International GT Open

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The International GT Open is a grand tourer-style sports car racing series founded in 2006 by the Spanish GT Sport Organización. It was a spin-off of the now-defunct Spanish GT Championship, but is now a distinct series featuring FIA GT3-spec cars modified from production road cars.

Format

The series consists of events in various European countries which feature two races over a weekend. In its first year, the races had an identical format to the Spanish GT Championship, with two 200 km races, the first held on Saturday and the second on the Sunday. Three of the six rounds were joint events for the Open and the Spanish GT Championship.

In 2007, the first race, known as Pro-Am, covers approximately 200 km distance, while the second race is 150 km and known as GT Open. The only exception is the Open GT Barcelona, which is a single 300 km race. In early seasons, a few races have been a part of the World Touring Car Championship support package.

Now the first race of a weekend is 70 minutes long and the second is 60 minutes. The current support series are the Euroformula Open Championship (formerly Spanish F3 Open) and the GT Cup Open Europe with some race weekends also featuring TCR Europe and the Alpine Elf Europa Cup.

Past support series have included the SEAT León Supercopa (2014-2016), and Formula V8 3.5 Series (2016).

Regulations

Each race consists of a field of grand touring-style cars broken into different classes based on power and weight. For 2006, two classes were used, known as GTA and GTB. GTA was equivalent to the GT2 class used in the FIA GT Championship, but it also allowed non-homologated cars provide they obey the FIA GT2 technical regulations. Most of the field was made up of Ferrari F430 GTs and Porsche 911 GT3-RSRs. Non-homologated cars like the Mosler MT900R and the SEAT Cupra GT were also competitive.

The GTB class consisted of cars usually from a manufacturer's one-make cup series, like the Ferrari F430 Challenge, the Porsche 911 GT3 Cup, and the Marcos Mantis. A GTS class was created to house the FIA GT3 class, consisting mainly of Dodge Viper Competition Coupes and Lamborghini Gallardo GT3s.

Starting in 2015, the International GT Open began using only FIA GT3-spec cars with 2 sub-categories. The Am category is only for drivers given the "Bronze" designation by GT Sport. Pro-Am requires one Bronze driver with no restrictions on the co-driver. All other entries are scored overall with the only driver restriction being a ban on having two Platinum drivers.

Circuits

Champions

Drivers

Current categories

Overall

Season Drivers Team Tyre Poles Wins Podiums Points Clinched Margin
2006 Template:Flagicon Michele Bartyan Template:Flagicon Playteam SaraFree D 3 3 5 86 Race 11 of 11 4
2007 Template:Flagicon Joël Camathias
Template:Flagicon Richard Lietz
Template:Flagicon Autorlando D 3 3 6 158 Race 15 of 15 4
2008 Template:Flagicon Michele Maceratesi
Template:Flagicon Andrea Montermini
Template:Flagicon Scuderia Playteam SaraFree D 7 5 8 177 Race 16 of 16 8
2009 Template:Flagicon Joël Camathias
Template:Flagicon Marcel Fässler
Template:Flagicon Trottet Racing D 3 6 9 233 Race 16 of 16 13
2010 Template:Flagicon Álvaro Barba
Template:Flagicon Pierre Kaffer
Template:Flagicon AF Corse D 9 4 9 198 Race 16 of 16 5
2011 Template:Flagicon Soheil Ayari Template:Flagicon JMB Racing D 0 4 8 199 Race 16 of 16 22
2012 Template:Flagicon Gianmaria Bruni
Template:Flagicon Federico Leo
Template:Flagicon AF Corse D 3 3 7 233 Race 16 of 16 3
2013 Template:Flagicon Andrea Montermini Template:Flagicon Scuderia Villorba Corse D 5 6 14 231 Race 14 of 16 54
2014 Template:Flagicon Roman Mavlanov
Template:Flagicon Daniel Zampieri
Template:Flagicon SMP Racing Russian Bears D 4 3 10 212 Race 16 of 16 10
2015 Template:Flagicon Álvaro Parente
Template:Flagicon Miguel Ramos
Template:Flagicon Teo Martín Motorsport M 6 3 11 212 Race 13 of 14 33
2016 Template:Flagicon Thomas Biagi
Template:Flagicon Fabrizio Crestani
Template:Flagicon Orange 1 Team Lazarus M 0 2 9 183 Race 12 of 14 51
2017 Template:Flagicon Giovanni Venturini Template:Flagicon Imperiale Racing M 3 3 6 114 Race 14 of 14 8
2018 Template:Flagicon Mikkel Mac Template:Flagicon Luzich Racing M 1 4 6 122 Race 14 of 14 11
2019 Template:Flagicon Giacomo Altoè
Template:Flagicon Albert Costa
Template:Flagicon Emil Frey Racing M 4 4 6 128 Race 14 of 14 12
2020 Template:Flagicon Henrique Chaves
Template:Flagicon Miguel Ramos
Template:Flagicon Teo Martín Motorsport M 1 2 6 114 Race 14 of 14 2

