2019 GT Cup Open Europe

The 2019 GT Cup Open Europe was the inaugural 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 27 April at Le Castellet and finished on 12 October, at Monza after six double-header meetings.

Entry List

Team Car No. Drivers Class Rounds
Portugal Sports and you Mercedes AMG GT4 2 Brazil Marcio Basso PA 1–4, 6
Brazil Guilherme Salas 1, 3–4
Portugal Lourenço Da Veiga 2
Portugal José Pedro Fontes[N 1] 6
Belgium EMG Motorsport Porsche 991 GT3 Cup 3 Belgium Nicolas Vandierendonck Am 1
Belgium Filip Teunkens
Belgium Nicolas Vandierendonck PA 2, 4–5
Netherlands Bas Schouten
37 Belgium John De Wilde Am 1–2, 4–5
San Marino Scuderia San Marino Montecarlo/Tecno Alfa Romeo "Nanni Galli" 4 Monaco Fulvio Maria Ballabio[N 1] PA 6
Switzerland David Fumarelli[N 1]
Italy Vincenzo Sospiri Racing Lamborghini Huracan Super Trofeo Evo 6 Switzerland Hans-Peter Koller PA All
Italy Edoardo Liberati
27 Brazil JP Mauro Am All
Brazil Rodolfo Toni
Spain Teo Martín Motorsport McLaren 570S GT4 7 Spain Marc De Fulgencio S 1–2
Brazil Thiago Vivacqua
Spain Marc De Fulgencio PA 3–6
Brazil Thiago Vivacqua
18 Spain Guillem Pujeu S 1–2
Spain Faust Salom
Spain Guillem Pujeu PA 3–6
Spain Faust Salom
Spain Baporo Motorsport Audi R8 LMS GT4 10 Andorra Manel Cerqueda Am All
Spain Daniel Díaz-Varela
Porsche 991 GT3 Cup 13 Spain Jaume Font Am All
Andorra Joan Vinyes 1, 3–5
Italy Duell Race Porsche 991 GT3 Cup 11 Italy Eugenio Pisani S 1
Italy Michele Merendino
Italy Eugenio Pisani PA 2
Italy Mark Speakerwas
15 Spain Fernando Navarrete PA 1
Spain Fernando Navarrete Jr.
19 Italy Stefano Bozzoni PA 2, 5–6
Spain Fernando Navarrete 2
Italy Eugenio Pisani 5–6
Italy Antonelli MotorSport Lamborghini Huracan Super Trofeo Evo 12 Italy Glauco Solieri Am All
Switzerland PZ Oberer Zurichsee Porsche 991 Cup 22 Switzerland Niki Leutwiler Am All
Belgium Selleslagh Racing Team Mercedes AMG GT4 31 Italy Lorenzo Bontempelli[N 1] Am 6
Italy Luciano Linossi[N 1]
Spain Three Sixty Racing Team Mercedes AMG GT4 32 Brazil Fernando Fortes Am All
Brazil Julio Martini 1–2
Brazil Guilherme Reischl 3–4, 6
France Martinet By Almeras Porsche 991 GT3 Cup 34 France Cédric Mezard PA 1
France Steeve Hiesse
71 France Pierre Martinet Am 1–5
France Gérard Tremblay 1–4
France Christian Blugeon 5
74 France Victor Blugeon PA 3
United Kingdom Optimum Motorsport Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4 35 Republic of Ireland Connor O'Brien PA 4
Republic of Ireland Charlie Eastwood
United Kingdom Whitebridge Motorsport Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4 72 United Kingdom Christopher Murphy Am 4
United Kingdom Adam Hatfield
Ukraine Tsunami RT Porsche 991 GT3 Cup 81 Italy Lino Curti PA All
Italy Carlo Curti
Poland Team Virage Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4 95 Spain Fernando Navarrete PA 5
Spain Alvaro Lobera
Spain Mirage Racing Alpine A110 Cup 919 France Philippe Bourgois Am 2
France Philippe Haezebrouck

