2022 GT World Challenge Europe

The 2022 Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe Powered by AWS is the ninth season of GT World Challenge Europe. The season began at Imola on 3 April and will end at Catalunya on 2 October. The season consists of 10 events: 5 Sprint Cup events, and 5 Endurance Cup events.

Entries
Team Car No. Drivers Class Rounds
BWT Team GetSpeed Performance[1][2] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo[2] 2 Maro Engel[1] P 1
Luca Stolz[1]
Steijn Schothorst[1]
GetSpeed Performance[2] 3 Seb Baud[3] S 1
Valdemar Eriksen[3]
Jeff Kingsley[3]
9 TBA PA TBA
TBA
TBA
Haupt Racing Team[4] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo[4] 4 Jannes Fittje[4] S 1
Jordan Love[4]
Alain Valente[4]
5 Hubert Haupt[4] G 1
Arjun Maini[4]
Florian Scholze[4]
Al Manar Racing by HRT[4] 777 Al Faisal Al Zubair[4] S 1
Axcil Jefferies[4]
Fabian Schiller[4]
K-PAX Racing[5] Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo[5] 6 Andrea Caldarelli[5] P TBA
Marco Mapelli[5]
Jordan Pepper[5]
Inception Racing with Optimum Motorsport[6] McLaren 720S GT3[6] 7 Brendan Iribe[7] G 1
Ollie Millroy[7]
Frederik Schandorff[7]
AGS Events[8] Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo[8] 8 Loris Cabirou[8] G 1
Nicolas Gomar[8]
Mike Parisy[8]
Boutsen Ginion Racing[9] Audi R8 LMS Evo II[9] 10 Adam Eteki[10] G 1
Benjamin Lessennes[9]
Karim Ojjeh[9]
Tresor by Car Collection[11] Audi R8 LMS Evo II[11] 11 Axel Blom[11] S 1
Lorenzo Patrese[11]
Hugo Valente[11]
12 Mattia Drudi[12] P 1
Luca Ghiotto[12]
Christopher Haase[12]
Emil Frey Racing[13] Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo[13] 14 Konsta Lappalainen[13] S 1
Tuomas Tujula[14]
Stuart White[13]
19 Giacomo Altoè[13] P 1
Arthur Rougier[13]
Léo Roussel[13]
63 Jack Aitken[13] P 1
Mirko Bortolotti[13]
Albert Costa[13]
SPS Automotive Performance[15] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo[15] 20 Dominik Baumann[16] PA 1
Ian Loggie[16]
Valentin Pierburg[16]
AF Corse[17] Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020[17] 21 Alessandro Balzan[18] G 1
Hugo Delacour[18]
Cedric Sbirrazzuoli[18]
52 Andrea Bertolini[17] PA 1
Stefano Costantini[18]
Louis Machiels[17]
Allied-Racing[19] Porsche 911 GT3 R[19] 22 Dominik Fischli[20] S 1
Patrik Matthiesen[19]
Joel Sturm[19]
Saintéloc Racing[21] Audi R8 LMS Evo II[21] 25 Lucas Légeret[21] P 1
Christopher Mies[21]
Patric Niederhauser[21]
26 Nicolas Baert[21] S 1
César Gazeau[21]
Aurélien Panis[21]
Leipert Motorsport[22] Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo[22] 27 Dennis Fetzer[23] S 1
Brendon Leitch[22]
Jordan Witt[24]
Max Weering[23] TBA
ROFGO Racing with Team WRT[25] Audi R8 LMS Evo II[25] 30 Benjamin Goethe[25] S 1
Thomas Neubauer[25]
Jean-Baptiste Simmenauer[25]
Belgian Audi Club Team WRT[25] 31 Finlay Hutchison[25] S 1
Diego Menchaca[25]
Lewis Proctor[25]
32 Kelvin van der Linde[25] P 1
Dries Vanthoor[25]
Charles Weerts[25]
33 Arnold Robin[25] G 1
Maxime Robin[25]
Ryuichiro Tomita[25]
Monster VR46 with Team WRT[26][27] 46 Nico Müller[25] P 1
Valentino Rossi[26]
Frederic Vervisch[25]
Jota Sport[6] McLaren 720S GT3[6] 38 Rob Bell[28] P 1
Marvin Kirchhöfer[28]
Oliver Wilkinson[28]
BMW Junior Team with ROWE Racing[29] BMW M4 GT3[30] 50 Daniel Harper[29] P 1
Max Hesse[29]
Neil Verhagen[29]
ROWE Racing[30] 98 Nicky Catsburg[29] P 1
Augusto Farfus[29]
Nick Yelloly[29]
Iron Lynx[31] Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020[31] 51 James Calado[32] P 1
Miguel Molina[32]
Nicklas Nielsen[32]
71 Antonio Fuoco[32] P 1
Davide Rigon[32]
Daniel Serra[32]
Iron Dames[31] 83 Sarah Bovy[31] G 1
Rahel Frey[31]
Michelle Gatting[31]
Dinamic Motorsport[33] Porsche 911 GT3 R[33] 54 Klaus Bachler[33] P 1
Matteo Cairoli[33]
Côme Ledogar[33]
56 Mauro Calamia[18] S 1
Marius Nakken[34]
Giorgio Roda[34]
Alessandro Giardelli[34] TBA
