2021 Porsche Carrera Cup Italia Explained

The 2021 Porsche Carrera Cup Italia season was the fifteenth Porsche Carrera Cup Italy season. It began on 5 June at Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli and ended on 31 October in Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, after six events with two races at each event.^[1]

Teams and drivers

Team Drivers Class Rounds Bonaldi Motorsport 3 Marzio Moretti All Ghinzani Arco Motorsport 4 Leonardo Moncini All 8 Alberto Cerqui All 18 Daniele Cazzaniga All 27 Federico Malvestiti All Ombra Racing 11 Leonardo Caglioni All 12 Dziugas Tovilavicius All 15 Aldo Festante All 39 Stefano Gattuso All Enrico Fulgenzi Racing 17 Enrico Fulgenzi 3–12 90 Ray Calvin M 3-4 91 Gabriel Rindone M 3-4, 7-8 92 Akatsu Shintaro M 5 Dinamic Motorsport 25 Alessandro Giardelli All 28 Giorgio Amati All 38 Simone Iaquinta 1-2, 5–10 Lodovico Laurini 6 AB Racing 30 Benedetto Strignano All 50 Francesco Maria Fenici M All 88 Piergiacomo Randazzo M 1–4, 6 Tsunami R.T. 32 Gianmarco Quaresmini All 33 Gianmarco Levorato All 67 Alex de Giacomi M 1–2, 4–6 77 Paolo Biolghini S 2 Carlo Scarpellini 79 Johannes Zelger M 6 GDL Racing 40 Risto Vukov All Ebimotors 51 Paolo Gnemmi M 6 54 Luigi Peroni M All 66 Paolo Venerosi Pesciolini M All 70 Gianluca Giorgi M All 71 Gianluici Piccioli M All 80 Pietro Negra S 6 Team Malucelli 59 Marco Parisini S All 60 Marco Galassi M All 69 Massimiliano Montagnese S All 99 Massimiliano Donzelli M All Krypton Motorsport 72 Diego Locanto M All ZRS Motorsport 78 Davide Scannicchio S 1–5 Raptor Engineering 81 Marco Cassara M All Profildoors by Huber Racing 82 Andreas Corradina M 1–3, 5 The Driving Experience 85 Matteo Rovida M 3 Alessandro Poli 5 Source:^[2]

Icon Class M Michelin Cup S Silver Cup

Race calendar and results

Each round includes two races one on Saturday and one in Sunday. The grid of the first race is defined by a qualifying session; for the second race, the starting grid is determined by the results of the first race with the first six positions reversed. The calendar was announced on 15 December 2020. On January 21 2021 it was announced that the Mugello race will be brought forward by a week.

Round	Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team
1	Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Misano Adriatico	5 June	Alberto Cerqui	Alberto Cerqui	Alberto Cerqui	Ghinzani Arco Motorsport
2		6 June	Gianmarco Levorato	Marzio Moretti	Simone Iaquinta	Dinamic Motorsport
3	Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello, Scarperia	3 July	Gianmarco Quaresmini	Alessandro Giardelli	Alberto Cerqui	Ghinzani Arco Motorsport
4		4 July	Marzio Moretti	Aldo Festante	Marzio Moretti	Bonaldi Motorsport
5	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola	24 July	Alessandro Giardelli	Aldo Festante	Giorgio Amati	Dinamic Motorsport
6		25 July	Gianmarco Levorato	Benedetto Strignano	Leonardo Caglioni	Ombra Racing
7	ACI Vallelunga Circuit, Campagnano	18 September	Leonardo Caglioni	Simone Iaquinta	Leonardo Caglioni	Ombra Racing
8		19 September	Alessandro Giardelli	Aldo Festante	Enrico Fulgenzi	Enrico Fulgenzi Racing
9	Autodromo di Franciacorta, Franciacorta	2 October	Enrico Fulgenzi	Stefano Gattuso	Enrico Fulgenzi	Enrico Fulgenzi Racing
10		3 October	Giorgio Amati	Aldo Festante	Giorgo Amati	Dinamic Motorsport
11	Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza	30 October	Alessandro Giardelli	Alessandro Giardelli	Alessandro Giardelli	Dinamic Motorsport
12		31 October	Marzio Moretti	Lodovico Laurini	Alberto Cerqui	Ghinzani Arco Motorsport

Championship standings

Scoring system

Points were awarded to the top fifteen classified finishers in all races. The pole-sitter in Race 1 also received three points, and one point was given to the driver who set the fastest lap in both races. No extra points were awarded to the pole-sitter in Race 2, as the grid for Race 2 was set by reversing the top six finishers of Race 1.

