F built Volvo S60 and Renault Sport R.S. 01.^[1] LMP3 spec cars first raced in the Supercar Challenge Super GT class in 2016. The class forms a separate class within the series open to all 2016 specification LMP3 machinery.

Two classes from the Supercar Challenge Superlights class are included in the new series. The fastest of the two is the Group CN class. Group CN specification cars built after 2014 are allowed to compete. The fourth, and slowest, class is the Radical SR3 class. Mainly a Radical SR3 spec class, the class is open to cars with comparable lap times.^[2] Also allowed are the Praga R1 and pre-2014 Group CN class cars.^[3]

Entry List

Team	Chassis	Engine	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Super GT
JR Motorsport	Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3	Mercedes-Benz M156 6.2 L V8	101	Daan Meijer	1, 4–5
de Jong Racing	Mercedes-AMG GT3	Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8	106	Daniël de Jong	6
				Henk de Jong
Topper Team	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6	109	Sebastiaan Bleekemolen	2
				Dirk Schulz
TCS Motorsport	Ginetta G50 GT4	Ford Cyclone 3.5 L V6	128	Paul Fleury	2
Speedlover	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup	Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6	153	Hans Hjelm	4
PUMAXS Racing	Pumax RT	Chevrolet LS7 6.7 L V8	172	Henk Thuis	1, 6
BlueBerry Racing	Mosler MT900R GT3	Chevrolet LS7 7.0 L V8	173	Berry van Elk	1, 4–6
				Dick van Elk	6
TransAm EuroRacing	Howe Ford Mustang TA2	Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8	180	Hervé Maillien	2
			181	Alexis van de Poele	2
				Eric van de Poele
			182	Alexandre Berard	3
				Charles-Aime Clerc
Team Roscar	Ferrari 458 GT3	Ferrari 4.5 L V8	192	Alexis Berthet	5
				Patrick Michellier
	Saleen S7R	Ford 7.0 L V8	195	Guy Heliou	5
GT entries ineligible to score points
TransAm EuroRacing	Howe Ford Mustang TA2	Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8	180	Amaury Bonduel	1
				Stéphane Kox
JR Motorsport	BMW M4 Silhouette	BMW S54 3.2 L I6	181	Koen Bogaerts	1
				Bas Schouten
DVB Racing	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup	Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6	184	Alexandre Jouannem	1
				Cengiz Oguzhan
Team Roscar	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6	187	Jean Jacques Lega	5
			188	Eric Bazonnet	5
				Laurent Cochard
			189	Jean-Pierre Levasseur	5
				Jean-Charles Levy
			190	George Canas	5
			197	Thomas Winkler	5
			198	Tomas Pfister	5
				Alfred Winkler
	Porsche 996 GT3 Cup	Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6	191	Denis Baron	5
				David Defaux
	Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR	Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6	193	Thierry Genetier	5
				Marc Peraldi
