2023 GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup

The 2023 Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup will be the eleventh season of the GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup following on from the demise of the SRO Motorsports Group's FIA GT1 World Championship (an auto racing series for grand tourer cars), the third with the sponsorship of Fanatec.

The season will begin on 13 May at Brands Hatch in Kent and will end on 15 October at Circuit Zandvoort in the Netherlands.

Calendar

The provisional calendar was released on July 29, 2022 at the SRO's annual 24 Hours of Spa press conference, featuring five rounds.[1] Several adjustments were announced following the conflict between the Belgian Grand Prix and 24 Hours of Spa. The opening round was moved back two weeks, as was the round at Misano. The event at Zandvoort was moved to the season finale in October.[2]

Round Circuit Date
1 United Kingdom Brands Hatch, Kent 13–14 May
2 Italy Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Misano Adriatico 15–16 July
3 Germany Hockenheimring, Hockenheim 2–3 September
4 Spain Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Cheste 16–17 September
5 Netherlands Circuit Zandvoort, Zandvoort 14–15 October

Entry list
Team Car No. Drivers Class Rounds
Belgium Boutsen VDS[3] Audi R8 LMS Evo II 9 Italy Alberto di Folco[4] G 1
France Aurélien Panis[4]
10 France Adam Eteki[4] G 1
France César Gazeau[4]
Belgium Comtoyou Racing[5] Audi R8 LMS Evo II 11 Germany Christopher Haase[6] P 1
Switzerland Lucas Légeret[6]
12 Belgium Nicolas Baert[6] P 1
Belgium Frédéric Vervisch[6]
21 United Kingdom Finlay Hutchison[6] G 1
Belgium Gilles Magnus[6]
Switzerland Emil Frey Racing[7][8] Ferrari 296 GT3 14 Italy Giacomo Altoè[7] P 1
Finland Konsta Lappalainen[7]
69 Spain Albert Costa[7] P 1
Netherlands Thierry Vermeulen[7][8]
Monaco GSM AB1 GT3 Team[9] Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 18 Brazil Fernando Croce[10] S 1
Italy Nicholas Risitano[10]
France Saintéloc Junior Team[11] Audi R8 LMS Evo II 25 France Erwan Bastard[11] P 1
Switzerland Patric Niederhauser[11]
26 France Paul Evrard[11] G 1
France Simon Gachet[11]
27 France Grégoire Demoustier[11] P 1
Germany Christopher Mies[11]
Italy Nova Race[12] Honda NSX GT3 Evo22 28 Italy Jacopo Guidetti[12] S 1
Italy Leonardo Moncini[12]
68 Italy Diego di Fabio[12] S 1
Italy Erwin Zanotti[12]
Belgium Team WRT[13] BMW M4 GT3 30 Germany Niklas Krütten[14] G 1
Australia Calan Williams[15]
31 France Thomas Neubauer[14] P 1
France Jean-Baptiste Simmenauer[14]
32 Belgium Dries Vanthoor[13] P 1
Belgium Charles Weerts[13]
46 Belgium Maxime Martin[13] P 1
Italy Valentino Rossi[13]
Germany Walkenhorst Motorsport[16] BMW M4 GT3 34 TBA S TBA
TBA
Germany Tresor Orange1[17] Audi R8 LMS Evo II 40 San Marino Mattia Drudi[17] P 1
Switzerland Ricardo Feller[17]
Germany Tresor Attempto Racing[17] 66 Germany Dennis Marschall[18] B TBA
Main Page Andrey Mukovoz[18][lower-alpha 1]
99 Germany Alex Aka[19] S 1
Italy Lorenzo Patrese[19]
France CLRT[20] Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 44 France Stéphane Denoual[20] B TBA
France Steven Palette[20]
Italy AF Corse[9][10] Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 52 TBA B TBA
TBA
71 Singapore Sean Hudspeth[10] S 1
Italy Nicola Marinangeli[10]
Italy Dinamic GT Huber Racing[9][10] Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 54 Belgium Adrien de Leener[21] P 1
Germany Christian Engelhart[21]
55 TBA B TBA
TBA
Italy VSR[9] Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 60 South Africa Jordan Pepper[22] P 1
France Franck Perera[22]
119 Belgium Baptiste Moulin[22] S 1
Norway Marcus Påverud[22]
163 Switzerland Rolf Ineichen[22] S 1
Japan Yuki Nemoto[22]
Germany Haupt Racing Team[23] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 77 United Kingdom Frank Bird[23] S 1
Australia Jordan Love[23]
79 France Sébastien Baud[23] B TBA
Germany Hubert Haupt[23]
Saudi Arabia Theeba Motorsport[24] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 81 Estonia Ralf Aron[25] B TBA
Saudi Arabia Reema Juffali[24]
France AKKodis ASP Team[26] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 87 France Eric Debard[27] B TBA
France Jim Pla[27]
88 Main Page Timur Boguslavskiy[27][lower-alpha 1] P 1
Switzerland Raffaele Marciello[27]
Spain Madpanda Motorsport[28] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 90 Argentina Ezequiel Pérez Companc[29] S 1
Finland Jesse Salmenautio[29]
Luxembourg JP Motorsport[30][31] McLaren 720S GT3 Evo 111 Austria Christian Klien[30] P 1
United Kingdom Dean MacDonald[30]
112 Poland Patryk Krupiński[30] B TBA
Austria Norbert Siedler[30]
United Kingdom Garage 59[32] McLaren 720S GT3 Evo 159 Germany Benjamin Goethe[32] P 1
Denmark Nicolai Kjærgaard[32]
188 Portugal Henrique Chaves[32] B TBA
Portugal Miguel Ramos[32]
Lithuania Pure Rxcing[9] Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 911 Turkey Ayhancan Güven[33] B TBA
United Kingdom Alex Malykhin[33][lower-alpha 2]
Icon Class
P Pro Cup
G Gold Cup
S Silver Cup
B Bronze Cup

