2009 International GT Open

The 2009 International GT Open season was the fourth season of the International GT Open. The season began on April 18 and ended on November 8, 2009. Joël Camathias and Marcel Fässler claimed both the Super GT title and the overall title, beating Autorlando Sport's Richard Lietz and Gianluca Roda in both standings. GTS champions were the Kessel Racing pairing of Michał Broniszewski and Philipp Peter.

Drivers and teams

All cars ran on Dunlop tyres.

Team	No.	Drivers	Class	Chassis	Engine	Rounds
Racing Team Edil Cris	1	Andrea Montermini	SGT	Ferrari F430 GT2	Ferrari 4.0L V8	1–2
	1	Mattia Pavoni				1–2
	6	Alessandro Bonetti				1–8
	6	Raffaele Giammaria				1–8
Autorlando Sport	3	Richard Lietz	SGT	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche 4.0L Flat-6	1–8
	3	Gianluca Roda
	4	Manuel Gião
	4	Pedro Couceiro
Trottet Racing	5	Marcel Fässler	SGT	Ferrari F430 GTC	Ferrari 4.0L V8	1–6
Trottet Racing	5	Joël Camathias	SGT	Ferrari F430 GTC	Ferrari 4.0L V8	1–6
Megadrive Advanced Engineering	8	Marco Cioci	SGT	Ferrari F430 GT2	Ferrari 4.0L V8	1–8
Megadrive Advanced Engineering	8	Piergiuseppe Perazzini	SGT	Ferrari F430 GT2	Ferrari 4.0L V8	1–8
Advanced Engineering	9	Peter Bamford	SGT	Ferrari F430 GT2	Ferrari 4.0L V8	1–8
	9	Matt Griffin
	11	Alessandro Garofano
		Marco Mapelli				1–2
		Rui Águas				1–4, 7–8
	12	Giacomo Ricci				1–8
	12	Michele Rugolo				1–8
	65	Carlo Romani	GTS	Maserati GranTurismo Coupé Cup	Maserati 4.7L V8	3–4
	65	Arturo Merzario	GTS	Maserati GranTurismo Coupé Cup	Maserati 4.7L V8	3–4
Vittoria Competizioni	10	Plamen Kralev	SGT	Ferrari F430 GT2	Ferrari 4.0L V8	1–6
		Andrea Montermini				3–4
		Ferdinando Monfardini				7–8
		Marco Frezza				7–8
	67	John Horejsi	GTS	Ferrari F430 GT3	Ferrari 4.3L V8	1–8
SunRed	14	Víctor Fernández	SGT	SunRed SR21	Judd GV4 4.0L V10	1–6
	14	Lluis Llobet
	15	Óscar Fernández
	15	Matteo Cressoni
IMSA Performance Matmut	16	Raymond Narac	SGT	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche 4.0L Flat-6	1–8
	16	Patrick Pilet
	17	Michel Lecourt
	17	Richard Balandras
	18	Jean-Philippe Belloc
	18	Yannick David
Easyrace	19	Fabrizio del Monte	SGT	Ferrari F430 GT2	Ferrari 4.0L V8	1–2, 5–6
Easyrace	19	Steve Zacchia	SGT	Ferrari F430 GT2	Ferrari 4.0L V8	1–2, 5–6
António Nogueira	20	António Nogueira	SGT	Marcos LM600	Chevrolet 7.0L V8	3–4
Scuderia 22	51	Giacomo Piccini	GTS	Chevrolet Corvette Z06.R GT3	Chevrolet LS7 7.0L V8	7–8
Scuderia 22	51	Ferdinando Geri	GTS	Chevrolet Corvette Z06.R GT3	Chevrolet LS7 7.0L V8	7–8
Escudería Roger Racing	52	Miquel Julià	GTS	Ferrari F430 GT3	Ferrari 4.3L V8	1–4
Escudería Roger Racing	52	Duarte Félix da Costa	GTS	Ferrari F430 GT3	Ferrari 4.3L V8	1–4
FR Motorsport	55	Riccardo Romagnoli	GTS	Dodge Viper Competition Coupe	Dodge 8.3L V10	1–2
	55	Giuseppe de Pasquale
	56	Gabriele Sabatini
	56	Filippo Zadotti
Kessel Racing	57	Lorenzo Bontempelli	GTS	Ferrari 430 Scuderia GT3	Ferrari 4.3L V8	1–6
		Stefano Livio				1–6
		Niki Cadei				7–8
		Paulo Bonifácio				7–8
	58	Vadim Kuzminykh				1–8
		Stephen Earle				1–2, 5–6
		Beniamino Caccia				3–4, 7–8
	59	Philipp Peter				1–8
	59	Michał Broniszewski				1–8
Villois Racing	61	Massimiliano Wiser	GTS	Aston Martin DBRS9	Aston Martin 6.0L V12	1–8
		Gabriele Lancieri				1–2, 5–8
		Luca Filippi				3–4
	62	Marco Petrini				1–8
	62	Lucas Guerrero				1–8
Chad Racing	64	Mike Cantillon	GTS	Ferrari F430 GT3	Ferrari 4.3L V8	3–8
Chad Racing	64	Jamie Constable	GTS	Ferrari F430 GT3	Ferrari 4.3L V8	3–8
Vodafone Racing	66	António Coimbra	GTS	Aston Martin DBRS9	Aston Martin 6.0L V12	3–4
Vodafone Racing	66	Luís Silva	GTS	Aston Martin DBRS9	Aston Martin 6.0L V12	3–4
Aeffem	68	Mario Ferraris	GTS	Ferrari F430 GT3	Ferrari 4.3L V8	1–2
Aeffem	68	Aldo Cerruti	GTS	Ferrari F430 GT3	Ferrari 4.3L V8	1–2
J.C. Lagniez Red Racing	69	Jean-Claude Lagniez	GTS	Chevrolet Corvette Z06.R GT3	Chevrolet LS7 7.0L V8	3–6
		Iradj Alexander				3–8
		Miquel Julià				7–8