	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup	Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6	194	Régis Rego de Sebes	5
ABOG	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup	Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6	190	Aart Bosman	1
Moritz Racing	Marcos Mantis	Ford 5.0 L V8	191	Bert Moritz	1
				Patrick Moritz
LMP3
Prime Racing	Ginetta G57 P2	Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8	202	Jean-Pierre Lequeux	1–3
				Jean-Marc Ueberecken
Inter Europol Competition	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8	203	Jakub Śmiechowski	1–5
				Wolfgang Jordan	1
				Cristopher Dreyspring	3–4
			204	Martin Hippe	1–2, 5
				Hans Laub	1
				Philippe Bourgeois	2
				Pontus Fredricsson	5
Racing Experience	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8	222	David Hauser	All
				Gary Hauser	4–6
Equipe Verschuur	Renault RS 01 Trophy	Gibson 3.8 L V6	226	Sandor van Es	1
				Rob Kamphues
			227	Sam de Jonghe	5
				Stéphane Lémeret
AFK Motorsport	Renault RS 01 Trophy	Gibson 3.8 L V6	228	Oliver Freymuth	2–3, 5
KEO Racing	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8	243	Joakim Frid	5
				Roman Krumins
Peter Kox Motorsport	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8	248	Peter Kox	4
				Stéphane Kox
G57
Prime Racing	Ginetta G57 P2	Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8	202	Jean-Pierre Lequeux	5
				Jean-Marc Ueberecken
Powermotorsports	Norma M20 FC	Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8	290	Siegmar Pfeifer	5
Group CN
Deldiche Racing[N 1] Norma Benelux[N 1]	Norma M20 FC	Honda K20A 2.0 L I4	301	Luc de Cock	1–3, 6
				Tim Joosen
				Sam de Jonghe	3
			333	David Houthoofd	2
Hulford Racing	Wolf GB08	Honda K20A 2.0 L I4	337	Gerry Hulford	5
				Miles Hulford
Alain Berg	Radical SR8	Suzuki RPE 2.7 L V8	339	Alain Berg	4
				Henk Thuis
Bas Koeten Racing	Wolf GB08	Honda K20A 2.0 L I4	340	Rob Kamphues	4
				Leon Rijnbeek
JR Motorsport	Radical SR8	Suzuki RPE 2.7 L V8	341	Bob Herber	4, 6
				Daan Meijer	6
Daniel Schildgen	Radical SR8	Suzuki RPE 2.7 L V8	342	Daniel Schildgen	6
Team Aschoff	Praga R1T	Renault F4R 832 2.0 L I4	387	Max Aschoff	5
				Robert Aschoff
Praga Factory Team	Praga R1T	Renault F4R 832 2.0 L I4	388	Ales Jirasek	5
VR Motorsport	Praga R1T	Renault F4R 832 2.0 L I4	396	Tim Gray	1–4, 6
				Alastair Boulton	1, 4–5
				Oliver Hewitt	2–3
				Alain Berg	5–6
SR3-Praga
Blueberry Racing	Praga R1	Renault F4R 832 2.0 L I4	401	Fiona James	1–2, 4, 6
				Cor Euser	3
			402	Dick van Elk	2–4, 6
V-Max Racing	Praga R1	Renault F4R 832 2.0 L I4			5
			408	Daniel Schildgen	5
Wim Jeuris	Radical SR3L	Suzuki RPE 1.5 L I4	403	Wim Jeuris	1–5
EHK2	Ligier JS51	Honda K20A 2.0 L I4	405	Cristian Holtappels	3
Ko Koppejan	Radical SR3	Suzuki RPE 1.5 L I4	406	Ko Koppejan	1

