The 2020 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup was the tenth season of the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup and the first after title sponsor Blancpain withdrew support.
The season began on 19 July at Imola and ended on 15 November at Paul Ricard. [1] The season featured four rounds, with one race lasting for a duration of three hours, the Circuit Paul Ricard 1000 km, the 6 Hours of Nürburgring lasting for a duration of six hours and the 24 Hours of Spa events.
Round | Race | Circuit | Date | |
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1 | 3 Hours of Imola | Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola, Italy | 26 July | |
2 | 6 Hours of Nürburgring | Nürburgring, Nürburg, Germany | 6 September | |
3 | Total 24 Hours of Spa | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium | 24-25 October | |
4 | Circuit Paul Ricard 1000 km | Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet, France | 15 November | |
Cancelled due to the 2019-20 coronavirus pandemic | ||||
Race | Circuit | Original Date | ||
3 Hours of Monza | Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza, Italy | 19 April | ||
3 Hours of Silverstone | Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone, Great Britain | 10 May | ||
3 Hours of Barcelona | Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló, Spain | 11 October [lower-alpha 1] |
Bold indicates the overall winner.
Round | Circuit | Pole Position | Pro Winners | Silver Winners | Pro/Am Winners | Am Winners |
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1 | Imola | No. 66 Attempto Racing | No. 31 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT | No. 78 Barwell Motorsport | No. 188 Garage 59 | No. 108 CMR |
Mattia Drudi Kim-Luis Schramm Frédéric Vervisch | Mirko Bortolotti Kelvin van der Linde Matthieu Vaxiviere | Patrick Kujala Alex MacDowall Frederik Schandorff | Jonathan Adam Chris Goodwin Alexander West | Bernhard Delhez Romano Ricci Stephane Tribaudini | ||
2 | Nürburgring | No. 40 GPX Racing | No. 54 Dinamic Motorsport | No. 159 Garage 59 | No. 19 Orange1 FFF Racing Team | No. 26 Saintéloc Racing |
Romain Dumas Dennis Olsen Thomas Preining | Matteo Cairoli Christian Engelhart Sven Müller | Valentin Hasse-Clot James Pull Andrew Watson | Elia Erhart Hiroshi Hamaguchi Phil Keen | Michael Blanchemain Pierre-Yves Paque Clément Seyler | ||
3 | Spa-Francorchamps | No. 88 Mercedes-AMG Team AKKA ASP | No. 98 Rowe Racing | No. 5 Haupt Racing Team | No. 77 Barwell Motorsport | No. 108 CMR |
Timur Boguslavskiy Felipe Fraga Raffaele Marciello | Earl Bamber Nick Tandy Laurens Vanthoor | Sergey Afanasyev Michele Beretta Hubert Haupt Gabriele Piana | Ricky Collard Rob Collard Leo Machitski Sandy Mitchell | Stéphane Lémeret Clement Mateu Romano Ricci Stephane Tribaudini | ||
4 | Paul Ricard | No. 72 SMP Racing | No. 51 AF Corse | No. 78 Barwell Motorsport | No. 188 Garage 59 | No. 108 CMR |
Antonio Fuoco Sergey Sirotkin Toni Vilander | Tom Blomqvist Côme Ledogar Alessandro Pier Guidi | Patrick Kujala Alex MacDowall Frederik Schandorff | Chris Goodwin Marvin Kirchhöfer Alexander West | Philippe Chatelet Nicolas Misslin Stephane Tribaudini |
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 |
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Points | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | Pole |
