2024 GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup
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The 2024 Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup was the twelfth 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 fourth with the sponsorship of Fanatec.
The season began on 4 May at Brands Hatch, and ended on 13 October at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.
The calendar was released on 1 July 2023 at the SRO's annual 24 Hours of Spa press conference, featuring five rounds.[1] Several adjustments were announced, including Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya joining the sprint schedule after being shuffled out of the endurance schedule, and the addition of Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours after a year away. Circuit Ricardo Tormo and Circuit Zandvoort will not return to the sprint schedule, after three and five years in the series respectively.
| Round | Circuit | Date | Map |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4–5 May | ||
| 2 | 18 May | ||
| 3 | 20–21 July | ||
| 4 | 24–25 August | ||
| 5 | 12–13 October |
Entry list
Notes:
- Dinamic GT was scheduled to run a pair of Ford Mustang GT3s, but parted ways with the American brand prior to the start of the season.[43] Christopher Mies and Frédéric Vervisch were set to share a Pro-class entry, with Ben Barker and Philipp Sager in a Bronze Cup car.[44][45] A Pro-class Proton Competition entry later appeared on the season entry list, in what looked to be a replacement programme akin to the one set up by the team in the Endurance Cup.[4] However, after sitting out the opening round, a Ford Performance spokesperson confirmed the programme would not go ahead.[46]
- GMB Motorsport was scheduled to enter an Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo in Silver Cup for Gustav Birch and Simon Birch,[47] but the team folded prior to the start of the season.[48]
- Liqui Moly Team Engstler by OneGroup was scheduled to enter a Grasser Racing Team-run Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 in Pro, but switched to an Audi R8 LMS Evo II prior to the start of the season, also moving classes to Gold Cup.[4][2] The team switched back to a Lamborghini for round 3 at Hockenheim.[3] The team reverted to an Audi for the final two rounds.[8]
- Mikkel C. Johansen was scheduled to compete for Eurodent GSM Team, but did not appear at any rounds.[12]
Race results
| Round | Circuit | Pole position | Overall winners | Gold winners | Silver winners | Bronze winners | Report | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | R1 | Did not participate | Report | |||||
| R2 | Report | |||||||
| 2 | R1 | Report | ||||||
| R2 | Report | |||||||
| 3 | R1 | Report | ||||||
| R2 | Report | |||||||
| 4 | R1 | Report | ||||||
| R2 | Report | |||||||
| 5 | R1[N 2] | Report | ||||||
| R2 | Report | |||||||
Championship standings
- 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
Overall
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P – Pole | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gold Cup
| Pos. | Drivers | Team | BRH |
MIS |
HOC |
MAG |
CAT[N 2] |
Points | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | 10 | 21 | 15 | 6P | 13P | 13PF | 19P | 7F | 10 | 107.5 | ||
| 2 | 13F | 9P | 13 | 13F | 10 | 16F | 14 | 11F | 17 | 13 | 101.5 | ||
| 3 | 9P | 13 | 32PF | 11P | 13 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 28PF | 97.5 | ||
| 4 | 11F | 7 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 9 | 75.5 | ||||||
| 5 | 23† | 24 | 28 | 31 | 21 | 30 | 27 | DNS | 11P | 20 | 52 | ||
| 6 | 23† | 24 | 28 | 31 | 28 | Ret | 32 | 15 | 42 | ||||
| 7 | 21 | 20F | 22 | 16 | 32 | ||||||||
| 8 | 21 | 30 | 27 | DNS | 11P | 20 | 26.5 | ||||||
| 9 | 32 | 15 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 10 | 28 | Ret | WD | WD | 4.5 | ||||||||
| Pos. | Drivers | Team | BRH |
MIS |
HOC |
MAG |
CAT[N 2] |
Points | |||||
Silver Cup
| Pos. | Drivers | Team | BRH |
MIS |
HOC |
MAG |
CAT[N 2] |
Points | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8P | 15 | 6PF | 10F | 5 | 5F | 22 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 112.5 | ||
| 2 | 8P | 15 | 6PF | 10F | 5 | 5F | 22 | 14 | 100.5 | ||||
| 3 | 6 | 12 | 30 | 32 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 12F | 5PF | 11 | 97 | ||
| 4 | 10 | 11PF | WD | WD | 4PF | 21P | 17F | 8 | 14 | 24 | 80 | ||
| 5 | 12 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 20 | 23 | 28 | 20 | 19F | 67 | ||
| 6 | 16 | 22 | 31 | 14P | 14 | 28 | 16 | RetP | 12 | 17 | 57 | ||
| 7 | 18 | 19 | 24 | 22 | 22 | 26 | Ret | WD | 36.5 | ||||
| 7 | 18 | 19 | 24 | 22 | 22 | 26 | 36.5 | ||||||
| 8 | 20F | 21 | 27 | 19 | 29 | 29 | 25 | DNS | Ret | 18 | 36 | ||
| 9 | 8P | 18 | 32.5 | ||||||||||
| 12 | 17 | ||||||||||||
| 10 | 22 | 23 | 28.5 | ||||||||||
| 14 | 28 | 16 | RetP | ||||||||||
| 11 | 27 | 19 | 29 | 29 | 25 | DNS | Ret | 18 | 28.5 | ||||
| 12 | 8P | 18 | 25 | ||||||||||
| 13 | 31 | 14P | 16 | ||||||||||
| Ret | WD | ||||||||||||
| 14 | 15 | 14 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 15 | 25 | 29 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 16 | 13 | 15P | 10.5 | ||||||||||
| 17 | 16 | 22 | 9 | ||||||||||
| 18 | 20F | 21 | 7.5 | ||||||||||
| – | WD | WD | 0 | ||||||||||
| Pos. | Drivers | Team | BRH |
MIS |
HOC |
MAG |
CAT[N 2] |
Points | |||||
Bronze Cup
| Pos. | Drivers | Team | MIS |
HOC |
MAG |
CAT[N 2] |
Points | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 17 | 20 | 15 | 11F | 21P | 26F | 21 | 22 | 74.5 | ||
| 2 | 19 | 24 | 19 | 15 | 18 | 25 | 22F | 21 | 67.5 | ||
| 3 | DNS | 23 | 27F | 19 | 20F | 17 | 23 | 16PF | 61.5 | ||
| 4 | 20 | 17P | 20 | 17 | 28 | 22 | 26 | 23 | 60.5 | ||
| 5 | 16 | 27 | 24 | 18 | 26 | 23 | Ret | 25 | 44 | ||
| 6 | 15 | 21 | 23 | 25 | 24 | 27 | Ret | 27 | 42.5 | ||
| 7 | 23 | 25 | RetP | 27P | 30† | 20P | 18 | Ret | 25.5 | ||
| 8 | 29 | Ret | 26 | 24 | 31† | 21 | 25 | 26 | 22 | ||
| 9 | 26 | 28 | 25 | 23 | 29 | 24 | 22P | Ret | 21.5 | ||
| 10 | 14PF | 30F | 18.5 | ||||||||
| 11 | RetP | 27P | 30† | 20P | 18 | Ret | 18 | ||||
| 12 | 23 | 25 | 7.5 | ||||||||
| Pos. | Drivers | Team | MIS |
HOC |
MAG |
CAT[N 2] |
Points | ||||