2023 Italian GT Championship

The 2023 Italian GT Championship was the 32nd season of the Italian GT Championship, the grand tourer-style sports car racing founded by the Italian Automobile Club (Automobile Club d'Italia). The season started on 5 May at Misano^[1]^[2] and ended on 29 October at Imola.^[3]^[4] The Sprint Cup championship was won by Jens Klingmann and Bruno Spengler,^[5] with the GT3 PRO-AM championship being won by Philippe Denes and Dmitri Gvazava, GT3 AM was won by the duo of Massimo Ciglia and Guiseppe Fascicolo, Gilles Stadsbader won the GT Cup PRO-AM, and the GT Cup AM was won by Vincenzo Scarpetta.^[4]

Calendar[edit]

Round	Circuit	Date	Type
1	Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli Misano Adriatico, Emilia-Romagna	5–7 May	Sprint
2	Autodromo di Pergusa Pergusa, Sicily	19–21 May	Endurance
3	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza Monza, Lombardy	23–25 June	Sprint
4	Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello Mugello, Tuscany	7–9 July	Endurance
5	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza Monza, Lombardy	15–17 September	Endurance
6	Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello Mugello, Tuscany	29 September—1 October	Sprint
7	ACI Vallelunga Circuit Campagnano di Roma, Rome	13–15 October	Endurance
8	Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari Imola, Emilia-Romagna	27–29 October	Sprint

Entry List[edit]

GT3[edit]

Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Class	Rounds
Audi Sport Italia	Audi R8 LMS Evo II	1	Luca Attianese	PA	2, 4–5, 7
			Sandy Stuvik		2, 4–5, 7
			Marco Butti		2
			Antoine Bottiroli		4, 7
			Marco Butti	P	3
Easy Race	Ferrari 296 GT3	3	Thomas Biagi	P	8
Easy Race	Ferrari 296 GT3	3	Riccardo Ponzio	P	8
AKM Motorsport	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	6	Georg Kelstrup	PA	1, 3, 6, 8
		6	Gustavo Sandrucci	PA	1, 3, 6, 8
		12	Andrea Kimi Antonelli	P	1
			William Alatalo		3
			Lorenzo Ferrari		3
			Marco Antonelli	Am	6
BMW Italia Ceccato Racing	BMW M4 GT3	7	Jens Klingmann	P	1, 3, 6, 8
			Bruno Spengler	P	1, 3, 6, 8
			Marco Cassarà	PA	2, 4–5, 7
			Stefano Comandini
			Alfred Nilsson
		8	Carlo Tamburini	PA	All
			Francesco De Luca		1, 3, 6, 8
			Francesco Guerra		2, 4–5, 7
			Salvatore Tavano		2, 4–5, 7
Oregon Team	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2	9	Alessio Deledda	P	8
Oregon Team	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2	9	Leonardo Pulcini	P	8
Imperiale Racing	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo	16	Massimo Ciglia	Am	1, 3, 6, 8
			Giuseppe Fascicolo	Am	1, 3, 6, 8
			Jack Bartholomew	PA	2, 4–5, 7
			Mahaveer Raghunathan		2, 4–5, 7
			Miguel Garcia		2, 4–5
			Giuseppe Fascicolo		7
		54	Philippe Denes	PA	1, 3, 6, 8
			Dmitri Gvazava^[a]	PA	1, 3, 6, 8
			Kevin Gilardoni	P	2, 4–5, 7
			Raúl Guzmán
			Stuart Middleton
Vincenzo Sospiri Racing	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2	19	Mateo Llarena	P	1, 3, 6, 8
		19	Baptiste Moulin	P	1, 3, 6, 8
		60	Riccardo Cazzaniga	P	1, 3, 6, 8
		60	Artem Petrov^[b]	P	1, 3, 6, 8
		63	Edoardo Liberati	P	1, 3, 6, 8
		63	Mattia Michelotto	P	1, 3, 6, 8
Iron Lynx	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2	20	Matteo Cressoni	Am	7–8
Iron Lynx	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2	20	Claudio Schiavoni	Am	7–8
AF Corse	Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020	21	Ray Acosta	Am	6
		21	Oswaldo Negri Jr.	Am	6
		51	Jules Castro	P	1, 3, 6–7
			Luka Nurmi		1, 3, 6
			Eliseo Donno		7
			Stefano Gai		7
			Jules Castro	PA	2, 4–5, 8
			Stefano Gai		2, 4–5
			Eliseo Donno		2, 4
			Marco Pulcini		5
			Luka Nurmi		8
		52	Jean-Luc D'Auria	P	1, 3, 6, 8
		52	Stuart White	P	1, 3, 6, 8
		72	Marco Pulcini	P	3
		88	Riccardo Agostini	PA	6
		88	Custodio Toledo	PA	6
Best Lap	Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020	23	Luigi Coluccio	PA	1, 3, 6, 8
Best Lap	Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020	23	Rocco Mazzola	PA	1, 3, 6, 8
Scuderia Baldini 27	Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020	27	Giancarlo Fisichella	P	2, 4–5, 7
Scuderia Baldini 27	Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020	27	Tommaso Mosca	P	2, 4–5, 7
Nova Race	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	28	Fulvio Ferri	Am	5, 7
			Alberto Fontana		5
			Alessandro Marchetti		5
			Filippo Bencivenni		7
			Luca Magnoni		7
	Honda NSX GT3 Evo22	55	Axel Gnos	PA	1, 3, 6, 8
		55	Matteo Greco	PA	1, 3, 6, 8
		77	Andrea Bodellini	Am	1, 3, 6, 8
		77	Luca Magnoni	Am	1, 3, 6, 8
Entry Lists:^[6]

