2021 International GT Open

The 2021 International GT Open was the sixteenth season of the International GT Open, the grand tourer-style sports car racing series founded in 2006 by the Spanish GT Sport Organización. It began on 15 May at Circuit Paul Ricard and ended at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya on 24 October after seven rounds of two races each. The 2021 season saw the GT Cup Open Europe brought into the International GT Open, meaning the GTC and GT4 cars shared grids with the headlining series.

Entry list Team Car Drivers Class Rounds Team Lazarus Bentley Continental GT3 4 Ivan PeklinP 1 Jordan Pepper Olimp Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 5 Stanislaw Jedlinski Am 3, 5, 7 Krystian Korzeniowski 777 Karol Basz PA 3, 5, 7 Marcin Jedlinski Boutsen Ginion Lamborghini Gallardo R-EX 6 François Grimm Am 1 Inception Racing McLaren 720S GT3 7 Brendan Iribe PA All Ollie Millroy 72 Nick Moss PA 1–2, 4–7 Joe Osborne Barone Rampante Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 8 Giuseppe Cipriani Am 1–4 2 Seas Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 9 Martin KodrićP 6–7 Ethan Simioni Leipert Motorsport Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 10 Tyler CookeP 6 Brendon Leitch Reno Racing Honda NSX GT3 Evo 11 Jens Reno Møller PA All Marcus Påverud 18 Marco BonanomiP 6 Jacopo Guidetti AKM Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 14 Jens Liebhauser Am 1–2, 4 Florian Scholze Marco Antonelli3 47 Loris Spinelli P 1–3, 6–7 PA 4 Alexander Moiseev 1–2 Gianluca Giraudi3 Florian Scholze 5–7 Nico Bastian 5 Twin Busch by Equipe Vitesse Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 15 Mario Hirsch PA 1, 5 Dominik Schraml Vincenzo Sospiri Racing Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 16 Giacomo Altoè P 6 Federico Leo 19 Baptiste Moulin P All Yuki Nemoto 63 Michele Beretta P All Frederik Schandorff HP Racing International Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 17 Jan Seyffert PA 1–3, 5–6 "Coach McKansy" 1 Gerhard Tweraser 2–3, 5–6 Audi Sport Italia Audi R8 LMS Evo 21 Riccardo Agostini P 4 Lorenzo Ferrari Balfe Motorsport Audi R8 LMS Evo 22 Shaun Balfe PA 1–2, 5, 7 Adam Carroll Kessel Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 25 Michael DinanP 3, 6 Robby Foley 3 73 Axcil Jefferies PA 6 Roman Ziemian Winward Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 48 Nico Bastian PA 1 Markus Sattler AF Corse Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 51 Oswaldo Negri Jr. Am 7 Jay Schreibman 52 Hugo Delacour PA 7 Cédric Sbirrazzuoli FF Corse Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 55 Laurent de Meeus PA 2 Jamie Stanley Nova Race Event Honda NSX GT3 Evo 57 Alberto Lippi PA 6 Luca Magnoni TF Sport Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 69 Sam De Haan P 5 Charlie Eastwood 97 Michael Dinan P 2, 7 Robby Foley Lechner Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R 77 Andy Soucek P All Al Faisal Al Zubair 1–2, 4–7 Ben Barker 3 AKKA ASP Team Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 87 Thomas Drouet P 7 Jim Pla JP Motorsport McLaren 720S GT3 88 Christian Klien PA 1–3 Patryk Krupiński Baporo Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 93 Daniel Diaz-Varela Am 3, 7 Jaume Font Rinaldi Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 333 Fabrizio CrestaniP 6 Benjamín Hites GT Cup Open Europe entriesFor the Paul Ricard round, only the second race was in combination with the GT Cup Open. Team Car Drivers Class Rounds AKM Motorsport Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo Evo 12 Glauco Solieri Am 1 Ghinzani Motorsport Porsche 991 GT3 II Cup 6 A&P Racing Team PTT Tech Support Porsche 991 GT3 II Cup 24 Maciej Błażek PA 1–3, 6–7 Mateusz Lisowski Q1 by EMG Motorsport Porsche 991 GT3 II Cup 26 Maciej Darmetko PA 1–3, 6–7 Artur Janosz Porsche 992 GT3 Cup 50 Jaap van Lagen PA 2 Filip Teunkens 2, 7 Bas Schouten 7 53 Dirk Schouten Am 2 Nicolas Vandierendonck Dirk Schouten PA 6–7 Nicolas Vandierendonck 54 Jan Lauryssen PA 2, 6–7 Bas Schouten 2 Three Sixty Racing Team Porsche 991 GT3 II Cup 27 Marcio Mauro Am 1–2, 6–7 Oscar Aristot 1, 7 32 Fernando Fortes Am 1–2, 6–7 Transam Euro (Ford Mustang) 126 Albert Estragués Am 1–2, 6 Porsche 991 GT3 I Cup 190 Fernando Navarrete Sr. Am 1 Fernando Navarrete Jr. J. Morcillo/E2P Racing Porsche 991 GT3 II Cup 28 Jan Klingelnberg PA 1 Dino Zamparelli Alda Motorsport Bonaldi Motorsport Porsche 991 GT3 II Cup 33 Tomasz Magdziarz PA 3, 6 Daan Pijl 100 Jan Antoszewski PA 1–3, 6 Jakub Dwernicki Eugenio Pisani/ CAME Racing Team Porsche 991 GT3 I Cup 44 Stefano Bozzoni PA 1–3, 6–7 Eugenio Pisani Mark Speakerwas/ CAME Racing Team 45 Mark Speakerwas PA 3, 7 Péter Karpi 3 Jan Antoszewski 7 Vincenzo Sospiri Racing Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo Evo 66 Andrzej Lewandowski Am 1 PROsport Racing Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4 191 Rodrigue Gillion PA 1 Nico Verdonck NM Racing Team Mercedes-AMG GT4 215 August MacBeth Am 7 Albert Estragués Valluga Racing Porsche 991 GT3 II Cup 991 Jan Klingelnberg PA 7 Dino ZamparelliEntry Lists: Inter GT entries Icon Class P Pro Cup PA Pro-Am Cup Am Am Cup GT Cup entries Icon Class PA Pro-Am Cup Am Am Cup

