2019 FIA Motorsport Games GT Cup explained

Race details
Date	1-3 November
Official name	FIA Motorsport Games
Location	Campagnano di Roma, Italy
Course	Permanent circuit 4.085km (02.538miles)
Distance	Qualifying Race 1 60 minutes Qualifying Race 2 60 minutes Main Race 60 minutes
Qualifying Race 1
Pole
Driver	Ukyo Sasahara	Team Japan
Time	1:32.898
Fastest lap
Driver	Ukyo Sasahara	Team Japan
Time	1:33.384
Podium
First	Alfred Renauer	Team Germany
Second		Team Denmark
Third		Team Poland
Qualifying Race 2
Pole
Driver	Hiroshi Hamaguchi	Team Japan
Time	1:38.443
Fastest lap
Driver	Andrzej Lewandowski	Team Poland
Time	1:49.426
Podium
First		Team Japan
Second		Team Portugal
Third	Hanss Po Heng Lin	Team Chinese Taipei
Main Race
Pole
Driver	Andrzej Lewandowski	Team Poland
Fastest lap
Driver	Zaid Ashkanani	Team Kuwait
Time	1:39.086
Medalists
	Hiroshi Hamaguchi Ukyo Sasahara	Team Japan
	Artur Janosz Andrzej Lewandowski	Team Poland
	Brenton Grove Stephen Grove	Team Australia

The 2019 FIA Motorsport Games GT Cup was the first FIA Motorsport Games GT Cup, continuation of the FIA GT Nations Cup held at ACI Vallelunga Circuit, Italy on 1 November to 3 November 2019. The race was contested with GT3-spec cars. Only Silver and Bronze drivers were allowed to compete.^[1] The event was part of the 2019 FIA Motorsport Games.

Entry list

Team	Entrant	Car		Drivers
Team Kuwait	Optimum Motorsport	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	007	Zaid Ashkanani[2]
			Khaled Al-Mudhaf
Team Turkey	TF Sport[3]	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	1	Ayhancan Güven
			Salih Yoluç
Team Australia	Herberth Motorsport[4]	Porsche 911 GT3 R[5]	4	Brenton Grove
			Stephen Grove
Team Denmark	Reno Racing[6]	Honda NSX GT3	11	Jens Reno Møller
			Christina Nielsen
Team Malaysia	Earl Bamber Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT3 R	16	Adrian Henry D'Silva
			Weiron Tan
Team USA	Spirit of Race	Ferrari 488 GT3	18	Robert Ferriol
			Spencer Pumpelly
Team Spain	Racing Team Spain	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo	19	Alvaro Lobera
			Fernando Navarrete Jr.
Team Italy	AF Corse[7]	Ferrari 488 GT3	21	Gianluca Roda
Giorgio Roda
Team Hong Kong	Reno Racing[8]	Honda NSX GT3	22	Paul Ip
			Marchy Lee
Team Belarus	AT Racing Team[9]	Ferrari 488 GT3	51	Alexander Talkanitsa Jr.
			Alexander Talkanitsa Sr.
Team Switzerland	Raton Racing	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo	58	Christoph Lenz
			Patric Niederhauser
Team Poland	Vincenzo Sospiri Racing	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo	66	Artur Janosz
			Andrzej Lewandowski
Team Chinese Taipei	Gama Racing	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo	68	Hanss Po Heng Lin
			Evan Chen
Team China	Phantom Pro Racing Team	Mercedes-AMG GT3	70	Kan Zang
			Yaqi Zhang
Team France	AKKA-ASP	Mercedes-AMG GT3[10]	87	Jean-Luc Beaubelique
			Jim Pla
Team Belgium	Attempto Racing	Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo (2019)	88	Louis Machiels
			Nico Verdonck
Team UK	Tempesta Racing	Ferrari 488 GT3	93	Chris Froggatt
			Flick Haigh
Team Portugal	Attempto Racing	Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo (2019)	99	Henrique Chaves
			Miguel Ramos
Team Japan	Orange1 FFF Racing Team[11]	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo	519	Hiroshi Hamaguchi
			Ukyo Sasahara
Team Russia		Ferrari 488 GT3[12]	888	Denis Bulatov
			Rinat Salikhov
Team Thailand	Dinamic Motorsport[13]	Porsche 911 GT3 R	911	Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak
			Kantadhee Kusiri
Team Germany	Herberth Motorsport[14]	Porsche 911 GT3 R	991	Steffen Görig
			Alfred Renauer
Source:[15]

