The 2022 Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup was the tenth 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), the second with the sponsorship of Fanatec.
The season began on 30 April at Brands Hatch in Kent and ended on 18 September at Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Spain. [1]
Round | Circuit | Date |
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1 | Brands Hatch, Kent | 30 April–1 May |
2 | Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, Magny-Cours | 13–15 May |
3 | Circuit Zandvoort, Zandvoort | 17–19 June |
4 | Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Misano Adriatico | 1–3 July |
5 | Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Cheste | 16–18 September |
Round | Circuit | Pole Position | Overall Winners | Silver Winners | Pro/Am Winners | Report | |
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1 | R1 | Brands Hatch | No. 53 AF Corse | No. 53 AF Corse | No. 53 AF Corse | No. 21 AF Corse | Report |
Pierre-Alexandre Jean Ulysse de Pauw | Pierre-Alexandre Jean Ulysse de Pauw | Pierre-Alexandre Jean Ulysse de Pauw | Hugo Delacour Cedric Sbirrazzuoli | ||||
R2 | No. 89 AKKodis ASP Team | No. 89 AKKodis ASP Team | No. 53 AF Corse | No. 111 JP Motorsport | Report | ||
Timur Boguslavskiy Raffaele Marciello | Timur Boguslavskiy Raffaele Marciello | Pierre-Alexandre Jean Ulysse de Pauw | Christian Klien Patryk Krupiński | ||||
2 | R1 | Magny-Cours | No. 11 Tresor by Car Collection | No. 32 Team WRT | No. 26 Saintéloc Junior Team | No. 188 Garage 59 | Report |
Simon Gachet Christopher Haase | Dries Vanthoor Charles Weerts | Nicolas Baert Gilles Magnus | Dean MacDonald Miguel Ramos | ||||
R2 | No. 89 AKKodis ASP Team | No. 89 AKKodis ASP Team | No. 53 AF Corse | No. 111 JP Motorsport | Report | ||
Timur Boguslavskiy Raffaele Marciello | Timur Boguslavskiy Raffaele Marciello | Pierre-Alexandre Jean Ulysse de Pauw | Christian Klien Patryk Krupiński | ||||
3 | R1 | Zandvoort | No. 32 Team WRT | No. 32 Team WRT | No. 53 AF Corse | No. 21 AF Corse | Report |
Dries Vanthoor Charles Weerts | Dries Vanthoor Charles Weerts | Pierre-Alexandre Jean Ulysse de Pauw | Stefano Costantini Cedric Sbirrazzuoli | ||||
R2 | No. 89 AKKodis ASP Team | No. 89 AKKodis ASP Team | No. 99 Attempto Racing | No. 188 Garage 59 | Report | ||
Timur Boguslavskiy Raffaele Marciello | Timur Boguslavskiy Raffaele Marciello | Alex Aka Nicolas Scholl | Dean MacDonald Miguel Ramos | ||||
4 | R1 | Misano | No. 32 Team WRT | No. 32 Team WRT | No. 30 Team WRT | No. 188 Garage 59 | Report |
Dries Vanthoor Charles Weerts | Dries Vanthoor Charles Weerts | Benjamin Goethe Thomas Neubauer | Dean MacDonald Miguel Ramos | ||||
R2 | No. 32 Team WRT | No. 32 Team WRT | No. 53 AF Corse | No. 188 Garage 59 | Report | ||
Dries Vanthoor Charles Weerts | Dries Vanthoor Charles Weerts | Pierre-Alexandre Jean Ulysse de Pauw | Dean MacDonald Miguel Ramos | ||||
5 | R1 | Valencia | No. 53 AF Corse | No. 53 AF Corse | No. 53 AF Corse | No. 111 JP Motorsport | Report |
Pierre-Alexandre Jean Ulysse de Pauw | Pierre-Alexandre Jean Ulysse de Pauw | Pierre-Alexandre Jean Ulysse de Pauw | Patryk Krupiński Christian Klien | ||||
R2 | No. 89 AKKodis ASP Team | No. 32 Team WRT | No. 90 Madpanda Motorsport | No. 111 JP Motorsport | Report | ||
