2021 GT & Prototype Challenge

Last updated September 14, 2023

The 2021 GT & Prototype Challenge powered by Hankook was the fifth season of the GT & Prototype Challenge. It began at the Hockenheimring on 21 May and ended at TT Circuit Assen on 31 October.^[1]

Calendar

Round	Circuit	Date	Event	Notes
1	Hockenheimring, Germany	21–23 May		Supporting 2021 12 Hours of Hockenheimring.
2	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium	4–6 June	Spa Euro Races
3	Circuit Zolder, Belgium	16–18 July	Supercar Madness
4	TT Circuit Assen, Netherlands	6–8 August	Gamma Racing Day	VRM BMW M2 Cup competitors contested both races with the SCC and GT&PC cars.
5	TT Circuit Assen, Netherlands	17–19 September		Supporting 2021 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, VRM BMW M2 Cup competitors contested both races with the SCC and GT&PC cars.
6	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium	16–17 October	Racing Festival	VRM BMW M2 Cup competitors contested both races with the SCC and GT&PC cars.
7	TT Circuit Assen, Netherlands	29–31 October	Hankook Finale Races
Source:^[1]

Entry list

Team	Chassis	Engine	No.	Drivers	Rounds
LMP3
EDEKA Aschoff Racing	Ginetta G58	Ginetta Billet Block 6.2 L V8	521	Max Aschoff	1, 5–7
Pegasus Racing	Ligier JS P320	Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8	529	Julien Schell	1
BE Motorsport	Ligier JS P320	Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8	593	Javier Ibran Pardo	6
Group CN
Deldiche Racing^[2]	Norma M20 FC^[2]	Honda K20A 2.0 L I4	610	Thomas Piessens^[2]	1–4, 6–7
				Sam Dejonghe^[2]	1–4, 7
				Tim Verbergt	6
				Luc de Cock^[2]	7
			611	Tom Boonen ^[2]	1–4, 6
			621	Tim Joosen^[2]	1–4
				Steve van Bellingen^[2]	1–2
				Luc de Cock^[2]	3–4
				Tom Boonen ^[2]	7
BS Racing by Baticonsult^[3]^[4]	Norma M20 FC^[3]^[4]	Honda K20A 2.0 L I4	614	Alain Berg^[3]^[4]	1, 3–7
				Alex Cascatău^[3]^[4]	1, 3–5
				Charlie Martin	6
McDonald's Racing	Norma M20 FC	Honda K20A 2.0 L I4	630	François Bouillon	3
McDonald's Racing	Norma M20 FC	Honda K20A 2.0 L I4	630	Karlo Van Dosselaer	3
ART Racing	Wolf GB08	Honda K20A 2.0 L I4	666	Phil Hill	2
				Jamie Morrow
				Muth O'Neill
SR3 - Praga
Domec Racing	Radical SR3	Suzuki RPE 1.5 L I4	703	Nagy Kabaz	3
Domec Racing	Radical SR3	Suzuki RPE 1.5 L I4	750	Martin Lucas	6
Zoet Racing	Radical SR3	Suzuki RPE 1.5 L I4	704	Max de Bruijn	4
Zoet Racing	Radical SR3	Suzuki RPE 1.5 L I4	704	Melvin van Dam	4
Xwift Racing Events	Radical SR3 RSX	Suzuki RPE 1.5 L I4	777	Pieter Denys	2
				Bart Vingerhoedt	6
				Mathijs Wouters	6
			778	Frank Wilsens	2
	Praga R1T	Renault F4R 832 2.0 L I4		Steven Dewulf	6
	Praga R1T	Renault F4R 832 2.0 L I4		Axel Vanoosthuyse	6
Source:^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12]^[13]

Race results

Bold indicates overall winner.

