2023 GT Cup Open Europe explained

The 2023 GT Cup Open Europe was the fifth 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 30 April at the Algarve International Circuit and ended on 22 October at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya after five meetings.

Race calendar

Round		Circuit	Date
1	R1	Algarve International Circuit	29–30 April
	R2
2		Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	26–28 May
3	R1	Circuit Paul Ricard	22–23 July
	R2
4	R1	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza	23–24 September
	R2
5	R1	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya	21–22 October
	R2

Entry list

Team Car Drivers Class Rounds Street-Art Racing^[1] Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4 007 Julien Darras T 1, 3 Jayan Fazal-Karim 1, 3 Oregon Team Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo Evo2 10 Enrico Bettera Am 5 Marzio Moretti 5 Fabio Fabiani / SP Racing^[2] Porsche 991 GT3 II Cup 11 Fabio Fabiani Am All Stefano Zerbi All Eugenio Pisani / SP Racing 44 Eugenio Pisani PA All Stefano Zanini All Ghinzani Arco Motorsport Porsche 992 GT3 Cup 12 Glauco Solieri Am 1 14 Maurizio Fondi^[3] Am 3–4 Laura Van den Hengel 3–4 GDL Racing^[4] Porsche 992 GT3 Cup 12 Glauco Solieri Am 5 64 4 65 Mario Cordoni Am 3 66 Roberto Fecchio PA 2 Juuso Puhakka 2 Roberto Fecchio Am 5 67 Stefano Borghi Am 1–4 Gianluca de Lorenzi 1–3 Federico Lamperti 4 68 Samuele Bosio Am 2–4 Glauco Solieri 2 Porsche 991 GT3 II Cup 70 Roberto Bosio Am 2–4 Maurizio Fondi 2 71 Jim Michaelian Am 4 Paulo Pinheiro Porsche 992 GT3 Cup 15 Pedro Marreiros Am 1 Paulo Pinheiro 1 NM Racing Team Mercedes-AMG GT2 Lluc Ibáñez PA 5 Jörg Viebahn 5 Volcano Motorsport^[5] Porsche 992 GT3 Cup 16 Evgenii Leonov PA All Adam Christodoulou^[6] 2 Rossocorsa Racing^[7] Ferrari 488 Challenge Evo 17 Andrea Belicchi PA 3–5 Lorenzo Ferdinando Innocenti 3–5 Mertel Motorsport^[8] Ferrari 488 Challenge Evo 19 Stefano Bozzoni Am All Fernando Navarrete All 80 Jorge Cabezas PA All Iván Velasco All 81 Luca Ludwig PA 2–5 Axel Sartingen^[9] 2 Stephen Liquorish 3–5 RO1 Racing by Varu Nicu^[10] Porsche 991 GT3 II Cup 21 Florin Tincescu Am All Camil Perian 1–2, 4–5 Q1-trackracing^[11] Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport 43 Gustavo Condé T 1 Cassio Homem de Mello^[12] 1 Porsche 992 GT3 Cup 52 Xander Przybylak Am All Laurent Vandervelde All 54 Jan Lauryssen^[13] PA 4–5 55 Gustavo Condé Am 3–4 Cassio Homem de Mello 3–4 57 Nicolas Vandierendonck PA 1–2 Fidel Castillo 1–2 Nicolas Vandierendonck Am 3–5 Quentin Antonel 3–5 EST1 Racing^[14] Porsche 992 GT3 Cup 47 Alex Reimann Am 3 PA 3–5 77 Jori Ala-Jyrä Am 1–3 Indrek Jaaska 1, 3–5 Alex Reimann 2 Kessel Racing Ferrari 488 Challenge 69 Alexandre Bochez Am All Mikaël Bochez All 111 Stephen Earle PA 1 David Perel 1 Van Straaten / Orhès Racing^[15] Porsche 992 GT3 Cup 73 Axel Van Straaten PA 2, 4 Remi Van Straaten 2, 4 ZRS Motorsport^[16] Porsche 992 GT3 Cup 78 Fabio Babini PA 1, 3–5 Davide Scannicchio 1, 3–5 Enrico Fulgenzi Racing^[17] Porsche 992 GT3 Cup 90 Shintaro Akatsu PA 2 Enrico Fulgenzi 2 Lionspeed GP^[18] Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport 99 José García T 3 Carlo Scholl 3 Sources: ^[19] ^[20] ^[21] ^[22]

Icon Class PA Pro-Am Cup Am Am Cup T GT Cup Trophy

Results

Bold indicates overall winner.

