The 2017 International GT Open season was the twelfth 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 29 April at Autódromo do Estoril and finished on 29 October, at Barcelona after seven double-header meetings.

Entry list

Team Car No. Driver Class Rounds Solaris Motorsport Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 007 Mauro Calamia[1] P 1–3, 5 Francesco Sini[1] Imperiale Racing Lamborghini Huracán GT3 1 Thomas Biagi[2] P All Giovanni Venturini[2] 1–4 Raffaele Giammaria[3] 5–7 23 Vito Postiglione[2] P All Andrea Fontana[2] 1–6 Christian Engelhart[4] 7 63 Marco Mapelli[3] P 5–7 Giovanni Venturini[3] SF Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 5 Andrea Caldarelli[5] PA 2–3, 7 Fu Songyang[5] Rino Mastronardi[6] Am 4 Gabriele Lancieri[3] 6 Fu Songyang[6] 4, 6 AF Corse Ferrari 488 GT3 8 Piergiuseppe Perazzini[7] PA All Marco Cioci[7] 1–5, 7 Matt Griffin[3] 6 Jordan Racing Bentley Continental GT3 10 Michael Meadows[8] PA 1–3, 5, 7 Jordan Witt[8] Ratón Racing[9] Lamborghini Huracán GT3 11 Edoardo Liberati[9] P 1–6 Kang Ling[9] Sports and You Mercedes-AMG GT3 12 Marcio Basso[8] Am All Nonô Figueiredo[8] 1–2, 5–7 José Manuel Balbiani[10] 3–4 99 "Manuel da Costa"[N 1][8] Am All "Miguel Sardinha"[N 2][8] Drivex School Mercedes-AMG GT3 16 Marcelo Hahn[8] PA All Allam Khodair[8] 1–2, 5, 7 Alan Hellmeister[10] 3–4, 6 Senkyr Motorsport BMW M6 GT3 17 Richard Gonda[4] 7 Jakub Knoll[4] Lechner Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 19 Thomas Jäger[10] PA 3–4 Mario Plachutta[10] SPS Automotive Performance Mercedes-AMG GT3 20 Valentin Pierburg[11] PA All Tom Onslow-Cole[11] 1, 3, 5–7 Jules Szymkowiak[5] 2 Lance David Arnold[6] 4 40 Mauro Calamia[12] P 6 Roberto Pampanini[12] Konrad Motorsport Lamborghini Huracán GT3 21 Paul Scheuschner[10] PA 3–4, 6–7 Hendrik Still[10] Balfe Motorsport McLaren 650S GT3 22 Shaun Balfe[13] PA All Rob Bell[13] Garage 59 McLaren 650S GT3 24 Michael Benham[14] PA 1–4, 6–7 Duncan Tappy[14] 88 Côme Ledogar[14] PA All Alexander West[14] FF Corse Ferrari 488 GT3 25 Ivor Dunbar[8] PA 1–5, 7 Johnny Mowlem[8] Förch Racing by Lukas Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R 29 Željko Drmić[3] PA 6 Robert Lukas[3] Lee Mowle[15] Mercedes-AMG GT3[15] 30 Ryan Ratcliffe[15] P 5 Phil Keen[15] Antonelli Motorsport Lamborghini Huracán GT3 32 Kikko Galbiati[10] P 3 Mikaël Grenier[10] 33 Gianluca Giraudi[10] Am 3 Davide Roda[10] Wessex Vehicles Lamborghini Gallardo R-EX GT3 39 Craig Dolby[5] P 2, 5–7 Tomáš Enge[5] 2 Riki Christodoulou[16] 5 Seb Morris[3] 6–7 AB Sport Auto Lamborghini Huracán GT3 46 Joffrey de Narda[10] PA 3 Harry Teneketzian[10] Kaspersky Motorsport Ferrari 488 GT3 48 Aleksandr Moiseev[5] Am 2–6 Davide Rizzo[5] BMW Team Teo Martín BMW M6 GT3 51 Lourenço Beirão da Veiga[17] P All António Félix da Costa[17] 1, 5, 7 Nelson Piquet Jr.[5] 2 Augusto Farfus[10] 3, 6 Tiago Monteiro[17] 4 62 Filipe Barreiros[8] Am 1 Francisco Guedes[8] 65 Victor Bouveng[17] P All Fran Rueda[18] Emil Frey Lexus Racing Lexus RC F GT3 54 Albert Costa[8] P All Philipp Frommenwiler[8] Farnbacher Racing Lexus RC F GT3 55 Dominik Farnbacher[8] P All Mario Farnbacher[8] 1–3, 5–7 Norbert Siedler[6] 4 MS Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 74 Alexander Hrachowina[19] Am 1–6 Martin Konrad[19] Aston Martin Brussels Racing Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 90 Tim Verbergt[5] P 2 Sam Dejonghe[5] Optimum Motorsport Audi R8 LMS 96 Bradley Ellis[4] PA 7 Oliver Wilkinson[4] Racing Trevor BMW M6 GT3 124 Christian Malchárek[6] PA 4 Jirí Malchárek[6] Rinaldi Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 333 Sergey Borisov[4] Am 7 Rinat Salikhov[4] Spirit of Race Ferrari 488 GT3 488 Mikkel Mac[20] P All Miguel Ramos[20] FFF Racing Team by ACM Lamborghini Huracán GT3 555 Hiroshi Hamaguchi[21] PA All Vitantonio Liuzzi[21]

Icon Class P Pro Cup PA Pro-Am Cup Am Am Cup

Race calendar

A seven-round provisional calendar was revealed on 4 October 2016.^[22] The Hungaroring round will be co-headlined by the TCR International Series. Bold indicates overall winner.

