2022 GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup

The 2022 Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup was the tenth 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 second with the sponsorship of Fanatec.

The season began on 30 April at Brands Hatch in Kent and ended on 18 September at Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Spain.[1]

Calendar

Round Circuit Date
1 Brands Hatch, Kent 30 April–1 May
2 Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, Magny-Cours 13–15 May
3 Circuit Zandvoort, Zandvoort 17–19 June
4 Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Misano Adriatico 1–3 July
5 Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Cheste 16–18 September

Entry list

Team Car No. Drivers Class Rounds
Tresor by Car Collection[2] Audi R8 LMS Evo II[2] 11 Simon Gachet[3] P All
Christopher Haase[3]
12 Mattia Drudi[a][3] P All
Luca Ghiotto[3] 1–3, 5
Lorenzo Patrese[5] 4
GSM Novamarine[6] Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo[6] 18 Isaac Tutumlu[6] S 1–2
Gerhard Tweraser[6]
Danny Kroes[7] 3–5
Lucas Mauron[7] 3
Daan Pijl[8] 4
Joshua John Kreuger[9] 5
AF Corse[10] Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020[10] 21 Cedric Sbirrazzuoli[6][11] PA All
Hugo Delacour[11] 1–2, 4–5
Stefano Costantini[12] 3
52 Andrea Bertolini[11] PA All
Louis Machiels[11]
53 Pierre-Alexandre Jean[13] S All
Ulysse de Pauw[13]
Saintéloc Junior Team[14] Audi R8 LMS Evo II[14] 25 Patric Niederhauser[14] P All
Aurélien Panis[14]
26 Nicolas Baert[14] S All
Gilles Magnus[14] 1–3, 5
Lucas Légeret[5] 4
Team WRT[15] Audi R8 LMS Evo II[15] 30 Benjamin Goethe[15] S All
Thomas Neubauer[15]
32 Dries Vanthoor[15] P All
Charles Weerts[15]
33 Christopher Mies[15] P All
Jean-Baptiste Simmenauer[15]
46 Valentino Rossi[16] P All
Frédéric Vervisch[17]
Jota Sport[6] McLaren 720S GT3[6] 38 Rob Bell[11] P 1
Oliver Wilkinson[11]
Dinamic Motorsport[18] Porsche 911 GT3 R[18] 54 Adrien de Leener[18] P All
Christian Engelhart[18]
56 Klaus Bachler[11] P All
Giorgio Roda[19]
Attempto Racing[6] Audi R8 LMS Evo II[6] 66 Dennis Marschall[11] P All
Pieter Schothorst[11]
99 Alex Aka[11] S All
Nicolas Schöll[11]
Barwell Motorsport[11] Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo[11] 78 Ben Barker[11] PA 1
Alex Malykhin[11][b]
AKKodis ASP Team[20] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo[20] 86 Răzvan Umbrărescu[11] S All
Igor Waliłko[11]
87 Thomas Drouet[20] S All
Casper Stevenson[20]
88 Jim Pla[11] P All
Jules Gounon[11] 1, 3–4
Maximilian Götz[21] 2
Tristan Vautier[22] 5
89 Timur Boguslavskiy[11][b] P All
Raffaele Marciello[11]
Madpanda Motorsport[23] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo[23] 90 Ezequiel Pérez Companc[23] S 5
Fabian Schiller[24]
Sky - Tempesta with GruppeM Racing[25] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo[6] 93 Eddie Cheever III[11] S 1–4
Christopher Froggatt[11]
Sky - Tempesta Racing by HRT Eddie Cheever III[11] 5
Christopher Froggatt[11]
JP Motorsport[26] McLaren 720S GT3[26] 111 Patryk Krupiński[27] PA All
Christian Klien[26] 1–3, 5
Norbert Siedler[8] 4
112 Vincent Abril[28] P 3–5
Dennis Lind[28]
Garage 59[6] McLaren 720S GT3[6] 159 Manuel Maldonado[29] S All
Ethan Simioni[29] 1–4
Nicolai Kjærgaard 5
188 Dean MacDonald[29] PA All
Miguel Ramos[29]
Imperiale Racing[8] Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo[8] 663 Albert Costa[8] P 4
Alberto di Folco[8]
LP Racing[8] Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo[8] 888 Jonathan Cecotto[8] S 4
Mattia di Giusto[8]
Icon Class
P Pro Cup
S Silver Cup
PA Pro-Am Cup

