2010 GT Brasil season

The 2010 Itaipava GT Brasil season was the fourth GT Brasil season. In 2010 the category changes its name replacing GT3 Brasil Championship and the first with GT3 and GT4 class. It began on 21 March at Autódromo José Carlos Pace and ended on 28 November at the same venue after eight rounds.

Matheus Stumpf and Valdeno Brito clinched a comfortable championship victory in the GT3 class,^[1] winning the championship by 64 points over their closest competitors. Stumpf and Brito won five races during the season including sweeping the weekend at the second Interlagos meeting and at Velopark, as well as a victory at the second meeting to be held in Curitiba. The pairing also took nine further top-five finishes, and retiring from the other two races to be held. Second place went to Marcelo Hahn and Allam Khodair, who despite not winning any of the races, they managed to finish two points clear of Chico Longo and Daniel Serra, who won at the first Curitiba meeting and the third Interlagos meeting. Claúdio Ricci finished in fourth place, winning two races at the same meetings as Longo and Serra. Other wins were taken by Andreas Mattheis and Xandy Negrão, who swept the races at Rio de Janeiro, Claudio Dahruj and Rafael Daniel swept the first Interlagos meeting, while Wagner Ebrahim won three of the last four races driving solo in his Dodge Viper Competition Coupe.

Valter Rossete won the GT4 championship,^[2] taking two wins at Interlagos 2 and Rio de Janeiro as well as twelve other top-five finishes as he finished six points clear of Renan Guerra. Guerra took six victories as a solo driver, but two retirements during the season thwarted the chances of a championship title. Third place went to Fabio Greco, who shared his car with Rossete at all races except the opening round. Three-time race winner Cristiano Federico – sharing his car with Leonardo Medrado for two victories, and Guto Negrão for one – finished in fourth place, ahead of Alan Hellmeister and Sergio Laganá, who won at Interlagos 1 and Velopark. Other victories were claimed by Marçal Mello and William Freire in Rio de Janeiro, and Carlos Burza and Leonardo Burti swept the second Curitiba weekend.

Entries

GT3 suffered no initial changes only the entry of more Lamborghini Gallardo LP560 who had participated in the last round of 2009, throughout the season came the Audi R8 LMS

With the debut of GT4 category was initially composed of only Maserati Trofeo, the course of the season reached the championship models Ferrari Challenge and Ginetta G50 .

