2021 GT World Challenge Europe

The 2021 Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe Powered by AWS was the eighth season of GT World Challenge Europe. The season began at Monza on 18 April and ended at Barcelona on 10 October.
The season consisted of 10 events: 5 Sprint Cup events, and 5 Endurance Cup events. The season also had 2 Official Test Days.

2021 GT World Challenge Europe

Previous

2020

Next

2022

Calendar

The provisional calendar was released on 4 September 2020 with two unconfirmed rounds.^[1]
The calendar was updated on 23 October 2020, with the final calendar being released on 11 December 2020.^[2][3]
The Brands Hatch round was rescheduled from May to August.^[4]

Round	Race name	Circuit	Date	Series
1	Pirelli 3 Hours of Monza 2021	Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza	16–18 April	Endurance
2	Total French GT Sprint Series	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, Magny-Cours	7–9 May	Sprint
3	Circuit Paul Ricard 1000 km	Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet	28–30 May	Endurance
4	AWS Dutch GT Sprint Series	Circuit Park Zandvoort, Zandvoort	18–20 June	Sprint
5	Pirelli Emilia-Romagna GT Sprint Series	Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Misano Adriatico	2–4 July	Sprint
6	Total 24 Hours of Spa 2021	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot	29 July - 1 August	Endurance
7	Fanatec British GT Sprint Series	Brands Hatch, Kent	28–29 August	Sprint
8	3 Hours of Nürburgring 2021	Nürburgring, Nürburg	3–5 September	Endurance
9	Pirelli Community of Valencia GT Sprint Series	Circuito Ricardo Tormo, Cheste	25–26 September	Sprint
10	Blancpain Watch 3 Hours of Barcelona 2021	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló	8–10 October	Endurance

Race Results

Bold indicates overall winner.

Round		Circuit	Pole Position	Pro Winners	Silver Winners	Pro/Am Winners	Am Winners
1		Monza	No. 63 Orange 1 FFF Racing Team	No. 54 Dinamic Motorsport	No.14 Emil Frey Racing	No.188 Garage 59	No Entries
			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	R1	Magny-Cours	No. 32 Team WRT	No. 32 Team WRT	No.14 Emil Frey Racing	No. 52 AF Corse	No Entries
			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
3		Paul Ricard	No. 63 Orange 1 FFF Racing Team	No. 22 GPX Martini Racing	No. 87 AKKA ASP Team	No. 93 Sky - Tempesta Racing	No Entries
			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
4	R1	Zandvoort	No. 14 Emil Frey Racing	No. 88 AKKA ASP	No. 14 Emil Frey Racing	No. 77 Barwell Motorsport	No Entries
			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	Dominik Baumann Valentin Pierburg
5	R1	Misano	No. 32 Team WRT	No. 32 Team WRT	No. 87 AKKA ASP	No. 77 Barwell Motorsport	No Entries
			Dries Vanthoor Charles Weerts	Dries Vanthoor Charles Weerts	Jim Pla Konstantin Tereshchenko	Henrique Chaves Miguel Ramos
	R2		No. 188 Garage 59	No. 32 Team WRT	No. 31 Team WRT	No. 188 Garage 59
			Jonathan Adam Alexander West	Dries Vanthoor Charles Weerts	Frank Bird Ryuichiro Tomita	Jonathan Adam Alexander West
6		Spa-Francorchamps	No. 88 AKKA ASP	No. 51 Iron Lynx	No. 90 MadPanda Motorsport	No. 53 AF Corse	No. 166 T2 Racing
			Jules Gounon Daniel Juncadella Raffaele Marciello	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
7	R1	Brands Hatch	No. 38 JOTA	No. 32 Team WRT	No. 31 Team WRT	No. 77 Barwell Motorsport	No Entries
			Ben Barnicoat Oliver Wilkinson	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
8		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
			Mirko Bortolotti Andrea Caldarelli Marco Mapelli	Mirko Bortolotti Andrea Caldarelli Marco Mapelli	Ricardo Feller Alex Fontana Rolf Ineichen	Stefano Costantini Hiroshi Hamaguchi Phil Keen
9	R1	Valencia	No. 38 JOTA	No. 6 Toksport WRT	No. 99 Attempto Racing	No. 52 AF Corse	No Entries
			Ben Barnicoat Oliver Wikinson	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	Jim Pla Konstantin Tereshchenko	Dominik Baumann Valentin Pierburg
10		Barcelona	No. 88 AKKA ASP	No. 88 AKKA ASP	No. 87 AKKA ASP	No. 20 SPS Automotive Performance	No Entries
		Raffaele Marciello Felipe Fraga Jules Gounon	Raffaele Marciello Felipe Fraga Jules Gounon	Simon Gachet Thomas Drouet Konstantin Tereshchenko	Dominik Baumann Valentin Pierburg Martin Konrad

Championship standings

Scoring system

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.

