The 2023 Italian GT Championship was the 32nd 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 5 May at Misano [1] [2] and ended on 29 October at Imola. [3] [4] The Sprint Cup championship was won by Jens Klingmann and Bruno Spengler, [5] with the GT3 PRO-AM championship being won by Philippe Denes and Dmitri Gvazava, GT3 AM was won by the duo of Massimo Ciglia and Guiseppe Fascicolo, Gilles Stadsbader won the GT Cup PRO-AM, and the GT Cup AM was won by Vincenzo Scarpetta. [4]
Round | Circuit | Date | Type | Map |
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1 | Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli | 5–7 May | Sprint | |
2 | Autodromo di Pergusa | 19–21 May | Endurance | |
3 | Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 23–25 June | Sprint | |
4 | Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello | 7–9 July | Endurance | |
5 | Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 15–17 September | Endurance | |
6 | Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello | 29 September—1 October | Sprint | |
7 | ACI Vallelunga Circuit | 13–15 October | Endurance | |
8 | Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari | 27–29 October | Sprint |
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Bold indicates the overall and GT Cup winners.
Round | Circuit | Date | Pole Position | GT3 Pro Winners | GT3 Pro-Am Winners | GT3 Am Winners | GT Cup Pro-Am Winners | GT Cup Am Winners | |
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1 | R1 | Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli | 6 May | No. 12 AKM Motorsport | No. 12 AKM Motorsport | No. 51 AF Corse | No. 16 Imperiale Racing | No. 163 Vincenzo Sospiri Racing | No. 222 Krypton Motorsport |
Andrea Kimi Antonelli | Andrea Kimi Antonelli | Luka Nurmi Jules Castro | Giuseppe Fascicolo Massimo Ciglia | Gilles Stadsbader | Luca Pastorelli Stefano A. Pezzucchi | ||||
R2 | 7 May | No. 52 AF Corse | No. 52 AF Corse | No. 6 AKM Motorsport | No. 16 Imperiale Racing | No. 163 Vincenzo Sospiri Racing | No. 206 Vincenzo Sospiri Racing | ||
Stuart White Jean-Luc D'Auria | Stuart White Jean-Luc D'Auria | Gustavo Sandrucci Georg Kelstrup | Giuseppe Fascicolo Massimo Ciglia | Gilles Stadsbader | Ignazio Zanon | ||||
2 | Autodromo di Pergusa | 21 May | No. 54 Imperiale Racing | No. 27 Scuderia Baldini 27 | No. 7 BMW Italia Ceccato Racing | No entries | No. 111 Best Lap | No. 251 SR&R | |
Kevin Gilardoni Raúl Guzmán Stuart Middleton | Giancarlo Fisichella Tommaso Mosca | Marco Cassarà Stefano Comandini Alfred Nilsson | Luca Demarchi Simone Patrinicola Sabatino Di Mare | Manuel Menichini Francesco Atzori Francesco La Mazza | |||||
3 | R1 | Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 24 June | No. 52 AF Corse | No. 7 BMW Italia Ceccato Racing | No. 8 BMW Italia Ceccato Racing | No. 16 Imperiale Racing | No. 199 DoulbeTT Racing | No. 272 Lamborghini Roma DL Racing |
Jean-Luc D'Auria Stuart White | Jens Klingmann Bruno Spengler | Carlo Tamburini Francesco De Luca | Massimo Ciglia Giuseppe Fascicolo | Leonardo Colavita Giorgio Maggi | Alessandro Fabi Giacomo Riva | ||||
R2 | 25 June | No. 60 Vincenzo Sospiri Racing | No. 60 Vincenzo Sospiri Racing | No. 54 Imperiale Racing | No. 16 Imperiale Racing | No. 196 Easy Race | No. 247 CRM Motorsport | ||