Entry list

2010 Entry List Team No. Drivers Class Chassis Rounds WB Motorsport 2 Júlio Campos GT3 Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 1 Beto Monteiro 4 Norberto Gresse GT3 Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 1 Roberto Posses 12 Josué Pimenta GT3 Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 8 Pipo Derani CRT Brasil 3 Rafael Derani GT3 Ferrari F430 GT3 1–5, 7–8 Cláudio Ricci All Aluizio Coelho 6 70 Walter Derani GT3 Ferrari F430 GT3 All Antônio Pizzonia 1–6, 8 Aluizio Coelho 7 AH Competições 5 Leonardo Burti GT3 Ford GT GT3 1 Lico Kaesemodel 1–5 Aluizio Coelho 2–4 Paulo Bonifacio 5–8 Juliano Moro 6–8 7 Matheus Stumpf GT3 Ford GT GT3 All Valdeno Brito Scuderia 111 8 Claudio Dahruj GT3 Lamborghini Gallardo LP560 GT3 1–7 Rafael Daniel 1–4 Ricardo Zonta 5–7 Fernando Poeta 8 Sergio Lucio 33 Bruno Garfinkel GT3 Lamborghini Gallardo LP560 GT3 All Ricardo Maurício 36 Guilherme Figueroa GT3 Lamborghini Gallardo GT3 7 Sérgio Jimenez 99 Gustavo Sondermann GT4 Maserati Trofeo 2–8 Ricardo Ricca A.Mattheis 9 Andreas Mattheis GT3 Ford GT Audi R8 LMS 1–2, 4–8 Xandy Negrão 1, 4–8 Xandinho Negrão 2 TNT Energy Team 13 Pedro Queirolo GT3 Dodge Viper Competition Coupe All 17 Marcello Sant'Anna GT3 Dodge Viper Competition Coupe 1–3 Leonardo Vital Metasa 14 Felipe Roso GT4 Maserati Trofeo 6 Vinicius Roso Old Boys 15 Eduardo Ramos GT3 Ford GT GT3 1 Leandro Almeida Blau Full Time Lamborghini 16 Marcelo Hahn GT3 Lamborghini Gallardo LP560 GT3 All Allam Khodair 69 Thiago Viana GT3 Lamborghini Gallardo LP560 GT3 2–3 Marcos Gomes TNT Vivo Greco 17 Marcello Sant'anna GT4 Ferrari Challenge 4–8 21 Valter Rossete GT4 Maserati Trofeo Ferrari Challenge All Fabio Greco 2–8 Sul Racing 18 Fernando Poeta GT3 Ferrari F430 GT3 1–2, 4, 6–7 Fábio Carreira 1 Sérgio Lúcio 2 João Santanna 4, 6 Lamborghini Cimed 19 Chico Longo GT3 Lamborghini Gallardo LP560 GT3 All Daniel Serra 77 Chico Serra GT3 Lamborghini Gallardo LP560 All João Adibe 1–6, 8 Alexandre Conill 7 Ebrahim Motors 20 Wagner Ebrahim GT3 Dodge Viper Competition Coupe 7–8 Della Via Racing 27 Fabio Delamuta GT4 Maserati Trofeo 6–8 Roberto Santos Itaipava Racing Team 30 Cleber Faria GT3 Lamborghini Gallardo LP560 GT3 1-7 105 Vanuê Faria GT3 Lamborghini Gallardo LP560 GT3 All Cleber Faria 8 M2 Competições 2 37 Roberto Laganá GT4 Maserati Trofeo 1 Coruja Competições 44 Roberto Amaral GT4 Maserati Trofeo 3, 5 Mauricio Olio 3 Roberta Amaral 5 Itaipava CRT 51 Otávio Mesquita GT4 Ferrari Challenge 2, 4–8 Crystal Racing Team 55 Renan Guerra GT4 Maserati Trofeo All 75 Henrique Assunção GT4 Maserati Trofeo All Carlos Kray 1–2, 4–8 Fulvio Marote 7 M2 Competições 57 Sergio Laganá GT4 Maserati Trofeo Ferrari Challenge All Alan Hellmeister ATW Racing Team 72 Cristiano Federico GT4 Maserati Trofeo Ferrari Challenge All Leonardo Medrado 1–7 Guto Negrão 8 ATW Racing Team 2 73 Oswaldo Federico GT4 Maserati Trofeo 3–6, 8 Rodrigo Navarro 3–6 Caio Lara 8 121 João Marcelo GT4 Maserati Trofeo 3–6 Rodrigo Stefanini 3 Eduardo Furlanetto 4–6 Blau Full Time Ferrari 80 Thiago Viana GT3 Ferrari F430 GT3 1 Marcos Gomes 100 Linneu Linardi GT3 Ferrari F430 GT3 2–8 Júlio Campos 2–4 Marcos Gomes 5–8 Manelão Competições 81 Carlos Burza GT4 Maserati Trofeo Ginetta G50 All André Posses 1 Leonardo Burti 5–8 82 Marçal Mello GT4 Maserati Trofeo Ginetta G50 All William Freire 83 Adriano Griecco GT4 Maserati Trofeo 1 Samuel Melo Manelão Competições II 88 Caito Vianna GT4 Maserati Trofeo 8 Eduardo Furlanetto 157 Rodrigo Barone GT4 Maserati Trofeo 5 Caito Vianna MJR Racing 113 Mauricio Silva Jr. GT4 Maserati Trofeo 8

Icon Class GT3 GT3 Class GT4 GT4 Class

Race calendar and results

Round		Circuit	Date	GT3 Winner	GT4 Winner
1	R1	Interlagos	20 March	No. 8 Scuderia 111	No. 55 Crystal Racing Team
				Claudio Dahruj Rafael Daniel	Renan Guerra
	R2		21 March	No. 8 Scuderia 111	No. 57 M2 Competições
				Claudio Dahruj Rafael Daniel	Sergio Laganá Alan Hellmeister
2	R1	Curitiba	25 April†	No. 3 CRT Brasil	No. 55 Crystal Racing Team
				Rafael Derani Cláudio Ricci	Renan Guerra
	R2			No. 19 Lamborghini Cimed	No. 55 Crystal Racing Team
				Chico Longo Daniel Serra	Renan Guerra
3	R1	Interlagos	15 May	No. 7 AH Competições	No. 21 TNT Vivo Greco
				Mateus Stumpf Valdeno Brito	Fabio Greco Valter Rossete
	R2		16 May	No. 7 AH Competições	No. 72 ATW Racing Team
				Mateus Stumpf Valdeno Brito	Cristiano Frederico Leonardo Medrado
4	R1	Jacarepaguá	17 July	No. 9 A.Mattheis	No. 82 Manelão Competições
				Andreas Mattheis Xandy Negrão	Wiliam Freire Marçal Mello
	R2		18 July	No. 9 A.Mattheis	No. 21 TNT Vivo Greco
				Andreas Mattheis Xandy Negrão	Fabio Greco Valter Rossete
5	R1	Interlagos	7 August	No. 19 Lamborghini Cimed	No. 72 ATW Racing Team
				Chico Longo Daniel Serra	Cristiano Frederico Leonardo Medrado
	R2		8 August	No. 3 CRT Brasil	No. 55 Crystal Racing Team
				Rafael Derani Cláudio Ricci	Renan Guerra
6	R1	Velopark	11 September†	No. 7 AH Competições	No. 57 M2 Competições
				Mateus Stumpf Valdeno Brito	Sergio Laganá Alan Hellmeister
	R2			No. 7 AH Competições	No. 55 Crystal Racing Team
				Mateus Stumpf Valdeno Brito	Renan Guerra
7	R1	Curitiba	30 October	No. 20 Ebrahim Motors	No. 81 Manelão Competições
				Wagner Ebrahim	Carlos Burza Leonardo Burti
	R2		31 October	No. 7 AH Competições	No. 81 Manelão Competições
				Mateus Stumpf Valdeno Brito	Carlos Burza Leonardo Burti
8	R1	Interlagos	27 November	No. 20 Ebrahim Motors	No. 55 Crystal Racing Team
				Wagner Ebrahim	Renan Guerra
	R2		28 November	No. 20 Ebrahim Motors	No. 72 ATW Racing Team
				Wagner Ebrahim	Cristiano Federico Guto Negrão