Race calendar and results

  • A six-round calendar was revealed on 2 January 2019.[1] The schedule consisted of 6 circuits for the first year of the series with all the rounds supporting the International GT Open.
Round Circuit Date Pole Position Pro-Am Winner Am Winner Silver Winner
1 R1 France Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet 27 April Italy No. 6 Vincenzo Sospiri Racing Italy No. 6 Vincenzo Sospiri Racing Italy No. 27 Vincenzo Sospiri Racing Spain No. 7 Teo Martín Motorsport
Switzerland Hans-Peter Koller
Italy Edoardo Liberati
Switzerland Hans-Peter Koller Brazil JP Mauro
Brazil Rodolfo Toni
Spain Marc De Fulgencio
Brazil Thiago Vivacqua
R2 28 April Italy No. 6 Vincenzo Sospiri Racing Portugal No. 2 Sports and you Italy No. 12 Antonelli MotorSport Italy No. 11 Duell Race
Switzerland Hans-Peter Koller
Italy Edoardo Liberati
Brazil Marcio Basso
Brazil Guilherme Salas
Italy Glauco Solieri Italy Eugenio Pisani
Italy Michele Merendino
2 R1 Belgium Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 8 June Belgium No. 3 EMG Motorsport Belgium No. 3 EMG Motorsport Switzerland No. 22 PZ Oberer Zurichsee Spain No. 7 Teo Martín Motorsport
Belgium Nicolas Vandierendonck
Netherlands Bas Schouten
Belgium Nicolas Vandierendonck
Netherlands Bas Schouten
Switzerland Niki Leutwiler Spain Marc De Fulgencio
Brazil Thiago Vivacqua
R2 9 June Switzerland No. 22 PZ Oberer Zurichsee Belgium No. 3 EMG Motorsport Italy No. 12 Antonelli MotorSport None
Switzerland Niki Leutwiler Belgium Nicolas Vandierendonck
Netherlands Bas Schouten
Italy Glauco Solieri
3 R1 Hungary Hungaroring 6 July Italy No. 6 Vincenzo Sospiri Racing Italy No. 6 Vincenzo Sospiri Racing Italy No. 12 Antonelli MotorSport
Switzerland Hans-Peter Koller
Italy Edoardo Liberati
Switzerland Hans-Peter Koller
Italy Edoardo Liberati
Italy Glauco Solieri
R2 7 July Portugal No. 2 Sports and you Portugal No. 2 Sports and you Italy No. 12 Antonelli MotorSport
Brazil Marcio Basso
Brazil Guilherme Salas
Brazil Marcio Basso
Brazil Guilherme Salas
Italy Glauco Solieri
4 R1 United Kingdom Silverstone Circuit 7 September Italy No. 27 Vincenzo Sospiri Racing Italy No. 6 Vincenzo Sospiri Racing Spain No. 10 Baporo Motorsport
Brazil JP Mauro
Brazil Rodolfo Toni
Switzerland Hans-Peter Koller
Italy Edoardo Liberati
Andorra Manel Cerqueda
Spain Daniel Díaz-Varela
R2 8 September Italy No. 6 Vincenzo Sospiri Racing Italy No. 6 Vincenzo Sospiri Racing Switzerland No. 22 PZ Oberer Zurichsee
Switzerland Hans-Peter Koller
Italy Edoardo Liberati
Switzerland Hans-Peter Koller
Italy Edoardo Liberati
Switzerland Niki Leutwiler
5 R1 Spain Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya 21 September Switzerland No. 22 PZ Oberer Zurichsee Italy No. 6 Vincenzo Sospiri Racing Spain No. 13 Baporo Motorsport
Switzerland Niki Leutwiler Switzerland Hans-Peter Koller
Italy Edoardo Liberati
Spain Jaume Font
Andorra Joan Vinyes
R2 22 September Italy No. 6 Vincenzo Sospiri Racing Italy No. 6 Vincenzo Sospiri Racing Switzerland No. 22 PZ Oberer Zurichsee
Switzerland Hans-Peter Koller
Italy Edoardo Liberati
Switzerland Hans-Peter Koller
Italy Edoardo Liberati
Switzerland Niki Leutwiler
6 R1 Italy Autodromo Nazionale Monza 12 October Switzerland No. 22 PZ Oberer Zurichsee Spain No. 7 Teo Martín Motorsport Italy No. 27 Vincenzo Sospiri Racing
Switzerland Niki Leutwiler Spain Marc De Fulgencio
Brazil Thiago Vivacqua
Brazil JP Mauro
Brazil Rodolfo Toni
R2 13 October Italy No. 6 Vincenzo Sospiri Racing Italy No. 81 Tsunami RT Italy No. 27 Vincenzo Sospiri Racing
Switzerland Hans-Peter Koller
Italy Edoardo Liberati
Italy Lino Curti
Italy Carlo Curti
Brazil JP Mauro
Brazil Rodolfo Toni