Race results

Round Circuit Pole Position Overall Winners Silver Winners Pro/Am Winners Report
1 R1 Brands Hatch No. 53 AF Corse No. 53 AF Corse No. 53 AF Corse No. 21 AF Corse Report
Pierre-Alexandre Jean
Ulysse de Pauw
Pierre-Alexandre Jean
Ulysse de Pauw
Pierre-Alexandre Jean
Ulysse de Pauw
Hugo Delacour
Cedric Sbirrazzuoli
R2 No. 89 AKKodis ASP Team No. 89 AKKodis ASP Team No. 53 AF Corse No. 111 JP Motorsport Report
Timur Boguslavskiy
Raffaele Marciello
Timur Boguslavskiy
Raffaele Marciello
Pierre-Alexandre Jean
Ulysse de Pauw
Christian Klien
Patryk Krupiński
2 R1 Magny-Cours No. 11 Tresor by Car Collection No. 32 Team WRT No. 26 Saintéloc Junior Team No. 188 Garage 59 Report
Simon Gachet
Christopher Haase
Dries Vanthoor
Charles Weerts
Nicolas Baert
Gilles Magnus
Dean MacDonald
Miguel Ramos
R2 No. 89 AKKodis ASP Team No. 89 AKKodis ASP Team No. 53 AF Corse No. 111 JP Motorsport Report
Timur Boguslavskiy
Raffaele Marciello
Timur Boguslavskiy
Raffaele Marciello
Pierre-Alexandre Jean
Ulysse de Pauw
Christian Klien
Patryk Krupiński
3 R1 Zandvoort No. 32 Team WRT No. 32 Team WRT No. 53 AF Corse No. 21 AF Corse Report
Dries Vanthoor
Charles Weerts
Dries Vanthoor
Charles Weerts
Pierre-Alexandre Jean
Ulysse de Pauw
Stefano Costantini
Cedric Sbirrazzuoli
R2 No. 89 AKKodis ASP Team No. 89 AKKodis ASP Team No. 99 Attempto Racing No. 188 Garage 59 Report
Timur Boguslavskiy
Raffaele Marciello
Timur Boguslavskiy
Raffaele Marciello
Alex Aka
Nicolas Scholl
Dean MacDonald
Miguel Ramos
4 R1 Misano No. 32 Team WRT No. 32 Team WRT No. 30 Team WRT No. 188 Garage 59 Report
Dries Vanthoor
Charles Weerts
Dries Vanthoor
Charles Weerts
Benjamin Goethe
Thomas Neubauer
Dean MacDonald
Miguel Ramos
R2 No. 32 Team WRT No. 32 Team WRT No. 53 AF Corse No. 188 Garage 59 Report
Dries Vanthoor
Charles Weerts
Dries Vanthoor
Charles Weerts
Pierre-Alexandre Jean
Ulysse de Pauw
Dean MacDonald
Miguel Ramos
5 R1 Valencia No. 53 AF Corse No. 53 AF Corse No. 53 AF Corse No. 111 JP Motorsport Report
Pierre-Alexandre Jean
Ulysse de Pauw
Pierre-Alexandre Jean
Ulysse de Pauw
Pierre-Alexandre Jean
Ulysse de Pauw
Patryk Krupiński
Christian Klien
R2 No. 89 AKKodis ASP Team No. 32 Team WRT No. 90 Madpanda Motorsport No. 111 JP Motorsport Report
Timur Boguslavskiy
Raffaele Marciello
Dries Vanthoor
Charles Weerts
Ezequiel Pérez Companc
Fabian Schiller
Patryk Krupiński
Christian Klien

Championship standings

Scoring system

Championship points are awarded for the first ten positions in each race. The pole-sitter also receives one point and entries are required to complete 75% of the winning car's race distance in order to be classified and earn points. Individual drivers are required to participate for a minimum of 25 minutes in order to earn championship points in any race.

