2021 International GT Open

The 2021 International GT Open was the sixteenth season of the International GT Open, the grand tourer-style sports car racing series founded in 2006 by the Spanish GT Sport Organización. It began on 15 May at Circuit Paul Ricard and endedat the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya on 24 October after seven rounds of two races each. This season the GT Cup Open Europe was brought into the International GT Open, meaning the GTC and GT4 cars shared grids with the headlining series.

Entry list
Team Car No. Drivers Class Rounds
Team Lazarus[1] Bentley Continental GT3[1] 4 Ivan Peklin PA 1
Jordan Pepper
Olimp Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 5 Stanislaw Jedlinski Am 3, 5, 7
Krystian Korzeniowski
777 Karol Basz PA 3, 5, 7
Marcin Jedlinski
Boutsen Ginion[2] Lamborghini Gallardo R-EX[2] 6 François Grimm Am 1
Inception Racing[3] McLaren 720S GT3[3] 7 Brendan Iribe PA All
Ollie Milroy
72 Nick Moss PA 1–2, 4–7
Joe Osborne
Barone Rampante[4] Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo[4] 8 Giuseppe Cipriani Am 1–4
2 Seas Motorsport[5] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo[5] 9 Martin Kodrić P 6–7
Ethan Simioni
Leipert Motorsport[5] Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo[5] 10 Tyler Cooke P 6
Brendon Leitch
Reno Racing[6] Honda NSX GT3 Evo[6] 11 Jens Reno Møller PA All
Marcus Påverud
18 Marco Bonanomi P 6
Jacopo Guidetti
AKM Motorsport[7] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo[7] 14 Jens Liebhauser Am 1–2, 4
Florian Scholze
Marco Antonelli 3
47 Loris Spinelli P 1–3, 6–7
PA 4
Alexander Moiseev 1–2
Gianluca Giraudi 3
Florian Scholze 5–7
Nico Bastian 5
Twin Busch by Equipe Vitesse[4] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo[4] 15 Mario Hirsch PA 1, 5
Dominik Schraml
Vincenzo Sospiri Racing[8][9] Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo[8] 16 Giacomo Altoè P 6
Federico Leo
19 Baptiste Moulin P All
Yuki Nemoto
63 Michele Beretta P All
Frederik Schandorff
HP Racing International[4] Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo[4] 17 Jan Seyffert PA 1–3, 5–6
"Coach McKansy" 1
Gerhard Tweraser 2–3, 5–6
Audi Sport Italia Audi R8 LMS Evo 21 Riccardo Agostini P 4
Lorenzo Ferrari
Balfe Motorsport[10] Audi R8 LMS Evo[10] 22 Shaun Balfe PA 1–2, 5, 7
Adam Carroll
Kessel Racing[5] Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020[5] 25 Michael Dinan P 3, 6
Robby Foley 3
73 Axcil Jefferies PA 6
Roman Ziemian
Winward Motorsport[11] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo[11] 48 Nico Bastian PA 1
Markus Sattler
AF Corse[12] Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020[12] 51 Oswaldo Negri Jr. Am 7
Jay Schreibman
52 Hugo Delacour PA 7
Cedric Sbirrazzuoli
FF Corse[13] Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020[13] 55 Laurent de Meeus PA 2
Jaime Stanley
Nova Race Event[5] Honda NSX GT3 Evo[5] 57 Alberto Lippi PA 6
Luca Magnoni
TF Sport[14] Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3[14] 69 Sam De Haan P 5
Charlie Eastwood
97 Michael Dinan P 2, 7
Robby Foley
Lechner Racing[15] Porsche 911 GT3 R[15] 77 Andy Soucek P All
Al Faisal Al Zubair 1–2, 4–7
Benjamin Barker 3
AKKA ASP Team[12] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo[12] 87 Thomas Drouet P 7
Jim Pla
JP Motorsport[16] McLaren 720S GT3[16] 88 Christian Klien PA 1–3
Patryk Krupińsky
Baporo Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 93 Daniel Diaz-Varela Am 3, 7
Jaume Font
Rinaldi Racing[5] Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020[5] 333 Fabrizio Crestani P 6
Benjamin Hites
GT Cup Open Europe entries[N 1]
Team Car No. Drivers Class Rounds
AKM Motorsport[4] Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo Evo[4] 12 Glauco Solieri Am 1
Ghinzani Motorsport[5] Porsche 991 GT3 II Cup[5] 6
A&P Racing Team PTT Tech Support[17] Porsche 991 GT3 II Cup[17] 24 Maciej Błażek PA 1–3, 6–7
Mateusz Lisowski
Q1 by EMG Motorsport[18][19] Porsche 991 GT3 II Cup[18] 26 Maciej Darmetko PA 1–3, 6–7
Artur Janosz
Porsche 992 GT3 Cup[19] 50 Jaap van Lagen PA 2
Filip Teunkens 2, 7
Bas Schouten 7
53 Dirk Schouten Am 2
Nicolas Vandierendonck
Dirk Schouten PA 6–7
Nicolas Vandierendonck
54 Jan Lauryssen PA 2, 6–7
Bas Schouten 2
Three Sixty Racing Team[4] Porsche 991 GT3 II Cup[4] 27 Marcio Mauro Am 1–2, 6–7
Oscar Aristot 1, 7
32 Fernando Fortes Am 1–2, 6–7
Transam Euro (Ford Mustang)[4] 126 Albert Estragués Am 1–2, 6
Porsche 991 GT3 I Cup[4] 190 Fernando Navarrete Sr. Am 1
Fernando Navarrete Jr.
J. Morcillo/E2P Racing[4] Porsche 991 GT3 II Cup[4] 28 Jan Klingelnberg PA 1
Dino Zamparelli

