2020 GT4 European Series explained

The 2020 GT4 European Series was the thirteenth season of the GT4 European Series, a sports car championship organised by Stéphane Ratel Organisation (SRO). The season began at Imola on 25 July and ended at the Circuit Paul Ricard on 15 November.

Calendar

A 2020 calendar was announced on 29 July 2019 at SRO's annual press conference at the 2019 24 Hours of Spa.^[1] However, as a result of the coronavirus crisis SRO had to revise its schedule and an updated calendar was released on 15 May 2020.^[2]

Round	Circuit	Date	Supporting
1	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola, Italy	25–26 July	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup
2	Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Misano Adriatico, Italy	8–9 August	GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup
3	Nürburgring, Nürburg, Germany	5–6 September	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup
4	Circuit Zandvoort, Zandvoort, Netherlands	26–27 September	GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup
5	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium	24–25 October	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup
6	Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet, France	14–15 November
Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Circuit			Original Date
Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone, Great Britain			9–10 May
Hungaroring, Mogyoród, Hungary			26–27 September

Entry list

Team Car Drivers Class Rounds CMR^[3] ^[4] Toyota GR Supra GT4 align=center rowspan=2 8 Stéphane Lémeret S All Gael Castelli align=center rowspan=4 66 Timothé Buret S 1–4, 6 Antoine Potty PA 5 Wilfried Cazalbon Borusan Otomotiv Motorsport^[5] BMW M4 GT4 align=center rowspan=2 12 Yağız Gedik PA All Cem Bölükbaşı align=center rowspan=3 13 Ibrahim Okyay Am All Hasan Tansu 3 Fatih Ayhan 5–6 NM Racing Team^[6] Mercedes-AMG GT4 align=center rowspan=3 15 Xavier Lloveras S All Lluc Ibáñez 1–4, 6 Rafael Villanueva 5 V8 Racing^[7] ^[8] Chevrolet Camaro GT4.R align=center rowspan=2 17 Thijmen Nabuurs S All Jop Rappange align=center rowspan=2 99 Jorge Cabezas Catalan S 3–5 Duncan Huisman R-Motorsport Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4 18 Markus Lungstrass Am 6 Henrik Lyngbye Pedersen 762 George Gamble S 6 Seb Perez Allied-Racing^[9] ^[10] Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport align=center rowspan=2 21 Nicolaj Møller-Madsen PA All Jörg Viebahn align=center rowspan=2 22 Bastian Buus PA All Jan Kasperlik AGS Events^[11] ^[12] Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4 align=center rowspan=2 27 Valentin Hasse-Clot S All Théo Nouet 39 Fabien Baule Am 6 Jonathan Mareschal align=center rowspan=2 89 Nicolas Gomar Am All Gilles Vannelet Selleslagh Racing Team^[13] Mercedes-AMG GT4 align=center rowspan=9 30 Wim Spinoy PA 1–3 Kay van Berlo 1–2 Kenneth Heyer 3 Martin Konrad Willem Meijer S 4–5 Paul Sieljes 4 Esteban Muth 5 Max Koebolt 6 Thierry Vermeulen align=center rowspan=3 31 Bob Herber^[14] Am 2–5 Kenneth Heyer S 6 Esteban Muth align=center rowspan=2 32 Johan Vannerum^[15] Am 2–3 Jean-Luc Behets Team Jouffruit by Vic'Team Mercedes-AMG GT4 64 Olivier Jouffret PA 6 Eric Tremoulet Dörr Motorsport^[16] McLaren 570S GT4 align=center rowspan=2 69 Phil Dörr S 3 Aleksey Sizov W&D Racing Team^[17] BMW M4 GT4 align=center rowspan=2 71 Paolo Meloni Am 1–2 Stefano Valli Autorlando Sport^[18] Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport align=center rowspan=5 75 Dario Cerati Am All Maurizio Fratti 1–2 Dario Baruchelli 3 JM Littman 4 Maurizio Fondi 5–6 align=center rowspan=5 76 Giuseppe Ghezzi Am All Salvatore Riolo 1–2 Christian de Kent 3 Jacopo Baratto 4 Andreas Mayrl 5–6 AKKA ASP Mercedes-AMG GT4 87 Jean-Luc Beaubelique PA 6 Jim Pla Lestrup Racing Team BMW M4 GT4 98 Alfred Nilsson PA 5 Joakim Walde RN Vision STS Racing Team^[19] ^[20] BMW M4 GT4 align=center rowspan=2 110 Mark van der Aa S 1–4 Koen Bogaerts align=center rowspan=2 111 Gabriele Piana S 1–4 Bas Schouten Centri Porsche Ticino^[21] Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport align=center rowspan=2 718 Ivan Jacoma PA 1–4 Joël Camathias

