2020 International GT Open

The 2020 International GT Open is the fifteenth season of the International GT Open, the grand tourer-style sports car racing series founded in 2006 by the Spanish GT Sport Organización. It began on 8 August at the Hungaroring and ended at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya on 1 November after six rounds.

Entry list edit

Team Car No. Drivers Class Rounds
  ARC Bratislava-SK[1] Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 4   Miro Konôpka Am 1
  Zdeno Mikulasko
  Boutsen Ginion[2] Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo   Claude-Yves Gosselin[N 1] Am 6
  Marc Rostan[N 1]
  Olimp Racing[3] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 5   Stanislaw Jedlinski PA 1
77   Marcin Jedlinski PA 1
  Mateusz Lisowski
  Optimum Motorsport[4][5] McLaren 720S GT3 7   Brendan Iribe PA All
  Ollie Milroy
72   Nick Moss PA All
  James Pickford 1
  Joe Osborne 2–6
  GetSpeed Performance[6][3] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 11   Fabian Schiller PA 1
  "Max"
Mercedes-AMG GT3
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo
44   Jens Liebhauser Am 1–5
  Florian Sholze
  AKM Motorsport[7][3] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 13   Alexander Moiseev Am 1–5
  Alexey Nesov
99   Lorenzo Ferrari PA 2
  Marco Antonelli
  Teo Martín Motorsport[8][9][3] McLaren 720S GT3 16   Marcelo Hahn PA All
  Allam Khodair 1, 4, 6
  Christian Hahn 2
  Fran Rueda 3, 5
57   Christian Hahn P 4
  Bar Baruch
59   Henrique Chaves P All
  Miguel Ramos
  AF Corse/APM Monaco[10][3] Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 17   Vincent Abril P All
  Louis Prette
Ferrari 488 GT3 48   Angelo Negro Am 1
  Philippe Prette
  Angelo Negro PA 2–6
  Stéphane Ortelli
  SPS Automotive Performance[7] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 20   Valentin Pierburg Am 2
  Christian Hook
  Valentin Pierburg PA 5
  Nick Foster
40   Christian Hook Am 3
  Manuel Lauck
  PZ Oberer Zürichsee by TFT[11] Porsche 911 GT3 R 22   Niki Leutwiler Am 1–3, 5
  Reiter Engineering[12][N 2] KTM X-Bow GTX Concept 24   Patric Niederhauser P 3
  Štefan Rosina
  RS Racing[13] Ferrari 488 GT3 25   Daniele Di Amato PA 4
  Alessandro Vezzoni
  Lazarus Racing[14][3][N 3]
  Team Lazarus[N 3]
Bentley Continental GT3 26   Fabrizio Crestani P 1–2, 4–6
  Yannick Mettler
28   Stefano Coletti P 1–2, 4–5
  Răzvan Umbrărescu 1–2
  Nicolás Varrone 4–5
  Lechner Racing[15] Mercedes-AMG GT3 27   Thomas Jäger PA 3
  Mario Plachutta
  RENO Racing[16] Honda NSX GT3 Evo 33   Jens Reno Møller[N 1] PA 6
  Reece Barr[N 1]
  TF Sport[17][N 4]
  Oman Racing Team by TF Sport[N 4]
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 34   Charlie Eastwood P All
  Salih Yoluc
97   Ahmad Al Harthy PA 5
  Tom Canning
  HTP-Winward Motorsport[18] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 47   Nico Bastian PA 1
  Markus Sattler
  AKKA ASP[19] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 61   Mario Ricci[N 1] Am 6
  Jérôme Policand[N 1]
  RAM Racing[20] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 69   Sam De Haan PA 3
  Callum MacLeod
  JP Motorsport[21] Mercedes-AMG GT3 88   Christian Klien PA All
  Patryk Krupiński
GT Cup Open Europe entries ineligible to score points[22]
Team Car No. Drivers Class Rounds
  Baporo Motorsport Audi R8 LMS GT4 Evo 10   Daniel Díaz-Varela Cup 4–6
  Manuel Cerqueda
  NM Racing Team Mercedes-AMG GT4 15   Rafael Villanueva Cup 5–6
  Alberto de Martín
Transam Euro (Ford Mustang) 126   Albert Estragués Cup 6
  PROsport Racing Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4 19   Rodrigue Gillion[N 5] Cup 5
  Nico Verdonck[N 5]
  Ombra Racing Porsche 991 GT3 Cup 51   Aldo Festante Cup 4–6
  Sports and you Mercedes-AMG GT4 60   Antonio Coimbra Cup 4–5
  Luis SIlva

