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
Spain Baporo Motorsport[1] Audi R8 LMS GT4 Evo 10 Spain Daniel Díaz-Varela Am All
Andorra Manuel Cerqueda
Porsche 991 GT3 Cup 13 Spain Jaume Font Am 1–2
Spain NM Racing Team[2][3] Mercedes-AMG GT4 15 Spain Rafael Villanueva PA 2, 4–5
Spain Alberto de Martín
Transam Euro (Ford Mustang) 26 Spain Albert Estragués Am 1–2
126 5
Germany PROsport Racing[4] Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4 19 Belgium Rodrigue Gillion[N 1] PA 2, 4
Belgium Nico Verdonck[N 1]
Switzerland PZ Oberer Zürichsee by TFT[5] Porsche 991 GT3 Cup 22 Switzerland Niki Leutwiler PA 1–2
France Vincent Beltoise 1
Netherlands Bas Schouten 2
Slovakia Racing Trevor[3] BMW M4 GT4 40 Slovakia Gregor Zsigio Am 1
Hungary Walter Csaba
Italy Ombra Racing[6] Porsche 991 GT3 Cup 51 Italy Aldo Festante PA All
Portugal Sports and you[3] Mercedes-AMG GT4 60 Portugal Antonio Coimbra Am 3–4
Portugal Luis Silva
99 Portugal Antonio Coimbra 1–2
Portugal Luis Silva
San Marino GDL Racing[7] Porsche 991 GT3 Cup 66 Italy Roberto Rayneri Am 2
67 Italy Mario Cordoni Am 2
Poland Team Virage[8][3][9] Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4 77 Hungary Robert Heffler PA 1–2
Spain Philippe Valenza
88 France Stéphane Adler Am 1
France Michaël Blanchemain

Race calendar and results
  • A provisional six-round calendar was revealed on 22 October 2019.[10] The schedule consists of 6 circuits, all the rounds supporting the International GT Open. The series has added a round at Hockenheim and for the first time ever, the series will travel to Pergusa as part of a movement to reintroduce racing to this historic track.[11] As a result the series has dropped the Hungaroring and Silverstone from the calendar for 2020. The new schedule has also changed the dates of the Barcelona and 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
1 R1 Hungary Hungaroring 8 August Italy No. 51 Ombra Racing Switzerland No. 22 PZ Oberer Zürichsee by TFT Spain No. 13 Baporo Motorsport
Italy Aldo Festante Switzerland Niki Leutwiler
France Vincent Beltoise		 Spain Jaume Font
R2 9 August Italy No. 51 Ombra Racing Italy No. 51 Ombra Racing Spain No. 13 Baporo Motorsport
Italy Aldo Festante Italy Aldo Festante Spain Jaume Font
2 R1 France Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet 22 August Spain No. 10 Baporo Motorsport Switzerland No. 22 PZ Oberer Zürichsee by TFT Spain No. 10 Baporo Motorsport
Andorra Manuel Cerqueda
Spain Daniel Díaz-Varela		 Switzerland Niki Leutwiler
Netherlands Bas Schouten		 Andorra Manuel Cerqueda
Spain Daniel Díaz-Varela
R2 23 August Italy No. 51 Ombra Racing Italy No. 51 Ombra Racing Spain No. 10 Baporo Motorsport
Italy Aldo Festante Italy Aldo Festante Andorra Manuel Cerqueda
Spain Daniel Díaz-Varela
3 R1 Italy Autodromo Nazionale Monza 26 September Spain No. 10 Baporo Motorsport Italy No. 51 Ombra Racing Spain No. 10 Baporo Motorsport
Andorra Manuel Cerqueda
Spain Daniel Díaz-Varela		 Italy Aldo Festante Andorra Manuel Cerqueda
Spain Daniel Díaz-Varela
R2 27 September Italy No. 51 Ombra Racing Italy No. 51 Ombra Racing Spain No. 10 Baporo Motorsport
Italy Aldo Festante Italy Aldo Festante Andorra Manuel Cerqueda
Spain Daniel Díaz-Varela
4 R1 Belgium Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 17 October Italy No. 51 Ombra Racing Italy No. 51 Ombra Racing Spain No. 10 Baporo Motorsport
Italy Aldo Festante Italy Aldo Festante Andorra Manuel Cerqueda
Spain Daniel Díaz-Varela
R2 18 October Germany No. 19 PROsport Racing Italy No. 51 Ombra Racing Spain No. 10 Baporo Motorsport
Belgium Rodrigue Gillion
Belgium Nico Verdonck		 Italy Aldo Festante Andorra Manuel Cerqueda
Spain Daniel Díaz-Varela
5 R1 Spain Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya 31 October Italy No. 51 Ombra Racing Italy No. 51 Ombra Racing Spain No. 10 Baporo Motorsport
Italy Aldo Festante Italy Aldo Festante Andorra Manuel Cerqueda
Spain Daniel Díaz-Varela
R2 1 November Italy No. 51 Ombra Racing Italy No. 51 Ombra Racing Spain No. 10 Baporo Motorsport
Italy Aldo Festante Italy Aldo Festante Andorra Manuel Cerqueda
Spain 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 
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

