2017 International GT Open

The 2017 International GT Open season was the twelfth season of the International GT Open, the grand tourer-style sports car racing founded in 2006 by the Spanish GT Sport Organización. It began on 29 April at Autódromo do Estoril and finished on 29 October, at Barcelona after seven double-header meetings.

Entry list[edit]

Team	Car	No.	Driver	Class	Rounds
Solaris Motorsport	Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3	007	Mauro Calamia^[1]	P	1–3, 5
Solaris Motorsport	Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3	007	Francesco Sini^[1]	P	1–3, 5
Imperiale Racing	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	1	Thomas Biagi^[2]	P	All
			Giovanni Venturini^[2]		1–4
			Raffaele Giammaria^[3]		5–7
		23	Vito Postiglione^[2]	P	All
			Andrea Fontana^[2]		1–6
			Christian Engelhart^[4]		7
		63	Marco Mapelli^[3]	P	5–7
		63	Giovanni Venturini^[3]	P	5–7
SF Racing	Ferrari 488 GT3	5	Andrea Caldarelli^[5]	PA	2–3, 7
			Fu Songyang^[5]	PA	2–3, 7
			Rino Mastronardi^[6]	Am	4
			Gabriele Lancieri^[3]		6
			Fu Songyang^[6]		4, 6
AF Corse	Ferrari 488 GT3	8	Piergiuseppe Perazzini^[7]	PA	All
			Marco Cioci^[7]		1–5, 7
			Matt Griffin^[3]		6
Jordan Racing	Bentley Continental GT3	10	Michael Meadows^[8]	PA	1–3, 5, 7
Jordan Racing	Bentley Continental GT3	10	Jordan Witt^[8]	PA	1–3, 5, 7
Ratón Racing^[9]	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	11	Edoardo Liberati^[9]	P	1–6
Ratón Racing^[9]	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	11	Kang Ling^[9]	P	1–6
Sports and You	Mercedes-AMG GT3	12	Marcio Basso^[8]	Am	All
			Nonô Figueiredo^[8]		1–2, 5–7
			José Manuel Balbiani^[10]		3–4
		99	"Manuel da Costa"^{[N 1]}^[8]	Am	All
		99	"Miguel Sardinha"^{[N 2]}^[8]	Am	All
Drivex School	Mercedes-AMG GT3	16	Marcelo Hahn^[8]	PA	All
			Allam Khodair^[8]		1–2, 5, 7
			Alan Hellmeister^[10]		3–4, 6
Senkyr Motorsport	BMW M6 GT3	17	Richard Gonda^[4]		7
Senkyr Motorsport	BMW M6 GT3	17	Jakub Knoll^[4]		7
Lechner Racing	Mercedes-AMG GT3	19	Thomas Jäger^[10]	PA	3–4
Lechner Racing	Mercedes-AMG GT3	19	Mario Plachutta^[10]	PA	3–4
SPS Automotive Performance	Mercedes-AMG GT3	20	Valentin Pierburg^[11]	PA	All
			Tom Onslow-Cole^[11]		1, 3, 5–7
			Jules Szymkowiak^[5]		2
			Lance David Arnold^[6]		4
		40	Mauro Calamia^[12]	P	6
		40	Roberto Pampanini^[12]	P	6
Konrad Motorsport	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	21	Paul Scheuschner^[10]	PA	3–4, 6–7
Konrad Motorsport	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	21	Hendrik Still^[10]	PA	3–4, 6–7
Balfe Motorsport	McLaren 650S GT3	22	Shaun Balfe^[13]	PA	All
Balfe Motorsport	McLaren 650S GT3	22	Rob Bell^[13]	PA	All
Garage 59	McLaren 650S GT3	24	Michael Benham^[14]	PA	1–4, 6–7
		24	Duncan Tappy^[14]	PA	1–4, 6–7
