2024 GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup
The 2024 Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup is the twelfth 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 fourth with the sponsorship of Fanatec.
The season begins on 4 May at Brands Hatch, and will end on 13 October at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.
Calendar[edit]
The calendar was released on 1 July 2023 at the SRO's annual 24 Hours of Spa press conference, featuring five rounds.[1] Several adjustments were announced, including Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya joining the sprint schedule after being shuffled out of the endurance schedule, and the addition of Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours after a year away. Circuit Ricardo Tormo and Circuit Zandvoort will not return to the sprint schedule, after three and five years in the series respectively.
Round | Circuit | Date | Map |
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1 | Brands Hatch, Kent | 4–5 May | |
2 | Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Misano Adriatico | 18–19 May | |
3 | Hockenheimring, Hockenheim | 20–21 July | |
4 | Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, Magny-Cours | 24–25 August | |
5 | Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló | 12–13 October |
Entry list[edit]
Notes:
- Dinamic GT was scheduled to run a pair of Ford Mustang GT3s, but parted ways with the American brand prior to the start of the season.[30] Christopher Mies and Frédéric Vervisch were set to share a Pro-class entry, with Ben Barker and Philipp Sager in a Bronze Cup car.[31][32]
- GMB Motorsport was scheduled to enter an Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo in Silver Cup for Gustav Birch and Simon Birch,[33] but the team folded prior to the start of the season.[34]
- Liqui Moly Team Engstler by OneGroup was scheduled to enter a Grasser Racing Team-run Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 in Pro, but switched to an Audi R8 LMS Evo II prior to the start of the season, also moving classes to Gold Cup.[3][2]
- James Kell was originally scheduled to compete at Brands Hatch alongside Marcus Påverud for Eurodent GSM Team, but had to withdraw due to health reasons discovered during the race weekend. Due to Kell's withdrawal, Påverud was allowed to compete without a co-driver.[35]
- Proton Competition was scheduled to run a Ford Mustang GT3 in Pro-Class, but did not appear on the entry list of Brands Hatch. Later the spokesperson of Ford Performance confirmed they will not compete in the Sprint Cup this season.[36]
Race results[edit]
Round | Circuit | Pole Position | Overall Winners | Gold Winners | Silver Winners | Bronze Winners | Report | |
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1 | R1 | Brands Hatch | No. 14 Emil Frey Racing | No. 32 Team WRT | No. 6 LIQUI MOLY Team Engstler by OneGroup | No. 10 Boutsen VDS | Did not participate | Report |
Ben Green Konsta Lappalainen |
Dries Vanthoor Charles Weerts |
Max Hofer Luca Engstler |
Aurélien Panis César Gazeau | |||||
R2 | No. 48 Winward Racing Team MANN-FILTER | No. 48 Winward Racing Team MANN-FILTER | No. 25 Saintéloc Racing | No. 71 AF Corse | Report | |||
Maro Engel Lucas Auer |
Maro Engel Lucas Auer |
Paul Evrard Gilles Magnus |
Eliseo Donno Tom Fleming | |||||
2 | R1 | Misano | ||||||
R2 | ||||||||
3 | R1 | Hockenheim | ||||||
R2 | ||||||||
4 | R1 | Magny-Cours | ||||||
R2 | ||||||||
5 | R1 | Barcelona-Catalunya | ||||||
