Traditional titles-decider event attracts great interestLatest top names include Wendlinger-Baumann (Seyffarth Mercedes) and Rangoni-Garofano (Schubert BMW)
No exception to the tradition: the final round of the International GT Open will attract the best entry list of the season, as always, with many cars joining regular participants for the closing event. The entry list published today by GT Sport contains no less than 48 cars, including the participants to the Spanish GT / Iber GT championship, which will race jointly with the GT Open on both races.
Some heavy names have been added to the entry list. Seyffarth Motorsport will be present with two Mercedes SLS AMG in the hands of Jan Seyffarth-Kenneth Heyer, who already took two GTS wins at the Nrburgring, and Italian pair Luca Rangoni-Alessandro Garofano, who shone in the series last year.
Schubert Motorsport, on their side, will entrust their two BMW Z4 to Swedish pair Lars Stugemo-Daniel Roos, already seen in Budapest, and to a top pair composed of former F.1 star Karl Wendlinger and Dominik Baumann.
French GT stars Antoine Beltoise-Nicolas Armindo will drive the top of the three Porsches 911R of PRO GT Almras, and Kurdish-Spanish driver Isaac Tutumlu will be along Miguel ngel De Castro on the 2012 Porsche 911 RSR of Drivex. Other major entries already announced include the Mtech Ferrari GT2 (Griffin-Cameron), Joel Camathias joining Ombra Racing, Marco Engel pairing with Klaas Hummel on the Lapidus Mercedes and Belgian young guns Maxime Martin-Bertrand Baguette on the GPR Aston Martin.
But the first focus of attention will remain the fight for the titles, with Ferrari and Porsche duelling in both classes. Bruni-Leo (AF Corse) and Holzer-Tandy (Manthey Racing) are in contention for the overall title, with Barba-Malucelli (Villois Aston Martin) as third bidders, while in the GTS class the Ferraris of Zampieri-Dalle Stelle (Kessel Racing) and Stefano Bizzarri (AF Corse) will fight with the Autorlando Porsche of Hamilton-Mapelli.
Circuit de Catalunya/Entry List November, 2 - 4 2012/N Insc/Punt ENTRANT Nat. DRIVERS Nat. VEHICLE CATEGORY CLASS
Andrea Montermini IT2 I Scuderia Villorba IT Juan Manuel Lpez AR Ferrari 458 GT Italia Super GT GT2 FIAFederico Leo IT4 I AF Corse IT Gianmaria Bruni IT Ferrari 458 GT Italia Super GT GT2 FIAAlexander Talkanitsa, sr BY5 I AT Racing Team AT Alexander Talkanitsa, jr BY Ferrari 458 GT Italia Super GT GT2 FIAMiguel ngel de Castro ES6 I E Drivex School ES Isaac Tutumlu (I *) ES Porsche 997 GT3 RSR 2012 Super GT GT2 FIATbn7 E Drivex School ES Tbn Porsche 911 GT3 RSR SGT / GTS GT2 FIAMarco Holzer DE8 I Manthey Racing DE Nick Tandy GB Porsche 997 GT3 RSR 2012 Super GT GT2 FIAMichael Broniszewski PL11 I Kessel Racing CH Philipp Peter AT Ferrari 458 GT Italia Super GT GT2 FIAlvaro Barba ES12 I Villois Racing IT Matteo Malucelli IT Aston Martin Vantage Super GT GT2 OpenRaymond Narac FR16 I E (*) Imsa Performance Matmut FR Patrick Pilet FR Porsche 997 GT3 RSR 2012 Super GT GT2 FIAMiguel Ramos PT17 I E V8 Racing NL Raffaele Giammaria IT Chevrolet Corvette C6R Super GT GT2 Open"Bernardo" (*) PT19 I V8 Racing NL Emanuele Moncini IT Chevrolet Corvette C6R Super GT GT2 OpenDuncan Cameron GB22 (*) I MTech GB Matt Griffin GB Ferrari 458 GT Italia Super GT GT2 FIAAlessandro Pier Guidi IT31 E Ray Racing Team PT Alvaro Fontes ES Ferrari 430 GT2 SGT / GTS GT2 FIA18 I E Blue Jumeirah Team AE Rafael Unzurrunzaga