2012 International GT Open

The 2012 International GT Open season was the seventh season of the International GT Open, the grand tourer-style sports car racing founded in 2006 by the Spanish GT Sport Organización. It began on 28 April at Portimão and finished on 4 November, at Circuit de Catalunya after eight double-header meetings.

The season was won by AF Corse drivers Gianmaria Bruni and Federico Leo, who raced on the Ferrari F458 GT Italia.[1] They also won the Super GT standings.[2] Michael Dalle Stelle and Daniel Zampieri, who raced behind the wheel of Kessel Racing's Ferrari F458 Italia GT3 won the GTS class.[3]

Race calendar and results

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  • The series' provisional calendar was announced on 29 October 2011.[4]
Round Circuit Date SGT Winner GTS Winner
1 R1   Autódromo Internacional do Algarve, Portimão 28 April No. 8 Manthey Racing No. 56 AF Corse
  Marco Holzer
  Nick Tandy
  Stefano Bizzarri
  Nicola Cadei
R2 29 April No. 8 Manthey Racing No. 54 Autorlando Sport
  Marco Holzer
  Nick Tandy
  Marco Mapelli
  Archie Hamilton
2 R1   Nürburgring 26 May No. 4 AF Corse No. 63 Seyffarth Motorsport
  Gianmaria Bruni
  Federico Leo
  Kenneth Heyer
  Jan Seyffarth
R2 27 May No. 2 Scuderia Villorba No. 63 Seyffarth Motorsport
  Juan Manuel López
  Andrea Montermini
  Kenneth Heyer
  Jan Seyffarth
3 R1   Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 23 June No. 4 AF Corse No. 56 AF Corse
  Gianmaria Bruni
  Federico Leo
  Stefano Bizzarri
  Andrea Rizzoli
R2 24 June No. 8 Manthey Racing No. 44 Kessel Racing
  Marco Holzer
  Nick Tandy
  Michael Dalle Stelle
  Daniel Zampieri
4 R1   Brands Hatch 14 July No. 11 Kessel Racing No. 54 Autorlando Sport
  Philipp Peter
  Michał Broniszewski
  Marco Mapelli
  Archie Hamilton
R2 15 July No. 12 Villois Racing No. 54 Autorlando Sport
  Álvaro Barba
  Matteo Malucelli
  Marco Mapelli
  Archie Hamilton
5 R1   Circuit Paul Ricard 21 July No. 12 Villois Racing No. 44 Kessel Racing
  Álvaro Barba
  Matteo Malucelli
  Michael Dalle Stelle
  Daniel Zampieri
R2 22 July No. 2 Scuderia Villorba No. 55 Autorlando Sport
  Juan Manuel López
  Andrea Montermini
  Matteo Beretta
  Marcello Puglisi
6 R1   Hungaroring 8 September No. 17 V8 Racing No. 56 AF Corse
  Miguel Ramos
  Raffaele Giammaria
  Stefano Bizzarri
  Nicola Cadei
R2 9 September No. 12 Villois Racing No. 44 Kessel Racing
  Álvaro Barba
  Matteo Malucelli
  Michael Dalle Stelle
  Daniel Zampieri
7 R1   Autodromo Nazionale Monza 29 September No. 16 IMSA Performance Matmut No. 55 Autorlando Sport
  Raymond Narac
  Patrick Pilet
  Matteo Beretta
  Marcello Puglisi
R2 30 September No. 12 Villois Racing No. 44 Kessel Racing
  Álvaro Barba
  Matteo Malucelli
  Michael Dalle Stelle
  Daniel Zampieri
8 R1   Circuit de Catalunya 3 November No. 12 Villois Racing No. 91 GPR Racing
  Álvaro Barba
  Matteo Malucelli
  Maxime Martin
  Bertrand Baguette
R2 4 November No. 8 Manthey Racing No. 56 AF Corse
  Marco Holzer
  Nick Tandy
  Stefano Bizzarri
  Andrea Rizzoli

Standings

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Drivers

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Super GT

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Pos Driver Pts
1   Gianmaria Bruni 85
  Federico Leo
3   Marco Holzer 84
  Nick Tandy
5   Álvaro Barba 76
  Matteo Malucelli
7   Raffaele Giammaria 67
  Miguel Ramos
9   Andrea Montermini 65
  Juan Manuel López
11   Patrick Pilet 63
  Raymond Narac
13   Philipp Peter 38

Teams

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Super GT

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Pos Team Pts
1 AF Corse 85
2 Manthey Racing 84
3 Villois Racing 76
4 V8 Racing 69
5 Scuderia Villorba 65
6 IMSA Performance Matmut 63
7 Kessel Racing 38
8 Black Team 13
9 Drivex School 3

References

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  1. ^ "International GT Open 2012 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
  2. ^ "International GT Open - Super GT 2012 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
  3. ^ "International GT Open - GTS 2012 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
  4. ^ "Il calendario GT Open 2012" [2012 Calendar of the GT Open]. ItaliaRacing.net (in Italian). Inpagina. 29 October 2012. Archived from the original on 6 April 2012. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
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