Race calendar and results edit

  • A seven-round provisional calendar was revealed on 22 October 2019. The schedule will feature six circuits from the 2019 calendar, with Silverstone dropped in favor of the Hungaroring. The schedule also switches the order of some rounds with the Spa round now occurring before the Hockenheimring and the season finale occurring at Catalunya rather than Monza. On 19 March 2020, it was announced that the season opening round at Le Castellet would be moved to 20-23 August in response to the coronavirus outbreak.[23] On 6 April, 2020, it was announced that the Spa round would be postponed to a later date as well.[24] The Barcelona round was also moved in response to avoid having races on consecutive weekends. A provisional calendar was released on 19 May 2020 and involved dropping to a six round season instead of the planned seven due to the cancellation of the Hockenheim round because of track conflicts.[25] The only change made afterwards to this calendar was to move the Hungaroring round to a new date.[26]
Round Circuit Date Pole Position Pro Winner Pro-Am Winner Am Winner
1 R1   Hungaroring 8 August   No. 88 JP Motorsport   No. 59 Teo Martín Motorsport   No. 88 JP Motorsport   No. 44 GetSpeed Performance
  Christian Klien
  Patryk Krupiński
  Henrique Chaves
  Miguel Ramos
  Christian Klien
  Patryk Krupiński
  Jens Liebhauser
  Florian Sholze
R2 9 August   No. 16 Teo Martín Motorsport   No. 17 AF Corse/APM Monaco   No. 11 GetSpeed Performance   No. 44 GetSpeed Performance
  Allam Khodair
  Marcelo Hahn
  Vincent Abril
  Louis Prette
  Fabian Schiller
  "Max"
  Jens Liebhauser
  Florian Sholze
2 R1   Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet 22 August   No. 34 TF Sport   No. 34 TF Sport   No. 72 Optimum Motorsport   No. 44 GetSpeed Performance
  Charlie Eastwood
  Salih Yoluc
  Charlie Eastwood
  Salih Yoluc
  Nick Moss
  Joe Osborne
  Jens Liebhauser
  Florian Sholze
R2 23 August   No. 17 AF Corse/APM Monaco   No. 17 AF Corse/APM Monaco   No. 88 JP Motorsport   No. 20 SPS Automotive Performance
  Vincent Abril
  Louis Prette
  Vincent Abril
  Louis Prette
  Christian Klien
  Patryk Krupiński
  Valentin Pierburg
  Christian Hook
3 R1   Red Bull Ring 12 September   No. 16 Teo Martín Motorsport   No. 59 Teo Martín Motorsport[N 6]   No. 16 Teo Martín Motorsport   No. 44 GetSpeed Performance
  Fran Rueda
  Marcelo Hahn
  Henrique Chaves
  Miguel Ramos
  Fran Rueda
  Marcelo Hahn
  Jens Liebhauser
  Florian Sholze
R2 13 September   No. 34 TF Sport   No. 34 TF Sport   No. 88 JP Motorsport   No. 13 AKM Motorsport
  Charlie Eastwood
  Salih Yoluc
  Charlie Eastwood
  Salih Yoluc
  Christian Klien
  Patryk Krupiński
  Alexander Moiseev
  Alexey Nesov
4 R1   Autodromo Nazionale Monza 26 September   No. 26 Team Lazarus   No. 26 Team Lazarus   No. 72 Optimum Motorsport   No. 13 AKM Motorsport
  Fabrizio Crestani
  Yannick Mettler
  Fabrizio Crestani
  Yannick Mettler
  Nick Moss
  Joe Osborne
  Alexander Moiseev
  Alexey Nesov
R2 27 September   No. 59 Teo Martín Motorsport   No. 17 AF Corse/APM Monaco   No. 16 Teo Martín Motorsport   No. 44 GetSpeed Performance
  Henrique Chaves
  Miguel Ramos
  Vincent Abril
  Louis Prette
  Allam Khodair
  Marcelo Hahn
  Jens Liebhauser
  Florian Sholze
5 R1   Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 17 October   No. 26 Team Lazarus   No. 17 AF Corse/APM Monaco   No. 97 Oman Racing Team by TF Sport   No. 44 GetSpeed Performance
  Fabrizio Crestani
  Yannick Mettler
  Vincent Abril
  Louis Prette
  Ahmad Al Harthy
  Tom Canning
  Jens Liebhauser
  Florian Sholze
R2 18 October   No. 17 AF Corse/APM Monaco   No. 59 Teo Martín Motorsport   No. 72 Optimum Motorsport   No. 44 GetSpeed Performance
  Vincent Abril
  Louis Prette
  Henrique Chaves
  Miguel Ramos
  Nick Moss
  Joe Osborne
  Jens Liebhauser
  Florian Sholze
6 R1   Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya 31 October   No. 34 TF Sport   No. 17 AF Corse/APM Monaco   No. 72 Optimum Motorsport   No. 61 AKKA ASP
  Charlie Eastwood
  Salih Yoluc
  Vincent Abril
  Louis Prette
  Nick Moss
  Joe Osborne
  Mario Ricci
  Jérôme Policand
R2 1 November   No. 17 AF Corse/APM Monaco   No. 34 TF Sport   No. 88 JP Motorsport   No. 61 AKKA ASP
  Vincent Abril
  Louis Prette
  Charlie Eastwood
  Salih Yoluc
  Christian Klien
  Patryk Krupiński
  Mario Ricci
  Jérôme Policand

