2014 Italian GT Championship

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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]

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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

RoundCircuitDatePole positionGT3 winnerGTC winner
1R1 Flag of Italy.svg Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Misano Adriatico 11 May Flag of San Marino.svg No. 6 Audi Sport Italia Flag of San Marino.svg No. 5 Audi Sport Italia Flag of Italy.svg No. 122 Kripton Motorsport
Flag of Italy.svg Marco Mapelli Flag of Italy.svg Dindo Capello
Flag of San Marino.svg Emanuele Zonzini
Flag of Italy.svg Fabrizio Bignotti
R2 Flag of Italy.svg No. 77 BMS Scuderia Italia Flag of San Marino.svg No. 6 Audi Sport Italia Flag of Italy.svg No. 132 Antonelli Motorsport
Flag of Italy.svg Alessandro Pier Guidi Flag of Italy.svg Marco Mapelli
Flag of Germany.svg Thomas Schöffler
Flag of Italy.svg Massimo Omar Galbiati
Flag of Italy.svg Christian Passuti
2R1 Flag of Italy.svg Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza 1 June Flag of Italy.svg No. 63 Imperiale Racing Flag of Italy.svg No. 23 Team Malucelli Flag of Italy.svg No. 116 Master Service
Flag of Italy.svg Giacomo Barri Flag of Italy.svg Alex Frassineti
Flag of Italy.svg Piero Necchi
Flag of Italy.svg Daniel Mancinelli
Flag of Colombia.svg Steven Goldstein
R2 Flag of San Marino.svg No. 5 Audi Sport Italia Flag of Italy.svg No. 44 Ebimotors Flag of Italy.svg No. 134 Tempesta Sascha
Flag of San Marino.svg Emanuele Zonzini Flag of Italy.svg Vincenzo Donativi
Flag of Italy.svg Andrea Gagliardini
Flag of Italy.svg Simone Iacone
Flag of Italy.svg Sascha Tempesta
3R1 Flag of Italy.svg Mugello Circuit 13 July Flag of Italy.svg No. 27 Scuderia Baldini 27 Network Flag of San Marino.svg No. 6 Audi Sport Italia Flag of Italy.svg No. 134 Tempesta Sascha
Flag of Italy.svg Lorenzo Casè Flag of Italy.svg Marco Mapelli
Flag of Germany.svg Thomas Schöffler
Flag of Italy.svg Simone Iacone
Flag of Italy.svg Sascha Tempesta
R2 Flag of San Marino.svg No. 6 Audi Sport Italia Flag of Italy.svg No. 77 BMS Scuderia Italia Flag of Italy.svg No. 132 Antonelli Motorsport
Flag of Italy.svg Marco Mapelli Flag of Italy.svg Luigi Lucchini
Flag of Italy.svg Alessandro Pier Guidi
Flag of Italy.svg Massimo Omar Galbiati
Flag of Italy.svg Luca Rangoni
4R1 Flag of France.svg Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet 31 August Flag of Italy.svg No. 27 Scuderia Baldini 27 Network Flag of Italy.svg No. 63 Imperiale Racing Flag of Italy.svg No. 134 Tempesta Sascha
Flag of Italy.svg Raffaele Giammaria Flag of Italy.svg Giacomo Barri
Flag of Italy.svg Mirko Bortolotti
Flag of Italy.svg Simone Iacone
Flag of Italy.svg Sascha Tempesta
R2 Flag of San Marino.svg No. 6 Audi Sport Italia Flag of Italy.svg No. 9 MP1 Corse Flag of Italy.svg No. 103 Antonelli Motorsport
Flag of Italy.svg Marco Mapelli Flag of Italy.svg Alessandro Balzan
Flag of Italy.svg Nicola Benucci
Flag of Italy.svg Pierluigi Alessandri
Flag of Argentina.svg Juan Pipkin
5R1 Flag of Italy.svg ACI Vallelunga Circuit, Campagnano di Roma 14 September Flag of Italy.svg No. 27 Scuderia Baldini 27 Network Flag of Italy.svg No. 63 Imperiale Racing Flag of Italy.svg No. 116 Master Service
Flag of Italy.svg Raffaele Giammaria Flag of Italy.svg Giacomo Barri
Flag of Italy.svg Mirko Bortolotti
Flag of Italy.svg Daniel Mancinelli
Flag of Colombia.svg Steven Goldstein
R2 Flag of Italy.svg No. 63 Imperiale Racing Flag of Italy.svg No. 9 MP1 Corse Flag of Italy.svg No. 116 Master Service
Flag of Italy.svg Mirko Bortolotti Flag of Italy.svg Alessandro Balzan
Flag of Italy.svg Nicola Benucci
Flag of Italy.svg Daniel Mancinelli
Flag of Colombia.svg Steven Goldstein
6R1 Flag of Italy.svg Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola 12 October Flag of Italy.svg No. 9 MP1 Corse Flag of Italy.svg No. 8 Easy Race Flag of Italy.svg No. 112 Ebimotors
Flag of Italy.svg Alessandro Balzan Flag of Italy.svg Luigi Ferrara
Flag of Italy.svg Marco Magli
Flag of Italy.svg Tommaso Maino
Flag of Italy.svg Ronnie Valori
R2 Flag of Italy.svg No. 63 Imperiale Racing Flag of Italy.svg No. 27 Scuderia Baldini 27 Network Flag of Italy.svg No. 103 Antonelli Motorsport
Flag of Italy.svg Mirko Bortolotti Flag of Italy.svg Lorenzo Casè
Flag of Italy.svg Raffaele Giammaria
Flag of Italy.svg Valentino Fornapolli
7R1 Flag of Italy.svg Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza 26 October Flag of Italy.svg No. 9 MP1 Corse Flag of Italy.svg No. 14 Ombra Racing Flag of Italy.svg No. 132 Antonelli Motorsport
Flag of Italy.svg Alessandro Balzan Flag of Italy.svg Alex Frassineti
Flag of Italy.svg Stefano Costantini
Flag of Italy.svg Massimo Omar Galbiati
Flag of Italy.svg Christian Passuti
R2 Flag of Italy.svg No. 63 Imperiale Racing Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg No. 12 Solaris Motorsport Flag of Italy.svg No. 116 Master Service
Flag of Italy.svg Mirko Bortolotti Flag of Italy.svg Francesco Sini
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Tomáš Enge
Flag of Italy.svg Daniel Mancinelli
Flag of Colombia.svg Steven Goldstein

