International GT Open Paul Ricard 2021

Event:		Date: 16.5.2021
Track: Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet (France), 5.822 kms	Organiser: GT Sport Organizacion
International GT Open Paul Ricard
International GT Open (round 1) GT Cup Open Europe (round 1)

Weather:	dry
Start time:	15/5 11:55 (Cup),16:45 (GT3) and 16/5 13:40
Grid:	2-2-2, rolling start
Distance:	70+60 minutes
Attendance:	unknown

Entered:	30
Practiced:	28
Qualified:	28
Started:	28
Finished:	23
Classified:	24

Classes:	Pract	Start	Class
FIA GT3 - Pro	4	4	4
FIA GT3 - Pro-Am	8	8	6
FIA GT3 - Am	4	4	3
GT Cup - Pro-Am	6	6	6
GT Cup - Am	6	6	5

Photo Gallery Entered Cars Technical Data Appearance Race 1 Results Grid Race 1 Race 2 Results Grid Race 2 Qualifying Qualifying 1 Qualifying 2 Lap Times

Race notes:
GT Open Cup Race 1 was ran separately for a shorter distance.

Pre-race sessions:
2 non-qualifying practice sessions held for a total of 120 minutes on 14/5, 2 qualifying sessions held for a total of 80 minutes on 15/5

Winners:
Race 1:	4	Bentley Continental GT3	Peklin / Pepper
Race 2:	63	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo	Beretta / Schandorff
FIA GT3 - Pro-Am race 1:	72	McLaren 720S GT3	Moss / Osborne
FIA GT3 - Pro-Am race 2:	88	McLaren 720S GT3	Krupinski / Klien
FIA GT3 - Am race 1:	14	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Scholze / Liebhauser
FIA GT3 - Am race 2:	8	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo	Giuseppe Cipriani
GT Cup - Pro-Am race 2:	191	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4	Gillion / Verdonck
GT Cup - Am race 2:	66	Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo Evo	Andrzej Lewandowski
Fastest Laps:
Race 1:	4	Bentley Continental GT3	Peklin / Pepper	2:01.6800	172.2000 km/h	lap 17
Race 2:	4	Bentley Continental GT3	Peklin / Pepper	2:01.7460	172.1000 km/h	lap 14
FIA GT3 - Pro-Am race 1:	48	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Sattler / Bastian	2:01.7600	172.1000 km/h	lap 17
FIA GT3 - Pro-Am race 2:	88	McLaren 720S GT3	Krupinski / Klien	2:02.1140	171.6000 km/h	lap 14
FIA GT3 - Am race 1:	14	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Scholze / Liebhauser	2:03.6870	169.4000 km/h	lap 22
FIA GT3 - Am race 2:	14	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Scholze / Liebhauser	2:03.9400	169.1000 km/h	lap 8
GT Cup - Pro-Am race 1:	191	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4	Gillion / Verdonck	2:09.5410	161.7000 km/h	lap 21
GT Cup - Pro-Am race 2:	44	Porsche 991 GT3 Cup (Gen. 1)	Pisani / Bozzoni	2:09.3980	161.9000 km/h	lap 15
GT Cup - Am race 1:	66	Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo Evo	Andrzej Lewandowski	2:09.7970	161.4000 km/h	lap 18
GT Cup - Am race 2:	66	Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo Evo	Andrzej Lewandowski	2:10.2340	160.9000 km/h	lap 8
Pole Positions:
Race 1:	48	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Sattler / Bastian	1:59.9260
Race 2:	22	Audi R8 GT3 LMS	Carroll / Balfe	2:02.0270
FIA GT3 - Pro race 1:	4	Bentley Continental GT3	Peklin / Pepper	2:00.1430
FIA GT3 - Pro race 2:	77	Porsche 991.II GT3 R	Al Zubair / Soucek	2:01.4830
FIA GT3 - Am race 1:	14	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Scholze / Liebhauser	2:01.4460
FIA GT3 - Am race 2:	14	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Scholze / Liebhauser	2:01.4460
GT Cup - Pro-Am race 1:	28	Porsche 991 GT3 Cup (Gen. 2)	Zamparelli / Klingelnberg	2:09.0680
GT Cup - Pro-Am race 2:	191	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4	Gillion / Verdonck	2:09.6690
GT Cup - Am race 1:	66	Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo Evo	Andrzej Lewandowski	2:09.6790
GT Cup - Am race 2:	66	Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo Evo	Andrzej Lewandowski	2:09.6790
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Porsche (9), Lamborghini (7), Mercedes-AMG (4), McLaren (3)
Top engines by numbers:	Porsche (9), Lamborghini (7), Mercedes-AMG (4), McLaren (3)
Top car types by numbers:	Porsche 991 GT3 Cup (8), Lamborghini Huracán (6), Mercedes-AMG GT3 (4)
Driver nationalities:	PL (8), D (8), GB (6), I (6), E (4), B (3), BR (2), CH (2), DK (2)
Team nationalities:	I (6), AND (4), D (4), PL (3), RSM (3), GB (3), B (2)
Engine positions:	mid-engined (44%), rear-engined (33%), front-engined (23%)
Average engine size:	4603 cc (with regard to 24% turbocharged cars an applicable size is 5044 cc)
Oldest known drivers:	Andrzej Lewandowski (52), Jens Moller (50), Brendan Iribe (42)
Youngest known drivers:	Ivan Peklin (20), Al Faisal Al Zubair (23), Jan Seyffert (23)

Official Race Programme:

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