GT3 PRO-AM

Season Drivers Team Tyre Poles Wins Podiums Points Clinched Margin
2015 Template:Flagicon Álvaro Parente
Template:Flagicon Miguel Ramos
Template:Flagicon Teo Martín Motorsport M 6 3 11 94 Race 12 of 14 20
2016 Template:Flagicon Thomas Biagi
Template:Flagicon Fabrizio Crestani
Template:Flagicon Orange 1 Team Lazarus M 3 1 8 78 Race 12 of 14 26
2017 Template:Flagicon Shaun Balfe
Template:Flagicon Rob Bell
Template:Flagicon Balfe Motorsport M 3 1 8 82 Race 12 of 14 17
2018 Template:Flagicon Tom Onslow-Cole
Template:Flagicon Valentin Pierburg
Template:Flagicon SPS Automotive Performance M 6 6 8 78 Race 14 of 14 0†
2019 Template:Flagicon Frederik Scandorff Template:Flagicon Vincenzo Sospiri Racing M 4 8 79 Race 14 of 14 7
2020 Template:Flagicon Marcelo Hahn Template:Flagicon Teo Martín Motorsport M 4 2 7 63 Race 14 of 14 1

Title won on number of wins count back.

GT3 AM

Season Drivers Team Tyre Poles Wins Podiums Points Clinched Margin
2015 Template:Flagicon Claudio Sdanewitsch Template:Flagicon AF Corse M 2 5 12 55 Race 10 of 14 7
2016 Template:Flagicon António Coimbra
Template:Flagicon Luís Silva
Template:Flagicon Sports & You M 3 8 12 55 Race 12 of 14 19
2017 Template:Flagicon António Coimbra
Template:Flagicon Luís Silva
Template:Flagicon Sports & You M 0 4 10 49 Race 12 of 14 9
2018 Template:Flagicon Giulio Borlenghi
Template:Flagicon Andrzej Lewandowski
Template:Flagicon Vincenzo Sospiri Racing M 1 2 5 83 Race 12 of 14 22
2019 Template:Flagicon Giuseppe Cipriani Template:Flagicon Antonelli MotorSport M 3 11 45 Race 14 of 14 4
2020 Template:Flagicon Jens Liebhauser
Template:Flagicon Florian Sholze
Template:Flagicon GetSpeed Performance M 5 7 9 67 Race 13 of 14 53

Defunct categories

GTA

Season Drivers Team Tyre Poles Wins Podiums Points Clinched Margin
2006 Template:Flagicon Michele Bartyan Template:Flagicon Playteam SaraFree D 3 3 5 86 Race 11 of 11 4
2007 Template:Flagicon Michele Maceratesi
Template:Flagicon Andrea Montermini
Template:Flagicon Scuderia Playteam SaraFree D 2 3 5 65 Race 15 of 15 3
2008 Template:Flagicon Michele Maceratesi
Template:Flagicon Andrea Montermini
Template:Flagicon Scuderia Playteam SaraFree D 6 5 8 77 Race 16 of 16 9

GTB

Season Drivers Team Tyre Poles Wins Podiums Points Clinched Margin
2006 Template:Flagicon Fabrizio Gini Template:Flagicon Scuderia Giudici D 0 1 2 no data
2007 Template:Flagicon Gianni Giudici Template:Flagicon Scuderia Giudici D 1 1 9 no data

