2020 GT Cup Open Europe

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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[edit]

Team  | Car  | No. | Drivers  | Class  | Rounds

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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[edit]

* 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

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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[edit]

### Points systems[edit]

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[edit]

Position  |  1st |  2nd |  3rd |  4th |  5th |  6th |  7th |  8th |  9th |  10th

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Points  | 15  | 12  | 10  | 8  | 6  | 5  | 4  | 3  | 2  | 1

#### Pro-Am, Am, and Teams[edit]

Position  |  1st |  2nd |  3rd |  4th |  5th |  6th

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Points  | 10  | 8  | 6  | 4  | 3  | 2

### Drivers' championships[edit]

#### Overall[edit]

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

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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
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| CAT
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#### Pro-Am[edit]

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

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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[edit]

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

### Teams' Championship[edit]

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

Pos. | Team  | Manufacturer  | Points

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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

## External links[edit]

* Official website

## Footnotes[edit]

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

## References[edit]

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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