2014 Italian GT Championship

The 2014 Italian GT Championship was the 23rd season of the Italian GT Championship, the grand tourer-style sports car racing founded by the Italian automobile club (Automobile Club d'Italia). The season started on 11 May at Misano and ended on 26 October at Monza after seven double-header meetings.^[1]

The drivers' championship was won by Scuderia Baldini 27 Network drivers Lorenzo Casè and Raffaele Giammaria, finishing just three points of their nearest rivals, Marco Mapelli and Thomas Schoeffler. A further fifteen points behind in third place were MP1 Corse's Nicola Benucci. While GTC category was won by Massimo Omar Galbiatil.^[2]

Race calendar and results[edit]

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	GT3 winner	GTC winner
1	R1	Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Misano Adriatico	11 May	No. 6 Audi Sport Italia	No. 5 Audi Sport Italia	No. 122 Kripton Motorsport
	R1			Marco Mapelli	Dindo Capello Emanuele Zonzini	Fabrizio Bignotti
	R2			No. 77 BMS Scuderia Italia	No. 6 Audi Sport Italia	No. 132 Antonelli Motorsport
	R2			Alessandro Pier Guidi	Marco Mapelli Thomas Schöffler	Massimo Omar Galbiati Christian Passuti
2	R1	Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza	1 June	No. 63 Imperiale Racing	No. 23 Team Malucelli	No. 116 Master Service
	R1			Giacomo Barri	Alex Frassineti Piero Necchi	Daniel Mancinelli Steven Goldstein
	R2			No. 5 Audi Sport Italia	No. 44 Ebimotors	No. 134 Tempesta Sascha
	R2			Emanuele Zonzini	Vincenzo Donativi Andrea Gagliardini	Simone Iacone Sascha Tempesta
3	R1	Mugello Circuit	13 July	No. 27 Scuderia Baldini 27 Network	No. 6 Audi Sport Italia	No. 134 Tempesta Sascha
	R1			Lorenzo Casè	Marco Mapelli Thomas Schöffler	Simone Iacone Sascha Tempesta
	R2			No. 6 Audi Sport Italia	No. 77 BMS Scuderia Italia	No. 132 Antonelli Motorsport
	R2			Marco Mapelli	Luigi Lucchini Alessandro Pier Guidi	Massimo Omar Galbiati Luca Rangoni
4	R1	Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet	31 August	No. 27 Scuderia Baldini 27 Network	No. 63 Imperiale Racing	No. 134 Tempesta Sascha
	R1			Raffaele Giammaria	Giacomo Barri Mirko Bortolotti	Simone Iacone Sascha Tempesta
	R2			No. 6 Audi Sport Italia	No. 9 MP1 Corse	No. 103 Antonelli Motorsport
	R2			Marco Mapelli	Alessandro Balzan Nicola Benucci	Pierluigi Alessandri Juan Pipkin
5	R1	ACI Vallelunga Circuit, Campagnano di Roma	14 September	No. 27 Scuderia Baldini 27 Network	No. 63 Imperiale Racing	No. 116 Master Service
	R1			Raffaele Giammaria	Giacomo Barri Mirko Bortolotti	Daniel Mancinelli Steven Goldstein
	R2			No. 63 Imperiale Racing	No. 9 MP1 Corse	No. 116 Master Service
	R2			Mirko Bortolotti	Alessandro Balzan Nicola Benucci	Daniel Mancinelli Steven Goldstein
6	R1	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola	12 October	No. 9 MP1 Corse	No. 8 Easy Race	No. 112 Ebimotors
	R1			Alessandro Balzan	Luigi Ferrara Marco Magli	Tommaso Maino Ronnie Valori
	R2			No. 63 Imperiale Racing	No. 27 Scuderia Baldini 27 Network	No. 103 Antonelli Motorsport
	R2			Mirko Bortolotti	Lorenzo Casè Raffaele Giammaria	Valentino Fornapolli
7	R1	Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza	26 October	No. 9 MP1 Corse	No. 14 Ombra Racing	No. 132 Antonelli Motorsport
	R1			Alessandro Balzan	Alex Frassineti Stefano Costantini	Massimo Omar Galbiati Christian Passuti
	R2			No. 63 Imperiale Racing	No. 12 Solaris Motorsport	No. 116 Master Service
	R2			Mirko Bortolotti	Francesco Sini Tomáš Enge	Daniel Mancinelli Steven Goldstein

Standings[edit]

Drivers' championship[edit]

GT3[edit]

