The Spanish GT Championship (Campeonato de España de GT) is a Spanish

Spain

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 auto racing

Auto racing

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 series founded in 1999 and organised by the GT Sport Organización. The series runs multiple classes of grand tourer

Grand tourer

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 cars in events around Spain and Portugal

Portugal

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. The series later formed the basis for the International GT Open

International GT Open

The International GT Open is a grand tourer-style sports car racing founded in 2006 by the Spanish GT Sport Organización. It is a spin-off of the Spanish GT Championship, and uses a similar format, except its races are held internationally.-Format:...

, a European-wide series which follows a similar structure.

Format

For racing events, Spanish GT has changed very little since its inception. Each even consists of two races of equal distance, one run on Saturday and the other on Sunday. Each race has its own qualifying session to determine the grid. The races both count towards the points championship, effectively doubling the series schedule.

Initially, three classes of cars were used for the series, termed GT2, GT3, and GT4. This was soon replaced by the GTA, GTB, and GTC classes. These cars ranged from the FIA's GT2 class equivalent down to cars from one make

One-design

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 series. The slowest class, GTC, was eliminated in 2001, only to return in 2004. A new GTS class was introduced in 2005, initially for the custom-built SEAT Toledo

SEAT Toledo

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 GT, but was adapted in 2006 to use cars from the FIA GT3 European Championship

FIA GT3 European Championship

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, originally without scoring points in the first year.

In the current format, the GTA class is dominated by the Ferrari F430

Ferrari F430

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 GT2, Porsche 911 GT3

Porsche 911 GT3

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-RSR, Mosler MT900

Mosler MT900

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R, and the custom-built Sun Red SR21. GTS uses GT3 versions of the Ferrari F430, Porsche 911, Lamborghini Gallardo

Lamborghini Gallardo

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 and Dodge Viper

Dodge Viper

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 Competition Coupe. GTB is retained for one-make cup regulation versions of the F430 and 911, as well as the Marcos Mantis

Marcos (automobile)

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.

The Spanish GT Championship shares several race weekends with the European F3 Open Championship, also run by the GT Sport Organización.

Champions

An overall combined drivers championship is awarded each season, adding overall points to class points, which can mean a driver from a lower class of car can be crowned the series champion. Along with this, each individual class also awards their own champion.

