The 2021 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup was the eleventh season of the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup. It saw the series return to a five-event schedule following a shortened 2020 programme.
The season began on 16 April at Autodromo Nazionale Monza, and ended on 10 October at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. It lasted five rounds. [1]
Round | Race | Circuit | Date |
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1 | 3 Hours of Monza | Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza, Italy | 16 - 18 April |
2 | Circuit Paul Ricard 1000 km | Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet, France | 28 - 30 May |
3 | Total 24 Hours of Spa | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium | 29 July - 1 August |
4 | 3 Hours of Nürburgring | Nürburgring, Nürburg, Germany | 3 - 5 September |
5 | 3 Hours of Barcelona | Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló, Spain | 8 - 10 October |
Bold indicates the overall winner.
Round | Circuit | Pole Position | Overall Winners | Silver Winners | Pro/Am Winners | Am Winners | INV Winners | Report |
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1 | Monza | No. 63 Orange 1 FFF Racing Team | No. 54 Dinamic Motorsport | No. 14 Emil Frey Racing | No. 188 Garage 59 | No Entries | No Entries | report |
Mirko Bortolotti Andrea Caldarelli Marco Mapelli | Klaus Bachler Matteo Cairoli Christian Engelhart | Alex Fontana Ricardo Feller Rolf Ineichen | Jonathan Adam Chris Goodwin Alexander West | |||||
2 | Paul Ricard | No. 63 Orange 1 FFF Racing Team | No. 22 GPX Martini Racing | No. 87 AKKA ASP Team | No. 93 Sky - Tempesta Racing | report | ||
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 | |||||
3 | Spa-Francorchamps | No. 88 Mercedes-AMG Team AKKA ASP | No. 51 Iron Lynx | No. 90 Madpanda Motorsport | No. 53 AF Corse | No. 166 Haegeli by T2 Racing | report | |
Raffaele Marciello Daniel Juncadella Jules Gounon | 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 | ||||
4 | 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 | report | |
Mirko Bortolotti Andrea Caldarelli Marco Mapelli | Mirko Bortolotti Andrea Caldarelli Marco Mapelli | Alex Fontana Ricardo Feller Rolf Ineichen | Stefano Costantini Hiroshi Hamaguchi Phil Keen | |||||
5 | Barcelona | No. 88 AKKA ASP Team | No. 88 AKKA ASP Team | No. 87 AKKA ASP Team | No. 20 SPS Automotive Performance | No. 26 Saintéloc Racing | report | |
Felipe Fraga Jules Gounon Raffaele Marciello | Felipe Fraga Jules Gounon Raffaele Marciello | Thomas Drouet Simon Gachet Konstantin Tereshchenko | Dominik Baumann Martin Konrad Valentin Pierburg | Thomas Drouet Dennis Lind Markus Winkelhock |
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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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Pos. | Drivers | Team | MNZ | LEC | SPA | NÜR | BAR | Points | ||
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6hrs | 12hrs | 24hrs | ||||||||