^† − The first race at Curitiba was originally scheduled for April 24 but was postponed to the next day due to heavy rain. The race at Velopark as originally scheduled for September 10 was also postponed to the next day due to same reason.

Championship standings

• Points were awarded as follows:

Drivers' championships

GT3

Pos Driver INT CUR INT RIO INT VEL CUR INT Pts 1 Matheus Stumpf 2 3 5 4 1 1 2 Ret 3 3 1 1 2 1 4 Ret 233 Valdeno Brito 2 3 5 4 1 1 2 Ret 3 3 1 1 2 1 4 Ret 2 Marcelo Hahn 20 2 2 Ret 12 2 5 2 2 9 6 2 5 6 7 6 169 Allam Khodair 20 2 2 Ret 12 2 5 2 2 9 6 2 5 6 7 6 3 Chico Longo Ret 7 Ret 1 8 5 12 3 1 2 2 3 7 5 Ret 7 167 Daniel Serra Ret 7 Ret 1 8 5 12 3 1 2 2 3 7 5 Ret 7 4 Cláudio Ricci Ret 10 1 12 2 Ret 8 Ret 4 1 DNS DNS 3 14 2 2 140 5 Rafael Derani Ret 10 1 12 2 Ret 8 Ret 4 1 3 14 2 2 138 Andreas Mattheis 7 4 DNS DNS 1 1 5 8 3 8 Ret 17 3 3 138 7 Claudio Dahruj 1 1 3 4 6 18 4 9 8 10 DSQ 6 13 11 130 8 Xandy Negrão 7 4 1 1 5 8 3 8 Ret 17 3 3 129 9 Chico Serra 4 8 7 Ret 10 Ret 6 4 7 5 4 7 8 7 6 8 128 10 Bruno Garfinkel 3 Ret 6 2 3 Ret 3 5 10 7 8 12 DSQ DSQ 11 9 118 Ricardo Maurício 3 Ret 6 2 3 Ret 3 5 10 7 8 12 DSQ DSQ 11 9 11 João Adibe 4 8 7 Ret 10 Ret 6 4 7 5 4 7 6 8 111 12 Walter Derani 10 13 9 8 9 Ret Ret 6 Ret 6 5 10 12 8 5 5 102 13 Rafael Daniel 1 1 3 4 6 18 4 9 98 14 Pedro Queirolo 11 9 3 6 14 16 Ret 8 Ret Ret Ret 9 4 2 Ret 22 97 15 Cleber Faria Ret 10 8 Ret 11 Ret 9 12 9 4 Ret 4 9 3 10 13 95 16 Antônio Pizzonia 10 13 9 8 9 Ret Ret 6 Ret 6 5 10 5 5 90 17 Lico Kaesemodel Ret 5 10 5 4 3 7 7 6 Ret 84 18 Linneu Linardi 11 9 7 4 24 10 DNS DNS 7 5 10 4 Ret 24 81 19 Vanuê Faria 13 18 14 7 13 6 13 11 11 14 9 11 11 10 10 23 79 20 Aluizio Coelho 10 5 4 3 7 7 DNS DNS 12 8 69 21 Júlio Campos 5 6 11 9 7 4 24 10 61 22 Wagner Ebrahim 1 Ret 1 1 60 23 Paulo Bonifacio 6 Ret 22 13 6 9 8 4 56 24 Juliano Moro 22 13 6 9 8 4 43 25 Marcos Gomes 6 12 Ret Ret 5 17 DNS DNS 7 5 10 4 Ret 24 41 26 Thiago Viana 6 12 Ret Ret 5 17 33 27 Fernando Poeta 12 15 Ret Ret 17 16 10 14 19 19 12 11 32 28 Ricardo Zonta 8 10 DSQ 6 13 11 29 29 Beto Monteiro 5 6 11 Leonardo Burti Ret 5 11 31 João Santanna 17 16 10 14 10 32 Alexandre Conill 8 7 9 33 Eduardo Ramos 8 14 8 Leandro Almeida 8 14 34 Norberto Gresse 9 Ret 7 Roberto Posses 9 Ret 35 Josué Pimenta 10 10 6 Pipo Derani 10 10 36 Sergio Lucio Ret Ret 12 11 5 37 Fabio Carreira 12 15 4 38 Leonardo Vital Ret Ret 19 Ret Ret Ret 3 Marcello Sant'Anna Ret Ret 19 Ret Ret Ret Xandinho Negrão DNS DNS 0 Guilherme Figueiroa DNS DNS 0 Sérgio Jimenez DNS DNS Pos Driver INT CUR INT RIO INT VEL CUR INT Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not participate Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

