2019 Italian GT Championship

Last updated February 03, 2025

The 2019 Italian GT Championship was the 28th season of the Italian GT Championship, a grand tourer-style sports car racing competition founded by the Italian Automobile Club (ACI). The championship consisted of four sprint race events and four endurance race events. Each sprint race event consisted of two races. The season started on 5 April in Monza and ended on 18 October at the same circuit.

Teams and Drivers

GT3

Team	Car	No.	Driver	Class	Rounds
Easy Race	Ferrari 488 GT3	3	Lorenzo Veglia	P	1–8
			Marco Cioci		1, 3, 6–7
			Daniel Mancinelli		1, 3, 6
			Lorenzo Case		2, 4
			Alessandro Balzan		7
			Fabrizio Crestani		8
Audi Sport Italia	Audi R8 LMS	7	Andrea Fontana	P	2, 4–5
			Pierre Kaffer		2, 5
			Charles Weerts		3, 6
			Norman Nato		3
			Mattia Drudi		4
			Mike Den Tandt		6
			Andrea Fontana	PA	8
			Andrea Dromedari	PA	8
Antonelli Motorsport	Mercedes AMG GT3	8	Nicola Baldan	P	2, 4–5, 8
		21	Andrea Palma	PA	1–4, 6
			Francesca Linossi		1, 3, 6–7
			Stefano Colombo		1, 3, 6
			Andrea Larini		2, 4–5
			Daniel Zampieri		7
		22	Alexander Moiseev	PA	1, 3, 6–7
			Alessio Rovera
			Riccardo Agostini
			Alessio Rovera	P	2, 4–5, 8
			Riccardo Agostini	P	2, 4–5, 8
MRS GT Racing	BMW M6 GT3	14	Marius Zug	PA	8
MRS GT Racing	BMW M6 GT3	14	Gabriele Piana	PA	8
BMW Team Italia	BMW M6 GT3	15	Stefano Comandini	P	1–8
			Erik Johansson		1–8
			Jesse Krohn		1
			Alexander Sims		3, 6
			Alessandro Zanardi		7
Imperiale Racing	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo	19	Pietro Perolini	PA	1–8
			Ben Gersekwoski		1–8
			James Pull		1
			Emanuele Zonzini		3, 6–7
		63	Vito Postiglione	P	1–8
			Jeroen Mul		1–8
			Alex Frassineti		1, 3, 6–7
RS Racing	Ferrari 488 GT3	25	Daniele Di Amato	PA	1–8
RS Racing	Ferrari 488 GT3	25	Alessandro Vezzoni	PA	1–8
Scuderia Baldini 27	Ferrari 488 GT3	27	Stefano Gai	P	1, 3, 6–7
			Giancarlo Fisichella		1, 3, 6
			Jacques Villeneuve		1, 3, 6
			Antonio Fuoco		7
Rinaldi Racing	Ferrari 488 GT3	33	Rinat Salikhov	PA	6
			Denis Bulatov
			David Perel
AF Corse	Ferrari 488 GT3	51	Simon Mann	PA	1, 3–8
			Matteo Cressoni		1, 3–4, 6–8
			Nicklas Nielsen		1, 3, 6
			Marco Cioci		5
		52	Antonio Fuoco	PA	2, 4–5, 8
		52	Sean Hudspeth	PA	2, 4–5, 8
		71	Ken Abe	Am	8
		71	Christian Colombo	Am	8
Vincenzo Sospiri Racing	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo	66	Kang Ling	PA	1, 3
			Tuomas Tujula		1, 3
			Felipe Ortiz		1
LP Racing	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo	88	Riccardo Cazzaniga	PA	1, 3, 6–7
			Daniele Cazzaniga		1, 3, 6–7
			Luca Pirri		1, 3, 6
			Kang Ling		7
			Filippo Cuneo	Am	2, 4–5, 8
			Niccolo Magnoni	Am	2, 4–5, 8
Sources:^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]

