# 2020 GT Cup Open Europe

The 2020 GT Cup Open Europe is the second 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 8 August at the Hungaroring and finished on 1 November at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya after five double-header meetings.

## Entry List

| Team | Car | No. | Drivers | Class | Rounds |
| Baporo Motorsport | Audi R8 LMS GT4 Evo | 10 | Daniel Díaz-Varela | Am | All |
| Baporo Motorsport | Audi R8 LMS GT4 Evo | 10 | Manuel Cerqueda | Am | All |
| Baporo Motorsport | Porsche 991 GT3 Cup | 13 | Jaume Font | Am | 1–2 |
| NM Racing Team | Mercedes-AMG GT4 | 15 | Rafael Villanueva | PA | 2, 4–5 |
| NM Racing Team | Mercedes-AMG GT4 | 15 | Alberto de Martín | PA | 2, 4–5 |
| NM Racing Team | Transam Euro (Ford Mustang) | 26 | Albert Estragués | Am | 1–2 |
| NM Racing Team | Transam Euro (Ford Mustang) | 126 | Albert Estragués | Am | 5 |
| PROsport Racing | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4 | 19 | Rodrigue Gillion | PA | 2, 4 |
| PROsport Racing | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4 | 19 | Nico Verdonck | PA | 2, 4 |
| PZ Oberer Zürichsee by TFT | Porsche 991 GT3 Cup | 22 | Niki Leutwiler | PA | 1–2 |
| PZ Oberer Zürichsee by TFT | Porsche 991 GT3 Cup | 22 | Vincent Beltoise | PA | 1 |
| PZ Oberer Zürichsee by TFT | Porsche 991 GT3 Cup | 22 | Bas Schouten | PA | 2 |
| Racing Trevor | BMW M4 GT4 | 40 | Gregor Zsigio | Am | 1 |
| Racing Trevor | BMW M4 GT4 | 40 | Walter Csaba | Am | 1 |
| Ombra Racing | Porsche 991 GT3 Cup | 51 | Aldo Festante | PA | All |
| Sports and you | Mercedes-AMG GT4 | 60 | Antonio Coimbra | Am | 3–4 |
| Sports and you | Mercedes-AMG GT4 | 60 | Luis Silva | Am | 3–4 |
| Sports and you | Mercedes-AMG GT4 | 99 | Antonio Coimbra | Am | 1–2 |
| Sports and you | Mercedes-AMG GT4 | 99 | Luis Silva | Am | 1–2 |
| GDL Racing | Porsche 991 GT3 Cup | 66 | Roberto Rayneri | Am | 2 |
| GDL Racing | Porsche 991 GT3 Cup | 67 | Mario Cordoni | Am | 2 |
| Team Virage | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4 | 77 | Robert Heffler | PA | 1–2 |
| Team Virage | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4 | 77 | Philippe Valenza | PA | 1–2 |
| Team Virage | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4 | 88 | Stéphane Adler | Am | 1 |
| Team Virage | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4 | 88 | Michaël Blanchemain | Am | 1 |

