2021 GT World Challenge Europe

The 2021 Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe Powered by AWS was the eighth season of GT World Challenge Europe. The season began at Monza on 18 April and ended at Barcelona on 10 October.
The season consisted of 10 events: 5 Sprint Cup events, and 5 Endurance Cup events. The season also had 2 Official Test Days.

Calendar[edit]

The provisional calendar was released on 4 September 2020 with two unconfirmed rounds.^[1]
The calendar was updated on 23 October 2020, with the final calendar being released on 11 December 2020.^[2]^[3]
The Brands Hatch round was rescheduled from May to August.^[4]

Round	Race name	Circuit	Date	Series
1	Pirelli 3 Hours of Monza 2021	Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza	16–18 April	Endurance
2	Total French GT Sprint Series	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, Magny-Cours	7–9 May	Sprint
3	Circuit Paul Ricard 1000 km	Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet	28–30 May	Endurance
4	AWS Dutch GT Sprint Series	Circuit Park Zandvoort, Zandvoort	18–20 June	Sprint
5	Pirelli Emilia-Romagna GT Sprint Series	Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Misano Adriatico	2–4 July	Sprint
6	Total 24 Hours of Spa 2021	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot	29 July - 1 August	Endurance
7	Fanatec British GT Sprint Series	Brands Hatch, Kent	28–29 August	Sprint
8	3 Hours of Nürburgring 2021	Nürburgring, Nürburg	3–5 September	Endurance
9	Pirelli Community of Valencia GT Sprint Series	Circuito Ricardo Tormo, Cheste	25–26 September	Sprint
10	Blancpain Watch 3 Hours of Barcelona 2021	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló	8–10 October	Endurance

Race Results[edit]

Bold indicates overall winner.

Round		Circuit	Pole Position	Pro Winners	Silver Winners	Pro/Am Winners	Am Winners
1		Monza	No. 63 Orange 1 FFF Racing Team	No. 54 Dinamic Motorsport	No.14 Emil Frey Racing	No.188 Garage 59	No Entries
1		Monza	Mirko Bortolotti Andrea Caldarelli Marco Mapelli	Klaus Bachler Matteo Cairoli Christian Engelhart	Alex Fontana Ricardo Feller Rolf Ineichen	Jonathan Adam Chris Goodwin Alexander West	No Entries
2	R1	Magny-Cours	No. 32 Team WRT	No. 32 Team WRT	No.14 Emil Frey Racing	No. 52 AF Corse	No Entries
	R1		Dries Vanthoor Charles Weerts	Dries Vanthoor Charles Weerts	Alex Fontana Arthur Rougier	Andrea Bertolini Louis Machiels
	R2		No. 6 Toksport WRT	No. 6 Toksport WRT	No. 87 AKKA ASP	No. 77 Barwell Motorsport
	R2		Maro Engel Luca Stolz	Maro Engel Luca Stolz	Konstantin Tereshchenko Jim Pla	Henrique Chaves Miguel Ramos
3		Paul Ricard	No. 63 Orange 1 FFF Racing Team	No. 22 GPX Martini Racing	No. 87 AKKA ASP Team	No. 93 Sky - Tempesta Racing	No Entries
3		Paul Ricard	Mirko Bortolotti Andrea Caldarelli Marco Mapelli	Earl Bamber Matt Campbell Mathieu Jaminet	Thomas Drouet Simon Gachet Konstantin Tereshchenko	Eddie Cheever III Chris Froggatt Jonathan Hui	No Entries
4	R1	Zandvoort	No. 14 Emil Frey Racing	No. 88 AKKA ASP	No. 14 Emil Frey Racing	No. 77 Barwell Motorsport	No Entries
	R1		Ricardo Feller Alex Fontana	Timur Boguslavskiy Raffaele Marciello	Ricardo Feller Alex Fontana	Henrique Chaves Miguel Ramos
	R2		No. 88 AKKA ASP	No. 163 Emil Frey Racing	No. 14 Emil Frey Racing	No. 20 SPS Automotive Performance
	R2		Timur Boguslavskiy Raffaele Marciello	Albert Costa Norbert Siedler	Ricardo Feller Alex Fontana	Dominik Baumann Valentin Pierburg
5	R1	Misano	No. 32 Team WRT	No. 32 Team WRT	No. 87 AKKA ASP	No. 77 Barwell Motorsport	No Entries
	R1		Dries Vanthoor Charles Weerts	Dries Vanthoor Charles Weerts	Jim Pla Konstantin Tereshchenko	Henrique Chaves Miguel Ramos
	R2		No. 188 Garage 59	No. 32 Team WRT	No. 31 Team WRT	No. 188 Garage 59
	R2		Jonathan Adam Alexander West	Dries Vanthoor Charles Weerts	Frank Bird Ryuichiro Tomita	Jonathan Adam Alexander West
6		Spa-Francorchamps	No. 88 AKKA ASP	No. 51 Iron Lynx	No. 90 MadPanda Motorsport	No. 53 AF Corse	No. 166 T2 Racing
6		Spa-Francorchamps	Jules Gounon Daniel Juncadella Raffaele Marciello	Côme Ledogar Nicklas Nielsen Alessandro Pier Guidi	Rik Breukers Patrick Kujala Ezequiel Pérez Companc Ricardo Sanchez	Duncan Cameron Matt Griffin Rino Mastronardi Miguel Molina	Marc Basseng Dennis Busch Pieder Decurtins Manuel Lauck
7	R1	Brands Hatch	No. 38 JOTA	No. 32 Team WRT	No. 31 Team WRT	No. 77 Barwell Motorsport	No Entries
	R1		Ben Barnicoat Oliver Wilkinson	Dries Vanthoor Charles Weerts	Frank Bird Ryuichiro Tomita	Henrique Chaves Miguel Ramos
	R2		No. 88 AKKA ASP	No. 6 Toksport WRT	No. 7 Toksport WRT	No. 77 Barwell Motorsport
	R2		Timur Boguslavskiy Raffaele Marciello	Maro Engel Luca Stolz	Juuso Puhakka Óscar Tunjo	Henrique Chaves Miguel Ramos
8		Nürburgring	No. 63 Orange 1 FFF Racing Team	No. 63 Orange 1 FFF Racing Team	No. 14 Emil Frey Racing	No. 19 Orange 1 FFF Racing Team	No Entries
8		Nürburgring	Mirko Bortolotti Andrea Caldarelli Marco Mapelli	Mirko Bortolotti Andrea Caldarelli Marco Mapelli	Ricardo Feller Alex Fontana Rolf Ineichen	Stefano Costantini Hiroshi Hamaguchi Phil Keen	No Entries
9	R1	Valencia	No. 38 JOTA	No. 6 Toksport WRT	No. 99 Attempto Racing	No. 52 AF Corse	No Entries
	R1		Ben Barnicoat Oliver Wikinson	Maro Engel Luca Stolz	Alex Aka Dennis Marschall	Andrea Bertolini Louis Machiels
	R2		No. 6 Toksport WRT	No. 6 Toksport WRT	No. 87 AKKA ASP	No. 20 SPS Automotive Performance
	R2		Maro Engel Luca Stolz	Maro Engel Luca Stolz	Jim Pla Konstantin Tereshchenko	Dominik Baumann Valentin Pierburg
10		Barcelona	No. 88 AKKA ASP	No. 88 AKKA ASP	No. 87 AKKA ASP	No. 20 SPS Automotive Performance	No Entries
10		Raffaele Marciello Felipe Fraga Jules Gounon	Raffaele Marciello Felipe Fraga Jules Gounon	Simon Gachet Thomas Drouet Konstantin Tereshchenko	Dominik Baumann Valentin Pierburg Martin Konrad		No Entries