Icon	Class
P	Pro Cup
PA	Pro-Am Cup
Am	Am Cup

GT Light

Team	Car	No.	Driver	Rounds
Antonelli Motorsport	Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo	102	Mattia Michelotto	1, 3–8
			Gian Piero Cristoni	1, 3, 6–7
			Luca Demarchi	1
			Emil Skaras	3, 6–7
Duell Race	Porsche 991 GT3 Cup	123	Francesco La Mazza	1–4
			Giuseppe Nicolosi	1–2, 4
			"Mark Speakerwas"	1, 3
			Gianluca Carboni	3
		124	Vincenzo Sauto	2, 4
			Eugenio Pisani	2
			Gaetano Ardagna Perez	4
PMA Motorsport	Ferrari 458 GT3	132	Maurizio Ceresoli	6
PMA Motorsport	Ferrari 458 GT3	132	Tanaka Satoshi	6
Iron Lynx	Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo	134	Federico Paolino	1–6, 8
			Jaromi Jirik	1–2, 4–5, 8
			Lorenzo Bontempelli	1
			Massimo Mantovani	3
			Luca Demarchi	3, 6
			JM Littman	6
	Ferrari 458 GT3		Deborah Mayer	7
			Claudio Schiavoni
			Sergio Pianezzola
	Ferrari 458 GT3	158	Alberto Lippi	2, 4–5, 8
	Ferrari 458 GT3	158	Giorgio Sernagiotto	2, 4–5, 8
Sources:^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]

GT Cup

Team	Car	No.	Driver	Rounds
PB Racing	Lotus Exige V6 Cup R	186	Stefano D'Aste	8
PB Racing	Lotus Exige V6 Cup R	186	Luciano Tarabini	8
Sources:^[8]

GT4

Team	Car	No.	Driver	Rounds
Antonelli Motorsport	SIN R1 GT4	203	Mattia Michelotto	2
BMW Team Italia	BMW M4 GT4	207	Giuseppe Fascicolo	1–8
			Francesco Guerra	1–8
			Andrea Fontana	1, 3, 6–7
Nova Race	Ginetta G55 GT4 1–6 Mercedes AMG GT4 7–8	208	Luca Magnoni	1–8
			Aleksander Schjerpen	1, 3, 6–7
			Enrico Garbelli	8
		209	Alessandro Marchetti	2, 4–5, 8
		209	Carlo Piero Mantori	2, 4–5, 8
V-Action Racing Team	Maserati GranTurismo MC GT4	210	Jorge Rodrigues	1, 4, 7–8
			Alberto Cerqui	1, 4
			Juuso Matti Pajuranta	1, 7–8
			Fabio Francia	7
		222	Leonardo Becagli	1, 3–4, 6–7
			Fabio Francia	1, 3
			Adriano Bernazzani	1, 3, 6–7
			Juuso Matti Pajuranta	6
			Jacopo Baratto	7
SVC Sport Management	Maserati GranTurismo MC GT4	250	Piotr Chodzen	4–5, 7
			Antoni Chodzen	4–5, 7
			Patrick Zamparini	7
Ebimotors	Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport	251	Simone Riccitelli	2, 4–5, 7–8
			Sabino De Castro	2, 4–5, 8
			Paolo Gnemmi	3, 6–7
			Nicola Neri	3, 6–7
			Riccardo Pera	3, 6
		252	Gianluigi Piccioli	2, 4–5, 7–8
			Francesco Costa	2, 4–5
			Daniel Mancinelli	7
			Riccardo Pera	8
Autorlando Sport	Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport	275	Dario Cerati	1–5, 7–8
			Fondi Maurizio	1, 3, 7
			Nicola Bravetti	1
			Riccardo Chiesa	2, 4–5, 8
			Paolo Ruberti	3
			Luca Demarchi	7
		276	Giuseppe Ghezzi	1–8
			Riccardo Chiesa	1, 3, 6–7
			Paolo Ruberti	1
			Joel Camathias	2–5, 8
			Fabio Babini	6–7
		277	Dario Baruchelli	8
		277	Nicola Bravetti	8
Sources:^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]

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