Icon	Class
P	Pro Cup
PA	Pro-Am Cup
Am	Am Cup

GT Cup[edit]

Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Class	Rounds
Giacomo Race	Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo Evo	106	Giacomo Pollini	PA	1, 3, 6, 8
Giacomo Race	Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo Evo	106	Matteo Pollini	PA	1, 3, 6, 8
Best Lap	Ferrari 488 Challenge Evo	111	Luca Demarchi	PA	1–7
			Simone Patrinicola		1–7
			Sabatino Di Mare		2, 4–5, 7
		212	Giammarco Marzialetti	Am	1, 3, 5–6
			Nicola D'Aniello		1, 3, 6
			Vito Postiglione		5
			Vincenzo Scarpetta		5
		290	Lorenzo Nicoli	Am	1, 3, 6
		290	Vincenzo Scarpetta	Am	1, 3, 6
Ombra Racing	Porsche 992 GT3 Cup	112	Mattia Orlando Di Gusto	PA	1, 3, 6, 8
			Riccardo Pera		1, 3
			Jonathan Cecotto		6, 8
Pellin Racing	Ferrari 488 Challenge Evo	122	Matthew Korzejewski	PA	6
		225	Thor Haugen	Am	6
		227	Lisa Clark	Am	6
Enrico Fulgenzi Racing	Porsche 992 GT3 Cup	125	Kikko Galbiati	PA	4–5, 7
Enrico Fulgenzi Racing	Porsche 992 GT3 Cup	125	Vicky Piria	PA	4–5, 7
Bonaldi Motorsport	Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo Evo2	151	Michael Fischbaum	PA	2, 4, 7
		151	Miloš Pavlović	PA	2, 4, 7
		232	Filippo Lazzaroni	Am	2, 4–5
			Andrés Méndez		2, 5
			Marzio Moretti		4
SR&R	Ferrari 488 Challenge Evo	152	Alessio Bacci	Am	1
		152	Giaccomo Parisotto	Am	1
		251	Manuel Menichini	Am	1–2, 4–5, 7
			Lorenzo Bontempelli		1, 3
			Francesco Atzori		2, 4–5, 7
			Francesco La Mazza		2
			Alessio Bacci		3–4
			Enrico Di Leo		5
		252	Gianluca Carboni	Am	3
			Emanuele Roamni		3
			Enrico Di Leo		4
			Francesco La Mazza
			Kang Ling
Formula Racing	Ferrari 488 Challenge Evo	161	John Dhillon	PA	6
		161	Matt Griffin	PA	6
		169	Stefano Gai	PA	3, 6
			Claudio Fontana		3
			Fabrizio Fontana		6
		293	Andreas Bogh Sørensen	Am	6
Vincenzo Sospiri Racing	Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo Evo	163	Gilles Stadsbader	PA	1, 8
		163	Piergiacomo Randazzo	PA	8
		166	Piergiacomo Randazzo	PA	6
		166	Gilles Stadsbader	PA	6
		206	Ignazio Zanon	Am	1, 3, 6, 8
Petri Corse	Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo Evo	163	Leonardo Becagli	PA	4
			Jacopo Guidetti
			Maurizio Fondi
Giagua	Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo Evo	163	"Giagua"	PA	5
Giagua	Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo Evo	163	Alessandro Tarabini	PA	5
Lamborghini Roma DL Racing	Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo Evo	172	Luca Segù	PA	1, 3, 6, 8
		172	Daniel Vebster	PA	1, 3, 6, 8
		223	Marco Cassarà	Am	8
		223	Diego Locanto	Am	8
		248	Pierluigi Alessandri	PA	1, 6, 8
		272	Alessandro Fabi	PA	1
			Giacomo Riva	PA	1
			Alessandro Fabi	Am	2–8
			Alessio Caiola		2, 4–5, 7
			Riccardo Ianiello		2, 4–5, 7
			Giacomo Riva		3, 6, 8
		273	Lorenzo Bontempelli	Am	2, 4–5
			Dimitros Deverikos		2, 4–5
			"Linos"		2, 4
			Diego Locanto		5, 7
			Ibrahim Badawy		7
			Matteo Marulla		7
Eugenio Pisani	Porsche 991 GT3 II Cup	176	Eugenio Pisani	PA	1
