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2012 International GT Open

The 2012 International GT Open season was the seventh 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 28 April at Portimão and finished on 4 November, at Circuit de Catalunya after eight double-header meetings.

The season was won by AF Corse drivers Gianmaria Bruni and Federico Leo, who raced on the Ferrari F458 GT Italia.[1] They also won the Super GT standings.[2] Michael Dalle Stelle and Daniel Zampieri, who raced behind the wheel of Kessel Racing's Ferrari F458 Italia GT3 won the GTS class.[3]

Race calendar and results

  • The series' provisional calendar was announced on 29 October 2011.[4]
Round Circuit Date SGT Winner GTS Winner
1 R1 Portugal Autódromo Internacional do Algarve, Portimão 28 April No. 8 Manthey Racing No. 56 AF Corse
Germany Marco Holzer
United Kingdom Nick Tandy
Italy Stefano Bizzarri
Italy Nicola Cadei
R2 29 April No. 8 Manthey Racing No. 54 Autorlando Sport
Germany Marco Holzer
United Kingdom Nick Tandy
Italy Marco Mapelli
United Kingdom Archie Hamilton
2 R1 Germany Nürburgring 26 May No. 4 AF Corse No. 63 Seyffarth Motorsport
Italy Gianmaria Bruni
Italy Federico Leo
Germany Kenneth Heyer
Germany Jan Seyffarth
R2 27 May No. 2 Scuderia Villorba No. 63 Seyffarth Motorsport
Argentina Juan Manuel López
Italy Andrea Montermini
Germany Kenneth Heyer
Germany Jan Seyffarth
3 R1 Belgium Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 23 June No. 4 AF Corse No. 56 AF Corse
Italy Gianmaria Bruni
Italy Federico Leo
Italy Stefano Bizzarri
Italy Andrea Rizzoli
R2 24 June No. 8 Manthey Racing No. 44 Kessel Racing
Germany Marco Holzer
United Kingdom Nick Tandy
Italy Michael Dalle Stelle
Italy Daniel Zampieri
4 R1 United Kingdom Brands Hatch 14 July No. 11 Kessel Racing No. 54 Autorlando Sport
Austria Philipp Peter
Poland Michał Broniszewski
Italy Marco Mapelli
United Kingdom Archie Hamilton
R2 15 July No. 12 Villois Racing No. 54 Autorlando Sport
Spain Álvaro Barba
Italy Matteo Malucelli
Italy Marco Mapelli
United Kingdom Archie Hamilton
5 R1 France Circuit Paul Ricard 21 July No. 12 Villois Racing No. 44 Kessel Racing
Spain Álvaro Barba
Italy Matteo Malucelli
Italy Michael Dalle Stelle
Italy Daniel Zampieri
R2 22 July No. 2 Scuderia Villorba No. 55 Autorlando Sport
Argentina Juan Manuel López
Italy Andrea Montermini
Italy Matteo Beretta
Italy Marcello Puglisi
6 R1 Hungary Hungaroring 8 September No. 17 V8 Racing No. 56 AF Corse
Portugal Miguel Ramos
Italy Raffaele Giammaria
Italy Stefano Bizzarri
Italy Nicola Cadei
R2 9 September No. 12 Villois Racing No. 44 Kessel Racing
Spain Álvaro Barba
Italy Matteo Malucelli
Italy Michael Dalle Stelle
Italy Daniel Zampieri
7 R1 Italy Autodromo Nazionale Monza 29 September No. 16 IMSA Performance Matmut No. 55 Autorlando Sport
France Raymond Narac
France Patrick Pilet
Italy Matteo Beretta
Italy Marcello Puglisi
R2 30 September No. 12 Villois Racing No. 44 Kessel Racing
Spain Álvaro Barba
Italy Matteo Malucelli
Italy Michael Dalle Stelle
Italy Daniel Zampieri
8 R1 Spain Circuit de Catalunya 3 November No. 12 Villois Racing No. 91 GPR Racing
Spain Álvaro Barba
Italy Matteo Malucelli
Belgium Maxime Martin
Belgium Bertrand Baguette
R2 4 November No. 8 Manthey Racing No. 56 AF Corse
Germany Marco Holzer
United Kingdom Nick Tandy
Italy Stefano Bizzarri
Italy Andrea Rizzoli

Standings

Drivers

Super GT

Pos Driver Pts
1 Italy Gianmaria Bruni 85
Italy Federico Leo
3 Germany Marco Holzer 84
United Kingdom Nick Tandy
5 Spain Álvaro Barba 76
Italy Matteo Malucelli
7 Italy Raffaele Giammaria 67
Portugal Miguel Ramos
9 Italy Andrea Montermini 65
Argentina Juan Manuel López
11 France Patrick Pilet 63
France Raymond Narac
13 Austria Philipp Peter 38

Teams

Super GT

Pos Team Pts
1 AF Corse 85
2 Manthey Racing 84
3 Villois Racing 76
4 V8 Racing 69
5 Scuderia Villorba 65
6 IMSA Performance Matmut 63
7 Kessel Racing 38
8 Black Team 13
9 Drivex School 3

References

  1. ^ "International GT Open 2012 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
  2. ^ "International GT Open - Super GT 2012 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
  3. ^ "International GT Open - GTS 2012 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
  4. ^ "Il calendario GT Open 2012" [2012 Calendar of the GT Open]. ItaliaRacing.net (in Italian). Inpagina. 29 October 2012. Archived from the original on 6 April 2012. Retrieved 8 September 2012.

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