 Alda Motorsport[4][N 2]
Bonaldi Motorsport[5][N 2]
 Porsche 991 GT3 II Cup 33 Tomasz Magdziarz PA 3, 6
Daan Pijl
100 Jan Antoszewski PA 1–3, 6
Jakub Dwernicki
Eugenio Pisani/ CAME Racing Team[20] Porsche 991 GT3 I Cup[20][21] 44 Stefano Bozzoni PA 1–3, 6–7
Eugenio Pisani
Mark Speakerwas/ CAME Racing Team[21] 45 Mark Speakerwas PA 3, 7
Péter Karpi 3
Jan Antoszewski 7
Vincenzo Sospiri Racing[8] Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo Evo[8] 66 Andrzej Lewandowski Am 1
PROsport Racing[4] Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4[4] 191 Rodrigue Gillion PA 1
Nico Verdonck
NM Racing Team[12] Mercedes-AMG GT4[12] 215 August MacBeth Am 7
Albert Estragués
Valluga Racing[12] Porsche 991 GT3 II Cup[12] 991 Jan Klingelnberg PA 7
Dino Zamparelli
Entry Lists: [22][23][24]
Inter GT entries
Icon Class
P Pro Cup
PA Pro-Am Cup
Am Am Cup
GT Cup entries
Icon Class
PA Pro-Am Cup
Am Am Cup