Riccardo Cazzaniga Artem Petrov | Riccardo Cazzaniga Artem Petrov | Philippe Denes Dmitri Gvazava | Massimo Ciglia Giuseppe Fascicolo | Thomas Biagi Leonardo Del Col | Ettore Carminati | ||||
4 | Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello | 9 July | No. 27 Scuderia Baldini 27 | No. 27 Scuderia Baldini 27 | No. 8 BMW Italia Ceccato Racing | No entries | No. 125 Enrico Fulgenzi Racing | No. 232 Bonaldi Motorsport | |
Giancarlo Fisichella Tommaso Mosca | Giancarlo Fisichella Tommaso Mosca | Carlo Tamburini Francesco Guerra Salvatore Tavano | Kikko Galbiati Vicky Piria | Filippo Lazzaroni Marzio Moretti | |||||
5 | Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 17 September | No. 27 Scuderia Baldini 27 | No. 27 Scuderia Baldini 27 | No. 8 BMW Italia Ceccato Racing | No. 28 Nova Race | No. 111 Best Lap | No. 272 Lamborghini Roma DL Racing | |
Giancarlo Fisichella Tommaso Mosca | Giancarlo Fisichella Tommaso Mosca | Carlo Tamburini Francesco Guerra Salvatore Tavano | Fulvio Ferri Alberto Fontana Alessandro Marchetti | Luca Demarchi Simone Patrinicola Sabatino Di Mare | Alessandro Fabi Giacomo Riva | ||||
6 | R1 | Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello | 30 September | No. 63 Vincenzo Sospiri Racing | No. 7 BMW Italia Ceccato Racing | No. 8 BMW Italia Ceccato Racing | No. 12 AKM Motorsport | No. 122 Pellin Racing | No. 270 Rossocorsa |
Edoardo Liberati Mattia Michelotto | Jens Klingmann Bruno Spengler | Carlo Tamburini Francesco De Luca | Marco Antonelli | Matthew Korzejewski Alessandro Balzan | Samuele Buttarelli Stefano Marazzi | ||||
R2 | 1 October | No. 88 AF Corse | No. 63 Vincenzo Sospiri Racing | No. 51 AF Corse | No. 77 Nova Race | No. 172 Lamborghini Roma DL Racing | No. 290 Best Lap | ||
Riccardo Agostini Custodio Toledo | Edoardo Liberati Mattia Michelotto | Luka Nurmi Jules Castro | Andrea Bodellini Luca Magnoni | Luca Segù Daniel Vebster | Vincenzo Scarpetta | ||||
7 | ACI Vallelunga Circuit | 15 October | No. 27 Scuderia Baldini 27 | No. 54 Imperiale Racing | No. 8 BMW Italia Ceccato Racing | No. 20 Iron Lynx | No. 125 Enrico Fulgenzi Racing | No. 275 Centro Porsche Ticino | |
Giancarlo Fisichella Tommaso Mosca | Kevin Gilardoni Raúl Guzmán Stuart Middleton | Carlo Tamburini Francesco Guerra Salvatore Tavano | Matteo Cressoni Claudio Schiavoni | Kikko Galbiati Vicky Piria | Nicolas Leutwiler Nico Menzel Ivan Jacoma | ||||
8 | R1 | Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari | 28 October | No. 63 Vincenzo Sospiri Racing | No. 19 Vincenzo Sospiri Racing | No. 54 Imperiale Racing | No. 16 Imperiale Racing | No. 163 Vincenzo Sospiri Racing | No. 290 Formula Racing |
Edoardo Liberati Mattia Michelotto | Mateo Llarena Baptiste Moulin | Philippe Denes Dmitri Gvazava | Massimo Ciglia Giuseppe Fascicolo | Gilles Stadsbader Piergiacomo Randazzo | Vincenzo Scarpetta | ||||
R2 | 29 October | No. 20 Iron Lynx | No. 63 Vincenzo Sospiri Racing | No. 20 Iron Lynx | No. 16 Imperiale Racing | No. 172 Lamborghini Roma DL Racing | No. 290 Formula Racing | ||
Matteo Cressoni Claudio Schiavoni | Edoardo Liberati Mattia Michelotto | Matteo Cressoni Claudio Schiavoni | Massimo Ciglia Giuseppe Fascicolo | Luca Segù Daniel Vebster | Vincenzo Scarpetta |
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