The 2012 International GT Open season was the seventh season of the International GT Open, the grand tourer-style sports car racing founded in 2006 by the Spanish GT Sport Organización. It began on 28 April at Portimão and finished on 4 November, at Circuit de Catalunya after eight double-header meetings.
The season was won by AF Corse drivers Gianmaria Bruni and Federico Leo, who raced on the Ferrari F458 GT Italia. They also won the Super GT standings. Michael Dalle Stelle and Daniel Zampieri, who raced behind the wheel of Kessel Racing's Ferrari F458 Italia GT3 won the GTS class.
Race calendar and results The series' provisional calendar was announced on 29 October 2011. Round Circuit Date SGT Winner GTS Winner 1 R1 Autódromo Internacional do Algarve, Portimão 28 April No. 8 Manthey Racing No. 56 AF Corse Marco Holzer Nick Tandy Stefano Bizzarri Nicola Cadei R2 29 April No. 8 Manthey Racing No. 54 Autorlando Sport Marco Holzer Nick Tandy Marco Mapelli Archie Hamilton 2 R1 Nürburgring 26 May No. 4 AF Corse No. 63 Seyffarth Motorsport Gianmaria Bruni Federico Leo Kenneth Heyer Jan Seyffarth R2 27 May No. 2 Scuderia Villorba No. 63 Seyffarth Motorsport Juan Manuel López Andrea Montermini Kenneth Heyer Jan Seyffarth 3 R1 Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 23 June No. 4 AF Corse No. 56 AF Corse Gianmaria Bruni Federico Leo Stefano Bizzarri Andrea Rizzoli R2 24 June No. 8 Manthey Racing No. 44 Kessel Racing Marco Holzer Nick Tandy Michael Dalle Stelle Daniel Zampieri 4 R1 Brands Hatch 14 July No. 11 Kessel Racing No. 54 Autorlando Sport Philipp Peter Michał Broniszewski Marco Mapelli Archie Hamilton R2 15 July No. 12 Villois Racing No. 54 Autorlando Sport Álvaro Barba Matteo Malucelli Marco Mapelli Archie Hamilton 5 R1 Circuit Paul Ricard 21 July No. 12 Villois Racing No. 44 Kessel Racing Álvaro Barba Matteo Malucelli Michael Dalle Stelle Daniel Zampieri R2 22 July No. 2 Scuderia Villorba No. 55 Autorlando Sport Juan Manuel López Andrea Montermini Matteo Beretta Marcello Puglisi 6 R1 Hungaroring 8 September No. 17 V8 Racing No. 56 AF Corse Miguel Ramos Raffaele Giammaria Stefano Bizzarri Nicola Cadei R2 9 September No. 12 Villois Racing No. 44 Kessel Racing Álvaro Barba Matteo Malucelli Michael Dalle Stelle Daniel Zampieri 7 R1 Autodromo Nazionale Monza 29 September No. 16 IMSA Performance Matmut No. 55 Autorlando Sport Raymond Narac Patrick Pilet Matteo Beretta Marcello Puglisi R2 30 September No. 12 Villois Racing No. 44 Kessel Racing Álvaro Barba Matteo Malucelli Michael Dalle Stelle Daniel Zampieri 8 R1 Circuit de Catalunya 3 November No. 12 Villois Racing No. 91 GPR Racing Álvaro Barba Matteo Malucelli Maxime Martin Bertrand Baguette R2 4 November No. 8 Manthey Racing No. 56 AF Corse Marco Holzer Nick Tandy Stefano Bizzarri Andrea Rizzoli
Standings
Drivers
Super GT
Pos Driver Pts 1 Gianmaria Bruni 85 Federico Leo 3 Marco Holzer 84 Nick Tandy 5 Álvaro Barba 76 Matteo Malucelli 7 Raffaele Giammaria 67 Miguel Ramos 9 Andrea Montermini 65 Juan Manuel López 11 Patrick Pilet 63 Raymond Narac 13 Philipp Peter 38
Teams
Super GT
Pos Team Pts 1 AF Corse 85 2 Manthey Racing 84 3 Villois Racing 76 4 V8 Racing 69 5 Scuderia Villorba 65 6 IMSA Performance Matmut 63 7 Kessel Racing 38 8 Black Team 13 9 Drivex School 3
References
2012 International GT Open final standings
External links Official website