		88	Côme Ledogar^[14]	PA	All
		88	Alexander West^[14]	PA	All
FF Corse	Ferrari 488 GT3	25	Ivor Dunbar^[8]	PA	1–5, 7
FF Corse	Ferrari 488 GT3	25	Johnny Mowlem^[8]	PA	1–5, 7
Förch Racing by Lukas Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT3 R	29	Željko Drmić^[3]	PA	6
Förch Racing by Lukas Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT3 R	29	Robert Lukas^[3]	PA	6
Lee Mowle^[15]	Mercedes-AMG GT3^[15]	30	Ryan Ratcliffe^[15]	P	5
Lee Mowle^[15]	Mercedes-AMG GT3^[15]	30	Phil Keen^[15]	P	5
Antonelli Motorsport	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	32	Kikko Galbiati^[10]	P	3
		32	Mikaël Grenier^[10]	P	3
		33	Gianluca Giraudi^[10]	Am	3
		33	Davide Roda^[10]	Am	3
Wessex Vehicles	Lamborghini Gallardo R-EX GT3	39	Craig Dolby^[5]	P	2, 5–7
			Tomáš Enge^[5]		2
			Riki Christodoulou^[16]		5
			Seb Morris^[3]		6–7
AB Sport Auto	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	46	Joffrey de Narda^[10]	PA	3
AB Sport Auto	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	46	Harry Teneketzian^[10]	PA	3
Kaspersky Motorsport	Ferrari 488 GT3	48	Aleksandr Moiseev^[5]	Am	2–6
Kaspersky Motorsport	Ferrari 488 GT3	48	Davide Rizzo^[5]	Am	2–6
BMW Team Teo Martín	BMW M6 GT3	51	Lourenço Beirão da Veiga^[17]	P	All
			António Félix da Costa^[17]		1, 5, 7
			Nelson Piquet Jr.^[5]		2
			Augusto Farfus^[10]		3, 6
			Tiago Monteiro^[17]		4
		62	Filipe Barreiros^[8]	Am	1
		62	Francisco Guedes^[8]	Am	1
		65	Victor Bouveng^[17]	P	All
		65	Fran Rueda^[18]	P	All
Emil Frey Lexus Racing	Lexus RC F GT3	54	Albert Costa^[8]	P	All
Emil Frey Lexus Racing	Lexus RC F GT3	54	Philipp Frommenwiler^[8]	P	All
Farnbacher Racing	Lexus RC F GT3	55	Dominik Farnbacher^[8]	P	All
			Mario Farnbacher^[8]		1–3, 5–7
			Norbert Siedler^[6]		4
MS Racing	Mercedes-AMG GT3	74	Alexander Hrachowina^[19]	Am	1–6
MS Racing	Mercedes-AMG GT3	74	Martin Konrad^[19]	Am	1–6
Aston Martin Brussels Racing	Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3	90	Tim Verbergt^[5]	P	2
Aston Martin Brussels Racing	Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3	90	Sam Dejonghe^[5]	P	2
Optimum Motorsport	Audi R8 LMS	96	Bradley Ellis^[4]	PA	7
Optimum Motorsport	Audi R8 LMS	96	Oliver Wilkinson^[4]	PA	7
Racing Trevor	BMW M6 GT3	124	Christian Malchárek^[6]	PA	4
Racing Trevor	BMW M6 GT3	124	Jirí Malchárek^[6]	PA	4
Rinaldi Racing	Ferrari 488 GT3	333	Sergey Borisov^[4]	Am	7
Rinaldi Racing	Ferrari 488 GT3	333	Rinat Salikhov^[4]	Am	7
Spirit of Race	Ferrari 488 GT3	488	Mikkel Mac^[20]	P	All
Spirit of Race	Ferrari 488 GT3	488	Miguel Ramos^[20]	P	All
FFF Racing Team by ACM	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	555	Hiroshi Hamaguchi^[21]	PA	All
FFF Racing Team by ACM	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	555	Vitantonio Liuzzi^[21]	PA	All