Eugenio Pisani	Porsche 991 GT3 II Cup	176	Stefano Zerbi	PA	1
Racevent	Porsche 992 GT3 Cup	177	Pablo Biolghini	PA	1, 3
Racevent	Porsche 992 GT3 Cup	177	Vito Postiglione	PA	1, 3
Easy Race	Ferrari 488 Challenge Evo	196	Thomas Biagi	PA	6
		196	Leonardo Del Col	PA	6
		269	Thomas Biagi	Am	5, 7
			Francesco La Mazza		5, 7
			Luciano Linossi		7
		296	Leonardo Del Col	Am	1, 3, 8
			Elia Galvanin		1, 3
			Emiliano Pierantoni		8
DoulbeTT Racing	Ferrari 488 Challenge Evo	199	Leonardo Colavita	PA	1, 3, 6, 8
			Michele Rugolo		1
			Giorgio Maggi		3, 6, 8
HC Racing	Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo Evo	202	Ferdinando D'Auria	Am	1, 3, 6, 8
			Gaetano Oliva		1, 3, 8
			Benedetto Strignano		6
		230	Massimiliano Pezzuto	Am	1, 3, 6
		230	Nicolò Pezzuto	Am	1, 3, 6
Ebimotors	Porsche 991 GT3 II Cup	203	Cosmi Papi	Am	1, 3, 6, 8
			Valerio Prandi		1, 3
			Costantino Peroni		6, 8
		229	Christian Gross	Am	3
		244	Alessandro Baccani	Am	1, 3
		244	Paolo Venerosi Pesciolini	Am	1, 3
		271	Niccolò Liana	Am	1, 3, 6, 8
			Gianluigi Piccioli		1, 6
			Ronnie Valori		3, 8
Nova Race Events	Mercedes-AMG GT4	207	Alessandro Marchetti	Am	1, 3
			Gianluca Carboni		1
			Erwin Zanotti		3
		228	Filippo Bencivenni	Am	1, 3
		228	Fulvio Ferri	Am	1, 3
Iron Lynx	Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo Evo2	208	Luciano Privitelio	Am	1, 4, 6–8
		208	Donovan Privitelio	Am	1, 4, 6–7
		209	Bruno Malerba	Am	8
		209	Fabio Malerba	Am	8
Autorlando Sport	Porsche 992 GT3 Cup	211	Giuseppe Ghezzi	Am	1, 3, 6
Autorlando Sport	Porsche 992 GT3 Cup	211	Mirko Zanardini	Am	1, 3, 6
Krypton Motorsport	Porsche 992 GT3 Cup	222	Stefano Pezzucchi	Am	1–4, 6–8
			Luca Pastorelli		1, 3, 6, 8
			Davide Di Benedetto		2, 4–5, 7
			Giuseppe Nicolosi		2, 4–5, 7
SP Racing	Porsche 992 GT3 Cup	233	Massimo Abbati	Am	1, 3, 6, 8
SP Racing	Porsche 992 GT3 Cup	233	Alberto Grisi	Am	1, 3, 6, 8
GDL Racing	Porsche 992 GT3 Cup	234	Matteo Luvisi	Am	1, 3–4, 6
			Filippo Croccolino		1, 3, 6
			Gianni Di Fant		4
			Marco Guerra		4
CRM Motorsport	Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo Evo	247	Ettore Carminati	Am	1, 3, 6, 8
Mauro Simoncini	Porsche 991 GT3 II Cup	255	Roberto Barin	Am	5
			Alfredo Franceschi
			Mauro Simoncini
Rossocorsa	Ferrari 488 Challenge Evo	270	Samuele Buttarelli	Am	6
Rossocorsa	Ferrari 488 Challenge Evo	270	Stefano Marazzi	Am	6
Centro Porsche Ticino	Porsche 992 GT3 Cup	275	Nicolas Leutwiler	Am	5, 7
			Nico Menzel		5, 7
			Stefano Costantini		5
			Ivan Jacoma		7
Mertel Motorsport	Ferrari 488 Challenge Evo	288	Maurizio Ceresoli	Am	5
Mertel Motorsport	Ferrari 488 Challenge Evo	288	Matthias Tomann	Am	5
AF Corse	Ferrari 488 Challenge Evo	290	Vincenzo Scarpetta	Am	8
PS Performance	Porsche 992 GT3 Cup	291	Francesco Barin	Am	4
			Alfredo Franceschi
			Mauro Simoncini
Entry Lists:^[6]

Icon	Class
PA	Pro-Am Cup
Am	Am Cup

Race Calendar and Results[edit]

Bold indicates the overall winner.