GTS

Season Drivers Team Tyre Poles Wins Podiums Points Clinched Margin
2006 Template:Flagicon Andrea Belicchi
Template:Flagicon Stefano Zonca
Template:Flagicon Racing Box D 5 4 8 no data
2007 Template:Flagicon Riccardo Romagnoli Template:Flagicon La Torre D 3 3 5 no data
2008 Template:Flagicon Marco Cioci
Template:Flagicon Andrea Pellizzato
Template:Flagicon Twentytwo D 7 6 6 71 Race 14 of 16 20
2009 Template:Flagicon Michał Broniszewski
Template:Flagicon Philipp Peter
Template:Flagicon Kessel Racing D 8 6 12 107 Race 14 of 16 27
2010 Template:Flagicon Marco Frezza Template:Flagicon Kessel Racing D 1 5 8 86 Race 16 of 16 2
2011 Template:Flagicon Lorenzo Bontempelli
Template:Flagicon Stefano Gattuso
Template:Flagicon Kessel Racing D 6 7 12 116 Race 15 of 16 13
2012 Template:Flagicon Michael Dalle Stelle
Template:Flagicon Daniel Zampieri
Template:Flagicon Kessel Racing D 5 3 10 88 Race 16 of 16 3
2013 Template:Flagicon Giorgio Pantano Template:Flagicon Bhai Tech Racing D 0 3 5 56 Race 16 of 16 0
2014 Template:Flagicon Giorgio Roda Template:Flagicon AF Corse D 0 2 7 86 Race 15 of 16 9

Super GT

Season Drivers Team Tyre Poles Wins Podiums Points Clinched Margin
2009 Template:Flagicon Joël Camathias
Template:Flagicon Marcel Fässler
Template:Flagicon Trottet Racing D 3 6 9 99 Race 16 of 16 5
2010 Template:Flagicon Álvaro Barba
Template:Flagicon Pierre Kaffer
Template:Flagicon AF Corse D 9 4 9 90 Race 16 of 16 9
2011 Template:Flagicon Soheil Ayari Template:Flagicon JMB Racing D 0 4 9 88 Race 16 of 16 9
2012 Template:Flagicon Gianmaria Bruni
Template:Flagicon Federico Leo
Template:Flagicon AF Corse D 3 3 7 85 Race 16 of 16 1
2013 Template:Flagicon Andrea Montermini Template:Flagicon Scuderia Villorba Corse D 5 6 14 116 Race 14 of 16 22
2014 Template:Flagicon Roman Mavlanov
Template:Flagicon Daniel Zampieri
Template:Flagicon SMP Racing Russian Bears D 4 3 10 104 Race 16 of 16 5

Gentleman’s Cup

Season Drivers Team Tyre Poles Wins Podiums Points Clinched Margin
2013 Template:Flagicon Alexander Talkanitsa, Sr. Template:Flagicon AT Racing D 0 6 13 114 Race 14 of 16 22
2014 Template:Flagicon Claudio Sdanewitsch Template:Flagicon AF Corse D 0 5 15 128 Race 15 of 16 10

GT Open Cup

Season Drivers Team Tyre Poles Wins Podiums Points Clinched Margin
2015 Template:Flagicon James Abbott Template:Flagicon Radical Works M 0 0 0 10 Race 6 of 14 <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />0Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Teams

Year Teams' Cup
2007 Template:Flagicon Scuderia Playteam SaraFree
2008 Template:Flagicon Scuderia Playteam SaraFree
Super GT GTS
2009 Template:Flagicon Autorlando Sport Template:Flagicon Villois Racing
2010 Template:Flagicon AF Corse Template:Flagicon Kessel Racing
2011 Template:Flagicon JMB Racing Template:Flagicon Kessel Racing
2012 Template:Flagicon AF Corse Template:Flagicon Kessel Racing
2013 Template:Flagicon V8 Racing Template:Flagicon Bhai Tech Racing
2014 Template:Flagicon V8 Racing Template:Flagicon AF Corse
Teams' Championship
2015 Template:Flagicon AF Corse
2016 Template:Flagicon BMW Team Teo Martín
2017 Template:Flagicon Imperiale Racing
2018 Template:Flagicon Imperiale Racing
2019 Template:Flagicon Emil Frey Racing
2020 Template:Flagicon Teo Martín Motorsport

References

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External links

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