Standings

Drivers' championship

GT3

PosDriver MIS
Flag of Italy.svg
MNZ
Flag of Italy.svg
MUG
Flag of Italy.svg
LEC
Flag of France.svg
VLL
Flag of Italy.svg
IMO
Flag of Italy.svg
MNZ
Flag of Italy.svg
Points
GT3
1 Flag of Italy.svg Lorenzo Casè
Flag of Italy.svg Raffaele Giammaria
4Ret3Ret22243610162131
3 Flag of Italy.svg Marco Mapelli
Flag of Germany.svg Thomas Schöffler
816814528Ret3243128
5 Flag of Italy.svg Nicola Benucci344Ret87131712738113
6 Flag of Italy.svg Alessandro Balzan 3413171273898
7 Flag of Italy.svg Luigi Ferrara
Flag of Italy.svg Marco Magli
6854396995167585
9 Flag of Italy.svg Gianluca Carboni
Flag of Italy.svg Matteo Beretta
2472256115445RetRet485
10 Flag of Italy.svg Luigi Lucchini 29Ret1362823384
11 Flag of Italy.svg Alex FrassinetiRet20174863Ret51Ret79
12 Flag of Italy.svg Vincenzo Donativi
Flag of Italy.svg Andrea Gagliardini
2329165871076Ret9673
14 Flag of Italy.svg Rinaldo Capello
Flag of San Marino.svg Emanuele Zonzini
1Ret17620Ret4Ret527148769
15 Flag of Italy.svg Giacomo Barri133199RetRet13113RetRet10Ret68
16 Flag of Italy.svg Alessandro Pier Guidi 29Ret13623366
17 Flag of Italy.svg Mirko Bortolotti 13113RetRet10Ret54
18 Flag of Italy.svg Riccardo Bianco75183Ret117822438
19 Flag of Italy.svg Piero Necchi 174835
20 Flag of Italy.svg Stefano Pezzucchi10RetRet11782242Ret31
21 Flag of Italy.svg Francesco Sini
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Tomáš Enge
5127
22 Flag of Italy.svg Fabio Babini 7518323
23 Flag of Portugal.svg Francisco Mora 56Ret1821104DSQ22
24 Flag of Italy.svg Gabriele Lancieri 4Ret87Ret522
25 Flag of Italy.svg Stefano Costantini 1Ret20
26 Flag of Italy.svg Matteo Malucelli9196319
27 Flag of the United States.svg Jeff Segal 2818
28 Flag of Germany.svg René Bordeaux
Flag of Germany.svg Robert Renauer
7316
30 Flag of Italy.svg Andrea Amici133199RetRet14
31 Flag of Italy.svg Lorenzo Bontempelli
Flag of Italy.svg Beniamino Caccia
7511
33 Flag of Italy.svg Emanuele RomaniRetRet1012917Ret98Ret11Ret9
34 Flag of San Marino.svg Marco Galassi919987
35 Flag of Italy.svg Roberto Benedetti
Flag of Italy.svg Kevin d'Amico
11108Ret9186
37 Flag of Italy.svg Mauro Trentin985
38 Flag of Italy.svg Stefano Sala8Ret12Ret3
39 Flag of Italy.svg Giovanni Berton9173
40 Flag of Greece.svg Dimitri DeverikosRet92
41 Flag of Angola.svg Luís Sá Silva Ret1821102
42 Flag of Italy.svg Manuele Mengozzi10121
Flag of Italy.svg Giovanna Amati
Flag of Italy.svg Giovanni di Lorenzi
12110
Flag of Italy.svg Dario Cerati
Flag of Italy.svg Stefano Garelli
11Ret0
Flag of Portugal.svg António Coimbra
Flag of Portugal.svg Luís Silva
RetDNS19DNS0
Flag of Spain.svg Álvaro Barba Ret200
Flag of Portugal.svg Patrick Cunha
Flag of Portugal.svg "Geronimo"
20Ret0
PosDriver MIS
Flag of Italy.svg
MNZ
Flag of Italy.svg
MUG
Flag of Italy.svg
LEC
Flag of France.svg
VLL
Flag of Italy.svg
IMO
Flag of Italy.svg
MNZ
Flag of Italy.svg
Points
ColourResult
GoldWinner
SilverSecond place
BronzeThird place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
BlankDid not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

