The Italian GT Championship (Campionato Italiano Gran Turismo) is an Italian sports car series founded in 2003 and organized by the Automobile Club d'Italia (ACI) and the Commissione Sportiva Automobilistica Italiana (CSAI). It replaced a previous supercar-based championship which ran from 1992 until 2002 when it was folded due to a lack of entrants. The series borrowed heavily from the international FIA GT Championship in its first few seasons, although additional entries from Ferrari Challenge, Porsche Supercup, and Maserati Trofeo competitors were allowed.
Following the 2006 season, the top GT1 class was dropped from the championship, leaving competitors in the GT2, GT3, and GT Cup classes. GT2 competition is dominated by the Ferrari F430, with several Porsche 911 GT3s as well. The GT3 class features a variety of machines from the FIA GT3 European Championship, from Aston Martin, Chrysler and Lamborghini, while the GT Cup class is once again made up of Ferrari Challenge and Porsche Supercup cars.
Circuits
Autodromo Nazionale Monza (1992–1994, 1996, 1998, 2000–2001, 2003–present) Autodromo Vallelunga Piero Taruffi (1992–present) Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli (1992–2018, 2020–present) Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello (1992–1995, 2001, 2003–present) Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari (1992–1993, 1995, 2001, 2003–2006, 2009–2019, 2021–present) Autodromo dell'Umbria (1993–1997, 1999–2011) Circuit de Monaco (1993) Autodromo di Pergusa (1993, 2003–2004, 2021–2023) Autodromo del Levante (1993–1994) Autodromo Riccardo Paletti (1993–1997, 1999–2001) Automotodrom Grobnik (1997, 2000) Circuit Paul Ricard (1998, 2014, 2018) Red Bull Ring (1998, 2002–2003, 2012–2013) Adria International Raceway (2002, 2007) Circuit de Lédenon (2002) Hungaroring (2005) Circuit de la Comunitat Valenciana Ricardo Tormo (2008)
Champions Season Overall 1992 Rory Parasitili 1993 Marco Brand 1994 Vittorio Colombo 1995 Renato Mastropietro 1996 Antonio de Castro Season GT1 GT2 GT3 GT4 1997 Gianni Giudici Alex Dazzan Antonio de Castro Nanni Corongi 1998 Luca Cattaneo 1999 Massimo Pasini Mario Spagnoli Aspero Lapilli 2000 Massimo Pasini Alex Dazzan "Romoletto" Sergio Bertoni 2001 Massimo Pasini Mario Spagnoli "Romoletto" Saturno Bandiera 2002 Denny Zardo Antonio de Castro Roberto Ragazzi Roberto Farnetti Season GT N-GT GT 2 2003 Piergiuseppe Perazzini Andrea Chiesa Massimo Piacentini Roberto Sperati 2004 Piergiuseppe Perazzini Gabriele Matteuzzi Andrea Chiesa Loris Kessel Mario Sala Giovanni Sada Season GT1 GT2GT3 2005 Matteo Malucelli Miguel Ramos Toni Vilander Alessandro Pier Guidi Andrea Palma Danilo Zampaloni 2006 Toni Vilander Giambattista Giannoccaro Alex Caffi Denny Zardo Season GT2 GT3 GT Cup GT4 2007 Stefano Livio Lorenzo Casè Giacomo Piccini Giovanni Berton Marco Coldani (GT3B) Angelo Proietti 2008 Max Busnelli Gabriele Lancieri Giacomo Piccini Matteo Grassotto Mario Sala Giovanni Sada "Yah Man" 2009 Francisco Cruz Martins Stefano Livio Lorenzo Bontempelli Aldo Cerruti Mario Ferraris 2010 Andrea Montermini Emanuele Moncini Gianluca Roda Marco Mapelli Fabio Mancini Agostino Alberghino Sergio Orsero 2011 Victor Coggiola Giovanni Coggiola Marco Bonanomi Giorgio Sanna Davide Stancheris Tiziano Cappelletti Season GT2 GT3 GT Cup (1st Division) GT Cup (2nd Division) 2012 Victor Coggiola Giovanni Coggiola Thomas Biagi Stefano Colombo Niccolò Granzotto Alessandro Cicognani Vincenzo Donativi Season GT3 GT Cup (1st Division) GT Cup (2nd Division) 2013 Vito Postiglione Luigi Lucchini Fabio Babini Riccardo Bianco 2014 Raffaele Giammaria Lorenzo Casè Omar Galbiati Gianni Giudici 2015 Stefano Gattuso Luca Pastorelli Nicola Pastorelli 2016 Federico Leo Eddie Cheever III2017 Simone Niboli2018 Daniel Zampieri Giacomo Altoè2019 Alessio Rovera Riccardo Agostini 2020 Riccardo Agostini2021 Riccardo Agostini Lorenzo Ferrari2022 Jacopo Guidetti Leonardo Moncini2023 Jens Klingmann Bruno Spengler Season GT3 Sprint GT3 Endurance GT Cup (1st Division) GT Cup (2nd Division)2024 Jens Klingmann Giancarlo Fisichella Arthur Leclerc Tommaso Mosca
References
External links
Italian GT results (1992–2005) Italian GT Championship results and photo galleries