Round		Circuit	LMP3 Winning Car	Group CN Winning Car	SR3 - Praga Winning Car
Round		Circuit	LMP3 Winning Drivers	Group CN Winning Drivers	SR3 - Praga Winning Drivers
1	R1	Hockenheimring	No. 529 Pegasus Racing	No. 611 Deldiche Racing	No entries
	R1		Julien Schell	Tom Boonen
	R2		No. 529 Pegasus Racing	No. 621 Deldiche Racing
	R2		Julien Schell	Tim Joosen Steve van Bellingen
3	R1	Spa-Francorchamps	Races cancelled due to weather and damage to circuit^[14]
3	R2	Spa-Francorchamps	Races cancelled due to weather and damage to circuit^[14]
3	R1	Zolder	No entries	No. 610 Deldiche Racing	No. 703 Domec Racing
	R1			Sam Dejonghe Thomas Piessens	Nagy Kabaz
	R2			No. 611 Deldiche Racing	No. 703 Domec Racing
	R2			Tom Boonen	Nagy Kabaz
4	R1	Assen	No entries	No. 610 Deldiche Racing	No. 704 Zoet Racing
	R1			Sam Dejonghe Thomas Piessens	Max de Bruijn Melvin van Dam
	R2			No. 610 Deldiche Racing	No. 704 Zoet Racing
	R2			Sam Dejonghe Thomas Piessens	Max de Bruijn Melvin van Dam
5	R1	Assen	No. 621 EDEKA Aschoff Racing	No. 614 BS Racing by Baticonsult	No entries
	R1		Max Aschoff	Alain Berg Alex Cascatău
	R2		No. 621 EDEKA Aschoff Racing	No. 614 BS Racing by Baticonsult
	R2		Max Aschoff	Alain Berg Alex Cascatău
6	R1	Spa-Francorchamps	No. 621 EDEKA Aschoff Racing	No. 610 Deldiche Racing	No. 778 Xwift Racing Events
	R1		Max Aschoff	Thomas Piessens Tim Verbergt	Steven Dewulf Axel Vanoosthuyse
	R2		No. 621 EDEKA Aschoff Racing	No. 610 Deldiche Racing	No. 778 Xwift Racing Events
	R2		Max Aschoff	Thomas Piessens Tim Verbergt	Steven Dewulf Axel Vanoosthuyse
7	R1	Assen	No. 621 EDEKA Aschoff Racing	No. 611 Deldiche Racing	No entries
	R1		Max Aschoff	Tom Boonen
	R2		No. 621 EDEKA Aschoff Racing	No. 610 Deldiche Racing
	R2		Max Aschoff	Sam Dejonghe Luc de Cock Thomas Piessens

Championships standings

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	Pole
Points	23	20	17	15	13	11	9	7	5	3	1	1

Pos.	Driver	Team	HOC		SPA		ZOL		ASS		ASS		SPA		ASS		Points
LMP3
1	Max Aschoff	EDEKA Aschoff Racing	3	Ret							1	1	48	2	23	2	162
2	Julien Schell	Pegasus Racing	2	3													46
	Javier Ibran Pardo	BE Motorsport											WD	WD
Group CN
1	Tom Boonen	Deldiche Racing	1	19	C	C	23	1	2	7			47	9	4	3	196
2	Thomas Piessens	Deldiche Racing	DNS	DNS	C	C	1	2	1	1			1	1	5	1	181
3	Alain Berg	BS Racing by Baticonsult	21	DNS			2	10	Ret	Ret	2	3	4	8	6	5	173
4	Sam Dejonghe	Deldiche Racing	DNS	DNS	C	C	1	2	1	1					5	1	134
5	Tim Joosen	Deldiche Racing	4	1	C	C	3	3	3	2							115
6	Luc de Cock	Deldiche Racing					3	3	3	2					5	1	114
7	Alex Cascatău	BS Racing by Baticonsult	21	DNS			2	10	Ret	Ret							99
8	Tim Verbergt	Deldiche Racing											1	1			47
9	Steve van Bellingen	Deldiche Racing	4	1	C	C											44
10	Charlie Martin	BS Racing by Baticonsult											4	8			40
	François Bouillon Karlo Van Dosselaer	McDonald's Racing					Ret	Ret									0
	Phil Hill Jamie Morrow Muth O'Neill	ART Racing			C	C
SR3 - Praga
1	Max de Bruijn Melvin van Dam	Zoet Racing							27	12							47
2	Nagy Kabaz	Domec Racing					20	24									47
3	Steven Dewulf Axel Vanoosthuyse	Xwift Racing Events											10	6			46
4	Martin Lucas	Domec Racing											12	14			41
5	Bart Vingerhoedt Mathijs Wouters	Xwift Racing Events											45	30			36
	Pieter Denys	Xwift Racing Events			C	C
	Frank Wilsens	Xwift Racing Events			C	C
Pos.	Driver	Team	HOC		SPA		ZOL		ASS		ASS		SPA		ASS		Points

Key
Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Other points position
Blue	Other classified position
Blue	Not classified, finished (NC)
Purple	Not classified, retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
White	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Excluded (EX)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Withdrawn (WD)
	Did not enter (cell empty)
Text formatting	Meaning
Bold	Pole position
Italics	Fastest lap

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