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

Drivers' championships

Overall

Pos. Drivers Team BRH
MAG
ZAN
MIS
VAL
Points
1 Dries Vanthoor
Charles Weerts
Team WRT 2 2 1 6 1P 2 1P 1PF 3F 1 135.5
2 Timur Boguslavskiy
Raffaele Marciello
AKKodis ASP Team 3F 1PF 2F 1PF 23F 1P 2F 2 7 3P 111.5
3 Simon Gachet
Christopher Haase
Tresor by Car Collection 7 4 3P Ret 3 Ret 4 3 2 4 67
4 Pierre-Alexandre Jean
Ulysse de Pauw
AF Corse 1P 5 7 5 4 9 8 8 1P 17 62.5
5 Jim Pla AKKodis ASP Team 4 3 10 2 2 4F 10 6 13 12F 54
6 Patric Niederhauser
Aurélien Panis
Saintéloc Junior Team 5 6 4 3 5 7 Ret DNS 9 2 49.5
7 Jules Gounon AKKodis ASP Team 4 3 2 4F 10 6 41.5
8 Dennis Marschall
Pieter Schothorst
Attempto Racing 9 12 13 7 6 3 5 Ret 5 11 30
9 Christopher Mies
Jean-Baptiste Simmenauer
Team WRT Ret 14 9 4 9 23 6 4 10 22 22
10 Mattia Drudi Tresor by Car Collection 6 7 5 8 8 13 11 21 6 13 22
10 Luca Ghiotto Tresor by Car Collection 6 7 5 8 8 13 6 13 22
11 Benjamin Goethe
Thomas Neubauer
Team WRT Ret 16 11 13 10 10 3 10 4 15 18.5
12 Maximilian Götz AKKodis ASP Team 10 2 12.5
13 Thomas Drouet
Casper Stevenson
AKKodis ASP Team 8 11 8 12 7 14 9 16 8 8 12
14 Vincent Abril
Dennis Lind
JP Motorsport Ret 5 14 12 17 7 9
15 Nicolas Baert Saintéloc Junior Team 11 18 6 16 19 11 7 11 12 9 8.5
16 Valentino Rossi
Frédéric Vervisch
Team WRT 13 8 15 11 14 16 Ret 5 22 Ret 8
17 Ezequiel Pérez Companc
Fabian Schiller
Madpanda Motorsport Ret 5 6
18 Gilles Magnus Saintéloc Junior Team 11 18 6 16 19 11 12 9 5.5
19 Alex Aka
Nicolas Schöll
Attempto Racing 10 9 14 9 12 8 Ret 9 19 20 5.5
20 Adrien de Leener
Christian Engelhart
Dinamic Motorsport Ret Ret 12 10 17 6 12 Ret Ret 14 5
21 Manuel Maldonado Garage 59 15 13 16 14 13 22 19 20 14 6 4.5
21 Nicolai Kjærgaard Garage 59 14 6 4.5
22 Lucas Légeret Saintéloc Junior Team 7 11 3
22 Albert Costa
Alberto di Folco
Imperiale Racing 13 7 3
23 Rob Bell
Oliver Wilkinson
Jota Sport 12 10 0.5
23 Eddie Cheever III
Christopher Froggatt
Sky - Tempesta with GruppeM Racing 17 20 19 15 22 17 21 14 0.5
Sky - Tempesta Racing by HRT 11 10
Klaus Bachler
Giorgio Roda
Dinamic Motorsport 22† 21 20 18 11 19 16 13 Ret 19 0
Lorenzo Patrese Tresor by Car Collection 11 21 0
Tristan Vautier AKKodis ASP Team 13 12F 0
Ethan Simioni Garage 59 15 13 16 14 13 22 19 20 0
Cedric Sbirrazzuoli AF Corse 14 23 22 20 15 21 Ret DNS 16 23 0
Hugo Delacour AF Corse 14 23 22 20 Ret DNS 16 23 0
Răzvan Umbrărescu
Igor Waliłko
AKKodis ASP Team 20 15 17 19 21 12 15 22 Ret 18 0
Dean MacDonald
Miguel Ramos
Garage 59 19 22 18 21 Ret 15 17 15 20 21 0
Stefano Costantini AF Corse 15 21 0
Patryk Krupiński JP Motorsport 16 17 21 17 18 Ret Ret Ret 15 16 0
Christian Klien JP Motorsport 16 17 21 17 18 Ret 15 16 0
Danny Kroes GSM Novamarine 20 20 Ret 17 21 25 0
Daan Pijl GSM Novamarine Ret 17 0
Andrea Bertolini
Louis Machiels
AF Corse 18 19 23 Ret 16 18 18 18 18 24 0
Jonathan Cecotto
Mattia di Giusto
LP Racing 20 19 0
Lucas Mauron GSM Novamarine 20 20 0
Isaac Tutumlu
Gerhard Tweraser
GSM Novamarine 21 24 24 22 0
Joshua Kreuger GSM Novamarine 21 25 0
Norbert Siedler JP Motorsport Ret Ret 0
Ben Barker
Alex Malykhin
Barwell Motorsport DNS DNS 0
Pos. Drivers Team BRH
MAG
ZAN
MIS
VAL
Points
Key
Colour Result
Gold Race winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
Excluded (EX)
White Did not start (DNS)
Race cancelled (C)
Withdrew (WD)
Blank Did not participate