Sprint Cup points

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	Pole
Points	16.5	12	9.5	7.5	6	4.5	3	2	1	0.5	1

Endurance Cup 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

Paul Ricard points

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	Pole
Points	33	24	19	15	12	9	6	4	2	1	1

24 Hours of Spa points

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
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

Drivers' championships

Overall

Pos. Drivers Team MNZ MAG LEC ZAN MIS SPA BRH NÜR VAL BAR Points 6hrs 12hrs 24hrs 1 Dries Vanthoor Charles Weerts Team WRT Ret 1PF 2 2 8 3 1P 1F 5 2 2 1 2 6 16 Ret 3 182.5 2 Raffaele Marciello AKKA ASP 2 5 3 6 2 25P 5 2 8 4 RetP 17 6P 2 3 18 1 140.5 3 Maro Engel Luca Stolz HRT Mercedes-AMG Team Toksport WRT 13 25 1PF 38 7 Ret 2 24 16 15 36 2 1 3 1 1P 5 120 4 Jules Gounon AKKA ASP 2 10 24 6 13 6 12 7 8 4 RetP 12 3 2 5 2 1 114.5 5 Côme Ledogar Nicklas Nielsen Alessandro Pier Guidi Iron Lynx 5 5 1 1 1 7 7 83 6 Mirko Bortolotti Andrea Caldarelli Marco Mapelli Orange 1 FFF Racing Team 24P 3P 2 10 8 1P 4P 73 7 Kelvin van der Linde Team WRT Ret 11 Ret 2 23 3 5 2 2 65.5 8 Ricardo Feller Emil Frey Racing 3 2 26 13 1P 2F 8 11 14 38 31 14 8 8 17 12 20 64.5 9 Alex Fontana Emil Frey Racing 3 3 8 13 1P 2F 8 11 14 38 31 14 8 8 17 12 20 64 10 Timur Boguslavskiy AKKA ASP 5 3 2 25P 5 2 26 14 10 17 6P 3 18 62.5 11 Albert Costa Emil Frey Racing 23 2 26 36 RetF 1 9 12 Ret Ret Ret 16 15 4 6 3 8 59.5 12 Christian Engelhart Dinamic Motorsport 1 15 20 7 12 24 Ret DNS 18 6 Ret 40 12 5 2 59 13 Klaus Bachler Matteo Cairoli Dinamic Motorsport 1 7 18 6 Ret 40 2 53 14 Norbert Siedler Emil Frey Racing 23 36 RetF 1 9 12 Ret Ret Ret 16 15 4 6 3 8 47.5 15 Felipe Fraga AKKA ASP 26 14 10 2 1 44 16 Robin Frijns Belgian Club Audi Team WRT Audi Sport Team WRT 7 7 4 6 18 13 3 41 17 Konsta Lappalainen Emil Frey Racing Ret 12 9 37 15 4 7F 5 Ret Ret Ret 8 20 5 9 Ret 6 38.5 18 Frank Bird Ryuichiro Tomita Team WRT 8 24 11 Ret 4 7 26 4 37 16 24 3 5 16 14 16 12 37.5 19 Daniel Juncadella AKKA ASP 2 6 8 4 RetP 36 20 Răzvan Umbrărescu AKKA ASP 10 24 13 6 12 7 40 34 23 12 3 5 2 35.5 21 Earl Bamber Matt Campbell Mathieu Jaminet GPX Martini Racing Ret 1 10 46 Ret 37 10 35 22 Arthur Rougier Emil Frey Racing Ret 3 8 37 Ret Ret Ret 8 20 5 9 Ret 6 32.5 23 Ben Barnicoat Oliver Wilkinson JOTA Ret 17 4 16 22 8 4 9 7 28P DNS 22 4 13 32 24 Christopher Haase Saintéloc Racing Ret Ret 10 15 11 16 3 Ret 17 11 6 10 10 41 2 10 24 31.5 25 Antonio Fuoco Callum Ilott Davide Rigon Iron Lynx 4F 4 Ret Ret Ret 38 39 27 26 Óscar Tunjo Toksport 20 7 23 Ret 5 10 10 9 33 21 13 6 4 10 Ret 8 14 26 27 Jack Aitken Emil Frey Racing Ret 12 9 37 15 4 7F 5 Ret Ret Ret 6 25.5 28 Nico Bastian GetSpeed HRT 25 Ret 39 28 Ret 3 5 25 29 Juuso Puhakka Toksport 7 23 5 10 10 9 6 4 Ret 8 25 30 Konstantin Tereshchenko AKKA ASP 11 16 5 11 6 19 6 Ret 40 34 23 11 7 Ret 10 6 11 24 31 Léo Roussel Saintéloc Racing Ret 10 11 16 3 Ret 10 10 2 10 23.5 32 Jim Pla AKKA ASP GetSpeed 16 5 6 19 6 Ret 39 34 28 Ret 7 29 10 6 41 23 33 Pierre-Alexandre Jean Ulysse De Pauw CMR 9 7 3 5 Ret 16 20 29 Ret 7 12 Ret 15 22.5 34 Frédéric Vervisch Saintéloc Racing 9 26 6 10 9 15 4 10 5 11 17 22.5 35 Ross Gunn Marco Sørensen Nicki Thiim Garage 59 AMR 15 3 3 22 36 Aurélien Panis Saintéloc Racing 26 6 9 15 4 10 45 30 29 5 11 13 9 20.5 37 Rik Breukers Ezequiel Pérez Companc Madpanda Motorsport Ret 4 13 24 Ret 9 14 14 9 13 11 4 16 21 Ret 7 23 