1 | Alex Fontana Ricardo Feller Rolf Ineichen | Emil Frey Racing | 3PF | 13 | 14P | 38 | 31 | 8 | 20 | 91 |
2 | Thomas Drouet Simon Gachet Konstantin Tereshchenko | AKKA ASP Team | 11 | 11 | 40 | 34 | 23 | Ret | 11 | 74 |
3 | Alex Aka | Attempto Racing | 15 | 18 | 28 | 23 | 15 | 9 | 15 | 73 |
4 | Max Hofer | Attempto Racing | 18 | 28 | 23 | 15 | 9 | 15 | 65 | |
5 | Benjamin Goethe James Pull | ROFGO Racing with Team WRT | 6 | 19 | 47 | 25 | 22 | 13 | 18 | 61 |
6 | Marvin Dienst Óscar Tunjo | Toksport WRT | 20 | Ret | 33 | 21 | 13 | 10 | 14P | 58 |
7 | Rik Breukers Ezequiel Pérez Companc | Madpanda Motorsport | Ret | 24 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 21 | 23 | 57 |
8 | Patrick Kujala | Rinaldi Racing | 17 | WD | 32 | 55 | ||||
Madpanda Motorsport | 9 | 13 | 11 | |||||||
9 | Ricardo Sanchez | Haupt Racing Team | 22 | 55 | ||||||
Madpanda Motorsport | 24 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 21 | |||||
10 | Dennis Marschall | Attempto Racing | 15 | 18 | 9 | 15 | 53 | |||
11 | Frank Bird Valdemar Eriksen Ryuichiro Tomita | Belgian Audi Club Team WRT | 8 | Ret | 37 | 16 | 24 | 16 | 12 | 51 |
12 | Stuart Hall | ROFGO Racing with Team WRT | 6 | 19 | 13 | 18 | 50 | |||
13 | Paul Petit | Toksport WRT | 20 | Ret | 33 | 21 | 13 | 10 | 42 | |
14 | Valentin Hasse-Clot Nicolai Kjærgaard Alex MacDowall | Garage 59 | 19 | 27P | 31 | 22 | 14 | 19 | 30 | 32 |
15 | Mikaël Grenier Russell Ward | Winward Racing | 7 | 20 | 21 | 51† | Ret | 24 | 29 | 32 |
16 | Philip Ellis | Winward Racing | 7 | 20 | 21 | 51† | Ret | 30 | ||
17 | Benjamin Hites | Rinaldi Racing | 17 | Ret | 22 | 17 | 30 | 32 | 17 | 28 |
18 | Miklas Born Jordan Love Yannick Mettler | SPS Automotive Performance | 18 | Ret | 36 | 27 | 21 | 18 | 22 | 27 |
Tommaso Mosca | Attempto Racing | 15 | 8 | |||||||
Patrick Assenheimer Hubert Haupt Ricardo Sanchez | Haupt Racing Team | 22 | 0 | |||||||
Kikko Galbiati Clemens Schmid Tim Zimmermann | GRT Grasser Racing Team | 27 | 0 | |||||||
Pos. | Drivers | Team | MNZ | LEC | 6hrs | 12hrs | 24hrs | NÜR | BAR | Points |
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Pos. | Drivers | Team | MNZ | LEC | SPA | NÜR | BAR | Points | ||
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6hrs | 12hrs | 24hrs | ||||||||
1 | Chris Froggatt | Sky - Tempesta Racing | 30 | 21 | 27 | 18 | 19 | 22P | 28P | 101 |
2 | Jonathan Hui | Sky - Tempesta Racing | 21 | 27 | 18 | 19 | 22P | 28P | 95 | |
3 | Henrique Chaves Miguel Ramos | Barwell Motorsport | 21 | Ret | 19 | 24 | 18 | 25 | 26 | 78 |
4 | Hiroshi Hamaguchi Phil Keen | Orange 1 FFF Racing Team | 16 | 22 | 35 | 50† | Ret | 20 | 35 | 74 |
5 | Eddie Cheever | Sky - Tempesta Racing | 30 | 21 | 27 | 18 | 19 | 69 | ||
6 | Dominik Baumann Valentin Pierburg | SPS Automotive Performance | 28 | 28 | 41 | 26 | 25 | 27 | 25 | 69 |
Jonathan Adam Chris Goodwin Alexander West | Garage 59 | 14 | ||||||||
Adrian Amstutz | Barwell Motorsport | 21 | ||||||||
Nico Bastian Olivier Grotz Florian Scholze | GetSpeed Performance | 25F | ||||||||
Andrea Bertolini Lorenzo Bontempelli Louis Machiels | AF Corse | 29 | ||||||||