Icon Class S Silver Cup PA Pro-Am Cup Am Am Cup

Race calendar and results

Bold indicates the overall winner.

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Silver Winners	Pro-Am Winners	Am Winners
1	1	Imola	25 July	No.12 Borusan Otomotiv Motorsport	No. 111 RN Vision STS Racing Team	No.12 Borusan Otomotiv Motorsport	No. 71 W&D Racing Team
				Cem Bölükbaşi Yağız Gedik	Gabriele Piana Bas Schouten	Cem Bölükbaşi Yağız Gedik	Paolo Meloni Stefano Valli
	R2		26 July	No. 111 RN Vision STS Racing Team	No. 111 RN Vision STS Racing Team	No. 22 Allied-Racing	No. 89 AGS Events
				Gabriele Piana Bas Schouten	Gabriele Piana Bas Schouten	Bastian Buus Jan Kasperlik	Nicolas Gomar Gilles Vannelet
2	R1	Misano	8 August	No. 27 AGS Events	No. 15 NM Racing Team	No. 21 Allied-Racing	No. 31 Selleslagh Racing Team
				Valentin Hasse-Clot Théo Nouet	Lluc Ibáñez Xavier Lloveras	Nicolaj Møller-Madsen Jörg Viebahn	Bob Herber
	R2		9 August	No. 15 NM Racing Team	No. 27 AGS Events	No. 22 Allied-Racing	No. 31 Selleslagh Racing Team
				Lluc Ibáñez Xavier Lloveras	Valentin Hasse-Clot Théo Nouet	Bastian Buus Jan Kasperlik	Bob Herber
3	R1	Nürburgring	5 September	No. 718 Centri Porsche Ticino	No. 15 NM Racing Team	No. 22 Allied-Racing	No. 89 AGS Events
				Joël Camathias Ivan Jacoma	Lluc Ibáñez Xavier Lloveras	Bastian Buus Jan Kasperlik	Nicolas Gomar Gilles Vannelet
	R2		6 September	No. 22 Allied-Racing	No. 27 AGS Events	No. 22 Allied-Racing	No. 31 Selleslagh Racing Team
				Bastian Buus Jan Kasperlik	Valentin Hasse-Clot Théo Nouet	Bastian Buus Jan Kasperlik	Bob Herber
4	R1	Zandvoort	26 September	No. 99 V8 Racing	No. 27 AGS Events	No. 22 Allied-Racing	No. 89 AGS Events
				Jorge Cabezas Duncan Huisman	Théo Nouet Valentin Hasse-Clot	Bastian Buus Jan Kasperlik	Nicolas Gomar Gilles Vannelet
	R2		27 September	No. 22 Allied-Racing	No. 8 CMR	No. 22 Allied-Racing	No. 31 Selleslagh Racing Team
				Bastian Buus Jan Kasperlik	Stéphane Lemeret Gael Castelli	Bastian Buus Jan Kasperlik	Bob Herber
5	R1	Spa-Francorchamps	23 October	No. 27 AGS Events	No. 27 AGS Events	No. 22 Allied-Racing	No. 89 AGS Events
				Valentin Hasse-Clot Théo Nouet	Valentin Hasse-Clot Théo Nouet	Bastian Buus Jan Kasperlik	Nicolas Gomar Gilles Vannelet
	R2		24 October	No. 8 CMR	No. 8 CMR	No. 12 Borusan Otomotiv Motorsport	No. 89 AGS Events
				Stéphane Lemeret Gael Castelli	Stéphane Lemeret Gael Castelli	Cem Bölükbaşi Yağız Gedik	Nicolas Gomar Gilles Vannelet
6	R1	Paul Ricard	14 November	No. 66 CMR	No. 15 NM Racing Team	No. 87 AKKA ASP	No. 89 AGS Events
				Timothé Buret Antoine Potty	Lluc Ibáñez Xavier Lloveras	Jean-Luc Beaubelique Jim Pla	Nicolas Gomar Gilles Vannelet
	R2			No. 87 AKKA ASP	No. 15 NM Racing Team	No. 87 AKKA ASP	No. 89 AGS Events
				Jean-Luc Beaubelique Jim Pla	Lluc Ibáñez Xavier Lloveras	Jean-Luc Beaubelique Jim Pla	Nicolas Gomar Gilles Vannelet

