There are few major surprises in the FIA driver categorisations for 2020.

The full list is published today after the deadline expired for appeals to provisional listings.

There are several points of interest with some significant emerging talents ‘rewarded’ with a category change.

From the Michelin Le Mans Cup LMP3 and GT Champions Sergio Pianezzola and Fabien Lavergne both move up from Bronze to Silver. Duncan Tappy though seems to have successfully appealed against his ‘elevation’ to Gold status.

From the ELMS Job van Uitert, James Allen and Arjun Maini move from Silver to Gold but Colin Noble and Mikkel Jensen stay as Silvers after appeal. Martin Hippe retains his Bronze ranking too as young Gustas Grinbergas moves from Bronze to Silver.

In the FIA WEC Gabriel Aubry, Charlie Eastwood, Charlie Robertson, Felipe Fraga and Kei Cozzolino move from Silver to Gold, Nyck de Vries from Gold to Platinum after his FIA F2 Championship win (though the 2020 ranking changes will not apply within the current WEC season for the affected drivers

From World Challenge and IGTC Ahmad Al Harthy moves from Silver to Bronze, Rodrigo Baptista and Nico Bastian Silver to Gold.

From British GT, Richard Williams moves to Silver from Bronze, Scott Maxwell moves in the opposite direction, Scott one of a number of notables that are downgraded as he is now over 55!

Also in that bracket are multiple Le Mans 24 Hours winner Frank Biela (now a super-duper Silver) Peter Kox and Tim Sugden.

Stephane Ortelli and Joerg Muller are also downgraded from Platinum to Gold as is Marino Franchitti.

The van der Linde boys are both upgraded, Sheldon (below) from Silver to Gold, Kelvin from Gold to Platinum.

Memo Gidley is another to move from Silver to Bronze.

Key movers:

Hunter Abbott – Silver to Bronze

Ahmad Al Harthy – Silver to Bronze

James Allen – Silver to Gold

Giacomo Altoè – Silver to Gold

Takayuki Aoki – Gold to Silver

Gabriel Aubry – Silver to Gold

Rodrigo Baptista – Silver to Gold

Marc Basseng – Gold to Silver

Nico Bastian Silver to Gold

Frank Biela – Gold to Silver

Geoffrey Boss – Silver to Bronze

Valdeno Brito Filho – Gold to Silver

Jorge Cabezas Catalan – Bronze to Silver

Carlos Cantu – Bronze to Silver

Eduard Cauhaupe – Bronze to Silver

Laurent Cazenave – Silver to Bronze

Yin Yu Chen – Bronze to Silver

Riccardo Chiesa – Bronze to Silver

Cole Ciraulo – Bronze to Silver

Jonathan Cochet – Gold to Silver

Maximo Cortes Chavarri – Gold to Silver

Kei Cozzolino – Silver to Gold

Carlo Curti – Silver to Bronze

William David – Silver to Bronze

Jean-Philippe Dayraut – Silver to Bronze

Nyck de Vries – Gold to Platinum

Philippe Descombes – Bronze to Silver

Alex Dimaano Brown – Bronze to Silver

Philippe Dumas – Silver to Bronze

Charlie Eastwood – Silver to Gold

Duncan Ende – Silver to Bronze

Elia Erhart – SIlver to Bronze

Andrea Fausti – SIlver to Bronze

Felipe Fraga – Silver to Gold

Marino Franchitti – Platinum to Gold

Michael Funke – Silver to Bronze

Vittorio Ghiretti – Gold to Silver

Raffaele Giammaria – Gold to Silver

Memo Gidley – Silver to Bronze

Kevin Gilardoni – Gold to Silver

Keith Grant – Silver to Bronze

Gustas Grinbergas – Bronze to Silver

Andres Guindi – Bronze to Silver

Ross Gunn – Silver to Gold

Taylor Hagler – Bronze to Silver

Dan Harper – Silver to Gold

Christian Hohenadel – Gold to Silver

Abu Bakar Ibrahin – Bronze to Silver

H H Prince Abdul Rahman Ibrahin – Bronze to Silver

Russell Ingall – Silver to Bronze

Jonatan Jorge – Bronze to Silver

Mateusz Kaprzyk – Bronze to Silver

James Kaye – Silver to Bronze

Francois Kirmann – Bronze to Silver

Peter Kox – Gold to Silver

Vesko Kozarov – Bronze to Silver

Fabien Lavergne – Bronze to Silver

Arjun Maini – Silver to Gold

Scott Malvern – Gold to Silver

Marcel Marchewicz – Bronze to Silver

Rino Mastronardi – Silver to Bronze

Scott Maxwell – Silver to Bronze

Jordan Mayhew – Bronze to Silver

Jon Miller – Bronze to Silver

Andrea Montermini – Gold to Silver

Jorg Mueller – Platinum to Gold

Alex Müller – Gold to Silver

Fernando Navarette- Silver to Bronze

Oswaldo Negri Jr – No rating to Bronze

Ibrahin Okyay – SIlver to Bronze

Stephane Ortelli – Platinum to Gold

Nelson Panciatici – Platinum to Gold

Tim Pappas – Bronze

Sten Pentus – Gold to Silver

Fabian Peroni – Silver to Bronze

Milane Petelet – Bronze to Silver

Sergio Piannezola – Bronze to Silver

Thomas Pichler – Silver to Bronze

Hugh Plumb – Silver to Bronze

Jerome Policand – Silver to Bronze

Jan Rehnig – Bronze to Silver

Charlie Robertson – Silver to Gold

Shahan Sarkissian – Silver to Bronze

Ukyo Sasahara – Silver to Gold

Dominik Schwager – Gold to Silver

Marco Signoretti – Bronze to Silver

Glenn Smith – SIlver to Bronze

Jan Philipp Springob – Bronze to Silver

Drew Staveley – Bronze to Silver

Tim Sugden – Silver to Bronze

Sheldon van der Linde – Silver to Gold

Kelvin van der Linde – Gold to Platinum

Job van Uitert – Silver to Gold

Ronny Wechselberger – Bronze to Silver

Richard Williams – Bronze to Silver

Marius Zug – Bronze to Silver

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