Round	Circuit	Pole Position Team	Pro-Am Cup Winning Team	Am Cup Winning Team	GT Cup Trophy Winning Team
		Pole Position Drivers	Pro-Am Cup Winning Drivers	Am Cup Winning Drivers	GT Cup Trophy Winning Drivers
1	Algarve International Circuit	No. 44 Eugenio Pisani / SP Racing	No. 80 Mertel Motorsport	No. 52 Q1-trackracing	No. 43 Q1-trackracing
		Eugenio Pisani Stefano Zanini	Jorge Cabezas Iván Velasco	Xander Przybylak Laurent Vandervelde	Gustavo Condé Cassio Homem de Mello
2		No. 111 Kessel Racing	No. 80 Mertel Motorsport	No. 12 Ghinzani Arco Motorsport	No. 43 Q1-trackracing
		Stephen Earle David Perel	Jorge Cabezas Iván Velasco	Glauco Solieri	Gustavo Condé Cassio Homem de Mello
3	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	No. 80 Mertel Motorsport	No. 116 Volcano Motorsport	No. 52 Q1-trackracing	No entries
		Jorge Cabezas Iván Velasco	Evgenii Leonov Adam Christodoulou	Xander Przybylak Laurent Vandervelde
4	Circuit Paul Ricard	No. 19 Mertel Motorsport	No. 17 Rossocorsa Racing	No. 47 EST1 Racing	No. 007 Street-Art Racing
		Stefano Bozzoni Fernando Navarrete	Andrea Belicchi Lorenzo Ferdinando Innocenti	Alex Reimann	Julien Darras Jayan Fazal-Karim
5		No. 17 Rossocorsa Racing	No. 17 Rossocorsa Racing	No. 57 Q1-trackracing	No. 007 Street-Art Racing
		Andrea Belicchi Lorenzo Ferdinando Innocenti	Andrea Belicchi Lorenzo Ferdinando Innocenti	Quentin Antonel Nicolas Vandierendonck	Julien Darras Jayan Fazal-Karim
6	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza	No. 80 Mertel Motorsport	No. 54 Q1-trackracing	No. 52 Q1-trackracing	No entries
		Jorge Cabezas Iván Velasco	Jan Lauryssen	Xander Przybylak Laurent Vandervelde
7		No. 80 Mertel Motorsport	No. 80 Mertel Motorsport	Kessel Racing
		Jorge Cabezas Iván Velasco	Jorge Cabezas Iván Velasco	Alexandre Bochez Mikaël Bochez
8	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya	No. 54 Q1-trackracing	No. 54 Q1-trackracing	No. 52 Q1-trackracing
		Jan Lauryssen	Jan Lauryssen	Xander Przybylak Laurent Vandervelde
9		No. 10 Oregon Team	No. 54 Q1-trackracing	No. 57 Q1-trackracing
		Enrico Bettera Marzio Moretti	Jan Lauryssen	Quentin Antonel Nicolas Vandierendonck

Championship standings

Points systems

Points are awarded to the top 10 (Pro-Am) or top 6 (Am, Trophy, 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. For the Endurance Race (Spa) points are multiplied by 2. At the end of the season, the 2 lowest race scores are dropped; if the points dropped are those obtained in the Endurance race, that will count as 2 races; however, the dropped races cannot be the result of disqualification or race bans.^[23]

