2022 GT Cup Open Europe

The 2022 GT Cup Open Europe was the fourth 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 22 May at the Circuit Paul Ricard and ended on 16 October at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya after five double-header meetings.

Race calendar

Round Circuit Date
1 R1 France Circuit Paul Ricard 21–22 May
R2
2 R1 Belgium Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 18–19 June
R2
3 R1 Hungary Hungaroring 9–10 July
R2
4 R1 Italy Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 24–25 September
R2
5 R1 Spain Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya 15–16 October
R2

Entry list

Team Car No. Drivers Class Rounds
Belgium Street Art Racing[1] Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4[1] 007 France Julien Darras[1] PA 1–2, 4–5
France Jahid Fazal-Karim[1] 1–2, 4–5
Belgium Q1 Trackracing[2] Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 2 Belgium Milan De Laet[a] PA 5
Porsche 992 GT3 Cup[2] 51 Belgium Filip Teunkens Am 3
52 Belgium Laurent Vandervelde Am All
Belgium Nicolas Vandierendonck 1–4
Belgium Sven Van Laere[b] 5
53 France Lukas Valkre Am All
Netherlands Dirk Schouten All
54 Belgium Jan Lauryssen PA All
55 Belgium Nicolas Vandierendonck Am 5
56 Belgium John de Wilde Am All
Italy SP Racing[3] Porsche 991 GT3 I Cup[4] 9 Italy Fabio Fabiani[4] Am All
Italy Stefano Zerbi[4] All
Porsche 991 GT3 II Cup[4] 44 Italy Eugenio Pisani[4] PA All
Monaco Stefano Zanini[4] All
Italy Team Ghinzani Arco Motorsport[5] Porsche 992 GT3 Cup[5] 12 Italy Glauco Solieri[5] Am 1–3
Spain Baporo Motorsport[6] Porsche 992 GT3 Cup[6] 13 Spain Jaume Font[6] Am 3–5
Andorra Joan Vinyes 5
Romania RO1 Racing[7] Porsche 991 GT3 II Cup[7] 21 Romania Camil Perian[7] Am 2–5
Romania Florin Tincescu[7] 2–5
Spain SVC Sport Management[8] Toyota GR Supra GT4[8] 50 Poland Antoni Chodzen[8] PA 1–2, 5
Italy Patrick Zamparini[8] 1–2
San Marino GDL Racing[9] Porsche 992 GT3 Cup[9] 65 Italy Roberto Bosio[9] Am 1–2
Italy Samuele Bosio[9] 1–2
66 Italy Mario Cordoni[9] Am 1–2
Argentina Andres Josephon[10] 3
Hungary Csaba Walter[10] 3–4
Hungary Zsombor Nagy[11] 4
Switzerland Alex Fontana PA 5
Italy Stefano Borghi 5
67 United Arab Emirates Bashar Mardini[12] PA 1–2, 5
Austria Christopher Zöchling 1–2, 5
Switzerland Alex Fontana[10] 3
Italy Stefano Borghi[10] 3
Porsche 991 GT3 II Cup[9] 68 Italy Roberto Rayneri[9] Am 1–2
United Kingdom 7TSIX[13] Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo Evo[13] 76 United Kingdom Charlie Hollings[13] PA 4
Cyprus Rhea Loucas[13] 4
Germany Aust Motorsport[14] Audi R8 LMS GT4 Evo[14] 88 Germany Bernd Schaible[c][14] PA 5
Germany Christer Jöns[d][14] 5
Icon Class
PA Pro-Am Cup
Am Am Cup
  1. ^ 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. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.

Results

Bold indicates overall winner.

