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.
Currently, the first race of a weekend is 70 minutes long and the second is 60 minutes. The support bill for the series contains 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
Algarve International Circuit (2009, 2011–2014, 2023–present) Brands Hatch (2007) Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya (2006–present) Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours (2006–2011) Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps (2008–present) Circuit Paul Ricard (2012–2013, 2015–present) Circuit Ricardo Tormo (2006–2008, 2010) Circuito de Jerez (2013–2014) Circuito do Estoril (2006, 2008, 2015–2018, 2022) Donington Park (2009) Hockenheimring (2019, 2024–2026) Hungaroring (2012, 2014, 2017–2018, 2020–present) Imola Circuit (2009–2011, 2021) Istanbul Park (2006) Misano World Circuit (2026–2027) Monza Circuit (2006–present) Motorsport Arena Oschersleben (2007) Nürburgring (2010, 2012–2014) Red Bull Ring (2011, 2015–2016, 2019–2025) Silverstone Circuit (2013–2019, 2027) Valencia Street Circuit (2008) Vallelunga Circuit (2007–2008)
Champions
Drivers Current categories Overall
SeasonDriversTeamTyrePolesWinsPodiumsPointsClinchedMargin2006 Michele Bartyan Playteam SaraFree33586Race 11 of 1142007 Joël Camathias Richard Lietz Autorlando336158Race 15 of 1542008 Michele Maceratesi Andrea Montermini Scuderia Playteam SaraFree758177Race 16 of 1682009 Joël Camathias Marcel Fässler Trottet Racing369233Race 16 of 16132010 Álvaro Barba Pierre Kaffer AF Corse949198Race 16 of 1652011 Soheil Ayari JMB Racing048199Race 16 of 16222012 Gianmaria Bruni Federico Leo AF Corse337233Race 16 of 1632013 Andrea Montermini Scuderia Villorba Corse5614231Race 14 of 16542014 Roman Mavlanov Daniel Zampieri SMP Racing Russian Bears4310212Race 16 of 16102015 Álvaro Parente Miguel Ramos Teo Martín Motorsport6311212Race 13 of 14332016 Thomas Biagi Fabrizio Crestani Orange 1 Team Lazarus029183Race 12 of 14512017 Giovanni Venturini Imperiale Racing336114Race 14 of 1482018 Mikkel Mac Luzich Racing146122Race 14 of 14112019 Giacomo Altoè Albert Costa Emil Frey Racing446128Race 14 of 14122020 Henrique Chaves Miguel Ramos Teo Martín Motorsport126114Race 14 of 1422021 Frederik Schandorff Michele Beretta Vincenzo Sospiri Racing1410151Race 14 of 14252022 Leonardo Pulcini Benjamín Hites Oregon Team247128Race 13 of 1332023 Charlie Fagg Samuel De Haan Optimum Motorsport125119Race 13 of 1382024 Christopher Haase Simon Reicher Eastalent Racing147124Race 13 of 14162025 Levente Révész Team Motopark147142Race 14 of 146
GT3 PRO-AM SeasonDriversTeamTyrePolesWinsPodiumsPointsClinchedMargin2015 Álvaro Parente Miguel Ramos Teo Martín Motorsport631194Race 12 of 14202016 Thomas Biagi Fabrizio Crestani Orange 1 Team Lazarus31878Race 12 of 14262017 Shaun Balfe Rob Bell Balfe Motorsport31882Race 12 of 14172018 Tom Onslow-Cole Valentin Pierburg SPS Automotive Performance66878Race 14 of 140†2019 Frederik Schandorff Vincenzo Sospiri Racing4879Race 14 of 1472020 Marcelo Hahn Teo Martín Motorsport42763Race 14 of 1412021 Brendan Iribe Ollie Millroy Inception Racing3Race 13 of 142022 Karol Basz Marcin Jedlinski Olimp Racing2023 Eddie Cheever III Marco Pulcini AF Corse4875Race 13 of 1372024 Marco Pulcini Spirit of Race95Race 14 of 1482025 Dominik Baumann Valentin Pierburg SPS Automotive Performance22998Race 14 of 149 † Title won on number of wins count back.
