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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.

Entry list

Team Car No. Drivers Class Rounds
Spain BMW Team Teo Martín BMW M6 GT3 3 Argentina Juan Cruz Álvarez[1] P All
Portugal Lourenço Beirão da Veiga[1] All
7 Brazil Márcio Basso[1] Am All
Brazil Thiago Marques[1] 1–4
Ukraine Aleksey Chuklin[2] 5
Brazil Guilherme Salas[3] 6–7
47 Spain Fran Rueda[1] P All
Guatemala Andrés Saravia[4] All
Poland Olimp Racing Audi R8 LMS 5 Poland Stanislaw Jedlinski[5] Am 4, 7
Poland Malgorzata Rdest[6] 7
77 Poland Marcin Jedlinski[5] PA 4, 7
Poland Mateusz Lisowski[5] 4, 7
Italy Vincenzo Sospiri Racing[7] Lamborghini Huracán GT3 6 China Kang Ling[1] P All
Brazil Nicolas Costa[1] 1–2, 6
Italy Edoardo Liberati[8] 3–5
United Kingdom Phil Keen[6] 7
66 Brazil Giulio Borlenghi[1] Am All
Poland Andrzej Lewandowski[1] All
Japan Honda Racing Team JAS[9] Honda NSX GT3[9] 8 Belgium Bertrand Baguette[9] P 6
Argentina Esteban Guerrieri[9]
Slovakia ARC Bratislava by VSR Lamborghini Huracán GT3 9 Slovakia Miro Konôpka[1] Am 1–6
Latvia Konstantīns Calko[1] 1–3
Slovakia Zdeno Mikulasko[5] 4, 6
United Kingdom Darren Burke[2] 5
Italy RS Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 11 Italy Daniele di Amato[1] P All
Italy Andrea Montermini[1] 1–3, 5–7
Italy Andrea Bertolini[5] 4
Italy Ombra Racing[10] Lamborghini Huracán GT3 12 Italy Damiano Fioravanti[11] P All
Brazil Fernando Rees[11] 1–4
Italy Alex Frasinetti[2] 5
Italy Stefano Gattuso[3] 6
Italy Andrea Rizzoli[6] 7
Spain Drivex School Mercedes-AMG GT3 16 Brazil Marcelo Hahn[12] PA All
Brazil Allam Khodair[12] 1, 3–5, 7
Brazil Allan Hellmeister[13] 2, 6
36 Austria Lucas Auer[6] PA 7
Brazil Christian Hahn[6] 7
41 Brazil Ricardo Baptista[5] PA 4–6
Brazil Cacá Bueno[5] 4–5
Portugal Duarte Félix da Costa[3] 6
62 United Kingdom Jamie Campbell-Walter[1] P 1
Austria Ferdinand Habsburg[1] 1
Czech Republic Senkyr Motorsport BMW M6 GT3 17 Slovakia Richard Gonda[8] P 3, 7
Sweden Joel Eriksson[8] 3
Denmark Mikkel Jensen[6] 7
Italy Imperiale Racing Lamborghini Huracán GT3 19 Italy Raffaele Giammaria[14] PA All
China Jia Tong Liang[14] All
25 Italy Riccardo Agostini[14] P All
Netherlands Rik Breukers[14] All
63 Netherlands Jeroen Mul[14] P All
Italy Giovanni Venturini[14] All
Germany SPS Automotive Performance Mercedes-AMG GT3 20 United Kingdom Tom Onslow-Cole[15] PA All
Germany Valentin Pierburg[15] All
Italy Krypton Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 24 Italy Mario Cordoni[1] Am 1
Italy Marco Zanuttini[1] 1
United Kingdom Team Parker Racing Bentley Continental GT3 24 United Kingdom Ian Loggie[2] PA 5
United Kingdom Callum MacLeod[2] 5
Italy Daiko Lazarus Racing Lamborghini Huracán GT3 27 Italy Fabrizio Crestani[16] PA All
Portugal Miguel Ramos[16] All
28 Italy Giuseppe Cipriani[1] PA All
United Kingdom Toby Sowery[1] All
Germany Rinaldi Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 33 Germany Christian Hook[17] Am 2–4
Germany Steve Parrow[17] 2–4
Germany Steve Parrow[2] PA 5
Germany Christian Hook[6] 6–7
Germany Daniel Keilwitz[2] 5
Germany Dominik Schwager[3] 6–7
333 South Africa David Perel[13] PA 2–7
Russia Vadim Kogay[17] 2–3
Russia Rinat Salikhov[5] 4–7
993 Russia Rinat Salikhov[8] Am 3
United States Luzich Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 51 Italy Alessandro Pier Guidi[18] P All