Overall

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

Am, Trophy, and Teams

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

Drivers' championships

Overall

Driver Team POR SPA LEC MNZ CAT Pts Net Points 1 Jorge Cabezas Iván Velasco Mertel Motorsport 1 1 3 6 3 3 1 10 6 101 93 2 Xander Przybylak Laurent Vandervelde Q1-trackracing 2 9 2 5 8 2 Ret 6 10 70 68 3 Fabio Babini Davide Scannicchio ZRS Motorsport 3 Ret 3 2 7 6 5 4 63 63 4 Jan Lauryssen Q1-trackracing 1 2 1 1 57 57 5 Evgenii Leonov Volcano Motorsport 5 2 1 11 13 Ret DNS Ret 9 52 52 6 Alex Reimann EST1 Racing 6 1 4 15 19 4 8 50 50 7 Andrea Belicchi Lorenzo Ferdinando Innocenti Rossocorsa Racing 2 1 4 5 8 Ret 46 46 8 Nicolas Vandierendonck Q1-trackracing 6 4 10 4 5 5 8 7 7 50 45 9 Eugenio Pisani Eugenio Pisani / SP Racing 4 3 Ret 20 7 Ret 12 9 5 36 36 10 Alexandre Bochez Mikaël Bochez Kessel Racing 7 6 4 15 11 18 3 Ret DNS 35 35 11 Quentin Antonel Q1-trackracing 4 5 5 8 7 7 35 35 12 Adam Christodoulou Volcano Motorsport 1 30 30 13 Stefano Zanini Eugenio Pisani / SP Racing 4 3 Ret 20 7 Ret 12 9 DNS 26 26 14 Glauco Solieri Ghinzani Arco Motorsport 11† 5 25 25 GDL Racing 7 8 4 Ret DNS 15 Stefano Borghi GDL Racing Ret 15† 5 9 9 14 17† 16 16 16 Gianluca de Lorenzi GDL Racing Ret 15† 5 9 9 16 16 17 Fidel Castillo Q1-trackracing 6 4 10 15 15 18 Florin Tincescu RO1 Racing by Varu Nicu 10 8 Ret 7 12 10 9 12 11 14 14 19 Stefano Bozzoni Fernando Navarrete Mertel Motorsport 9 DNS Ret 12 6 6 20 Ret Ret 12 12 20 Jori Ala-Jyrä EST1 Racing 13 10 6 13 14 11 11 21 Camil Perian RO1 Racing by Varu Nicu 10 8 Ret 10 9 12 11 10 10 22 Samuele Bosio GDL Racing 7 Ret Ret 12 10 9 9 23 Luca Ludwig Mertel Motorsport Ret 8 20 11 7 14 13 7 7 Stephen Liquorish 8 20 11 7 14 13 24 Pedro Marreiros Paulo Pinheiro Paulo Pinheiro 8 7 7 7 25 Fabio Fabiani Stefano Zerbi Fabio Fabiani / SP Racing Ret 11 8 14 16 Ret 14 15 15 6 6 26 Indrek Jaaska EST1 Racing 13 10 13 14 9 11 11 12 6 6 27 Maurizio Fondi GDL Racing 9 4 4 Ghinzani Arco Motorsport 17 15 13 15 28 Roberto Bosio GDL Racing 9 16 18 16 16 4 4 29 Gustavo Condé Cassio Homem de Mello Q1-trackracing 14 12 10 10 Ret DNS 2 2 30 Stephen Earle David Perel Kessel Racing 12 14† 0 0 31 Laura Van den Hengel Ghinzani Arco Motorsport 17 15 13 15 0 0 32 Julien Darras Jayan Fazal-Karim Street-Art Racing 15 13 18 17 0 0 33 Axel Van Straaten Remi Van Straaten Van Straaten / Orhès Racing Ret 19 13 0 0 34 Federico Lamperti GDL Racing 14 17† 0 0 35 Jim Michaelian GDL Racing 17 18 0 0 36 José García Carlo Scholl Lionspeed GP 19 19 0 0 37 Mario Cordoni GDL Racing Ret DNS 0 0 38 Roberto Fecchio GDL Racing Ret 13 14 0 0 Juuso Puhakka Ret 39 Axel Sartingen Mertel Motorsport Ret 0 0 40 Shintaro Akatsu Enrico Fulgenzi Enrico Fulgenzi Racing Ret 0 0 Ineligible for championship - Enrico Bettera Marzio Moretti Oregon Team 3 2 - - - Lluc Ibáñez Jörg Viebahn NM Racing 2 3 - - Driver Team POR SPA LEC MNZ CAT Pts Net Points