Championship standings[edit]

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.

Sprint Cup points

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

Endurance Cup 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

Paul Ricard points

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	Pole
Points	33	24	19	15	12	9	6	4	2	1	1

24 Hours of Spa points

Points are awarded after six hours, after twelve hours and at the finish.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	Pole
Points after 6hrs/12hrs	12	9	7	6	5	4	3	2	1	0	1
Points at the finish	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1	1

Drivers' championships[edit]

Overall[edit]

Pos.	Drivers	Team	MNZ	MAG		LEC	ZAN		MIS		SPA			BRH		NÜR	VAL		BAR	Points
Pos.	Drivers	Team	MNZ	MAG		LEC	ZAN		MIS		6hrs	12hrs	24hrs	BRH		NÜR	VAL		BAR	Points
1	Dries Vanthoor Charles Weerts	Team WRT	Ret	1^PF	2	2	8	3	1^P	1^F	5	2	2	1	2	6	16	Ret	3	182.5
2	Raffaele Marciello	AKKA ASP	2	5	3	6	2	25^P	5	2	8	4	Ret^P	17	6^P	2	3	18	1	140.5
3	Maro Engel Luca Stolz	HRT Mercedes-AMG Team Toksport WRT	13	25	1^PF	38	7	Ret	2	24	16	15	36	2	1	3	1	1^P	5	120
4	Jules Gounon	AKKA ASP	2	10	24	6	13	6	12	7	8	4	Ret^P	12	3	2	5	2	1	114.5
5	Côme Ledogar Nicklas Nielsen Alessandro Pier Guidi	Iron Lynx	5			5					1	1	1			7			7	83
6	Mirko Bortolotti Andrea Caldarelli Marco Mapelli	Orange 1 FFF Racing Team	24^P			3^P					2	10	8			1^P			4^P	73
7	Kelvin van der Linde	Team WRT	Ret	11	Ret	2			23	3	5	2	2							65.5
8	Ricardo Feller	Emil Frey Racing	3	2	26	13	1^P	2^F	8	11	14	38	31	14	8	8	17	12	20	64.5
9	Alex Fontana	Emil Frey Racing	3	3	8	13	1^P	2^F	8	11	14	38	31	14	8	8	17	12	20	64
10	Timur Boguslavskiy	AKKA ASP		5	3		2	25^P	5	2	26	14	10	17	6^P		3	18		62.5
11	Albert Costa	Emil Frey Racing	23	2	26	36	Ret^F	1	9	12	Ret	Ret	Ret	16	15	4	6	3	8	59.5
12	Christian Engelhart	Dinamic Motorsport	1	15	20	7	12	24	Ret	DNS	18	6	Ret			40	12	5	2	59
13	Klaus Bachler Matteo Cairoli	Dinamic Motorsport	1			7					18	6	Ret			40			2	53
14	Norbert Siedler	Emil Frey Racing	23			36	Ret^F	1	9	12	Ret	Ret	Ret	16	15	4	6	3	8	47.5
15	Felipe Fraga	AKKA ASP									26	14	10			2			1	44
16	Robin Frijns	Belgian Club Audi Team WRT Audi Sport Team WRT									7	7	4			6	18	13	3	41
17	Konsta Lappalainen	Emil Frey Racing	Ret	12	9	37	15	4	7^F	5	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	20	5	9	Ret	6	38.5
18	Frank Bird Ryuichiro Tomita	Team WRT	8	24	11	Ret	4	7	26	4	37	16	24	3	5	16	14	16	12	37.5
19	Daniel Juncadella	AKKA ASP	2			6					8	4	Ret^P							36
20	Răzvan Umbrărescu	AKKA ASP		10	24		13	6	12	7	40	34	23	12	3		5	2		35.5
21	Earl Bamber Matt Campbell Mathieu Jaminet	GPX Martini Racing	Ret			1					10	46	Ret			37			10	35
22	Arthur Rougier	Emil Frey Racing	Ret	3	8	37					Ret	Ret	Ret	8	20	5	9	Ret	6	32.5
23	Ben Barnicoat Oliver Wilkinson	JOTA	Ret	17	4	16			22	8	4	9	7	28^P	DNS		22	4	13	32
24	Christopher Haase	Saintéloc Racing	Ret	Ret	10	15	11	16	3	Ret	17	11	6	10	10	41	2	10	24	31.5
25	Antonio Fuoco Callum Ilott Davide Rigon	Iron Lynx	4^F			4					Ret	Ret	Ret			38			39	27
26	Óscar Tunjo	Toksport	20	7	23	Ret	5	10	10	9	33	21	13	6	4	10	Ret	8	14	26
27	Jack Aitken	Emil Frey Racing	Ret	12	9	37	15	4	7^F	5	Ret	Ret	Ret						6	25.5
28	Nico Bastian	GetSpeed HRT	25			Ret					39	28	Ret			3			5	25