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Points | 33 | 24 | 19 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
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 |
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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 |
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P – Pole |
Pos. | Drivers | Team | IMO | NÜR | SPA | LEC | Points | ||
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6hrs | 12hrs | 24hrs | |||||||
1 | Patrick Kujala Alex MacDowall Frederik Schandorff | Barwell Motorsport | 12 | 13P | 18 | 23 | 36 | 14 | 108 |
2 | Sergey Afanasyev Hubert Haupt | Haupt Racing Team | Ret | 26 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 17 | 77 |
3 | Michele Beretta | Haupt Racing Team | 20 | 20 | 18 | 17 | 65 | ||
4 | Valentin Hasse-Clot Andrew Watson | Garage 59 | 14 | 12 | 25 | 44 | Ret | Ret | 58 |
5 | Patrick Assenheimer Ezequiel Pérez Companc | Madpanda Motorsport | 22 | 17 | 41 | 34 | 26 | 25P | 50 |
6 | Baptiste Moulin | Orange1 FFF Racing Team | 21 | 28 | 31 | 32 | 24 | 26 | 47 |
7 | Gabriele Piana | Haupt Racing Team | 20 | 20 | 18 | 46 | |||
8 | Timothé Buret Thomas Neubauer Aurélien Panis | Tech 1 Racing | 19P | 39 | 28 | 43 | Ret | 16 | 44 |
9 | James Pull | Garage 59 | 12 | 25 | 44 | Ret | Ret | 40 | |
10 | Florian Latorre | Orange1 FFF Racing Team | 21 | 31 | 32 | 24 | 26 | 38 | |
11 | Bemjamin Hites Lucas Légeret Alex Fontana | AKKA ASP | 38 | 38F | 27 | 39 | 29P | 21 | 32 |
12 | Rik Breukers Benjamin Goethe Stuart Hall | ROFGO Racing with WRT | 32 | Ret | 34 | 35 | 34 | 19F | 31 |
13 | Adrien De Leener Mikkel O. Pedersen Andrea Rizzoli | Dinamic Motorsport | 16 | 31 | 38 | 48 | Ret | 23 | 30 |
14 | Taylor Proto | Orange1 FFF Racing Team | 31 | 32 | 24 | 26 | 28 | ||
15 | Indy Dontje Philip Ellis Russel Ward | HTP Motorsport | 36 | 27 | 21F | 27 | |||
16 | Hugo Chevalier | Orange1 FFF Racing Team | 31 | 32 | 24 | 24 | |||
17 | Frank Bird Nicolai Kjærgaard Euan McKay | Team Parker Racing | 37 | 37 | 37 | 30 | 28 | Ret | 23 |
18 | Alex Aka Nicolas Schöll | Attempto Racing | 28F | 24 | 56 | 56 | Ret | Ret | 21 |
19 | Romain Monti | Madpanda Motorsport | 17 | 19 | |||||
20 | Juuso Puhakka Ricardo Sanchez | Madpanda Motorsport | 41 | 34 | 26 | 16 | |||
21 | Finlay Hutchison | Haupt Racing Team | Ret | 15 | |||||
Attempto Racing | 24 | 56 | 56 | Ret | Ret | ||||
22 | Joël Camathias | Haupt Racing Team | 26 | 12 | |||||
23 | Andrea Amici | Orange1 FFF Racing Team | 21 | 10 | |||||
24 | Jonathan Cecotto Ricky Collard | Orange1 FFF Racing Team | 28 | 9 | |||||
25 | Jorge Cazebas | Madpanda Motorsport | 22 | 8 | |||||
26 | Roman De Angelis | Garage 59 | 25 | 44 | Ret | 7 | |||
27 | Tommaso Mosca | Attempto Racing | 28F | 6 | |||||
Cedric Sbirrazzuoli | Dinamic Motorsport | 38 | 48 | Ret | 0 | ||||
Simon Gachet | Attempto Racing | 56 | 56 | Ret | 0 | ||||
Pos. | Drivers | Team | IMO | NÜR | 6hrs | 12hrs | 24hrs | LEC | Points |
SPA |
Pos. | Drivers | Team | IMO | NÜR | SPA | LEC | Points | ||
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6hrs | 12hrs | 24hrs | |||||||
1 | Chris Goodwin Alexander West | Garage 59 | 13 | 33 | 17 | 24 | 20 | 20 | 92 |
2 | Eddie Cheever Chris Froggatt Jonathan Hui | Sky - Tempesta Racing | 23P | 32 | 21 | 19 | 17 | 24P | 79 |
