The 2024 Italian GT Championship is the 33rd 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 4 May at Misano [1] and ends on 27 October at Monza. Similar to the GT World Challenge Europe the Italian GT Championship is split into an Sprint and Endurance Championship. New for 2024 is the separation of the GT Cup field into two different divisions, Division 1 for Ferrari Challenge and Lamborghini Super Trofeo cars and Division 2 for Porsche Cup Cars. [2]
Round | Circuit | Date |
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1 | Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli | 3–5 May |
2 | Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari | 31 May - 2 June |
3 | Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello | 23–25 August |
4 | Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 4–6 October |
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Bold indicates the overall winners.
Round | Circuit | Date | Pole Position | Pro Winners | Pro-Am Winners | Am Winners | |
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1 | R1 | Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli | 4 May | No. 66 Vincenzo Sospiri Racing | No. 66 Vincenzo Sospiri Racing | No. 97 Fach Auto Tech | No. 61 AKM Motorsport |
Mattia Michelotto Gilles Stadsbader | Mattia Michelotto Gilles Stadsbader | Dustin Blattner Dennis Marschall | Glenn McGee Anthony McIntosh | ||||
R2 | 5 May | No. 85 Imperiale Racing | No. 7 BMW Italia Ceccato Racing | No. 8 BMW Italia Ceccato Racing | No. 61 AKM Motorsport | ||
Jack Bartholomew Philippe Denes | Max Hesse Jens Klingmann | Pedro Carvalho Ebrahim Federico Malvestiti | Glenn McGee Anthony McIntosh | ||||
2 | R1 | Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari | 1 June | ||||
R2 | 2 June | ||||||
3 | R1 | Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello | 24 August | ||||
R2 | 25 August | ||||||
4 | R1 | Autodromo Nazionale Monza | 5 October | ||||
R2 | 6 October | ||||||
Round | Circuit | Date | Pole Position | Div. 1 Pro-Am Winners | Div. 1 Am Winners | Div. 2 Pro-Am Winners | Div. 2 Am Winners | |
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1 | R1 | Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli | 4 May | No. 103 Easy Race | No. 106 Giacomo Race | No. 202 HC Racing Division | No. 169 Raptor Engineering | No. 224 ZRS Motorsport |
Diego di Fabio Emiliano Pierantoni | Giacomo Pollini Matteo Pollini | Ferdinando D'Auria Gaetano Oliva | Massimo Navatta Andrea Palma | Daniele Polverini Nicolò Liana | ||||
R2 | 5 May | No. 163 Vincenzo Sospiri Racing | No. 163 Vincenzo Sospiri Racing | No. 288 HC Racing Division | No. 169 Raptor Engineering | No. 224 ZRS Motorsport | ||
Stpehane Tribaudini Ignazio Zanon | Stpehane Tribaudini Ignazio Zanon | Alberto Clementi Pisani Piero Randazzo | Massimo Navatta Andrea Palma | Daniele Polverini Nicolò Liana | ||||
2 | R1 | Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari | 1 June | |||||
R2 | 2 June | |||||||
3 | R1 | Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello | 24 August | |||||
R2 | 25 August | |||||||
4 | R1 | Autodromo Nazionale Monza | 5 October | |||||
R2 | 6 October | |||||||
Round | Circuit | Date |
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1 | ACI Vallelunga Circuit | 14–16 June |
2 | Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello | 12–14 July |
3 | Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari | 6–8 September |
4 | Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 25–27 October |
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