Icon	Class
P	Pro Cup
PA	Pro-Am Cup
Am	Am Cup

Race calendar[edit]

A seven-round provisional calendar was revealed on 4 October 2016.^[22] The Hungaroring round will be co-headlined by the TCR International Series. Bold indicates overall winner.

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Pro Winner	Pro-Am Winner	Am Winner
1	R1	Autódromo Fernanda Pires da Silva	29 April	No. 22 Balfe Motorsport	No. 54 Emil Frey Lexus Racing	No. 22 Balfe Motorsport	No. 12 Sports and You
	R1		29 April	Shaun Balfe Rob Bell	Albert Costa Philipp Frommenwiler	Shaun Balfe Rob Bell	Marcio Basso Nonô Figueiredo
	R2		30 April	No. 24 Garage 59	No. 55 Farnbacher Racing	No. 24 Garage 59	No. 74 MS Racing
	R2		30 April	Michael Benham Duncan Tappy	Dominik Farnbacher Mario Farnbacher	Michael Benham Duncan Tappy	Alexander Hrachowina Martin Konrad
2	R1	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	27 May	No. 54 Emil Frey Lexus Racing	No. 54 Emil Frey Lexus Racing	No. 10 Jordan Racing	No. 48 Kaspersky Motorsport
	R1		27 May	Albert Costa Philipp Frommenwiler	Albert Costa Philipp Frommenwiler	Michael Meadows Jordan Witt	Aleksandr Moiseev Davide Rizzo
	R2		28 May	No. 23 Imperiale Racing	No. 55 Farnbacher Racing	No. 8 AF Corse	No. 48 Kaspersky Motorsport
	R2		28 May	Andrea Fontana Vito Postiglione	Dominik Farnbacher Mario Farnbacher	Marco Cioci Piergiuseppe Perazzini	Aleksandr Moiseev Davide Rizzo
3	R1	Circuit Paul Ricard	10 June	No. 488 Spirit of Race	No. 488 Spirit of Race	No. 20 SPS Automotive Performance	No. 48 Kaspersky Motorsport
	R1		10 June	Mikkel Mac Miguel Ramos	Mikkel Mac Miguel Ramos	Tom Onslow-Cole Valentin Pierburg	Aleksandr Moiseev Davide Rizzo
	R2		11 June	No. 5 SF Racing	No. 65 BMW Team Teo Martín	No. 16 Drivex School	No. 48 Kaspersky Motorsport
	R2		11 June	Andrea Caldarelli Fu Songyang	Victor Bouveng Fran Rueda	Marcelo Hahn Alan Hellmeister	Aleksandr Moiseev Davide Rizzo
4	R1	Hungaroring	1 July	No. 488 Spirit of Race	No. 1 Imperiale Racing	No. 20 SPS Automotive Performance	No. 74 MS Racing
	R1		1 July	Mikkel Mac Miguel Ramos	Thomas Biagi Giovanni Venturini	Lance David Arnold Valentin Pierburg	Alexander Hrachowina Martin Konrad
	R2		2 July	No. 65 BMW Team Teo Martín	No. 65 BMW Team Teo Martín	No. 88 Garage 59	No. 99 Sports and You
	R2		2 July	Victor Bouveng Fran Rueda	Victor Bouveng Fran Rueda	Côme Ledogar Alexander West	António Coimbra Luís Silva
5	R1	Silverstone Circuit	2 September	No. 54 Emil Frey Lexus Racing	No. 54 Emil Frey Lexus Racing	No. 22 Balfe Motorsport	No. 99 Sports and You
	R1		2 September	Albert Costa Philipp Frommenwiler	Albert Costa Philipp Frommenwiler	Shaun Balfe Rob Bell	"Manuel da Costa" "Miguel Sardinha"
	R2		3 September	No. 65 BMW Team Teo Martín	No. 51 BMW Team Teo Martín	No. 10 Jordan Racing	No. 48 Kaspersky Motorsport
	R2		3 September	Victor Bouveng Fran Rueda	Lourenço Beirão da Veiga António Félix da Costa	Michael Meadows Jordan Witt	Aleksandr Moiseev Davide Rizzo
6	R1	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	30 September	No. 22 Balfe Motorsport	No. 39 Wessex Vehicles	No. 22 Balfe Motorsport	No. 99 Sports and You
	R1		30 September	Shaun Balfe Rob Bell	Craig Dolby Seb Morris	Shaun Balfe Rob Bell	António Coimbra Luís Silva
	R2		1 October	No. 51 BMW Team Teo Martín	No. 51 BMW Team Teo Martín	No. 88 Garage 59	No. 99 Sports and You
	R2		1 October	Lourenço Beirão da Veiga Augusto Farfus	Lourenço Beirão da Veiga Augusto Farfus	Côme Ledogar Alexander West	António Coimbra Luís Silva
7	R1	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya	28 October	No. 54 Emil Frey Lexus Racing	No. 63 Imperiale Racing	No. 5 SF Racing	No. 12 Sports and You
	R1		28 October	Albert Costa Philipp Frommenwiler	Marco Mapelli Giovanni Venturini	Andrea Caldarelli Fu Songyang	Marcio Basso Nonô Figueiredo
	R2		29 October	No. 51 BMW Team Teo Martín	No. 54 Emil Frey Lexus Racing	No. 10 Jordan Racing	No. 333 Rinaldi Racing
	R2		29 October	Lourenço Beirão da Veiga António Félix da Costa	Albert Costa Philipp Frommenwiler	Michael Meadows Jordan Witt	Sergey Borisov Rinat Salikhov