Results

Qualifying 1

		Driver	Team
1	519	Hiroshi Hamaguchi	Team Japan	1:38.443	—	1
2	1	Salih Yoluç	Team Turkey	1:39.840	+1.397	2
3	888	Rinat Salikhov	Team Russia	1:40.179	+1.736	3
4	99	Miguel Ramos	Team Portugal	1:41.767	+3.324	4
5	991	Steffen Görig	Team Germany	1:43.326	+4.883	5
6	18	Robert Ferriol	Team USA	1:43.698	+5.255	6
7	11	Jens Reno Møller	Team Denmark	1:44.099	+5.656	7
8	21	Gianluca Roda	Team Italy	1:44.248	+5.805	8
9	66	Andrzej Lewandowski	Team Poland	1:44.258	+5.815	9
10	4	Stephen Grove	Team Australia	1:44.333	+5.890	10
11	911	Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak	Team Thailand	1:44.570	+6.127	11
12	19	Alvaro Lobera	Team Spain	1:44.781	+6.338	12
13	16	Adrian Henry D'Silva	Team Malaysia	1:45.317	+6.874	13
14	70	Yaqi Zhang	Team China	1:45.492	+7.049	14
15	22	Paul Ip	Team Hong Kong	1:45.533	+7.090	15
16	68	Hanss Po Heng Lin	Team Chinese Taipei	1:45.832	+7.389	16
17	58	Christoph Lenz	Team Switzerland	1:46.059	+7.616	17
18	93	Flick Haigh	Team UK	1:46.237	+7.794	18
19	87	Jean-Luc Beaubelique	Team France	1:46.348	+7.905	19
20	51	Alexander Talkanitsa Sr.	Team Belarus	1:46.355	+7.912	20
21	88	Louis Machiels	Team Belgium	1:47.558	+9.115	21
22	007	Khaled Al-Mudhaf	Team Kuwait	1:54.380	+15.937	22
Source:[16]

Qualifying 2

		Driver	Team
1	519	Ukyo Sasahara	Team Japan	1:32.898	—	1
2	87	Jim Pla	Team France	1:32.898	—	2
3	58	Patric Niederhauser	Team Switzerland	1:33.227	+0.329	3
4	4	Brenton Grove	Team Australia	1:33.359	+0.461	4
5	888	Denis Bulatov	Team Russia	1:33.482	+0.584	5
6	16	Weiron Tan	Team Malaysia	1:33.485	+0.587	6
7	99	Henrique Chaves	Team Portugal	1:33.712	+0.814	7
8	991	Alfred Renauer	Team Germany	1:33.785	+0.887	8
9	68	Evan Chen	Team Chinese Taipei	1:33.963	+1.065	9
10	66	Artur Janosz	Team Poland	1:33.970	+1.072	10
11	18	Spencer Pumpelly	Team USA	1:34.167	+1.269	11
12	911	Kantadhee Kusiri	Team Thailand	1:34.235	+1.337	12
13	51	Alexander Talkanitsa Jr.	Team Belarus	1:34.240	+1.342	13
14	88	Nico Verdonck	Team Belgium	1:34.243	+1.345	14
15	11	Christina Nielsen	Team Denmark	1:34.310	+1.412	15
16	1	Ayhancan Güven	Team Turkey	1:34.394	+1.496	16
17	93	Chris Froggatt	Team UK	1:34.582	+1.684	17
18	007	Zaid Ashkanani	Team Kuwait	1:34.676	+1.778	18
19	21	Giorgio Roda	Team Italy	1:34.830	+1.932	19
20	22	Marchy Lee	Team Hong Kong	1:35.034	+2.136	20
21	19	Fernando Navarrete Jr.	Team Spain	1:35.131	+2.233	21
22	70	Kan Zang	Team China	1:35.817	+2.919	22
Source:[17]