Championship standings edit

Points systems edit

Points are awarded to the top 10 (Pro) or top 6 (Am, Pro-Am, Teams) classified finishers. If less than 6 participants start the race or if less than 75% of the original race distance is completed, half points are awarded. At the end of the season, the lowest race score is dropped; however, the dropped race cannot be the result of a disqualification or race ban.

Overall edit

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

Pro-Am, Am, and Teams edit

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th 
Points 10 8 6 4 3 2

Drivers' championships edit

Overall edit

Pos. Driver Team HUN
 
LEC
 
RBR
 
MNZ
 
SPA
 
CAT
 
Points
1   Henrique Chaves
  Miguel Ramos
  Teo Martín Motorsport 2 4 3 2 1 4 4 2 4 1 6 10 114
2   Charlie Eastwood
  Salih Yoluc
  TF Sport 6 3 1 3 9 1 2 10 5 2 3 1 112
3   Vincent Abril
  Louis Prette
  AF Corse/APM Monaco Ret 1 4 1 4 2 7 1 1 4 4 12 110
4   Fabrizio Crestani
  Yannick Mettler
  Lazarus Racing 4 7 80
  Team Lazarus Ret 4 1 5 2 3 7 2
5   Marcelo Hahn   Teo Martín Motorsport 3 5 7 11 2 6 5 3 10 9 2 7 73
6   Nick Moss   Optimum Motorsport Ret 10 2 6 5 7 3 7 9 5 1 6 71
7   Joe Osborne   Optimum Motorsport 2 6 5 7 3 7 9 5 1 6 70
8   Christian Klien
  Patryk Krupiński
  JP Motorsport 1 9 6 5 12 3 10 4 8 7 9 3 68
9   Allam Khodair   Teo Martín Motorsport 3 5 5 3 2 7 49
10   Brendan Iribe
  Ollie Milroy
  Optimum Motorsport 5 11 5 7 6 14 8 6 6 8 10 4 48
11   Fran Rueda   Teo Martín Motorsport 2 6 10 9 20
12   Jens Liebhauser
  Florian Sholze
  GetSpeed Performance 8 8 8 Ret 7 10 12 8 12 11 18
13   Stéphane Ortelli   AF Corse/APM Monaco 11 9 13 5 11 12 11 Ret 11 8 14
  Angelo Negro 13 15
14   Alexander Moiseev
  Alexey Nesov
  AKM Motorsport 11 14 9 10 8 8 9 9 WD WD 13
15   Fabian Schiller
  "Max"
  GetSpeed Performance 10 2 13
16   Valentin Pierburg   SPS Automotive Performance 12 8 7 6 12
17   Ahmad Al Harthy
  Tom Canning
  Oman Racing Team by TF Sport 3 10 11
18   Sam De Haan
  Callum MacLeod
  RAM Racing 3 13 10
19   Nick Foster   SPS Automotive Performance 7 6 9
20   Nico Bastian
  Markus Sattler
  HTP-Winward Motorsport 7 6 9
21   Christian Hahn   Teo Martín Motorsport 7 11 6 11 9
22   Bar Baruch   Teo Martín Motorsport 6 11 5
23   Christian Hook   SPS Automotive Performance 12 8 10 11 5
24   Niki Leutwiler   PZ Oberer Zürichsee by TFT 9 12 10 12 14 12 DNS DNS 5
25   Manuel Lauck   SPS Automotive Performance 10 11 2
26   James Pickford   Optimum Motorsport Ret 10 1
  Miro Konôpka
  Zdeno Mikulasko
  ARC Bratislava-SK 12 13 0
  Philippe Prette   AF Corse/APM Monaco 13 15 0
  Daniele Di Amato
  Alessandro Vezzoni
  RS Racing 13 Ret 0
  Stanislaw Jedlinski
  Mateusz Lisowski
  Olimp Racing 14 DNS 0
  Stefano Coletti   Lazarus Racing Ret DNS 0
  Team Lazarus Ret Ret Ret DNS WD WD
  Răzvan Umbrărescu   Lazarus Racing Ret DNS 0
  Team Lazarus Ret Ret
  Nicolás Varrone   Team Lazarus Ret DNS WD WD 0
  Marcin Jedlinski   Olimp Racing WD WD 0
  Thomas Jäger
  Mario Plachutta
  Lechner Racing DNS DNS 0
Drivers ineligible to score points
  Jens Reno Møller
  Reece Barr
  RENO Racing 5 5
  Mario Ricci
  Jérôme Policand
  AKKA ASP 8 9
  Patric Niederhauser
  Štefan Rosina
  Reiter Engineering DSQ 9
  Marc Rostan
  Claude-Yves Gosselin
  Boutsen Ginion 14 11
  Aldo Festante   Ombra Racing 14 13 13 12 12 13
  Manuel Cerqueda
  Daniel Díaz-Varela
  Baporo Motorsport 15 14 14 13 13 14
  Luis Silva
  Antonio Coimbra
  Sports and you 16 15 15 16
  Rafael Villanueva
  Alberto de Martín
  NM Racing Team Ret 15 15 15
  Rodrigue Gillion   PROsport Racing 16 DSQ
  Albert Estragués   NM Racing Team Ret Ret
  Nico Verdonck   PROsport Racing DSQ
Pos. Driver Team HUN
 
