2018 International GT Open

The 2018 International GT Open was the thirteenth 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 14 April at Estoril and finished on 21 October, at Barcelona after seven double-header meetings.

2018 International GT Open

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Entry list

Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Class	Rounds
BMW Team Teo Martín	BMW M6 GT3	3	Juan Cruz Álvarez[1]	P	All
			Lourenço Beirão da Veiga[1]		All
		7	Márcio Basso[1]	Am	All
			Thiago Marques[1]		1–4
			Aleksey Chuklin[2]		5
			Guilherme Salas[3]		6–7
		47	Fran Rueda[1]	P	All
			Andrés Saravia[4]		All
Olimp Racing	Audi R8 LMS	5	Stanislaw Jedlinski[5]	Am	4, 7
			Malgorzata Rdest[6]		7
		77	Marcin Jedlinski[5]	PA	4, 7
			Mateusz Lisowski[5]		4, 7
Vincenzo Sospiri Racing[7]	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	6	Kang Ling[1]	P	All
			Nicolas Costa[1]		1–2, 6
			Edoardo Liberati[8]		3–5
			Phil Keen[6]		7
		66	Giulio Borlenghi[1]	Am	All
			Andrzej Lewandowski[1]		All
Honda Racing Team JAS[9]	Honda NSX GT3[9]	8	Bertrand Baguette[9]	P	6
			Esteban Guerrieri[9]
ARC Bratislava by VSR	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	9	Miro Konôpka[1]	Am	1–6
			Konstantīns Calko[1]		1–3
			Zdeno Mikulasko[5]		4, 6
			Darren Burke[2]		5
RS Racing	Ferrari 488 GT3	11	Daniele di Amato[1]	P	All
			Andrea Montermini[1]		1–3, 5–7
			Andrea Bertolini[5]		4
Ombra Racing[10]	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	12	Damiano Fioravanti[11]	P	All
			Fernando Rees[11]		1–4
			Alex Frasinetti[2]		5
			Stefano Gattuso[3]		6
			Andrea Rizzoli[6]		7
Drivex School	Mercedes-AMG GT3	16	Marcelo Hahn[12]	PA	All
			Allam Khodair[12]		1, 3–5, 7
			Allan Hellmeister[13]		2, 6
		36	Lucas Auer[6]	PA	7
			Christian Hahn[6]		7
		41	Ricardo Baptista[5]	PA	4–6
			Cacá Bueno[5]		4–5
			Duarte Félix da Costa[3]		6
		62	Jamie Campbell-Walter[1]	P	1
			Ferdinand Habsburg[1]		1
Senkyr Motorsport	BMW M6 GT3	17	Richard Gonda[8]	P	3, 7
			Joel Eriksson[8]		3
			Mikkel Jensen[6]		7
Imperiale Racing	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	19	Raffaele Giammaria[14]	PA	All
			Liang Jiatong[14]		All