Qualifying Race 1

		Driver	Team		Time/Retired		Points
1	991	Steffen Görig Alfred Renauer	Team Germany	29	1:21:21.471	5	1
2	11	Jens Reno Møller Christina Nielsen	Team Denmark	29	+8.756	7	2
3	66	Andrzej Lewandowski Artur Janosz	Team Poland	29	+13.293	9	3
4	93	Flick Haigh Chris Froggatt	Team UK	29	+20.370	18	4
5	51	Alexander Talkanitsa Sr. Alexander Talkanitsa Sr.	Team Belarus	29	+31.951	20	5
6	70	Yaqi Zhang Kan Zang	Team China	29	+36.523	14	6
7	21	Gianluca Roda Giorgio Roda	Team Italy	29	+39.591	8	7
8	88	Louis Machiels Nico Verdonck	Team Belgium	29	+39.882	21	8
9	4	Stephen Grove Brenton Grove	Team Australia	29	+49.625	10	9
10	519	Hiroshi Hamaguchi Ukyo Sasahara	Team Japan	29	+1:00.361	1	10
11	888	Rinat Salikhov Denis Bulatov	Team Russia	29	+1:27.621	3	11
12	911	Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak Kantadhee Kusiri	Team Thailand	28	+1 lap	11	12
13	1	Salih Yoluç Ayhancan Güven	Team Turkey	28	+1 lap	2	13
14	87	Jean-Luc Beaubelique Jim Pla	Team France	27	+2 laps	19	14
15	18	Robert Ferriol Spencer Pumpelly	Team USA	27	+2 laps	6	15
16	19	Alvaro Lobera Fernando Navarrete Jr.	Team Spain	27	+2 laps	12	16
17	58	Christoph Lenz Patric Niederhauser	Team Switzerland	26	+3 laps	17	17
18	68	Hanss Po Heng Lin Evan Chen	Team Chinese Taipei	22	+7 laps	16	18
Ret	16	Adrian Henry D'Silva Weiron Tan	Team Malaysia	10	Retired	13	19
Ret	99	Miguel Ramos Henrique Chaves	Team Portugal	8	Retired	4	20
Ret	007	Khaled Al-Mudhaf Zaid Ashkanani	Team Kuwait	0	Retired	22	21
DSQ	22	Paul Ip Marchy Lee	Team Hong Kong	28	Disqualified	15	22
Source:[18]

