2018 Italian GT Championship

Last updated January 24, 2024

The 2018 Italian GT Championship was the 27th 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 27 April in Imola and ended on 28 October in Mugello.

Calendar

Round	Circuit	Date
1	Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari	27-29 April
2	Circuit Paul Ricard	11-13 May
3	Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli	15-17 June
4	Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello	13-15 July
5	Autodromo Vallelunga Piero Taruffi	7-9 September
6	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza	5-10 October
7	Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello	26-28 October
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Teams and Drivers

GT3

Team	Car	No.	Driver	Rounds
Easy Race	Ferrari 488 GT3	3	Andrea Fontana	1–6
Easy Race	Ferrari 488 GT3	3	Daniel Mancinelli	1–6
Audi Sport Italia	Audi R8 LMS	7	Bar Baruch	1–7
			Marcel Fässler	1, 4
			Benoît Tréluyer	2, 7
			Jamie Green	3
			Mattia Drudi	5–6
SVC Sport Management	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	8	Cedric Mezard	2
SVC Sport Management	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	8	Steeve Hiesse	2
Petri Corse Motorsport	Bentley Continental GT3	8	Nicola Larini	4
	Bentley Continental GT3	8	Alessandro Caffi	4
	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	23	Andrea Palma	1–4
	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	23	Giacomo Barri	1–4
BMW Padova Team	BMW M6 GT3	15	Stefano Comandini	1, 3–7
			Alberto Cerqui	1
			Bruno Spengler	3
			Jesse Krohn	4
			Max Koebolt	5–7
Imperiale Racing	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	16	Vito Postiglione	4–7
			Giovanni Venturini	4
			Frank Perera	5
			Karol Basz	6–7
		26	Mirko Bortolotti	7
		26	Raffaele Giammaria	7
		36	Liang Jiatong	4–7
			Raffaele Giammaria	4–6
			Marco Mapelli	7
Antonelli Motorsport	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	19	Lorenzo Veglia	1–7
			Martin Vedel	1–5
			Loris Spinelli	6–7
		63	Daniel Zampieri	1–7
		63	Giacomo Altoè	1–7
Scuderia Baldini 27	Ferrari 488 GT3	27	Stefano Gai	1–7
			Giancarlo Fisichella	1–2, 4–7
			Michele Rugolo	3
		72	Antonio Fuoco	5
		72	Eddie Cheever III	5
Ebimotors	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	44	Gianluigi Piccioli	1, 4, 7
Ebimotors	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	44	Sabino De Castro	1, 4, 7
AF Corse	Ferrari 488 GT3	71	Chris Froggatt	6
AF Corse	Ferrari 488 GT3	71	John Sawbridge	6
Entrylists: ^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]

GT3 Light

Team	Car	No.	Driver	Rounds
Easy Race	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	81	Marco Magli	1, 3
Easy Race	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	81	Matteo Davenia	6
Composit Motorsport	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	82	Maurizio Ceresoli	5
Composit Motorsport	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	82	Satoshi Tanaka	5
AF Corse	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	91	Simon Mann	6
AF Corse	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	91	Matteo Cressoni	6
Nova Race	Audi R8 LMS	98	Luca Magnoni	1–3, 6
			Matteo Cressoni	1, 3
			Enrico Garbelli	2
			Alessandro Marchetti	6
Entrylists: ^[2]^[3]^[4]^[6]^[7]

Super GT Cup

Team	Car	No.	Driver	Rounds
Antonelli Motorsport	Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo	102	Pietro Perolini	1, 3–4, 6–7
		102	Alain Valente	1, 3–4
		103	Marco Cenedese	1, 3–4, 6
			Alessandro Perullo	1
			Simone Sartori	3, 7
			Kikko Galbiati	4, 6
			Gianni Di Fant	7
		104	Pierluigi Alessandri	3
Bonaldi Motorsport	Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo	132	Xu Xu	6
Bonaldi Motorsport	Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo	132	Milos Pavlovic	6
Entrylists: ^[2]^[4]^[5]^[7]^[8]

GT Cup

Team	Car	No.	Driver	Rounds
Island Motorsport	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	163	Davide Di Benedetto	1–7
			"Apache Jr"	1
			Michele Merendino	2–3
			Mimmo Guagliardo	4
			Vincenzo Sauto	7
	Porsche 991 GT3 Cup	164	Michele Merendino	7
	Porsche 991 GT3 Cup	164	Jova Lazarevic	7
Ebimotors	Porsche 991 GT3 Cup	169	Francesco La Mazza	1, 3–7
			Giuseppe Nicolosi	1, 3–5, 7
			"Linos"	6
Pisani Eugenio	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	176	Eugenio Pisani	1–7
Pisani Eugenio	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	176	Vincenzo Sauto	1–6
Entrylists: ^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]

GT4

Team	Car	No.	Driver	Rounds
Nova Race	Ginetta G55 GT4	206	Luca Magnoni	1–3
			Matteo Cressoni	1, 3
			Enrico Garbelli	2
		207	Alessandro Marchetti	1–3
		207	Henri Kauppi	1–3
Entrylists: ^[2]^[3]^[4]

Results

Overall winner is Bold.

