2017 Italian GT Championship

Last updated September 27, 2024

The 2017 Italian GT Championship was the 26th season of the Italian GT Championship, the grand tourer-style sports car racing founded by the Italian automobile club (ACI). The Championship consisted of seven Sprint race events. At each event there were held two races. The Season started on 29 April in Imola and ended on 8 October in Mugello.

Calendar

All races were held in Italy.

Round	Circuit	Date
1	Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari	28-30 April
2	Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli	2-4 June
3	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza	16-18 June
4	Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello	14-16 July
5	Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari	8-10 September
6	Autodromo Vallelunga Piero Taruffi	22-24 September
7	Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello	6-8 October
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Teams and Drivers

Super GT3

Team	Car	No.	Driver	Rounds
Ombra	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	7	Marco Cassarà	All
		7	Roberto Gentili	All
		12	Michele Beretta	All
		12	Alex Frasssineti	All
Audi Sport Italia	Audi R8 LMS	8	Benoît Tréluyer	All
Audi Sport Italia	Audi R8 LMS	8	Vittorio Ghirelli	All
BMW Team Italia	BMW M6 GT3	15	Stefano Comandini	All
BMW Team Italia	BMW M6 GT3	15	Alberto Cerqui	All
Petri Corse Motorsport	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	16	Bar Baruch	All
			Federico Leo	1–3
			Andrea Palma	4–6
			Marco Mapelli	7
Krypton Motorsport	Mercedes AMG GT3	22	Angelo Stefano Pezzucchi	1–3
Krypton Motorsport	Mercedes AMG GT3	22	Luca Pastorelli	1–3
Scuderia Baldini 27	Ferrari 488 GT3	27	Matteo Malucelli	All
Scuderia Baldini 27	Ferrari 488 GT3	27	Eddie Cheever III	All
AF Corse	Ferrari 488 GT3	31	Motoaki Ishikawa	All
Black Bull Swiss Racing	Ferrari 488 GT3	46	Stefano Gai	All
			Mirko Venturi	1, 6–7
			Michele Rugolo	4–5
Antonelli Motorsport	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	62	Lorenzo Veglia	All
			Alain Valente	1–4
			Kikko Galbiati	5, 7
		63	Daniel Zampieri	All
			Riccardo Agostini	1–5, 7
			Raffaele Giammaria	6
Easy Race	Ferrari 488 GT3	70	Niccolò Schirò	All
			Jaime Melo	1–3
			Marco Cioci	4–5
Entrylists: ^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]

GT3

Team	Car	No.	Driver	Rounds
MP1 Corse	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	74	Nicola Benucci	2–4
			Simone Niboli	2, 4–7
			Lorenzo Bontempelli	3, 5–6
			Stefano Colombo	7
Colajanni Mario Albert	Corvette Z06.R GT3	76	Mario Albert Colajanni	1–6
Colajanni Mario Albert	Corvette Z06.R GT3	76	Roberto Del Castello	1–6
Easy Race	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	79	Francesco La Mazza	1–6
Easy Race	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	79	Marco Magli	1–5, 7
Ebimotors	Porsche 997 GT3-R	88	Paolo Venerosi Pesciolini	All
Ebimotors	Porsche 997 GT3-R	88	Alessandro Baccani	All
Audi Sport Italia	Audi R8 LMS	98	Davide Di Benedetto	3
			Michele Merendino "Apache Jr."	3
			Luca Magnoni	5, 7
			Luca Rangoni	5, 7
Entrylists: ^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]

Super GT Cup

Team	Car	No.	Driver	Rounds
Vincenzo Sospiri Racing	Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo	101	Tong Liang Jia	All
		101	Felipe Ortiz	All
		106	Aaro Vainio	All
		106	Tuomas Tujula	All
		110	Andrzej Lewandowski	3, 5
		110	Teodor Myszkowski	3, 5
		116	Riccardo Cazzaniga	All
		116	Antonio D'Amico	All
Antonelli Motorsport	Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo	102	Kasai Takashi	All
			Karol Basz	1–5, 7
			Alessandro Perullo	6
		103	Pietro Perolini	1–2, 4–7
			Pierluigi Alessandri	1, 3, 6
			Simone Sartori	2, 4
			Kikko Galbiati	3
			Pietro Negra	5
			Emanuele Romani	7
		104	Matteo Desideri	All
			Pietro Negra	1
			Piero Necchi	2–3, 5–6
			Alessandro Perullo	7
		107	Paolo Ruberti	5
		107	Yuki Hurata	5
		108	Ryan Hardwick	5
Petri Corse Motorsport	Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo	111	Mauro Trentin	1–4
			Manuel Deodati	1
			Alessandro Perullo	2
			Simone Tempesta	3
			Claudio Giudice	5
			Andrea Perlini	5
Imperiale Racing	Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo	123	Alessandro Foglio Bonacini	All
			Manuel Lasagni	1
			Davide Durante	2–4
			Nicola Pastorelli	5–7
		146	Ivan Demis Benvenuti	1–4, 7
		146	Luca Demarchi	1–4, 7
Entrylists: ^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]