Race calendar and results
  • A seven-round provisional calendar was revealed on 1 December 2020.[25] It represents a return to normalcy after the Coronavirus pandemic forced change in the 2020 season. The only addition on the original from 2020 is the Algarve International Circuit, which had lost its spot in the provisional calendar in 2020 due to scheduling conflicts. Due to the track's late addition to the Formula 1 calendar however, it was forced to be removed from the schedule in 2021 as well and was replaced with the Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari.[26] Multiple other tracks had date changes because the pandemic caused the series to start in August rather than the planned April.
Round Circuit Date Pole Position Pro Winner Pro-Am Winner Am Winner Cup Pro-Am Winner Cup Am Winner
1 R1 Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet 15 May No. 48 Winward Motorsport No. 4 Team Lazarus No. 72 Inception Racing No. 14 AKM Motorsport No Entries No Entries
Markus Sattler
Nico Bastian		 Jordan Pepper
Ivan Peklin		 Nick Moss
Joe Osborne		 Florian Scholze
Jens Liebhauser
R2 16 May No. 22 Balfe Motorsport No. 63 Vincenzo Sospiri Racing No. 88 JP Motorsport No. 8 Barone Rampante No. 191 PROsport Racing No. 66 Vincenzo Sospiri Racing
Shaun Balfe
Adam Carroll		 Frederik Schandorff
Michele Beretta		 Patryk Krupińsky
Christian Klien		 Giuseppe Cipriani Nico Verdonck
Rodrigue Gillion		 Andrzej Lewandowski
2 R1 Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 19 June No. 7 Inception Racing No. 77 Lechner Racing No. 7 Inception Racing No. 14 AKM Motorsport No. 50 Q1 by EMG Motorsport No. 53 Q1 by EMG Motorsport
Brendan Iribe
Ollie Milroy		 Al Faisal Al Zubair
Andy Soucek		 Brendan Iribe
Ollie Milroy		 Florian Scholze
Jens Liebhauser		 Jaap van Lagen
Filip Teunkens		 Dirk Schouten
Nicolas Vandierendonck
R2 20 June No. 22 Balfe Motorsport No. 63 Vincenzo Sospiri Racing No. 88 JP Motorsport No. 14 AKM Motorsport No. 54 Q1 by EMG Motorsport No. 53 Q1 by EMG Motorsport
Shaun Balfe
Adam Carroll		 Frederik Schandorff
Michele Beretta		 Patryk Krupińsky
Christian Klien		 Florian Scholze
Jens Liebhauser		 Jan Lauryssen
Bas Schouten		 Dirk Schouten
Nicolas Vandierendonck
3 R1 Hungaroring 10 July No. 47 AKM Motorsport No. 63 Vincenzo Sospiri Racing No. 7 Inception Racing No. 8 Barone Rampante No. 24 A&P Racing Team PTT Tech Support No. 45 Mark Speakerwas/ CAME Racing Team
Gianluca Giraudi
Loris Spinelli		 Frederik Schandorff
Michele Beretta		 Brendan Iribe
Ollie Milroy		 Giuseppe Cipriani Maciej Błażek
Mateusz Lisowski		 Péter Karpi
Mark Speakerwas
R2 11 July No. 88 JP Motorsport No. 63 Vincenzo Sospiri Racing No. 47 AKM Motorsport No. 8 Barone Rampante No. 26 Q1 by EMG Motorsport No. 45 Mark Speakerwas/ CAME Racing Team
Patryk Krupińsky
Christian Klien		 Frederik Schandorff
Michele Beretta		 Gianluca Giraudi
Loris Spinelli		 Giuseppe Cipriani Maciej Darmetko
Artur Janosz		 Péter Karpi
Mark Speakerwas
4 R1 Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari 24 July No. 47 AKM Motorsport No. 47 AKM Motorsport No. 11 Reno Racing No. 14 AKM Motorsport No Entries No Entries
Loris Spinelli Loris Spinelli Jens Reno Møller
Marcus Påverud		 Jens Liebhauser
Florian Scholze
R2 25 July No. 63 Vincenzo Sospiri Racing No. 77 Lechner Racing No. 11 Reno Racing No. 14 AKM Motorsport
Frederik Schandorff
Michele Beretta		 Al Faisal Al Zubair
Andy Soucek		 Jens Reno Møller
Marcus Påverud		 Jens Liebhauser
Florian Scholze
5 R1 Red Bull Ring 11 September No. 72 Inception Racing No. 63 Vincenzo Sospiri Racing No. 72 Inception Racing No. 5 Olimp Racing
Nick Moss
Joe Osborne		 Frederik Schandorff
Michele Beretta		 Nick Moss
Joe Osborne		 Stanislaw Jedlinski
Krystian Korzeniowski
R2 12 September No. 69 TF Sport No. 69 TF Sport No. 47 AKM Motorsport No. 5 Olimp Racing
Sam De Haan
Charlie Eastwood		 Sam De Haan
Charlie Eastwood		 Nico Bastian
Florian Scholze		 Stanislaw Jedlinski
Krystian Korzeniowski
6 R1 Autodromo Nazionale Monza 25 September No. 63 Vincenzo Sospiri Racing No. 9 2 Seas Motorsport No. 7 Inception Racing No. 57 Nova Race Event No. 53 Q1 by EMG Motorsport No. 12 Ghinzani Motorsport
Frederik Schandorff
Michele Beretta		 Martin Kodrić
Ethan Simioni		 Brendan Iribe
Ollie Milroy		 Alberto Lippi
Luca Magnoni		 Dirk Schouten
Nicolas Vandierendonck		 Glauco Solieri
R2 26 September No. 72 Inception Racing No. 333 Rinaldi Racing No. 17 HP Racing International No. 57 Nova Race Event No. 54 Q1 by EMG Motorsport No. 12 Ghinzani Motorsport
Nick Moss
Joe Osborne		 Fabrizio Crestani
Benjamin Hites		 Jan Seyffert
Ollie Milroy		 Alberto Lippi
Gerhard Tweraser		 Jan Lauryssen
Bas Schouten		 Glauco Solieri
7 R1 Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya 23 October No. 87 AKKA ASP Team No. 9 2 Seas Motorsport No. 47 AKM Motorsport No. 93 Baporo Motorsport No. 24 A&P Racing Team PTT Tech Support No. 32 Three Sixty Racing Team
Thomas Drouet
Jim Pla		 Martin Kodrić
Ethan Simioni		 Florian Scholze
Loris Spinelli		 Daniel Diaz-Varela
Jaume Font		 Maciej Błażek
Mateusz Lisowski		 Fernando Fortes
R2 24 October No. 72 Inception Racing No. 77 Lechner Racing No. 72 Inception Racing No. 93 Baporo Motorsport No. 54 Q1 by EMG Motorsport No. 215 NM Racing Team
Nick Moss
Joe Osborne		 Al Faisal Al Zubair
Andy Soucek		 Nick Moss
Joe Osborne		 Daniel Diaz-Varela
Jaume Font		 Jan Lauryssen August MacBeth
Albert Estragués