R2 | ||||||||
Championship standings[edit]
- 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 |
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Points | 16.5 | 12 | 9.5 | 7.5 | 6 | 4.5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 |
Drivers' championships[edit]
Overall[edit]
Pos. | Drivers | Team | BRH |
MIS |
HOC |
MAG |
CAT |
Points | |||||
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1 | Lucas Auer Maro Engel |
Winward Racing Team MANN-FILTER | 3 | 1P | 27 | ||||||||
2 | Charles Weerts Dries Vanthoor |
Team WRT | 1 | 7 | 19.5 | ||||||||
3 | Ben Green Konsta Lappalainen |
Emil Frey Racing | 2P | 5 | 19 | ||||||||
4 | Giacomo Altoè Thierry Vermeulen |
Emil Frey Racing | 11 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||
5 | Tom Gamble Benjamin Goethe |
Garage 59 | 4 | 6 | 12 | ||||||||
6 | Maximilian Götz Jules Gounon |
Boutsen VDS | DNS | 3 | 9.5 | ||||||||
7 | Alex Aka Ricardo Feller |
Tresor Attempto Racing | 10F | 4 | 8 | ||||||||
8 | Aurélien Panis César Gazeau |
Boutsen VDS | 5 | 12 | 6 | ||||||||
9 | Luca Engstler Max Hofer |
LIQUI MOLY Team Engstler by OneGroup | 6 | 10 | 5 | ||||||||
10 | Sam De Haan Calan Williams |
Team WRT | 7 | 15 | 3 | ||||||||
11 | Lucas Légeret Simon Gachet |
CSA Racing | 8 | 13 | 2 | ||||||||
11 | Patric Niederhauser Sven Müller |
Rutronik Racing | 14 | 8 | 2 | ||||||||
12 | Eliseo Donno Tom Fleming |
AF Corse | 9 | 11 | 1 | ||||||||
12 | Gilles Magnus Paul Evrard |
Saintéloc Racing | 13 | 9 | 1 |
Gold Cup[edit]
Pos. | Drivers | Team | BRH |
MIS |
HOC |
MAG |
CAT |
Points | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Luca Engstler Max Hofer |
LIQUI MOLY Team Engstler by OneGroup | 6 | 10 | 28.5 | ||||||||
2 | Paul Evrard Gilles Magnus |
Saintéloc Racing | 13F | 8P | 27 | ||||||||
3 | Simon Gachet Lucas Légeret |
CSA Racing | 8P | 13 | 22.5 | ||||||||
4 | Salih Yoluç Charlie Eastwood |
Racing Team Turkey | 21 | 20F | 15 | ||||||||
5 | James Jakes Matisse Lismont |
Comtoyou Racing | 23 | 24 | 12 |
Silver Cup[edit]
Pos. | Drivers | Team | BRH |
MIS |
HOC |
MAG |
CAT |
Points | |||||
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1 | César Gazeau Aurélien Panis |
Boutsen VDS | 5 | 12 | 28.5 | ||||||||
2 | Eliseo Donno Tom Fleming |
AF Corse | 9 | 11P F | 27 | ||||||||
3 | Sam De Haan Calan Williams |
Team WRT | 7P | 15 | 22.5 | ||||||||
4 | Jef Machiels Sean Hudspeth |
AF Corse | 12 | 18 | 15 | ||||||||
5 | Reece Barr Magnus Gustavsen |
Winward Racing | 19 | 19 | 10.5 | ||||||||
6 | Hugo Cook Ivan Klymenko |
Saintéloc Racing | 16 | 22 | 9 | ||||||||
7 | Charles Clark Dante Rappange |
Comtoyou Racing | 18F | 21 | 7.5 | ||||||||
8 | Marcus Påverud | Eurodent GSM Team | 22 | 23 | 4 | ||||||||
James Kell | Eurodent GSM Team | WD | WD | 0 |
Bronze Cup[edit]
Pos. | Drivers | Team | MIS |
HOC |
MAG |
CAT |
Points |
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See also[edit]
- 2024 British GT Championship
- 2024 GT World Challenge Europe
- 2024 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup
- 2024 GT World Challenge Asia
- 2024 GT World Challenge America
- 2024 GT World Challenge Australia
- 2024 Intercontinental GT Challenge
Notes[edit]
- ^ a b Mukovoz is Russian, but he competes as a neutral competitor as Russian national emblems were banned by the FIA following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Gvazava, also a Russian, competes under a Kyrgyz licence for the same reason.
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