Standings[edit]

Drivers' Championship[edit]

Pos.	Drivers	Points
1	Giovanni Venturini	114
2	Fran Rueda Victor Bouveng	106
3	Albert Costa Philipp Frommenwiler	98
4	Thomas Biagi	92
5	Miguel Ramos Mikkel Mac	90
6	Dominik Farnbacher	77
7	Lourenço Beirão da Veiga	70

Teams' Championship[edit]

Pos.	Team	Points
1	Imperiale Racing	100
2	BMW Team Teo Martín	98
3	Emil Frey Lexus	57
4	Spirit of Race	50
5	Farnbacher Racing	45
6	Garage 59	26
7	Balfe Motorsport	24

Reference:^[23]

Notes[edit]

^ António Coimbra sometimes uses pseudonym "Manuel da Costa".
^ Luís Silva sometimes uses pseudonym "Miguel Sardinha".

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "Sini-Calamia to drive Solaris Motorsport's Aston Martin in 2017". International GT Open. GT Sport. 15 February 2017. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Imperiale confirms two strong pairs and hires reigning champion Biagi". gtopen.net. GT Sport. 5 April 2017. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Entry List" (PDF). gtopen.net. GT Sport. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Entry list" (PDF). gtopen.net. GT Sport. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j "Entry List" (PDF). gtopen.net. GT Sport. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Hungaroring Entry List" (PDF). gtopen.net. GT Sport. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
^ ^a ^b "GT Open News Notebook: Lamborghini & Ferrari Teams Confirmed". Dailysportscar. 6 February 2017. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p "Entry List" (PDF). gtopen.net. GT Sport. Retrieved 9 May 2017.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ ^a ^b ^c "Ratón Racing confirms Lambo programme with Liberati-Ling". gtopen.net. GT Sport. 31 March 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m "Entry list" (PDF). gtopen.net. GT Sport. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
^ ^a ^b Kilbey, Stephen (10 February 2017). "Onslow-Cole To Contest GT Open With SPS Automotive". Dailysportscar. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Second SPS Mercedes adds to Monza entry list, Farfus as BMW Teo Martín star". International GT Open. GT Sport. 22 September 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Rob Bell To Join Balfe For 2017 GT Open Season". Dailysportscar. 17 February 2017. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Garage59 launches title bid with unchanged line-up". International GT Open. GT Sport. 22 February 2017. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Lee Mowle Motorsport Enters GT Open At Silverstone". dailysportscar.com. 24 July 2017. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
^ "Entry List" (PDF). gtopen.net. GT Sport. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Teo Martin Signs Star-Studded Lineup For GT Open Title Defence". Dailysportscar. 11 April 2017. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
^ "Bouveng and Rueda, two 20-year-old guns for Teo Martín". gtopen.net. GT Sport. 14 April 2017. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
^ ^a ^b "MS Racing, a new entry from Austria". gtopen.net. GT Sport. 6 April 2017. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Ramos and Mac will race in GT Open in Spirit of Race Ferrari 488 GT3". Endurance-info.com. 22 February 2017. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
^ ^a ^b Kilbey, Stephen (10 February 2017). "FFF Commits To Full GT Open Season". Dailysportscar. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
^ "2017 GT Open calendar announced". International GT Open. GT Sport. 4 October 2016. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
^ 2017 International GT Open championship classification after Barcelona - GT Sport

External links[edit]

Official website

[11] António Coimbra sometimes uses pseudonym "Manuel da Costa".