Season	Overall	GT2	GT3	GT4
1999	Antonio Puig   Javier Camp	Carlos Palau	Antonio Puig   Javier Camp	Ángel Romero   Manuel Rosado Domínguez
	Overall	GTA	GTB	GTC
2000	Miguel Ángel de Castro   Balba Camino	Miguel Ángel de Castro   Balba Camino	Fermín Vélez Fermín Vélez Fermín Vélez was a Spanish sports car racing driver, two-time winner of the 12 Hours of Sebring and two-time World Sportscar Championship Group C2 champion....   Javier Díaz	Luis C. Maurel
2001	Alberto Castello   Carlos Palau	Alberto Castello   Carlos Palau	Javier Díaz
2002	Miguel Ramos Miguel Ramos Miguel Pedro Caetano Ramos is a Portuguese racing driver. He currently races for Vitaphone Racing, driving a Maserati MC12 in the FIA GT1 World Championship.-Early career:...   Pedro Chaves Pedro Chaves Pedro António Matos Chaves is a Portuguese racing driver.Chaves was the second Portuguese Formula Ford Champion, in 1986, starting an international career in 1987 in the British Formula Ford Championship...	Miguel Ramos Miguel Ramos Miguel Pedro Caetano Ramos is a Portuguese racing driver. He currently races for Vitaphone Racing, driving a Maserati MC12 in the FIA GT1 World Championship.-Early career:...   Pedro Chaves Pedro Chaves Pedro António Matos Chaves is a Portuguese racing driver.Chaves was the second Portuguese Formula Ford Champion, in 1986, starting an international career in 1987 in the British Formula Ford Championship...	Juan Bastos
2003	Gines Vivancos	Miguel Ángel de Castro   Balba Camino	Luis Perez-Sala Luis Perez-Sala Luis Pérez-Sala Valls-Taberner is a Spanish former racing driver who competed in Formula One, Formula 3, Formula 3000 and Touring Cars....   Manuel Cerqueda	Enrique de la Cuerda   Jorge Enríquez
2004	Shaun Balfe Shaun Balfe Shaun Balfe is a British racing car driver who won the 2004 Spanish GT Championship. In 2006 he raced in the FIA GT Championship He raced a Saleen S7R for Balfe Motorsport.-External links:...   Nigel Taylor	Miguel Ángel de Castro   Angel Burgueño Angel Burgueño Ángel Burgueño is a Spanish racing driver. He has competed in such series as World Series by Nissan and the Le Mans Series. He won the GTA class of the Spanish GT Championship in 2004 with Miguel Ángel de Castro.-External links:...	Luis Perez-Sala Luis Perez-Sala Luis Pérez-Sala Valls-Taberner is a Spanish former racing driver who competed in Formula One, Formula 3, Formula 3000 and Touring Cars....   Manuel Cerqueda	Francesc Robert
2005	Giambattista Giannoccaro Giambattista Giannoccaro Giambattista Giannoccaro is an Italian racing driver and entrepreneur. He owns his own racing team, Scuderia Playteam, which he has competed for....	Giambattista Giannoccaro Giambattista Giannoccaro Giambattista Giannoccaro is an Italian racing driver and entrepreneur. He owns his own racing team, Scuderia Playteam, which he has competed for....	Pedro Bastos   Miguel Cristóvão	José Luis Bermúdez de Castro
2006	Michele Bartyan	Michele Bartyan	César Rodrigo   Daniel Rodrigo
2007	Peter Sundberg Peter Sundberg Peter Sundberg is a Swedish car racing driver with titles in several categories. He was born and grew up in the south of Spain, spending his teen years riding motocross....   Domingo Romero	Peter Sundberg Peter Sundberg Peter Sundberg is a Swedish car racing driver with titles in several categories. He was born and grew up in the south of Spain, spending his teen years riding motocross....   Domingo Romero	Óscar Fernández   José Manuel Pérez-Aicart José Manuel Pérez-Aicart José Manuel Pérez-Aicart is a Spanish auto racing driver.-Single-seaters:Pérez-Aicart finished third in the 2001 Spanish Formula Three Championship. He then competed in the Formula Nissan 2000 series in 2002, finishing fourth...
	Overall	GTA	GTS	GTB
2008	Peter Sundberg Peter Sundberg Peter Sundberg is a Swedish car racing driver with titles in several categories. He was born and grew up in the south of Spain, spending his teen years riding motocross....	Peter Sundberg Peter Sundberg Peter Sundberg is a Swedish car racing driver with titles in several categories. He was born and grew up in the south of Spain, spending his teen years riding motocross....	Javier Díaz	Antonio Puig   Alfredo Palencia
	Overall	Super GT	GTS	GT Light
2009	Lourenço Beirão da Veiga   Ricardo Bravo	Lourenço Beirão da Veiga   Ricardo Bravo	Antonio Castro   Jesús Diez Villarroel	Ben Clucas Ben Clucas Ben Clucas is a British racing driver. He has competed in such series as Formula 3 Euro Series, Toyota Racing Series and the British Formula Three Championship. Clucas won the 2006 Australian Drivers' Championship for Team BRM and the GT Light class of the Spanish GT Championship in 2009 with...   Francisco Lorena
2010	Francisco Cruz Martins	Manuel Gião Manuel Gião Manuel Gião is a Portuguese racing driver. He has competed in such series as Euro Open by Nissan, Italian Formula 3000, International GT Open and the German Formula Three Championship. He represented Portugal many times in the EFDA Nations Cup.-External links:*...   Juan Manuel López	César Campaniço César Campaniço César Campaniço is a Portuguese racecar driver.-Career summary:-Complete Formula Three Series results:-Complete A1 Grand Prix results:...   João Figueiredo	Oliver Campos   Kosta Kanaroglou
2011	Manuel Gião Manuel Gião Manuel Gião is a Portuguese racing driver. He has competed in such series as Euro Open by Nissan, Italian Formula 3000, International GT Open and the German Formula Three Championship. He represented Portugal many times in the EFDA Nations Cup.-External links:*...	Manuel Gião Manuel Gião Manuel Gião is a Portuguese racing driver. He has competed in such series as Euro Open by Nissan, Italian Formula 3000, International GT Open and the German Formula Three Championship. He represented Portugal many times in the EFDA Nations Cup.-External links:*...	César Campaniço César Campaniço César Campaniço is a Portuguese racecar driver.-Career summary:-Complete Formula Three Series results:-Complete A1 Grand Prix results:...   João Figueiredo	Miguel Toril   Pol Rosell