Race results

Rounds 1, 3 and 6 are co-headlined by the TCR Benelux Touring Car Championship.

Round		Circuit	Date	Super GT Winning Car	GT Winning Car	LMP3 Winning Car	Group CN Winning Car	SR3 - Praga Winning Car	Supporting
				Super GT Winning Drivers	GT Winning Drivers	LMP3 Winning Drivers	Group CN Winning Drivers	SR3 - Praga Winning Drivers
1	R1	Zandvoort	20 May	No. 101 JR Motorsport	No. 181 JR Motorsport	No. 226 Equipe Verschuur	No. 301 Deldiche Racing	No. 406 Ko Koppejan	Jumbo Family Racing Days
				Daan Meijer	Koen Bogaerts Bas Schouten	Sandor van Es Rob Kamphues	Luc de Cock Tim Joosen	Ko Koppejan
	R2		21 May	No. 172 PUMAXS Racing	No. 181 JR Motorsport	No. 222 Racing Experience	No. 301 Deldiche Racing	No. 401 Blueberry Racing
				Henk Thuis	Koen Bogaerts Bas Schouten	David Hauser	Luc de Cock Tim Joosen	Fiona James
2	R1	Spa-Francorchamps	10 June	No. 128 TCS Motorsport	Merged with Super GT class	No. 222 Racing Experience	No. 301 Deldiche Racing	No. 403 Wim Jeuris	Spa Euro Race
				Paul Fleury		David Hauser	Luc de Cock Tim Joosen	Wim Jeuris
	R2		11 June	No. 180 TransAm EuroRacing		No. 202 Prime Racing	No. 333 Norma Benelux	No. 403 Wim Jeuris
				Hervé Maillien		Jean-Pierre Lequeux Jean-Marc Ueberecken	David Houthoofd	Wim Jeuris
3	R1	Zolder	15 July	No. 182 TransAm EuroRacing		No. 203 Inter Europol Competition	No. 301 Deldiche Racing	No. 401 Blueberry Racing	Zolder Superprix
				Alexandre Berard Charles-Aime Clerc		Cristopher Dreyspring Jakub Śmiechowski	Luc de Cock Tim Joosen Sam de Jonghe	Cor Euser
	R2		16 July	No. 182 TransAm EuroRacing		No. 203 Inter Europol Competition	No. 396 VR Motorsport	No. 401 Blueberry Racing
				Alexandre Berard Charles-Aime Clerc		Cristopher Dreyspring Jakub Śmiechowski	Tim Gray Oliver Hewitt	Cor Euser
4	R1	Assen	5 August	No. 153 Speedlover		No. 222 Racing Experience	No. 341 JR Motorsport	No. 401 Blueberry Racing	Gamma Racing Days
				Hans Hjelm		David Hauser Gary Hauser	Bob Herber	Fiona James
	R2		6 August	No. 101 JR Motorsport		No. 203 Inter Europol Competition	No. 339 Alain Berg	No. 403 Wim Jeuris
				Daan Meijer		Cristopher Dreyspring Jakub Śmiechowski	Alain Berg Henk Thuis	Wim Jeuris
5	R1	Spa-Francorchamps	30 September	No. 173 BlueBerry Racing		No. 227 Equipe Verschuur	No. 388 Praga Factory Team	No. 408 V-Max Racing	Racing Festival
				Berry van Elk		Sam de Jonghe Stéphane Lémeret	Ales Jirasek	Daniel Schildgen
	R2		1 October	No. 101 JR Motorsport		No. 203 Inter Europol Competition	No. 388 Praga Factory Team	No. 403 Wim Jeuris
				Daan Meijer		Jakub Smiechowski	Ales Jirasek	Wim Jeuris
6	R1	Assen	21 October	No. 172 PUMAXS Racing		No. 222 Racing Experience	No. 301 Deldiche Racing	No. 401 Blueberry Racing	Formido Finaleraces
				Henk Thuis		David Hauser Gary Hauser	Luc de Cock Tim Joosen	Fiona James
	R2		22 October	No. 106 de Jong Racing		No. 222 Racing Experience	No. 341 JR Motorsport	No. 401 Blueberry Racing
				Daniël de Jong Henk de Jong		David Hauser Gary Hauser	Bob Herber Daan Meijer	Fiona James