3 | Rob Collard Leo Machitski Sandy Mitchell | Barwell Motorsport | 34 | 25 | 26 | 22 | 15F | 22 | 76 |
4 | Jonathan Adam | Garage 59 | 13 | 33 | 17 | 24 | 20 | 59 | |
5 | Hiroshi Hamaguchi Phil Keen | Orange1 FFF Racing Team | 33F | 18 | 55 | 55 | Ret | 27F | 52 |
6 | Elia Erhart | Orange1 FFF Racing Team | 18 | 27F | 48 | ||||
7 | Ricky Collard | Barwell Motorsport | 26 | 22 | 15F | 41 | |||
8 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Sky - Tempesta Racing | 21 | 19 | 17 | 39 | |||
9 | Daniel Allemann Ralf Bohn Robert Renauer | Precote Herberth Motorsport | 20 | 35 | 28 | 37P | 38 | ||
10 | Louis Machiels | AF Corse | 26 | 23 | 32 | 29 | 35 | Ret | 38 |
10 | Andrea Bertolini Niek Hommerson | AF Corse | 26 | 23 | 32 | 29 | 35 | 38 | |
11 | Pierre Ehret Daniel Keilwitz Rino Mastronardi | Rinaldi Racing | 25 | 27 | 40 | 33 | 22 | Ret | 36 |
12 | Maxime Martin | Garage 59 | 17 | 24 | 20 | 34 | |||
13 | Marvin Kirchhöfer | Garage 59 | 20 | 33 | |||||
14 | Karim Ojjeh Gilles Vannelet | Boutsen Ginion Racing | 27 | Ret | 33 | 25 | 25 | Ret | 29 |
15 | Tom Onslow-Cole Remon Vos | Ram Racing | Ret | 22 | 48 | 52 | Ret | 28 | 27 |
15 | Martin Konrad | Ram Racing | 22 | 48 | 52 | Ret | 28 | 27 | |
16 | Fabien Barthez Jim Pla | AKKA ASP | Ret | 21PF | 53 | 42 | Ret | 21 | |
16 | Thomas Drouet | AKKA ASP | 21PF | 53 | 42 | Ret | 21 | ||
17 | Jens Klingmann | Boutsen Ginion Racing | Ret | 33 | 25 | 25 | Ret | 21 | |
17 | Benjamin Lessennes | Boutsen Ginion Racing | 33 | 25 | 25 | 21 | |||
18 | David Perel | Rinaldi Racing | 40 | 33 | 22 | Ret | 18 | ||
19 | Daniel Serra | AF Corse | 32 | 29 | 35 | 16 | |||
20 | Michael Blanchemain Arthur Rougier Clément Seyler | Saintéloc Racing | 24 | 15 | |||||
21 | Alfred Renauer | Precote Herberth Motorsport | 34 | 35 | 28 | 37P | 14 | ||
22 | Dominik Baumann Colin Braun George Kurtz Valentin Pierburg | SPS Automotive Performance | 45 | 36 | 27 | 11 | |||
23 | Nick Yelloly | Boutsen Ginion Racing | 27 | 8 | |||||
24 | Mauro Calamia Ivan Jacoma Roberto Pampanini | Dinamic Motorsport | 29 | 6 | |||||
25 | Romano Ricci Stéphane Tribaudini Răzvan Umbrărescu | CMR | 29 | 4 | |||||
26 | Christian Klien Patryk Krupińsky Mathias Lauda Jens Liebhauser | JP Motorsport | 42 | 50 | Ret | 2 | |||
27 | Christian Hook | SPS Automotive Performance | Ret | 30 | 2 | ||||
Rinaldi Racing | Ret | ||||||||
27 | Nico Bastian Florian Scholze | SPS Automotive Performance | Ret | 30 | 2 | ||||
28 | Jean-Luc Beaubelique | AKKA ASP | Ret | 53 | 42 | Ret | 1 | ||
Jürgen Häring Dimitrios Konstantinou | Precote Herberth Motorsport | 34 | 0 | ||||||
Callum MacLeod | Ram Racing | 48 | 52 | Ret | 0 | ||||
Raffaele Gianmaria Luigi Moccia | Orange1 FFF Racing Team | 55 | 55 | Ret | 0 | ||||
Lorenzo Bontempelli Maurizio Mediani | AF Corse | Ret | 0 | ||||||
Manuel Lauck | Rinaldi Racing | Ret | 0 | ||||||
Pos. | Drivers | Team | IMO | NÜR | 6hrs | 12hrs | 24hrs | LEC | Points |
SPA |
Pos. | Drivers | Team | IMO | NÜR | SPA | LEC | Points | ||
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6hrs | 12hrs | 24hrs | |||||||
1 | Stephane Tribaudini | CMR | 31PF | 46 | 38 | 30 | 29 | 103 | |
2 | Romano Ricci | CMR | 31PF | 46 | 38 | 30 | 70 | ||
3 | Michael Blanchemain | Saintéloc Racing | 36PF | 30PF | 59 | ||||
4 | Pierre-Yves Paque | Saintéloc Racing | 36PF | 47 | 51 | RetF | 46 | ||
5 | Stéphane Lémeret Clement Mateu | CMR | 46 | 38 | 30 | 44 | |||