LEC
 
RBR
 
MNZ
 
SPA
 
CAT
 
Points

Pro-Am edit

Pos. Driver Team HUN
 
LEC
 
RBR
 
MNZ
 
SPA
 
CAT
 
Points
1   Marcelo Hahn   Teo Martín Motorsport 2 2 4 5 1 3 2 1 6 5 2 5 63
2   Christian Klien
  Patryk Krupiński
  JP Motorsport 1 4 3 1 5 1 4 2 4 3 4 1 62
3   Nick Moss   Optimum Motorsport Ret 5 1 2 3 4 1 4 5 1 1 4 57
4   Joe Osborne   Optimum Motorsport 1 2 3 4 1 4 5 1 1 4 54
5   Brendan Iribe
  Ollie Milroy
  Optimum Motorsport 3 6 2 3 4 6 3 3 3 4 5 2 49
4   Allam Khodair   Teo Martín Motorsport 2 2 2 1 2 5 40
7   Fran Rueda   Teo Martín Motorsport 1 3 6 5 21
8   Stéphane Ortelli
  Angelo Negro
  AF Corse/APM Monaco 5 4 6 2 5 5 7 Ret 6 6 21
9   Valentin Pierburg
  Nick Foster
  SPS Automotive Performance 2 2 14
10   Fabian Schiller
  "Max"
  GetSpeed Performance 5 1 13
11   Ahmad Al Harthy
  Tom Canning
  Oman Racing Team by TF Sport 1 6 12
12   Sam De Haan
  Callum MacLeod
  RAM Racing 2 5 11
13   Nico Bastian
  Markus Sattler
  HTP-Winward Motorsport 4 3 10
14   Christian Hahn   Teo Martín Motorsport 4 5 3
15   James Pickford   Optimum Motorsport Ret 5 3
16   Daniele Di Amato
  Alessandro Vezzoni
  RS Racing 6 Ret 2
17   Stanislaw Jedlinski
  Mateusz Lisowski
  Olimp Racing 6 DNS 2
  Marcin Jedlinski   Olimp Racing WD WD 0
  Thomas Jäger
  Mario Plachutta
  Lechner Racing DNS DNS 0
Drivers ineligible to score points
  Jens Reno Møller
  Reece Barr
  RENO Racing 3 3
Pos. Driver Team HUN
 
LEC
 
RBR
 
MNZ
 
SPA
 
CAT
 
Points

Am edit

Pos. Driver Team HUN
 
LEC
 
RBR
 
MNZ
 
SPA
 
CAT
 
Points
1   Jens Liebhauser
  Florian Sholze
  GetSpeed Performance 1 1 1 Ret 1 3 2 1 1 1 67
2   Alexander Moiseev
  Alexey Nesov
  AKM Motorsport 3 4 2 2 2 1 1 2 WD WD 53
3   Niki Leutwiler   PZ Oberer Zürichsee by TFT 2 2 3 3 4 2 DNS DNS 36
4   Christian Hook   SPS Automotive Performance 4 1 3 4 26
5   Valentin Pierburg   SPS Automotive Performance 4 1 14
6   Manuel Lauck   SPS Automotive Performance 3 4 12
