The 2023 GT Cup Open Europe was the fifth 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 30 April at the Algarve International Circuit and ended on 22 October at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya after five meetings.
Icon Class PA Pro-Am Cup Am Am Cup T GT Cup Trophy
^ a b c d Drivers who started their first race of the season at the final round are ineligible for points and invisible as far as awarding points to other drivers. ^ Entered as No. 111 in Round 2 at Spa due to numbering conflict with International GT Open entry for joint endurance race and Kessel Racing's own No. 111 not entering ^ Entered as No. 166 in Round 2 at Spa due to numbering conflict with International GT Open entry for joint endurance race ^ Entered as No. 116 in Round 2 at Spa due to numbering conflict with International GT Open entry for joint endurance race ^ Leonov is Russian, but he competes as neutral competitors as Russian national emblems were banned by the FIA following the Russian invasion of Ukraine . ^ Entered as No. 119 in Round 2 at Spa due to numbering conflict with International GT Open entry for joint endurance race ^ Raced as Am in Race 1 of Round 3 but moved to Pro-Am for Race 2 ^ Entered as No. 169 in Round 2 at Spa due to numbering conflict with International GT Open entry for joint endurance race Bold indicates overall winner.
Round Circuit Pole Position Team Pro-Am Cup Winning Team Am Cup Winning Team GT Cup Trophy Winning Team Pole Position Drivers Pro-Am Cup Winning Drivers Am Cup Winning Drivers GT Cup Trophy Winning Drivers 1 Algarve International Circuit No. 44 Eugenio Pisani / SP Racing No. 80 Mertel Motorsport No. 52 Q1-trackracing No. 43 Q1-trackracing Eugenio Pisani Stefano Zanini Jorge Cabezas Iván Velasco Xander Przybylak Laurent Vandervelde Gustavo Condé Cassio Homem de Mello 2 No. 111 Kessel Racing No. 80 Mertel Motorsport No. 12 Ghinzani Arco Motorsport No. 43 Q1-trackracing Stephen Earle David Perel Jorge Cabezas Iván Velasco Glauco Solieri Gustavo Condé Cassio Homem de Mello 3 Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps No. 80 Mertel Motorsport No. 116 Volcano Motorsport No. 52 Q1-trackracing No entries Jorge Cabezas Iván Velasco Evgenii Leonov Adam Christodoulou Xander Przybylak Laurent Vandervelde 4 Circuit Paul Ricard No. 19 Mertel Motorsport No. 17 Rossocorsa Racing No. 47 EST1 Racing No. 007 Street-Art Racing Stefano Bozzoni Fernando Navarrete Andrea Belicchi Lorenzo Ferdinando Innocenti Alex Reimann Julien Darras Jayan Fazal-Karim 5 No. 17 Rossocorsa Racing No. 17 Rossocorsa Racing No. 57 Q1-trackracing No. 007 Street-Art Racing Andrea Belicchi Lorenzo Ferdinando Innocenti Andrea Belicchi Lorenzo Ferdinando Innocenti Quentin Antonel Nicolas Vandierendonck Julien Darras Jayan Fazal-Karim 6 Autodromo Nazionale di Monza No. 80 Mertel Motorsport No. 54 Q1-trackracing No. 52 Q1-trackracing No entries Jorge Cabezas Iván Velasco Jan Lauryssen Xander Przybylak Laurent Vandervelde 7 No. 80 Mertel Motorsport No. 80 Mertel Motorsport Kessel Racing Jorge Cabezas Iván Velasco Jorge Cabezas Iván Velasco Alexandre Bochez Mikaël Bochez 8 Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya No. 54 Q1-trackracing No. 54 Q1-trackracing No. 52 Q1-trackracing Jan Lauryssen Jan Lauryssen Xander Przybylak Laurent Vandervelde 9 No. 10 Oregon Team No. 54 Q1-trackracing No. 57 Q1-trackracing Enrico Bettera Marzio Moretti Jan Lauryssen Quentin Antonel Nicolas Vandierendonck