## Race calendar and results

* A provisional six-round calendar was revealed on 22 October 2019. The schedule consists of 6 circuits, all the rounds supporting the International GT Open. The series has added a round at Hockenheim and for the first time ever, the series will travel to Pergusa as part of a movement to reintroduce racing to this historic track. As a result the series has dropped the Hungaroring and Silverstone from the calendar for 2020. The new schedule has also changed the dates of the Barcelona and Monza rounds with Barcelona now hosting the season finale. On 10 January 2020, a revised schedule was released that drops Pergusa in favor of the Red Bull Ring. On 19 March 2020, it was announced that the season opening round at Le Castellet would be moved to 20-23 August in response to the coronavirus outbreak. On 6 April, 2020, it was announced that the Spa round would be postponed to a later date as well. The Barcelona round was also moved in response to avoid having races on consecutive weekends. A provisional calendar was released on 12 May 2020 with a five event calendar instead of the planned six caused by Hockenheim losing its place on the calendar due to date conflicts. The Hungaroring also replaced the Red Bull Ring on this new calendar. The only change made afterwards to this schedule was to move the date of the Hungaroring round.
| Round | Round | Circuit | Date | Pole Position | Pro-Am Winner | Am Winner |
| 1 | R1 | Hungaroring | 8 August | No. 51 Ombra Racing | No. 22 PZ Oberer Zürichsee by TFT | No. 13 Baporo Motorsport |
| 1 | R1 | Hungaroring | 8 August | Aldo Festante | Niki Leutwiler Vincent Beltoise | Jaume Font |
| 1 | R2 | Hungaroring | 9 August | No. 51 Ombra Racing | No. 51 Ombra Racing | No. 13 Baporo Motorsport |
| 1 | R2 | Hungaroring | 9 August | Aldo Festante | Aldo Festante | Jaume Font |
| 2 | R1 | Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet | 22 August | No. 10 Baporo Motorsport | No. 22 PZ Oberer Zürichsee by TFT | No. 10 Baporo Motorsport |
| 2 | R1 | Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet | 22 August | Manuel Cerqueda Daniel Díaz-Varela | Niki Leutwiler Bas Schouten | Manuel Cerqueda Daniel Díaz-Varela |
| 2 | R2 | Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet | 23 August | No. 51 Ombra Racing | No. 51 Ombra Racing | No. 10 Baporo Motorsport |
| 2 | R2 | Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet | 23 August | Aldo Festante | Aldo Festante | Manuel Cerqueda Daniel Díaz-Varela |
| 3 | R1 | Autodromo Nazionale Monza | 26 September | No. 10 Baporo Motorsport | No. 51 Ombra Racing | No. 10 Baporo Motorsport |
| 3 | R1 | Autodromo Nazionale Monza | 26 September | Manuel Cerqueda Daniel Díaz-Varela | Aldo Festante | Manuel Cerqueda Daniel Díaz-Varela |
| 3 | R2 | Autodromo Nazionale Monza | 27 September | No. 51 Ombra Racing | No. 51 Ombra Racing | No. 10 Baporo Motorsport |
| 3 | R2 | Autodromo Nazionale Monza | 27 September | Aldo Festante | Aldo Festante | Manuel Cerqueda Daniel Díaz-Varela |
| 4 | R1 | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 17 October | No. 51 Ombra Racing | No. 51 Ombra Racing | No. 10 Baporo Motorsport |
| 4 | R1 | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 17 October | Aldo Festante | Aldo Festante | Manuel Cerqueda Daniel Díaz-Varela |
| 4 | R2 | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 18 October | No. 19 PROsport Racing | No. 51 Ombra Racing | No. 10 Baporo Motorsport |
| 4 | R2 | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 18 October | Rodrigue Gillion Nico Verdonck | Aldo Festante | Manuel Cerqueda Daniel Díaz-Varela |
| 5 | R1 | Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya | 31 October | No. 51 Ombra Racing | No. 51 Ombra Racing | No. 10 Baporo Motorsport |
| 5 | R1 | Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya | 31 October | Aldo Festante | Aldo Festante | Manuel Cerqueda Daniel Díaz-Varela |
| 5 | R2 | Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya | 1 November | No. 51 Ombra Racing | No. 51 Ombra Racing | No. 10 Baporo Motorsport |
| 5 | R2 | Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya | 1 November | Aldo Festante | Aldo Festante | Manuel Cerqueda Daniel Díaz-Varela |

## Championship standings
### Points systems

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.