		25	Riccardo Agostini[14]	P	All
			Rik Breukers[14]		All
		63	Jeroen Mul[14]	P	All
			Giovanni Venturini[14]		All
SPS Automotive Performance	Mercedes-AMG GT3	20	Tom Onslow-Cole[15]	PA	All
			Valentin Pierburg[15]		All
Krypton Motorsport	Mercedes-AMG GT3	24	Mario Cordoni[1]	Am	1
			Marco Zanuttini[1]		1
Team Parker Racing	Bentley Continental GT3	24	Ian Loggie[2]	PA	5
			Callum MacLeod[2]		5
Daiko Lazarus Racing	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	27	Fabrizio Crestani[16]	PA	All
			Miguel Ramos[16]		All
		28	Giuseppe Cipriani[1]	PA	All
			Toby Sowery[1]		All
Rinaldi Racing	Ferrari 488 GT3	33	Christian Hook[17]	Am	2–4
			Steve Parrow[17]		2–4
			Steve Parrow[2]	PA	5
			Christian Hook[6]		6–7
			Daniel Keilwitz[2]		5
			Dominik Schwager[3]		6–7
		333	David Perel[13]	PA	2–7
			Vadim Kogay[17]		2–3
			Rinat Salikhov[5]		4–7
		993	Rinat Salikhov[8]	Am	3
Luzich Racing	Ferrari 488 GT3	51	Alessandro Pier Guidi[18]	P	All
			Mikkel Mac[18]		All
		52	Marco Cioci[18]	P	3–5, 7
			Matt Griffin[18]		3, 7
			Daniel Serra[18]		4–5
			Eddie Cheever III[3]	PA	6
			Nicklas Nielsen[3]		6
		71	Michele Rugolo[18]	PA	All
			Alexander West[18]		All
Lechner Racing	Mercedes-AMG GT3	72	Thomas Jäger[13]	PA	2, 6–7
			Mario Plachutta[13]		2, 6–7
HTP Motorsport / MS Racing	Mercedes-AMG GT3	74	Alexander Hrachowina[11]	Am	1–6
			Martin Konrad[11]		1–6
Winward Racing / HTP Motorsport	Mercedes-AMG GT3	84	Indy Dontje[6]	P	7
			Russell Ward[6]		7
Target Racing	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	90	Alberto Di Folco[13]	PA	2–5
			Stefano Costantini[13]		2–5
			Alberto Di Folco[6]	P	6–7
			Loris Spinelli		6
			Adrian Zaugg[6]		7
		91	Stefano Constantini[6]	Am	6–7
			Bernard Delhez		6
			Christoph Lenz[6]		7
Optimum Motorsport	Audi R8 LMS	96	Bradley Ellis[1]	PA	1, 3–7
			Oliver Wilkinson[1]		1, 3–7
Sports and You	Mercedes-AMG GT3	99	"Manuel da Costa"[N 1][1]	Am	1–4, 7
			"Miguel Sardinha"[N 2][1]		1–4, 7
Porteiro Motorsport	Mercedes-AMG GT3	111	Phillippe Denes[6]	Am	7
			Charles Finelli[6]		7
Aston Martin Brussels Racing	Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3	100	Wolfgang Reip[8]	P	3
			Tim Verbergt[8]