Overall
Pos. Driver Team HUN
Hungary		 LEC
France		 MNZ
Italy		 SPA
Belgium		 CAT
Spain		 Points
1 Italy Aldo Festante Italy Ombra Racing 3 1 Ret 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 130
2 Andorra Manuel Cerqueda
Spain Daniel Díaz-Varela		 Spain Baporo Motorsport 4 6 1 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 110
3 Portugal Luis Silva
Portugal Antonio Coimbra		 Portugal Sports and you 5 Ret 4 8 3 3 3 5 55
4 Switzerland Niki Leutwiler Switzerland PZ Oberer Zürichsee with TFT Racing 2 2 2 4 44
5 Spain Rafael Villanueva
Spain Alberto de Martín		 Spain NM Racing Team 3 10 Ret 4 3 3 41
6 Spain Jaume Font Spain Baporo Motorsport 1 3 Ret 5 31
7 France Vincent Beltoise Switzerland PZ Oberer Zürichsee with TFT Racing 2 2 24
8 Spain Philippe Valenza
Hungary Robert Heffler		 Poland Team Virage Ret 5 7 2 22
9 Netherlands Bas Schouten Switzerland PZ Oberer Zürichsee with TFT Racing 2 4 20
10 Belgium Rodrigue Gillion Germany PROsport Racing Ret 7 4 DSQ 12
11 Italy Mario Cordoni San Marino GDL Racing 5 6 11
12 Spain Albert Estragués Spain NM Racing Team Ret 4 Ret DNS Ret Ret 8
13 France Michaël Blanchemain
France Stéphane Adler		 Poland Team Virage 6 8 8
14 Hungary Csaba Walter
Slovakia Gregor Zsigio		 Slovakia Racing Trevor 7 7 8
15 Italy Roberto Rayneri San Marino GDL Racing 6 9 7
16 Belgium Nico Verdonck Germany PROsport Racing Ret 7 DSQ 4
Pos. Driver Team HUN
Hungary		 LEC
France		 MNZ
Italy		 SPA
Belgium		 CAT
Spain		 Points

Pro-Am
Pos. Driver Team HUN
Hungary		 LEC
France		 MNZ
Italy		 SPA
Belgium		 CAT
Spain		 Points
1 Italy Aldo Festante Italy Ombra Racing 2 1 Ret 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 49
2 Spain Rafael Villanueva
Spain Alberto de Martín		 Spain NM Racing Team 2 5 Ret 3 2 2 21
3 Switzerland Niki Leutwiler Switzerland PZ Oberer Zürichsee with TFT Racing 1 2 1 3 17
4 Spain Philippe Valenza
Hungary Robert Heffler		 Poland Team Virage Ret 3 3 2 10
5 France Vincent Beltoise Switzerland PZ Oberer Zürichsee with TFT Racing 1 2 9
6 Netherlands Bas Schouten Switzerland PZ Oberer Zürichsee with TFT Racing 1 3 8
7 Belgium Rodrigue Gillion Germany PROsport Racing Ret 4 2 DSQ 6
8 Belgium Nico Verdonck Germany PROsport Racing Ret 4 DSQ 2
Pos. Driver Team HUN
Hungary		 LEC
France		 MNZ
Italy		 SPA
Belgium		 CAT
Spain		 Points

