International GT Open

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International GT Open
International GT Open.jpg
Vehicle type Gran Turismo
Country or region Europe
Current name International GT Open
First season 2006
tires Dunlop
Official website www.gtopen.net
MC Motorsport Lamborghini Gallardo, before the race at Brands Hatch 2007

The International GT Open is a European Gran Turismo racing series.

The racing series

This GT racing series was founded in 2006 by the organizers of the Spanish GT Championship, which also served as the basis for the regulations. In the first year, the race weekends were held like in Spain. On Saturday and Sunday there was a race with a distance of 200 km. In 2007 the regulations were revised and the race on Sunday was shortened to 150 km. Some of the races are part of the World Touring Car Championship .

The GTA, GTS and GTB classes were advertised until 2008. The GTA class corresponded to the G2 class of the FIA GT championship , which, compared to the GT2, also allows vehicles that are not homologated . In this class, mainly Ferrari F430 GTC and Porsche 911 GT3 RSR are used. In the GTS class, racing cars were allowed to start that were driven in various brand formulas, such as the Porsche Cups or the Ferrari Challenge. The GTB class was open to cars in the G3 category , which, similar to the G2, also allows non-homologated racing cars compared to the cars from the FIA GT3 European Championship .

Since 2009 there has only been the Super GT and GTS classes. The former two categories GTB and GTS have been merged. The aerodynamically less modified brand formula vehicles are now only taking part in the championship occasionally. The Super GT, on the other hand, is unchanged from the former GTA.

The overall and class winners

Driver ranking

year Overall victory GTA class GTS class GTB class
2006 ItalyItaly Michele Bartyan ItalyItaly Michele Bartyan ItalyItalyStefano Zonca Andrea Belicchi
ItalyItaly
ItalyItaly Fabrizio Gini
2007 AustriaAustria Richard Lietz Joël Camathias
SwitzerlandSwitzerland
ItalyItaly Andrea Montermini Michele Maceratesi
ItalyItaly
ItalyItaly Riccardo Romagnoli ItalyItaly Gianni Giudici
2008 ItalyItalyAndrea Montermini Michele Maceratesi
ItalyItaly
ItalyItalyAndrea Montermini Michele Maceratesi
ItalyItaly
ItalyItaly Marco Cioci Andrea Pellizzato
ItalyItaly
no longer extended
year Overall victory Super GT GTS class
2009 SwitzerlandSwitzerlandJoël Camathias Marcel Fässler
SwitzerlandSwitzerland
SwitzerlandSwitzerlandJoël Camathias Marcel Fässler
SwitzerlandSwitzerland
AustriaAustria Philipp Peter Michal Broniszewski
PolandPoland
2010 GermanyGermany Pierre Kaffer Álvaro Barba López
SpainSpain
GermanyGermany Pierre Kaffer Álvaro Barba López
SpainSpain
ItalyItaly Marco Frezza
2011 FranceFrance Soheil Ayari FranceFrance Soheil Ayari ItalyItalyLorenzo Bontempelli Stefano Gattuso
ItalyItaly
2012 ItalyItaly Federico Leo Gianmaria Bruni
ItalyItaly
ItalyItaly Federico Leo Gianmaria Bruni
ItalyItaly
ItalyItaly Daniel Zampieri Michael Dalle Stelle
ItalyItaly

Team ranking

year Teams' Cup
2007 ItalyItaly Scuderia Playteam SaraFree
2008 ItalyItaly Scuderia Playteam SaraFree
Super GT GTS
2009 ItalyItaly Autorlando Sport ItalyItaly Villois Racing
2010 ItalyItaly AF Corse SwitzerlandSwitzerland Kessel Racing
2011 MonacoMonaco JMB Racing SwitzerlandSwitzerland Kessel Racing
2012 ItalyItaly AF Corse SwitzerlandSwitzerland Kessel Racing

Web links

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