Notes

The top five after the race ensures a place on the podium.

GT4

Pos Driver INT CUR INT RDJ INT VEL CUR INT Pts 1 Valter Rossete 18 17 17 13 15 15 14 13 13 12 12 17 15 15 14 20 222 2 Renan Guerra 14 19 12 10 22 Ret 22 14 14 11 16 14 Ret 18 13 14 216 3 Fabio Greco 17 13 15 15 14 13 13 12 12 17 15 15 14 20 194 4 Cristiano Federico 16 20 15 15 16 7 18 15 12 13 Ret Ret Ret Ret 19 12 170 5 Sergio Laganá 15 16 Ret Ret 18 13 11 Ret 15 DSQ 11 19 18 13 16 13 167 Alan Hellmeister 15 16 Ret Ret 18 13 11 Ret 15 DSQ 11 19 18 13 16 13 6 Marçal Mello 17 Ret 13 12 17 8 10 Ret 18 16 21 25 Ret DNS 17 17 150 William Freire 17 Ret 13 12 17 8 10 Ret 18 16 21 25 Ret DNS 17 17 7 Leonardo Medrado 16 20 15 15 16 7 18 15 12 13 Ret Ret Ret Ret 141 8 Carlos Burza 21 Ret 20 Ret Ret 11 19 Ret 23 DNS 20 15 14 12 15 15 133 9 Henrique Assunção 19 21 16 14 23 9 21 17 17 17 17 24 16 Ret Ret Ret 132 10 Gustavo Sondermann 18 Ret 19 10 15 22 16 Ret 14 20 DNS 14 Ret Ret 103 Ricardo Ricca 18 Ret 19 10 15 22 16 Ret 14 20 DNS 14 Ret Ret 11 Leonardo Burti 23 DNS 20 15 14 12 15 15 95 Carlos Kray 19 21 16 14 21 17 17 17 17 24 Ret Ret 95 13 Otávio Mesquita Ret Ret 25 19 Ret 15 15 18 Ret 16 22 16 79 14 Marcello Sant'Anna 16 21 19 20 18 22 17 20 21 18 73 15 João Marcelo 20 12 20 18 21 Ret 13 21 61 16 Eduardo Furlanetto 20 18 21 Ret 13 21 18 21 57 17 Oswaldo Federico Ret 14 23 20 22 19 19 23 20 Ret 57 18 Rodrigo Navarro Ret 14 23 20 22 19 19 23 45 19 Guto Negrão 19 12 20 20 Roberto Amaral 21 Ret 20 18 18 21 Caito Vianna Ret DNS 18 21 16 22 Fulvio Marote 16 Ret 15 23 Rodrigo Stefanini 20 12 10 24 Roberta Amaral 20 18 9 André Posses 20 Ret 9 Mauricio Olio 21 Ret 9 27 Mauricio Silva Jr 23 19 8 Caio Lara 20 Ret 8 29 Felipe Roso Ret 26 4 Vinicius Roso Ret 26 Fabio Delamuta Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 0 Roberto Santos Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Adriano Griecco Ret Ret 0 Samuel Melo Ret Ret Roberto Laganá DNS Ret 0 Rodrigo Barone Ret DNS 0 Pos Driver INT CUR INT RDJ INT VEL CUR INT Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not participate Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

Teams' championships

GT3

GT4

References