GT Open: Donington entry list

25 cars will line up at Donington Park this weekend for round 4 of the 2009 International GT Open.

While the grid is the smallest of the season as a handful of European-based squads decided not to make the trip across the channel just one week after the last round at Spa-Francorchamps, it still has plenty of depth across the Super GT and GTS classes.

The Easyrace Ferrari and Sun Red SR21s won’t be at Donington, but the Super GT class will still boast teams of the calibre of IMSA Performance Matmut, Advanced Engineering, Racing Team Edil Cris and Autorlando Sport as the Ferrari v Porsche battle continues. One driver change in the class sees Italian Ferdinando Monfardini step into the Vittoria Competizioni Ferrari 430 in place of Bulgarian Plamen Kralev.

In the GTS class, British squads Apex Motorsport and Tech 9 Motorsport boost the grid, while Marcos Racing will also enter a Marcos Mantis for Luis Bermudez de Castro / Cor Euser.

One driving change sees Lucas Guerrero replacing Marco Petrini in the Villois Racing Aston Martin DBRS9.

International GT Open – Provisional Donington entry list

3 Autorlando Sport, Richard Lietz / Gianluca Roda, Porsche 997 RSR, Super GT

4 Autorlando Sport, Manuel Gião / Pedro Couceiro, Porsche 997 RSR, Super GT

5 Trottet Racing, Joel Camathias / Marcel Fassler, Ferrari 430 GTC, Super

6 Racing Team Edil Cris, Alessandro Bonetti / Raffaele Gianmaria, Ferrari 430 GT2, Super GT

8 Megadrive, Piergiuseppe Perazzini / Marco Ciocci, Ferrari 430 GT2, Super GT

9 Advanced Engineering, Matt Griffin / Peter Bamford, Ferrari 430 GT2, Super

10 Vittoria Competizioni, Ferdinando Monfardini / Marco Frezza, Ferrari 430 GT2, Super GT

11 Advanced Engineering, Rui Aguas / Alessandro Garofano, Ferrari 430 GT2, Super GT

12 Advanced Engineering, Giacomo Ricci / Michele Rugolo, Ferrari 430 GT2, Super GT

16 IMSA Performance MATMUT, Patrick Pilet / Raymond Narac, Porsche 997 RSR, Super GT

17 IMSA Performance MATMUT, Richard Balandras / Michel Lecourt, Porsche 997 RSR, Super GT

18 IMSA Performance MATMUT, Yannick David / Jean-Philippe Belloc, Porsche 997 RSR, Super GT

21 PCR Sport, Marc Carol / Josep Mayola, Ferrari 430 GT2, Super GT

51 Scuderia 22, Ferdinando Geri / Giacomo Piccini, Corvette GT3, GTS

57 Kessel Racing, Niki Cadei / Paulo Bonifacio, Ferrari 430 GT3 Scuderia, GTS

58 Kessel Racing, Vadim Kuzminykh / Vadim Kuzminykh, Ferrari 430 GT3 Scuderia, GTS

59 Kessel Racing, Philip Peter / Michal Broniszewski, Ferrari 430 GT3 Scuderia, GTS

61 Villois Racing, Gabriele Lancieri / Massimiliano Wiser, Aston Martin DBRS9, GTS

62 Villois Racing, Lucas Guerrero / Marco Petrini, Aston Martin DBRS9, GTS

64 Chad Racing, Jamie Constable / Mike Cantillon, Ferrari 430 GT3, GTS

67 Vittoria Competizioni, John Horejsi / TBA, Ferrari 430 GT3, GTS

69 Jean Claude Lagniez, Jean Claude Lagniez/ Iradj Alexander, Corvette GT3, GTS

72 Mtech Racing, Mike Edmonds /Duncan Cameron, Ferrari 430 GT3, GTS

73 Apex Motorsport, Leyton Clarke / Adam Jones, Jaguar XKR-S GT3, GTS

74 Marcos Racing, Luis Bermudez de Castro / Cor Euser, Marcos Mantis, GTS

75 Tech 9 Motorsport, TBA / TBA, Lamborghini Gallardo GT3, GTS

Watch hour-long International GT Open highlights from Donington on Motors TV (Sky Channel 413, Virgin Media 545) on Saturday 18 July at 3.30pm (BST).

Andy Wilkinson