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2020 GT Cup Open Europe

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

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Team Car No. 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[N 1] PA 2, 4
  Nico Verdonck[N 1]
  PZ Oberer Zürichsee by TFT[5] Porsche 991 GT3 Cup 22   Niki Leutwiler PA 1–2
  Vincent Beltoise 1
  Bas Schouten 2
  Racing Trevor[3] 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[3] 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][3][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

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  • 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

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Points systems

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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

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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

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

Drivers' championships

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Overall

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Pos. 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
Pos. Driver Team HUN
  		LEC
  		MNZ
  		SPA
  		CAT
  		Points

Pro-Am

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Pos. 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
Pos. Driver Team HUN
  		LEC
  		MNZ
  		SPA
  		CAT
  		Points

Am

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Pos. 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
Pos. Driver Team HUN
  		LEC
  		MNZ
  		SPA
  		CAT
  		Points

Teams' Championship

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

Pos. 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
Pos. Team Manufacturer Points
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Footnotes

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  1. ^ a b For Race 1 at Spa, Rodrigue Gillion raced solo. For Race 2 he shared the car with Nico Verdonck.

References

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  1. ^ "Iberian teams prepare their 2020 campaigns". www.gtcupopen.net. Retrieved 2019-12-31.
  2. ^ "NM Racing Team". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2020-07-09.
  3. ^ a b c d "Private test 1" (PDF). August 6, 2020.
  4. ^ "Gillion-Verdonck at Ricard and Spa with a PRO Sport Performance Aston Martin". www.gtcupopen.net. Retrieved 2020-06-12.
  5. ^ "Leutwiler and Beltoise in Pro-Am title bid for PZ Oberer Zürichsee and TFT". www.gtcupopen.net. Retrieved 2020-07-09.
  6. ^ "Ombra Racing to debut in the GT Cup with a Porsche for Aldo Festante". www.gtcupopen.net. Retrieved 2020-07-25.
  7. ^ "GDL Racing, another addition to Paul Ricard round, with two Porsche 911 Cup". www.gtcupopen.net. Retrieved 2020-08-16.
  8. ^ "A Porsche for Fernando Navarrete Sr". www.gtcupopen.net. Retrieved 2020-06-02.
  9. ^ "Adler-Blanchemain to drive one of Team Virage's Astons". www.gtcupopen.net. Retrieved 2020-07-14.
  10. ^ "2020 GT Cup Open Europe calendar confirmed". GT Sport. Archived from the original on 2019-10-22.
  11. ^ "Mediterranean Grand Prix revived at Enna with F3-spec Euroformula Open". Autosport.
  12. ^ "Red Bull Ring replaces Pergusa in the 2020 calendar". www.gtcupopen.net. Retrieved 2020-01-10.
  13. ^ "Round at Circuit Paul Ricard postponed to 20-23 August". www.gtcupopen.net. Retrieved 2020-03-20.
  14. ^ "New dates for Spa and Barcelona rounds, message from Jesús Pareja". www.gtopen.net. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
  15. ^ "The 2020 GT Cup Open Europe to run on a 5-event calendar, Hungaroring replaces Red Bull Ring". www.gtcupopen.net. Retrieved 2020-06-02.
  16. ^ "The 2020 GT Cup Open Europe season-opener at the Hungaroring to take place on 6-9 August". www.gtcupopen.net. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  17. ^ "SPORTING REGULATION GT CUP OPEN EUROPE 2019" (PDF). GT Cup Open Europe. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-06-02.
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