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.[2]

Overall

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

Silver, 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 LEC
France
SPA
Belgium
HUN
Hungary
SIL
United Kingdom
CAT
Spain
MNZ
Italy
Points
1 Switzerland Hans-Peter Koller Italy Vincenzo Sospiri Racing 1 Ret 1 2 1 1 1 1 Ret 12 102
2 Switzerland Niki Leutwiler Switzerland PZ Oberer Zurichsee 3 5 1 3 4 6 5 2 6 2 3 11 100
3 Italy Edoardo Liberati Italy Vincenzo Sospiri Racing DNS Ret 1 2 1 1 1 1 Ret 12 87
4 Brazil JP Mauro
Brazil Rodolfo Toni
Italy Vincenzo Sospiri Racing 2 2 6 5 10 5 4 7 Ret DNS 1 3 79
5 Italy Glauco Solieri Italy Antonelli MotorSport 13 1 16 1 3 4 6 3 4 8 Ret Ret 74
6 Andorra Manel Cerqueda Spain Baporo Motorsport 8 11 9 10 8 10 3 4 3 3 5 5 60
7 Spain Daniel Díaz-Varela Spain Baporo Motorsport 8 11 DNS 10 8 10 3 4 3 3 5 5 58
8 Belgium John De Wilde Belgium EMG Motorsport 6 4 2 2 10 6 5 5 55
9 Spain Jaume Font Spain Baporo Motorsport 7 Ret 4 8 12 8 11 8 2 6 2 9 52
10 Spain Marc De Fulgencio
Brazil Thiago Vivacqua
Spain Teo Martín Motorsport 5 9 5 7 9 11 8 12 7 10 4 2 48
11 Brazil Marcio Basso Portugal Sports and you 4 3 11 12 5 1 7 13 Ret 7 47
12 Italy Lino Curti
Italy Carlo Curti
Italy Tsunami RT 10 6 8 6 6 7 9 10 11 7 Ret 1 45
13 Brazil Guilherme Salas Portugal Sports and you 4 3 5 1 7 13 43
14 Spain Guillem Pujeu
Spain Faust Salom
Spain Teo Martín Motorsport 9 8 7 11 7 9 Ret 11 8 11 7 4 31
15 Belgium Nicolas Vandierendonck Belgium EMG Motorsport 11 12 3 4 12 9 Ret 4 28
Netherlands Bas Schouten 3 4 12 9 Ret 4
16 Andorra Joan Vinyes Spain Baporo Motorsport 7 Ret 12 8 11 8 2 6 27
17 France Victor Blugeon France Martinet By Almeras 2 3 22
18 Republic of Ireland Connor O'Brien
Republic of Ireland Charlie Eastwood
United Kingdom Optimum Motorsport 2 5 18
19 Italy Eugenio Pisani Italy Duell Race Ret 7 10 9 12 12 9 6 15
20 Brazil Fernando Fortes Spain Three Sixty Racing Team 12 13 15 14 11 12 13 14 10 9 8 8 10
21 Italy Stefano Bozzoni Italy Duell Race 13 13 12 12 9 6 8
22 Brazil Guilherme Reischl Spain Three Sixty Racing Team 11 12 13 14 8 8 7
23 Italy Michele Merendino Italy Duell Race Ret 7 4
24 Italy Mark Speakerwas Italy Duell Race 10 9 3
25 Spain Fernando Navarrete Italy Duell Race Ret DNS 13 13 2
Poland Team Virage 9 Ret
Spain Alvaro Lobera 9 Ret
26 France Cédric Mezard
France Steeve Hiesse
France Martinet By Almeras Ret 10 1
27 Portugal Lourenço Da Veiga Portugal Sports and you 11 12 0
28 Belgium Filip Teunkens Belgium EMG Motorsport 11 12 0
29 Spain Fernando Navarrete Jr. Italy Duell Race Ret DNS 0
30 Brazil Julio Martini Spain Three Sixty Racing Team 12 13 15 14 0
31 France Gérard Tremblay France Martinet By Almeras 14 14 14 16 13 13 15 15 0
France Christian Blugeon 13 13
France Pierre Martinet 14 14 14 16 13 13 15 15 13 13
32 United Kingdom Christopher Murphy
United Kingdom Adam Hatfield
United Kingdom Whitebridge Motorsport 14 DNS 0
33 France Philippe Bourgois
France Philippe Haezebrouck
France Mirage Racing 12 15 0
Entries ineligible to score points
Italy Lorenzo Bontempelli
Italy Luciano Linossi
Belgium Selleslagh Racing Team 6 10
Portugal José Pedro Fontes Portugal Sports and you Ret 7
Monaco Fulvio Maria Ballabio
Switzerland David Fumarelli
San Marino Scuderia San Marino Ret Ret
Pos. Driver Team LEC
France
SPA
Belgium
HUN
Hungary
SIL
United Kingdom
CAT
Spain
MNZ
Italy
Points