Icon	Class
SGT	Super GT Class
GTS	GTS Class

Calendar

Round	Circuit	Date	Super GT winner	GTS winner
1	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola	18 April	#12 Advanced Engineering	#59 Kessel Racing
1		18 April	Michele Rugolo Giacomo Ricci	Michał Broniszewski Philipp Peter
2		19 April	#5 Trottet Racing	#59 Kessel Racing
2		19 April	Joël Camathias Marcel Fässler	Michał Broniszewski Philipp Peter
3	Autódromo Internacional do Algarve, Portimão	16 May	#3 Autorlando Sport	#62 Villois Racing
3		16 May	Gianluca Roda Richard Lietz	Marco Petrini Lucas Guerrero
4		17 May	#5 Trottet Racing	#59 Kessel Racing
4		17 May	Marcel Fässler Joël Camathias	Michał Broniszewski Philipp Peter
5	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa	27 June	#16 IMSA Performance Matmut	#59 Kessel Racing
5		27 June	Raymond Narac Patrick Pilet	Michał Broniszewski Philipp Peter
6		28 June	#3 Autorlando Sport	#61 Villois Racing
6		28 June	Gianluca Roda Richard Lietz	Massimiliano Wiser Gabriele Lancieri
7	Donington Park, Castle Donington	4 July	#16 IMSA Performance Matmut	#59 Kessel Racing
7		4 July	Raymond Narac Patrick Pilet	Michał Broniszewski Philipp Peter
8		5 July	#16 IMSA Performance Matmut	#59 Kessel Racing
8		5 July	Raymond Narac Patrick Pilet	Michał Broniszewski Philipp Peter
9	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, Magny-Cours	19 September	#5 Trottet Racing	#62 Villois Racing
9		19 September	Marcel Fässler Joël Camathias	Marco Petrini Lucas Guerrero
10		20 September	#4 Autorlando Sport	#78 JMB Racing
10		20 September	Pedro Couceiro Manuel Gião	Jean Bachelier Yannick Mallegol
11	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza	3 October	#5 Trottet Racing	#62 Villois Racing
11		3 October	Marcel Fässler Joël Camathias	Marco Petrini Lucas Guerrero
12		4 October	#5 Trottet Racing	#61 Villois Racing
12		4 October	Marcel Fässler Joël Camathias	Massimiliano Wiser Gabriele Lancieri
13	Circuit de Catalunya, Montmeló	31 October	#16 IMSA Performance Matmut	#72 Mtech Racing
13		31 October	Raymond Narac Patrick Pilet	Duncan Cameron Matt Griffin
14		1 November	#16 IMSA Performance Matmut	#85 Phoenix Racing
14		1 November	Raymond Narac Patrick Pilet	Andrea Piccini Jean-Denis Délétraz
15	Autódromo Internacional do Algarve, Portimão^A	7 November	#5 Trottet Racing	#61 Villois Racing
15		7 November	Marcel Fässler Joël Camathias	Massimiliano Wiser Lucas Guerrero
16		8 November	#16 IMSA Performance Matmut	#61 Villois Racing
16		8 November	Raymond Narac Patrick Pilet	Massimiliano Wiser Lucas Guerrero

