2015 International GT Open

The 2015 International GT Open season was the tenth 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 26 April at Circuit Paul Ricard and finished on 1 November, at Barcelona after seven double-header meetings.

The series changed tyre supplier from Dunlop to Michelin.^[1]

Entry list

2015 Entry List
Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Class	Rounds
Teo Martín Motorsport^[2]	McLaren 650S GT3	2	Álvaro Parente^[2]	PA	All
		2	Miguel Ramos^[2]	PA	All
		59	Andrew Watson^[3]	PA	5, 7
			Rob Bell^[3]		5
			Fernando Monje		7
Scuderia Villorba Corse^[4]	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	3	Alessandro Balzan^[4]	PA	All
Scuderia Villorba Corse^[4]	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	3	Nicola Benucci^[4]	PA	All
Drivex School^[5]	Audi R8 LMS ultra	5	Lorenzo Bontempelli^[5]	PA	6
			Beniamino Caccia^[5]	PA	6
			Miguel Amaral	PA	7
			César Campaniço	PA	7
Aston Martin Brussels Racing^[3]	Aston Martin Vantage GT3	8	Michael Schmetz^[3]	PA	5
Aston Martin Brussels Racing^[3]	Aston Martin Vantage GT3	8	Tim Verbergt^[3]	PA	5
H&R Spezialfedern GmbH & Co.KG	Ford GT	9	Jürgen Alzen	Am	5
TF Sport^[3]	Aston Martin Vantage GT3	10	Euan Hankey^[3]	Am	5–7
TF Sport^[3]	Aston Martin Vantage GT3	10	Salih Yoluç^[3]	Am	5–7
Kessel Racing^[6]	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	11	Michał Broniszewski^[6]	PA	1
Kessel Racing^[6]	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	11	Giacomo Piccini^[6]	PA	1
Solaris Motorsport^[7]	Chevrolet Corvette Z06.R GT3	12	Francesco Sini^[7]	PA	1, 6
			Stefano Costantini^[8]		1
			Marcello Puglisi^[5]		6
Baporo Motorsport^[8]	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 (2013)	15	Emiliano López^[8]	PA	1–3
			José Manuel Pérez-Aicart^[8]		1
			Matías Russo		2–3
AERT^[9]	Lamborghini Gallardo FL2	16	Anton Nebylitskiy^[9]	PA	1–5
			Álvaro Barba^[8]		1–4
			Matías Russo^[3]		5
Lechner Racing^[10]	Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3	17	Walter Lechner^[8]	PA	1
Lechner Racing^[10]	Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3	17	Mario Plachutta^[10]	PA	1
Sports and You	Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3	18	António Coimbra "Manuel Da Costa"^[11]	Am	2–3, 7
Sports and You	Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3	18	Luís Silva "Miguel Sardinha"^[11]	Am	2–3, 7
Team Novadriver	Audi R8 LMS ultra	19	Joël Camathias	PA	2
Team Novadriver	Audi R8 LMS ultra	19	César Campaniço	PA	2
Krypton Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT3-R	21	Luca Pastorelli	Am	4