6 | Clément Seyler | Saintéloc Racing | 36PF | 34 | |||||
7 | Philippe Chatelet Nicolas Misslin | CMR | 29 | 33 | |||||
8 | Bernhard Delhez | CMR | 31PF | 26 | |||||
9 | Christophe Hamon Fabien Michal | Saintéloc Racing | 30PF | 25 | |||||
10 | Stefano Costantini Christoph Lenz Lucas Mauron Michael Petit | Raton Racing | 43 | 40 | RetP | 22 | |||
11 | Jürgen Häring Michael Joos Dimitrios Konstantinou Marco Seefried | Precote Herberth Motorsport | 44 | 45 | Ret | 16 | |||
13 | Christoph Cresp Gregory Paisse Steven Palette | Saintéloc Racing | 47 | 51 | RetF | 12 | |||
Pos. | Drivers | Team | IMO | NÜR | 6hrs | 12hrs | 24hrs | LEC | Points |
SPA |
Pos. | Team | Manufacturer | IMO | NÜR | SPA | LEC | Points | ||
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6hrs | 12hrs | 24hrs | |||||||
1 | AF Corse 51 SMP Racing | Ferrari | 7 [lower-alpha 1] | 14 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1P | 80 |
2 | GPX Racing | Porsche | 2 | 19PF | 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 66 |
3 | Dinamic Motorsport | Porsche | 10 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 59 |
4 | Audi Sport Team WRT Belgian Audi Club Team WRT ROFGO Racing with WRT | Audi | 1 | 4 | 24 | 21 | 14 | 4F | 56 |
5 | AKKA ASP Mercedes-AMG Team AKKA ASP | Mercedes-AMG | 3 | 2 | 1 | 37 | 29P | 18 | 52 |
6 | Rowe Racing | Porsche | 6 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 45 | |
7 | Haupt Racing Team Mercedes-AMG Team HRT | Mercedes-AMG | 15 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 43 |
8 | Orange1 FFF Racing Team | Lamborghini | 21 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 24F | 3 | 37 |
9 | Attempto Racing Audi Sport Team Attempto Racing | Audi | 28PF | 24 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 31 |
10 | Saintéloc Racing Audi Sport Team Saintéloc Racing | Audi | 5 | 10 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 28 |
11 | Bentley K-PAX Racing | Bentley | 17 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 23 |
12 | Emil Frey Racing | Lamborghini | 11 | Ret | 6 | 11 | 16 | 8 | 15 |
13 | KCMG | Porsche | 9 | 8 | 26 | 13 | 11 | ||
14 | Optimum Motorsport | McLaren | 8 | 11 | 51 | 46 | Ret | 10 | |
15 | GetSpeed Performance | Mercedes-AMG | 39 | 7 | 15 | 9 | |||
16 | Barwell Motorsport | Lamborghini | 12 | 13 | 18 | 22 | 15 | 14 | 1 |
Garage 59 | Aston Martin | 13 | 12 | 17 | 24 | 20 | 20 | 0 | |
CMR | Bentley | 31 | 15 | 46 | 38 | 30 | 29 | 0 | |
Tech 1 Racing | Lexus | 19 | 39 | 28 | 43 | Ret | 16 | 0 | |
Sky - Tempesta Racing | Ferrari | 23 | 32 | 21 | 19 | 17 | 24 | 0 | |
Madpanda Motorsport | Mercedes-AMG | 22 | 17 | 41 | 34 | 26 | 25 | 0 | |
Precote Herberth Motorsport | Porsche | 20 | 35 | 28 | 37 | 0 | |||
Rinaldi Racing | Ferrari | 25 | 27 | 40 | 33 | 22 | Ret | 0 | |
Ram Racing | Mercedes-AMG | Ret | 22 | 48 | 52 | Ret | 28 | 0 | |
AF Corse 52 | Ferrari | 26 | 23 | 32 | 29 | 35 | Ret | 0 | |
Boutsen Ginion Racing | BMW | 27 | Ret | 33 | 25 | 25 | Ret | 0 | |
SPS Automotive Performance | Mercedes-AMG | Ret | 30 | 45 | 36 | 27 | 0 | ||
Team Parker Racing | Bentley | 37 | 37 | 37 | 30 | 28 | Ret | 0 | |
JP Motorsport | Mercedes-AMG | 35 | 42 | 50 | Ret | 0 | |||
Ema Group/Team 59Racing | McLaren | 35 | 0 | ||||||
Imperiale Racing | Lamborghini | Ret | 0 | ||||||
Teams ineligible to score points | |||||||||
– | Team Honda Racing | Honda | 7 | 12 | 9 | – | |||
