2025 GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup

The 2025 GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup is the thirteenth 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 season began on 4 May at Brands Hatch, and will end on 21 September at Circuit Ricardo Tormo.

Calendar

The calendar was released on 28 July 2024 at the SRO's annual 24 Hours of Spa press conference, featuring five rounds.[1] There are two changes from last year, with Circuit Zandvoort and Circuit Ricardo Tormo replacing Hockenheimring and Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.

Round Circuit Date Map
1 Brands Hatch, Kent 3–4 May
2 Circuit Zandvoort, Zandvoort 16–18 May
3 Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Misano Adriatico 18–20 July
4 Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, Magny-Cours 1–3 August
5 Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Cheste 19–21 September

Entry list

Team Car No. Drivers Class Rounds
GRT - Grasser Racing Team[2] Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 1 Georgi Donchev[3] B 2
Christian Engelhart[3]
19 Ivan Ekelchik[4][a] S 1–2
Baptiste Moulin[4]
63 Luca Engstler[4] P 1–2
Jordan Pepper[4]
Optimum Motorsport[2] McLaren 720S GT3 Evo 5 TBA G TBC
TBA
Boutsen VDS[5] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 9 Maxime Martin[6] P 1–2
Luca Stolz[5]
10 César Gazeau[5] S 1–2
Aurélien Panis[5]
Emil Frey Racing[7] Ferrari 296 GT3 14 Ben Green[7] P 1–2
Konsta Lappalainen[7]
69 Chris Lulham[7] G 1–2
Thierry Vermeulen[7]
Comtoyou Racing[8] Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo 21 Jamie Day[9] S 1–2
Kobe Pauwels[8]
270 Ricardo Baptista[8] B 2
Rafael Suzuki[8]
Steller Motorsport[10] Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R 24 Matisse Lismont[9] S 1–2
Jesse Salmenautio[9]
Saintéloc Racing[11] Audi R8 LMS Evo II 25 Paul Evrard[9] G 1–2
Gilles Magnus[9]
26 Ivan Klymenko[11] S 1–2
Lorens Lecertua[11]
QMMF by Saintéloc Racing[12] 27 Ibrahim Al-Abdulghani[12] B 2
Ghanim Salah Al-Maadheed[12]
Team WRT[13] BMW M4 GT3 Evo 30 Gustav Bergström[13] S 1–2
Gilles Stadsbader[13]
32 Kelvin van der Linde[13] P 1–2
Charles Weerts[13]
46 Raffaele Marciello[14] P TBC
Valentino Rossi[14]
AlManar Racing by WRT[13] 777 Al Faisal Al Zubair[13] G 1–2
Jens Klingmann[13]
Walkenhorst Motorsport[15] Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo 35 Henrique Chaves[15] P 1–2
Mateo Villagómez[15]
Winward Racing[16] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 48 Lucas Auer[16] P 1–2
Maro Engel[16]
81 Gabriele Piana[16] B 2
Rinat Salikhov[16][a]
AF Corse - Francorchamps Motors[17] Ferrari 296 GT3 50 Arthur Leclerc[17] P 1–2
Thomas Neubauer[17]
51 Vincent Abril[17] P 1–2
Alessio Rovera[17]
