2025 GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup

The 2025 GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup is the thirteenth 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 season will begin on 4 May at Brands Hatch, and will end on 21 September at Circuit Ricardo Tormo.

Calendar

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The calendar was released on 28 July 2024 at the SRO's annual 24 Hours of Spa press conference, featuring five rounds.[1] There are two changes from last year, with Circuit Zandvoort and Circuit Ricardo Tormo replacing Hockenheimring and Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.

Round Circuit Date Map
1 United Kingdom Brands Hatch, Kent 3–4 May
2 Netherlands Circuit Zandvoort, Zandvoort 16–18 May
3 Italy Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Misano Adriatico 18–20 July
4 France Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, Magny-Cours 1–3 August
5 Spain Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Cheste 19–21 September

Entry list

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Team Car No. Drivers Class Rounds
Austria GRT - Grasser Racing Team[2] Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 1 Bulgaria Georgi Donchev[3] B TBC
Germany Christian Engelhart[3]
19 Ivan Ekelchik[4][a] S 1
Belgium Baptiste Moulin[4]
63 Germany Luca Engstler[4] P 1
South Africa Jordan Pepper[4]
United Kingdom Optimum Motorsport[2] McLaren 720S GT3 Evo 5 TBA G TBC
TBA
Belgium Boutsen VDS[5] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 9 Belgium Maxime Martin[6] P 1
Germany Luca Stolz[5]
10 France César Gazeau[5] S 1
France Aurélien Panis[5]
Switzerland Emil Frey Racing[7] Ferrari 296 GT3 14 United Kingdom Ben Green[7] P 1
Finland Konsta Lappalainen[7]
69 United Kingdom Chris Lulham[7] G 1
Netherlands Thierry Vermeulen[7]
Belgium Comtoyou Racing[8] Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo 21 United Arab Emirates Jamie Day[9] S 1
Belgium Kobe Pauwels[8]
270 Brazil Ricardo Baptista[8] B TBC
Brazil Rafael Suzuki[8]
United Kingdom Steller Motorsport[10] Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R 24 Belgium Matisse Lismont[9] S 1
Finland Jesse Salmenautio[9]
France Saintéloc Racing[11] Audi R8 LMS Evo II 25 France Paul Evrard[9] G 1
Belgium Gilles Magnus[9]
26 Ukraine Ivan Klymenko[11] S 1
Belgium Lorens Lecertua[11]
27 TBA G TBC
TBA
Belgium Team WRT[12] BMW M4 GT3 Evo 30 Sweden Gustav Bergström[12] S 1
Belgium Gilles Stadsbader[12]
32 South Africa Kelvin van der Linde[12] P 1
Belgium Charles Weerts[12]
46 Switzerland Raffaele Marciello[13] P TBC
Italy Valentino Rossi[13]
Oman AlManar Racing by WRT[12] 777 Oman Al Faisal Al Zubair[12] G 1
Germany Jens Klingmann[12]
Germany Walkenhorst Motorsport[14] Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo 35 Portugal Henrique Chaves[14] P 1
Ecuador Mateo Villagómez[14]
United States Winward Racing[15] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 48 Austria Lucas Auer[15] P 1
Germany Maro Engel[15]
81 Italy Gabriele Piana[15] B TBC
Armenia Rinat Salikhov[15][a]
Italy AF Corse - Francorchamps Motors[16] Ferrari 296 GT3 50 Monaco Arthur Leclerc[16] P 1
France Thomas Neubauer[16]
51 Monaco Vincent Abril[16] P 1
Italy Alessio Rovera[16]
52 Belgium Jef Machiels[9] S 1
Argentina Marcos Siebert[9]
United Kingdom Ziggo Sport – Tempesta Racing[17] 93 Italy Eddie Cheever III[17] B TBC
Italy Marco Pulcini[17]
United Kingdom Garage 59[18] McLaren 720S GT3 Evo 58 Monaco Louis Prette[18] G 1
United Kingdom Adam Smalley[18]
59 Germany Benjamin Goethe[18] P 1
Germany Marvin Kirchhöfer[18]
Germany HRT Ford Performance[19] Ford Mustang GT3 64 France Romain Andriolo[20] P 1
Germany Jusuf Owega[20]
65 TBA S TBC
TBA
Italy Tresor Attempto Racing[2] Audi R8 LMS Evo II 66 Andrey Mukovoz[21][a] B TBC
Luxembourg Dylan Pereira[21]
88 Italy Leonardo Moncini[21] G 1
Denmark Sebastian Øgaard[21]
99 Germany Alex Aka[21] S 1
Argentina Ezequiel Pérez Companc[21]
Switzerland Kessel Racing[2] Ferrari 296 GT3 74 United States Dustin Blattner[22] B TBC
Germany Dennis Marschall[22]
United Kingdom Barwell Motorsport[23] Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 76 Canada Daniel Ali[9] S 1
United States Christian Bogle[23]
United States Bijoy Garg[23] TBC
78 United Kingdom Hugo Cook[24] P 1
United Kingdom Sandy Mitchell[24]
Germany Lionspeed GP[25] Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 80 Switzerland Ricardo Feller[25] B TBC
Italy Gabriel Rindone[25]
89 Denmark Bastian Buus[25] B TBC
Canada Bashar Mardini[25]
Italy Imperiale Racing[26] Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 85 Kyrgyzstan Dmitry Gvazava[26][a] B TBC
Italy Loris Spinelli[26]
Germany Rutronik Racing[27] Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 96 Germany Sven Müller[28] P 1
Switzerland Patric Niederhauser[28]
97 Netherlands Loek Hartog[29] S 1
Sri Lanka Eshan Pieris[29]
Austria Razoon more than racing[30] Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 110 TBA TBC
TBA
France CSA Racing[31] McLaren 720S GT3 Evo 111 France Simon Gachet[32] P 1
France Jim Pla[32]
112 United Kingdom James Kell[9] G 1
France Arthur Rougier[9]
France Arthur Rougier[33] B TBC
Spain Isaac Tutumlu[33]
United Kingdom Paradine Competition[12] BMW M4 GT3 Evo 991 United Kingdom Dan Harper[12] B TBC
United Kingdom Darren Leung[12]
992 Netherlands Mex Jansen[12] S 1
Netherlands Maxime Oosten[12]
United Kingdom One Group Engineering[34] Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 TBA TBA TBC
TBA
Icon Class
P Pro Cup
G Gold Cup
S Silver Cup
B Bronze Cup
  • Matisse Lismont was scheduled to compete for Comtoyou Racing,[8] but switched to Steller Motorsport prior to the start of the season.[9]

Race results

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Round Circuit Pole Position Overall Winners Gold Winners Silver Winners Bronze Winners Report
1 R1 United Kingdom Brands Hatch Did not participate Report
R2 Report
2 R1 Netherlands Zandvoort Report
R2 Report
3 R1 Italy Misano Report
R2 Report
4 R1 France Magny-Cours Report
R2 Report
5 R1 Spain Valencia Report
R2 Report

Championship standings

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Scoring system

Championship points are awarded for the first ten positions in each race. The pole-sitter also receives one point.

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

Drivers' championships

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Overall

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Gold Cup

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Silver Cup

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Bronze Cup

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See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d Ekelchik and Mukovoz are Russian, but they compete as neutral competitors as Russian national emblems were banned by the FIA following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Salikhov and Gvazava, also Russians, compete under an Armenian and a Kyrgyz licence respectively for the same reason.

References

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