Qualifying Race 2

		Driver	Team		Time/Retired		Points
1	519	Hiroshi Hamaguchi Ukyo Sasahara	Team Japan	21	1:55:29.230	1	1
2	99	Miguel Ramos Henrique Chaves	Team Portugal	21	+6.908	7	2
3	68	Hanss Po Heng Lin Evan Chen	Team Chinese Taipei	21	+8.669	9	3
4	66	Andrzej Lewandowski Artur Janosz	Team Poland	21	+8.993	10	4
5	88	Louis Machiels Nico Verdonck	Team Belgium	21	+15.129	14	5
6	911	Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak Kantadhee Kusiri	Team Thailand	21	+19.621	12	6
7	58	Christoph Lenz Patric Niederhauser	Team Switzerland	21	+22.697	3	7
8	19	Alvaro Lobera Fernando Navarrete Jr.	Team Spain	21	+28.741	21	8
9	991	Steffen Görig Alfred Renauer	Team Germany	21	+30.615	8	9
10	93	Flick Haigh Chris Froggatt	Team UK	21	+31.878	17	10
11	87	Jean-Luc Beaubelique Jim Pla	Team France	21	+35.550	2	11
12	4	Stephen Grove Brenton Grove	Team Australia	21	+36.914	4	12
13	22	Paul Ip Marchy Lee	Team Hong Kong	21	+55.132	20	13
14	51	Alexander Talkanitsa Sr. Alexander Talkanitsa Sr.	Team Belarus	21	+1:02.153	13	14
15	11	Jens Reno Møller Christina Nielsen	Team Denmark	21	+1:19.918	15	15
16	1	Salih Yoluç Ayhancan Güven	Team Turkey	21	+1:35.195	16	16
17	007	Khaled Al-Mudhaf Zaid Ashkanani	Team Kuwait	21	+1:46.035	18	17
18	70	Yaqi Zhang Kan Zang	Team China	21	+1:48.507	22	18
19	21	Gianluca Roda Giorgio Roda	Team Italy	19	+2 laps	19	19
20	16	Adrian Henry D'Silva Weiron Tan	Team Malaysia	19	+2 laps	6	20
21	18	Robert Ferriol Spencer Pumpelly	Team USA	18	+3 laps	11	21
Ret	888	Rinat Salikhov Denis Bulatov	Team Russia	5	Retired	5	22
Source:[19]

Main race

		Driver	Team		Time/Retired
	519	Hiroshi Hamaguchi Ukyo Sasahara	Team Japan	28	1:55:29.230	3
	66	Andrzej Lewandowski Artur Janosz	Team Poland	28	+3.012	1
	4	Stephen Grove Brenton Grove	Team Australia	28	+5.095	10
4	87	Jean-Luc Beaubelique Jim Pla	Team France	28	+5.417	15
5	70	Yaqi Zhang Kan Zang	Team China	28	+7.095	12
6	22	Paul Ip Marchy Lee	Team Hong Kong	28	+8.509	20
7	888	Rinat Salikhov Denis Bulatov	Team Russia	28	+9.175	18
8	19	Robert Ferriol Spencer Pumpelly	Team USA	28	+10.124	14
9	88	Louis Machiels Nico Verdonck	Team Belgium	28	+33.449	4
10	99	Miguel Ramos Henrique Chaves	Team Portugal	28	+41.686	11
11	16	Adrian Henry D'Silva Weiron Tan	Team Malaysia	27	+1 lap	22
12	1	Salih Yoluç Ayhancan Güven	Team Turkey	27	+1 lap	17
13	51	Alexander Talkanitsa Sr. Alexander Talkanitsa Sr.	Team Belarus	27	+1 lap	8
14	007	Khaled Al-Mudhaf Zaid Ashkanani	Team Kuwait	27	+1 lap	21
15	93	Flick Haigh Chris Froggatt	Team UK	27	+1 lap	5
16	991	Steffen Görig Alfred Renauer	Team Germany	21	+7 laps	2
17	58	Christoph Lenz Patric Niederhauser	Team Switzerland	19	+9 laps	13
Ret	911	Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak Kantadhee Kusiri	Team Thailand	15	Retired	7
Ret	21	Gianluca Roda Giorgio Roda	Team Italy	9	Retired	16
Ret	68	Hanss Po Heng Lin Evan Chen	Team Chinese Taipei	7	Retired	9
Ret	18	Alvaro Lobera Fernando Navarrete Jr.	Team Spain	5	Retired	19
WD	11	Jens Reno Møller Christina Nielsen	Team Denmark	0	Withdrawn[20]	6
Source:[21] [22]

