GT Cup Open Europe

The GT Cup Open Europe is a grand tourer-style sports car racing series founded in 2019 by the Spanish GT Sport Organización. It is a support category to the International GT Open featuring FIA GT4-spec cars as well as eligible one-make category cars.

GT Cup Open Europe
CategoryGrand tourer sportscars
CountryInternational
Inaugural season2019
Drivers22 (2020)
Teams9 (2020)
Tyre suppliersMichelin
Drivers' champion Aldo Festante
Teams' champion Baporo Motorsport
Official websitewww.gtcupopen.net
Current season

Format

The series consists of events in various European countries which feature two races over a weekend. Each weekend the series hosts two 55 minute races with two separate qualifying sessions determining the grid order. There is a mandatory pit stop with a minimum time that must be abided by. During this pit stop, only the driver change may occur if the car is a two driver entry. Fuel may not be added and unless there is a puncture, no tires can be changed.

Usually this series supports the International GT Open as separate races on the same race weekends, but starting in 2020 due to low car counts, GT Sport decided to combine the two series' races if there were less than 9 GT Cup Open Europe entries.[1]

Regulations

Each race consists of a field of grand touring-style cars. Eligible models include all homologated FIA GT4 cars such as the Mercedes AMG GT4 and the Audi R8 LMS GT4 as well as one-make category cars such as the Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo and the Porsche 991 Carrera Cup. The series has three sub-categories for the Drivers' Championships: Silver, for driver pairings consisting of two Silver ranked drivers; Pro-Am, for driver pairings consisting of one Gold or Silver driver and one Am driver; and Am, for two Am rated drivers or a solo Am rated driver. No other driver combinations are allowed. After the third race of the season, all Silver ranked entries were moved to the Pro-Am category apparently in an attempt to remove the category due to very few entries.[2] The Silver category did not continue in 2020.

Champions

Overall[3]
Season Drivers Team Tyre Poles Wins Podiums Points Clinched Margin
2019 Hans-Peter Koller Vincenzo Sospiri Racing M 6 6 7 102 Race 12 of 12 2
2020 Aldo Festante Ombra Racing M 4 8 9 130 Race 9 of 10 20

Pro-Am
Season Drivers Team Tyre Poles Wins Podiums Points Clinched Margin
2019 Hans-Peter Koller Vincenzo Sospiri Racing M 6 6 7 65 Race 12 of 12 5
2020 Aldo Festante Ombra Racing M 5 8 9 44 Race 9 of 10 27

Am
Season Drivers Team Tyre Poles Wins Podiums Points Clinched Margin
2019 Niki Leutweiler PZ Oberer Zurischee M 5 3 9 80 Race 12 of 12 11
2020 Manuel Cerqueda
Daniel Díaz-Varela		 Baporo Motorsport M 5 8 10 59 Race 9 of 10 27

Silver
Season Drivers Team Tyre Poles Wins Podiums Points Clinched Margin
2019 Marc de Fulgencio
Thiago Vivacqua		 Teo Martín Motorsport M 1 2 3 13 Race 12 of 12 12

Teams
Season Teams' Championship
2019 Vincenzo Sospiri Racing
2020 Baporo Motorsport

References
  1. The Organising Committee (October 2020). "Appendix 6 - GTC_GTO" (PDF). GT Cup Open Europe. Retrieved November 1, 2020.
  2. "Spa Race 2 Results" (PDF). GT Cup Open.
  3. "Roll of Honor". GT Cup Open Europe. Retrieved November 1, 2020.
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