20 38 Rolf Ineichen Emil Frey Racing 3 13 14 38 31 8 20 19 39 Benjamin Goethe Team WRT 6 11 Ret 19 16 18 23 3 47 25 22 18 9 13 18 13 18 18.5 40 Dennis Lind Nico Müller Audi Sport Team WRT 7 7 4 18 41 Dennis Marschall Attempto Racing 15 18 29 5 9 9 15 16.5 42 Giacomo Altoè Emil Frey Racing 23 36 Ret Ret Ret 4 8 16 43 Mattia Drudi Attempto Racing 12 6 12 14F 14 17 29 5 9 15 14 11 8 11 40 13.5 44 Rob Bell JOTA Ret 16 4 9 7 13 13 45 Maxime Martin Nick Tandy Laurens Vanthoor KCMG 24 8 5 22 46 Marcus Winkelhock Saintéloc Racing 9 10 15 15 17 11 6 17 13 9 9† 12 47 Luca Ghiotto Emil Frey Racing 5 10 48 Alex Aka Attempto Racing 15 19 18 18 17 12 13 Ret 28 23 15 13 13 9 4 24 15 9.5 49 Benjamín Hites Rinaldi Racing 17 8 22 Ret Ret 8 11 6 22 17 30 9 18 32 17 9.5 50 Thomas Neubauer Martin Tomczyk Walkenhorst Motorsport 32 9 3 49 Ret 15 Ret 9 50 Timo Glock Walkenhorst Motorsport 32 9 3 49 Ret 9 51 Christopher Mies Attempto Racing 12 19 18 14F 10 11 Ret 17 29 5 9 18 9 11 40 8.5 52 Patrick Kujala Rinaldi Racing Madpanda Motorsport 17 8 22 11 6 9 13 11 9 18 32 8.5 53 Patric Niederhauser Saintéloc Racing 17 11 6 8 53 Stuart Hall Team WRT 6 19 13 18 8 53 James Pull Team WRT 6 19 47 25 22 13 18 8 54 Adrien de Leener Dinamic Motorsport 15 20 12 24 Ret DNS 12 5 6 55 Mikaël Grenier Russell Ward Winward Racing 7 20 21 51 Ret 24 29 6 55 Philip Ellis Winward Racing 7 20 21 51 Ret 6 56 Tommaso Mosca Attempto Racing 15 6 12 14 17 4.5 57 Michael Christensen Frédéric Makowiecki Dennis Olsen Schnabl Engineering 6 43 Ret 4 58 David Pittard Sheldon van der Linde Marco Wittmann Walkenhorst Motorsport 26 8 11 48 Ret 12 21 4 58 Sheldon van der Linde Marco Wittmann Walkenhorst Motorsport 26 8 11 48 Ret 4 58 Valdemar Eriksen Team WRT 8 Ret 37 16 24 16 12 4 37 Finlay Hutchinson Marcus Winkelhock Saintéloc Racing 9 10 15 15 3 38 David Perel Rinaldi Racing Ret Ret 8 2 40 Romain Dumas Mikkel O. Pedersen Andrea Rizzoli Dinamic Motorsport 10 12 1 41 Jonathan Adam Alexander West Garage 59 14 22 21 25 23 21 21 18P 1 42 Jusuf Owega Attempto Racing 10 11 0.5 Pos. Drivers Team MNZ MAG LEC ZAN MIS 6hrs 12hrs 24hrs BRH NÜR VAL BAR Points SPA

Key Colour Result Gold Race winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Black Disqualified (DSQ) Excluded (EX) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Withdrew (WD) Blank Did not participate P – Pole F – Fastest Lap † – Invitational entry, no points scored

See also

• 2021 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup
• 2021 GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup
• 2021 GT World Challenge Asia
• 2021 GT World Challenge America
• 2021 GT World Challenge Australia

References

1. Lloyd, Daniel (4 September 2020). "Ten Rounds on Provisional 2021 Calendar". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
2. Lloyd, Daniel (23 October 2020). "Endurance, Sprint Cup Calendars Updated; Silverstone Absent". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
3. "Circuit Ricard Tormo Valencia completes 2021 GT World Challenge Europe Powered by AWS calendar". gt-world-challenge-europe.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 11 December 2020. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
4. Goodwin, Graham (23 March 2021). "Revised Brands Hatch GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Date Confirmed". dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 26 March 2021.

External links

• Official website