		21	Stefano Pezzucchi	Am	4
		35	Stefano Pezzucchi	PA	7
		35	Thomas Biagi	PA	7
Balfe Motorsport^[12]	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 (2013)	22	Shaun Balfe^[12]	PA	2–3, 6
Balfe Motorsport^[12]	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 (2013)	22	Phil Keen^[12]	PA	2–3, 6
Team Parker Racing^[13]	Audi R8 LMS ultra	24	Ian Loggie^[13]	PA	1
Team Parker Racing^[13]	Audi R8 LMS ultra	24	Callum MacLeod^[13]	PA	1
MP1 Corse^[5]	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 (2013)	25	Valentino Fornaroli^[5]	PA	6
MP1 Corse^[5]	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 (2013)	25	Gabriele Lancieri^[5]	PA	6
HP Racing	Lamborghini Gallardo R-EX	26	"Coach McKansy"	PA	7
HP Racing	Lamborghini Gallardo R-EX	26	Hari Proczyk	PA	7
TDS Racing	BMW Z4 GT3	27	Henry Hassid	PA	7
TDS Racing	BMW Z4 GT3	27	Franck Perera	PA	7
Monlau Competición	Renault Sport R.S. 01	30	José Manuel Pérez Aicart	PA	7
Monlau Competición	Renault Sport R.S. 01	30	Jurgen Smet	PA	7
Swiss Team^[14]	Maserati GranTurismo MC GT3	33	Mauro Calamia^[14]	Am	1
Veloso Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup (2014)	40	Nuno Batista	G	2
Veloso Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup (2014)	40	Pedro Marreiros	G	2
Gonçalo Nuno Manahu	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup (2009)	41	Manuel José Castro	G	2
Gonçalo Nuno Manahu	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup (2009)	41	Gonçalo Nuno Manahu	G	2
AF Corse^[15]	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 (2013)	49	Howard Blank^[3]	Am	5–7
		49	Yannick Mallegol^[3]	Am	5–7
		51	Pasin Lathouras^[15]	PA	All
		51	Michele Rugolo^[15]	PA	All
		52	Duncan Cameron^[15]	PA	1, 4, 6–7
		52	Matt Griffin^[15]	PA	1, 4, 6–7
		53	Filipe Barreiros	Am	2–6
			Francisco Guedes		2, 6
			Mads Rasmussen^[11]		3–4
		54	Thomas Flohr	Am	4
		55	Claudio Sdanewitsch^[15]	Am	All
			Ilya Melnikov^[8]		1–4, 6–7
			Stéphane Lémeret^[3]		5
		56	Giorgio Roda	PA	4
		90	Raffaele Giammaria^[15]	PA	All
		90	Ezequiel Pérez Companc^[15]	PA	All
AT Racing	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 (2013)	57	Alexander Talkanitsa	PA	4
AT Racing	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 (2013)	57	Alexander Talkanitsa Jr.	PA	4
Blue Jumeirah Team^[11]	Radical RXC V8^[11]	60	Rafael Unzurrunzaga^[11]	Am	3–5
Radical Works^[11]	Radical RXC V8^[11]	62	James Abbott^[11]	Am	3–7
			Shahin Nouri^[11]		3
			Chris Hoy		4
			Roeland de Waart		7
Kox Racing^[16]	McLaren 650S GT3	76 48	Peter Kox^[8]	PA	1, 7
Kox Racing^[16]	McLaren 650S GT3	76 48	Nico Pronk^[8]	PA	1, 7