^A Replaces the round originally meant to be held at Valencia Street Circuit. Held simultaneously with the Spanish GT Championship races.

Championships

Points are awarded to the top five finishers in the order 10-8-6-4-3.

Drivers Championship

Super GT Standings

Pos	Driver	Team	IMO		ALG		SPA		DON		MAG		MNZ		CAT		ALG		Total
1	Joël Camathias Marcel Fässler	Trottet Racing		10	6	10	3	8	3	8	10	3	10	10	8		10		99
2	Richard Lietz Gianluca Roda	Autorlando Sport	6	6	10	4	8	10	4	6	8		8		4	6	8	6	94
3	Raymond Narac Patrick Pilet	IMSA Performance Matmut	8				10	3	10	10	6	8			10	10	6	10	91
4	Pedro Couceiro Manuel Gião	Autorlando Sport	4		4	8	4	6	8	4	3	10	4						55
5	Giacomo Ricci Michele Rugolo	Advanced Engineering	10	4	8		6		6		4		6	6					50
6	Marco Cioci Piergiuseppe Perazzini	Megadrive		8		6		4		3		6	3	4	3	4		4	45
7	Alessandro Bonetti Raffaele Giammaria	Racing Team Edil Cris	3	3		3								8					17
8	Marco Frezza Ferdinando Monfardini	Vittoria Competizioni													6	8			14
9	Jean-Philippe Belloc	IMSA Performance Matmut										4						8	12
10	Rui Águas Alessandro Garofano	Advanced Engineering														3	4	3	10
11	Richard Balandras	IMSA Performance Matmut																8	8
12	Yannick David	IMSA Performance Matmut										4							4
13=	Matteo Cressoni Óscar Fernández	SunRed			3														3
13=	Peter Bamford Matt Griffin	Advanced Engineering												3					3
Pos	Driver	Team	IMO		ALG		SPA		DON		MAG		MNZ		CAT		ALG		Total