Race results
Round Circuit Pole Position Overall Winners Gold Winners Silver Winners Report
1 R1 United Kingdom Brands Hatch France No. 88 AKKodis ASP Team France No. 88 AKKodis ASP Team Belgium No. 9 Boutsen VDS Germany No. 99 Tresor Atttempto Racing Report
Switzerland Raffaele Marciello
Main Page Timur Boguslavskiy		 Switzerland Raffaele Marciello
Main Page Timur Boguslavskiy		 Italy Alberto di Folco
France Aurélien Panis		 Germany Alex Aka
Italy Lorenzo Patrese
R2 France No. 27 Saintéloc Junior Team Germany No. 40 Tresor Orange1 Belgium No. 30 Team WRT Italy No. 119 VSR Report
France Grégoire Demoustier
Germany Christopher Mies		 San Marino Mattia Drudi
Switzerland Ricardo Feller		 Australia Calan Williams
Germany Niklas Krütten		 Belgium Baptiste Moulin
Norway Marcus Påverud
2 R1 Italy Misano
R2
3 R1 Germany Hockenheim
R2
4 R1 Spain Valencia
R2
5 R1 Netherlands Zandvoort
R2

Championship standings
Scoring system

Championship points are awarded for the first ten positions in each race. The pole-sitter also receives one point.

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   Pole 
Points 16.5 12 9.5 7.5 6 4.5 3 2 1 0.5 1