Icon	Class
PA	Pro-Amateur
Am	Amateur
G	Guest

Race calendar and results

A seven-round provisional calendar was revealed on 5 November 2014.^[17]

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	GTS Winner	GTAM Winner
1	R1	Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet	25 April	No. 3 Scuderia Villorba Corse	No. 3 Scuderia Villorba Corse	No. 55 AF Corse
	R1		25 April	Alessandro Balzan Nicola Benucci	Alessandro Balzan Nicola Benucci	Ilya Melnikov Claudio Sdanewitsch
	R2		26 April	No. 2 Teo Martín Motorsport	No. 51 AF Corse	No. 55 AF Corse
	R2		26 April	Álvaro Parente Miguel Ramos	Pasin Lathouras Michele Rugolo	Ilya Melnikov Claudio Sdanewitsch
2	R1	Autódromo do Estoril	9 May	No. 22 Balfe Motorsport	No. 90 AF Corse	No. 18 Sports and You
	R1		9 May	Shaun Balfe Phil Keen	Raffaele Giammaria Ezequiel Pérez Companc	António Coimbra Luis Silva
	R2		10 May	No. 3 Scuderia Villorba Corse	No. 15 Baporo Motorsport	No. 18 Sports and You
	R2		10 May	Alessandro Balzan Nicola Benucci	Emiliano Lopez Matías Russo	António Coimbra Luis Silva
3	R1	Silverstone Circuit	6 June	No. 2 Teo Martín Motorsport	No. 2 Teo Martín Motorsport	No. 53 AF Corse
	R1		6 June	Álvaro Parente Miguel Ramos	Álvaro Parente Miguel Ramos	Filipe Barreiros Mads Rasmussen
	R2		7 June	No. 22 Balfe Motorsport	No. 90 AF Corse	No. 53 AF Corse
	R2		7 June	Shaun Balfe Phil Keen	Raffaele Giammaria Ezequiel Pérez Companc	Filipe Barreiros Mads Rasmussen
4	R1	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg	4 July	No. 2 Teo Martín Motorsport	No. 51 AF Corse	No. 55 AF Corse
	R1		4 July	Álvaro Parente Miguel Ramos	Pasin Lathouras Michele Rugolo	Ilya Melnikov Claudio Sdanewitsch
	R2		5 July	No. 2 Teo Martín Motorsport	No. 90 AF Corse	No. 55 AF Corse
	R2		5 July	Álvaro Parente Miguel Ramos	Raffaele Giammaria Ezequiel Pérez Companc	Ilya Melnikov Claudio Sdanewitsch
5	R1	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	5 September	No. 51 AF Corse	No. 51 AF Corse	No. 10 TF Sport
	R1		5 September	Pasin Lathouras Michele Rugolo	Pasin Lathouras Michele Rugolo	Euan Hankey Salih Yoluç
	R2		6 September	No. 59 Teo Martín Motorsport	No. 2 Teo Martín Motorsport	No. 10 TF Sport
	R2		6 September	Rob Bell Andrew Watson	Álvaro Parente Miguel Ramos	Euan Hankey Salih Yoluç
6	R1	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	3 October	No. 2 Teo Martín Motorsport	No. 2 Teo Martín Motorsport	No. 55 AF Corse
	R1		3 October	Álvaro Parente Miguel Ramos	Álvaro Parente Miguel Ramos	Ilya Melnikov Claudio Sdanewitsch
	R2		4 October	No. 62 Radical Works	No. 90 AF Corse	No. 10 TF Sport
	R2		4 October	James Abbott	Raffaele Giammaria Ezequiel Pérez Companc	Euan Hankey Salih Yoluç
7	R1	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya	31 October	No. 2 Teo Martín Motorsport	No. 59 Teo Martín Motorsport	No. 55 AF Corse
	R1		31 October	Álvaro Parente Miguel Ramos	Fernando Monje Andrew Watson	Ilya Melnikov Claudio Sdanewitsch
	R2		1 November	No. 10 TF Sport	No. 90 AF Corse	No. 18 Sports and You
	R2		1 November	Euan Hankey Salih Yoluç	Raffaele Giammaria Ezequiel Pérez Companc	Manuel Da Costa Miguel Sardinha