Notes

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

Race calendar

A seven-round provisional calendar was revealed on 30 September 2017.^[19] The schedule will feature the same seven European circuits, with the order of Le Castellet and Spa swapped. Bold indicates overall winner.

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Pro Winner	Pro-Am Winner	Am Winner
1	R1	Autódromo Fernanda Pires da Silva	14 April	No. 51 Luzich Racing	No. 51 Luzich Racing	No. 20 SPS Automotive Performance	No. 99 Sports and You
				Alessandro Pier Guidi Mikkel Mac	Alessandro Pier Guidi Mikkel Mac	Tom Onslow-Cole Valentin Pierburg	António Coimbra Luís Silva
	R2		15 April	No. 28 Daiko Lazarus Racing	No. 51 Luzich Racing	No. 16 Drivex School	No. 66 Vincenzo Sospiri Racing
				Giuseppe Cipriani Toby Sowery	Alessandro Pier Guidi Mikkel Mac	Marcello Hahn Allam Khodair	Giulio Borlenghi Andrzej Lewandowski
2	R1	Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet	5 May	No. 71 Luzich Racing	No. 47 BMW Team Teo Martín	No. 20 SPS Automotive Performance	No. 74 HTP Motorsport / MS Racing
				Michele Rugolo Alexander West	Fran Rueda Andrés Saravia	Tom Onslow-Cole Valentin Pierburg	Alexander Hrachowina Martin Konrad
	R2		6 May	No. 72 Lechner Racing	No. 11 RS Racing	No. 16 Drivex School	No. 9 ARC Bratislava by VSR
				Thomas Jäger Mario Plachutta	Daniele di Amato Andrea Montermini	Marcello Hahn Alan Hellmeister	Konstantīns Calko Miro Konôpka
3	R1	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	9 June	No. 333 Rinaldi Racing	No. 51 Luzich Racing	No. 20 SPS Automotive Performance	No. 66 Vincenzo Sospiri Racing
				Vadim Kogay David Perel	Alessandro Pier Guidi Mikkel Mac	Tom Onslow-Cole Valentin Pierburg	Giulio Borlenghi Andrzej Lewandowski
	R2		10 June	No. 47 BMW Team Teo Martín	No. 47 BMW Team Teo Martín	No. 96 Optimum Motorsport	No. 993 Rinaldi Racing
				Fran Rueda Andrés Saravia	Fran Rueda Andrés Saravia	Bradley Ellis Oliver Wilkinson	Rinat Salikhov
4	R1	Hungaroring	7 July	No. 52 Luzich Racing	No. 52 Luzich Racing	No. 20 SPS Automotive Performance	No. 74 HTP Motorsport / MS Racing
				Marco Cioci Daniel Serra	Marco Cioci Daniel Serra	Tom Onslow-Cole Valentin Pierburg	Alexander Hrachowina Martin Konrad
	R2		8 July	No. 16 Drivex School	No. 25 Imperiale Racing	No. 16 Drivex School	No. 66 Vincenzo Sospiri Racing
				Marcello Hahn Allam Khodair	Riccardo Agostini Rik Breukers	Marcello Hahn Allam Khodair	Giulio Borlenghi Andrzej Lewandowski
5	R1	Silverstone Circuit	1 September	No. 52 Luzich Racing	No. 52 Luzich Racing	No. 96 Optimum Motorsport	No. 66 Vincenzo Sospiri Racing
				Marco Cioci Daniel Serra	Marco Cioci Daniel Serra	Bradley Ellis Oliver Wilkinson	Giulio Borlenghi Andrzej Lewandowski
	R2		2 September	No. 20 SPS Automotive Performance	No. 63 Imperiale Racing	No. 20 SPS Automotive Performance	No. 66 Vincenzo Sospiri Racing
				Tom Onslow-Cole Valentin Pierburg	Giovanni Venturini Jeroen Mul	Tom Onslow-Cole Valentin Pierburg	Giulio Borlenghi Andrzej Lewandowski
6	R1	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	22 September	No. 11 RS Racing	No. 47 BMW Team Teo Martín	No. 52 Luzich Racing	No. 7 BMW Team Teo Martín
				Daniele di Amato Andrea Montermini	Fran Rueda Andrés Saravia	Eddie Cheever III Nicklas Nielsen	Márcio Basso Guilherme Salas
	R2		23 September	No. 47 BMW Team Teo Martín	No. 51 Luzich Racing	No. 19 Imperiale Racing	No. 7 BMW Team Teo Martín
				Fran Rueda Andrés Saravia	Alessandro Pier Guidi Mikkel Mac	Raffaele Giammaria Liang Jiatong	Márcio Basso Guilherme Salas
7	R1	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya	20 October	No. 20 SPS Automotive Performance	No. 12 Ombra Racing	No. 20 SPS Automotive Performance	No. 91 Target Racing
				Tom Onslow-Cole Valentin Pierburg	Damiano Fioravanti Andrea Rizzoli	Tom Onslow-Cole Valentin Pierburg	Stefano Costantini
	R2		21 October	No. 47 BMW Team Teo Martín	No. 25 Imperiale Racing	No. 36 Drivex School	No. 91 Target Racing
				Fran Rueda Andrés Saravia	Riccardo Agostini Rik Breukers	Lucas Auer Christian Hahn	Stefano Costantini

