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 Drivers Class Rounds Baporo Motorsport Audi R8 LMS GT4 Evo 10 Daniel Díaz-VarelaAm All Manuel Cerqueda Porsche 991 GT3 Cup 13 Jaume FontAm 1–2 NM Racing Team Mercedes-AMG GT4 15 Rafael VillanuevaPA 2, 4–5 Alberto de Martín Transam Euro (Ford Mustang) 26 Albert Estragués Am 1–2 126 5 PROsport Racing Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4 19 Rodrigue GillionPA 2, 4 Nico Verdonck PZ Oberer Zürichsee by TFT Porsche 991 GT3 Cup 22 Niki LeutwilerPA 1–2 Vincent Beltoise1 Bas Schouten2 Racing Trevor BMW M4 GT4 40 Gregor ZsigioAm 1 Walter Csaba Ombra Racing Porsche 991 GT3 Cup 51 Aldo FestantePA All Sports and you Mercedes-AMG GT460 Antonio CoimbraAm3–4 Luis Silva 99 Antonio Coimbra 1–2 Luis Silva GDL Racing Porsche 991 GT3 Cup 66 Roberto RayneriAm 2 67 Mario CordoniAm 2 Team Virage Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4 77 Robert HefflerPA 1–2 Philippe Valenza 88 Stéphane AdlerAm 1 Michaël Blanchemain
Race calendar and results A provisional six-round calendar was revealed on 22 October 2019. 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. 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. 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. On 6 April, 2020, it was announced that the Spa round would be postponed to a later date as well. 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. 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.
Round Circuit Date Pole position Pro-Am WinnerAm Winner 1 R1 Hungaroring 8 August No. 51 Ombra Racing No. 22 PZ Oberer Zürichsee by TFT No. 13 Baporo Motorsport Aldo Festante Niki Leutwiler Vincent Beltoise Jaume Font R2 9 August No. 51 Ombra Racing No. 51 Ombra Racing No. 13 Baporo Motorsport Aldo Festante Aldo Festante Jaume Font2R1 Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet22 August No. 10 Baporo Motorsport No. 22 PZ Oberer Zürichsee by TFT No. 10 Baporo Motorsport Manuel Cerqueda Daniel Díaz-Varela Niki Leutwiler Bas Schouten Manuel Cerqueda Daniel Díaz-VarelaR223 August No. 51 Ombra Racing No. 51 Ombra Racing No. 10 Baporo Motorsport Aldo Festante Aldo Festante Manuel Cerqueda Daniel Díaz-Varela 3 R1 Autodromo Nazionale Monza 26 September No. 10 Baporo Motorsport No. 51 Ombra Racing No. 10 Baporo Motorsport Manuel Cerqueda Daniel Díaz-Varela Aldo Festante Manuel Cerqueda Daniel Díaz-Varela R2 27 September No. 51 Ombra Racing No. 51 Ombra Racing No. 10 Baporo Motorsport Aldo Festante Aldo Festante Manuel Cerqueda Daniel Díaz-Varela4R1 Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps17 October No. 51 Ombra Racing No. 51 Ombra Racing No. 10 Baporo Motorsport Aldo Festante Aldo Festante Manuel Cerqueda Daniel Díaz-VarelaR218 October No. 19 PROsport Racing No. 51 Ombra Racing No. 10 Baporo Motorsport Rodrigue Gillion Nico Verdonck Aldo Festante Manuel Cerqueda Daniel Díaz-Varela 5 R1 Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya 31 October No. 51 Ombra Racing No. 51 Ombra Racing No. 10 Baporo Motorsport Aldo Festante Aldo Festante Manuel Cerqueda Daniel Díaz-Varela R2 1 November No. 51 Ombra Racing No. 51 Ombra Racing No. 10 Baporo Motorsport Aldo Festante Aldo Festante Manuel Cerqueda 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.
Overall Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th Points1512108654321
Pro-Am, Am, and Teams Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th Points1086432
Drivers' championships
Overall DriverTeamHUNLECMNZSPACATPoints1 Aldo Festante Ombra Racing31Ret11111111302 Manuel Cerqueda Daniel Díaz-Varela Baporo Motorsport46132222221103 Luis Silva Antonio Coimbra Sports and you5Ret483335554 Niki Leutwiler PZ Oberer Zürichsee with TFT Racing2224445 Rafael Villanueva Alberto de Martín NM Racing Team310Ret433416 Jaume Font Baporo Motorsport13Ret5317 Vincent Beltoise PZ Oberer Zürichsee with TFT Racing22248 Philippe Valenza Robert Heffler Team VirageRet572229 Bas Schouten PZ Oberer Zürichsee with TFT Racing242010 Rodrigue Gillion PROsport RacingRet74DSQ1211 Mario Cordoni GDL Racing561112 Albert Estragués NM Racing TeamRet4RetDNSRetRet813 Michaël Blanchemain Stéphane Adler Team Virage68814 Csaba Walter Gregor Zsigio Racing Trevor77815 Roberto Rayneri GDL Racing69716 Nico Verdonck PROsport RacingRet7DSQ4DriverTeamHUNLECMNZSPACATPoints
Pro-Am DriverTeamHUNLECMNZSPACATPoints1 Aldo Festante Ombra Racing21Ret1111111492 Rafael Villanueva Alberto de Martín NM Racing Team25Ret322213 Niki Leutwiler PZ Oberer Zürichsee with TFT Racing1213174 Philippe Valenza Robert Heffler Team VirageRet332105 Vincent Beltoise PZ Oberer Zürichsee with TFT Racing1296 Bas Schouten PZ Oberer Zürichsee with TFT Racing1387 Rodrigue Gillion PROsport RacingRet42DSQ68 Nico Verdonck PROsport RacingRet4DSQ2DriverTeamHUNLECMNZSPACATPoints
Am DriverTeamHUNLECMNZSPACATPoints1 Manuel Cerqueda Daniel Díaz-Varela Baporo Motorsport2311111111642 Luis Silva Antonio Coimbra Sports and you3Ret242222323 Jaume Font Baporo Motorsport11Ret2244 Mario Cordoni GDL Racing3385 Albert Estragués NM Racing TeamRet2RetDNSRetRet86 Csaba Walter Gregor Zsigio Racing Trevor5477 Michaël Blanchemain Stéphane Adler Team Virage4578 Roberto Rayneri GDL Racing455DriverTeamHUNLECMNZSPACATPoints Teams' Championship Only the highest two finishing cars from a team count towards the Teams' Championship
+TeamManufacturerPoints1 Baporo MotorsportAudiPorsche892 Ombra RacingPorsche863 NM Racing TeamTransam EuroMercedes-AMG354 Sports and youMercedes-AMG295 PZ Oberer Zürichsee by TFTPorsche286 Team VirageAston Martin137 GDL RacingPorsche78 PROsport RacingAston Martin49 Racing TrevorBMW0TeamManufacturerPoints
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