P – Pole
F – Fastest Lap

Notes
  • † – Drivers did not finish the race but were classified, as they completed more than 75% of the race distance.

Silver Cup

Pos. Drivers Team BRH
MAG
ZAN
MIS
VAL
Points
1 Pierre-Alexandre Jean
Ulysse de Pauw
AF Corse 1PF 5PF 7 5P 4P 9 8 8P 1PF 17F 141.5
2 Thomas Drouet
Casper Stevenson
AKKodis ASP Team 8 11 8 12 7 14 9 16 8 8 88
3 Benjamin Goethe
Thomas Neubauer
Team WRT Ret 16 11 13F 10F 10 3PF 10F 4 15 82
4 Alex Aka
Nicolas Schöll
Attempto Racing 10 9 14F 9 12 8P Ret 9 19 20 80.5
5 Nicolas Baert Saintéloc Junior Team 11 18 6P 16 19 11F 7 11 12 9 76
6 Gilles Magnus Saintéloc Junior Team 11 18 6P 16 19 11F 12 9 56.5
7 Manuel Maldonado Garage 59 15 13 16 14 13 22 19 20 14 6P 54
8 Eddie Cheever III
Christopher Froggatt
Sky - Tempesta with GruppeM Racing 17 20 19 15 22 17 21 14 38.5
Sky - Tempesta Racing by HRT 11 10
9 Ethan Simioni Garage 59 15 13 16 14 13 22 19 20 36.5
10 Răzvan Umbrărescu
Igor Waliłko
AKKodis ASP Team 20 15 17 19 21 12 15 22 Ret 18 30.5
11 Lucas Légeret Saintéloc Junior Team 7 11 19.5
12 Nicolai Kjærgaard Garage 59 14 6P 17.5
13 Ezequiel Pérez Companc
Fabian Schiller
Madpanda Motorsport Ret 5 16.5
14 Danny Kroes GSM Novamarine 20 20 Ret 17 21 25 10.5
15 Jonathan Cecotto
Mattia di Giusto
LP Racing 20 19 5
15 Lucas Mauron GSM Novamarine 20 20 5
16 Isaac Tutumlu
Gerhard Tweraser
GSM Novamarine 21 24 24 22 5
17 Daan Pijl GSM Novamarine Ret 17 3
Pos. Drivers Team BRH
MAG
ZAN
MIS
VAL
Points

Pro-Am Cup

Pos. Drivers Team BRH
MAG
ZAN
MIS
VAL
Points
1 Dean MacDonald
Miguel Ramos
Garage 59 19 22F 18P 21P RetP 15P 17PF 15PF 20 21P 119
2 Patryk Krupiński JP Motorsport 16 17 21 17 18F RetF Ret Ret 15F 16F 99.5
2 Christian Klien JP Motorsport 16 17 21 17 18F RetF 15F 16F 99.5
3 Andrea Bertolini
Louis Machiels
AF Corse 18P 19 23 Ret 16 18 18 18 18 24 95
4 Cedric Sbirrazzuoli AF Corse 14F 23 22 20 15 21 Ret DNS 16P 23 94
5 Hugo Delacour AF Corse 14F 23 22 20 Ret DNS 16P 23 68
6 Stefano Costantini AF Corse 15 21 26
7 Ben Barker
Alex Malykhin
Barwell Motorsport DNS DNSP 1
Norbert Siedler JP Motorsport Ret Ret 0
Pos. Drivers Team BRH
MAG
ZAN
MIS
VAL
Points

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Drudi is an Italian driver competing under a Sammarinese licence.[4]
  2. ^ a b Alex Malykhin is Belarusian and Timur Boguslavskiy is Russian, but they both competed as neutral competitors as Belarusian and Russian national emblems were banned by the FIA due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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