2020 GT Sports Club Europe

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The 2020 GT Sports Club Europe is the sixth season of the SRO Motorsports Group's GT Sports Club, an auto racing series for grand tourer cars. The GT Sports Club is a championship for Bronze level drivers only, with two additional sub-classes based on age, Titanium and Iron, in order to separate the potential of using higher-level drivers who are often in amateur classes based on their age. The Titanium categorisation for drivers between the age of 50 and 59. The Iron categorisation for drivers over the age of 60 (meaning all drivers who would be FIA Platinum or Gold but are 60 or older).

Calendar[edit]

An initial calendar was released on 28 September at an SRO Motorsports Group press conference ahead of the 2019 Barcelona 3 Hours.[1] Which was later optimised so that GT2 and GT3 cars would run in the same races rather than having split championships[2] Subsequently, due to the spread of COVID-19 in Italy, SRO Motorsports Group cancelled the Monza round and replaced it with a round at Imola, while the round at Misano was also removed.[3] The COVID-19 pandemic subsequently necessitated a revised calendar being released.[4]

Round Circuit Location Date Supporting
1 R1 Italy Misano World Circuit Misano Adriatico, Italy 7–9 August GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup
R2
R3
2 R4 France Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours Magny-Cours, France 11–13 September
R5
3 R6 Netherlands Circuit Zandvoort Zandvoort, Netherlands 25–27 September
R7
4 R8 Spain Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya Montmeló, Spain 9–11 October
R9
R10
Cancelled due to the 2019-20 coronavirus pandemic
Circuit Location Original Date
France Circuit Paul Ricard Le Castellet, France 30–31 May
Belgium Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps Stavelot, Belgium 24–25 July
Germany Nürburgring Nürburg, Germany 5–6 September
Italy Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari Imola, Italy 30 October–1 November

Entry List[edit]

Team Car No. Drivers Car Class Rounds Ref
France AKKA ASP Team Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 61 Italy Mauro Ricci GT3 Ti [5]
Icon Class
Car
GT2 GT2 Cars
GT3 GT3 Cars
Class
Ti Titanium Cup
Iron Iron Cup

Race results[edit]

Round Circuit Pole position Overall Winner Titanium Winner Iron Winner
1 R1 Italy Misano No Entries
R2
R3
2 R1 France Magny-Cours
R2
3 R1 Netherlands Zandvoort
R2
4 R1 Spain Barcelona
R2
R3


References[edit]

  1. ^ "SRO Motorsports Group Barcelona Press Conference Calendar" (PDF). Stéphane Ratel. SRO Motorsports Group. 28 September 2019. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  2. ^ "2020 GT Sports Club Europe calendar optimised". gtsportsclub.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 25 February 2020. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  3. ^ "Monza World Challenge Round Cancelled". Dailysportscar.com. 9 March 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
  4. ^ "Calendar". SRO Motorsports Group. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  5. ^ "AKKA-ASP return to GT Sports Club Europe with Mauro Ricci". gtsportsclub.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 19 February 2020. Retrieved 8 March 2020.

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