#### Overall

| 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

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

### Drivers' championships
#### Overall

| Pos. | Driver | Team | HUN | HUN | LEC | LEC | MNZ | MNZ | SPA | SPA | CAT | CAT | Points |
| 1 | Aldo Festante | Ombra Racing | 3 | 1 | Ret | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 130 |
| 2 | Manuel Cerqueda Daniel Díaz-Varela | Baporo Motorsport | 4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 110 |
| 3 | Luis Silva Antonio Coimbra | Sports and you | 5 | Ret | 4 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | | | 55 |
| 4 | Niki Leutwiler | PZ Oberer Zürichsee with TFT Racing | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | 44 |
| 5 | Rafael Villanueva Alberto de Martín | NM Racing Team | | | 3 | 10 | | | Ret | 4 | 3 | 3 | 41 |
| 6 | Jaume Font | Baporo Motorsport | 1 | 3 | Ret | 5 | | | | | | | 31 |
| 7 | Vincent Beltoise | PZ Oberer Zürichsee with TFT Racing | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | 24 |
| 8 | Philippe Valenza Robert Heffler | Team Virage | Ret | 5 | 7 | 2 | | | | | | | 22 |
| 9 | Bas Schouten | PZ Oberer Zürichsee with TFT Racing | | | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | 20 |
| 10 | Rodrigue Gillion | PROsport Racing | | | Ret | 7 | | | 4 | DSQ | | | 12 |
| 11 | Mario Cordoni | GDL Racing | | | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | 11 |
| 12 | Albert Estragués | NM Racing Team | Ret | 4 | Ret | DNS | | | | | Ret | Ret | 8 |
| 13 | Michaël Blanchemain Stéphane Adler | Team Virage | 6 | 8 | | | | | | | | | 8 |
| 14 | Csaba Walter Gregor Zsigio | Racing Trevor | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | 8 |
| 15 | Roberto Rayneri | GDL Racing | | | 6 | 9 | | | | | | | 7 |
| 16 | Nico Verdonck | PROsport Racing | | | Ret | 7 | | | | DSQ | | | 4 |
| Pos. | Driver | Team | HUN | HUN | LEC | LEC | MNZ | MNZ | SPA | SPA | CAT | CAT | Points |

#### Pro-Am

| Pos. | Driver | Team | HUN | HUN | LEC | LEC | MNZ | MNZ | SPA | SPA | CAT | CAT | Points |
| 1 | Aldo Festante | Ombra Racing | 2 | 1 | Ret | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 49 |
| 2 | Rafael Villanueva Alberto de Martín | NM Racing Team | | | 2 | 5 | | | Ret | 3 | 2 | 2 | 21 |
| 3 | Niki Leutwiler | PZ Oberer Zürichsee with TFT Racing | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | 17 |
| 4 | Philippe Valenza Robert Heffler | Team Virage | Ret | 3 | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | 10 |
| 5 | Vincent Beltoise | PZ Oberer Zürichsee with TFT Racing | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | 9 |
| 6 | Bas Schouten | PZ Oberer Zürichsee with TFT Racing | | | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | 8 |
| 7 | Rodrigue Gillion | PROsport Racing | | | Ret | 4 | | | 2 | DSQ | | | 6 |
| 8 | Nico Verdonck | PROsport Racing | | | Ret | 4 | | | | DSQ | | | 2 |
| Pos. | Driver | Team | HUN | HUN | LEC | LEC | MNZ | MNZ | SPA | SPA | CAT | CAT | Points |

#### Am

| Pos. | Driver | Team | HUN | HUN | LEC | LEC | MNZ | MNZ | SPA | SPA | CAT | CAT | Points |
| 1 | Manuel Cerqueda Daniel Díaz-Varela | Baporo Motorsport | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 64 |
| 2 | Luis Silva Antonio Coimbra | Sports and you | 3 | Ret | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | | | 32 |
| 3 | Jaume Font | Baporo Motorsport | 1 | 1 | Ret | 2 | | | | | | | 24 |
| 4 | Mario Cordoni | GDL Racing | | | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | 8 |
| 5 | Albert Estragués | NM Racing Team | Ret | 2 | Ret | DNS | | | | | Ret | Ret | 8 |
| 6 | Csaba Walter Gregor Zsigio | Racing Trevor | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | | 7 |
| 7 | Michaël Blanchemain Stéphane Adler | Team Virage | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | | 7 |
| 8 | Roberto Rayneri | GDL Racing | | | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | 5 |
| Pos. | Driver | Team | HUN | HUN | LEC | LEC | MNZ | MNZ | SPA | SPA | CAT | CAT | Points |

### Teams' Championship

Only the highest two finishing cars from a team count towards the Teams' Championship
| Pos. | Team | Manufacturer | Points |
| 1 | Baporo Motorsport | Audi Porsche | 89 |
| 2 | Ombra Racing | Porsche | 86 |
| 3 | NM Racing Team | Transam Euro Mercedes-AMG | 35 |
| 4 | Sports and you | Mercedes-AMG | 29 |
| 5 | PZ Oberer Zürichsee by TFT | Porsche | 28 |
| 6 | Team Virage | Aston Martin | 13 |
| 7 | GDL Racing | Porsche | 7 |
| 8 | PROsport Racing | Aston Martin | 4 |
| 9 | Racing Trevor | BMW | 0 |
| Pos. | Team | Manufacturer | Points |