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The 2010 International GT Open season was the fifth season of the International GT Open. The season commenced on 17 April at Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Valencia and finished on 31 October, at Circuit de Catalunya after 16 races held at eight meetings.

AF Corse wrapped up three different championships during the season, winning both Super GT titles for drivers Álvaro Barba and Pierre Kaffer as well as the teams title having run as many as five cars during the season. Kaffer and Barba took the overall title by five points ahead of Autorlando Sport's pairing Gianluca Roda and Richard Lietz. A further two points behind were the Edil Cris pairing of Raffaele Giammaria and Enrico Toccacelo, who finished ten points ahead of IMSA Performance's Raymond Narac and Patrick Pilet. The four pairings remained in the same order in the Super GT championship standings, with Barba and Kaffer, and Narac and Pilet winning the most races with four. Two victories were taken by Lietz and Roda, and Giammaria and Toccacelo, with other victories taken by CRS Racing's Tim Mullen, who took three wins – two with Chris Niarchos and one with Adam Christodoulou – while the other victory was secured by Villois Racing's Massimiliano Wiser and Lucas Guerrero.

A strong end of season run by Kessel Racing's Marco Frezza helped him claim the GTS title, with three successive wins allowing him to overhaul a 16-point deficit to Jean-Philippe Dayraut of Luxury Racing. Frezza took five wins overall on the season, two with Pedro Couceiro and three with Niki Cadei. Dayraut took four wins, three with Stéphane Ortelli and one with Johan-Boris Scheier. Third place was taken by Frezza's team-mates at Kessel Racing, Lorenzo Bontempelli and Stefano Livio, who took race victories at Imola, Brands Hatch and Monza. Other victories were taken by Dimitris Deverikos and Thomas Gruber, and Andrea Cecatto and Alessio Salucci at Valencia, Duncan Cameron and Matt Griffin at Brands Hatch, and Stefano Borghi and Gianluca de Lorenzi at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps. Kessel Racing easily won the teams title, scoring more than double the points of runners-up Luxury Racing. Frezza finished as the highest GTS driver in the overall standings, in tenth position ahead of Dayraut.