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	GT3 Pro Winners	GT3 Pro-Am Winners	GT3 Am Winners	GT Cup Pro-Am Winners	GT Cup Am Winners
1	R1	Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli	6 May	No. 12 AKM Motorsport	No. 12 AKM Motorsport	No. 51 AF Corse	No. 16 Imperiale Racing	No. 163 Vincenzo Sospiri Racing	No. 222 Krypton Motorsport
	R1		6 May	Andrea Kimi Antonelli	Andrea Kimi Antonelli	Luka Nurmi Jules Castro	Giuseppe Fascicolo Massimo Ciglia	Gilles Stadsbader	Luca Pastorelli Stefano A. Pezzucchi
	R2		7 May	No. 52 AF Corse	No. 52 AF Corse	No. 6 AKM Motorsport	No. 16 Imperiale Racing	No. 163 Vincenzo Sospiri Racing	No. 206 Vincenzo Sospiri Racing
	R2		7 May	Stuart White Jean-Luc D'Auria	Stuart White Jean-Luc D'Auria	Gustavo Sandrucci Georg Kelstrup	Giuseppe Fascicolo Massimo Ciglia	Gilles Stadsbader	Ignazio Zanon
2	R1	Autodromo di Pergusa	21 May
2	R1	Autodromo di Pergusa	21 May
3	R1	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza	24 June
	R1		24 June
	R2		25 June
	R2		25 June
4	R1	Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello	9 July
4	R1	Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello	9 July
5	R1	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza	17 September
5	R1	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza	17 September
6	R1	Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello	30 September
	R1		30 September
	R2		1 October
	R2		1 October
7	R1	ACI Vallelunga Circuit	15 October
7	R1	ACI Vallelunga Circuit	15 October
8	R1	Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari	28 October
	R1		28 October
	R2		29 October
	R2		29 October

Notes[edit]

^ Dmitry Gvazava is Russian, but in timing sheets competes under the flag of Kyrgyzstan as Belarusian and Russian national emblems were banned by the association due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
^ Artem Petrov is Russian, but in timing sheets competes under the flag of Israel as Belarusian and Russian national emblems were banned by the association due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

References[edit]

^ "ITALIAN GRAN TURISMO CHAMPIONSHIP 2023 - Calendario e risultati | ACI Sport". www.acisport.it. Retrieved 2024-01-03.
^ Biegus, Jurek (2023-05-09). "Italian GT Misano: Antonelli Jnr shines at Misano". GT REPORT. Retrieved 2024-01-03.
^ "Lamborghini takes two victories and the GT3 Pro−Am and Am titles in Italian GT Sprint at Imola". The NewsMarket. Retrieved 2024-01-03.
^ ^a ^b Biegus, Jurek (2023-11-04). "Italian GT Imola: 2023 Season Wraps up at Imola". GT REPORT. Retrieved 2024-01-03.
^ Haueter, David (2023-11-03). "Jens Klingmann & Bruno Spengler Win Italian GT Sprint Cup Championship". BimmerLife. Retrieved 2024-01-03.
^ ^a ^b "Misano World Circuit - Campionato Italiano Gran Turismo Sport - Entry List" (PDF). ACI. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 8 May 2023.

[DmitryGvazavaFlag-6] Dmitry Gvazava is Russian, but in timing sheets competes under the flag of Kyrgyzstan as Belarusian and Russian national emblems were banned by the association due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

[ArtemPetrovFlag-7] Artem Petrov is Russian, but in timing sheets competes under the flag of Israel as Belarusian and Russian national emblems were banned by the association due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

[1] "ITALIAN GRAN TURISMO CHAMPIONSHIP 2023 - Calendario e risultati | ACI Sport". www.acisport.it. Retrieved 2024-01-03.

[2] Biegus, Jurek (2023-05-09). "Italian GT Misano: Antonelli Jnr shines at Misano". GT REPORT. Retrieved 2024-01-03.

[3] "Lamborghini takes two victories and the GT3 Pro−Am and Am titles in Italian GT Sprint at Imola". The NewsMarket. Retrieved 2024-01-03.

[Biegus-4] Biegus, Jurek (2023-11-04). "Italian GT Imola: 2023 Season Wraps up at Imola". GT REPORT. Retrieved 2024-01-03.

[5] Haueter, David (2023-11-03). "Jens Klingmann & Bruno Spengler Win Italian GT Sprint Cup Championship". BimmerLife. Retrieved 2024-01-03.

[Misano_Entry_List-8] "Misano World Circuit - Campionato Italiano Gran Turismo Sport - Entry List" (PDF). ACI. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 8 May 2023.

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