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.

2020 GT Cup Open Europe
Previous: 2019 Next: 2021
Partner series:
International GT Open
Euroformula Open

Entry List
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
  • 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

Points systems

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

Overall
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
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
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

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

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

References
  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. "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.
  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.
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