Denmark Mikkel Mac[18] All
52 Italy Marco Cioci[18] P 3–5, 7
Republic of Ireland Matt Griffin[18] 3, 7
Brazil Daniel Serra[18] 4–5
Italy Eddie Cheever III[3] PA 6
Denmark Nicklas Nielsen[3] 6
71 Italy Michele Rugolo[18] PA All
Sweden Alexander West[18] All
Austria Lechner Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 72 Germany Thomas Jäger[13] PA 2, 6–7
Austria Mario Plachutta[13] 2, 6–7
Austria HTP Motorsport / MS Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 74 Austria Alexander Hrachowina[11] Am 1–6
Austria Martin Konrad[11] 1–6
Germany Winward Racing / HTP Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 84 Netherlands Indy Dontje[6] P 7
United States Russell Ward[6] 7
Italy Target Racing Lamborghini Huracán GT3 90 Italy Alberto Di Folco[13] PA 2–5
Italy Stefano Costantini[13] 2–5
Italy Alberto Di Folco[6] P 6–7
Italy Loris Spinelli 6
Switzerland Adrian Zaugg[6] 7
91 Italy Stefano Constantini[6] Am 6–7
Belgium Bernard Delhez 6
Switzerland Christoph Lenz[6] 7
United Kingdom Optimum Motorsport Audi R8 LMS 96 United Kingdom Bradley Ellis[1] PA 1, 3–7
United Kingdom Oliver Wilkinson[1] 1, 3–7
Portugal Sports and You Mercedes-AMG GT3 99 Portugal "Manuel da Costa"[N 1][1] Am 1–4, 7
Portugal "Miguel Sardinha"[N 2][1] 1–4, 7
Spain Porteiro Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 111 United States Phillippe Denes[6] Am 7
United States Charles Finelli[6] 7
Belgium Aston Martin Brussels Racing Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 100 Belgium Wolfgang Reip[8] P 3
Belgium 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 Portugal Autódromo Fernanda Pires da Silva 14 April United States No. 51 Luzich Racing United States No. 51 Luzich Racing Germany No. 20 SPS Automotive Performance Portugal No. 99 Sports and You
Italy Alessandro Pier Guidi
Denmark Mikkel Mac
Italy Alessandro Pier Guidi
Denmark Mikkel Mac
United Kingdom Tom Onslow-Cole
Germany Valentin Pierburg
Portugal António Coimbra
Portugal Luís Silva
R2 15 April Italy No. 28 Daiko Lazarus Racing United States No. 51 Luzich Racing Spain No. 16 Drivex School Italy No. 66 Vincenzo Sospiri Racing
Italy Giuseppe Cipriani
United Kingdom Toby Sowery
Italy Alessandro Pier Guidi
Denmark Mikkel Mac
Brazil Marcello Hahn
Brazil Allam Khodair
Brazil Giulio Borlenghi
Poland Andrzej Lewandowski
2 R1 France Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet 5 May United States No. 71 Luzich Racing Spain No. 47 BMW Team Teo Martín Germany No. 20 SPS Automotive Performance Austria No. 74 HTP Motorsport / MS Racing
Italy Michele Rugolo
Sweden Alexander West
Spain Fran Rueda
Guatemala Andrés Saravia
United Kingdom Tom Onslow-Cole
Germany Valentin Pierburg
Austria Alexander Hrachowina
Austria Martin Konrad
R2 6 May Austria No. 72 Lechner Racing Italy No. 11 RS Racing Spain No. 16 Drivex School Slovakia No. 9 ARC Bratislava by VSR
Germany Thomas Jäger
Austria Mario Plachutta
Italy Daniele di Amato
Italy Andrea Montermini
Brazil Marcello Hahn
Brazil Alan Hellmeister
Latvia Konstantīns Calko
Slovakia Miro Konôpka
3 R1 Belgium Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 9 June Germany No. 333 Rinaldi Racing United States No. 51 Luzich Racing Germany No. 20 SPS Automotive Performance Italy No. 66 Vincenzo Sospiri Racing
Russia Vadim Kogay
South Africa David Perel
Italy Alessandro Pier Guidi
Denmark Mikkel Mac
United Kingdom Tom Onslow-Cole