29	Juuso Puhakka	Toksport		7	23		5	10	10	9				6	4		Ret	8		25
30	Konstantin Tereshchenko	AKKA ASP	11	16	5	11	6	19	6	Ret	40	34	23	11	7	Ret	10	6	11	24
31	Léo Roussel	Saintéloc Racing		Ret	10		11	16	3	Ret				10	10		2	10		23.5
32	Jim Pla	AKKA ASP GetSpeed		16	5		6	19	6	Ret	39	34	28	Ret	7	29	10	6	41	23
33	Pierre-Alexandre Jean Ulysse De Pauw	CMR		9	7		3	5	Ret	16	20	29	Ret	7	12		Ret	15		22.5
34	Frédéric Vervisch	Saintéloc Racing	9	26	6	10	9	15	4	10				5	11	17				22.5
35	Ross Gunn Marco Sørensen Nicki Thiim	Garage 59 AMR									15	3	3							22
36	Aurélien Panis	Saintéloc Racing		26	6		9	15	4	10	45	30	29	5	11		13	9		20.5
37	Rik Breukers Ezequiel Pérez Companc	Madpanda Motorsport	Ret	4	13	24	Ret	9	14	14	9	13	11	4	16	21	Ret	7	23	20
38	Rolf Ineichen	Emil Frey Racing	3			13					14	38	31			8			20	19
39	Benjamin Goethe	Team WRT	6	11	Ret	19	16	18	23	3	47	25	22	18	9	13	18	13	18	18.5
40	Dennis Lind Nico Müller	Audi Sport Team WRT									7	7	4							18
41	Dennis Marschall	Attempto Racing	15			18					29	5	9			9			15	16.5
42	Giacomo Altoè	Emil Frey Racing	23			36					Ret	Ret	Ret			4			8	16
43	Mattia Drudi	Attempto Racing	12	6	12	14^F	14	17			29	5	9	15	14	11	8	11	40	13.5
44	Rob Bell	JOTA	Ret			16					4	9	7						13	13
45	Maxime Martin Nick Tandy Laurens Vanthoor	KCMG									24	8	5							22
46	Marcus Winkelhock	Saintéloc Racing	9			10			15	15	17	11	6			17	13	9	9†	12
47	Luca Ghiotto	Emil Frey Racing														5				10
48	Alex Aka	Attempto Racing	15	19	18	18	17	12	13	Ret	28	23	15	13	13	9	4	24	15	9.5
49	Benjamín Hites	Rinaldi Racing	17	8	22	Ret	Ret	8	11	6	22	17	30	9	18	32			17	9.5
50	Thomas Neubauer Martin Tomczyk	Walkenhorst Motorsport	32			9					3	49	Ret			15			Ret	9
50	Timo Glock	Walkenhorst Motorsport	32			9					3	49	Ret							9
51	Christopher Mies	Attempto Racing	12	19	18	14^F	10	11	Ret	17	29	5	9	18	9	11			40	8.5
52	Patrick Kujala	Rinaldi Racing Madpanda Motorsport	17	8	22				11	6	9	13	11	9	18	32				8.5
53	Patric Niederhauser	Saintéloc Racing									17	11	6							8
53	Stuart Hall	Team WRT	6			19										13			18	8
53	James Pull	Team WRT	6			19					47	25	22			13			18	8
54	Adrien de Leener	Dinamic Motorsport		15	20		12	24	Ret	DNS							12	5		6
55	Mikaël Grenier Russell Ward	Winward Racing	7			20					21	51	Ret			24			29	6
55	Philip Ellis	Winward Racing	7			20					21	51	Ret							6
56	Tommaso Mosca	Attempto Racing	15	6	12		14	17												4.5
57	Michael Christensen Frédéric Makowiecki Dennis Olsen	Schnabl Engineering									6	43	Ret							4
58	David Pittard Sheldon van der Linde Marco Wittmann	Walkenhorst Motorsport	26			8					11	48	Ret			12			21	4
58	Sheldon van der Linde Marco Wittmann	Walkenhorst Motorsport	26			8					11	48	Ret							4
58	Valdemar Eriksen	Team WRT	8			Ret					37	16	24			16			12	4
37	Finlay Hutchinson Marcus Winkelhock	Saintéloc Racing	9			10			15	15										3
38	David Perel	Rinaldi Racing				Ret	Ret	8												2
40	Romain Dumas Mikkel O. Pedersen Andrea Rizzoli	Dinamic Motorsport	10			12														1
41	Jonathan Adam Alexander West	Garage 59	14	22	21	25	23	21	21	18^P										1
42	Jusuf Owega	Attempto Racing					10	11												0.5
Pos.	Drivers	Team	MNZ	MAG		LEC	ZAN		MIS		6hrs	12hrs	24hrs	BRH		NÜR	VAL		BAR	Points
Pos.	Drivers	Team	MNZ	MAG		LEC	ZAN		MIS		SPA			BRH		NÜR	VAL		BAR	Points

