2017SEASON CONTENTS

• Introduction

• The Series

• Roll of Honour

• The Event

• 2017 Calendar

• Regulations

• TV Production

• TV Broadcasters

• Facts & Figures

• Contacts

International GT Open | 2017 Season INTRODUCTION Entering our 12th season!

It was back in 2006 when GT Sport and former sportscar driver Jesús Pareja launched the series.

Since then, the International GT Open has enjoyed constant expansion and a growing success, thanks to stable rules, controlled costs, excellent TV coverage and premium venues.

Today, the International GT Open has established itself as one of the top Pro-Am racing GT series in Europe.

International GT Open | 2017 Season THE SERIES • One of the best platforms for Pro-Am GT racing in the world.

• The highest level of performance for GT3 cars.

• Unbeatable cost/return ratio.

• First series to adopt time handicap system to level performances, instead of complex and costly technical measures.

• Best calendar in the GT world with all legendary Formula 1 - graded circuits.

International GT Open | 2017 Season ROLL OF HONOR

2016 / (Lamborghini Huracan GT3 – Orange1 ) 2015 Álvaro Parente/ (McLaren 650S – Teo Martín Motorsport) 2014 / Roman Mavlanov ( F458 – SMP Racing) 2013 (Ferrari F458 – Villorba Corse) 2012 – (Ferrari F458 – AF Corse) 2011 (/F458 – JMB Racing) 2010 Álvaro Barba – (Ferrari F430 – AF Corse) 2009 Marcel Fässler – Joel Camathias (Ferrari F430 – Trottet Racing) 2008 Andrea Montermini – Michele Maceratesi (Ferrari F430 – Playteam Sarafree) 2007 – Joel Camathias (Porsche 997 RSR – Autorlando Sport) 2006 Michele Bartyan (Ferrari F430 – Playteam Sarafree)

International GT Open | 2017 Season The 2017 season will include seven rounds, where THE EVENT the GT Open will share its event meetings with its sister single-seater series, the Euroformula Open, the new TC Open and other top racing series.

GT Cars will always be allocated in boxes. Format

Friday • 2x60’ Free Practice sessions. • 1x40’ FP session (Bronze drivers only) Saturday • 1x30’ Qualifying session (Driver 1) • Race 1: 70’ Sunday • 1x30’ Qualifying session (Driver 2) • Race 2: 60’

International GT Open | 2017 Season CALENDAR

Pre-season Tests • Barcelona February 17 – 18 April 29 – 30 | Estoril • Paul Ricard March 03 – 04

Events

April 29 – 30 | Estoril

SILVERSTONE May 27 – 28 | Spa-Francorchamps SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS

June 10 – 11 | Paul Ricard MONZA July 1 – 2 | Hungaroring PAUL RICARD

BARCELONA September 2 – 3 | Silverstone ESTORIL Sept 30 – Oct 1 | Monza

October 28 – 29 | Barcelona

International GT Open | 2017 Season REGULATIONS The International GT Open is based on GT3 cars, either: • GT3 FIA homologated cars • GT3 assimilated cars

Following titles are established: • Overall • Pro-Am • Am Drivers score and sum up points individually. Points are awarded to the first nine positions overall, according, to the scale: 15-12-10-8-6- 5-4-3-2-1.

Additional points are awarded to the first six positions by category.

International GT Open | 2017 Season REGULATIONS

DRIVER STATUS

Pro Pairs: AM Pairs: • Pair of (or combination of) • Bronze drivers only. Silver/Gold/Platinum drivers. * There will be Podium ceremony for every class. Pro-Am Pairs: • Pair of 1 Bronze driver (mandatory) + 1 Silver/Gold/Platinum driver.

International GT Open | 2017 Season REGULATIONS

Handicaps • Time handicaps are applied to the three first classified in each category in the previous races and consist of 15, 10 and 5 seconds, which can be accumulated up to a maximum of 30 seconds. • Handicaps are served during the mandatory driver change. • These handicaps will be discounted, one by one, at each subsequent result lower than third. Balance of Performance The technical Committee of the series elaborates and updates the BoP list to balance the performance of the cars.

Tires – Michelin (mandatory) Fuel - Panta (mandatory)

International GT Open | 2017 Season TV PRODUCTION

2017 TV production will be provided in FULL HD quality.

In a standard event we use:

• up to 2 TV trucks. • up to 14 HD fix cameras. • up to 2 RF cameras covering pit-lane and starting grid. • 2 Slow Mo HD cameras. • satellite mobile station for the uplink. • HD promotional cameras.

International GT Open | 2017 Season TV BROADCASTERS

TELEDEPORTE DIGISPORT LIVE /Deferred LIVE & Deferred / Magazine Hungary and Rumania Spain and Andorra

BT SPORT LIVE & Deferred / Magazine DIGISPORT LIVE /Deferred UK and Ireland Czeck Republic and Slovakia

FOX SPORTS GEAR ONE Deferred LIVE & Deferred 15 Countries Middle East & North Africa

Sport TV LIVE / Deferred TORQUE TV Deferred Portugal, Angola, Capo Verde, 3 Countries Guinea Bassau, Mozambique, North America São Tomé and Principe

International GT Open | 2017 Season TVTV BROADCASTERS BROADCASTERS

POVERKHNOST SPORT TV LIVE & Deferred Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia & Georgia CITY TV / EL TIEMPO LIVE / Deferred CISCountries: Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan, Colombia Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Belarus, Germany Azerbaijan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan. SPORT TV LIVE & Deferred VIASAT MOTOR Deferred Turkey 2 countries: Sweden, Norway ZUKU TV LIVE & Deferred Africa

65 countries: Austria, Belgium, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Croatia, Danmark, Estonia,Finland, France, New Caledonia, Réunion, Mauritius, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Island, Kasakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Moldavia,Monaco, Montenegro, Norway, Netherlands, Poland,Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United-Kingdom. As from February 2015, thanks to an agreement with Alterna MOTORS TV TV and THEMA. Motors TV is also distributed to all countries in the Americas (North, Central &South) through two (Pan European) channels, one in English and one in spanish LIVE & Deferred Sportube web TV and most television channels also broadcast highlights Live races web-streaming and highlights on www.gtopen.net

International GT Open | 2017 Season FACTS & FIGURES

YOUTUBE MINUTES WEBSITE VISITS LIVESTREAM VIEWS VIEWED 500.000 100.000 1.250.000

COUNTRIES VISITED

7 LIVE TV HOURS OF TV COUNTRIES COVERAGE 72 2500

DEFERRED TV COUNTRIES 133

International GT Open | 2017 Season CONTACTS

Jesús Pareja - CEO GT SPORT [email protected]

Carolina Sintes – General Manager [email protected]

Alfredo Filippone - Media Officer [email protected]

José Miguel García Galán - Sporting Director [email protected]

Luis Isasi - Technical Delegate [email protected]

International GT Open | 2017 Season