– | Frikadelli Racing Team | Porsche | 11 | 9 | 8 | – | |||
– | HubAuto Corsa | Ferrari | 22 | 17 | 23 | – | |||
– | Walkenhorst Motorsport | BMW | 23 | 18 | Ret | – | |||
– | HTP Motorsport | Mercedes-AMG | 36 | 27 | 21 | – | |||
– | Raton Racing | Lamborghini | 43 | 40 | Ret | – | |||
Pos. | Team | Manufacturer | IMO | NÜR | 6hrs | 12hrs | 24hrs | LEC | Points |
SPA |
Pos. | Team | Manufacturer | IMO | NÜR | SPA | LEC | Points | ||
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6hrs | 12hrs | 24hrs | |||||||
1 | Barwell Motorsport | Lamborghini | 12 | 13P | 18 | 23 | 36 | 14 | 110 |
2 | Haupt Racing Team | Mercedes-AMG | Ret | 26 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 17 | 77 |
3 | Garage 59 | Aston Martin | 14 | 12 | 25 | 44 | Ret | Ret | 59 |
4 | Madpanda Motorsport | Mercedes-AMG | 22 | 17 | 41 | 34 | 26 | 25P | 54 |
5 | Orange1 FFF Racing Team | Lamborghini | 21 | 28 | 31 | 32 | 24 | 26 | 51 |
6 | Tech 1 Racing | Lexus | 19P | 39 | 28 | 43 | Ret | 16 | 45 |
7 | AKKA ASP | Mercedes-AMG | 38 | 38F | 27 | 39 | 29P | 21 | 35 |
8 | ROFGO Racing with WRT | Audi | 32 | Ret | 34 | 35 | 34 | 19F | 34 |
9 | Dinamic Motorsport | Porsche | 16 | 31 | 38 | 48 | Ret | 23 | 31 |
10 | Team Parker Racing | Bentley | 37 | 37 | 37 | 30 | 28 | Ret | 27 |
11 | Attempto Racing | Audi | 28F | 24 | 56 | 56 | Ret | Ret | 21 |
Teams ineligible to score points | |||||||||
– | HTP Motorsport | Mercedes-AMG | 36 | 27 | 21F | – | |||
Pos. | Team | Manufacturer | IMO | NÜR | 6hrs | 12hrs | 24hrs | LEC | Points |
SPA |
Pos. | Team | Manufacturer | IMO | NÜR | SPA | LEC | Points | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
6hrs | 12hrs | 24hrs | |||||||
1 | Garage 59 | Aston Martin | 13 | 33 | 17 | 24 | 20 | 20 | 92 |
2 | Sky - Tempesta Racing | Ferrari | 23P | 32 | 21 | 19 | 17 | 24P | 79 |
3 | Barwell Motorsport | Lamborghini | 34 | 25 | 26 | 22 | 15F | 22 | 76 |
4 | Orange1 FFF Racing Team | Lamborghini | 33F | 18 | 55 | 55 | Ret | 27F | 52 |
5 | Precote Herberth Motorsport | Porsche | 20 | 35 | 28 | 37P | 38 | ||
6 | AF Corse | Ferrari | 26 | 23 | 32 | 29 | 35 | Ret | 38 |
7 | Rinaldi Racing | Ferrari | 25 | 27 | 40 | 33 | 22 | Ret | 36 |
8 | Boutsen Ginion Racing | BMW | 27 | Ret | 33 | 25 | 25 | Ret | 29 |
9 | Ram Racing | Mercedes-AMG | Ret | 22 | 48 | 52 | Ret | 28 | 27 |
10 | AKKA ASP | Mercedes-AMG | Ret | 21PF | 53 | 42 | Ret | 21 | |
11 | Saintéloc Racing | Audi | 24 | 15 | |||||
12 | SPS Automotive Performance | Mercedes-AMG | Ret | 30 | 45 | 36 | 27 | 13 | |
13 | Dinamic Motorsport | Porsche | 29 | 6 | |||||
14 | CMR | Bentley | 29 | 4 | |||||
15 | JP Motorsport | Mercedes-AMG | 42 | 50 | Ret | 2 | |||
Pos. | Team | Manufacturer | IMO | NÜR | 6hrs | 12hrs | 24hrs | LEC | Points |
SPA |
Pos. | Team | Manufacturer | IMO | NÜR | SPA | LEC | Points | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
6hrs | 12hrs | 24hrs | |||||||
1 | CMR | Bentley | 31PF | 46 | 38 | 30 [lower-alpha 1] | 29 | 106 | |
2 | Saintéloc Racing | Audi | 36PF | 47 | 51 | RetF | 30PF | 73 | |
3 | Precote Herberth Motorsport | Porsche | 44 | 45 | Ret | 21 | |||
Teams ineligible to score points | |||||||||
– | Raton Racing | Lamborghini | 43 | 40 | RetP [lower-alpha 1] | – | |||
Pos. | Team | Manufacturer | IMO | NÜR | 6hrs | 12hrs | 24hrs | LEC | Points |
SPA |
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