2019 GT Cup Open Europe explained

The 2019 GT Cup Open Europe was the inaugural 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 27 April at Le Castellet and finished on 12 October, at Monza after six double-header meetings.

Entry List

Team	Car		Drivers	Class	Rounds
Sports and you	Mercedes AMG GT4	2	Marcio Basso	PA	1–4, 6
			Guilherme Salas		1, 3–4
			Lourenço Da Veiga		2
			José Pedro Fontes^[1]		6
EMG Motorsport	Porsche 991 GT3 Cup	3	Nicolas Vandierendonck	Am	1
			Filip Teunkens
			Nicolas Vandierendonck	PA	2, 4–5
			Bas Schouten
		37	John De Wilde	Am	1–2, 4–5
Scuderia San Marino		4	Fulvio Maria Ballabio	PA	6
			David Fumarelli
Vincenzo Sospiri Racing	Lamborghini Huracan Super Trofeo Evo	6	Hans-Peter Koller	PA	All
			Edoardo Liberati
		27	JP Mauro	Am	All
			Rodolfo Toni
Teo Martín Motorsport	McLaren 570S GT4	7	Marc De Fulgencio	S	1–2
			Thiago Vivacqua
			Marc De Fulgencio	PA	3–6
			Thiago Vivacqua
		18	Guillem Pujeu	S	1–2
			Faust Salom
			Guillem Pujeu	PA	3–6
			Faust Salom
Baporo Motorsport	Audi R8 LMS GT4	10	Manel Cerqueda	Am	All
			Daniel Díaz-Varela
	Porsche 991 GT3 Cup	13	Jaume Font	Am	All
			Joan Vinyes		1, 3–5
Duell Race	Porsche 991 GT3 Cup	11	Eugenio Pisani	S	1
			Michele Merendino
			Eugenio Pisani	PA	2
			Mark Speakerwas
		15	Fernando Navarrete	PA	1
			Fernando Navarrete Jr.
		19	Stefano Bozzoni	PA	2, 5–6
			Fernando Navarrete		2
			Eugenio Pisani		5–6
Antonelli MotorSport	Lamborghini Huracan Super Trofeo Evo	12	Glauco Solieri	Am	All
PZ Oberer Zurichsee	Porsche 991 Cup	22	Niki Leutwiler	Am	All
Selleslagh Racing Team	Mercedes AMG GT4	31	Lorenzo Bontempelli	Am	6
			Luciano Linossi
Three Sixty Racing Team	Mercedes AMG GT4	32	Fernando Fortes	Am	All
			Julio Martini		1–2
			Guilherme Reischl		3–4, 6
Martinet By Almeras	Porsche 991 GT3 Cup	34	Cédric Mezard	PA	1
			Steeve Hiesse
		71	Pierre Martinet	Am	1–5
			Gérard Tremblay		1–4
			Christian Blugeon		5
		74	Victor Blugeon	PA	3
Optimum Motorsport	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4	35	Connor O'Brien	PA	4
			Charlie Eastwood
Whitebridge Motorsport	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4	72	Christopher Murphy	Am	4
			Adam Hatfield
Tsunami RT	Porsche 991 GT3 Cup	81	Lino Curti	PA	All
			Carlo Curti
Team Virage	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4	95	Fernando Navarrete	PA	5
			Alvaro Lobera
Mirage Racing	Alpine A110 Cup	919	Philippe Bourgois	Am	2
			Philippe Haezebrouck

Race calendar and results

• A six-round calendar was revealed on 2 January 2019.^[2] The schedule consisted of 6 circuits for the first year of the series with all the rounds supporting the International GT Open.

