40 Cars entered in Algarve season-opener!

40 Cars entered in Algarve season-opener!

23.04.2012

The International GT Open and the Spanish GT Championship 2012 will kick off next week-end in the Autódromo do Algarve in Portimão with a joint event that has attracted an excellent entry, as 40 cars will share the track. The official entry list has been published today by GT Sport.

With some key entrants to join the series as from Round 2, the GT Open contenders taking part in the season-opening event reach 26 units. Among latest news, Villois Racing, which is coming back to the SuperGT class with its Aston Martin Vantage GT2, has confirmed its high-level driver line-up, with Matteo Malucelli and 2010 champion Álvaro Barba. On his side, reigning GTS champion Lorenzo Bontempelli is joining Mario Cordoni at the wheel of the Ferrari 458 GT3 of debuting Ombra Racing.

Other late entries include the Ford GT of ACL Rodrive team, entrusted to Rui Lapa and double Brazilian GT champion Matheus Stumpf, the Mosler GT3 of Rafael Unzurrunzaga and the Porsche 997 R of António Nogueira.

Everything is ready therefore for a great inauguration of the season, where the GT Open will accompanied by the European F3 Open and the FIA Formula 2 and showcase the best of Europe’s pro-am GT2 and GT3 racing, with a great duel between Ferrari and Porsche in both categories, the debut of Lotus and the come-back of Aston Martin in Super GT, and many ‘new faces’ among drivers and teams.

         
      GT Open International    Autódromo do ALGARVE
               
Entry  List        April,  27 - 29    2012
Nº Punt. ENTRANT Nat. DRIVERS Nat. VEHICLE CATEGORY CLASS
Andrea Montermini IT
2 I aabar abu dhabi Villorba Corse IT Juan Manuel López AR Ferrari 458 GT Italia Super GT GT2 FIA
Federico Leo IT
4 I AF Corse IT Toni Vilander FI Ferrari 458 GT Italia Super GT GT2 FIA
Alexander Talkanitsa, sr BY
5 I AT Racing Team AT Alexander Talkanitsa, jr BY Ferrari 458 GT Italia Super GT GT2 FIA
Miguel Amaral PT
6 I  E Drivex School ES Miguel Ángel de Castro ES Porsche 997 GT3 RSR 2012 Super GT GT2 FIA
Ferdinando Geri IT
7 I  E Drivex School ES Giacomo Piccini IT Porsche 911 GT3 RSR Super GT GT2 FIA
Marco Holzer DE
8 I Manthey Racing DE Nick Tandy GB Porsche 997 GT3 RSR 2012 Super GT GT2 FIA
Johnny Mowlem GB
9 I Lotus Giudici Racing IT Marcello Puglisi IT Lotus Evora GTE Super GT GT2 FIA
Miguel Ramos PT
10 I  E Black Team IT Raffaele Giammaria IT Ferrari 458 GT Italia Super GT GT2 FIA
Michael Broniszewski PL
11 I Kessel Racing CH Philipp Peter AT Ferrari 458 GT Italia Super GT GT2 FIA
Álvaro Barba ES
12 I Villois Racing IT Matteo Malucelli IT Aston Martin Vantage Super GT GT2 FIA
Peter Versluis NL
14 I Eurol Veka Racing Team NL Yelmer Buurman NL Ferrari 458 GT Italia Super GT GT2 FIA
Jan Versluis NL
15 I Eurol Veka Racing Team NL Nicky Pastorelli NL Ferrari 430 GT2 Super GT GT2 FIA
Raymond Narac FR
16 I Imsa Performance Matmut FR Patrick Pilet FR Porsche 997 GT3 RSR 2012 Super GT GT2 FIA
Hugo Godinho PT
31 E Ray Racing Team PT Joao Ramos PT Ferrari 430 GT2 Super GT GT2 FIA
Jesús Díez Villarroel ES
32 E Jesús Díez Villarroel ES Álvaro Fontes ES Ferrari 430 GT2 Super GT GT2 FIA
Josep Mayola ES
33 E PCR  Sport ES Marc Carol ES Ferrari 430 GT2 Super GT GT2 FIA
Daniel Zampieri IT
44 I Kessel Racing CH Michael Dalle Stelle IT Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 GTS
Alan Calari CH
51 I Kessel Racing CH Iradj Alexander CH Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 GTS
Steven Earle US
52 I Kessel Racing CH Freddy Kremer DE Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 GTS
Massimo Mantovani IT
53 I Kessel Racing CH Andrea Cecchellero IT Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 GTS
Marco Mapelli IT
54 I Autorlando Sport IT Archie Hamilton GB Porsche 997 GT3 R GTS
Stefano Bizzarri IT
56 I AF Corse IT Andrea Rizzoli IT Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 GTS
Claudio Sdanewitsch DE
57 I AF Corse IT Michele Rugolo IT Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 GTS
Martin Lanting  NL
58 I AF Corse IT Henrik Haane NL Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 GTS
Mario Cordoni IT
60 I Ombra Racing IT Lorenzo Bontempelli IT Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 GTS
Rui Lapa PT
61 I  E ACL by Rodrive PT Matheus Stumpf BR Ford GT SGT / GTS
Nico Pronk DE
62 I Goodsense Racing Team PT Peter Kox DE Lamborghini Gallardo LP600+ GTS
18 I  E Blue Jumeirah Team UE Rafael Unzurrunzaga ES Mosler MT900  GT3 GTS
Manuel Gião PT
80 E Team Novadriver PT Tba Audi R8 LMS Ultra SGT / GTS
César Campaniço PT
81 E Team Novadriver PT Mikko Eskelinen FI Audi R8 LMS Ultra SGT / GTS
Patrick Pereira da Cunha PT
82 E Goodsense Racing Team PT José C. Teixeira Ramos PT Lamborghini Gallardo LP600+ SGT / GTS
Jorge A. Silva de Queiroz PT
83 E Goodsense Racing Team PT "Pepe" PT Lamborghini Gallardo LP600+ SGT / GTS
85 I  E António Nogueira PT António Nogueira PT Porsche 997 GT3 R SGT / GTS
António Coimbra PT
87 E ASM Team PT Luis Silva PT McLaren MP 4-12C GT3 SGT / GTS
Paulo Pinheiro PT
89 E Algarve ES Tba Viper GT3 GTS
Tba
91 E Algarve PRO Racing PT Tba Megane Trophy GTS
Luis Villalba ES
92 E Luis Villalba ES Francesc Gutiérrez ES Ginetta G50 GT4 GT Light
Santiago Porteiro ES
88 E Santiago Porteiro ES Salvador Tineo ES BMW M3 GT Light
Félix Porteiro ES
93 E Félix Porteiro ES Borja Signes ES BMW M3 GT Light
Joffrey Didier PT
94 E Goodsense Racing Team PT Angela M. Negrão da Cunha PT Lotus Evora GT4 GT Light
Note: I = scores in Int. GT Open / E = scores in GT España / I  E = scores in Int GT Open + GT España

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