2020 GT Cup Open Europe
The 2020 GT Cup Open Europe is the second season of the GT Cup Open Europe, the grand tourer-style sports car racing series founded by the Spanish GT Sport Organización. It began on 8 August at the Hungaroring and finished on 1 November at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya after five double-header meetings.
Entry List
Team | Car | No. | Drivers | Class | Rounds |
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Baporo Motorsport[1] | Audi R8 LMS GT4 Evo | 10 | Daniel Díaz-Varela | Am | All |
Manuel Cerqueda | |||||
Porsche 991 GT3 Cup | 13 | Jaume Font | Am | 1–2 | |
NM Racing Team[2][3] | Mercedes-AMG GT4 | 15 | Rafael Villanueva | PA | 2, 4–5 |
Alberto de Martín | |||||
Transam Euro (Ford Mustang) | 26 | Albert Estragués | Am | 1–2 | |
126 | 5 | ||||
PROsport Racing[4] | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4
|
19 | Rodrigue Gillion[N 1] | PA | 2, 4 |
Nico Verdonck[N 1] | |||||
PZ Oberer Zürichsee by TFT[5] | Porsche 991 GT3 Cup | 22 | Niki Leutwiler | PA | 1–2 |
Vincent Beltoise | 1 | ||||
Bas Schouten | 2 | ||||
Racing Trevor[3] | BMW M4 GT4 | 40 | Gregor Zsigio | Am | 1 |
Walter Csaba | |||||
Ombra Racing[6] | Porsche 991 GT3 Cup | 51 | Aldo Festante | PA | All |
Sports and you[3] | Mercedes-AMG GT4 | 60 | Antonio Coimbra | Am | 3–4 |
Luis Silva | |||||
99 | Antonio Coimbra | 1–2 | |||
Luis Silva | |||||
GDL Racing[7] | Porsche 991 GT3 Cup | 66 | Roberto Rayneri | Am | 2 |
67 | Mario Cordoni | Am | 2 | ||
Team Virage[8][3][9] | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4
|
77 | Robert Heffler | PA | 1–2 |
Philippe Valenza | |||||
88 | Stéphane Adler | Am | 1 | ||
Michaël Blanchemain |
Race calendar and results
- A provisional six-round calendar was revealed on 22 October 2019.Monza rounds with Barcelona now hosting the season finale. On 10 January 2020, a revised schedule was released that drops Pergusa in favor of the Red Bull Ring.[12] 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.[13] On 6 April, 2020, it was announced that the Spa round would be postponed to a later date as well.[14] The Barcelona round was also moved in response to avoid having races on consecutive weekends. A provisional calendar was released on 12 May 2020 with a five event calendar instead of the planned six caused by Hockenheim losing its place on the calendar due to date conflicts.[15] The Hungaroring also replaced the Red Bull Ring on this new calendar. The only change made afterwards to this schedule was to move the date of the Hungaroring round.[16]
Round | Circuit | Date | Pole Position | Pro-Am Winner | Am Winner | |
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1 | R1 | Hungaroring | 8 August | No. 51 Ombra Racing | No. 22 PZ Oberer Zürichsee by TFT | No. 13 Baporo Motorsport |
Aldo Festante | Niki Leutwiler Vincent Beltoise |
Jaume Font | ||||
R2 | 9 August | No. 51 Ombra Racing | No. 51 Ombra Racing | No. 13 Baporo Motorsport | ||
Aldo Festante | Aldo Festante | Jaume Font | ||||
2 | R1 | Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet | 22 August | No. 10 Baporo Motorsport | No. 22 PZ Oberer Zürichsee by TFT | No. 10 Baporo Motorsport |
Manuel Cerqueda Daniel Díaz-Varela |
Niki Leutwiler Bas Schouten |
Manuel Cerqueda Daniel Díaz-Varela | ||||
R2 | 23 August | No. 51 Ombra Racing | No. 51 Ombra Racing | No. 10 Baporo Motorsport | ||
Aldo Festante | Aldo Festante | Manuel Cerqueda Daniel Díaz-Varela | ||||
3 | R1 | Autodromo Nazionale Monza
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26 September | No. 10 Baporo Motorsport | No. 51 Ombra Racing | No. 10 Baporo Motorsport |