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

Am

Driver Team POR SPA LEC MNZ CAT Pts Net Points 1 Xander Przybylak Laurent Vandervelde Q1-trackracing 2 9 2 5 8 2 Ret 6 10 56 54 2 Quentin Antonel Nicolas Vandierendonck Q1-trackracing 4 5 5 8 7 7 38 38 3 Alexandre Bochez Mikaël Bochez Kessel Racing 7 6 4 15 11 18 3 Ret DNS 33 33 4 Glauco Solieri Ghinzani Arco Motorsport 11† 5 22 22 GDL Racing 7 8 4 Ret DNS 5 Florin Tincescu RO1 Racing by Varu Nicu 10 8 Ret 7 12 10 9 12 11 19 19 6 Camil Perian RO1 Racing by Varu Nicu 10 8 Ret 10 9 12 11 16 16 7 Alex Reimann EST1 Racing 6 1 14 14 8 Stefano Bozzoni Fernando Navarrete Mertel Motorsport 9 DNS Ret 12 6 6 20 Ret Ret 13 13 9 Stefano Borghi GDL Racing Ret 15† 5 9 9 14 17† 13 13 10 Gianluca de Lorenzi GDL Racing Ret 15† 5 9 9 13 13 11 Indrek Jaaska EST1 Racing 13 10 13 14 9 11 11 12 4 4 12 Pedro Marreiros Paulo Pinheiro Paulo Pinheiro 8 7 8 8 13 Jori Ala-Jyrä EST1 Racing 13 10 6 13 14 7 7 14 Samuele Bosio GDL Racing 7 Ret Ret 12 10 6 6 15 Roberto Fecchio GDL Racing 13 14 4 4 16 Fabio Fabiani Stefano Zerbi Fabio Fabiani / SP Racing Ret 11 8 14 16 Ret 14 15 15 4 4 17 Gustavo Condé Cassio Homem de Mello Q1-trackracing 10 10 Ret DNS 3 3 18 Maurizio Fondi GDL Racing 9 0 0 Ghinzani Arco Motorsport 17 15 13 15 19 Roberto Bosio GDL Racing 9 16 18 16 16 0 0 20 Laura Van den Hengel Ghinzani Arco Motorsport 17 15 13 15 0 0 21 Federico Lamperti GDL Racing 14 17† 0 0 22 Jim Michaelian GDL Racing 17 18 0 0 23 Mario Cordoni GDL Racing Ret DNS 0 0 Driver Team POR SPA LEC MNZ CAT Pts Net Points

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

GT Cup Trophy

Driver Team POR SPA LEC MNZ CAT Pts Net Points 1 Julien Darras Jayan Fazal-Karim Street-Art Racing 15 13 18 17 14 14 2 Gustavo Condé Cassio Homem de Mello Q1-trackracing 14 12 8 8 3 José García Carlo Scholl Lionspeed GP 19 19 6 6 Driver Team POR SPA LEC MNZ CAT Pts Net Points

Teams' championships

Two (2) best results of each team are counted towards the championship.

