International GT Open

International GT Open

Category	Grand tourer sportscars
Country	International
Inaugural season	2006
Drivers	63 (2013)
Teams	20 (2013)
Tyre suppliers	Michelin
Drivers' champion	Roman Mavlanov Daniel Zampieri
Teams' champion	V8 Racing(SGT) AF Corse(GTS)
Official website	www.gtopen.net/
Current season

The International GT Open is a grand tourer-style sports car racing founded in 2006 by the Spanish GT Sport Organización. It is a spin-off of the Spanish GT Championship, and uses a similar format, except its races are held internationally.

Format

The series consists of events in various European countries which feature two races over a weekend. In its first year, the races had an identical format to the Spanish GT Championship, with two 200 km races, the first held on Saturday and the second the following Sunday. Three of the six rounds were joint events for the Open and the Spanish GT Championship.

In 2007, the first race, known as Pro-Am, covers approximately 200 km distance, while the second race is 150 km and known as GT Open. The only exception is the Open GT Barcelona, which is a single 300 km race. In early seasons, a few races have been a part of the World Touring Car Championship support package.

Regulations

Each race consists of a field of grand touring-style cars broken into different classes based on power and weight. For 2006, two classes were used, known as GTA and GTB. GTA is equivalent to the GT2 class used in the FIA GT Championship, but it also allows non-homologated cars provide they obey the FIA GT2 technical regulations. Most of the field is made up of Ferrari F430 GTs and Porsche 911 GT3-RSRs. Non-homologated cars like the Mosler MT900R and the SEAT Cupra GT are also competitive.

The GTB class consists of cars usually from a manufacturer's one-make cup series, like the Ferrari F430 Challenge, the Porsche 911 GT3 Cup, and the Marcos Mantis. A GTS class was created to house the FIA GT3 class, consisting mainly of Dodge Viper Competition Coupes and Lamborghini Gallardo GT3s. Ferrari 458 still remain the unbeatable car of the last four years: 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014.

Champions

Drivers

Year	Overall	GTA	GTS	GTB
2006	Michele Bartyan	Michele Bartyan	Stefano Zonca Andrea Belicchi	Fabrizio Gini
2007	Richard Lietz Joël Camathias	Andrea Montermini Michele Maceratesi	Riccardo Romagnoli	Gianni Giudici
2008	Andrea Montermini Michele Maceratesi	Andrea Montermini Michele Maceratesi	Marco Cioci Andrea Pellizzato	not held
	Overall	Super GT	GTS
2009	Joël Camathias Marcel Fässler	Joël Camathias Marcel Fässler	Philipp Peter Michal Broniszewski
2010	Álvaro Barba Pierre Kaffer	Álvaro Barba Pierre Kaffer	Marco Frezza
2011	Soheil Ayari	Soheil Ayari	Lorenzo Bontempelli Stefano Gattuso
2012	Federico Leo Gianmaria Bruni	Federico Leo Gianmaria Bruni	Daniel Zampieri Michael Dalle Stelle
2013	Andrea Montermini	Andrea Montermini	Giorgio Pantano
2014	Roman Mavlanov Daniel Zampieri	Roman Mavlanov Daniel Zampieri	Giorgio Roda

Teams

Year	Teams' Cup
2007	Scuderia Playteam SaraFree
2008	Scuderia Playteam SaraFree
	Super GT	GTS
2009	Autorlando Sport	Villois Racing
2010	AF Corse	Kessel Racing
2011	JMB Racing	Kessel Racing
2012	AF Corse	Kessel Racing
2013	V8 Racing	Bhai Tech Racing
2014	V8 Racing	AF Corse

External links

• International GT Open Official website