Round		Circuit	Date	GT3	GT3 Light	Super GT Cup	GT Cup	GT4
1	R1	Imola	28 April	No.27 Scuderia Baldini 27	No.81 Easy Race	No.102 Antonelli Motorsport	No.163 Island Motorsport	No.206 Nova Race
	R1		28 April	Stefano Gai Giancarlo Fisichella	Marco Magli	Pietro Perolini Alain Valente	Michele Merendino Davide Di Benedetto	Luca Magnoni Matteo Cressoni
	R2		29 April	No.7 Audi Sport Italia	No.81 Easy Race	No.102 Antonelli Motorsport	No.163 Island Motorsport	No.206 Nova Race
	R2		29 April	Bar Baruch Marcel Fässler	Marco Magli	Pietro Perolini Alain Valente	Michele Merendino Davide Di Benedetto	Luca Magnoni Matteo Cressoni
2	R1	Paul Ricard	12 May	No.3 Easy Race	No.98 Nova Race	No Entries	No.176 Pisani Eugenio	No.207 Nova Race
	R1		12 May	Daniel Mancinelli Andrea Fontana	Luca Magnoni Enrico Garbelli		Pisani Eugenio Vincenzo Sauto	Alesandro Marchetti Henri Kauppi
	R2		13 May	No.23 Petri Corse Motorsport	No.98 Nova Race		No.176 Pisani Eugenio	No.206 Nova Race
	R2		13 May	Giacomo Barri Andrea Palma	Luca Magnoni Enrico Garbelli		Eugenio Pisani Vincenzo Sauto	Luca Magnoni Enrico Garbelli
3	R1	Misano	16 June	No.7 Audi Sport Italia	No.98 Nova Race	No.102 Antonelli Motorsport	No.163 Island Motorsport	No.206 Nova Race
	R1		16 June	Bar Baruch Jamie Green	Luca Magnoni Matteo Cressoni	Pietro Perolini Alain Valente	Michele Merendino Davide Di Benedetto	Luca Magnoni Matteo Cressoni
	R2		17 June	No.63 Antonelli Motorsport	No.81 Easy Race	No.102 Antonelli Motorsport	No.163 Island Motorsport	No.206 Nova Race
	R2		17 June	Daniel Zampieri Giacomo Altoè	Marco Magli	Pietro Perolini Alain Valente	Michele Merendino Davide Di Benedetto	Luca Magnoni Matteo Cressoni
4	R1	Mugello	14 July	No.15 BMW Padova Team	No Entries	No.103 Antonelli Motorsport	No.176 Pisani Eugenio	No Entries
	R1		14 July	Stefano Comandini Jesse Krohn		Marco Cenedese Kikko Galbiati	Eugenio Pisani Vincenzo Sauto
	R2		15 July	No.27 Scuderia Baldini 27		No.103 Antonelli Motorsport	No.176 Pisani Eugenio
	R2		15 July	Stefano Gai Giancarlo Fisichella		Marco Cenedese Kikko Galbiati	Eugenio Pisani Vincenzo Sauto
5	R1	Vallelunga	8 September	No.63 Antonelli Motorsport	No.82 Composit Motorsport	No Entries	No.163 Island Motorsport
	R1		8 September	Daniel Zampieri Giacomo Altoè	Maurizio Ceresoli Satoshi Tanaka		Davide Di Benedetto
	R2		9 September	No.27 Scuderia Baldini 27	No.82 Composit Motorsport		No.163 Island Motorsport
	R2		9 September	Stefano Gai Giancarlo Fisichella	Maurizio Ceresoli Satoshi Tanaka		Davide Di Benedetto
6	R1	Monza	6 October	No.7 Audi Sport Italia	No.98 Nova Race	No.102 Antonelli Motorsport	No.163 Island Motorsport
	R1		6 October	Bar Baruch Mattia Drudi	Luca Magnoni Alessandro Marchetti	Pietro Perolini	Davide Di Benedetto
	R2		7 October	No.63 Antonelli Motorsport	No.81 Easy Race	No.103 Antonelli Motorsport	No.163 Island Motorsport
	R2		7 October	Daniel Zampieri Giacomo Altoè	Matteo Davenia	Marco Cenedese Kikko Galbiati	Davide Di Benedetto
7	R1	Mugello	27 October	No.27 Scuderia Baldini 27	No Entries	No.102 Antonelli Motorsport	No.164 Island Motorsport
	R1		27 October	Stefano Gai Giancarlo Fisichella		Pietro Perolini	Michele Merendino Jovan Lazarevic
	R2		28 October	No.7 Audi Sport Italia		No.102 Antonelli Motorsport	No.164 Island Motorsport
	R2		28 October	Bar Baruch Benoît Tréluyer		Pietro Perolini	Michele Merendino Jovan Lazarevic
Results: ^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12]^[13]^[14]^[15]^[16]^[17]^[18]^[19]^[20]^[21]^[22]

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[Calendar-1] "Italian GT Calendar 2018". ACI. Retrieved 4 February 2021.

[ImolaEntry-2] 1 2 3 4 5 "Entry List Imola" (PDF). ACI. 27 April 2018. Retrieved 4 February 2021.

[PaulRicardEntry-3] 1 2 3 4 "Entry List Paul Ricard" (PDF). ACI. 9 May 2018. Retrieved 4 February 2021.

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