Championship standings [ edit ] Points are awarded to the top 10 (Pro-Am) or top 6 (Am, Trophy, 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. For the Endurance Race (Spa) points are multiplied by 2. At the end of the season, the 2 lowest race scores are dropped; if the points dropped are those obtained in the Endurance race, that will count as 2 races; however, the dropped races cannot be the result of disqualification or race bans.[ 23]
Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th Points 15 12 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1
Am, Trophy, and Teams[ edit ] Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th Points 8 6 4 3 2 1
Drivers' championships[ edit ] Driver Team POR SPA LEC MNZ CAT Pts Net Points 1 Jorge Cabezas Iván Velasco Mertel Motorsport 1 1 3 6 3 3 1 10 6 101 93 2 Xander Przybylak Laurent Vandervelde Q1-trackracing 2 9 2 5 8 2 Ret 6 10 70 68 3 Fabio Babini Davide Scannicchio ZRS Motorsport 3 Ret 3 2 7 6 5 4 63 63 4 Jan Lauryssen Q1-trackracing 1 2 1 1 57 57 5 Evgenii Leonov Volcano Motorsport 5 2 1 11 13 Ret DNS Ret 9 52 52 6 Alex Reimann EST1 Racing 6 1 4 15 19† 4 8 50 50 7 Andrea Belicchi Lorenzo Ferdinando Innocenti Rossocorsa Racing 2 1 4 5 8 Ret 46 46 8 Nicolas Vandierendonck Q1-trackracing 6 4 10 4 5 5 8 7 7 50 45 9 Eugenio Pisani Eugenio Pisani / SP Racing 4 3 Ret 20 7 Ret 12 9 5 36 36 10 Alexandre Bochez Mikaël Bochez Kessel Racing 7 6 4 15 11 18 3 Ret DNS 35 35 11 Quentin Antonel Q1-trackracing 4 5 5 8 7 7 35 35 12 Adam Christodoulou Volcano Motorsport 1 30 30 13 Stefano Zanini Eugenio Pisani / SP Racing 4 3 Ret 20 7 Ret 12 9 DNS 26 26 14 Glauco Solieri Ghinzani Arco Motorsport 11† 5 25 25 GDL Racing 7 8 4 Ret DNS 15 Stefano Borghi GDL Racing Ret 15† 5 9 9 14 17† 16 16 16 Gianluca de Lorenzi GDL Racing Ret 15† 5 9 9 16 16 17 Fidel Castillo Q1-trackracing 6 4 10 15 15 18 Florin Tincescu RO1 Racing by Varu Nicu 10 8 Ret 7 12 10 9 12 11 14 14 19 Stefano Bozzoni Fernando Navarrete Mertel Motorsport 9 DNS Ret 12 6 6 20† Ret Ret 12 12 20 Jori Ala-Jyrä EST1 Racing 13 10 6 13 14 11 11 21 Camil Perian RO1 Racing by Varu Nicu 10 8 Ret 10 9 12 11 10 10 22 Samuele Bosio GDL Racing 7 Ret Ret 12 10 9 9 23 Luca Ludwig Mertel Motorsport Ret 8 20† 11 7 14 13 7 7 Stephen Liquorish 8 20† 11 7 14 13 24 Pedro Marreiros Paulo Pinheiro Paulo Pinheiro 8 7 7 7 25 Fabio Fabiani Stefano Zerbi Fabio Fabiani / SP Racing Ret 11 8 14 16 Ret 14 15 15 6 6 26 Indrek Jaaska EST1 Racing 13 10 13 14 9 11 11 12 6 6 27 Maurizio Fondi GDL Racing 9 4 4 Ghinzani Arco Motorsport 17 15 13 15 28 Roberto Bosio GDL Racing 9 16 18 16 16 4 4 29 Gustavo Condé Cassio Homem de Mello Q1-trackracing 14 12 10 10 Ret DNS 2 2 30 Stephen Earle David Perel Kessel Racing 12 14† 0 0 31 Laura van den Hengel Ghinzani Arco Motorsport 17 15 13 15 0 0 32 Julien Darras Jayan Fazal-Karim Street-Art Racing 15 13 18 17 0 0 33 Axel Van Straaten Remi Van Straaten Van Straaten / Orhès Racing Ret 19† 13 0 0 34 Federico Lamperti GDL Racing 14 17† 0 0 35 Jim Michaelian GDL Racing 17 18 0 0 36 José García Carlo Scholl Lionspeed GP 19 19 0 0 37 Mario Cordoni GDL Racing Ret DNS 0 0 38 Roberto Fecchio GDL Racing Ret 13 14 0 0 Juuso Puhakka Ret 39 Axel Sartingen Mertel Motorsport Ret 0 0 40 Shintaro Akatsu Enrico Fulgenzi Enrico Fulgenzi Racing Ret 0 0 Ineligible for championship - Enrico Bettera Marzio Moretti Oregon Team 3 2 - - - Lluc Ibáñez Jörg Viebahn NM Racing 2 3 - - Driver Team POR SPA LEC MNZ CAT Pts Net Points
Key Colour Result Gold Race winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Black Disqualified (DSQ) Excluded (EX) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Withdrew (WD) Blank Did not participate
† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.