[12] Luís Silva sometimes uses pseudonym "Miguel Sardinha".

[Solaris-1] "Sini-Calamia to drive Solaris Motorsport's Aston Martin in 2017". International GT Open. GT Sport. 15 February 2017. Retrieved 17 February 2017.

[Imperiale-2] "Imperiale confirms two strong pairs and hires reigning champion Biagi". gtopen.net. GT Sport. 5 April 2017. Retrieved 6 April 2017.

[Monza-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Entry List" (PDF). gtopen.net. GT Sport. Retrieved 30 September 2017.

[Barcelona-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Entry list" (PDF). gtopen.net. GT Sport. Retrieved 26 October 2017.

[Spa-5] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j "Entry List" (PDF). gtopen.net. GT Sport. Retrieved 22 May 2017.

[Hungaroring-6] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Hungaroring Entry List" (PDF). gtopen.net. GT Sport. Retrieved 30 June 2017.

[AFCorseSF-7] "GT Open News Notebook: Lamborghini & Ferrari Teams Confirmed". Dailysportscar. 6 February 2017. Retrieved 17 February 2017.

[Estoril-8] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p "Entry List" (PDF). gtopen.net. GT Sport. Retrieved 9 May 2017.^{[permanent dead link]}

[Raton-9] "Ratón Racing confirms Lambo programme with Liberati-Ling". gtopen.net. GT Sport. 31 March 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2017.

[Le_Castellet-10] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m "Entry list" (PDF). gtopen.net. GT Sport. Retrieved 7 June 2017.

[SPS-13] Kilbey, Stephen (10 February 2017). "Onslow-Cole To Contest GT Open With SPS Automotive". Dailysportscar. Retrieved 17 February 2017.

[SecondSPS-14] "Second SPS Mercedes adds to Monza entry list, Farfus as BMW Teo Martín star". International GT Open. GT Sport. 22 September 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2017.

[Balfe-15] "Rob Bell To Join Balfe For 2017 GT Open Season". Dailysportscar. 17 February 2017. Retrieved 17 February 2017.

[Garage59-16] "Garage59 launches title bid with unchanged line-up". International GT Open. GT Sport. 22 February 2017. Retrieved 23 February 2017.

[AmD-17] "Lee Mowle Motorsport Enters GT Open At Silverstone". dailysportscar.com. 24 July 2017. Retrieved 24 July 2017.

[Silverstone-18] "Entry List" (PDF). gtopen.net. GT Sport. Retrieved 30 August 2017.

[TeoMartin-19] "Teo Martin Signs Star-Studded Lineup For GT Open Title Defence". Dailysportscar. 11 April 2017. Retrieved 11 April 2017.

[20] "Bouveng and Rueda, two 20-year-old guns for Teo Martín". gtopen.net. GT Sport. 14 April 2017. Retrieved 18 April 2017.

[MS-21] "MS Racing, a new entry from Austria". gtopen.net. GT Sport. 6 April 2017. Retrieved 7 April 2017.

[Spirit-22] "Ramos and Mac will race in GT Open in Spirit of Race Ferrari 488 GT3". Endurance-info.com. 22 February 2017. Retrieved 25 February 2017.

[FFF-23] Kilbey, Stephen (10 February 2017). "FFF Commits To Full GT Open Season". Dailysportscar. Retrieved 17 February 2017.

[24] "2017 GT Open calendar announced". International GT Open. GT Sport. 4 October 2016. Retrieved 7 October 2016.

[25] 2017 International GT Open championship classification after Barcelona - GT Sport

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