👨👦 FATHER-SON AT TRACK FOCUSED: Darren Kell, who debuted in the International GT Open last year as a solo driver before doing the Monza finale with Darren Leung, will return in 2026. He is set to do the full season with Track Focused and his son James Kell.
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⚫️🔴 VILLORBA CORSA BACK IN GT OPEN: Leonardo Moncini, the son of 2011 runner-up Emanuele Moncini, and Rodrigo Testa have signed on with Villorba Corse for the upcoming International GT Open season. They will share a Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVO2.
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🇲🇽 MEXICAN SOLO DRIVER TO CONTINUE IN GT OPEN: Alfredo Hernández Ortega is set for another solo campaign in the Am class of the International GT Open with Grupo Prom Racing Team. But Stéphane Tribaudini will join him for the 500km races at Spa and Monza.
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🏆 PORSCHE RACE WINNERS IN GT OPEN: The PTT Racing Team will enter the International GT Open with a BMW M4 GT3 Evo. Hubert Darmetko is set to partner up with 17-year-old Fabian Dybionka, who finished third in the Porsche Sprint Challenge Deutschland last year.
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🇵🇱 POLISH DUO IN ASTON MARTIN: The Good Speed Racing Team will field an Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo in the International GT Open this upcoming season. Owner-driver Piotr Wira is set to partner up with former professional footballer Tomasz Magdziarz.
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🇪🇺 BLACKTHORN TO TAKE ON GT OPEN: Charles Bateman returns to the International GT Open to share an Aston Martin of the Blackthorn team with Jonny Adam this year. At Portimão and Monza, Henrique Chaves will sub for Adam due to clashes with the FIA #WEC.
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🇨🇭 FIFTH SEASON IN A ROW FOR SWISS DUO: Yannick Mettler and Dexter Müller will continue in the International GT Open this upcoming season. They are once again set to get behind the wheel of the No. 54 Mercedes-AMG of SPS automotive performance and CBRX.
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🏆 PRO-AM ADAC CHAMPIONS MOVE TO GT OPEN: Alexander Fach and Alexander Schwarzer will compete in the 2026 International GT Open with a 992.2-generation Porsche. FACH AUTO TECH will also field a second car for solo driver Joel Monegro in the Am class.
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🌍 FULL SEASON FOR INTO AFRICA RACING: Dragon Racing will enter a Ferrari 296 GT3 for Into Africa Racing in International GT Open this year. Xolile Letlaka is slated to compete in every round, while Axcil Jefferies and Stuart White split teammate duties.
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🇫🇷 ALL-FRENCH LINE-UP WITH AUDI: Saintéloc Racing and Michael Blanchemain return for the 2026 season of the International GT Open. Jim Pla is set to be Blanchemain's co-driver aboard the Audi R8 LMS Evo II in the Pro-Am class, replacing Marcus Påverud.
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🇨🇿 UNCHANGED LINE-UP FROM CZECHIA: Libor Milota and Filip Salaquarda, who scored their first class victory at the Hockenheimring last year, return to the Pro-Am class of the International GT Open in 2026 with the Audi R8 LMS Evo II of Team ISR.
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🎓 GT CUP STALWARTS MOVE UP TO GT OPEN: Italian team ZRS Motorsport has acquired a Porsche 911 GT3 R for the 2026 International GT Open. Former FRECA driver Pietro Armanni and Pro-Am class winner Alex Fontana will share the 992.2-generation car in the Pro class.
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Elite Motorsport Confirms GT Open Return #GTOpen
🚀 ELITE LAUNCH SECOND ATTACK AT GT OPEN TITLE: Tom Emson and Tom Lebbon, who went into last season's finale at Monza as championship contenders, remain with Elite Motorsport and the Ferrari 296 GT3 for the 2026 season of the International GT Open.
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👀 BIG PLANS FOR GRUPO PROM: Mannol and Grupo Prom Racing enter a partnership to field an AMG in series across Europe in 2026. The Haupt Racing Team-supported car will have Stéphane Tribaudini onboard in the two #GTOpen 500km races and the #Spa24h.
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🔄 SWITCHING MCLAREN TEAMS: Zac Meakin will join Greystone GT in the International GT Open next year after a season with Optimum Motorsport. He is set to replace James Kell alongside Dean Macdonald aboard the turquoise and black McLaren 720S GT3 Evo.
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Greystone GT Confirm First 2026 GT Open Line-Up #GTOpen
📊 International GT Open teams' championship season end results 🇮🇹
Overall:
1⃣ Motopark with Mercedes-AMG - 89 points
2⃣ AF Corse with Ferrari - 80 (-9)
3⃣ Eastalent with Audi - 80 (-9)
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Am:
1⃣ Forgione / Rugolo - 124 [130] points
2⃣ Sansom - 122 [130] (-2)
3⃣ S. Jedliński / Korzeniowski - 56 (-68)
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Pro-Am:
1⃣ Baumann / Pierburg - 98 [100] points
2⃣ Jans / Walker - 88 [89] (-10)
3⃣ Milota / Salaquarda - 66 [67] (-32)
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📊 International GT Open drivers' championship season end results 🇮🇹
Overall:
1⃣ Révész - 142 [143] points
2⃣ Bennett / Mosca - 136 [142] (-6)
3⃣ Haase / Reicher - 134 (-8)
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✌️ TWO EXTRA AMG MACHINES: GetSpeed with Tom Jackson and Ameerh Naran as well as the returning Iron Lynx and Trivellato car of Jean-Luc D'Auria and Lin Hodenius enter the Campionato Italiano Gran Turismo Sprint season finale at Monza this weekend.
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Maxi Götz and Levente Révész have received a 5-second penalty after Monza for a pit stop infringement, dropping them to third behind Tom Emson and Tom Lebbon. Révész keeps the championship, but by 6 rather than 10 points over Carl Bennett and Tommaso Mosca.
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Révész, Motopark Take Titles At Monza Finale #GTOpen
The Am title goes to the AF Corse Ferrari of Gino Forgione and Michele Rugolo. They come across the line second in class ahead of Stanisław Jedliński and Krystian Korzeniowski, who take advantage of a late retirement for the Track Focused McLaren.
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Marco Pulcini and Mark Sansom win the Am class in the GT Open 500km at Autodromo Nazionale Monza with the Garage 59 McLaren. Sansom did the maximum he could today, but he comes up 2 points short in the championship.
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Dominik Baumann and Valentin Pierburg inherit third place in class after a post-race penalty for Karol Basz and Marcin Jedliński. The SPS automotive performance drivers beat Steve Jans and Aaron Walker to the Pro-Am championship in International GT Open.
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Alex Fontana and Bashar Mardini provisionally win Pro-Am at Monza, but an incident between the Tsunami RT Porsche and Benji Goethe and Alexander West is under investigation. Goethe went through the gravel trap in the last lap battle for the class victory.
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Maxi Götz and Levente Révész finish in second place ahead of Tom Emson and Tom Lebbon, and Christopher Haase and Simon Reicher. That hands the drivers' championship to Révész and the teams' championship to Team Motopark.
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