GT Cup

Team	Car	No.	Driver	Rounds
CAAL Racing	Ferrari 458 Challenge Evo	161	Leonardo Baccarelli	1–2, 6–7
CAAL Racing	Ferrari 458 Challenge Evo	161	Luigi Ferrara	2, 7
Scarpellini Carlo	Porsche 991 GT3 Cup	163	Carlo Scarpellini	3
Scarpellini Carlo	Porsche 991 GT3 Cup	163	Pablo Biolghini	3
"Togo"	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	164	"Togo"	2
Ebimotors	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	169	Francesco La Mazza	All
			Giuseppe Nicolosi	1–5, 7
			Simone Iaquinta	6
Di Leo Enrico	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	175	Enrico Di Leo	1
Di Leo Enrico	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	175	"Poppy"	1
Siliprandi Racing	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	176	Eugenio Pisani	All
Siliprandi Racing	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	176	Walter Palazzo	2–7
Romani Emanuele	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	177	Emanuele Romani	6
Romani Emanuele	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	177	Massimo Valentini	6
Entrylists: ^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]

GT4

Team	Car	No.	Driver	Rounds
Autorlando Motorsport	Porsche 997 GT4	203	Dario Cerati	1, 7
			Giuseppe Ghezzi	1
			Maurizio Fondi	7
		204	Giuseppe Ghezzi	7
		204	Alessandro Giovanelli	7
Kinetic Racing	Porsche Cayman GT4	205	Nicola Neri	All
			Mauro Pizzola	4, 6–7
			Pierluigi Veronesi	5
		299	Mickail Spiridonov	4
		299	Pierluigi Veronesi	4
Nova Race	Ginetta G55 GT4	206	Luca Magnoni	1–5, 7
		207	Gianluca Carboni	1–4
			Gian Piero Cristoni	1
			Philippe Salini	2
			Alessandro Marchetti	3–5
			Mark Speakerwas	5, 7
Ebimotors	Porsche Cayman GT4 CS	240	Matteo Arrigosi	5, 7
		240	Tommaso Maino	5
		252	Sabino De Castro	All
		252	Matteo Gonfiantini	3
		253	Tommaso Maino	4
		253	Matteo Arrigosi	4
Entrylists: ^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]

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References

↑ "Italian GT Calendar 2017". ACI. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
1 2 3 4 5 "Entry List Imola Weekend 1" (PDF). ACI. 29 April 2017. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
1 2 3 4 5 "Entry List Misano" (PDF). ACI. 2 June 2017. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
1 2 3 4 5 "Entry List Monza" (PDF). ACI. 16 June 2017. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
1 2 3 4 5 "Entry List Mugello Weekend 1" (PDF). ACI. 14 July 2017. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
1 2 3 4 5 "Entry List Imola Weekend 2" (PDF). ACI. 9 September 2017. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
1 2 3 4 5 "Entry List Vallelunga" (PDF). ACI. 22 September 2017. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
1 2 3 4 5 "Entry List Mugello Weekend 2" (PDF). ACI. 6 October 2017. Retrieved 16 February 2021.

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[Calendar-1] "Italian GT Calendar 2017". ACI. Retrieved 16 February 2021.

[ImolaEntry1-2] 1 2 3 4 5 "Entry List Imola Weekend 1" (PDF). ACI. 29 April 2017. Retrieved 16 February 2021.

[MisanoEntry-3] 1 2 3 4 5 "Entry List Misano" (PDF). ACI. 2 June 2017. Retrieved 16 February 2021.

[MonzaEntry-4] 1 2 3 4 5 "Entry List Monza" (PDF). ACI. 16 June 2017. Retrieved 16 February 2021.

[MugelloEntry1-5] 1 2 3 4 5 "Entry List Mugello Weekend 1" (PDF). ACI. 14 July 2017. Retrieved 16 February 2021.

[ImolaEntry2-6] 1 2 3 4 5 "Entry List Imola Weekend 2" (PDF). ACI. 9 September 2017. Retrieved 16 February 2021.

[VallelungaEntry-7] 1 2 3 4 5 "Entry List Vallelunga" (PDF). ACI. 22 September 2017. Retrieved 16 February 2021.

[MugelloEntry2-8] 1 2 3 4 5 "Entry List Mugello Weekend 2" (PDF). ACI. 6 October 2017. Retrieved 16 February 2021.

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