Notes and References

1. News: FIA Motorsport Games to Retain Nations Cup GT Format. Lloyd. Daniel. 25 July 2019. sportscar365. John Dagys Media. 25 July 2019.
2. News: 22 Cars on Final FIA Motorsport Games GT Cup Entry List. Kilshaw. Jake. 9 October 2019. sportscar365. John Dagys Media. 9 October 2019.
3. News: Team Turkey confirms Yoluç and Güven for GT Cup assault at inaugural FIA Motorsport Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20220526001323/https://www.automobilsport.com/race-categories--24/race-categories--24,197553,Team-Turkey-confirms-Yolu-and-Gueven-for-GT-Cup-assault-at-inaugural-FIA-Motorsport-Games,news.htm . usurped . May 26, 2022 . 18 September 2019 . automobilsport.com . 18 September 2019.
4. News: GT Cup grid grows to 17 following latest round of FIA Motorsport Games line-up announcements . 27 September 2019 . fiamotorsportgames.com . 27 September 2019.
5. News: More FIA Motorsport Games GT Cup Teams Confirmed. 26 September 2019. Dailysportscar. 26 September 2019.
6. News: Team Denmark reveals full driver line-up for inaugural FIA Motorsport Games bid . 18 September 2019 . fiamotorsportgames.com . . 16 September 2019 . The nation's GT Cup hopes will be carried by Jens Reno Moller and Christina Nielsen, who will drive a Honda NSX GT3 Evo run by brand specialist JAS Motorsport..
7. News: FIA Motorsport Games : Roda/Roda représenteront l'Italie . 20 September 2019 . endurance-info.com . Endurance-Info . 20 September 2019.
8. News: Paul Ip And Marchy Lee Confirmed for Hong Kong Entry In FIA Motorsport Games. 5 September 2019. Dailysportscar. 5 September 2019.
9. News: More Crews for FIA Motorsport Games GT Cup Confirmed. 13 September 2019. Dailysportscar. 13 September 2019.
10. News: Tassel . Pierre . AKKA-ASP représentera la France aux FIA Motorsport Games . 17 September 2019 . autohebdo.fr . AUTOHebdo . 17 September 2019 .
11. News: FFF Racing to the FIA Motorsport Games for Team Japan . https://web.archive.org/web/20191106084950/https://www.automobilsport.com/race-categories--24/race-categories--24,197621,FFF-Racing-to-the-FIA-Motorsport-Games-for-Team-Japan,news.htm . usurped . November 6, 2019 . 19 September 2019 . automobilsport.com . 19 September 2019.
12. News: Russia First to Name Drivers for FIA Motorsport Games. Lloyd. Daniel. 15 August 2019. sportscar365. John Dagys Media. 15 August 2019.
13. News: FIA Motorsport Games : la Thailande en Porsche 911 GT3-R . 20 September 2019 . endurance-info.com . Endurance-Info . 20 September 2019.
14. News: Motorsport Games: Deutscher Kader für die FIA Motorsport Games steht . 17 September 2019 . speed-magazin.de .
15. Web site: Entry List . 6 November 2019 . fiamotorsportgames.com. . 1 November 2019.
16. Web site: Result List Qualifying 1 . fiamotorsportgames.com . 2 November 2019 . 2 November 2019.
17. Web site: Result List Qualifying 2 . fiamotorsportgames.com . 2 November 2019 . 2 November 2019.
18. Web site: Result List Qualifying Race 1 . fiamotorsportgames.com . 2 November 2019 . 2 November 2019.
19. Web site: Result List Qualifying Race 2 . fiamotorsportgames.com . 3 November 2019 . 3 November 2019.
20. News: Goodwin . Graham . Team Denmark Honda Withdrawn From Vallelunga Final . 4 November 2019 . dailysportscar.com . Dailysportscar . 4 November 2019.
21. Web site: Result List Main Race. fiamotorsportgames.com . 3 November 2019 . 3 November 2019.
22. News: Goodwin . Graham . FIA Motorsport Games, Vallelunga: Japan Take Weather Interrupted Q2 Race . 4 November 2019 . dailysportscar.com . DailySportscar . 3 November 2019.