GTS Standings

Pos	Driver	Team	IMO		ALG		SPA		DON		MAG		MNZ		CAT		ALG		Total
1	Michał Broniszewski Philipp Peter	Kessel Racing	10	10		10	10	6	10	10	6	6	8	4	6	8	3		107
2	Massimiliano Wiser	Villois Racing	8	8		8	8	10	8	6				10	4		10	10	90
3	Lucas Guerrero	Villois Racing	6		10				6	8	10	3	10	8	4		10	10	85
4	Marco Petrini	Villois Racing	6		10			8	6	8	10	3	10	8					69
5	Gabriele Lancieri	Villois Racing	8	8			8	10	8	6				10				8	66
6	Vadim Kuzminykh	Kessel Racing		6					4		8	8		6			8	6	66
7	Lorenzo Bontempelli	Kessel Racing			4						8	8		6					26
8	Miquel Julià	Escudería Roger Racing J.C. Lagniez	3	4	3					4	3		6						23
9	Jean-Claude Lagniez	J.C. Lagniez			6	6					3		6						21
10	Duncan Cameron	Mtech Racing					4								10	6			20
11	Matt Griffin	Mtech Racing													10	6			16
11	Iradj Alexander	J.C. Lagniez			6	6				4									16
12=	Jean Bachelier Yannick Mallegol	JMB Racing									4	10							14
12=	Stefano Gattuso	Kessel Racing															8	6	14
13	Jean-Denis Délétraz Andrea Piccini	Phoenix													3	10			13
14=	John Horejsi	Vittoria Competizioni			8	4													12
14=	António Coimbra Luís Silva	Vodafone Racing				3											6	3	12
15	Frederic Makowiecki Jean-Philippe Dayraut	Team As Events													8	3			11
16=	Ferdinando Geri Giacomo Piccini	Scuderia 22				6	4												10
16=	Duarte Félix da Costa	Escudería Roger Racing	3	4	3														10
17=	Luca Filippi	Villois Racing				8													8
17=	Paolo Necchi	Villois Racing						8											8
17=	Massimiliano Busnelli	Villois Racing																8	8
17=	Filippo Zadotti Gabriele Sabatini	FR Motorsport	4										4						4
18=	Stephen Earle	Kessel Racing		6															6
18=	Stefano Borghi Gianluca de Lorenzi	GDL Racing					3	3											6
19=	Stefano Livio	Kessel Racing			4														4
19=	Mike Edmonds	Mtech Racing					4												4
19=	Beniamino Caccia	Kessel Racing								4									4
19=	Christian Lepreux Jacques Médard	Ruffier Racing										4							4
19=	Maurice Ricci Mike Savary	Maurice Ricci														4			4
19=	Gabriele Balthazard Jérôme Policand	Gabriele Balthazard																4	4
20=	Giuseppe de Pasquale Riccardo Romagnoli	FR Motorsport		3															3
20=	Leyton Clarke Adam Jones	Mtech Racing							3										3
20=	Maurizio Ardigo	Maurizio Ardigo											3						3
20=	Jean-Francois Dumoulin Hynn Lee	Vittoria Competizioni												3					3
Pos	Driver	Team	IMO		ALG		SPA		DON		MAG		MNZ		CAT		ALG		Total

Teams Championship

Super GT Standings

Pos	Team	IMO		ALG		SPA		DON		MAG		MNZ		CAT		ALG		Total
1	Autorlando Sport	10	6	14	12	12	16	12	10	11	10	12		4	6	8	6	149
2	IMSA Performance Matmut	8				10	3	10	10	6	12			10	10	6	18	103
3	Trottet Racing		10	6	10	3	8	3	8	10	3	10	10	8		10		99
4	Advanced Engineering	10	4	8		6		6		4		6	9		3	4	3	63
5	Megadrive		8		6		4		3		6	3	4	3	4		4	45
6	Racing Team Edil Cris	3	3		3								8					17
7	Vittoria Competizioni													6	8			14
8	SunRed			3														3
Pos	Team	IMO		ALG		SPA		DON		MAG		MNZ		CAT		ALG		Total

GTS Standings

Pos	Team	IMO		ALG		SPA		DON		MAG		MNZ		CAT		ALG		Total
1	Villois Racing	14	8	10	8	8	18	14	14	10	3	10	18	4		10	18	167
2	Kessel Racing	10	16	4	10	10	6	14	10	14	14	8	10	6	8	8	6	154
3	Mtech Racing					4								10	6			20
4	J.C. Lagniez				6				4			6						16
5	Vittoria Competizioni			8	4								3					15
6	Phoenix Racing													3	10			13
7	Scuderia 22					6	4			3								13
8	Vodafone Racing				3											6	3	12
9	Team AS Events													8	3			11
10	FR Motorsport	4	3									4						11
11	JMB Racing										10							10
12	Escudería Roger Racing	3	4	3														10
13	Apex Racing								3		4							7
14	GDL Racing					3	3											6
15=	Ruffier Racing										4							4
15=	Maurice Ricci														4			4
15=	Gabriele Balthazard																4	4
18	Maurizio Ardigo											3						3
Pos	Team	IMO		ALG		SPA		DON		MAG		MNZ		CAT		ALG		Total

References

"International GT Open Championship Classification" (PDF). GT Sport. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 24, 2009. Retrieved 13 June 2011.

External links

Official website