Timur Boguslavskiy Raffaele Marciello | Dries Vanthoor Charles Weerts | Ezequiel Pérez Companc Fabian Schiller | Patryk Krupiński Christian Klien | ||||
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 | BRH | MAG | ZAN | MIS | VAL | Points | |||||
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1 | Pierre-Alexandre Jean Ulysse de Pauw | AF Corse | 1PF | 5PF | 7 | 5P | 4P | 9 | 8 | 8P | 1PF | 17F | 141.5 |
2 | Thomas Drouet Casper Stevenson | AKKodis ASP Team | 8 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 14 | 9 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 88 |
3 | Benjamin Goethe Thomas Neubauer | Team WRT | Ret | 16 | 11 | 13F | 10F | 10 | 3PF | 10F | 4 | 15 | 82 |
4 | Alex Aka Nicolas Schöll | Attempto Racing | 10 | 9 | 14F | 9 | 12 | 8P | Ret | 9 | 19 | 20 | 80.5 |
5 | Nicolas Baert | Saintéloc Junior Team | 11 | 18 | 6P | 16 | 19 | 11F | 7 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 76 |
6 | Gilles Magnus | Saintéloc Junior Team | 11 | 18 | 6P | 16 | 19 | 11F | 12 | 9 | 56.5 | ||
7 | Manuel Maldonado | Garage 59 | 15 | 13 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 22 | 19 | 20 | 14 | 6P | 54 |
8 | Eddie Cheever III Christopher Froggatt | Sky - Tempesta with GruppeM Racing | 17 | 20 | 19 | 15 | 22 | 17 | 21 | 14 | 38.5 | ||
Sky - Tempesta Racing by HRT | 11 | 10 | |||||||||||
9 | Ethan Simioni | Garage 59 | 15 | 13 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 22 | 19 | 20 | 36.5 | ||
10 | Răzvan Umbrărescu Igor Waliłko | AKKodis ASP Team | 20 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 21 | 12 | 15 | 22 | Ret | 18 | 30.5 |
11 | Lucas Légeret | Saintéloc Junior Team | 7 | 11 | 19.5 | ||||||||
12 | Nicolai Kjærgaard | Garage 59 | 14 | 6P | 17.5 | ||||||||
13 | Ezequiel Pérez Companc Fabian Schiller | Madpanda Motorsport | Ret | 5 | 16.5 | ||||||||
14 | Danny Kroes | GSM Novamarine | 20 | 20 | Ret | 17 | 21 | 25 | 10.5 | ||||
15 | Jonathan Cecotto Mattia di Giusto | LP Racing | 20 | 19 | 5 | ||||||||
15 | Lucas Mauron | GSM Novamarine | 20 | 20 | 5 | ||||||||
16 | Isaac Tutumlu Gerhard Tweraser | GSM Novamarine | 21 | 24 | 24 | 22 | 5 | ||||||
17 | Daan Pijl | GSM Novamarine | Ret | 17 | 3 | ||||||||
Pos. | Drivers | Team | BRH | MAG | ZAN | MIS | VAL | Points |
Pos. | Drivers | Team | BRH | MAG | ZAN | MIS | VAL | Points | |||||
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1 | Dean MacDonald Miguel Ramos | Garage 59 | 19 | 22F | 18P | 21P | RetP | 15P | 17PF | 15PF | 20 | 21P | 119 |
2 | Patryk Krupiński | JP Motorsport | 16 | 17 | 21 | 17 | 18F | RetF | Ret | Ret | 15F | 16F | 99.5 |
2 | Christian Klien | JP Motorsport | 16 | 17 | 21 | 17 | 18F | RetF | 15F | 16F | 99.5 | ||
3 | Andrea Bertolini Louis Machiels | AF Corse | 18P | 19 | 23 | Ret | 16 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 24 | 95 |
4 | Cedric Sbirrazzuoli | AF Corse | 14F | 23 | 22 | 20 | 15 | 21 | Ret | DNS | 16P | 23 | 94 |
5 | Hugo Delacour | AF Corse | 14F | 23 | 22 | 20 | Ret | DNS | 16P | 23 | 68 | ||
6 | Stefano Costantini | AF Corse | 15 | 21 | 26 | ||||||||
7 | Ben Barker Alex Malykhin | Barwell Motorsport | DNS | DNSP | 1 | ||||||||
Norbert Siedler | JP Motorsport | Ret | Ret | 0 | |||||||||
Pos. | Drivers | Team | BRH | MAG | ZAN | MIS | VAL | Points |
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