Pos	Driver	MIS		MNZ		MUG		LEC		VLL		IMO		MNZ		Points
GT3
1	Lorenzo Casè Raffaele Giammaria	4	Ret	3	Ret	2	2	2	4	3	6	10	1	6	2	131
3	Marco Mapelli Thomas Schöffler	8	1	6	8	1	4	5	2	8	Ret	3	2	4	3	128
5	Nicola Benucci	3	4	4	Ret	8	7	13	1	7	1	2	7	3	8	113
6	Alessandro Balzan	3	4					13	1	7	1	2	7	3	8	98
7	Luigi Ferrara Marco Magli	6	8	5	4	3	9	6	9	9	5	1	6	7	5	85
9	Gianluca Carboni Matteo Beretta	24	7	2	2	5	6	11	5	4	4	5	Ret	Ret	4	85
10	Luigi Lucchini	2	9			Ret	1	3	6	2	8	23	3			84
11	Alex Frassineti	Ret	20	1	7	4	8			6	3	Ret	5	1	Ret	79
12	Vincenzo Donativi Andrea Gagliardini	23	2	9	1	6	5	8	7	10	7	6	Ret	9	6	73
14	Rinaldo Capello Emanuele Zonzini	1	Ret	17	6	20	Ret	4	Ret	5	2	7	14	8	7	69
15	Giacomo Barri	13	3	19	9	Ret	Ret	1	3	1	13	Ret	Ret	10	Ret	68
16	Alessandro Pier Guidi	2	9			Ret	1	3	6			23	3			66
17	Mirko Bortolotti							1	3	1	13	Ret	Ret	10	Ret	54
18	Riccardo Bianco	7	5	18	3	Ret	11	7	8			22	4			38
19	Piero Necchi			1	7	4	8									35
20	Stefano Pezzucchi	10	Ret			Ret	11	7	8			22	4	2	Ret	31
21	Francesco Sini Tomáš Enge													5	1	27
22	Fabio Babini	7	5	18	3											23
23	Francisco Mora	5	6	Ret	18	21	10					4	DSQ			22
24	Gabriele Lancieri			4	Ret	8	7					Ret	5			22
25	Stefano Costantini													1	Ret	20
26	Matteo Malucelli	9	19							6	3					19
27	Jeff Segal									2	8					18
28	René Bordeaux Robert Renauer					7	3									16
30	Andrea Amici	13	3	19	9	Ret	Ret									14
31	Lorenzo Bontempelli Beniamino Caccia			7	5											11
33	Emanuele Romani			Ret	Ret	10	12	9	17	Ret	9	8	Ret	11	Ret	9
34	Marco Galassi	9	19									9	8			7
35	Roberto Benedetti Kevin d'Amico	11	10	8	Ret	9	18									6
37	Mauro Trentin											9	8			5
38	Stefano Sala											8	Ret	12	Ret	3
39	Giovanni Berton							9	17							3
40	Dimitri Deverikos									Ret	9					2
41	Luís Sá Silva			Ret	18	21	10									2
42	Manuele Mengozzi					10	12									1
	Giovanna Amati Giovanni di Lorenzi	12	11													0
	Dario Cerati Stefano Garelli											11	Ret			0
	António Coimbra Luís Silva											Ret	DNS	19	DNS	0
	Álvaro Barba	Ret	20													0
	Patrick Cunha "Geronimo"													20	Ret	0
Pos	Driver	MIS		MNZ		MUG		LEC		VLL		IMO		MNZ		Points

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

GTC[edit]

Pos	Driver	MIS		MNZ		MUG		LEC		VLL		IMO		MNZ		Points
1	Omar Galbiati	15	12	15	11	17	13	17	12	12	14	13	12	12	12	161
2	Simone Iacone Sascha Tempesta			11	10	11	15	10	14	13	11	20	10	15	14	151
4	Christian Passuti	15	12	15	11			17	12	12	14	13	12	12	12	146
5	Daniel Mancinelli Steven Goldstein			10	13	18	17	14	11	11	10	17	Ret	14	9	142
7	"El Pato"	17	14	Ret	19	12	14	12	16	15	12					91
8	Alessandro Baccani Paolo Venerosi	19	17	13	12	13	21	15	15	16	15	15	Ret	17	13	90
10	Giuseppe Bodega	20	16	12	14	15	20	18	13	17	16	16	Ret	Ret	10	84
11	Stefano Maestri	20	16	12	14	15	20			17	16	16	Ret	Ret	10	74
12	Mirko Zanardini			Ret	19	12	14	12	16	15	12					71
13	Pierluigi Alessandri	16	13	Ret	Ret	Ret	19	16	10	15	17					70
14	Tommaso Maino Ronnie Valori											12	11	16	11	51
16	Davide Durante Nicolò Piancastelli											14	13	13	15	38
18	Juan Pipkin							16	10					18	16	34
19	Marco Macori	16	13													27
20	Enrico Quinzio Domenico Schiattarella	18	21	16	16	14	23									27
22	Livio Selva			14	15	16	16									22
23	Fabrizio Bignotti	14	18	Ret	Ret											24
24	Luca Rangoni					17	13									24
25	"Spezz"	21	15	Ret	Ret	16	16	Ret	Ret							24
26	Valentino Fornaroli											21	9			21
27	Sebastián Merchán	17	14													20
28	Marco Panzavuota							18	13							12
29	Daniel Zampieri									15	17					11
30	Luca Pastorelli			Ret	17							19	15	Ret	Ret	11
31	Nicola Pastorelli											19	15			8
32	Andrea Quaglia			Ret	17	19	22									7
33	Matteo Macchiavelli													18	16	7
34	Stefano Sala					Ret	19									5
35	Roberto Delli Guanti David Perel											18	Ret			4
37	Domenico Zonin					19	22									0
38	Emanuele Romani	22	Ret													2
	Alberto Caneva													Ret	Ret	0
GTC2
	Gianni Giudici							19	Ret							0
Pos	Driver	MIS		MNZ		MUG		LEC		VLL		IMO		MNZ		Points