2020 GT Cup Open Europe explained

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^[1]	Audi R8 LMS GT4 Evo	10	Daniel Díaz-Varela	Am	All
			Manuel Cerqueda
	Porsche 991 GT3 Cup	13	Jaume Font	Am	1–2
NM Racing Team^[2] ^[3]	Mercedes-AMG GT4	15	Rafael Villanueva	PA	2, 4–5
			Alberto de Martín
	Transam Euro (Ford Mustang)	26	Albert Estragués	Am	1–2
		126			5
PROsport Racing^[4]	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4	19	Rodrigue Gillion	PA	2, 4
			Nico Verdonck
PZ Oberer Zürichsee by TFT^[5]	Porsche 991 GT3 Cup	22	Niki Leutwiler	PA	1–2
			Vincent Beltoise		1
			Bas Schouten		2
Racing Trevor	BMW M4 GT4	40	Gregor Zsigio	Am	1
			Walter Csaba
Ombra Racing^[6]	Porsche 991 GT3 Cup	51	Aldo Festante	PA	All
Sports and you	Mercedes-AMG GT4	60	Antonio Coimbra	Am	3–4
			Luis Silva
		99	Antonio Coimbra		1–2
			Luis Silva
GDL Racing^[7]	Porsche 991 GT3 Cup	66	Roberto Rayneri	Am	2
		67	Mario Cordoni	Am	2
Team Virage^[8] ^[9]	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4	77	Robert Heffler	PA	1–2
			Philippe Valenza
		88	Stéphane Adler	Am	1
			Michaël Blanchemain

Race calendar and results

• A provisional six-round calendar was revealed on 22 October 2019.^[10] 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.^[11] 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.^[12] 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.^[13] On 6 April, 2020, it was announced that the Spa round would be postponed to a later date as well.^[14] 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.^[15] 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.^[16]

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Pro-Am Winner	Am 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 Font
2	R1	Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet	22 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-Varela
	R2		23 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-Varela
4	R1	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	17 October	No. 51 Ombra Racing	No. 51 Ombra Racing	No. 10 Baporo Motorsport
				Aldo Festante	Aldo Festante	Manuel Cerqueda Daniel Díaz-Varela
	R2		18 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.^[17]

Overall

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

Pro-Am, Am, and Teams

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

Drivers' championships

Overall

	Driver	Team	HUN		LEC		MNZ		SPA		CAT		Points
1	Aldo Festante	Ombra Racing	3	1	Ret	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	130
2	Manuel Cerqueda Daniel Díaz-Varela	Baporo Motorsport	4	6	1	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	110
3	Luis Silva Antonio Coimbra	Sports and you	5	Ret	4	8	3	3	3	5			55
4	Niki Leutwiler	PZ Oberer Zürichsee with TFT Racing	2	2	2	4							44
5	Rafael Villanueva Alberto de Martín	NM Racing Team			3	10			Ret	4	3	3	41
6	Jaume Font	Baporo Motorsport	1	3	Ret	5							31
7	Vincent Beltoise	PZ Oberer Zürichsee with TFT Racing	2	2									24
8	Philippe Valenza Robert Heffler	Team Virage	Ret	5	7	2							22
9	Bas Schouten	PZ Oberer Zürichsee with TFT Racing			2	4							20
10	Rodrigue Gillion	PROsport Racing			Ret	7			4	DSQ			12
11	Mario Cordoni	GDL Racing			5	6							11
12	Albert Estragués	NM Racing Team	Ret	4	Ret	DNS					Ret	Ret	8
13	Michaël Blanchemain Stéphane Adler	Team Virage	6	8									8
14	Csaba Walter Gregor Zsigio	Racing Trevor	7	7									8
15	Roberto Rayneri	GDL Racing			6	9							7
16	Nico Verdonck	PROsport Racing			Ret	7				DSQ			4
	Driver	Team	HUN		LEC		MNZ		SPA		CAT		Points