GTC

PosDriver MIS
Flag of Italy.svg
MNZ
Flag of Italy.svg
MUG
Flag of Italy.svg
LEC
Flag of France.svg
VLL
Flag of Italy.svg
IMO
Flag of Italy.svg
MNZ
Flag of Italy.svg
Points
1 Flag of Italy.svg Omar Galbiati1512151117131712121413121212161
2 Flag of Italy.svg Simone Iacone
Flag of Italy.svg Sascha Tempesta
111011151014131120101514151
4 Flag of Italy.svg Christian Passuti151215111712121413121212146
5 Flag of Italy.svg Daniel Mancinelli
Flag of Colombia.svg Steven Goldstein
101318171411111017Ret149142
7 Flag of Italy.svg "El Pato"1714Ret1912141216151291
8 Flag of Italy.svg Alessandro Baccani
Flag of Italy.svg Paolo Venerosi
1917131213211515161515Ret171390
10 Flag of Italy.svg Giuseppe Bodega2016121415201813171616RetRet1084
11 Flag of Italy.svg Stefano Maestri201612141520171616RetRet1074
12 Flag of Italy.svg Mirko ZanardiniRet1912141216151271
13 Flag of Italy.svg Pierluigi Alessandri1613RetRetRet191610151770
14 Flag of Italy.svg Tommaso Maino
Flag of Italy.svg Ronnie Valori
1211161151
16 Flag of Italy.svg Davide Durante
Flag of Italy.svg Nicolò Piancastelli
1413131538
18 Flag of Argentina.svg Juan Pipkin1610181634
19 Flag of Italy.svg Marco Macori161327
20 Flag of Italy.svg Enrico Quinzio
Flag of Italy.svg Domenico Schiattarella
18211616142327
22 Flag of Italy.svg Livio Selva1415161622
23 Flag of Italy.svg Fabrizio Bignotti1418RetRet24
24 Flag of Italy.svg Luca Rangoni 171324
25 Flag of Italy.svg "Spezz"2115RetRet1616RetRet24
26 Flag of Italy.svg Valentino Fornaroli21921
27 Flag of Ecuador.svg Sebastián Merchán 171420
28 Flag of Italy.svg Marco Panzavuota181312
29 Flag of Italy.svg Daniel Zampieri 151711
30 Flag of Italy.svg Luca PastorelliRet171915RetRet11
31 Flag of Italy.svg Nicola Pastorelli19158
32 Flag of Italy.svg Andrea QuagliaRet1719227
33 Flag of Italy.svg Matteo Macchiavelli18167
34 Flag of Italy.svg Stefano SalaRet195
35 Flag of Italy.svg Roberto Delli Guanti
Flag of South Africa.svg David Perel
18Ret4
37 Flag of Italy.svg Domenico Zonin19220
38 Flag of Italy.svg Emanuele Romani22Ret2
Flag of Italy.svg Alberto CanevaRetRet0
GTC2
Flag of Italy.svg Gianni Giudici 19Ret0
PosDriver MIS
Flag of Italy.svg
MNZ
Flag of Italy.svg
MUG
Flag of Italy.svg
LEC
Flag of France.svg
VLL
Flag of Italy.svg
IMO
Flag of Italy.svg
MNZ
Flag of Italy.svg
Points

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