2023 GT2 European Series

2023 GT2 European Series

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The 2023 Fanatec GT2 European Series is the third season of the GT2 European Series. The season began on 21 April at Autodromo Nazionale Monza in Monza and ended on 7 October at Circuit Paul Ricard in Le Castellet.

Calendar

For 2023 the opening round of the season was moved back to Monza, after having been to Imola for the 2022 season. The series will also be heading to Dijon and Portimão for the first time, while not returning to Spa or Misano. ^[1]

Round	Circuit	Date	Supporting
1	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza, Italy	21–23 April	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup
2	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg, Austria	26–27 May	Histo-Cup Austria
3	Circuit de Dijon-Prenois, Prenois, France	16–17 June	FFSA GT Championship
4	Algarve International Circuit, Portimão, Portugal	22–23 July	British GT Championship
5	Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Cheste, Spain	15–17 September	GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup
6	Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet, France	6–7 October	FFSA GT Championship

Series news

• This season sees the introduction of the Iron Cup, awarded to the top Pro-Am or Am entry of drivers with a combined age of over 100 years. ^[2]
• The minimum driver age requirement got removed, allowing for drivers younger than 40 years to compete. ^[2]

Entry list

Team Car No. Drivers Class Rounds PK Carsport [3] Audi R8 LMS GT2 1 Stienes Longin [3] PA All Peter Guelinckx [3] All Ebimotors [4] Porsche 911 GT2 RS Clubsport 5 Aurelijus Rusteika [4] Am 1–3, 5–6 Mantas Janavicius [4] 1–3, 5–6 911 Leonardo Gorini [4] Am 1–5 Nicolas Gomar [5] 2 Bastien Chesaux 3 Haupt Racing Team [6] Mercedes-AMG GT2 7 Jörg Viebahn Am 2 Mario Plachutta 2 Fanatec by HRT [7] 44 Jens Liebhauser [7] Am 1 Thomas Jackermeier [7] 1 Iron Lynx [8] Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo GT2 8 Donovan Privitelio [8] Am 1 Luciano Privitelio [8] 1 Manthey Racing Porsche 911 GT2 RS Clubsport 10 Christoph Breuer Am 1 PA 3 Marco Holzer 3 LP Racing [9] [10] Maserati MC20 GT2 12 Leonardo Gorini [10] PA 6 Luca Pirri [10] 6 Audi R8 LMS GT2 18 Pierre Kaffer [9] PA 1–4, 6 Michael Doppelmayr [9] 1–4, 6 67 Henry Hassid [11] PA All Anthony Beltoise [11] All 88 Stéphane Ratel [12] PA All Mattia di Giusto [12] All KTM True Racing by Reiter Engineering [13] KTM X-Bow GT2 15 Nicolas Saelens [14] PA All Štefan Rosina [14] All 16 Klaus Angerhofer [13] Am All Sehdi Sarmini [13] 2–6 17 Reinhard Kofler [13] PA 1–4 Hubert Trunkenpolz [13] 1–2, 4–6 Martin Koch 3 Dani Pedrosa [15] 5 Laura Kraihamer 6 51 Alexandre Leroy Am 6 Bertrand Rouchaud 6 CMR Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo GT2 30 Georges Cabanne Am 3, 6 Jean Paul Buffin 6 Akkodis ASP Team [16] Mercedes-AMG GT2 61 Mauro Ricci [16] Am 2–6 Benjamin Ricci [16] 2–6 87 Jean-Luc Beaubelique [17] Am 4 Christophe Bourret [17] 4 Ludovic Badey PA 5–6 Jean-Luc Beaubelique 5–6 RTR Projects [18] KTM X-Bow GT2 89 Jan Krabec [18] Am All MZR Motorsportzentrum Ried KTM X-Bow GT2 812 Reinhard Kofler PA 5–6 Martin Koch 5–6 NM Racing Team [19] Mercedes-AMG GT2 888 Jakub Knoll [19] Am 6 Stéphane Perrin [19] 6

Icon Class PA Pro-Am Cup Am Am Cup INV Invitational

Race results

Bold indicates overall winner

Round		Circuit	Pole position	Pro-Am Winners	Am Winners
1	R1	Monza	No. 8 Iron Lynx	No. 67 LP Racing	No. 89 RTR Projects
			Donovan Privitelio Luciano Privitelio	Henry Hassid Anthony Beltoise	Jan Krabec
	R2		No. 1 PK Carsport	No. 1 PK Carsport	No. 89 RTR Projects
			Stienes Longin Peter Guelinckx	Stienes Longin Peter Guelinckx	Jan Krabec
2	R1	Red Bull Ring	No. 67 LP Racing	No. 61 Akkodis ASP Team	No. 16 True Racing by Reiter Engineering
			Henry Hassid Anthony Beltoise	Mauro Ricci Benjamin Ricci	Klaus Angerhofer Sehdi Sarmini
	R2		No. 18 LP Racing	No. 15 True Racing by Reiter Engineering	No. 89 RTR Projects
			Pierre Kaffer Michael Doppelmayr	Nicolas Saelens Štefan Rosina	Jan Krabec
3	R1	Dijon	No. 67 LP Racing	No. 17 True Racing by Reiter Engineering	No. 911 Ebimotors
			Henry Hassid Anthony Beltoise	Martin Koch Reinhard Kofler	Leonardo Gorini
	R2		No. 18 LP Racing	No. 1 PK Carsport	No. 89 RTR Projects
			Pierre Kaffer Michael Doppelmayr	Stienes Longin Peter Guelinckx	Jan Krabec
4	R1	Algarve	No. 1 PK Carsport	No. 67 LP Racing	No. 16 True Racing by Reiter Engineering
			Stienes Longin Peter Guelinckx	Henry Hassid Anthony Beltoise	Klaus Angerhofer Sehdi Sarmini
	R2		No. 18 LP Racing	No. 1 PK Carsport	No. 89 RTR Projects
			Pierre Kaffer Michael Doppelmayr	Stienes Longin Peter Guelinckx	Jan Krabec
5	R1	Valencia	No. 67 LP Racing	Akkodis ASP Team	No. 16 True Racing by Reiter Engineering
			Henry Hassid Anthony Beltoise	Jean-Luc Beaubelique Ludovic Badey	Klaus Angerhofer Sehdi Sarmini
	R2		No. 67 LP Racing	No. 1 PK Carsport	Ebimotors
			Henry Hassid Anthony Beltoise	Stienes Longin Peter Guelinckx	Aurelijus Rusteika Mantas Janavicius
6	R1	Paul Ricard	No. 12 LP Racing	No. 87 Akkodis ASP Team	No. 89 RTR Projects
			Leonardo Gorini Luca Pirri	Jean-Luc Beaubelique Ludovic Badey	Jan Krabec
	R2		No. 812 MZR Motorsportzentrum-Ried	No. 812 MZR Motorsportzentrum-Ried	No. 89 RTR Projects
			Reinhard Kofler Martin KochKofler	Reinhard Kofler Martin KochKofler	Jan Krabec

Championship standings

Scoring system

Championship points are awarded for the first ten positions in each race. Entries are required to complete 75% of the winning car's race distance in order to be classified and earn points.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	Pole
Points	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1	1

Drivers' championships

Pos. Driver Team MON RBR DIJ POR VAL LEC Points Pro-Am 1 Henry Hassid Anthony Beltoise LP Racing 1 2 8 3 Ret 4 1 2 2 8 5 4 174 2 Reinhard Kofler True Racing by Reiter Engineering 7 11 3 6 1 2 9 5 10 3 3 1 173 3 Peter Guelinckx Stienes Longin PK Carsport Ret 1 7 2 Ret 1 10 1 5 1 8 5 165 4 Štefan Rosina True Racing by Reiter Engineering 4 8 2 1 3 6 6 3 4 Ret 4 2 165 5 Nicolas Saelens True Racing by Reiter Engineering 4 8 2 1 3 6 6 3 4 Ret 132 6 Mauro Ricci Benjamin Ricci Akkodis ASP Team 1 4 2 9 4 10 3 6 6 8 122 7 Stéphane Ratel Mattia di Giusto LP Racing 3 Ret 11 7 6 8 2 6 6 5 9 6 110 8 Martin Koch True Racing by Reiter Engineering 1 2 10 3 3 1 108 9 Pierre Kaffer Michael Doppelmayr LP Racing 6 6 4 8 4 12 3 11 13 14 93 10 Jean-Luc Beaubelique Ludovic Badey Akkodis ASP Team 1 2 1 3 83 11 Hubert Trunkenpolz True Racing by Reiter Engineering 7 11 3 6 9 5 11 7 77 12 Christoph Breuer Marco Holzer Manthey-Racing 5 3 25 13 Dani Pedrosa True Racing by Reiter Engineering 11 7 12 Guest Entries Ineligible to Score Points - Leonardo Gorini Luca Pirri LP Racing 2 7 0 - Gilles Vannelet True Racing by Reiter Engineering 4 2 0 Am 1 Jan Krabec RTR Projects 2 3 Ret 5 8 5 Ret 4 8 10 7 9 231 2 Klaus Angerhofer True Racing by Reiter Engineering 10 4 5 9 10 10 5 9 7 9 11 11 216 3 Sehdi Sarmini True Racing by Reiter Engineering 5 9 10 10 5 9 7 9 11 11 188 4 Leonardo Gorini Ebimotors 5 DNS 6 12 7 7 7 7 9 11 154 5 Aurelijus Rusteika Mantas Janavicius Ebimotors 8 9 10 11 9 11 Ret 4 12 12 132 6 Georges Cabanne CMR 11 13 15 15 44 7 Jörg Viebahn Mario Plachutta Haupt Racing Team 9 10 30 8 Jean-Luc Beaubelique Christophe Bourret Akkodis ASP Team 8 8 30 9 Nicolas Gomar [5] Ebimotors 6 12 28 10 Jens Liebhauser Thomas Jackermeier Fanatec by HRT 9 7 25 11 Christoph Breuer Manthey-Racing Ret 5 15 12 Donovan Privitelio Luciano Privitelio Iron Lynx Ret 10 9 Guest Entries Ineligible to Score Points - Jakub Knoll Stéphane Perrin NM Racing Team 10 10 0 - Alexandre Leroy Bertrand Rouchaud True Racing by Reiter Engineering 14 13 0 - Jean Paul Buffin CMR 15 15 0 Pos. Driver Team MON RBR DIJ POR VAL LEC Points

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold - Pole position Italics - Fastest lap

Notes:

• † – Entry did not finish the race but was classified, as it completed more than 75% of the race distance.

References

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11. "DSC's Daily Notebook (17/04/2023) | dailysportscar.com". www.dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 2023-04-17.
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13. "True Racing by Reiter Engineering confirms three-strong KTM squad". Fanatec GT2 European Series. 2023-03-16. Retrieved 2023-03-17.
14. "Saelens switches to KTM to defend Pro-Am title". Fanatec GT2 European Series. 2023-03-16. Retrieved 2023-03-17.
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External links

• Official website