2023 GT2 European Series

The 2023 Fanatec GT2 European Series is the third season of the GT2 European Series. The season began on 21 April at Autodromo Nazionale Monza in Monza and ended on 7 October at Circuit Paul Ricard in Le Castellet.

Calendar

For 2023 the opening round of the season was moved back to Monza, after having been to Imola for the 2022 season. The series will also be heading to Dijon and Portimão for the first time, while not returning to Spa or Misano.[1]

Round Circuit Date Supporting
1 Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza, Italy 21–23 April GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup
2 Red Bull Ring, Spielberg, Austria 26–27 May Histo-Cup Austria
3 Circuit de Dijon-Prenois, Prenois, France 16–17 June FFSA GT Championship
4 Algarve International Circuit, Portimão, Portugal 22–23 July British GT Championship
5 Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Cheste, Spain 15–17 September GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup
6 Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet, France 6–7 October FFSA GT Championship

Series news

  • This season sees the introduction of the Iron Cup, awarded to the top Pro-Am or Am entry of drivers with a combined age of over 100 years.[2]
  • The minimum driver age requirement got removed, allowing for drivers younger than 40 years to compete.[2]

Entry list

Team Car No. Drivers Class Rounds
PK Carsport[3] Audi R8 LMS GT2 1 Stienes Longin[3] PA All
Peter Guelinckx[3] All
Ebimotors[4] Porsche 911 GT2 RS Clubsport 5 Aurelijus Rusteika[4] Am 1–3, 5–6
Mantas Janavicius[4] 1–3, 5–6
911 Leonardo Gorini[4] Am 1–5
Nicolas Gomar[5] 2
Bastien Chesaux 3
Haupt Racing Team[6] Mercedes-AMG GT2 7 Jörg Viebahn Am 2
Mario Plachutta 2
Fanatec by HRT[7] 44 Jens Liebhauser[7] Am 1
Thomas Jackermeier[7] 1
Iron Lynx[8] Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo GT2 8 Donovan Privitelio[8] Am 1
Luciano Privitelio[8] 1
Manthey Racing Porsche 911 GT2 RS Clubsport 10 Christoph Breuer Am 1
PA 3
Marco Holzer 3
LP Racing[9][10] Maserati MC20 GT2 12 Leonardo Gorini[10] PA 6
Luca Pirri[10] 6
Audi R8 LMS GT2 18 Pierre Kaffer[9] PA 1–4, 6
Michael Doppelmayr[9] 1–4, 6
67 Henry Hassid[11] PA All
Anthony Beltoise[11] All
88 Stéphane Ratel[12] PA All
Mattia di Giusto[12] All
KTM True Racing by Reiter Engineering[13] KTM X-Bow GT2 15 Nicolas Saelens[14] PA All
Štefan Rosina[14] All
16 Klaus Angerhofer[13] Am All
Sehdi Sarmini[13] 2–6
17 Reinhard Kofler[13] PA 1–4
Hubert Trunkenpolz[13] 1–2, 4–6
Martin Koch 3
Dani Pedrosa[15] 5
Laura Kraihamer 6
51 Alexandre Leroy Am 6
Bertrand Rouchaud 6
CMR Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo GT2 30 Georges Cabanne Am 3, 6
Jean Paul Buffin 6
Akkodis ASP Team[16] Mercedes-AMG GT2 61 Mauro Ricci[16] Am 2–6
Benjamin Ricci[16] 2–6
87 Jean-Luc Beaubelique[17] Am 4
Christophe Bourret[17] 4
Ludovic Badey PA 5–6
Jean-Luc Beaubelique 5–6
RTR Projects[18] KTM X-Bow GT2 89 Jan Krabec[18] Am All
MZR Motorsportzentrum Ried KTM X-Bow GT2 812 Reinhard Kofler PA 5–6
Martin Koch 5–6
NM Racing Team[19] Mercedes-AMG GT2 888 Jakub Knoll[19] Am 6
Stéphane Perrin[19] 6
Icon Class
PA Pro-Am Cup
Am Am Cup
INV Invitational