Am
Pos. Driver Team HUN
Hungary		 LEC
France		 MNZ
Italy		 SPA
Belgium		 CAT
Spain		 Points
1 Andorra Manuel Cerqueda
Spain Daniel Díaz-Varela		 Spain Baporo Motorsport 2 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 64
2 Portugal Luis Silva
Portugal Antonio Coimbra		 Portugal Sports and you 3 Ret 2 4 2 2 2 2 32
3 Spain Jaume Font Spain Baporo Motorsport 1 1 Ret 2 24
4 Italy Mario Cordoni San Marino GDL Racing 3 3 8
5 Spain Albert Estragués Spain NM Racing Team Ret 2 Ret DNS Ret Ret 8
6 Hungary Csaba Walter
Slovakia Gregor Zsigio		 Slovakia Racing Trevor 5 4 7
7 France Michaël Blanchemain
France Stéphane Adler		 Poland Team Virage 4 5 7
8 Italy Roberto Rayneri San Marino GDL Racing 4 5 5
Pos. Driver Team HUN
Hungary		 LEC
France		 MNZ
Italy		 SPA
Belgium		 CAT
Spain		 Points

Teams' Championship

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

Pos. Team Manufacturer Points
1 Spain Baporo Motorsport Audi
Porsche		 89
2 Italy Ombra Racing Porsche 86
3 Spain NM Racing Team Transam Euro
Mercedes-AMG		 35
4 Portugal Sports and you Mercedes-AMG 29
5 Switzerland PZ Oberer Zürichsee by TFT Porsche 28
6 Poland Team Virage Aston Martin 13
7 San Marino GDL Racing Porsche 7
8 Germany PROsport Racing Aston Martin 4
9 Slovakia Racing Trevor BMW 0
Pos. Team Manufacturer Points

Footnotes
  1. For Race 1 at Spa, Rodrigue Gillion raced solo. For Race 2 he shared the car with Nico Verdonck.

References
  1. "Iberian teams prepare their 2020 campaigns". www.gtcupopen.net. Retrieved 2019-12-31.
  2. "NM Racing Team". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2020-07-09.
  3. "Private test 1" (PDF). August 6, 2020.
  4. "Gillion-Verdonck at Ricard and Spa with a PRO Sport Performance Aston Martin". www.gtcupopen.net. Retrieved 2020-06-12.
  5. "Leutwiler and Beltoise in Pro-Am title bid for PZ Oberer Zürichsee and TFT". www.gtcupopen.net. Retrieved 2020-07-09.
  6. "Ombra Racing to debut in the GT Cup with a Porsche for Aldo Festante". www.gtcupopen.net. Retrieved 2020-07-25.
  7. "GDL Racing, another addition to Paul Ricard round, with two Porsche 911 Cup". www.gtcupopen.net. Retrieved 2020-08-16.
  8. "A Porsche for Fernando Navarrete Sr". www.gtcupopen.net. Retrieved 2020-06-02.
  9. "Adler-Blanchemain to drive one of Team Virage's Astons". www.gtcupopen.net. Retrieved 2020-07-14.
  10. "2020 GT Cup Open Europe calendar confirmed". GT Sport. Archived from the original on 2019-10-22.
  11. "Mediterranean Grand Prix revived at Enna with F3-spec Euroformula Open". Autosport.
  12. "Red Bull Ring replaces Pergusa in the 2020 calendar". www.gtcupopen.net. Retrieved 2020-01-10.
  13. "Round at Circuit Paul Ricard postponed to 20-23 August". www.gtcupopen.net. Retrieved 2020-03-20.
  14. "New dates for Spa and Barcelona rounds, message from Jesús Pareja". www.gtopen.net. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
  15. "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.
  16. "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.
  17. "SPORTING REGULATION GT CUP OPEN EUROPE 2019" (PDF). GT Cup Open Europe. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-06-02.
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