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Pro Winner	Pro-Am Winner	Am Winner
1	R1	Autódromo Fernanda Pires da Silva	29 April	No. 22 Balfe Motorsport	No. 54 Emil Frey Lexus Racing	No. 22 Balfe Motorsport	No. 12 Sports and You
				Shaun Balfe Rob Bell	Albert Costa Philipp Frommenwiler	Shaun Balfe Rob Bell	Marcio Basso Nonô Figueiredo
	R2		30 April	No. 24 Garage 59	No. 55 Farnbacher Racing	No. 24 Garage 59	No. 74 MS Racing
				Michael Benham Duncan Tappy	Dominik Farnbacher Mario Farnbacher	Michael Benham Duncan Tappy	Alexander Hrachowina Martin Konrad
2	R1	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	27 May	No. 54 Emil Frey Lexus Racing	No. 54 Emil Frey Lexus Racing	No. 10 Jordan Racing	No. 48 Kaspersky Motorsport
				Albert Costa Philipp Frommenwiler	Albert Costa Philipp Frommenwiler	Michael Meadows Jordan Witt	Aleksandr Moiseev Davide Rizzo
	R2		28 May	No. 23 Imperiale Racing	No. 55 Farnbacher Racing	No. 8 AF Corse	No. 48 Kaspersky Motorsport
				Andrea Fontana Vito Postiglione	Dominik Farnbacher Mario Farnbacher	Marco Cioci Piergiuseppe Perazzini	Aleksandr Moiseev Davide Rizzo
3	R1	Circuit Paul Ricard	10 June	No. 488 Spirit of Race	No. 488 Spirit of Race	No. 20 SPS Automotive Performance	No. 48 Kaspersky Motorsport
				Mikkel Mac Miguel Ramos	Mikkel Mac Miguel Ramos	Tom Onslow-Cole Valentin Pierburg	Aleksandr Moiseev Davide Rizzo
	R2		11 June	No. 5 SF Racing	No. 65 BMW Team Teo Martín	No. 16 Drivex School	No. 48 Kaspersky Motorsport
				Andrea Caldarelli Fu Songyang	Victor Bouveng Fran Rueda	Marcelo Hahn Alan Hellmeister	Aleksandr Moiseev Davide Rizzo
4	R1	Hungaroring	1 July	No. 488 Spirit of Race	No. 1 Imperiale Racing	No. 20 SPS Automotive Performance	No. 74 MS Racing
				Mikkel Mac Miguel Ramos	Thomas Biagi Giovanni Venturini	Lance David Arnold Valentin Pierburg	Alexander Hrachowina Martin Konrad
	R2		2 July	No. 65 BMW Team Teo Martín	No. 65 BMW Team Teo Martín	No. 88 Garage 59	No. 99 Sports and You
				Victor Bouveng Fran Rueda	Victor Bouveng Fran Rueda	Côme Ledogar Alexander West	António Coimbra Luís Silva
5	R1	Silverstone Circuit	2 September	No. 54 Emil Frey Lexus Racing	No. 54 Emil Frey Lexus Racing	No. 22 Balfe Motorsport	No. 99 Sports and You
				Albert Costa Philipp Frommenwiler	Albert Costa Philipp Frommenwiler	Shaun Balfe Rob Bell	"Manuel da Costa" "Miguel Sardinha"
	R2		3 September	No. 65 BMW Team Teo Martín	No. 51 BMW Team Teo Martín	No. 10 Jordan Racing	No. 48 Kaspersky Motorsport
				Victor Bouveng Fran Rueda	Lourenço Beirão da Veiga António Félix da Costa	Michael Meadows Jordan Witt	Aleksandr Moiseev Davide Rizzo
6	R1	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	30 September	No. 22 Balfe Motorsport	No. 39 Wessex Vehicles	No. 22 Balfe Motorsport	No. 99 Sports and You
				Shaun Balfe Rob Bell	Craig Dolby Seb Morris	Shaun Balfe Rob Bell	António Coimbra Luís Silva
	R2		1 October	No. 51 BMW Team Teo Martín	No. 51 BMW Team Teo Martín	No. 88 Garage 59	No. 99 Sports and You
				Lourenço Beirão da Veiga Augusto Farfus	Lourenço Beirão da Veiga Augusto Farfus	Côme Ledogar Alexander West	António Coimbra Luís Silva
7	R1	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya	28 October	No. 54 Emil Frey Lexus Racing	No. 63 Imperiale Racing	No. 5 SF Racing	No. 12 Sports and You
				Albert Costa Philipp Frommenwiler	Marco Mapelli Giovanni Venturini	Andrea Caldarelli Fu Songyang	Marcio Basso Nonô Figueiredo
	R2		29 October	No. 51 BMW Team Teo Martín	No. 54 Emil Frey Lexus Racing	No. 10 Jordan Racing	No. 333 Rinaldi Racing
				Lourenço Beirão da Veiga António Félix da Costa	Albert Costa Philipp Frommenwiler	Michael Meadows Jordan Witt	Sergey Borisov Rinat Salikhov

Standings

Drivers' Championship

Pos.	Drivers	Points
1	Giovanni Venturini	114
2	Fran Rueda Victor Bouveng	106
3	Albert Costa Philipp Frommenwiler	98
4	Thomas Biagi	92
5	Miguel Ramos Mikkel Mac	90
6	Dominik Farnbacher	77
7	Lourenço Beirão da Veiga	70

Teams' Championship

Pos.	Team	Points
1	Imperiale Racing	100
2	BMW Team Teo Martín	98
3	Emil Frey Lexus	57
4	Spirit of Race	50
5	Farnbacher Racing	45
6	Garage 59	26
7	Balfe Motorsport	24

Reference:^[23]

Notes

References

External links

• Official website