Manuel Cerqueda Daniel Díaz-Varela |
Aldo Festante | Manuel Cerqueda Daniel Díaz-Varela | ||||
R2 | 27 September | No. 51 Ombra Racing | No. 51 Ombra Racing | No. 10 Baporo Motorsport | ||
Aldo Festante | Aldo Festante | Manuel Cerqueda Daniel Díaz-Varela | ||||
4 | R1 | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 17 October | No. 51 Ombra Racing | No. 51 Ombra Racing | No. 10 Baporo Motorsport |
Aldo Festante | Aldo Festante | Manuel Cerqueda Daniel Díaz-Varela | ||||
R2 | 18 October | No. 19 PROsport Racing | No. 51 Ombra Racing | No. 10 Baporo Motorsport | ||
Rodrigue Gillion Nico Verdonck |
Aldo Festante | Manuel Cerqueda Daniel Díaz-Varela | ||||
5 | R1 | Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya | 31 October | No. 51 Ombra Racing | No. 51 Ombra Racing | No. 10 Baporo Motorsport |
Aldo Festante | Aldo Festante | Manuel Cerqueda Daniel Díaz-Varela | ||||
R2 | 1 November | No. 51 Ombra Racing | No. 51 Ombra Racing | No. 10 Baporo Motorsport | ||
Aldo Festante | Aldo Festante | Manuel Cerqueda Daniel Díaz-Varela |
Championship standings
Points systems
Points are awarded to the top 10 (Overall) 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.[17]
Overall
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
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Points | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Pro-Am, Am, and Teams
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Points | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
Drivers' championships
Overall
Pos. | Driver | Team | HUN |
LEC |
SPA |
CAT |
Points | ||||||
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1 | Aldo Festante | Ombra Racing | 3 | 1 | Ret | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 130 |
2 | Manuel Cerqueda Daniel Díaz-Varela |
Baporo Motorsport | 4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 110 |
3 | Luis Silva Antonio Coimbra |
Sports and you | 5 | Ret | 4 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 55 | ||
4 | Niki Leutwiler | PZ Oberer Zürichsee with TFT Racing | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 44 | ||||||
5 | Rafael Villanueva Alberto de Martín |
NM Racing Team | 3 | 10 | Ret | 4 | 3 | 3 | 41 | ||||
6 | Jaume Font | Baporo Motorsport | 1 | 3 | Ret | 5 | 31 | ||||||
7 | Vincent Beltoise | PZ Oberer Zürichsee with TFT Racing | 2 | 2 | 24 | ||||||||
8 | Philippe Valenza Robert Heffler |
Team Virage | Ret | 5 | 7 | 2 | 22 | ||||||
9 | Bas Schouten | PZ Oberer Zürichsee with TFT Racing | 2 | 4 | 20 | ||||||||
10 | Rodrigue Gillion | PROsport Racing | Ret | 7 | 4 | DSQ | 12 | ||||||
11 | Mario Cordoni | GDL Racing | 5 | 6 | 11 | ||||||||
12 | Albert Estragués | NM Racing Team | Ret | 4 | Ret | DNS | Ret | Ret | 8 | ||||
13 | Michaël Blanchemain Stéphane Adler |
Team Virage | 6 | 8 | 8 | ||||||||
14 | Csaba Walter Gregor Zsigio |
Racing Trevor | 7 | 7 | 8 | ||||||||
15 | Roberto Rayneri | GDL Racing | 6 | 9 | 7 | ||||||||
16 | Nico Verdonck | PROsport Racing | Ret | 7 | DSQ | 4 | |||||||
Pos. | Driver | Team | HUN |
LEC |
SPA |
CAT |
Points |
Pro-Am
Pos. | Driver | Team | HUN |
LEC |
SPA |
CAT |
Points | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Aldo Festante | Ombra Racing | 2 | 1 | Ret | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 49 |
2 | Rafael Villanueva Alberto de Martín |
NM Racing Team | 2 | 5 | Ret | 3 | 2 | 2 | 21 | ||||
3 | Niki Leutwiler | PZ Oberer Zürichsee with TFT Racing | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 17 | ||||||
4 | Philippe Valenza Robert Heffler |
Team Virage | Ret | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | ||||||