Championship standings

Scoring systemChampionship points were awarded for the first ten positions in each race. Entries were required to complete 75% of the winning car's race distance in order to be classified and earn points. Individual drivers were required to participate for a minimum of 25 minutes in order to earn championship points in any race.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Points	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1

Drivers' championship

Driver Team IMO MIS NÜR ZAN SPA LEC Points Silver Cup 1 Valentin Hasse-Clot Théo Nouet AGS Events 2 6 16 1 17 2 2 4 1 4 5 Ret 184 2 Xavier Lloveras NM Racing Team Ret 5 1 4 1 17 9 10 11 6 1 1 163 3 Stéphane Lémeret Gael Castelli CMR 14 2 14 13 2 3 6 2 15 1 6 Ret 158 4 Thijmen Nabuurs Jop Rappange V8 Racing 8 9 5 2 6 Ret 4 3 8 Ret 2 2 151 5 Lluc Ibáñez NM Racing Team Ret 5 1 4 1 17 9 10 1 1 141 6 Gabriele Piana Bas Schouten RN Vision STS Racing Team 1 1 2 3 8 7 7 7 123 7 Timothé Buret Antoine Potty CMR 9 DNS Ret 6 9 11 8 9 3 3 76 8 Jorge Cabezas Duncan Huisman V8 Racing 7 10 5 5 6 10 70 9 Mark van der Aa Koen Bogaerts RN Vision STS Racing Team 7 12 6 9 Ret 9 Ret 17 55 10 Willem Meijer Selleslagh Racing Team 17 8 3 2 12 11 Phil Dörr Aleksey Sizov Dörr Motorsport 3 6 30 12 Kenneth Heyer Selleslagh Racing Team 7 5 20 13 Paul Sieljes Selleslagh Racing Team 17 8 12 Drivers ineligible to score points – Esteban Muth Selleslagh Racing Team 3 2 7 5 – – Rafael Villanueva NM Racing Team 11 6 – – Max Koebolt Thierry Vermeulen Selleslagh Racing Team 11 6 – – George Gamble Seb Perez R-Motorsport 12 Ret – Pro-Am Cup 1 Bastian Buus Jan Kasperlik Allied-Racing 6 3 11 5 4 1 1 1 2 Ret 13 12 240 2 Cem Bölükbaşi Yağız Gedik Borusan Otomotiv Motorsport 3 11 4 7 12 8 12 14 9 5 8 Ret 192 2 Nicolaj Møller-Madsen Jörg Viebahn Allied-Racing 5 4 3 12 18 5 3 6 4 7 WD WD 170 4 Ivan Jacoma Joël Camathias Centri Porsche Ticino 4 14 8 Ret 5 4 13 18 103 5 Wim Spinoy Selleslagh Racing Team 16 10 9 Ret 14 WD 49 6 Kay van Berlo Selleslagh Racing Team 16 10 9 Ret 37 7 Kenneth Heyer Selleslagh Racing Team 14 18 22 8 Antoine Potty CMR 5 Ret 15 9 Martin Konrad Selleslagh Racing Team 18 10 Drivers ineligible to score points – Jean-Luc Beaubelique Jim Pla AKKA ASP 4 4 – – Wilfried Cazalbon CMR 5 Ret – – Alfred Nilsson Joakim Walde Lestrup Racing Team 14 8 – – Olivier Jouffret Eric Tremoulet Team Jouffruit by Vic'Team 9 Ret – Am Cup 1 Nicolas Gomar Gilles Vannelet AGS Events 11 7 15 10 10 14 10 12 7 3 10 7 254 2 Bob Herber Selleslagh Racing Team 7 8 11 12 11 11 10 11 169 3 Giuseppe Ghezzi Autorlando Sport 15 13 10 14 16 16 15 16 13 9 14 8 163 4 Ibrahim Okyay Borusan Otomotiv Motorsport 13 8 Ret 15 15 15 14 13 12 Ret 18 9 136 5 Dario Cerati Autorlando Sport 12 Ret 13 17 19 Ret 16 15 16 12 17 13 112 6 Johan Vannerum Jean-Luc Behets Selleslagh Racing Team 12 16 13 13 56 7 Salvatore Riolo Autorlando Sport 15 13 10 14 55 8 Paolo Meloni Stefano Valli W&D Racing Team 10 15 Ret 11 52 9 Maurizio Fratti Autorlando Sport 12 Ret 13 17 33 10 Hasan Tansu Borusan Otomotiv Motorsport 15 15 24 11 JM Littman Autorlando Sport 16 15 22 12 Jacopo Baratto Autorlando Sport 15 16 22 13 Christian de Kant Autorlando Sport 16 16 20 14 Dario Baruchelli Autorlando Sport 19 Ret 8 Drivers ineligible to score points – Andreas Mayrl Autorlando Sport 13 9 14 8 – – Fatih Ayhan Borusan Otomotiv Motorsport 12 Ret 18 9 – – Fabien Baule Jonathan Mareschal AGS Events 15 10 – – Markus Lungstrass Henrik Lyngbye Pedersen R-Motorsport 16 11 – – Maurizio Fondi Autorlando Sport 16 12 17 13 – valign=middle valign=middle Driver valign=middle Team IMO MIS NÜR ZAN SPA LEC valign=middle Points

Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

Teams' championship

The two highest-scoring cars per Team will score points. Any other cars entered by that team will not score points towards the team title.A car scores points depending on the category it is entered in (Silver, Pro-Am or Am). The number of points awarded in each category is dependent on the number of cars participating in that class.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Points if >5 cars in class	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1
Points if 5 cars in class	18	15	12	10	8
Points if 4 cars in class	15	12	10	8
Points if 3 cars in class	12	10	8
Points if 2 cars in class	10	8
Points if 1 car in class	8

	Team	Manufacturer	IMO		MIS		NÜR		ZAN		SPA		LEC		Points
1	align=left rowspan=2	AGS Events	align=left rowspan=2	Aston Martin	2	7	15	1	10	2	2	12	1	3	10	7	416
	11	6	16	10	17	14	10	4	7	4	5	10
2	Selleslagh Racing Team	Mercedes-AMG	16	10	7	8	11	12	11	11	3	2	7	5	313
			12	16	13	13	17	8	10	11	11	6
3	Allied-Racing	Porsche	5	3	3	5	4	1	1	1	2	7	13	12	306
	6	4	11	12	18	5	3	6	4	Ret	WD	WD
4	Borusan Otomotiv Motorsport	BMW	3	8	4	7	12	8	12	13	12	5	8	9	268
	13	11	Ret	15	15	15	14	14	9	Ret	18	Ret
5	Autorlando Sport	Porsche	12	13	10	14	16	16	15	15	13	9	14	8	248
	15	Ret	13	17	19	Ret	16	16	16	12	17	13
6	CMR	Toyota	9	2	14	6	2	3	6	2	5	1	3	3	246
	14	DNS	Ret	13	9	11	8	9	15	Ret	6	Ret
7	V8 Racing	Chevrolet	8	9	5	2	6	10	4	3	6	10	2	2	221
					7	Ret	5	5	8	Ret
8	RN Vision STS Racing Team	BMW	1	1	2	3	8	7	7	7					178
	7	12	6	9	Ret	9	Ret	17
9	NM Racing Team	Mercedes-AMG	Ret	5	1	4	1	17	9	10	11	6	1	1	163
10	Centri Porsche Ticino	Porsche	4	14	8	Ret	5	4	13	18					81
11	W&D Racing Team	BMW	10	15	Ret	11									43
12	Dörr Motorsport	McLaren					3	6							30
Teams ineligible to score points
–	AKKA ASP	Mercedes-AMG											4	4	–
–	Lestrup Racing Team	BMW									14	8			–
–	Team Jouffruit by Vic'Team	Mercedes-AMG											9	Ret	–
–	R-Motorsport	Aston Martin											12	11	–
											16	Ret
valign=middle		valign=middle	Team	valign=middle	Manufacturer	IMO		MIS		NÜR		ZAN		SPA		LEC		valign=middle	Points