Germany Valentin Pierburg
Brazil Giulio Borlenghi
Poland Andrzej Lewandowski
R2 10 June Spain No. 47 BMW Team Teo Martín Spain No. 47 BMW Team Teo Martín United Kingdom No. 96 Optimum Motorsport Germany No. 993 Rinaldi Racing
Spain Fran Rueda
Guatemala Andrés Saravia
Spain Fran Rueda
Guatemala Andrés Saravia
United Kingdom Bradley Ellis
United Kingdom Oliver Wilkinson
Russia Rinat Salikhov
4 R1 Hungary Hungaroring 7 July United States No. 52 Luzich Racing United States No. 52 Luzich Racing Germany No. 20 SPS Automotive Performance Austria No. 74 HTP Motorsport / MS Racing
Italy Marco Cioci
Brazil Daniel Serra
Italy Marco Cioci
Brazil Daniel Serra
United Kingdom Tom Onslow-Cole
Germany Valentin Pierburg
Austria Alexander Hrachowina
Austria Martin Konrad
R2 8 July Spain No. 16 Drivex School Italy No. 25 Imperiale Racing Spain No. 16 Drivex School Italy No. 66 Vincenzo Sospiri Racing
Brazil Marcello Hahn
Brazil Allam Khodair
Italy Riccardo Agostini
Netherlands Rik Breukers
Brazil Marcello Hahn
Brazil Allam Khodair
Brazil Giulio Borlenghi
Poland Andrzej Lewandowski
5 R1 United Kingdom Silverstone Circuit 1 September United States No. 52 Luzich Racing United States No. 52 Luzich Racing United Kingdom No. 96 Optimum Motorsport Italy No. 66 Vincenzo Sospiri Racing
Italy Marco Cioci
Brazil Daniel Serra
Italy Marco Cioci
Brazil Daniel Serra
United Kingdom Bradley Ellis
United Kingdom Oliver Wilkinson
Brazil Giulio Borlenghi
Poland Andrzej Lewandowski
R2 2 September Germany No. 20 SPS Automotive Performance Italy No. 63 Imperiale Racing Germany No. 20 SPS Automotive Performance Italy No. 66 Vincenzo Sospiri Racing
United Kingdom Tom Onslow-Cole
Germany Valentin Pierburg
Italy Giovanni Venturini
Netherlands Jeroen Mul
United Kingdom Tom Onslow-Cole
Germany Valentin Pierburg
Brazil Giulio Borlenghi
Poland Andrzej Lewandowski
6 R1 Italy Autodromo Nazionale Monza 22 September Italy No. 11 RS Racing Spain No. 47 BMW Team Teo Martín United States No. 52 Luzich Racing Spain No. 7 BMW Team Teo Martín
Italy Daniele di Amato
Italy Andrea Montermini
Spain Fran Rueda
Guatemala Andrés Saravia
Italy Eddie Cheever III
Denmark Nicklas Nielsen
Brazil Márcio Basso
Brazil Guilherme Salas
R2 23 September Spain No. 47 BMW Team Teo Martín United States No. 51 Luzich Racing Italy No. 19 Imperiale Racing Spain No. 7 BMW Team Teo Martín
Spain Fran Rueda
Guatemala Andrés Saravia
Italy Alessandro Pier Guidi
Denmark Mikkel Mac
Italy Raffaele Giammaria
China Jia Tong Liang
Brazil Márcio Basso
Brazil Guilherme Salas
7 R1 Spain Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya 20 October Germany No. 20 SPS Automotive Performance Italy No. 12 Ombra Racing Germany No. 20 SPS Automotive Performance Italy No. 91 Target Racing
United Kingdom Tom Onslow-Cole
Germany Valentin Pierburg
Italy Damiano Fioravanti
Italy Andrea Rizzoli
United Kingdom Tom Onslow-Cole
Germany Valentin Pierburg
Italy Stefano Costantini
R2 21 October Spain No. 47 BMW Team Teo Martín Italy No. 25 Imperiale Racing Spain No. 36 Drivex School Italy No. 91 Target Racing
Spain Fran Rueda
Guatemala Andrés Saravia
Italy Riccardo Agostini
Netherlands Rik Breukers
Austria Lucas Auer
Brazil Christian Hahn
Italy Stefano Costantini

Championship standings

Overall

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

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