Pro-Am

	Driver	Team	HUN		LEC		MNZ		SPA		CAT		Points
1	Aldo Festante	Ombra Racing	2	1	Ret	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	49
2	Rafael Villanueva Alberto de Martín	NM Racing Team			2	5			Ret	3	2	2	21
3	Niki Leutwiler	PZ Oberer Zürichsee with TFT Racing	1	2	1	3							17
4	Philippe Valenza Robert Heffler	Team Virage	Ret	3	3	2							10
5	Vincent Beltoise	PZ Oberer Zürichsee with TFT Racing	1	2									9
6	Bas Schouten	PZ Oberer Zürichsee with TFT Racing			1	3							8
7	Rodrigue Gillion	PROsport Racing			Ret	4			2	DSQ			6
8	Nico Verdonck	PROsport Racing			Ret	4				DSQ			2
	Driver	Team	HUN		LEC		MNZ		SPA		CAT		Points

Am

	Driver	Team	HUN		LEC		MNZ		SPA		CAT		Points
1	Manuel Cerqueda Daniel Díaz-Varela	Baporo Motorsport	2	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	64
2	Luis Silva Antonio Coimbra	Sports and you	3	Ret	2	4	2	2	2	2			32
3	Jaume Font	Baporo Motorsport	1	1	Ret	2							24
4	Mario Cordoni	GDL Racing			3	3							8
5	Albert Estragués	NM Racing Team	Ret	2	Ret	DNS					Ret	Ret	8
6	Csaba Walter Gregor Zsigio	Racing Trevor	5	4									7
7	Michaël Blanchemain Stéphane Adler	Team Virage	4	5									7
8	Roberto Rayneri	GDL Racing			4	5							5
	Driver	Team	HUN		LEC		MNZ		SPA		CAT		Points

Teams' Championship

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

!!Team!Manufacturer!Points

1	Baporo Motorsport	Audi Porsche	89
2	Ombra Racing	Porsche	86
3	NM Racing Team	Transam Euro Mercedes-AMG	35
4	Sports and you	Mercedes-AMG	29
5	PZ Oberer Zürichsee by TFT	Porsche	28
6	Team Virage	Aston Martin	13
7	GDL Racing	Porsche	7
8	PROsport Racing	Aston Martin	4
9	Racing Trevor	BMW	0
	Team	Manufacturer	Points

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. News: Iberian teams prepare their 2020 campaigns. www.gtcupopen.net. en. 2019-12-31.
2. Web site: NM Racing Team. 2020-07-09. www.facebook.com. en.
3. Web site: August 6, 2020. Private test 1.
4. Web site: Gillion-Verdonck at Ricard and Spa with a PRO Sport Performance Aston Martin. 2020-06-12. www.gtcupopen.net. en.
5. Web site: Leutwiler and Beltoise in Pro-Am title bid for PZ Oberer Zürichsee and TFT. 2020-07-09. www.gtcupopen.net. en.
6. Web site: Ombra Racing to debut in the GT Cup with a Porsche for Aldo Festante. 2020-07-25. www.gtcupopen.net. en.
7. Web site: GDL Racing, another addition to Paul Ricard round, with two Porsche 911 Cup. 2020-08-16. www.gtcupopen.net. en.
8. Web site: A Porsche for Fernando Navarrete Sr. 2020-06-02. www.gtcupopen.net. en.
9. Web site: Adler-Blanchemain to drive one of Team Virage's Astons. 2020-07-14. www.gtcupopen.net. en.
10. Web site: 2020 GT Cup Open Europe calendar confirmed. GT Sport. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20191022173323/http://www.gtcupopen.net/en/news/83/2020-gt-cup-open-europe-calendar-confirmed . 2019-10-22 .
11. Web site: Mediterranean Grand Prix revived at Enna with F3-spec Euroformula Open . Autosport.
12. Web site: Red Bull Ring replaces Pergusa in the 2020 calendar. www.gtcupopen.net. en. 2020-01-10.
13. Web site: Round at Circuit Paul Ricard postponed to 20-23 August. www.gtcupopen.net. en. 2020-03-20.
14. Web site: New dates for Spa and Barcelona rounds, message from Jesús Pareja. www.gtopen.net. en. 2020-04-08.
15. Web site: The 2020 GT Cup Open Europe to run on a 5-event calendar, Hungaroring replaces Red Bull Ring. 2020-06-02. www.gtcupopen.net. en.
16. Web site: The 2020 GT Cup Open Europe season-opener at the Hungaroring to take place on 6-9 August. 2020-06-10. www.gtcupopen.net. en.
17. 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 .