Entry list

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2010 Entry List
Team No. Drivers Chassis Engine Class Rounds
Italy Autorlando Sport[1] 2 Austria Richard Lietz[1] Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 SGT All
Italy Gianluca Roda[1]
3 Germany Wolfgang Kaufmann[2] Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 SGT 1–4
Italy Luca Moro[2]
65 Austria Thomas Gruber[3] Porsche 997 GT3-R Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 GTS 1–7
Greece Dimitris Deverikos[3]
Italy AF Corse[4] 4 France Yannick Malegol[5] Ferrari F430 GT2 Ferrari 4.0 L V8 SGT 4, 8
France Jean-Marc Bachelier[5]
5 Portugal Rui Águas[5] Ferrari F430 GT2 Ferrari 4.0 L V8 SGT 4
Italy Alessandro Garofano[5] 4, 7–8
Italy Luca Rangoni[6] 7–8
6 South Africa Jack Gerber[4] Ferrari F430 GT2 Ferrari 4.0 L V8 SGT 1–5, 7–8
Portugal Rui Águas[3] 1
Republic of Ireland Matt Griffin[7] 2–5, 7–8
8 Spain Álvaro Barba[4] Ferrari F430 GT2 Ferrari 4.0 L V8 SGT All
Germany Pierre Kaffer[4]
28 United States Robert Kauffmann[8] Ferrari F430 GT2 Ferrari 4.0 L V8 SGT 8
Portugal Vodafone Team
Portugal Sports & You		 007 Portugal António Coimbra[3] Aston Martin DBRS9 Aston Martin 6.0 L V12 GTS 1, 4
Portugal Luís Silva[3]
Austria AT Racing[4]
Italy AF Corse		 7 Belarus Alexander Talkanitsa Sr.[4] Ferrari F430 GT2 Ferrari 4.0 L V8 SGT All
Belarus Alexander Talkanitsa Jr.[4]
Italy Racing Team EdilCris[9] 9 Italy Raffaele Giammaria[9] Ferrari F430 GT2 Ferrari 4.0 L V8 SGT All
Italy Enrico Toccacelo[9]
Switzerland Kessel Racing[10] 11 Austria Philipp Peter[10] Ferrari F430 GT2 Ferrari 4.0 L V8 SGT 1–4, 6–8
Poland Michał Broniszewski[10]
46 Italy Andrea Ceccato[3] Ferrari 430 Scuderia Ferrari 4.5 L V8 GTS 1, 5
Italy Alessio Salucci[3]
51 Italy Lorenzo Bontempelli[3] Ferrari 430 Scuderia Ferrari 4.5 L V8 GTS All
Italy Stefano Livio[3]
66 Portugal Pedro Couceiro[3] Ferrari 430 Scuderia Ferrari 4.5 L V8 GTS 1–6
Italy Marco Frezza[3] All
Italy Niki Cadei[6] 7–8
67 Germany Freddy Kremer[3] Ferrari 430 Scuderia Ferrari 4.5 L V8 GTS 1–5, 7–8
Switzerland Ronnie Kessel[3] 1
Switzerland Brian Lavio[7] 2–3, 5, 7
Italy Beniamino Caccia[5] 4, 8
Italy Villois Racing[11] 12 Spain Lucas Guerrero[12] Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT2 Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 SGT 1–7
Italy Massimiliano Wiser[12] All
Italy Gabriele Lancieri[8] 8
52 Italy Angelo Lancelotti[12] Aston Martin DBRS9 Aston Martin 6.0 L V12 GTS 1–5
Italy Gabriele Lancieri[12] 1–7
Italy Max Busnelli[13] 6–7
53 Italy Enrico Crespi[12] Aston Martin DBRS9 Aston Martin 6.0 L V12 GTS 2
Italy Gianandrea Crespi[12] 2–7
Italy Giovanni Sada[14] 3
Italy Max Busnelli[15] 5
Italy Matteo Giordano[13] 6–8
Italy Andrea Wiser[8] 8
Spain Sunred Engineering 14
33		 Spain Fernando Monje[3] Sun Red SR21
Sun Rred SRX		 Judd GV4 4.0L V10 SGT 1, 5, 7–8
Spain Jordi Gené[3]
France IMSA Performance Matmut[16] 16 France Raymond Narac[16] Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 SGT All
France Patrick Pilet[16]
Portugal Aurora Racing Team 22 Brazil Nelson Piquet Jr.[17] Ferrari F430 GT2 Ferrari 4.0 L V8 SGT 8
Portugal Álvaro Parente[17]
30 Ferrari F430 GT2 Ferrari 4.0 L V8 SGT 1
Portugal Francisco Cruz Martins[3]
31 Argentina Juan Manuel López[3] Ferrari F430 GT2 Ferrari 4.0 L V8 SGT 1
Portugal Manuel Gião[3]
Monaco JMB Racing 24 France Emmanuel Collard[8] Ferrari F430 GT2 Ferrari 4.0 L V8 SGT 8
France Dino Lunardi[8]
Spain Drivex 32 Portugal Miguel Amaral[3] Ferrari F430 GT2
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR		 Ferrari 4.0 L V8
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6		 SGT 1, 3, 8
Spain Miguel Ángel de Castro[3]
Spain Zener Racing Team 34 Spain Francesc Gutiérrez[3] Mosler MT900R Chevrolet LS7 7.0L V8 SGT 1
Spain Alfredo Palencia[3]
82 Ferrari 430 Scuderia Ferrari 4.5 L V8 GTS 8
Spain Ton Puig[8]
France PRO-GT by Alméras 34 France Jean-Luc Beaubelique[6] Porsche 997 GT3-R Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 GTS 7
France Christian Moullin Traffort[6]
France Sébastien Loeb[8] 8
Spain Dani Sordo[8]
83 France Nicolas Armengol[8] Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 GTS 8
Switzerland Fabio Spirgi[8]
85 France Sébastien Blugeon[8] Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 GTS 8
France Christian Blugeon[8]
Spain Jesús Díez 35 Spain Jesús Díez[3] Ferrari F430 GT2 Ferrari 4.0 L V8 SGT 1
Spain Máximo Cortés[3]
Andorra Automóbil Club d'Andorra
Spain RCA Racing		 36 Andorra Manel Cerqueda[6] Ferrari F430 GT2 Ferrari 4.0 L V8 SGT 7–8
Andorra Sintu Vives[6]
France Sofrev-ASP[18] 56 France Maurice Ricci[18] Ferrari F430 Ferrari 4.0 L V8 GTS 1, 3–4, 8
