Italian success in the GT Open 500, the penultimate round of the International GT Open held today at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza: victory went to Scuderia Villorba Corse with the Lamborghini Huracan GT3 Evo 2 driven by Leonardo Moncini and Portugal’s Rodrigo Testa. The pair completed the 500 km race in 2h46’54.885, covering 87 laps at an average speed of 181.1 km/h.

They were followed by the McLaren 720S GT3 Evo of Greystone GT, driven by British drivers Zac Meakin and Dean Macdonald, and the Porsche 911 GT3 R EVO (992) of ZRS Motorsport, driven by our own Pietro Armanni and Swiss driver Alex Fontana. The two crews finished 21.368 and 38.041 seconds behind, respectively. Fourth at the finish was the Ferrari 296 GT3 EVO of Elite Motorsport with Entire Race Engineering, shared by British drivers Tom Emson and Tom Lebbon, who lead the drivers’ championship.

Sunday’s TCR Europe race saw Alex Ley (Hyundai Elantra N, BRC Racing) take victory, completing 12 laps in 28’58.902 at an average speed of 143.9 km/h. The British driver finished 0.871 seconds ahead of Nicola Baldan (Audi, PMA Motorsport) and 1.115 seconds ahead of Russian driver Mikhail Simonov (Cupra VZ, SP Competition).

In the Lotus Cup Italia, Cristian Tonalini claimed his second victory of the weekend, completing 10 laps in 21’05.791 at an average speed of 164.7 km/h. Nazareno Compagnoni also made the podium, finishing right behind him, 0.562 seconds adrift, while Alberto Naska was third, 1.454 seconds behind the winner.

The Euroformula Open crowned Taipei-born Chinese driver Rui-Heng Yeh (Team Motopark) as champion. He won the second race, completing 16 laps in 29’37.080 at an average speed of 187.7 km/h, ahead of his two teammates: Mexican driver Jesse Carrasquedo, 0.339 seconds behind, and Polish driver Wiktor Dobrzański, who finished 1.044 seconds adrift.

Finally, in the GT Cup Europe, victory went to Diego Stifter and Lodovico Laurini driving the Porsche 992 GT3 Cup of BiRace Motorsport. The two Italian drivers completed 27 laps in 50’42.511 at an average speed of 185 km/h. The podium was completed by Dutch drivers Jurriaan de Back and Paul Meijer (Porsche 992 GT3 Cup, Hans Weijs Motorsport), 4.212 seconds behind, and our own Matteo Luvisi and Pietro Delli Guanti (Porsche 992 GT3 Cup, FAEMS Team by Ebimotors), who crossed the finish line 15.476 seconds behind the winners.