The 2021 Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup was the ninth 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) and the second season after title sponsor Blancpain withdrew sponsorship. The season began on 7 May at Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours in France and ended on 26 September at Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Valencia. [1] [2] [3]
Round | Circuit | Date |
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1 | Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, Magny-Cours | 7–9 May |
2 | Circuit Zandvoort, Zandvoort | 18–20 June |
3 | Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Misano Adriatico | 2–4 July |
4 | Brands Hatch, Kent | 28–29 August |
5 | Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Cheste | 25–26 September |
Bold indicates overall winner.
Round | Circuit | Pole Position | Pro Winners | Silver Winners | Pro/Am Winners | Am Winners | Report | |
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1 | R1 | Magny-Cours | No. 32 Team WRT | No. 32 Team WRT | No. 14 Emil Frey Racing | No. 52 AF Corse | No Entries | report |
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 | ||||
Maro Engel Luca Stolz | Maro Engel Luca Stolz | Konstantin Tereshchenko Jim Pla | Henrique Chaves Miguel Ramos | |||||
2 | R1 | Zandvoort | No. 14 Emil Frey Racing | No. 88 AKKA ASP | No. 14 Emil Frey Racing | No. 77 Barwell Motorsport | No Entries | report |
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 | ||||
Timur Boguslavskiy Raffaele Marciello | Albert Costa Norbert Siedler | Ricardo Feller Alex Fontana | Valentin Pierburg Dominik Baumann | |||||
3 | R1 | Misano | No. 32 Team WRT | No. 32 Team WRT | No. 87 AKKA ASP | No. 77 Barwell Motorsport | No Entries | report |
Dries Vanthoor Charles Weerts | Dries Vanthoor Charles Weerts | Konstantin Tereshchenko Jim Pla | Henrique Chaves Miguel Ramos | |||||
R2 | No. 188 Garage 59 | No. 32 Team WRT | No. 31 Team WRT | No. 188 Garage 59 | ||||
Alexander West Jonathan Adam | Dries Vanthoor Charles Weerts | Frank Bird Ryuichiro Tomita | Alexander West Jonathan Adam | |||||
4 | R1 | Brands Hatch | No. 88 AKKA ASP | No. 32 Team WRT | No. 31 Team WRT | No. 77 Barwell Motorsport | No Entries | report |
Timur Boguslavskiy Raffaele Marciello | 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 | ||||
Timur Boguslavskiy Raffaele Marciello | Maro Engel Luca Stolz | Juuso Puhakka Óscar Tunjo | Henrique Chaves Miguel Ramos | |||||
5 | R1 | Valencia | No. 38 Jota Sport | No. 6 Toksport WRT | No. 99 Attempto Racing | No. 52 AF Corse | No Entries | report |
Ben Barnicoat Oliver Wilkinson | 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 | ||||
Maro Engel Luca Stolz | Maro Engel Luca Stolz | Konstantin Tereshchenko Jim Pla | Valentin Pierburg Dominik Baumann |
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 | 16.5 | 12 | 9.5 | 7.5 | 6 | 4.5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 |
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P – Pole |
Pos. | Drivers | Team | MAG | ZAN | MIS | BRH | VAL | Points | |||||
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1 | Alex Fontana | Emil Frey Racing | 3PF | 8PF | 1P | 2F | 8F | 11F | 14P | 8 | 17F | 12F | 103 |
2 | Frank Bird Ryuichiro Tomita | Belgian Audi Club Team WRT | 24 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 85.5 |
3 | Jim Pla Konstantin Tereshchenko | AKKA ASP Team | 17 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 6 | Ret | 11F | 7F | 10 | 6P | 82.5 |
4 | Juuso Puhakka Óscar Tunjo | Toksport WRT | 7 | 23 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 4P | RetP | 8 | 80 |
5 | Ricardo Feller | Emil Frey Racing | 1P | 2F | 8F | 11F | 14P | 8 | 17F | 12F | 75 | ||
6 | Ulysse de Pauw Pierre-Alexandre Jean | CMR | 9 | 7 | 3F | 5P | RetP | 16 | 7 | 12 | Ret | 15 | 66.5 |
7 | Rik Breukers Ezequiel Pérez Companc | Madpanda Motorsport | 4 | 13 | Ret | 9 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 16 | Ret | 7 | 60 |
8 | Arthur Rougier | Emil Frey Racing | 3PF | 8PF | 8 | 20 | 9 | Ret | 46.5 | ||||