ES Mosler MT900 GT3 GTSJess Dez Villarroel ES37 E Jess Dez Villarroel ES Tbn Viper GT3 GTSDaniel Zampieri IT44 I Kessel Racing CH Michael Dalle Stelle IT Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 GTSAlan Calari CH51 I Kessel Racing CH Iradj Alexander CH Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 GTSSteven Earle US52 I Kessel Racing CH Freddy Kremer DE Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 GTSTbn53 I Kessel Racing CH Tbn Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 GTSMarco Mapelli IT54 I E (*) Autorlando Sport IT Archie Hamilton GB Porsche 997 GT3 R GTSMatteo Beretta IT55 I E Autorlando Sport IT Joo Ramos (* I) PT Porsche 997 GT3 R GTSStefano Bizzarri IT56 I AF Corse IT Andrea Rizzoli IT Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 GTSMartin Lanting NL58 I AF Corse IT Bob Herber NL Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 GTSMario Cordoni IT60 I Ombra Racing IT Jol Camathias (*) CH Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 GTSJan Seyffarth DE63 I Seyffarth Motorsport DE Kenneth Heyer DE Mercedes SLS AMG GT3 GTSTanakorn Ramindra IT64 (*) I AF Corse IT Nicola Caldani IT Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 GTSHoward Blank US65 I AF Corse IT Sandro Montani (*) IT Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 GTSMiguel Toril ES67 I Baporo Motorsport ES Pol Rosell (*) ES Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 GTSAlessandro Garofano IT74 I Schubert Motorsport DE Luca Rangoni (*) IT BMW Z4 GT3 GTSLars Stugemo SE75 I Schubert Motorsport DE Daniel Roos SE BMW Z4 GT3 GTSNico Pronk NL76 I Reiter Engineering DE Peter Kox NL Lamborghini Gallardo LP600+ GTSMarco Zanuttini IT77 I Kessel Racing CH Stefano Gattuso IT Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 GTSManuel Gio PT80 E Team Novadriver PT Carlos Vieira PT Audi R8 LMS Ultra SGT / GTSCsar Campanio PT81 E Team Novadriver PT Mikko Eskelinen FI Audi R8 LMS Ultra SGT / GTSPatrick Pereira da Cunha PT82 E Goodsense Racing Team PT Jos C. Teixeira Ramos PT Lamborghini Gallardo LP600+ SGT / GTSJorge A. Silva de Queiroz PT83 E Goodsense Racing Team PT "Pepe" PT Lamborghini Gallardo LP600+ SGT / GTSKlaas Hummel DE84 I Lapidus Racing DE Maro Engel (*) DE Mercedes SLS AMG GT3 GTSAntnio Nogueira PT85 E Antnio Nogueira PT Pedro Salvador PT Porsche 997 GT3 R SGT / GTSKarl Wendlinger AT86 (*) I Seyffarth Motorsport DE Domink Baumann AT Mercedes SLS AMG GT3 GTSTim Muller DE89 (*) I Attempto Racing DE Arkin Aka DE Porsche 997 GT3 R GTSKevin Estre FR90 (*) I Attempto Racing DE Tony Samon FR Porsche 997 GT3 R GTSMaxime Martin BE91 (*) I GPR Racing BE Bertrand Baguette BE Aston Martin V12 Vantage GTSLuis Villalba ES92 E Luis Villalba ES Francesc Gutirrez ES Ginetta G50 GT4 GT LightJoffrey Didier PT94 E Goodsense Racing Team PT Angela M. Negro da Cunha PT Lotus Evora GT4 GT LightAntonio Escmez ES96 (*) E Canarias Sport Club ES Luis Monzn ES Lamborghini Gallardo GT3 GTSFranck Perrera FR97 (*) I PRO GT by Philippe Almeras FR Eric Dermont FR Porsche 997 GT3 R GTSAntoine Lecler FR98 (*) I PRO GT by Philippe Almeras FR David Tuchbant FR Porsche 997 GT3 R GTSAnthony Beltoise FR99 (*) I PRO GT by Philippe Almeras FR Nicolas Armindo FR Porsche 997 GT3 R GTSNote: I = scores in Int. GT Open / E = scores in GT Espaa / I E = scores in Int GT Open + GT Espaa(*) According Art. 7.12 SR, Neither score, nor block points / No puntuan, ni bloquean
