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]
Round | Circuit | Date | Pole position | GT3 winner | GTC winner | |
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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 |
Marco Mapelli | Dindo Capello Emanuele Zonzini | Fabrizio Bignotti | ||||
R2 | No. 77 BMS Scuderia Italia | No. 6 Audi Sport Italia | No. 132 Antonelli Motorsport | |||
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 |
Giacomo Barri | Alex Frassineti Piero Necchi | Daniel Mancinelli Steven Goldstein | ||||
R2 | No. 5 Audi Sport Italia | No. 44 Ebimotors | No. 134 Tempesta Sascha | |||
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 |
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 | |||
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 |
Raffaele Giammaria | Giacomo Barri Mirko Bortolotti | Simone Iacone Sascha Tempesta | ||||
R2 | No. 6 Audi Sport Italia | No. 9 MP1 Corse | No. 103 Antonelli Motorsport | |||
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 |
Raffaele Giammaria | Giacomo Barri Mirko Bortolotti | Daniel Mancinelli Steven Goldstein | ||||
R2 | No. 63 Imperiale Racing | No. 9 MP1 Corse | No. 116 Master Service | |||
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 |
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 | |||
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 |
Alessandro Balzan | Alex Frassineti Stefano Costantini | Massimo Omar Galbiati Christian Passuti | ||||
R2 | No. 63 Imperiale Racing | No. 12 Solaris Motorsport | No. 116 Master Service | |||
Mirko Bortolotti | Francesco Sini Tomáš Enge | Daniel Mancinelli Steven Goldstein |
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Bold – Pole |
Pos | Driver | MIS | MNZ | MUG | LEC | VLL | IMO | MNZ | Points | |||||||
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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 |
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