GT3 AM SeasonDriversTeamTyrePolesWinsPodiumsPointsClinchedMargin2015 Claudio Sdanewitsch AF Corse251255Race 10 of 1472016 António Coimbra Luís Silva Sports & You381255Race 12 of 14192017 António Coimbra Luís Silva Sports & You041049Race 12 of 1492018 Giulio Borlenghi Andrzej Lewandowski Vincenzo Sospiri Racing12583Race 12 of 14222019 Giuseppe Cipriani Antonelli MotorSport31145Race 14 of 1442020 Jens Liebhauser Florian Scholze GetSpeed Performance57967Race 13 of 14532021 Giuseppe Cipriani Barone Rampante347Race 12 of 14142022 Alex Hrachowina Martin Konrad Mann Filter Team Landgraf108Race 10 of 13262023 Heiko Neumann Timo Rumpfkeil Team Motopark3878Race 13 of 1322024 Giuseppe Cipriani Il Barone Rampante312114Race 11 of 14242025 Gino Forgione Michele Rugolo AF Corse3512124Race 14 of 142
Defunct categories GTA SeasonDriversTeamTyrePolesWinsPodiumsPointsClinchedMargin2006 Michele Bartyan Playteam SaraFree33586Race 11 of 1142007 Michele Maceratesi Andrea Montermini Scuderia Playteam SaraFree23565Race 15 of 1532008 Michele Maceratesi Andrea Montermini Scuderia Playteam SaraFree65877Race 16 of 169
GTB SeasonDriversTeamTyrePolesWinsPodiumsPointsClinchedMargin2006 Fabrizio Gini Scuderia Giudici012 no data2007 Gianni Giudici Scuderia Giudici119 no data
GTS SeasonDriversTeamTyrePolesWinsPodiumsPointsClinchedMargin2006 Andrea Belicchi Stefano Zonca Racing Box548 no data2007 Riccardo Romagnoli La Torre335 no data2008 Marco Cioci Andrea Pellizzato Twentytwo76671Race 14 of 16202009 Michał Broniszewski Philipp Peter Kessel Racing8612107Race 14 of 16272010 Marco Frezza Kessel Racing15886Race 16 of 1622011 Lorenzo Bontempelli Stefano Gattuso Kessel Racing6712116Race 15 of 16132012 Michael Dalle Stelle Daniel Zampieri Kessel Racing531088Race 16 of 1632013 Giorgio Pantano Bhai Tech Racing03556Race 16 of 1602014 Giorgio Roda AF Corse02786Race 15 of 169
Super GT SeasonDriversTeamTyrePolesWinsPodiumsPointsClinchedMargin2009 Joël Camathias Marcel Fässler Trottet Racing36999Race 16 of 1652010 Álvaro Barba Pierre Kaffer AF Corse94990Race 16 of 1692011 Soheil Ayari JMB Racing04988Race 16 of 1692012 Gianmaria Bruni Federico Leo AF Corse33785Race 16 of 1612013 Andrea Montermini Scuderia Villorba Corse5614116Race 14 of 16222014 Roman Mavlanov Daniel Zampieri SMP Racing Russian Bears4310104Race 16 of 165
Gentleman’s Cup SeasonDriversTeamTyrePolesWinsPodiumsPointsClinchedMargin2013 Alexander Talkanitsa Sr. AT Racing0613114Race 14 of 16222014 Claudio Sdanewitsch AF Corse0515128Race 15 of 1610
GT Open Cup SeasonDriversTeamTyrePolesWinsPodiumsPointsClinchedMargin2015 James Abbott Radical Works00010Race 6 of 14
Teams Year Teams' Cup 2007 Scuderia Playteam SaraFree 2008 Scuderia Playteam SaraFree Super GT GTS 2009 Autorlando Sport Villois Racing 2010 AF Corse Kessel Racing 2011 JMB Racing Kessel Racing 2012 AF Corse Kessel Racing 2013 V8 Racing Bhai Tech Racing 2014 V8 Racing AF Corse Teams' Championship 2015 AF Corse 2016 BMW Team Teo Martín 2017 Imperiale Racing 2018 Imperiale Racing2019 Emil Frey Racing2020 Teo Martín Motorsport2021 Vincenzo Sospiri Racing2022 Oregon Team2023 Eastalent Racing2024 Oregon Team2025 Team Motopark
References
External links
International GT Open Official website