Silver

Pos. Driver Team LEC
France
SPA
Belgium
HUN
Hungary
SIL
United Kingdom
CAT
Spain
MNZ
Italy
Points
1 Spain Marc De Fulgencio
Brazil Thiago Vivacqua
Spain Teo Martín Motorsport 5 9 5 DNS 13
2 Spain Guillem Pujeu
Spain Faust Salom
Spain Teo Martín Motorsport 9 8 7 DNS 12
3 Italy Eugenio Pisani
Italy Michele Merendino
Italy Duell Race Ret 7 5
Pos. Driver Team LEC
France
SPA
Belgium
HUN
Hungary
SIL
United Kingdom
CAT
Spain
MNZ
Italy
Points

Pro-Am

Pos. Driver Team LEC
France
SPA
Belgium
HUN
Hungary
SIL
United Kingdom
CAT
Spain
MNZ
Italy
Points
1 Switzerland Hans-Peter Koller Italy Vincenzo Sospiri Racing 1 Ret 1 2 1 1 1 1 Ret 12 65
2 Italy Edoardo Liberati Italy Vincenzo Sospiri Racing DNS Ret 1 2 1 1 1 1 Ret 12 60
3 Italy Lino Curti
Italy Carlo Curti
Italy Tsunami RT 10 6 8 6 6 7 9 10 11 7 Ret 1 53
4 Spain Marc De Fulgencio
Brazil Thiago Vivacqua
Spain Teo Martín Motorsport 7 9 11 8 12 7 10 4 2 46
5 Brazil Marcio Basso Portugal Sports and you 4 3 11 12 5 1 7 13 Ret 7 38
6 Spain Guillem Pujeu
Spain Faust Salom
Spain Teo Martín Motorsport 11 7 9 Ret 11 8 11 7 4 35
7 Belgium Nicolas Vandierendonck
Netherlands Bas Schouten
Belgium EMG Motorsport 3 4 12 9 Ret 4 31
8 Brazil Guilherme Salas Portugal Sports and you 4 3 5 1 7 13 31
9 Italy Eugenio Pisani Italy Duell Race 10 9 12 12 9 6 21
10 Republic of Ireland Connor O'Brien
Republic of Ireland Charlie Eastwood
United Kingdom Optimum Motorsport 2 5 16
11 Italy Stefano Bozzoni Italy Duell Race 13 13 12 12 9 6 15
12 France Victor Blugeon France Martinet By Almeras 2 3 14
13 Italy Mark Speakerwas Italy Duell Race 10 9 7
14 Spain Fernando Navarrete Italy Duell Race Ret DNS 13 13 5
Poland Team Virage 9 Ret
15 Spain Alvaro Lobera 9 Ret 4
16 Portugal Lourenço Da Veiga Portugal Sports and you 11 12 4
17 France Cédric Mezard
France Steeve Hiesse
France Martinet By Almeras Ret 10 3
18 Spain Fernando Navarrete Jr. Italy Duell Race Ret DNS 0
Entries ineligible to score points
Portugal José Pedro Fontes Portugal Sports and you Ret 7
Monaco Fulvio Maria Ballabio
Switzerland David Fumarelli
San Marino Scuderia San Marino Ret Ret
Pos. Driver Team LEC
France
SPA
Belgium
HUN
Hungary
SIL
United Kingdom
CAT
Spain
MNZ
Italy
Points