52 Jef Machiels[9] S 1–2
Marcos Siebert[9]
Ziggo Sport – Tempesta[18] 93 Eddie Cheever III[18] B 2
Marco Pulcini[18]
Garage 59[19] McLaren 720S GT3 Evo 58 Louis Prette[19] G 1–2
Adam Smalley[19]
59 Benjamin Goethe[19] P 1–2
Marvin Kirchhöfer[19]
HRT Ford Performance[20] Ford Mustang GT3 64 Romain Andriolo[21] P 1–2
Jusuf Owega[21]
65 TBA S TBC
TBA
Tresor Attempto Racing[2] Audi R8 LMS Evo II 66 Andrey Mukovoz[22][a] B 2
Dylan Pereira[22]
88 Leonardo Moncini[22] G 1–2
Sebastian Øgaard[22]
99 Alex Aka[22] S 1–2
Ezequiel Pérez Companc[22]
Kessel Racing[2] Ferrari 296 GT3 74 Dustin Blattner[23] B 2
Dennis Marschall[23]
Barwell Motorsport[24] Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 76 Christian Bogle[24] S 1–2
Daniel Ali[9] 1
Bijoy Garg[24] 2
78 Hugo Cook[25] P 1–2
Sandy Mitchell[25]
Lionspeed GP[26] Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 80 Ricardo Feller[26] B 2
Gabriel Rindone[26]
89 Bastian Buus[26] B 2
Bashar Mardini[26]
Imperiale Racing[27] Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 85 Dmitry Gvazava[27][a] B 2
Loris Spinelli[27]
Rutronik Racing[28] Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 96 Sven Müller[29] P 1–2
Patric Niederhauser[29]
97 Loek Hartog[30] S 1–2
Eshan Pieris[30]
CSA Racing[31] McLaren 720S GT3 Evo 111 Simon Gachet[32] P 1–2
Jim Pla[32]
112 James Kell[9] G 1
Arthur Rougier[9]
Arthur Rougier[33] B 2
Isaac Tutumlu[33]
Paradine Competition[13] BMW M4 GT3 Evo 991 Augusto Farfus[34] B 2
Darren Leung[13]
Dan Harper[13] TBC
992 Mex Jansen[13] S 1–2
Maxime Oosten[13]
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 Bronze Winners Report
1 R1 Brands Hatch #69 Emil Frey Racing #51 AF Corse - Francorchamps Motors #69 Emil Frey Racing #52 AF Corse - Francorchamps Motors Did not participate Report
Chris Lulham
Thierry Vermeulen 		Vincent Abril
Alessio Rovera 		Chris Lulham
Thierry Vermeulen 		Jef Machiels
Marcos Siebert
R2 #48 Winward Racing #48 Winward Racing #777 AlManar Racing by WRT #10 Boutsen VDS Report
Lucas Auer
Maro Engel 		Lucas Auer
Maro Engel 		Al Faisal Al Zubair
Jens Klingmann 		César Gazeau
Aurélien Panis
2 R1 Zandvoort #89 Lionspeed GP #96 Rutronik Racing #25 Saintéloc Racing #99 Tresor Attempto Racing #89 Lionspeed GP Report
Bastian Buus
Bashar Mardini 		Sven Müller
Patric Niederhauser 		Paul Evrard
Gilles Magnus 		Alex Aka
Ezequiel Pérez Companc 		Bastian Buus
Bashar Mardini
R2 #14 Emil Frey Racing #32 Team WRT #69 Emil Frey Racing #26 Saintéloc Racing #74 Kessel Racing Report
Ben Green
Konsta Lappalainen 		Kelvin van der Linde
Charles Weerts 		Chris Lulham
Thierry Vermeulen 		Ivan Klymenko
Lorens Lecertua 		Dustin Blattner
Dennis Marschall
3 R1 Misano Report
R2 Report
4 R1 Magny-Cours Report
R2 Report
5 R1 Valencia Report
R2 Report