Team POR SPA LEC MNZ CAT Pts Net Points 1 Q1-trackracing 2 4 2 4 4 1 2 1 1 70 65 6 9 10 5 8 2 8 6 7 2 Mertel Motorsport 1 1 3 6 3 3 1 10 6 46 45 9 DNS Ret 8 6 6 7 14 13 3 ZRS Motorsport 3 Ret 3 2 7 6 5 4 25 25 4 Volcano Motorsport 5 2 1 11 13 Ret DNS Ret 9 24 24 5 EST1 Racing 13 10 6 1 4 9 11 4 8 20 20 13 14 15 19 11 12 6 Rossocorsa Racing 2 1 4 5 8 Ret 20 20 7 Eugenio Pisani / SP Racing 4 3 Ret 20 7 Ret 12 9 5 11 11 8 Kessel Racing 7 6 4 15 11 18 3 Ret DNS 11 11 12 14† 9 GDL Racing Ret 15 5 9 9 8 4 13 14 7 7 7 16 18 12 10 Ret DNS 10 Ghinzani Arco Motorsport 11† 5 17 15 13 15 2 2 11 Fabio Fabiani / SP Racing Ret 11 8 14 16 Ret 14 15 15 0 0 11 RO1 Racing by Varu Nicu 10 8 Ret 7 12 10 9 12 11 0 0 12 Enrico Fulgenzi Racing Ret 0 0 12 Lionspeed GP 19 19 0 0 12 Street-Art Racing 15 13 18 17 0 0 12 Van Straaten / Orhès Racing Ret 19 13 0 0 12 Paulo Pinheiro 8 7 0 0 Ineligible for championship - Oregon Team 3 2 - - - NM Racing 2 3 - - Team POR SPA LEC MNZ CAT Pts Net Points

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Street-Art Racing’s Aston Martin to bring to the GT Cup Europe “The Power of Language” livery designed by Phil Akashi. 2023-06-07. www.gtcupopen.net.
2. Web site: The SP Racing band ready to play it again in the GT Cup. 2023-06-07. www.gtcupopen.net.
3. Web site: Summer round at the Paul Ricard for the GT Cup Europe . 2023-07-18 . www.gtcupopen.net . en.
4. Web site: Up to five cars for GDL Racing in 2023. 2023-06-07. www.gtcupopen.net.
5. Web site: Volcano Motorsport announces full maiden campaign in the GT Cup Europe. 2023-06-07. www.gtcupopen.net.
6. Web site: The GT Cup ready for the Endurance Race in magnificent Spa . 2023-07-18 . www.gtcupopen.net . en.
7. Web site: Rossocorsa joins the GT Cup Open with Innocenti-Belicchi . 2023-07-18 . www.gtcupopen.net . en.
8. Web site: Navarrete-Bozzoni (Mertel Motorsport) in the GT Cup with a Ferrari 488 Challenge. 2023-06-07. www.gtcupopen.net.
9. Web site: A third Mertel Ferrari at Spa for Sartingen-Ludwig. 2023-06-07. www.gtcupopen.net.
10. Web site: RO1 Racing raises its game ahead of the 2023 season. 2023-06-07. www.gtcupopen.net.
11. Web site: Q1 Trackracing to defend titles with a multi-car entry. 2023-06-07. www.gtcupopen.net.
12. Web site: Q1 Trackracing announces its three driver line-ups. 2023-06-07. www.gtcupopen.net.
13. Web site: Greatest GT Cup show of the season goes on stage at Monza . 2023-09-21 . www.gtcupopen.net . en.
14. Web site: EST 1 Racing joins the GT Cup Europe. 2023-06-07. www.gtcupopen.net.
15. Web site: The Van Straaten brothers to make GT Cup debut at Spa. 2023-06-07. www.gtcupopen.net.
16. Web site: ZRS Motorsport goes European with full campaign in the GT Cup. 2023-06-07. www.gtcupopen.net.
17. Web site: Enrico Fulgenzi Racing joins the Endurance race at Spa with a Porsche. 2023-06-07. www.gtcupopen.net.
18. Web site: Lionspeed GP to debut in the GT Cup Europe with a Porsche Cayman . 2023-07-18 . www.gtcupopen.net . en.
19. Web site: Autódromo Internacional Algarve - Entry List. 2023-06-07. www.gtcupopen.net.
20. Web site: Spa Francorchamp - Entry List. 2023-06-07. www.gtcupopen.net.
21. Web site: PAUL RICARD - Entry List. 2023-07-28. www.gtcupopen.net.
22. Web site: Autodromo Nazionale MONZA - Entry List. 2023-09-29. www.gtcupopen.net.
23. https://www.gtcupopen.net/uploads/doc/GTO%20CUP/2023/Regs/Sporting/2023%20SPORTING%20REGULATION%20GT%20CUP%20Europe%20APROB.pdf 2023 SPORTING REGULATION GT CUP Europe