See also

• 2020 French GT4 Cup
• 2020 ADAC GT4 Germany

Notes and References

1. News: Provisional calendar announced for 2020 GT4 European Series. 29 July 2019. european.gt4series.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 9 February 2020.
2. News: SRO Motorsports Group announces revised schedule for GT4 European Series. 15 May 2020. european.gt4series.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 30 May 2020.
3. News: CMR set to run new Toyota Supra in GT4 European Series. 16 March 2020. european.gt4series.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 4 June 2020.
4. News: CMR names driver line-ups for 2020 GT4 European Series. 17 June 2020. european.gt4series.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 18 June 2020.
5. News: Borusan Otomotiv Motorsport confirms two-car BMW effort for 2020 GT4 European Series. 2 July 2020. european.gt4series.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 2 July 2020.
6. News: NM Racing Team make Mercedes switch with Ibanez and Lloveras. 7 July 2020. european.gt4series.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 7 July 2020.
7. News: V8 Racing reveals new GT4 European Series line-up. 27 June 2020. european.gt4series.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 27 June 2020.
8. News: V8 Racing confirms second Camaro for GT4 European Series. 28 August 2020. european.gt4series.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 28 August 2020.
9. News: Allied-Racing confirms Møller-Madsen and Viebahn. 19 January 2020. european.gt4series.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 2 July 2020.
10. News: Allied-Racing confirm Kasperlik and Buus is second entry. 2 July 2020. european.gt4series.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 9 February 2020.
11. News: AGS Events rajoute le GT4 Europe à son programme FFSA GT . 4 June 2020. Endurance-Info. 4 July 2020.
12. News: GT4 European Series : AGS Events dévoile son second équipage . 29 June 2020. Endurance-Info. 4 July 2020.
13. News: GT4 European Series ready to get 2020 season underway at Imola. SRO Motorsports Group. 21 July 2020.
14. News: GT4 European Series heads to Misano with 19-car grid. SRO Motorsports Group. 4 August 2020.
15. News: GT European Series: SRT met Mercedes in Imola. 21 July 2020. Autosportwereld.be. 21 July 2020.
16. News: Dörr Motorsport enters McLaren 570S GT4 at the Nürburgring. 25 August 2020. european.gt4series.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 25 August 2020.
17. News: W&D Racing Team returns to GT4 European Series at Imola and Misano. 30 June 2020. european.gt4series.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 30 June 2020.
18. News: Autorlando Sport makes GT4 European Series return. 17 February 2020. european.gt4series.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 6 March 2020.
19. News: RN Vision STS Racing Team completes line-up. 16 April 2020. european.gt4series.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 30 May 2020.
20. News: Van der Aa and Bogaerts join RN Vision STS Racing Team. 12 March 2020. european.gt4series.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 30 May 2020.
21. News: Centri Porsche Ticino confirmed for 2020 season. 25 June 2020. european.gt4series.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 25 June 2020.