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

Drivers' championships

Overall

Pos. Drivers Team BRH
 ZAN
 MIS
 MAG
 VAL
 Points
1 Kelvin van der Linde
Charles Weerts 		Team WRT 7 2 5 1 37.5
2 Sven Müller
Patric Niederhauser 		Rutronik Racing 9 3 1 5 33
3 Lucas Auer
Maro Engel 		Winward Racing 6 1PF 3 9 32.5
4 Benjamin Goethe
Marvin Kirchhöfer 		Garage 59 2 6 6 4 28.5
5 Luca Engstler
Jordan Pepper 		GRT - Grasser Racing Team 24F 16 2 3 21.5
6 Vincent Abril
Alessio Rovera 		AF Corse - Francorchamps Motors 1 19 Ret 14 16.5
7 Konsta Lappalainen
Ben Green 		Emil Frey Racing 4 5 Ret 11P 14.5
8 Arthur Leclerc
Thomas Neubauer 		AF Corse - Francorchamps Motors 5 4 9 Ret 14.5
9 Ivan Klymenko
Lorens Lecertua 		Saintéloc Racing 17 13 14F 2 12
10 Chris Lulham
Thierry Vermeulen 		Emil Frey Racing 3P 9 11 13 11.5
11 Paul Evrard
Gilles Magnus 		Saintéloc Racing 18 26 4 19 7.5
12 Hugo Cook
Sandy Mitchell 		Barwell Motorsport 10 7 7 29 6.5
13 Alex Aka
Ezequiel Pérez Companc 		Tresor Attempto Racing 23 11 10 6 5
14 Mex Jansen
Maxime Oosten 		Paradine Competition 12 17 22 7 3
15 Maxime Martin
Luca Stolz 		Boutsen VDS 21 20 8 10 2.5
16 Jamie Day
Kobe Pauwels 		Comtoyou Racing 27 14 15 8 2
16 Louis Prette
Adam Smalley 		Garage 59 8 15 Ret 25 2
16 Al Faisal Al Zubair
Jens Klingmann 		AlManar Racing by WRT 19 8 12 18 2
17 Bastian Buus
Bashar Mardini 		Lionspeed GP 18P 32 1
18 César Gazeau
Aurélien Panis 		Boutsen VDS 13 10 13 12 0.5
- Jef Machiels
Marcos Siebert 		AF Corse - Francorchamps Motors 11 22 33 16 0
- Leonardo Moncini
Sebastian Øgaard 		Tresor Attempto Racing 14 12 17 15 0
- Loek Hartog
Eshan Pieris 		Rutronik Racing 15 Ret 16 28 0
- Simon Gachet
Jim Pla 		CSA Racing 16 28 20 17 0
- Henrique Chaves
Mateo Villagomez 		Walkenhorst Motorsport 25 18 Ret 27 0
- Augusto Farfus
Darren Leung 		Paradine Competition 19 31 0
- Gustav Bergström
Gilles Stadsbader 		Team WRT 22 21 Ret 20 0
- Arthur Rougier CSA Racing 20 27 24 24F 0
- James Kell CSA Racing 20 27 0
- Romain Andriolo
Jusuf Owega 		HRT Ford Performance 28 25 Ret 21 0
- Ivan Ekelchik
Baptiste Moulin 		GRT - Grasser Racing Team 29 Ret 21 26 0
- Dustin Blattner
Dennis Marschall 		Kessel Racing 23 22 0
- Matisse Lismont
Jesse Salmenautio 		Steller Motorsport 26 23 Ret 23 0
- Isaac Tutumlu CSA Racing 24 24F 0
- Christian Bogle Barwell Motorsport 30 24 28 38 0
- Daniel Ali Barwell Motorsport 30 24 0
- Andrey Mukovoz
Dylan Pereira 		Tresor Attempto Racing 25 40 0
- Dmitry Gvazava
Loris Spinelli 		Imperiale Racing 26 35 0
- Georgi Donchev
Christian Engelhart 		GRT - Grasser Racing Team 27 36 0
- Bijoy Garg Barwell Motorsport 28 38 0
- Ricardo Baptista
Rafael Suzuki 		Comtoyou Racing 29 37 0
- Eddie Cheever III
Marco Pulcini 		Ziggo Sport - Tempsta 30 33 0
- Gabriele Piana
Rinat Salikhov 		Winward Racing Ret 30 0
- Ibrahim Al-Abdulghani
Ghanim Salah Al-Maadheed 		QMMF by Saintéloc Racing 31 39 0
- Ricardo Feller
Gabriel Rindone 		Lionspeed GP 32 34 0
Pos. Drivers Team BRH
 ZAN
 MIS
 MAG
 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