9 | Benjamin Hites | Rinaldi Racing | 8 | 22 | Ret | 8 | 11 | 6P | 9 | 18 | 45 | ||
10 | Patrick Kujala | Rinaldi Racing | 8 | 22 | 11 | 6P | 9 | 18 | 37.5 | ||||
11 | Alex Aka Dennis Marschall | Attempto Racing | 17 | 12 | 13 | Ret | 13 | 13 | 4 | 24† | 37.5 | ||
12 | Chris Froggatt | Sky - Tempesta Racing | 20 | 14 | 19 | 23 | 19 | 22 | 26 | 22 | 15 | 17 | 22 |
13 | Nicolai Kjærgaard Tuomas Tujula | Garage 59 | 15 | 25 | 24 | 13 | Ret | 13 | 24 | 19 | Ret | 19 | 19 |
14 | Konsta Lappalainen | Emil Frey Racing | 8 | 20 | 9 | Ret | 18.5 | ||||||
15 | Giorgio Roda | Sky - Tempesta Racing | 20 | 14 | 19 | 23 | 19 | 22 | 26 | 22 | 13 | ||
16 | Eddie Cheever III | Sky - Tempesta Racing | 15 | 17 | 9 | ||||||||
17 | David Perel | Rinaldi Racing | Ret | 8 | 7.5 | ||||||||
18 | Jordan Love Lance David Arnold | SPS Automotive Performance | 16 | 21 | 5 | ||||||||
Pos. | Drivers | Team | MAG | ZAN | MIS | BRH | VAL | Points |
Pos. | Drivers | Team | MAG | ZAN | MIS | BRH | VAL | Points | |||||
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1 | Henrique Chaves Miguel Ramos | Barwell Motorsport | 23F | 16 | 18PF | DNSP | 18 | 23 | 21PF | 21P | 20F | 22 | 125 |
2 | Dominik Baumann Valentin Pierburg | SPS Automotive Performance | 21 | 17 | 22 | 20 | 24F | 19 | 25 | 25F | 21P | 14PF | 116.5 |
3 | Andrea Bertolini Louis Machiels | AF Corse | 18 | 19F | 21 | 22 | 25P | 25 | 22 | 26 | 19 | 23 | 107 |
4 | Jonathan Adam Alexander West | Garage 59 | 22P | 21P | 23 | 21F | 21 | 18PF | 23 | 24 | Ret | 20 | 101.5 |
5 | Adam Christodoulou Kevin Tse | Ram Racing | 27 | Ret | 6 | ||||||||
Pos. | Drivers | Team | MAG | ZAN | MIS | BRH | VAL | Points |
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Pos. | Team | Manufacturer | MAG | ZAN | MIS | BRH | VAL | Points | |||||
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1 | Belgian Audi Club Team WRT ROFGO Racing with Team WRT | Audi | 1PF | 2 | 29.5 | ||||||||
2 | Toksport WRT | Mercedes-AMG | 7 | 1PF | 22 | ||||||||
3 | AKKA ASP Team | Mercedes-AMG | 5 | 3 | 17 | ||||||||
4 | Emil Frey Racing | Lamborghini | 2 | 8 | 15 | ||||||||
5 | Madpanda Motorsport | Mercedes-AMG | 4 | 13 | 10.5 | ||||||||
6 | Jota Sport | McLaren | 13 | 4 | 8.5 | ||||||||
7 | Attempto Racing | Audi | 6 | 12 | 8 | ||||||||
8 | CMR | Bentley | 9 | 7 | 6.5 | ||||||||
9 | Saintéloc Racing | Audi | 26 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||
10 | Rinaldi Racing | Ferrari | 8 | 22 | 3 | ||||||||
11 | Garage 59 | Aston Martin | 15 | 21 | 0.5 | ||||||||
11 | Sky - Tempesta Racing | Ferrari | 20 | 14 | 0.5 | ||||||||
Dinamic Motorsport | Porsche | 16 | 20 | 0 | |||||||||
Barwell Motorsport | Lamborghini | 23 | 16 | 0 | |||||||||
SPS Automotive Performance | Mercedes-AMG | 21 | 17 | 0 | |||||||||
AF Corse | Ferrari | 18 | 19 | 0 | |||||||||
Pos. | Team | Manufacturer | MAG | ZAN | MIS | BRH | VAL | Points |
Pos. | Team | Manufacturer | MAG | ZAN | MIS | BRH | VAL | Points | |||||
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1 | Emil Frey Racing | Lamborghini | 3PF | 8PF | 28 | ||||||||
2 | AKKA ASP Team | Mercedes-AMG | 17 | 5 | 19.5 | ||||||||
3 | Madpanda Motorsport | Mercedes-AMG | 4 | 13 | 18 | ||||||||
3 | CMR | Bentley | 9 | 7 | 18 | ||||||||
4 | Toksport WRT | Mercedes-AMG | 7 | 23 | 11.5 | ||||||||
5 | Rinaldi Racing | Ferrari | 8 | 22 | 10.5 | ||||||||
6 | Belgian Audi Club Team WRT | Audi | 24 | 10 | 8.5 | ||||||||
7 | Sky - Tempesta Racing | Ferrari | 20 | 14 | 6.5 | ||||||||
8 | Garage 59 | Aston Martin | 15 | 25 | 5.5 | ||||||||
Pos. | Team | Manufacturer | MAG | ZAN | MIS | BRH | VAL | Points |
Pos. | Team | Manufacturer | MAG | ZAN | MIS | BRH | VAL | Points | |||||
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1 | AF Corse | Ferrari | 18 | 19F | 26 | ||||||||
2 | Barwell Motorsport | Lamborghini | 23F | 16 | 24 | ||||||||
3 | SPS Automotive Performance | Mercedes-AMG | 21 | 17 | 24 | ||||||||
4 | Garage 59 | Aston Martin | 22P | 21P | 19 | ||||||||
Pos. | Team | Manufacturer | MAG | ZAN | MIS | BRH | VAL | Points |
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