2021 GT Cup Open Europe

The 2021 GT Cup Open Europe was the third 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 15 May at Paul Ricard and finished on 24 November at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya after five double-header meetings.

Entry List[edit]

Team Car No. Drivers Class Rounds
San Marino AKM Motorsport[1] Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo Evo[1] 12 Italy Glauco Solieri Am 1,4
Poland A&P Racing Team PTT Tech Support[2] Porsche 991 GT3 II Cup[2] 24 Poland Maciej Błażek PA 1-5
Poland Mateusz Lisowski
Belgium Q1 by EMG Motorsport[3] Porsche 991 GT3 II Cup[3] 26 Poland Maciej Darmetko PA 1
Poland Artur Janosz
Andorra Three Sixty Racing Team[1] Porsche 991 GT3 II Cup[1] 27 Brazil Marcio Mauro Am 1-5
Andorra Oscar Aristot
32 Brazil Fernando Fortes Am 1-5
Transam Euro (Ford Mustang)[1] 126 Spain Albert Estragués Am 1,5
Porsche 991 GT3 I Cup[1] 190 Spain Fernando Navarrete Sr. Am 1
Spain Fernando Navarrete Jr.
Spain J. Morcillo/E2P Racing[1] Porsche 991 GT3 II Cup[1] 28 Switzerland Jan Klingelnberg PA 1,5
United Kingdom Dino Zamparelli
Italy Came Racing Team - SP Racing[4] Porsche 991 GT3 I Cup[4] 44 Italy Stefano Bozzoni PA 1-5
Italy Eugenio Pisani
Porsche 991 GT3 I Cup[4] 45 Italy Mark Speakerwas Am 3
Hungary Peter Karpi
45 Italy Mark Speakerwas Am 5
Poland Jan Antoszewski
Italy Vincenzo Sospiri Racing[5] Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo Evo[5] 66 Poland Andrzej Lewandowski Am 1
Poland Alda Motorsport[1] Porsche 991 GT3 II Cup[1] 100 Poland Jan Antoszewski PA 1-4
Poland Jakub Dwernicki
Germany PROsport Racing[1] Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4[1] 191 Belgium Rodrigue Gillion PA 1
Belgium Nico Verdonck

Race calendar and results[edit]

  • A provisional six-round calendar was revealed on 12 January 2021.[6] It represents a return to normalcy after the Coronavirus pandemic forced change in the 2020 season. After being added to the previous year's revised calendar as a replacement round, the Hungaroring was originally dropped from the 2021 schedule in favor of Portimão. Due to a late schedule change for Formula 1 however, this decision was reversed.[7] The other tracks carry over from the previous year, but on different dates.
Round Circuit Date Pole Position Pro-Am Winner Am Winner Fastest Lap
1 R1 France Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet 15 May Spain No. 28 J. Morcillo/E2P Racing Poland No. 24 A&P Racing Team PTT Tech Support Italy Vincenzo Sospiri Racing[5] Germany No. 191 PROsport Racing
Switzerland Jan Klingelnberg
United Kingdom Dino Zamparelli
Poland Maciej Błażek
Poland Mateusz Lisowski
Poland Andrzej Lewandowski Belgium Nico Verdonck
Belgium Rodrigue Gillion
R2 16 May Germany No. 191 PROsport Racing Germany No. 191 PROsport Racing Italy Vincenzo Sospiri Racing[5] Italy Came Racing Team - SP Racing[4]
Belgium Nico Verdonck
Belgium Rodrigue Gillion
Belgium Nico Verdonck
Belgium Rodrigue Gillion
Poland Andrzej Lewandowski Italy Eugenio Pisani
2 R1 Belgium Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 19 June
R2 20 June
3 R1 Hungary Hungaroring 10 July Belgium Q1 by EMG Motorsport[3] Poland No. 24 A&P Racing Team PTT Tech Support Italy Came Racing Team - SP Racing[4] Poland No. 24 A&P Racing Team PTT Tech Support
Poland Maciej Darmetko

Poland Artur Janosz

Poland Maciej Błażek
Poland Mateusz Lisowski
Italy Mark Speakerwas

Hungary Peter Karpi

Poland Maciej Błażek
Poland Mateusz Lisowski
R2 11 July Poland No. 24 A&P Racing Team PTT Tech Support Belgium Q1 by EMG Motorsport[3] Italy Came Racing Team - SP Racing[4] Belgium Q1 by EMG Motorsport[3]
Poland Maciej Błażek
Poland Mateusz Lisowski
Poland Maciej Darmetko

Poland Artur Janosz

Italy Mark Speakerwas

Hungary Peter Karpi

Poland Maciej Darmetko

Poland Artur Janosz

4 R1 Italy Autodromo Nazionale Monza 25 September
R2 26 September
5 R1 Spain Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya 23 October
R2 24 October

Championship standings[edit]

Points systems[edit]

Points are awarded to the top 10 (Overall) or top 6 (Am, Pro-Am, 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. At the end of the season, the lowest race score is dropped; however, the dropped race cannot be the result of a disqualification or race ban.[8]

Overall[edit]

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th 
Points 15 12 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1

Pro-Am, Am, and Teams[edit]

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th 
Points 10 8 6 4 3 2

Drivers' championships[edit]

Overall[edit]