Championship standings

Points systems

Points are awarded to the top 10 (Pro) 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

Overall
Pos. Driver Team LEC
 SPA
 HUN
 IMO
 RBR
 MNZ
 CAT
 Points
International GT Open
1 Frederik Schandorff
Michele Beretta		 Vincenzo Sospiri Racing 5 1 21
2 Jordan Pepper
Ivan Peklin		 Team Lazarus 1 5 21
3 Andy Soucek
Al Faisal Al Zubair		 Lechner Racing 4 3 1 33
4 Baptiste Moulin
Yuki Nemoto		 Vincenzo Sospiri Racing 7 2 16
5 Ollie Milroy
Brendan Iribe		 Inception Racing 3 6 15
6 Nick Moss
Joe Osborne		 Inception Racing 2 9 14
7 Michael Dinan
Robby Foley		 TF Sport 2 12
8 Patryk Krupińsky
Christian Klien		 JP Motorsport Ret 4 8
9 Markus Sattler
Nico Bastian		 Winward Motorsport 9 7 6
10 Shaun Balfe
Adam Carroll		 Balfe Motorsport 6 11 5
11 Alexander Moiseev
Loris Spinelli		 AKM by Antonelli 10 8 4
12 Marcus Påverud
Jens Reno Møller		 Reno Racing 8 10 4
- François Grimm Boutsen Ginion Ret DNS 0
- Giuseppe Cipriani Barone Rampante 13 12 0
- Florian Scholze
Jens Liebhauser		 AKM by Antonelli 11 25 0
- Dominik Schraml
Mario Hirsch		 Twin Busch by Equipe Vitesse Ret DNS 0
- "Coach McKansy"
Jan Seyffert		 HP Racing International 12 13 0
GT Cup Open
1 Andrzej Lewandowski Vincenzo Sospiri Racing 14 15
2 Nico Verdonck
Rodrigue Gillion		 PROsport Racing 15 12
3 Maciej Darmetko
Artur Janosz		 Q1 by EMG Motorsport 16 10
4 Maciej Błażek
Mateusz Lisowski		 A&P Racing Team PTT Tech Support 17 8
5 Glauco Solieri AKM Motorsport 18 6
6 Jan Klingelnberg
Dino Zamparelli		 J. Morcillo/E2P Racing 19 5
7 Fernando Fortes Three Sixty Racing Team 20 4
8 Jakub Dwernicki
Jan Antoszewski		 Alda Motorsport 21 3
9 Eugenio Pisani
Stefano Bozzoni		 Eugenio Pisani 22 2
10 Fernando Navarrete Sr.
Fernando Navarrete Jr.		 Three Sixty Racing Team 23 1
- Marcio Mauro
Oscar Aristot		 Three Sixty Racing Team 24 0
- Albert Estragués Three Sixty Racing Team Ret 0
Pos. Driver Team LEC
 SPA
 HUN
 IMO
 RBR
 MNZ
 CAT
 Points