Drivers' championships

Pos. Driver Team ZAN SPA ZOL ASS SPA ASS Points Super GT[4] 1 Daan Meijer JR Motorsport 7 Ret DNS 5 15 11 96 2 Henk Thuis PUMAXS Racing 9 9 3 9 89 3 Berry van Elk BlueBerry Racing 13 Ret 10 DNS 7 Ret 8 8 82 4 Daniël de Jong Henk de Jong de Jong Racing 5 1 46 5 Hervé Maillien TransAm EuroRacing 9 7 45 6 Hans Hjelm Speedlover 9 11 45 7 Sebastiaan Bleekemolen Dirk Schulz Topper Team 10 9 39 8 Guy Heliou Team Roscar 16 14 32 9 Alexandre Berard Charles-Aime Clerc TransAm EuroRacing 10 10 29 10 Paul Fleury TCS Motorsport 8 DNS 25 11 Alexis Berthet Patrick Michellier Team Roscar 11 DNS 23 12 Alexis van de Poele Eric van de Poele TransAm EuroRacing Ret Ret 3 Entries ineligible to score points Koen Bogaerts Bas Schouten JR Motorsport 10 4 0 Aart Bosman ABOG 11 6 0 Alexandre Jouannem Cengiz Oguzhan DVB Racing DNS 10 0 Amaury Bonduel Stéphane Kox TransAm EuroRacing Ret 11 0 Bert Moritz Patrick Moritz Moritz Racing DNS 12 0 Thomas Winkler Team Roscar 21 13 0 George Canas Team Roscar 13 Ret 0 Régis Rego de Sebes Team Roscar 14 Ret 0 Jean Jacques Lega Team Roscar 22 16 0 Tomas Pfister Alfred Winkler Team Roscar 17 22 0 Eric Bazonnet Laurent Cochard Team Roscar Ret 17 0 Jean-Pierre Levasseur Jean-Charles Levy Team Roscar 18 18 0 Thierry Genetier Marc Peraldi Team Roscar 19 19 0 Denis Baron David Defaux Team Roscar 24 23 0 LMP3[5] 1 David Hauser Racing Experience 2 1 1 3 3 2 1 3 4 7 1 2 249 Gary Hauser 1 3 4 7 1 2 2 Jakub Śmiechowski Inter Europol Competition 3 5 2 2 1 1 5 1 5 2 208 Wolfgang Jordan 3 5 Cristopher Dreyspring 1 1 5 1 3 Jean-Pierre Lequeux Jean-Marc Ueberecken Prime Racing 6 2 7 1 4 4 8 6 136 4 Martin Hippe Inter Europol Competition 4 7 DNS DNS 9 4 76 Hans Laub 4 7 Philippe Bourgeois 3 4 Pontus Fredricsson 9 4 5 Oliver Freymuth AFK Motorsport 5 5 6 Ret 3 8 64 6 Sam de Jonghe Stéphane Lémeret Equipe Verschuur 1 3 49 7 Peter Kox Stéphane Kox Peter Kox Motorsport 2 2 40 8 Sandor van Es Rob Kamphues Equipe Verschuur 1 8 36 9 Joakim Frid Roman Krumins KEO Racing 12 9 16 Entries ineligible to score points Siegmar Pfeifer Powermotorsports 2 1 0 Group CN[6] 1 Luc de Cock Tim Joosen Deldiche Racing 5 3 3 10 2 5 2 6 194 2 Tim Gray VR Motorsport 12 Ret Ret Ret 5 3 4 7 6 10 107 Alistair Boulton 12 Ret 4 7 Ret Ret Oliver Hewitt Ret Ret 5 3 Alain Berg Ret Ret 6 10 3 Bob Herber JR Motorsport 3 9 7 3 84 4 Ales Jirasek Praga Factory Team 7 5 54 5 David Houthoofd Norma Benelux 6 5 45 6 Max Aschoff Robert Aschoff Team Aschoff 10 10 40 7 Daniel Schildgen Daniel Schildgen 4 4 40 8 Rob Kamphues Leon Rijnbeek Bas Koeten Racing 8 6 30 9 Gerry Hulford Miles Hulford Hulford Racing 20 12 30 10 Henk Thuis Alain Berg Ret 4 26 Entries ineligible to score points Sam de Jonghe Deldiche Racing 2 5 0 SR3 - Praga[7] 1 Wim Jeuris Wim Jeuris DNS DNS 11 8 8 7 11 8 Ret 15 169 2 Fiona James Blueberry Racing Ret 13 12 12 6 10 9 5 159 3 Dick van Elk Blueberry Racing 13 11 9 9 7 DNS Ret 7 117 V-Max Racing DNS 21 4 Cor Euser Blueberry Racing 7 6 52 5 Ko Koppejan Ko Koppejan 8 15 49 6 Daniel Schildgen V-Max Racing 23 20 45 7 Cristian Holtappels EHK2 Ret 8 15 Pos. Driver Team ZAN SPA ZOL ASS SPA ASS Points

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Other points position Blue Other classified position Not classified, finished (NC) Purple Not classified, retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Excluded (EX) Did not arrive (DNA) Withdrawn (WD) Did not enter (cell empty) Text formatting Meaning Bold Pole position Italics Fastest lap

Notes

1. Car no. 301 was entered as Deldiche Racing and car no. 333 was entered as Norma Benelux