Pos. Driver Team LEC
France
SPA
Belgium
HUN
Hungary
MNZ
Italy
CAT
Spain
Points
1 Poland Andrzej Lewandowski Italy Vincenzo Sospiri Racing 2 1 27
2 Poland Maciej Błażek
Poland Mateusz Lisowski
Poland A&P Racing Team PTT Tech Support 1 4 23
3 Belgium Nico Verdonck
Belgium Rodrigue Gillion
Germany PROsport Racing 3 2 22
4 Poland Maciej Darmetko
Poland Artur Janosz
Belgium Q1 by EMG Motorsport 4 3 18
5 Italy Glauco Solieri San Marino AKM Motorsport 5 5 12
6 Brazil Fernando Fortes Andorra Three Sixty Racing Team 7 7 8
7 Poland Jakub Dwernicki
Poland Jan Antoszewski
Poland Alda Motorsport 6 8 8
8 Switzerland Jan Klingelnberg
United Kingdom Dino Zamparelli
Spain J. Morcillo/E2P Racing 10 6 6
9 Italy Eugenio Pisani
Italy Stefano Bozzoni
Italy Eugenio Pisani 8 9 5
10 Spain Fernando Navarrete Sr.
Spain Fernando Navarrete Jr.
Andorra Three Sixty Racing Team 9 10 3
- Brazil Marcio Mauro
Andorra Oscar Aristot
Andorra Three Sixty Racing Team 11 11 -
- Spain Albert Estragués Andorra Three Sixty Racing Team Ret Ret -
Pos. Driver Team LEC
France
SPA
Belgium
HUN
Hungary
MNZ
Italy
CAT
Spain
Points

Pro-Am[edit]

Pos. Driver Team LEC
France
SPA
Belgium
HUN
Hungary
MNZ
Italy
CAT
Spain
Points
1 Belgium Nico Verdonck
Belgium Rodrigue Gillion
Germany PROsport Racing 2 1 18
2 Poland Maciej Błażek
Poland Mateusz Lisowski
Poland A&P Racing Team PTT Tech Support 1 3 16
3 Poland Maciej Darmetko
Poland Artur Janosz
Belgium Q1 by EMG Motorsport 3 2 14
4 Poland Jakub Dwernicki
Poland Jan Antoszewski
Poland Alda Motorsport 4 5 7
5 Switzerland Jan Klingelnberg
United Kingdom Dino Zamparelli
Spain J. Morcillo/E2P Racing 6 4 6
6 Italy Eugenio Pisani
Italy Stefano Bozzoni
Italy Eugenio Pisani 5 6 5
Pos. Driver Team LEC
France
SPA
Belgium
HUN
Hungary
MNZ
Italy
CAT
Spain
Points

Am[edit]

Pos. Driver Team LEC
France
SPA
Belgium
HUN
Hungary
MNZ
Italy
CAT
Spain
Points
1 Poland Andrzej Lewandowski Italy Vincenzo Sospiri Racing 1 1 20
2 Italy Glauco Solieri San Marino AKM Motorsport 2 2 16
3 Brazil Fernando Fortes Andorra Three Sixty Racing Team 3 3 12
4 Spain Fernando Navarrete Sr.
Spain Fernando Navarrete Jr.
Andorra Three Sixty Racing Team 4 4 8
5 Brazil Marcio Mauro
Andorra Oscar Aristot
Andorra Three Sixty Racing Team 5 5 6
- Spain Albert Estragués Andorra Three Sixty Racing Team Ret Ret -
Pos. Driver Team LEC
France
SPA
Belgium
HUN
Hungary
MNZ
Italy
CAT
Spain
Points

Teams' Championship[edit]

Only the highest two finishing cars from a team count towards the Teams' Championship

Pos. Team Manufacturer Points
1 Italy Vincenzo Sospiri Racing Lamborghini 18
2 Germany PROsport Racing Aston Martin 14
3 Poland A&P Racing Team PTT Tech Support Porsche 14
4 Belgium Q1 by EMG Motorsport Porsche 10
5 San Marino AKM Motorsport Lamborghini 6
6 Spain J. Morcillo/E2P Racing Porsche 6
7 Poland Alda Motorsport Porsche 2
- Italy Eugenio Pisani Porsche -
- Andorra Three Sixty Racing Team Porsche/Transam Euro -
Pos. Team Manufacturer Points

External links[edit]

Footnotes[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "16 Car Entry For GT Open Season Opener". Dailysportscar. 12 May 2021. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  2. ^ a b "New Polish entry A&P Racing Team PTT Tech Support joins the GT Cup". www.gtcupopen.net. Retrieved 2021-02-03.
  3. ^ a b c d e "EMG Motorsport back to the GT Cup in selected events, as it launches its Q1-Trackracing project". www.gtcupopen.net. Retrieved 2021-02-17.
  4. ^ a b c d e f "Full GT Cup campaign for CAME Racing Team with a Porsche and Pisani-Bozzoni". www.gtcupopen.net. Retrieved 2021-03-29.
  5. ^ a b c d "VSR confirms two car attack on International GT Open title". www.gtopen.net. Retrieved 2021-02-26.
  6. ^ "GT Cup Open Winter Test to take place on 18-20 March at Barcelona". GT Cup Open.
  7. ^ "GT Cup Open Europe round at the Algarve (23-25 April) replaced by Hungaroring on 9-11 July". www.gtcupopen.net. Retrieved 2021-03-09.
  8. ^ "SPORTING REGULATION GT CUP OPEN EUROPE 2019" (PDF). GT Cup Open Europe. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-06-02.