Winward Racing[35] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo[35] 57 Lucas Auer[35] G 1
Lorenzo Ferrari[35]
Jens Liebhauser[35]
Attempto Racing[6] Audi R8 LMS Evo II[6] 66 Alex Aka[36] S 1
Nicolas Schöll[36]
Marius Zug[36]
99 Dennis Marschall[18] P TBA
Juuso Puhakka[18]
Markus Winkelhock[18]
Barwell Motorsport[37] Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo[37] 77 Rob Collard[38] G 1
Alex MacDowall[38]
Sandy Mitchell[38]
Adrian Amstutz[38] TBA
Patrick Kujala[38]
78 Ben Barker[39] G 1
James Dorlin[39]
TBA
 Alex Malykhin[39][lower-alpha 1] TBA
AKKodis ASP Team[40] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo[40] 87 Tommaso Mosca[40] S 1
Casper Stevenson[40]
 Konstantin Tereshchenko[40][lower-alpha 2]
88 Jules Gounon[40] P 1
Daniel Juncadella[40]
Raffaele Marciello[40]
Madpanda Motorsport[41] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo[41] 90 Dušan Borković[42] S 1
Ezequiel Pérez Companc[18]
Sean Walkinshaw[42]
Sky - Tempesta with GruppeM Racing[43] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo[6] 93 Eddie Cheever III[43] G 1
Chris Froggatt[43]
Jonathan Hui[43]
Beechdean AMR[44] Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3[44] 95 Maxime Martin[45] P 1
Marco Sorensen[45]
Nicki Thiim[45]
97 Valentin-Hasse Clot[45] G 1
Andrew Howard[45]
Theo Nouet[45]
CMR[46] Bentley Continental GT3[46] 107 Nigel Bailly[46] PA 1
Stéphane Lémeret[47]
Matthieu de Robiano[47]
JP Motorsport[48] McLaren 720S GT3[48] 111 Vincent Abril[49] P 1
Christian Klien[48]
Dennis Lind[49]
112 Maciej Błażek[49] S 1
Patryk Krupiński[49]
Joel Mesch[49]
Garage 59[6] McLaren 720S GT3[6] 159 Nicolai Kjaergaard[18] S 1
Manuel Maldonado[50]
Ethan Simioni[51]
188 Henrique Chaves[50] PA 1
Miguel Ramos[50]
Alexander West[50]
Vincenzo Sospiri Racing[52] Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo[52] 163 Luis Michael Dörrbecker[52] S 1
Baptiste Moulin[52]
Marcus Påverud[52]
563 Michele Beretta[52] S 1
Benjamin Hites[52]
Yuki Nemoto[52]
Herberth Motorsport[6] Porsche 911 GT3 R[6] 911 Ralf Bohn[53] G 1
Alfred Renauer[53]
Robert Renauer[53]
Icon Class
P Pro Cup
S Silver Cup
PA Pro-Am Cup
G Gold Cup

Calendar

The provisional calendar was released on 4 September 2021, in which Hockenheimring replaced Nürburgring.[54]
The calendar was updated on 29 October 2021, as Imola replaced Monza and the season opener was rescheduled to one week earlier.[55]

Round Circuit Date Series
1 Imola Circuit, Imola, Italy 1–3 April Endurance
2 Brands Hatch, Kent, Great Britain 30 April–1 May Sprint
3 Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, Magny-Cours, France 13–15 May Sprint
4 Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet, France 3–5 June Endurance
5 Circuit Zandvoort, Zandvoort, Netherlands 17–19 June Sprint
6 Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Misano Adriatico, Italy 1–3 July Sprint
7 Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium 28–31 July Endurance
8 Hockenheimring, Hockenheim, Germany 2–4 September Endurance
9 Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Cheste, Spain 16–18 September Sprint
10 Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló, Spain 30 September–2 October Endurance

See also

Notes
  1. Alex Malykhin is Belarusian, but competes as a neutral competitor using the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile flag as Belarusian and Russian national emblems were banned by the association due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
  2. Konstantin Tereshchenko is Russian, but competes as a neutral competitor using the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile flag as Belarusian and Russian national emblems were banned by the association due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

References
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