Championship standings

Overall

Pos Driver EST LEC SPA HUN SIL MNZ CAT Total 1 Mikkel Mac 1 1 3 5 1 6 5 21 5 4 5 1 6 2 124 2 Andrés Saravia Fran Rueda 4 Ret 1 3 5 1 8 6 3 6 1 2 12 4 114 3 Alessandro Pier Guidi 1 1 1 6 5 21 5 4 5 1 6 2 108 4 Jeroen Mul Giovanni Venturini 2 2 23 19 2 5 Ret 5 2 2 Ret 3 2 17 94 5 Riccardo Agostini Rik Breukers Ret 3 12 16 3 9 4 2 9 5 3 5 4 1 89 6 Damiano Fioravanti 7 6 2 4 Ret Ret Ret 4 4 3 4 Ret 1 Ret 78 7 Daniele Di Amato 3 5 11 1 11 3 6 12 6 7 2 7 11 16 71 8 Andrea Montermini 3 5 11 1 11 3 6 7 2 7 11 16 66 9 Marco Cioci 3 5 6 11 1 11 1 10 7 9 59 10 Tom Onslow-Cole Valentin Pierburg 5 13 5 Ret 9 12 2 19 23 1 17 17 3 8 55 11 Kang Ling 6 4 7 7 8 4 Ret 3 12 11 10 18 13 7 48 12 Fernando Rees 7 6 2 4 Ret Ret Ret 4 37 13 Richard Gonda 4 2 5 5 34 14 Juan Cruz Álvarez Lourenço Beirão da Veiga 9 8 4 2 Ret 7 Ret Ret 10 Ret 23 8 14 Ret 33 15 Daniel Serra 1 11 1 10 31 16 Fabrizio Crestani Miguel Ramos 8 9 8 8 10 15 3 13 13 8 15 12 9 11 28 17 Marcelo Hahn Ret 7 13 6 17 10 10 1 16 23 13 11 17 12 26 18 Nicolas Costa 6 4 7 7 10 18 22 19 Allam Khodair Ret 7 17 10 10 1 16 23 17 12 21 20 Edoardo Liberati 8 4 Ret 3 12 11 21 21 Joel Eriksson 4 2 20 22 Alex Frassineti 4 3 18 23 Bradley Ellis Oliver Wilkinson 14 15 12 8 11 10 7 13 Ret Ret 23 6 14 24 Alberto Di Folco 9 18 14 13 Ret Ret 15 9 11 4 Ret 26 12 25 Michele Rugolo Alexander West 11 10 6 17 Ret 16 14 7 22 12 22 22 21 24 10 26 Bertrand Baguette Esteban Guerrieri 7 6 9 27 Loris Spinelli 11 4 8 28 Stefano Gattuso 4 Ret 8 29 Rinat Salikhov Ret 14 9 14 8 16 Ret 19 8 13 8 29 David Perel 20 Ret 21 21 9 14 8 16 Ret 19 8 13 8 30 Raffaele Giammaria Liang Jiatong 15 11 16 14 13 18 Ret 8 11 18 8 9 16 23 8 31 Eddie Cheever III Nicklas Nielsen 6 10 6 32 Christian Hook 22 20 Ret 24 7 16 18 14 15 10 6 33 Andrea Bertolini 6 12 5 34 Matt Griffin 6 11 7 9 5 35 Alan Hellmeister 13 6 13 11 5 36 Daniel Keilwitz 7 16 17 17 4 37 Wolfgang Reip Tim Verbergt 7 17 4 38 Stefano Costantini 9 18 14 13 Ret Ret 15 9 21 20 19 18 4 39 Thomas Jäger Mario Plachutta 10 Ret 9 23 10 Ret 4 40 Dominik Schwager 18 14 15 10 2 41 Marcin Jedlinski Mateusz Lisowski 13 9 29 20 2 42 Giuseppe Cipriani Toby Sowery 19 12 14 9 20 19 12 Ret 18 15 Ret 13 26 15 2 43 Miro Konôpka 16 17 21 10 19 22 16 Ret 20 22 20 16 1 43 Konstantīns Calko 16 17 21 10 19 22 1 44 Jamie Campbell-Walter Ferdinand Habsburg 10 21 1 45 Malgorzata Rdest 27 25 0 46 Phil Keen 13 7 0 47 Márcio Basso Ret 16 17 12 16 25 Ret Ret 24 WD 12 15 20 Ret 0 47 Thiago Marques Ret 16 17 12 16 25 Ret Ret 0 47 Guilherme Salas 12 15 20 DNS 0 48 Zdeno Mikulasko 16 Ret 20 16 0 49 Andrea Rizzoli 1 Ret 0 50 Mikkel Jensen 5 5 0 51 Mario Cordoni Marco Zanuttini 18 20 0 51 Ian Loggie Callum MacLeod Ret 14 0 52 Cacá Bueno 17 15 14 21 0 53 Giulio Borlenghi Andrzej Lewandowski 17 14 18 15 15 20 19 17 19 19 14 21 22 19 0 54 Alexander Hrachowina Martin Konrad 13 19 15 11 DNS DNS 15 20 21 Ret 16 25 0 55 Adrian Zaugg Ret 26 0 56 Bernard Delhez 21 20 0 57 "Miguel Sardinha" "Manuel Da Costa" 12 18 19 13 18 23 18 18 24 22 0 58 Vadim Kogay 20 Ret 21 21 0 59 Aleksey Chuklin 24 20 0 60 Darren Burke 20 22 0 61 Duarte Félix Da Costa 19 24 0 61 Ricardo Baptista 17 15 19 24 0 62 Stanislaw Jedlinski 20 DNS 27 25 0 63 Steve Parrow 22 20 Ret 24 17 17 0 Guest drivers ineligible to score points — Lucas Auer Christian Hahn 28 3 — — Indy Dontje Russell Ward 18 14 — — Phillippe Denes Charles Finelli 25 21 — Pos Driver EST LEC SPA HUN SIL MNZ CAT Total

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX)