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The 2023 Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe Powered by AWS was the tenth season of GT World Challenge Europe. The season began at Monza on 23 April and ended at Zandvoort on 15 October. The season consisted of 10 events: 5 Sprint Cup events, and 5 Endurance Cup events.
Round | Circuit | Date | Series |
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1 | Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza, Italy | 22–23 April | Endurance |
2 | Brands Hatch, Kent | 13–14 May | Sprint |
3 | Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet, France | 3–4 June | Endurance |
4 | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium | 29 June–2 July | Endurance |
5 | Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Misano Adriatico | 15–16 July | Sprint |
6 | Nürburgring, Nürburg, Germany | 29–30 July | Endurance |
7 | Hockenheimring, Hockenheim | 2–3 September | Sprint |
8 | Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Cheste | 16–17 September | Sprint |
9 | Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló, Spain | 30 September–1 October | Endurance |
10 | Circuit Zandvoort, Zandvoort | 14–15 October | Sprint |
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Round | Circuit | Pole Position | Overall Winners | Gold Cup Winners | Silver Winners | Bronze Winners | Pro/Am Winners | Report | |
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1 | Monza | #98 ROWE Racing | #98 ROWE Racing | #21 Comtoyou Racing | #12 Comtoyou Racing | #911 Pure Rxcing | #78 Barwell Motorsport | report | |
Philipp Eng Marco Wittmann Nick Yelloly | Philipp Eng Marco Wittmann Nick Yelloly | Nicolas Baert Max Hofer Maxime Soulet | Sam Dejonghe Loris Hezemans Finlay Hutchison | Klaus Bachler Alex Malykhin Joel Stürm | Adam Balon Rob Collard Dennis Lind | ||||
2 | R1 | Brands Hatch | No. 88 AKKodis ASP Team | No. 88 AKKodis ASP Team | No. 9 Boutsen VDS | No. 99 Tresor Atttempto Racing | Did not participate | Report | |
Raffaele Marciello Timur Boguslavskiy | Raffaele Marciello Timur Boguslavskiy | Alberto di Folco Aurélien Panis | Alex Aka Lorenzo Patrese | ||||||
R2 | No. 27 Saintéloc Junior Team | No. 40 Tresor Orange1 | No. 30 Team WRT | No. 119 VSR | Report | ||||
Grégoire Demoustier Christopher Mies | Mattia Drudi Ricardo Feller | Calan Williams Niklas Krütten | Baptiste Moulin Marcus Påverud | ||||||
3 | Paul Ricard | No. 88 AKKodis ASP Team | No. 88 AKKodis ASP Team | #21 Comtoyou Racing | #99 Tresor Attempto Racing | #79 Haupt Racing Team | #24 Car Collection Motorsport | report | |
Raffaele Marciello Timur Boguslavskiy Jules Gounon | Raffaele Marciello Timur Boguslavskiy Jules Gounon | Nicolas Baert Max Hofer Maxime Soulet | Alex Aka Pietro Delli Guanti Lorenzo Patrese | Sébastien Baud Hubert Haupt Arjun Maini | Alex Fontana Ivan Jacoma Nicolas Leutwiler | ||||
4 | Spa-Francorchamps | #20 Huber Motorsport | #98 ROWE Racing | #5 Optimum Motorsport | #85 GRT Grasser Racing Team | #20 Huber Motorsport | #75 SunEnergy1 Racing | report | |
Antares Au Matteo Cairoli Jannes Fittje Tim Heinemann | Philipp Eng Marco Wittmann Nick Yelloly | Sam De Haan Charlie Fagg Tom Gamble Dean MacDonald | Benjamín Hites Clemens Schmid Glenn van Berlo | Antares Au Matteo Cairoli Jannes Fittje Tim Heinemann | Nicky Catsburg Martin Konrad Chaz Mostert Adam Osieka | ||||
5 | R1 | Misano | No. 88 AKKodis ASP Team | No. 88 AKKodis ASP Team | No. 9 Boutsen VDS | No. 77 Haupt Racing Team | No. 188 Garage 59 | Did not participate | Report |
Raffaele Marciello Timur Boguslavskiy | Raffaele Marciello Timur Boguslavskiy | Alberto Di Folco Aurélien Panis | Frank Bird Jordan Love | Henrique Chaves Miguel Ramos | |||||
R2 | No. 32 Team WRT | No. 46 Team WRT | No. 30 Team WRT | No. 99 Tresor Attempto Racing | No. 188 Garage 59 | Report | |||
Dries Vanthoor Charles Weerts | Valentino Rossi Maxime Martin | Niklas Krütten Calan Williams | Alex Aka Lorenzo Patrese | Henrique Chaves Miguel Ramos | |||||
6 | Nürburgring | #88 AKKodis ASP Team | #88 AKKodis ASP Team | #157 Winward Racing | #85 GRT - Grasser Racing Team | #91 Herberth Motorsport | #78 Barwell Motorsport | report | |
Raffaele Marciello Timur Boguslavskiy Jules Gounon | Raffaele Marciello Timur Boguslavskiy Jules Gounon | Miklas Born David Schumacher Marius Zug | Benjamin Sites Clemens Schmid Glenn van Berlo | Ralf Bohn Tim Heinemann Robert Renauer | Rob Collard Dennis Lind | ||||
7 | R1 | Hockenheim | No. 60 VSR | No. 40 Tresor Orange1 | No. 30 Team WRT | No. 77 Haupt Racing Team | No. 66 Tresor Attempto Racing | Did not participate | Report |
Jordan Pepper Franck Perera | Mattia Drudi Ricardo Feller | Niklas Krütten Calan Williams | Jordan Love Alain Valente | Dennis Marschall Andrey Mukovoz | |||||
R2 | No. 40 Tresor Orange1 | No. 88 AKKodis ASP Team | No. 9 Boutsen VDS | No. 99 Tresor Attempto Racing | No. 79 Haupt Racing Team | Report | |||
Mattia Drudi Ricardo Feller | Timur Boguslavskiy Raffaele Marciello | Alberto Di Folco Aurélien Panis | Alex Aka Lorenzo Patrese | Sébastien Baud Hubert Haupt | |||||
8 | R1 | Valencia | No. 66 Tresor Attempto Racing | No. 88 AKKodis ASP Team | No. 21 Comtoyou Racing | No. 99 Tresor Attempto Racing | No. 66 Tresor Attempto Racing | Did not participate | Report |
Dennis Marschall Andrey Mukovoz | Timur Boguslavskiy Raffaele Marciello | Finlay Hutchison Gilles Magnus | Alex Aka Lorenzo Patrese | Dennis Marschall Andrey Mukovoz | |||||
R2 | No. 26 Saintéloc Junior Team | No. 32 Team WRT | No. 26 Saintéloc Junior Team | No. 99 Tresor Attempto Racing | No. 911 Pure Rxcing | Report | |||
Paul Evrard Simon Gachet | Dries Vanthoor Charles Weerts | Paul Evrard Simon Gachet | Alex Aka Lorenzo Patrese | Alex Malykhin Ayhancan Güven | |||||
9 | Barcelona | #51 AF Corse - Francorchamps Motors | #51 AF Corse - Francorchamps Motors | #9 Boutsen VDS | #58 GRT - Grasser Racing Team | #188 Garage 59 | #38 ST Racing with Rinaldi | report | |
Nicklas Nielsen Alessio Rovera Robert Shwartzman | Nicklas Nielsen Alessio Rovera Robert Shwartzman | Alberto Di Folco Adam Eteki Aurélien Panis | Fabrizio Crestani Sam Neary Gerhard Tweraser | Henrique Chaves Louis Prette Miguel Ramos | Lorcan Hanafin Samantha Tan Isaac Tutumlu | ||||
10 | R1 | Zandvoort | No. 40 Tresor Orange1 | No. 40 Tresor Orange1 | No. 10 Boutsen VDS | No. 77 Haupt Racing Team | Did not participate | Report | |
Mattia Drudi Ricardo Feller | Mattia Drudi Ricardo Feller | Adam Eteki César Gazeau | Jordan Love Frank Bird | ||||||
R2 | No. 46 Team WRT | No. 40 Tresor Orange1 | No. 30 Team WRT | No. 77 Haupt Racing Team | Report | ||||
Maxime Martin Valentino Rossi | Mattia Drudi Ricardo Feller | Niklas Krütten Calan Williams | Jordan Love Frank Bird |
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 |
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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P – Pole |
Notes:
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