5 | Vincent Beltoise | PZ Oberer Zürichsee with TFT Racing | 1 | 2 | 9 | ||||||||
6 | Bas Schouten | PZ Oberer Zürichsee with TFT Racing | 1 | 3 | 8 | ||||||||
7 | Rodrigue Gillion | PROsport Racing | Ret | 4 | 2 | DSQ | 6 | ||||||
8 | Nico Verdonck | PROsport Racing | Ret | 4 | DSQ | 2 | |||||||
Pos. | Driver | Team | HUN |
LEC |
SPA |
CAT |
Points |
Am
Pos. | Driver | Team | HUN |
LEC |
SPA |
CAT |
Points | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Manuel Cerqueda Daniel Díaz-Varela |
Baporo Motorsport | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 64 |
2 | Luis Silva Antonio Coimbra |
Sports and you | 3 | Ret | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 32 | ||
3 | Jaume Font | Baporo Motorsport | 1 | 1 | Ret | 2 | 24 | ||||||
4 | Mario Cordoni | GDL Racing | 3 | 3 | 8 | ||||||||
5 | Albert Estragués | NM Racing Team | Ret | 2 | Ret | DNS | Ret | Ret | 8 | ||||
6 | Csaba Walter Gregor Zsigio |
Racing Trevor | 5 | 4 | 7 | ||||||||
7 | Michaël Blanchemain Stéphane Adler |
Team Virage | 4 | 5 | 7 | ||||||||
8 | Roberto Rayneri | GDL Racing | 4 | 5 | 5 | ||||||||
Pos. | Driver | Team | HUN |
LEC |
SPA |
CAT |
Points |
Teams' Championship
Only the highest two finishing cars from a team count towards the Teams' Championship
Pos. | Team | Manufacturer | Points |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Baporo Motorsport | Audi Porsche |
89 |
2 | Ombra Racing | Porsche | 86 |
3 | NM Racing Team | Transam Euro Mercedes-AMG |
35 |
4 | Sports and you | Mercedes-AMG | 29 |
5 | PZ Oberer Zürichsee by TFT | Porsche | 28 |
6 | Team Virage | Aston Martin | 13 |
7 | GDL Racing | Porsche | 7 |
8 | PROsport Racing | Aston Martin | 4 |
9 | Racing Trevor | BMW | 0 |
Pos. | Team | Manufacturer | Points |
External links
Footnotes
References
- ^ "Iberian teams prepare their 2020 campaigns". www.gtcupopen.net. Retrieved 2019-12-31.
- ^ "NM Racing Team". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2020-07-09.
- ^ a b c d "Private test 1" (PDF). August 6, 2020.
- ^ "Gillion-Verdonck at Ricard and Spa with a PRO Sport Performance Aston Martin". www.gtcupopen.net. Retrieved 2020-06-12.
- ^ "Leutwiler and Beltoise in Pro-Am title bid for PZ Oberer Zürichsee and TFT". www.gtcupopen.net. Retrieved 2020-07-09.
- ^ "Ombra Racing to debut in the GT Cup with a Porsche for Aldo Festante". www.gtcupopen.net. Retrieved 2020-07-25.
- ^ "GDL Racing, another addition to Paul Ricard round, with two Porsche 911 Cup". www.gtcupopen.net. Retrieved 2020-08-16.
- ^ "A Porsche for Fernando Navarrete Sr". www.gtcupopen.net. Retrieved 2020-06-02.
- ^ "Adler-Blanchemain to drive one of Team Virage's Astons". www.gtcupopen.net. Retrieved 2020-07-14.
- ^ "2020 GT Cup Open Europe calendar confirmed". GT Sport. Archived from the original on 2019-10-22.
- ^ "Mediterranean Grand Prix revived at Enna with F3-spec Euroformula Open". Autosport.
- ^ "Red Bull Ring replaces Pergusa in the 2020 calendar". www.gtcupopen.net. Retrieved 2020-01-10.
- ^ "Round at Circuit Paul Ricard postponed to 20-23 August". www.gtcupopen.net. Retrieved 2020-03-20.
- ^ "New dates for Spa and Barcelona rounds, message from Jesús Pareja". www.gtopen.net. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
- ^ "The 2020 GT Cup Open Europe to run on a 5-event calendar, Hungaroring replaces Red Bull Ring". www.gtcupopen.net. Retrieved 2020-06-02.
- ^ "The 2020 GT Cup Open Europe season-opener at the Hungaroring to take place on 6-9 August". www.gtcupopen.net. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
- ^ "SPORTING REGULATION GT CUP OPEN EUROPE 2019" (PDF). GT Cup Open Europe. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-06-02.