Pro-Am
Pos. Driver Team LEC
 SPA
 HUN
 IMO
 RBR
 MNZ
 CAT
 Points
International GT Open
1 Ollie Milroy
Brendan Iribe		 Inception Racing 2 2 16
2 Nick Moss
Joe Osborne		 Inception Racing 1 5 13
3 Patryk Krupińsky
Christian Klien		 JP Motorsport Ret 1 10
4 Markus Sattler
Nico Bastian		 Winward Motorsport 5 3 9
5 Alexander Moiseev
Loris Spinelli		 AKM Motorsport 6 4 6
6 Marcus Påverud
Jens Reno Møller		 Reno Racing 4 6 6
7 Shaun Balfe
Adam Carroll		 Balfe Motorsport 3 7 6
- Dominik Schraml
Mario Hirsch		 Twin Busch by Equipe Vitesse Ret DNS 0
GT Cup Open
1 Nico Verdonck
Rodrigue Gillion		 PROsport Racing 1 10
2 Maciej Darmetko
Artur Janosz		 Q1 by EMG Motorsport 2 8
3 Maciej Błażek
Mateusz Lisowski		 A&P Racing Team PTT Tech Support 3 6
4 Jan Klingelnberg
Dino Zamparelli		 J. Morcillo/E2P Racing 4 4
5 Jakub Dwernicki
Jan Antoszewski		 Alda Motorsport 5 3
6 Eugenio Pisani
Stefano Bozzoni		 Eugenio Pisani 6 2
Pos. Driver Team LEC
 SPA
 HUN
 IMO
 RBR
 MNZ
 CAT
 Points

Am
Pos. Driver Team LEC
 SPA
 HUN
 IMO
 RBR
 MNZ
 CAT
 Points
International GT Open
1 Florian Scholze
Jens Liebhauser		 AKM Motorsport 1 3 13
2 "Coach McKansy"
Jan Seyffert		 HP Racing International 2 2 12
3 Giuseppe Cipriani Barone Rampante 3 1 11
- François Grimm Boutsen Ginion Ret DNS 0
Pos. Driver Team LEC
 SPA
 HUN
 IMO
 RBR
 MNZ
 CAT
 Points

Teams' championship

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

Pos. Team Manufacturer Points
1 Vincenzo Sospiri Racing Lamborghini 21
2 Inception Racing McLaren 16
3 Team Lazarus Bentley 13
4 Lechner Racing Porsche 10
5 JP Motorsport McLaren 4
6 Balfe Motorsport Audi 2
- Barone Rampante Lamborghini 0
- AKM Motorsport Mercedes-AMG 0
- HP Racing International Lamborghini 0
- Reno Racing Honda 0
- Winward Motorsport Mercedes-AMG 0
- Boutsen Ginion Lamborghini 0

Notes
  1. For the Paul Ricard round, only the second race was in combination with the GT Cup Open.
  2. Car No. 33 entered as Alda Motorsport at Round 3 and as Bonaldi Motorsport at Round 6. Car No. 100 entered as Alda Motorsport from Rounds 1 to 3 and as Bonaldi Motorsport at Round 6.

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