France Mike Savary[3]
57 France Gabriel Balthazard[18] Ferrari F430 GT3
Ferrari F430 GT2		 Ferrari 4.3 L V8
Ferrari 4.0 L V8		 GTS
SGT		 1, 3–4
8
France Jean-Luc Beaubelique[18]
Netherlands Brinkmann Motorsport[19] 58 Netherlands Siebrand Dijkstra[19] Audi R8 LMS Audi 5.2 L V10 GTS 1–4
Netherlands Arjan van der Zwaan[19]
Germany Phoenix Racing[20] 59 United States Jim Matthews[20] Audi R8 LMS Audi 5.2 L V10 GTS 1–3
Germany Marcel Tiemann[20]
France Protonic Racing[18]
Belgium First Motorsport		 61 France Daniel Desbruères[18] Ferrari 430 Scuderia Ferrari 4.5 L V8 GTS 1–2, 4–5
Belgium Christian Kelders[18] 1–2, 4
France Jean-Marc Bachelier[15] 5
United Kingdom RPM Motorsport[21] 62 United Kingdom Alex Mortimer[21] Ford GT GT3 Ford 5.4 L V8 S/C GTS All
United Kingdom Peter Bamford[21]
France Luxury Racing[18] 63 France Jean-Philippe Dayraut[18] Ferrari 430 Scuderia Ferrari 4.5 L V8 GTS 1–4
Monaco Stéphane Ortelli[18] 1–3
France Frédéric Makowiecki[18] 4–5, 8
France Jean-Yves Adam[15] 5
Portugal Pedro Couceiro[8] 8
72 France Jérôme Demay[5] Ferrari 430 Scuderia Ferrari 4.5 L V8 GTS 4
France Benjamin Rouget[5]
France Jean-Philippe Dayraut[15] 5–8
Monaco Stéphane Ortelli[15]
France Sport Garage 64 France Michael Petit[3] Ferrari 430 Scuderia Ferrari 4.5 L V8 GTS 1–2
France Johan-Boris Scheier[3]
73 France Bruce Lorgère-Roux[5] Ferrari 430 Scuderia Ferrari 4.5 L V8 GTS 4
France Julien Rodrigues[5]
Italy De Lorenzi Racing 68 Italy Gianluca de Lorenzi[5] Porsche 997 GT3-R Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 GTS 4
Italy Stefano Borghi[5]
Germany Manthey Racing 69 Germany Marc Lieb[5] Porsche 997 GT3-R Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 GTS 4
Germany Mark Bullitt[5]
Germany Vulkan Racing
Germany Mintgen Motorsport		 70 Germany Dirk Riebensahm[5] Dodge Viper Competition Coupe Dodge 8.3 L V10 GTS 4
Germany Christopher Brück[5] 4, 8
Germany Sascha Bert[8] 8
United Kingdom Trackspeed 74 United Kingdom David Ashburn[13] Porsche 997 GT3-R Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 GTS 6
Germany Sebastian Asch[13]
United Kingdom Craig Wilkins 75 United Kingdom Craig Wilkins[13] Dodge Viper Competition Coupe Dodge 8.3 L V10 GTS 6
United Kingdom Aaron Scott[13]
United Kingdom Rollcentre Racing 76 United Kingdom Martin Short[13] Mosler MT900 Chevrolet LS7 7.0 L V8 GTS 6, 8
United Kingdom Steve Quick[13]
United Kingdom MTech 77 United Kingdom Duncan Cameron[13] Ferrari 430 Scuderia Ferrari 4.5 L V8 GTS 6, 8
Republic of Ireland Matt Griffin[13] 6
United Kingdom Daniel Brown[8] 8
Portugal Novadriver Racing Team 80 Portugal César Campaniço[8] Audi R8 LMS Audi 5.2 L V10 GTS 8
Portugal João Pedro Figueiredo[8]
Spain Canarias Sport Club 81 Spain Antonio Escámez[3] Lamborghini Gallardo GT3 Lamborghini 5.0 L V10 GTS 1
Spain Luis Monzón[3]
France Ruffier Racing France Jacques Medard[8] Lamborghini Gallardo GT3 Lamborghini 5.0 L V10 GTS 8
France Arthur Bleynie[8]
Netherlands Marcos Racing International 83 Netherlands Cornelius Euser[3] Marcos Mantis Ford MOD 4.6L V8 GTS 1
Netherlands Rob van der Zwaan[3]
France Noël del Bello Racing 84 France Christophe Caternet[3] Lamborghini Gallardo GT3 Lamborghini 5.0 L V10 GTS 1
France Patrick Caternet[3]
Germany Hermes Attempto Racing 86 Germany Masood Azadpour[8] Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 GTS 8
Germany Bernd Kleinback[8]
87 France Nicolas Armindo[8] Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 GTS 8
Germany Jürgen Haring[8]
United Kingdom CRS Racing 90 United Kingdom Chris Goodwin[3] Ferrari F430 GT2 Ferrari 4.0 L V8 SGT 1–3, 6–8
Netherlands Klaas Hummel[3] All
United Kingdom Andrew Kirkaldy[5] 4–5
91 United Kingdom Tim Mullen[3] Ferrari F430 GT2 Ferrari 4.0 L V8 SGT All
Canada Chris Niarchos[3] 1–6
United Kingdom Adam Christodoulou[6] 7–8
Netherlands Peter Versluis 130 Netherlands Peter Versluis[3] Ferrari F430 GT2 Ferrari 4.0 L V8 SGT 1–4
Netherlands Rob van der Zwaan[7] 2
Belgium Armand Fumal[5] 4
Icon Class
GTS GTS Class
SGT Super GT Class

Calendar

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The calendar was last modified on 5 February 2010,[22] having been first announced on 15 December 2009.[23] Older provisional schedules included races at Autódromo Internacional do Algarve and Donington Park. Several rounds were held along with the Auto GP and supported by the European F3 Open Championship.

Round Circuit Date SGT winner GTS winner
1 R1 Spain Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia 17 April #8 AF Corse #65 Autorlando Sport
Spain Álvaro Barba
Germany Pierre Kaffer		 Austria Thomas Gruber
Greece Dimitris Deverikos
R2 18 April #8 AF Corse #46 Kessel Racing