Overall
Pos. Drivers Team BRH
United Kingdom		 MIS
Italy		 HOC
Germany		 VAL
Spain		 ZAN
Netherlands		 Points
1 San Marino Mattia Drudi
Switzerland Ricardo Feller		 Germany Tresor Orange1 2 1 28.5
2 Switzerland Raffaele Marciello
Main Page Timur Boguslavskiy		 France AKKodis ASP Team 1P 6 22
3 Belgium Dries Vanthoor
Belgium Charles Weerts		 Belgium Team WRT 3 3 19
4 Germany Christopher Haase
Switzerland Lucas Légeret		 Belgium Comtoyou Racing 4 5 13.5
5 Italy Valentino Rossi
Belgium Maxime Martin		 Belgium Team WRT 14 2 12
6 Italy Giacomo Altoè
Finland Konsta Lappalainen		 Switzerland Emil Frey Racing 5 8 8
7 Germany Benjamin Goethe
Denmark Nicolai Kjærgaard		 United Kingdom Garage 59 16 4 7.5
8 South Africa Jordan Pepper
France Franck Perera		 Italy VSR 6 25 4.5
9 Germany Niklas Krütten
Australia Calan Williams		 Belgium Team WRT 15 7 3
= Spain Albert Costa
Netherlands Thierry Vermeulen		 Switzerland Emil Frey Racing 7 14 3
10 Belgium Nicolas Baert
Belgium Frédéric Vervisch		 Belgium Comtoyou Racing 8 21 2
11 Germany Christopher Mies
France Grégoire Demoustier		 France Saintéloc Junior Team 19 18P 1
12 Italy Alberto di Folco
France Aurélien Panis		 Belgium Boutsen VDS 9 26 1
= United Kingdom Finlay Hutchinson
Belgium Gilles Magnus		 Belgium Comtoyou Racing 17 9 1
13 Germany Alex Aka
Italy Lorenzo Patrese		 Germany Tresor Attempto Racing 10 22 0.5
= France Erwan Bastard
Switzerland Patric Niederhauser		 France Saintéloc Junior Team 28 10 0.5
Pos. Drivers Team BRH
United Kingdom		 MIS
Italy		 HOC
Germany		 VAL
Spain		 ZAN
Netherlands		 Points
Key
ColourResult
GoldRace winner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleDid not finish (Ret)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
Excluded (EX)
White Did not start (DNS)
Race cancelled (C)
Withdrew (WD)
BlankDid Not Participate

P – Pole
F – Fastest Lap

Gold Cup
Pos. Drivers Team BRH
United Kingdom		 MIS
Italy		 HOC
Germany		 VAL
Spain		 ZAN
Netherlands		 Points
1 Italy Alberto di Folco
France Aurélien Panis		 Belgium Boutsen VDS 9P 26 25
2 Germany Niklas Krütten
Australia Calan Williams		 Belgium Team WRT 15 7 24
3 France Paul Evrard
France Simon Gachet		 France Saintéloc Junior Team 11 13 21.5
4 United Kingdom Finlay Hutchinson
Belgium Gilles Magnus		 Belgium Comtoyou Racing 17 9P 19
5 France Adam Eteki
France César Gazeau		 Belgium Boutsen VDS 12 28 15.5
Pos. Drivers Team BRH
United Kingdom		 MIS
Italy		 HOC
Germany		 VAL
Spain		 ZAN
Netherlands		 Points

Silver Cup

Pos. Drivers Team BRH
United Kingdom		 MIS
Italy		 HOC
Germany		 VAL
Spain		 ZAN
Netherlands		 Points
1 Germany Alex Aka
Italy Lorenzo Patrese		 Germany Tresor Attempto Racing 10P 22 23.5
2 United Kingdom Frank Bird
Australia Jordan Love		 Germany Haupt Racing Team 20 17 21.5
3 Belgium Baptiste Moulin
Norway Marcus Påverud		 Italy VSR 24 16 21
4 Italy Jacopo Guidetti
Italy Leonardo Moncini		 Italy Nova Race 18 20 19.5
5 Argentina Ezequiel Pérez Companc
Finland Jesse Salmenautio		 Spain Madpanda Motorsport 25 19 12.5
6 Switzerland Rolf Ineichen
Japan Yuki Nemoto		 Italy VSR 22 23 12
7 Singapore Sean Hudspeth
Italy Nicola Marinangeli		 Italy AF Corse 23 RetP 7
8 Italy Diego di Fabio
Italy Erwin Zanotti		 Italy Nova Race 26 24 5
9 Brazil Fernando Croce
Italy Nicholas Risitano		 Monaco GSM AB1 GT3 Team 27 27 3
Pos. Drivers Team BRH
United Kingdom		 MIS
Italy		 HOC
Germany		 VAL
Spain		 ZAN
Netherlands		 Points

See also

Notes

  1. Boguslavskiy and Mukovoz are Russian, but they compete as neutral competitors as Russian national emblems were banned by the FIA following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
  2. Malykhin is Belarusian, but he competes under a British licence as Belarusian national emblems were banned by the FIA following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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