Gold Cup

Pos. Drivers Team BRH
 ZAN
 MIS
 MAG
 VAL
 Points
1 Chris Lulham
Thierry Vermeulen 		Emil Frey Racing 3P 9P 11 13P 60
2 Al Faisal Al Zubair
Jens Klingmann 		AlManar Racing by WRT 19 8 12F 18 41.5
3 Paul Evrard
Gilles Magnus 		Saintéloc Racing 18 26 4P 19F 38.5
4 Leonardo Moncini
Sebastian Øgaard 		Tresor Attempto Racing 14F 12 17 15 38.5
5 Louis Prette
Adam Smalley 		Garage 59 8 15 Ret 25 25.5
6 James Kell
Arthur Rougier 		CSA Racing 20 27F 9
Pos. Drivers Team BRH
 ZAN
 MIS
 MAG
 VAL
 Points

Silver Cup

Pos. Drivers Team BRH
 ZAN
 MIS
 MAG
 VAL
 Points
1 César Gazeau
Aurélien Panis 		Boutsen VDS 13 10P 13 12 45
2 Alex Aka
Ezequiel Pérez Companc 		Tresor Attempto Racing 23F 11 10P 6 44.5
3 Ivan Klymenko
Lorens Lecertua 		Saintéloc Racing 17P 13 14F 2P 43.5
4 Mex Jansen
Maxime Oosten 		Paradine Competition 12 17F 22 7 30.5
5 Jef Machiels
Marcos Siebert 		AF Corse - Francorchamps Motors 11 22 33 16 25
6 Jamie Day
Kobe Pauwels 		Comtoyou Racing 27 14 15 8 23.5
7 Loek Hartog
Eshan Pieris 		Rutronik Racing 15 Ret 16 28F 14
8 Gustav Bergström
Gilles Stadsbader 		Team WRT 22 21 Ret 20 12
9 Ivan Ekelchik
Baptiste Moulin 		GRT - Grasser Racing Team 29 Ret 21 26 6
10 Matisse Lismont
Jesse Salmenautio 		Steller Motorsport 26 23 Ret 23 6
11 Christian Bogle Barwell Motorsport 30 24 28 38 3
12 Bijoy Garg Barwell Motorsport 28 38 2
13 Daniel Ali Barwell Motorsport 30 24 1
Pos. Drivers Team BRH
 ZAN
 MIS
 MAG
 VAL
 Points

Bronze Cup

Pos. Drivers Team ZAN
 MIS
 MAG
 VAL
 Points
1 Dustin Blattner
Dennis Marschall 		Kessel Racing 23 22P 27
2 Bastian Buus
Bashar Mardini 		Lionspeed GP 18P 32 23.5
3 Augusto Farfus
Darren Leung 		Paradine Competition 19 31 19.5
3 Arthur Rougier
Isaac Tutumlu 		CSA Racing 24 24F 19.5
4 Gabriele Piana
Rinat Salikhov 		Winward Racing Ret 30 9.5
5 Dmitry Gvazava
Loris Spinelli 		Imperiale Racing 26 35 6.5
6 Andrey Mukovoz
Dylan Pereira 		Tresor Attempto Racing 25 40 6
7 Eddie Cheever III
Marco Pulcini 		Ziggo Sport - Tempsta 30 33 5.5
8 Georgi Donchev
Christian Engelhart 		GRT - Grasser Racing Team 27 36 4
9 Ricardo Feller
Gabriel Rindone 		Lionspeed GP 32F 34 3
10 Ricardo Baptista
Rafael Suzuki 		Comtoyou Racing 29 37 2.5
11 Ibrahim Al-Abdulghani
Ghanim Salah Al-Maadheed 		QMMF by Saintéloc Racing 31 39 0.5
Pos. Drivers Team ZAN
 MIS
 MAG
 VAL
 Points

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d Ekelchik, Mukovoz, Salikhov and Gvazava are Russian, but they compete as neutral competitors as Russian national emblems were banned by the FIA following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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