References

^ "Michelin becomes the new tire supplier of the Euroformula Open". International GT Open. GT Sport. 2 February 2015. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Teo Martín choses the GT Open for its comeback, enters a McLaren 650S for Parente-Ramos!". International GT Open. GT Sport. 9 February 2015. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l "SPA FRANCORCHAMPS 4 / 6 September 2015 Entry List" (PDF). International GT Open. GT Sport. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Balzan-Benucci for Villorba's bid". International GT Open. GT Sport. 16 April 2015. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Autodromo di Monza Entry List" (PDF). International GT Open. GT Sport. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Kessel Racing back with Broniszewski-Piccini". International GT Open. GT Sport. 22 April 2015. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Solaris Motorsport to sport the Corvette flag". International GT Open. GT Sport. 12 February 2015. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "GT Open's tenth season starts in the sign of great battle". International GT Open. GT Sport. 23 April 2015. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
^ ^a ^b "AERT, a new Russian endeavor in the GT Open". International GT Open. GT Sport. 2 April 2015. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Plachutta-Jäger to sport the Silver Star". International GT Open. GT Sport. 15 April 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j "Silverstone to witness GT Open title battles heat up". International GT Open. GT Sport. 3 June 2015. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c "GT purist Balfe Motorsport steps up effort". International GT Open. GT Sport. 18 March 2015. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Parker's Audi joins at Ricard with Loggie-McLeoddate". International GT Open. GT Sport. 20 April 2015. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
^ ^a ^b "The Maserati MC GT3 is back to the GT Open !". International GT Open. GT Sport. 20 April 2015. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "AF Corse confirms three full-season cars and line-ups". International GT Open. GT Sport. 16 March 2015. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
^ "McLaren anche per il Kox Racing". ItaliaRacing.net (in Italian). Inpagina. 16 April 2015. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
^ "Sette gli appuntamenti per il 2015". ItaliaRacing.net (in Italian). Inpagina. 5 November 2014. Archived from the original on 5 November 2014. Retrieved 5 November 2014.

External links

Official website

[1] "Michelin becomes the new tire supplier of the Euroformula Open". International GT Open. GT Sport. 2 February 2015. Retrieved 3 February 2015.

[Teo_Martín-2] "Teo Martín choses the GT Open for its comeback, enters a McLaren 650S for Parente-Ramos!". International GT Open. GT Sport. 9 February 2015. Retrieved 10 February 2015.

[Spa-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l "SPA FRANCORCHAMPS 4 / 6 September 2015 Entry List" (PDF). International GT Open. GT Sport. Retrieved 6 September 2015.

[Villorba_Corse-4] "Balzan-Benucci for Villorba's bid". International GT Open. GT Sport. 16 April 2015. Retrieved 16 April 2015.

[Monza-5] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Autodromo di Monza Entry List" (PDF). International GT Open. GT Sport. Retrieved 3 October 2015.

[Kessel_Racing-6] "Kessel Racing back with Broniszewski-Piccini". International GT Open. GT Sport. 22 April 2015. Retrieved 22 April 2015.

[Solaris-7] "Solaris Motorsport to sport the Corvette flag". International GT Open. GT Sport. 12 February 2015. Retrieved 26 February 2015.

[PaulRicard-8] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "GT Open's tenth season starts in the sign of great battle". International GT Open. GT Sport. 23 April 2015. Retrieved 24 April 2015.

[AERT-9] "AERT, a new Russian endeavor in the GT Open". International GT Open. GT Sport. 2 April 2015. Retrieved 2 April 2015.

[Lechner_Racing-10] "Plachutta-Jäger to sport the Silver Star". International GT Open. GT Sport. 15 April 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2015.

[Silverstone-11] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j "Silverstone to witness GT Open title battles heat up". International GT Open. GT Sport. 3 June 2015. Retrieved 4 June 2015.

[Balfe-12] "GT purist Balfe Motorsport steps up effort". International GT Open. GT Sport. 18 March 2015. Retrieved 19 March 2015.

[Team_Parker_Racing-13] "Parker's Audi joins at Ricard with Loggie-McLeoddate". International GT Open. GT Sport. 20 April 2015. Retrieved 20 April 2015.

[Swiss_Team-14] "The Maserati MC GT3 is back to the GT Open !". International GT Open. GT Sport. 20 April 2015. Retrieved 20 April 2015.

[AF-15] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "AF Corse confirms three full-season cars and line-ups". International GT Open. GT Sport. 16 March 2015. Retrieved 16 March 2015.

[16] "McLaren anche per il Kox Racing". ItaliaRacing.net (in Italian). Inpagina. 16 April 2015. Retrieved 18 April 2015.

[17] "Sette gli appuntamenti per il 2015". ItaliaRacing.net (in Italian). Inpagina. 5 November 2014. Archived from the original on 5 November 2014. Retrieved 5 November 2014.

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