Race calendar and results

A seven-round provisional calendar was revealed on 1 December 2020. It represented a return to normalcy after the Coronavirus pandemic forced change in the 2020 season. The only addition on the original from 2020 is the Algarve International Circuit, which had lost its spot in the provisional calendar in 2020 due to scheduling conflicts. Due to the track's late addition to the Formula 1 calendar however, it was forced to be removed from the schedule in 2021 as well and was replaced with the Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari. Multiple other tracks had date changes because the pandemic caused the series to start in August rather than the planned April.

RoundCircuitDatePole positionPro WinnerPro-Am WinnerAm WinnerCup Pro-Am WinnerCup Am Winner 1 R1 Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet 15 May No. 48 Winward Motorsport No. 4 Team Lazarus No. 72 Inception Racing No. 14 AKM Motorsport No Entries No Entries Markus Sattler Nico Bastian Jordan Pepper Ivan Peklin Nick Moss Joe Osborne Florian Scholze Jens Liebhauser R2 16 May No. 22 Balfe Motorsport No. 63 Vincenzo Sospiri Racing No. 88 JP Motorsport No. 8 Barone Rampante No. 191 PROsport Racing No. 66 Vincenzo Sospiri Racing Shaun Balfe Adam Carroll Frederik Schandorff Michele Beretta Patryk Krupiński Christian Klien Giuseppe Cipriani Nico Verdonck Rodrigue Gillion Andrzej Lewandowski 2 R1 Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 19 June No. 7 Inception Racing No. 77 Lechner Racing No. 7 Inception Racing No. 14 AKM Motorsport No. 50 Q1 by EMG Motorsport No. 53 Q1 by EMG Motorsport Brendan Iribe Ollie Millroy Al Faisal Al Zubair Andy Soucek Brendan Iribe Ollie Millroy Florian Scholze Jens Liebhauser Jaap van Lagen Filip Teunkens Dirk Schouten Nicolas Vandierendonck R2 20 June No. 22 Balfe Motorsport No. 63 Vincenzo Sospiri Racing No. 88 JP Motorsport No. 14 AKM Motorsport No. 54 Q1 by EMG Motorsport No. 53 Q1 by EMG Motorsport Shaun Balfe Adam Carroll Frederik Schandorff Michele Beretta Patryk Krupiński Christian Klien Florian Scholze Jens Liebhauser Jan Lauryssen Bas Schouten Dirk Schouten Nicolas Vandierendonck 3 R1 Hungaroring 10 July No. 47 AKM Motorsport No. 63 Vincenzo Sospiri Racing No. 7 Inception Racing No. 8 Barone Rampante No. 24 A&P Racing Team PTT Tech Support No. 45 Mark Speakerwas/ CAME Racing Team Gianluca Giraudi Loris Spinelli Frederik Schandorff Michele Beretta Brendan Iribe Ollie Millroy Giuseppe Cipriani Maciej Błażek Mateusz Lisowski Péter Karpi Mark Speakerwas R2 11 July No. 88 JP Motorsport No. 63 Vincenzo Sospiri Racing No. 47 AKM Motorsport No. 8 Barone Rampante No. 26 Q1 by EMG Motorsport No. 45 Mark Speakerwas/ CAME Racing Team Patryk Krupiński Christian Klien Frederik Schandorff Michele Beretta Gianluca Giraudi Loris Spinelli Giuseppe Cipriani Maciej Darmetko Artur Janosz Péter Karpi Mark Speakerwas 4 R1 Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari 24 July No. 47 AKM Motorsport No. 47 AKM Motorsport No. 11 Reno Racing No. 14 AKM Motorsport No Entries No Entries Loris Spinelli Loris Spinelli Jens Reno Møller Marcus Påverud Jens Liebhauser Florian Scholze R2 25 July No. 63 Vincenzo Sospiri Racing No. 77 Lechner Racing No. 11 Reno Racing No. 14 AKM Motorsport Frederik Schandorff Michele Beretta Al Faisal Al Zubair Andy Soucek Jens Reno Møller Marcus Påverud Jens Liebhauser Florian Scholze 5 R1 Red Bull Ring 11 September No. 72 Inception Racing No. 63 Vincenzo Sospiri Racing No. 72 Inception Racing No. 5 Olimp Racing Nick Moss Joe Osborne Frederik Schandorff Michele Beretta Nick Moss Joe Osborne Stanislaw Jedlinski Krystian Korzeniowski R2 12 September No. 69 TF Sport No. 69 TF Sport No. 47 AKM Motorsport No. 5 Olimp Racing Sam De Haan Charlie Eastwood Sam De Haan Charlie Eastwood Nico Bastian Florian Scholze Stanislaw Jedlinski Krystian Korzeniowski 6 R1 Autodromo Nazionale Monza 25 September No. 63 Vincenzo Sospiri Racing No. 9 2 Seas Motorsport No. 7 Inception Racing No. 57 Nova Race Event No. 53 Q1 by EMG Motorsport No. 12 Ghinzani Motorsport Frederik Schandorff Michele Beretta Martin Kodrić Ethan Simioni Brendan Iribe Ollie Millroy Alberto Lippi Luca Magnoni Dirk Schouten Nicolas Vandierendonck Glauco Solieri R2 26 September No. 72 Inception Racing No. 333 Rinaldi Racing No. 17 HP Racing International No. 57 Nova Race Event No. 54 Q1 by EMG Motorsport No. 12 Ghinzani Motorsport Nick Moss Joe Osborne Fabrizio Crestani Benjamín Hites Jan Seyffert Gerhard Tweraser Alberto Lippi Gerhard Tweraser Jan Lauryssen Bas Schouten Glauco Solieri 7 R1 Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya 23 October No. 87 AKKA ASP Team No. 9 2 Seas Motorsport No. 47 AKM Motorsport No. 93 Baporo Motorsport No. 24 A&P Racing Team PTT Tech Support No. 32 Three Sixty Racing Team Thomas Drouet Jim Pla Martin Kodrić Ethan Simioni Florian Scholze Loris Spinelli Daniel Diaz-Varela Jaume Font Maciej Błażek Mateusz Lisowski Fernando Fortes R2 24 October No. 72 Inception Racing No. 77 Lechner Racing No. 72 Inception Racing No. 93 Baporo Motorsport No. 54 Q1 by EMG Motorsport No. 215 NM Racing Team Nick Moss Joe Osborne Al Faisal Al Zubair Andy Soucek Nick Moss Joe Osborne Daniel Diaz-Varela Jaume Font Jan Lauryssen August MacBeth Albert Estragués

Championship standings

Points systems

Points are awarded to the top 10 (Pro) 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