Eddie Cheever Stefan Görig | Sky - Tempesta Racing | 30 | ||||||||
Nelson Panciatici Gilles Vannelet Stuart White | CMR | 31 | ||||||||
Brendan Iribe Ollie Millroy | Inception Racing with Optimum Motorsport | RetP | ||||||||
Tim Kohmann Giorgio Roda Francesco Zollo | Kessel Racing | Ret | 0 | |||||||
Karim Ojjeh Jens Liebhauser Jens Klingmann | Boutsen Ginion Racing | Ret | 0 | |||||||
Rob Collard Sam De Haan Callum MacLeod | Ram Racing | Ret | 0 | |||||||
Julien Apotheloz Jan Kasperlik Nicolas Schöll | Allied-Racing | DNS | ||||||||
Pos. | Drivers | Team | MNZ | LEC | 6hrs | 12hrs | 24hrs | NÜR | BAR | Points |
SPA |
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Pos. | Team | Manufacturer | MNZ | LEC | SPA | NÜR | BAR | Points | ||
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6hrs | 12hrs | 24hrs | ||||||||
1 | Emil Frey Racing | Lamborghini | 3PF | 26 | ||||||
2 | ROFGO Racing with Team WRT Belgian Audi Club Team WRT | Audi | 63 | 21 | ||||||
3 | Winward Racing | Mercedes-AMG | 7 | 15 | ||||||
4 | AKKA ASP Team | Mercedes-AMG | 11 | 12 | ||||||
5 | Attempto Racing | Audi | 15 | 10 | ||||||
6 | Rinaldi Racing | Ferrari | 171 | 9 | ||||||
7 | SPS Automotive Performance | Mercedes-AMG | 18 | 6 | ||||||
8 | Garage 59 | Aston Martin | 19 | 4 | ||||||
9 | Toksport WRT | Mercedes-AMG | 20 | 2 | ||||||
10 | Madpanda Motorsport | Mercedes-AMG | Ret2 | 2 | ||||||
11 | Haupt Racing Team | Mercedes-AMG | 22 | 1 | ||||||
GRT Grasser Racing Team | Lamborghini | 27 | 0 | |||||||
Pos. | Team | Manufacturer | MNZ | LEC | 6hrs | 12hrs | 24hrs | NÜR | BAR | Points |
SPA |
Pos. | Team | Manufacturer | MNZ | LEC | SPA | NÜR | BAR | Points | ||
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6hrs | 12hrs | 24hrs | ||||||||
1 | Sky - Tempesta Racing | Ferrari | 30 | 21 | 27 | 18 | 19 | 22P | 28P | 104 |
2 | Barwell Motorsport | Lamborghini | 21 | Ret | 19 | 24 | 18 | 25 | 26 | 82 |
3 | Orange 1 FFF Racing Team | Lamborghini | 16 | 22 | 35 | 50 | Ret | 20F | 35 | 76 |
4 | SPS Automotive Performance | Mercedes-AMG | 28 | 28 | 41 | 26 | 25 | 27 | 25F | 76 |
5 | AF Corse | Ferrari | 29 | Ret | 25F | 19F | 16F | 30 | 31 | 63 |
6 | Garage 59 | Aston Martin | 14 | 25P | 23P | 47P | RetP | 31 | Ret | 57 |
7 | Ram Racing | Mercedes-AMG | Ret | 26F | 42 | 32 | 34 | 23 | Ret | 42 |
8 | GetSpeed Performance | Mercedes-AMG | 25F | Ret | 39 | 28 | Ret | 29 | 38 | 27 |
9 | Oman Racing Team with TF Sport | Aston Martin | 26 | 27 | 25 | |||||
10 | Iron Lynx | Ferrari | 30 | 33 | 17 | |||||
11 | Kessel Racing | Ferrari | Ret | 32 | 52 | 40 | 32 | 33 | 36 | 17 |
12 | Boutsen Ginion Racing | BMW | Ret | 31 | 48 | 33 | 35 | 42 | 37 | 15 |
13 | Inception Racing with Optimum Motorsport | McLaren | RetP | 34 | 53 | 42 | 28 | 14 | ||
14 | Rinaldi Racing | Ferrari | 34 | 6 | ||||||
15 | CMR | Bentley | 31 | 4 | ||||||
16 | Allied-Racing | Porsche | DNS | 35 | 1 | |||||
Pos. | Team | Manufacturer | MNZ | LEC | 6hrs | 12hrs | 24hrs | NÜR | BAR | Points |
SPA |
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