Round Circuit Pole Position Team Pro-Am Cup Winning Team Am Cup Winning Team
Pole Position Drivers Pro-Am Cup Winning Drivers Am Cup Winning Drivers
1 France Circuit Paul Ricard San Marino No. 67 GDL Racing Belgium No. 54 Q1 Trackracing Belgium No. 56 Q1 Trackracing
Canada Bashar Mardini
Austria Christopher Zöchling 		Belgium Jan Lauryssen Belgium John de Wilde
2 Belgium No. 53 Q1 Trackracing San Marino No. 67 GDL Racing Belgium No. 56 Q1 Trackracing
France Lukas Valkre
Netherlands Dirk Schouten 		Canada Bashar Mardini
Austria Christopher Zöchling 		Belgium John de Wilde
3 Belgium Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps San Marino No. 67 GDL Racing Belgium No. 54 Q1 Trackracing Belgium No. 56 Q1 Trackracing
Switzerland Alex Fontana
Italy Stefano Borghi 		Belgium Jan Lauryssen Belgium John de Wilde
4 Belgium No. 53 Q1 Trackracing Belgium No. 54 Q1 Trackracing Belgium No. 56 Q1 Trackracing
France Lukas Valkre
Netherlands Dirk Schouten 		Belgium Jan Lauryssen Belgium John de Wilde
5 Hungary Hungaroring Belgium No. 53 Q1 Trackracing Belgium No. 54 Q1 Trackracing Spain No. 13 Baporo Motorsport
France Lukas Valkre
Netherlands Dirk Schouten 		Belgium Jan Lauryssen Spain Jaume Font
6 Belgium No. 54 Q1 Trackracing Belgium No. 54 Q1 Trackracing Spain No. 13 Baporo Motorsport
Belgium Jan Lauryssen Belgium Jan Lauryssen Spain Jaume Font
7 Italy Autodromo Nazionale di Monza Belgium No. 53 Q1 Trackracing Belgium No. 54 Q1 Trackracing Belgium No. 56 Q1 Trackracing
France Lukas Valkre
Netherlands Dirk Schouten 		Belgium Jan Lauryssen Belgium John de Wilde
8 Belgium No. 54 Q1 Trackracing Belgium No. 54 Q1 Trackracing Spain No. 13 Baporo Motorsport
Belgium Jan Lauryssen Belgium Jan Lauryssen Spain Jaume Font
Andorra Joan Vinyes
9 Spain Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya San Marino No. 66 GDL Racing San Marino No. 66 GDL Racing Spain No. 13 Baporo Motorsport
Switzerland Alex Fontana Switzerland Alex Fontana Spain Jaume Font
Andorra Joan Vinyes
10 San Marino No. 66 GDL Racing San Marino No. 67 GDL Racing Belgium No. 55 Q1 Trackracing
Switzerland Alex Fontana Canada Bashar Mardini
Austria Christopher Zöchling 		Belgium Nicolas Vandierendonck

Championship Standings

Drivers' Championships

Pos. Driver Team FranceLEC BelgiumSPA HungaryHUN ItalyMNZ SpainCAT Points
1 Belgium Jan Lauryssen Belgium Q1 Trackracing 125
2 France Lukas Valkre

Netherlands Dirk Schouten

Belgium Q1 Trackracing 100
3 Belgium John de Wilde Belgium Q1 Trackracing 64
4 Italy Eugenio Pisani

Monaco Stefano Zanini

Italy SP Racing 55
5 Spain Jaume Font Spain Baporo Motorsport 52
6 Switzerland Alex Fontana San Marino GDL Racing 49
7 United Arab Emirates Bashar Mardini

Austria Christopher Zöchling

San Marino GDL Racing 45
8 Belgium Laurent Vandervelde Belgium Q1 Trackracing 38
9 Andorra Joan Vinyes Spain Baporo Motorsport 32
10 Italy Glauco Solieri Italy Team Ghinzani Arco Motorsport 28
11 Belgium Nicolas Vandierendonck Belgium Q1 Trackracing 26
12 Italy Stefano Borghi San Marino GDL Racing 22
13 Hungary Csaba Walter San Marino GDL Racing 21
14 Romania Camil Perian

Romania Florin Tincescu

Romania RO1 Racing 21
15 France Julien Darras

France Jahid Fazal-Karim

Belgium Street Art Racing 16
16 Argentina Andres Josephon San Marino GDL Racing 12
17 Hungary Zsombor Nagy San Marino GDL Racing 9
18 Italy Fabio Fabiani

Italy Stefano Zerbi

Italy SP Racing 9
19 United Kingdom Charlie Hollings

Cyprus Rhea Loucas

United Kingdom 7TSIX 8
20 Italy Roberto Bosio

Italy Samuele Bosio

San Marino GDL Racing 6
21 Poland Antoni Chodzen Spain SVC Sport Management 5
22 Italy Roberto Rayneri San Marino GDL Racing 3
23 Italy Mario Cordoni San Marino GDL Racing 3
24 Belgium Filip Teunkens Belgium Q1 Trackracing 1
25 Italy Patrick Zamparini Spain SVC Sport Management 0
26 Belgium Sven Van Laere Belgium Q1 Trackracing 0

References

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