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Pro-Am Winner	Am Winner	Silver Winner
1	R1	Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet	27 April	No. 6 Vincenzo Sospiri Racing	No. 6 Vincenzo Sospiri Racing	No. 27 Vincenzo Sospiri Racing	No. 7 Teo Martín Motorsport
				Hans-Peter Koller Edoardo Liberati	Hans-Peter Koller	JP Mauro Rodolfo Toni	Marc De Fulgencio Thiago Vivacqua
	R2		28 April	No. 6 Vincenzo Sospiri Racing	No. 2 Sports and you	No. 12 Antonelli MotorSport	No. 11 Duell Race
				Hans-Peter Koller Edoardo Liberati	Marcio Basso Guilherme Salas	Glauco Solieri	Eugenio Pisani Michele Merendino
2	R1	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	8 June	No. 3 EMG Motorsport	No. 3 EMG Motorsport	No. 22 PZ Oberer Zurichsee	No. 7 Teo Martín Motorsport
				Nicolas Vandierendonck Bas Schouten	Nicolas Vandierendonck Bas Schouten	Niki Leutwiler	Marc De Fulgencio Thiago Vivacqua
	R2		9 June	No. 22 PZ Oberer Zurichsee	No. 3 EMG Motorsport	No. 12 Antonelli MotorSport	None
				Niki Leutwiler	Nicolas Vandierendonck Bas Schouten	Glauco Solieri
3	R1	Hungaroring	6 July	No. 6 Vincenzo Sospiri Racing	No. 6 Vincenzo Sospiri Racing	No. 12 Antonelli MotorSport
				Hans-Peter Koller Edoardo Liberati	Hans-Peter Koller Edoardo Liberati	Glauco Solieri
	R2		7 July	No. 2 Sports and you	No. 2 Sports and you	No. 12 Antonelli MotorSport
				Marcio Basso Guilherme Salas	Marcio Basso Guilherme Salas	Glauco Solieri
4	R1	Silverstone Circuit	7 September	No. 27 Vincenzo Sospiri Racing	No. 6 Vincenzo Sospiri Racing	No. 10 Baporo Motorsport
				JP Mauro Rodolfo Toni	Hans-Peter Koller Edoardo Liberati	Manel Cerqueda Daniel Díaz-Varela
	R2		8 September	No. 6 Vincenzo Sospiri Racing	No. 6 Vincenzo Sospiri Racing	No. 22 PZ Oberer Zurichsee
				Hans-Peter Koller Edoardo Liberati	Hans-Peter Koller Edoardo Liberati	Niki Leutwiler
5	R1	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya	21 September	No. 22 PZ Oberer Zurichsee	No. 6 Vincenzo Sospiri Racing	No. 13 Baporo Motorsport
				Niki Leutwiler	Hans-Peter Koller Edoardo Liberati	Jaume Font Joan Vinyes
	R2		22 September	No. 6 Vincenzo Sospiri Racing	No. 6 Vincenzo Sospiri Racing	No. 22 PZ Oberer Zurichsee
				Hans-Peter Koller Edoardo Liberati	Hans-Peter Koller Edoardo Liberati	Niki Leutwiler
6	R1	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	12 October	No. 22 PZ Oberer Zurichsee	No. 7 Teo Martín Motorsport	No. 27 Vincenzo Sospiri Racing
				Niki Leutwiler	Marc De Fulgencio Thiago Vivacqua	JP Mauro Rodolfo Toni
	R2		13 October	No. 6 Vincenzo Sospiri Racing	No. 81 Tsunami RT	No. 27 Vincenzo Sospiri Racing
				Hans-Peter Koller Edoardo Liberati	Lino Curti Carlo Curti	JP Mauro Rodolfo Toni

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.^[3]

Overall

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Points	15	12	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1