Key
Colour	Result
Gold	Race winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
Black	Excluded (EX)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Race cancelled (C)
	Withdrew (WD)
Blank	Did not participate

P – Pole
F – Fastest Lap
† – Invitational entry, no points scored

References[edit]

^ Lloyd, Daniel (4 September 2020). "Ten Rounds on Provisional 2021 Calendar". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
^ Lloyd, Daniel (23 October 2020). "Endurance, Sprint Cup Calendars Updated; Silverstone Absent". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
^ "Circuit Ricard Tormo Valencia completes 2021 GT World Challenge Europe Powered by AWS calendar". gt-world-challenge-europe.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 11 December 2020. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
^ Goodwin, Graham (23 March 2021). "Revised Brands Hatch GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Date Confirmed". dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 26 March 2021.

External links[edit]

Official website

[ProvCalendar-1] Lloyd, Daniel (4 September 2020). "Ten Rounds on Provisional 2021 Calendar". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 8 January 2021.

[CalendarUpdate-2] Lloyd, Daniel (23 October 2020). "Endurance, Sprint Cup Calendars Updated; Silverstone Absent". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 8 January 2021.

[CalendarFinal-3] "Circuit Ricard Tormo Valencia completes 2021 GT World Challenge Europe Powered by AWS calendar". gt-world-challenge-europe.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 11 December 2020. Retrieved 8 January 2021.

[4] Goodwin, Graham (23 March 2021). "Revised Brands Hatch GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Date Confirmed". dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 26 March 2021.

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