Am

Pos. Driver Team LEC
France
SPA
Belgium
HUN
Hungary
SIL
United Kingdom
CAT
Spain
MNZ
Italy
Points
1 Switzerland Niki Leutwiler Switzerland PZ Oberer Zurichsee 3 5 1 3 4 6 5 2 6 2 3 11 80
2 Brazil JP Mauro
Brazil Rodolfo Toni
Italy Vincenzo Sospiri Racing 2 2 6 5 10 5 4 7 Ret DNS 1 3 69
3 Andorra Manel Cerqueda Spain Baporo Motorsport 8 11 9 10 8 10 3 4 3 3 5 5 64
4 Italy Glauco Solieri Italy Antonelli MotorSport 13 1 16 1 3 4 6 3 4 8 Ret Ret 61
5 Spain Daniel Díaz-Varela Spain Baporo Motorsport 8 11 DNS 10 8 10 3 4 3 3 5 5 61
6 Spain Jaume Font Spain Baporo Motorsport 7 Ret 4 8 12 8 11 8 2 6 2 9 49
7 Belgium John De Wilde Belgium EMG Motorsport 6 4 2 2 10 6 5 5 45
8 Andorra Joan Vinyes Spain Baporo Motorsport 7 Ret 12 8 11 8 2 6 28
9 Brazil Fernando Fortes Spain Three Sixty Racing Team 12 13 15 14 11 12 13 14 10 9 8 8 18
10 Brazil Guilherme Reischl Spain Three Sixty Racing Team 11 12 13 14 8 8 14
11 Belgium Nicolas Vandierendonck
Belgium Filip Teunkens
Belgium EMG Motorsport 11 12 4
12 France Philippe Bourgois
France Philippe Haezebrouck
France Mirage Racing 12 15 2
13 Brazil Julio Martini Spain Three Sixty Racing Team 12 13 15 14 0
14 France Gérard Tremblay France Martinet By Almeras 14 14 14 16 13 13 15 15 0
France Christian Blugeon 13 13
France Pierre Martinet 14 14 14 16 13 13 15 15 13 13
15 United Kingdom Christopher Murphy
United Kingdom Adam Hatfield
United Kingdom Whitebridge Motorsport 14 DNS 0
Entries ineligible to score points
Italy Lorenzo Bontempelli
Italy Luciano Linossi
Belgium Selleslagh Racing Team 6 10
Pos. Driver Team LEC
France
SPA
Belgium
HUN
Hungary
SIL
United Kingdom
CAT
Spain
MNZ
Italy
Points

Teams' Championship

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

Pos. Team Manufacturer No. Points
1 Italy Vincenzo Sospiri Racing Lamborghini 6 112
27
2 Switzerland PZ Oberer Zurichsee Porsche 22 58
3 Spain Baporo Motorsport Audi/Porsche 10 50
13
4 Belgium EMG Motorsport Porsche 3 44
37
5 Italy Antonelli MotorSport Lamborghini 12 42
6 Spain Teo Martín Motorsport McLaren 7 24
18
7 Portugal Sports and you Mercedes-AMG 2 23
8 Italy Tsunami RT Porsche 81 16
9 France Martinet By Almeras Porsche 34 14
71
74
10 United Kingdom Optimum Motorsport Aston Martin 35 11
11 Italy Duell Race Porsche 11 2
18
19
12 Spain Three Sixty Racing Team Mercedes-AMG 32 0
13 United Kingdom Whitebridge Motorsport Aston Martin 72 0
14 France Mirage Racing Alpine 919 0
15 Poland Team Virage Aston Martin 95 0
Entries ineligible to score points
Belgium Selleslagh Racing Team Mercedes-AMG 31
San Marino Scuderia San Marino Tecno 4
Pos. Team Manufacturer No. Points

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e 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".

References

  1. ^ "GT Cup Open Europe confirms 2019 calendar with one change and creates Silver class". GT Sport. Archived from the original on 2019-10-15.
  2. ^ "SPORTING REGULATION GT CUP OPEN EUROPE 2019" (PDF). GT Cup Open Europe. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-06-02.