Silver, Pro-Am, Am, and Teams

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th
Points	10	8	6	4	3	2

Drivers' championships

Overall

	Driver	Team	LEC		SPA		HUN		SIL		CAT		MNZ		Points
1	Hans-Peter Koller	Vincenzo Sospiri Racing	1	Ret			1	2	1	1	1	1	Ret	12	102
2	Niki Leutwiler	PZ Oberer Zurichsee	3	5	1	3	4	6	5	2	6	2	3	11	100
3	Edoardo Liberati	Vincenzo Sospiri Racing	DNS	Ret			1	2	1	1	1	1	Ret	12	87
4	JP Mauro Rodolfo Toni	Vincenzo Sospiri Racing	2	2	6	5	10	5	4	7	Ret	DNS	1	3	79
5	Glauco Solieri	Antonelli MotorSport	13	1	16	1	3	4	6	3	4	8	Ret	Ret	74
6	Manel Cerqueda	Baporo Motorsport	8	11	9	10	8	10	3	4	3	3	5	5	60
7	Daniel Díaz-Varela	Baporo Motorsport	8	11	DNS	10	8	10	3	4	3	3	5	5	58
8	John De Wilde	EMG Motorsport	6	4	2	2			10	6	5	5			55
9	Jaume Font	Baporo Motorsport	7	Ret	4	8	12	8	11	8	2	6	2	9	52
10	Marc De Fulgencio Thiago Vivacqua	Teo Martín Motorsport	5	9	5	7	9	11	8	12	7	10	4	2	48
11	Marcio Basso	Sports and you	4	3	11	12	5	1	7	13			Ret	7	47
12	Lino Curti Carlo Curti	Tsunami RT	10	6	8	6	6	7	9	10	11	7	Ret	1	45
13	Guilherme Salas	Sports and you	4	3			5	1	7	13					43
14	Guillem Pujeu Faust Salom	Teo Martín Motorsport	9	8	7	11	7	9	Ret	11	8	11	7	4	31
15	Nicolas Vandierendonck	EMG Motorsport	11	12	3	4			12	9	Ret	4			28
	Bas Schouten				3	4			12	9	Ret	4
16	Joan Vinyes	Baporo Motorsport	7	Ret			12	8	11	8	2	6			27
17	Victor Blugeon	Martinet By Almeras					2	3							22
18	Connor O'Brien Charlie Eastwood	Optimum Motorsport							2	5					18
19	Eugenio Pisani	Duell Race	Ret	7	10	9					12	12	9	6	15
20	Fernando Fortes	Three Sixty Racing Team	12	13	15	14	11	12	13	14	10	9	8	8	10
21	Stefano Bozzoni	Duell Race			13	13					12	12	9	6	8
22	Guilherme Reischl	Three Sixty Racing Team					11	12	13	14			8	8	7
23	Michele Merendino	Duell Race	Ret	7											4
24	Mark Speakerwas	Duell Race			10	9									3
25	Fernando Navarrete	Duell Race	Ret	DNS	13	13									2
		Team Virage									9	Ret
	Alvaro Lobera										9	Ret
26	Cédric Mezard Steeve Hiesse	Martinet By Almeras	Ret	10											1
27		Sports and you			11	12									0
28	Filip Teunkens	EMG Motorsport	11	12											0
29	Fernando Navarrete Jr.	Duell Race	Ret	DNS											0
30	Julio Martini	Three Sixty Racing Team	12	13	15	14									0
31		Martinet By Almeras	14	14	14	16	13	13	15	15					0
	Christian Blugeon										13	13
	Pierre Martinet		14	14	14	16	13	13	15	15	13	13
32	Christopher Murphy Adam Hatfield	Whitebridge Motorsport							14	DNS					0
33	Philippe Bourgois Philippe Haezebrouck	Mirage Racing			12	15									0
Entries ineligible to score points
	Lorenzo Bontempelli Luciano Linossi	Selleslagh Racing Team											6	10
	José Pedro Fontes	Sports and you											Ret	7
	Fulvio Maria Ballabio David Fumarelli	Scuderia San Marino											Ret	Ret
	Driver	Team	LEC		SPA		HUN		SIL		CAT		MNZ		Points

Silver

	Driver	Team	LEC		SPA		HUN		SIL		CAT		MNZ		Points
1	Marc De Fulgencio Thiago Vivacqua	Teo Martín Motorsport	5	9	5	DNS									13
2	Guillem Pujeu Faust Salom	Teo Martín Motorsport	9	8	7	DNS									12
3	Eugenio Pisani Michele Merendino	Duell Race	Ret	7											5
	Driver	Team	LEC		SPA		HUN		SIL		CAT		MNZ		Points

Pro-Am

	Driver	Team	LEC		SPA		HUN		SIL		CAT		MNZ		Points
1	Hans-Peter Koller	Vincenzo Sospiri Racing	1	Ret			1	2	1	1	1	1	Ret	12	65
2	Edoardo Liberati	Vincenzo Sospiri Racing	DNS	Ret			1	2	1	1	1	1	Ret	12	60
3	Lino Curti Carlo Curti	Tsunami RT	10	6	8	6	6	7	9	10	11	7	Ret	1	53
4	Marc De Fulgencio Thiago Vivacqua	Teo Martín Motorsport				7	9	11	8	12	7	10	4	2	46
5	Marcio Basso	Sports and you	4	3	11	12	5	1	7	13			Ret	7	38
6	Guillem Pujeu Faust Salom	Teo Martín Motorsport				11	7	9	Ret	11	8	11	7	4	35
7	Nicolas Vandierendonck Bas Schouten	EMG Motorsport			3	4			12	9	Ret	4			31
8	Guilherme Salas	Sports and you	4	3			5	1	7	13					31
9	Eugenio Pisani	Duell Race			10	9					12	12	9	6	21
10	Connor O'Brien Charlie Eastwood	Optimum Motorsport							2	5					16
11	Stefano Bozzoni	Duell Race			13	13					12	12	9	6	15
12	Victor Blugeon	Martinet By Almeras					2	3							14
13	Mark Speakerwas	Duell Race			10	9									7
14	Fernando Navarrete	Duell Race	Ret	DNS	13	13									5
		Team Virage									9	Ret
15	Alvaro Lobera										9	Ret			4
16	Lourenço Da Veiga	Sports and you			11	12									4
17	Cédric Mezard Steeve Hiesse	Martinet By Almeras	Ret	10											3
18	Fernando Navarrete Jr.	Duell Race	Ret	DNS											0
Entries ineligible to score points
	José Pedro Fontes	Sports and you											Ret	7
	Fulvio Maria Ballabio David Fumarelli	Scuderia San Marino											Ret	Ret
	Driver	Team	LEC		SPA		HUN		SIL		CAT		MNZ		Points