Race results

Bold indicates overall winner

Round Circuit Pole position Pro-Am Winners Am Winners
1 R1 Monza No. 8 Iron Lynx No. 67 LP Racing No. 89 RTR Projects
Donovan Privitelio
Luciano Privitelio 		Henry Hassid
Anthony Beltoise 		Jan Krabec
R2 No. 1 PK Carsport No. 1 PK Carsport No. 89 RTR Projects
Stienes Longin
Peter Guelinckx 		Stienes Longin
Peter Guelinckx 		Jan Krabec
2 R1 Red Bull Ring No. 67 LP Racing No. 61 Akkodis ASP Team No. 16 True Racing by Reiter Engineering
Henry Hassid
Anthony Beltoise 		Mauro Ricci
Benjamin Ricci 		Klaus Angerhofer
Sehdi Sarmini
R2 No. 18 LP Racing No. 15 True Racing by Reiter Engineering No. 89 RTR Projects
Pierre Kaffer
Michael Doppelmayr 		Nicolas Saelens
Štefan Rosina 		Jan Krabec
3 R1 Dijon No. 67 LP Racing No. 17 True Racing by Reiter Engineering No. 911 Ebimotors
Henry Hassid
Anthony Beltoise 		Martin Koch
Reinhard Kofler 		Leonardo Gorini
R2 No. 18 LP Racing No. 1 PK Carsport No. 89 RTR Projects
Pierre Kaffer
Michael Doppelmayr 		Stienes Longin
Peter Guelinckx 		Jan Krabec
4 R1 Algarve No. 1 PK Carsport No. 67 LP Racing No. 16 True Racing by Reiter Engineering
Stienes Longin
Peter Guelinckx 		Henry Hassid
Anthony Beltoise 		Klaus Angerhofer
Sehdi Sarmini
R2 No. 18 LP Racing No. 1 PK Carsport No. 89 RTR Projects
Pierre Kaffer
Michael Doppelmayr 		Stienes Longin
Peter Guelinckx 		Jan Krabec
5 R1 Valencia No. 67 LP Racing Akkodis ASP Team No. 16 True Racing by Reiter Engineering
Henry Hassid
Anthony Beltoise 		Jean-Luc Beaubelique
Ludovic Badey 		Klaus Angerhofer
Sehdi Sarmini
R2 No. 67 LP Racing No. 1 PK Carsport Ebimotors
Henry Hassid
Anthony Beltoise 		Stienes Longin
Peter Guelinckx 		Aurelijus Rusteika
Mantas Janavicius
6 R1 Paul Ricard No. 12 LP Racing No. 87 AKKodis ASP Team No. 89 RTR Projects
Leonardo Gorini
Luca Pirri 		Jean-Luc Beaubelique
Ludovic Badey 		Jan Krabec
R2 No. 812 MZR Motorsportzentrum-Ried No. 812 MZR Motorsportzentrum-Ried No. 89 RTR Projects
Reinhard Kofler
Martin KochKofler 		Reinhard Kofler
Martin KochKofler 		Jan Krabec


Championship standings

Scoring system

Championship points are awarded for the first ten positions in each race. Entries are required to complete 75% of the winning car's race distance in order to be classified and earn points.

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   Pole 
Points 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1 1

Drivers' championships

Pos. Driver Team MON
 RBR
 DIJ
 POR
 VAL
 LEC
 Points
Pro-Am
1 Henry Hassid
Anthony Beltoise 		LP Racing 1 2 8 3 Ret 4 1 2 2 8 5 4 174
2 Reinhard Kofler True Racing by Reiter Engineering 7 11 3 6 1 2 9 5 10 3 3 1 173
3 Peter Guelinckx
Stienes Longin 		PK Carsport Ret 1 7 2 Ret 1 10 1 5 1 8 5 165
4 Štefan Rosina True Racing by Reiter Engineering 4 8 2 1 3 6 6 3 4 Ret 4 2 165
5 Nicolas Saelens True Racing by Reiter Engineering 4 8 2 1 3 6 6 3 4 Ret 132
6 Mauro Ricci
Benjamin Ricci 		Akkodis ASP Team 1 4 2 9 4 10 3 6 6 8 122
7 Stéphane Ratel
Mattia di Giusto 		LP Racing 3 Ret 11 7 6 8 2 6 6 5 9 6 110
8 Martin Koch True Racing by Reiter Engineering 1 2 10 3 3 1 108
9 Pierre Kaffer
Michael Doppelmayr 		LP Racing 6 6 4 8 4 12 3 11 13 14 93
10 Jean-Luc Beaubelique
Ludovic Badey 		AKKodis ASP Team 1 2 1 3 83
11 Hubert Trunkenpolz True Racing by Reiter Engineering 7 11 3 6 9 5 11 7 77
12 Christoph Breuer
Marco Holzer 		Manthey-Racing 5 3 25
13 Dani Pedrosa True Racing by Reiter Engineering 11 7 12
Guest Entries Ineligible to Score Points
- Leonardo Gorini
Luca Pirri 		LP Racing 2 7 0
- Gilles Vannelet True Racing by Reiter Engineering 4 2 0
Am
1 Jan Krabec RTR Projects 2 3 Ret 5 8 5 Ret 4 8 10 7 9 231
2 Klaus Angerhofer True Racing by Reiter Engineering 10 4 5 9 10 10 5 9 7 9 11 11 216
3 Sehdi Sarmini True Racing by Reiter Engineering 5 9 10 10 5 9 7 9 11 11 188
4 Leonardo Gorini Ebimotors 5 DNS 6 12 7 7 7 7 9 11 154
5 Aurelijus Rusteika
Mantas Janavicius 		Ebimotors 8 9 10 11 9 11 Ret 4 12 12 132
6 Georges Cabanne CMR 11 13 15 15 44
7 Jörg Viebahn
Mario Plachutta 		Haupt Racing Team 9 10 30
8 Jean-Luc Beaubelique
Christophe Bourret 		Akkodis ASP Team 8 8 30
9 Nicolas Gomar[5] Ebimotors 6 12 28
10 Jens Liebhauser
Thomas Jackermeier 		Fanatec by HRT 9 7 25
11 Christoph Breuer Manthey-Racing Ret 5 15
12 Donovan Privitelio
Luciano Privitelio 		Iron Lynx Ret 10 9
Guest Entries Ineligible to Score Points
- Jakub Knoll
Stéphane Perrin 		NM Racing Team 10 10 0
- Alexandre Leroy
Bertrand Rouchaud 		True Racing by Reiter Engineering 14 13 0
- Jean Paul Buffin CMR 15 15 0
Pos. Driver Team MON RBR
 DIJ
 POR
 VAL
 LEC
 Points
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points classification
Blue Non-points classification
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired, not classified (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)
  • Bold - Pole position
  • Italics - Fastest lap

Notes:

  • † – Entry did not finish the race but was classified, as it completed more than 75% of the race distance.

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