Driver Team POR SPA LEC MNZ CAT Pts Net Points 1 Xander Przybylak Laurent Vandervelde Q1-trackracing 2 9 2 5 8 2 Ret 6 10 56 54 2 Quentin Antonel Nicolas Vandierendonck Q1-trackracing 4 5 5 8 7 7 38 38 3 Alexandre Bochez Mikaël Bochez Kessel Racing 7 6 4 15 11 18 3 Ret DNS 33 33 4 Glauco Solieri Ghinzani Arco Motorsport 11† 5 22 22 GDL Racing 7 8 4 Ret DNS 5 Florin Tincescu RO1 Racing by Varu Nicu 10 8 Ret 7 12 10 9 12 11 19 19 6 Camil Perian RO1 Racing by Varu Nicu 10 8 Ret 10 9 12 11 16 16 7 Alex Reimann EST1 Racing 6 1 14 14 8 Stefano Bozzoni Fernando Navarrete Mertel Motorsport 9 DNS Ret 12 6 6 20† Ret Ret 13 13 9 Stefano Borghi GDL Racing Ret 15† 5 9 9 14 17† 13 13 10 Gianluca de Lorenzi GDL Racing Ret 15† 5 9 9 13 13 11 Indrek Jaaska EST1 Racing 13 10 13 14 9 11 11 12 4 4 12 Pedro Marreiros Paulo Pinheiro Paulo Pinheiro 8 7 8 8 13 Jori Ala-Jyrä EST1 Racing 13 10 6 13 14 7 7 14 Samuele Bosio GDL Racing 7 Ret Ret 12 10 6 6 15 Roberto Fecchio GDL Racing 13 14 4 4 16 Fabio Fabiani Stefano Zerbi Fabio Fabiani / SP Racing Ret 11 8 14 16 Ret 14 15 15 4 4 17 Gustavo Condé Cassio Homem de Mello Q1-trackracing 10 10 Ret DNS 3 3 18 Maurizio Fondi GDL Racing 9 0 0 Ghinzani Arco Motorsport 17 15 13 15 19 Roberto Bosio GDL Racing 9 16 18 16 16 0 0 20 Laura van den Hengel Ghinzani Arco Motorsport 17 15 13 15 0 0 21 Federico Lamperti GDL Racing 14 17† 0 0 22 Jim Michaelian GDL Racing 17 18 0 0 23 Mario Cordoni GDL Racing Ret DNS 0 0 Driver Team POR SPA LEC MNZ CAT Pts Net Points
Key Colour Result Gold Race winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Black Disqualified (DSQ) Excluded (EX) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Withdrew (WD) Blank Did not participate
† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.
Driver Team POR SPA LEC MNZ CAT Pts Net Points 1 Julien Darras Jayan Fazal-Karim Street-Art Racing 15 13 18 17 14 14 2 Gustavo Condé Cassio Homem de Mello Q1-trackracing 14 12 8 8 3 José García Carlo Scholl Lionspeed GP 19 19 6 6 Driver Team POR SPA LEC MNZ CAT Pts Net Points
Key Colour Result Gold Race winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Black Disqualified (DSQ) Excluded (EX) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Withdrew (WD) Blank Did not participate
Teams' championships[ edit ] Two (2) best results of each team are counted towards the championship.
Team POR SPA LEC MNZ CAT Pts Net Points 1 Q1-trackracing 2 4 2 4 4 1 2 1 1 70 65 6 9 10 5 8 2 8 6 7 2 Mertel Motorsport 1 1 3 6 3 3 1 10 6 46 45 9 DNS Ret 8 6 6 7 14 13 3 ZRS Motorsport 3 Ret 3 2 7 6 5 4 25 25 4 Volcano Motorsport 5 2 1 11 13 Ret DNS Ret 9 24 24 5 EST1 Racing 13 10 6 1 4 9 11 4 8 20 20 13 14 15 19 11 12 6 Rossocorsa Racing 2 1 4 5 8 Ret 20 20 7 Eugenio Pisani / SP Racing 4 3 Ret 20 7 Ret 12 9 5 11 11 8 Kessel Racing 7 6 4 15 11 18 3 Ret DNS 11 11 12 14† 9 GDL Racing Ret 15† 5 9 9 8 4 13 14 7 7 7 16 18 12 10 Ret DNS 10 Ghinzani Arco Motorsport 11† 5 17 15 13 15 2 2 11 Fabio Fabiani / SP Racing Ret 11 8 14 16 Ret 14 15 15 0 0 11 RO1 Racing by Varu Nicu 10 8 Ret 7 12 10 9 12 11 0 0 12 Enrico Fulgenzi Racing Ret 0 0 12 Lionspeed GP 19 19 0 0 12 Street-Art Racing 15 13 18 17 0 0 12 Van Straaten / Orhès Racing Ret 19† 13 0 0 12 Paulo Pinheiro 8 7 0 0 Ineligible for championship - Oregon Team 3 2 - - - NM Racing 2 3 - - Team POR SPA LEC MNZ CAT Pts Net Points
Key Colour Result Gold Race winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Black Disqualified (DSQ) Excluded (EX) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Withdrew (WD) Blank Did not participate