7   Miro Konôpka
  Zdeno Mikulasko
  ARC Bratislava-SK 4 3 10
8   Philippe Prette
  Angelo Negro
  AF Corse/APM Monaco 5 5 6
Drivers ineligible to score points
  Mario Ricci
  Jérôme Policand
  AKKA ASP 1 1
  Marc Rostan
  Claude-Yves Gosselin
  Boutsen Ginion 2 1
Pos. Driver Team HUN
 
LEC
 
RBR
 
MNZ
 
SPA
 
CAT
 
Points

Teams' championship edit

Only the highest two finishing cars from a team count towards the Teams' Championship

Pos. Team Manufacturer Points
1   Teo Martín Motorsport McLaren 105
2   TF Sport Aston Martin 69
3   AF Corse/APM Monaco Ferrari 67
4   Optimum Motorsport McLaren 51
5   Team Lazarus Bentley 41
6   JP Motorsport Mercedes-AMG 31
7   GetSpeed Performance Mercedes-AMG 8
8   Oman Racing Team by TF Sport Aston Martin 6
9   RAM Racing Mercedes-AMG 6
10   Lazarus Racing Bentley 4
11   SPS Automotive Performance Mercedes-AMG 2
12   HTP-Winward Motorsport Mercedes-AMG 2
  AKM Motorsport Mercedes-AMG 0
  ARC Bratislava-SK Lamborghini 0
  Olimp Racing Mercedes-AMG 0
  PZ Oberer Zürichsee by TFT Porsche 0
  RS Racing Ferrari 0

Notes edit

  1. ^ a b c d e f Drivers who started their first race of the season at the final round are ineligible for points and invisible as far as awarding points to other drivers".
  2. ^ As the KTM X-BOW GTX Concept is not a homologated GT3 car, the Reiter Engineering #24 is a guest entry and not eligible to score points.
  3. ^ a b Cars No. 26 and 28 entered as Lazarus Racing at round 1 and entered as Team Lazarus for the rest of the season.
  4. ^ a b Car No. 34 entered as TF Sport under a British flag and car No. 97 entered as Oman Racing Team by TF Sport under an Omani flag.
  5. ^ a b For Race 1 at Spa, Rodrigue Gillion raced solo. For Race 2 he shared the car with Nico Verdonck.
  6. ^ The #24 Reiter Engineering entry took the checkered flag first, but was disqualified for a technical infringement

References edit

  1. ^ "Miro Konôpka's ARC Bratislava back to the GT Open for selected events". www.gtopen.net. Retrieved 2020-07-03.
  2. ^ "The Boutsen Lambo at Barcelona with Gosselin-Rostan". www.gtopen.net. Retrieved 2020-10-26.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Entry List_prov" (PDF). August 4, 2020.
  4. ^ "Optimum Motorsports confirms International GT Open return with two-McLaren programme". www.gtopen.net. Retrieved 2020-07-14.
  5. ^ "GT Open: the 2nd Optimum Motorsport crew confirmed ..." endurance-info.com. July 24, 2020. Archived from the original on 2020-07-25.
  6. ^ "GetSpeed confirms full GT Open campaign with up to two cars". www.gtopen.net. Retrieved 2020-01-10.
  7. ^ a b "More Mercedes at Ricard: SPS Automotive is back, AKM Motorsport enters second car". www.gtopen.net. Retrieved 2020-08-16.
  8. ^ "Hahn and Khodair to bid again for Pro-Am honours with Teo Martín Motorsport". www.gtopen.net. Retrieved 2020-03-12.
  9. ^ "Teo Martín Motorsport". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2020-07-14.
  10. ^ "Prette-Abril to chase the title with AF Corse and Ferrari". www.gtopen.net. Retrieved 2020-01-28.
  11. ^ "Leutwiler and PZ Oberer Zürichsee by TFT confirm GT Open programme". www.gtopen.net. Retrieved 2020-07-11.
  12. ^ "Home guest appearance for the KTM X-BOW GTX Concept". www.gtopen.net. Retrieved 2020-09-09.
  13. ^ "RS Racing back for home race with a Ferrari for Vezzoni-Di Amato". www.gtopen.net. Retrieved 2020-09-25.
  14. ^ "Team Lazarus announces Fabrizio Crestani as one of its top drivers". www.gtopen.net. Retrieved 2020-07-14.
  15. ^ "Lechner Racing and Plachutta-Jäger faithful to home race". www.gtopen.net. Retrieved 2020-09-03.
  16. ^ "The Honda NSX GT3 Evo back to GT Open action with Reece Barr and Jens Møller". www.gtopen.net. Retrieved 2020-10-26.
  17. ^ "Yoluc and Eastwood take on Pro class in TF Sport's GT Open return". www.gtopen.net. Retrieved 2020-06-23.
  18. ^ "HTP-Winward in Pro-Am with Sattler-Bastian". www.gtopen.net. Retrieved 2020-07-14.
  19. ^ "AKKA ASP to race one of its Mercedes-AMG at Barcelona with Ricci-Policand". www.gtopen.net. Retrieved 2020-10-27.
  20. ^ "RAM Racing set to make International GT Open debut in Austria". www.gtopen.net. Retrieved 2020-09-03.
  21. ^ "JP Motorsport startet 2020". gt-place.com (in German). 7 February 2020. Retrieved 2020-06-22.
  22. ^ "Leutwiler and Festante continue their duel at Monza, where the GT Cup Open will race with the GT Open". www.gtcupopen.net. Retrieved 2020-10-22.
  23. ^ "Round at Circuit Paul Ricard postponed to 20-23 August". www.gtopen.net. Retrieved 2020-03-20.
  24. ^ "New dates for Spa and Barcelona rounds, message from Jesús Pareja". www.gtopen.net. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
  25. ^ "The International GT Open to run on 6 events in 2020". www.gtopen.net. Retrieved 2020-06-02.
  26. ^ "The 2020 International GT Open season-opener at the Hungaroring to take place on 6-9 August". www.gtopen.net. Retrieved 2020-06-10.

External links edit