Race 1 pointsPoints were awarded to the top 15 classified finishers, three points were given for qualifying on Pole Position, and one point was awarded to the driver who set the fastest lap in the race.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	PP	FL
Points	30	24	21	18	15	12	10	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1	3	1

Race 2 pointsPoints were awarded to the top 15 classified finishers, and one point was awarded to the driver who set the fastest lap in the race.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	FL
Points	26	21	18	16	14	12	10	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1	1

Drivers' Championship

Source:^[3]

Driver MIS1 MIS2 MUG1 MUG2 IMO1 IMO2 VAL1 VAL2 FRA1 FRA2 MNZ1 MNZ2 Points 1 align=left Alberto Cerqui 1 4 1 4 18 8 3 3 4 6 3 1 220 2 align=left Alessandro Giardelli 5 3 3 2 3 3 6 2 8 8 1 11 201 3 align=left Gianmarco Quaresmini 3 2 2 3 7 4 2 5 NC NC 2 NC 175 4 align=left Marzio Moretti 4 29 6 1 4 2 7 7 2 NC 6 2 173 5 align=left Enrico Fulgenzi DNS DNS 14 12 2 6 4 1 1 2 8 4 162 6 align=left Leonardo Caglioni 7 6 9 8 5 1 1 4 5 NC 11 6 159 7 align=left Giorgio Amati 13 9 8 6 1 7 NC 12 6 1 4 5 144 8 align=left Simone Iaquinta 2 1 DNS DNS 8 NC Ret NC 3 3 DNS DNS 98 9 align=left Benedetto Strignano 16 14 10 7 11 5 8 9 11 NC 10 3 82 10 align=left Stefano Gattuso 10 23 5 5 10 11 16 8 10 5 12 NC 79 11 align=left Risto Vukov 9 7 13 13 9 13 12 10 9 4 7 28 76 12 align=left Daniele Cazzaniga 8 8 7 10 NC 15 5 13 13 13 5 NC 72 13 align=left Aldo Festante Ret 10 4 11 14 10 11 6 15 12 13 12 70 14 align=left Gianmarco Levorato 9 15 Ret 15 17 15 9 6 15 15 15 15 65 15 align=left Leonardo Moncini 12 13 Ret 14 21 19 13 14 15 15 15 15 44 16 align=left Federico Malvestiti 10 22 14 15 11 23 15 15 15 15 15 15 35 17 align=left Dziugas Tovilavicius 16 10 12 13 25 27 Ret 21 15 15 15 15 26 18 align=left Marco Cassara Ret Ret DNS 15 13 13 15 23 15 15 15 15 21 19 align=left Alex De Giacomi 13 15 Ret 19 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 18 20 align=left Francesco Maria Fenici 15 24 15 19 22 23 19 15 15 15 15 15 12 21 align=left Lodovico Laurini Ret 17 17 18 24 25 18 22 Ret Ret Ret Ret 9 22 align=left Andreas Corradina Ret 14 19 20 29 Ret 25 27 Ret Ret Ret Ret 3 23 align=left Gianluca Giorgio Ret 20 18 24 Ret Ret Ret 28 Ret Ret Ret Ret 3 24 align=left Alessandro Pioli Ret 23 20 22 26 26 24 24 Ret Ret Ret Ret 3 25 align=left Piergiacomo Randazzo 19 18 22 25 26 29 29 25 Ret Ret Ret Ret 1 26 align=left Gianluigi Picciolo 18 21 21 27 Ret 28 27 30 Ret Ret Ret Ret 1 Driver MIS1 MIS2 MUG1 MUG2 IMO1 IMO2 VAL1 VAL2 FRA1 FRA2 MNZ1 MNZ2 Points

Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

Notes:† – Driver did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

Teams' Championship

Notes and References

1. Web site: Carrera Cup Italia, pronto il calendario 2021. 2021-01-04. it.motorsport.com. it.
2. Web site: Results Race 1. Porsche Italia. carreracup.it. 18 June 2021.
3. Web site: 22 March 2022. Classifica Assoluta. 2 April 2022. www.carreracupitalia.it. it.