Am

	Driver	Team	LEC		SPA		HUN		SIL		CAT		MNZ		Points
1	Niki Leutwiler	PZ Oberer Zurichsee	3	5	1	3	4	6	5	2	6	2	3	11	80
2	JP Mauro Rodolfo Toni	Vincenzo Sospiri Racing	2	2	6	5	10	5	4	7	Ret	DNS	1	3	69
3	Manel Cerqueda	Baporo Motorsport	8	11	9	10	8	10	3	4	3	3	5	5	64
4	Glauco Solieri	Antonelli MotorSport	13	1	16	1	3	4	6	3	4	8	Ret	Ret	61
5	Daniel Díaz-Varela	Baporo Motorsport	8	11	DNS	10	8	10	3	4	3	3	5	5	61
6	Jaume Font	Baporo Motorsport	7	Ret	4	8	12	8	11	8	2	6	2	9	49
7	John De Wilde	EMG Motorsport	6	4	2	2			10	6	5	5			45
8	Joan Vinyes	Baporo Motorsport	7	Ret			12	8	11	8	2	6			28
9	Fernando Fortes	Three Sixty Racing Team	12	13	15	14	11	12	13	14	10	9	8	8	18
10	Guilherme Reischl	Three Sixty Racing Team					11	12	13	14			8	8	14
11	Nicolas Vandierendonck Filip Teunkens	EMG Motorsport	11	12											4
12	Philippe Bourgois Philippe Haezebrouck	Mirage Racing			12	15									2
13	Julio Martini	Three Sixty Racing Team	12	13	15	14									0
14		Martinet By Almeras	14	14	14	16	13	13	15	15					0
	Christian Blugeon										13	13
	Pierre Martinet		14	14	14	16	13	13	15	15	13	13
15	Christopher Murphy Adam Hatfield	Whitebridge Motorsport							14	DNS					0
Entries ineligible to score points
	Lorenzo Bontempelli Luciano Linossi	Selleslagh Racing Team											6	10
	Driver	Team	LEC		SPA		HUN		SIL		CAT		MNZ		Points

Teams' Championship

Only the highest two finishing cars from a team count towards the Teams' Championship

	Team	Manufacturer		Points
1	Vincenzo Sospiri Racing	Lamborghini	6	112
			27
2	PZ Oberer Zurichsee	Porsche	22	58
3	Baporo Motorsport	Audi/Porsche	10	50
			13
4	EMG Motorsport	Porsche	3	44
			37
5	Antonelli MotorSport	Lamborghini	12	42
6	Teo Martín Motorsport	McLaren	7	24
			18
7	Sports and you	Mercedes-AMG	2	23
8	Tsunami RT	Porsche	81	16
9	Martinet By Almeras	Porsche	34	14
			71
			74
10	Optimum Motorsport	Aston Martin	35	11
11	Duell Race	Porsche	11	2
			18
			19
12	Three Sixty Racing Team	Mercedes-AMG	32	0
13	Whitebridge Motorsport	Aston Martin	72	0
14	Mirage Racing	Alpine	919	0
15	Team Virage	Aston Martin	95	0
Entries ineligible to score points
	Selleslagh Racing Team	Mercedes-AMG	31
	Scuderia San Marino	Tecno	4
	Team	Manufacturer	No.	Points

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. Drivers who started their first race of the season at the final round are ineligible for points and invisible as far as awarding points to other drivers".
2. Web site: GT Cup Open Europe confirms 2019 calendar with one change and creates Silver class. GT Sport. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20191015173523/http://www.gtsport.es/en/news/3834/gt-cup-open-europe-confirms-2019-calendar-with-one-change-and-creates-silver-class . 2019-10-15 .
3. Web site: SPORTING REGULATION GT CUP OPEN EUROPE 2019. GT Cup Open Europe. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210602213237/http://www.gtcupopen.net/uploads/doc/GTO%20CUP/2019/Docs/Regs/Sport/SPORTING%20REG%20GT%20CUP%202019%20DEF.pdf . 2021-06-02 .