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GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup
Auto racing championship in European regions and part of the GT World Challenge
Auto racing championship in European regions and part of the GT World Challenge
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup |
| image-size | 200 |
| category | Grand tourer |
| country/region | International |
| inaugural2 | 2013 |
| tyres | Pirelli |
| champion driver | AUT Lucas Auer |
| GER Maro Engel | |
| champion team | BEL Team WRT |
| website | |
| current_season | 2025 GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup |
| image-size = 200 | country/region = International GER Maro Engel
The GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup is a sports car racing series organized by the Stéphane Ratel Organisation (SRO) with the approval of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). Born as the FIA GT Series in 2013, it was sponsored by Blancpain from 2014 to 2019, and was variously branded as the Blancpain Sprint Series in 2014 and 2015, the Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup from 2016 to 2018, and the Blancpain GT World Challenge Europe in 2019. In 2020, Amazon Web Services was named official presenter and the series was branded as "GT World Challenge Powered by AWS". Fanatec concurrently served as title sponsor between 2021 and 2024.
The championship now exclusively races in Europe, but had in previous years visited non-European countries, including Azerbaijan and Russia. The series continues the sprint format for GT-cars carried out by the defunct FIA GT1 World Championship.
Regulations
The GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup is contested with GT3-spec cars. Each event consists of two races over a weekend with two drivers per car and a mandatory pit stop.
Races
The schedule of the GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup consists of races in Europe.
History
In 2013, the FIA GT Series was created after the demise of the FIA GT1 World Championship and the FIA GT3 European Championship. The series was supposed to form the FIA GT World Series in conjunction with the GT Endurance Series. This plan was abandoned before the start of the 2013 season.
The name of the FIA GT Series resembles the FIA GT Championship (1997-2009) that was known for its endurance races all over the world. Except for the mandatory driver changes, the two championships differ highly in sporting and technical regulations.
In 2014, the competition changed the name to the Sprint Series.
in 2016 the SRO announced both the Sprint and Endurance Series integrated into the GT Series, putting the emphasis on the overall drivers' and manufacturers' titles causing the Sprint Series name to change from Sprint Series to GT Series Sprint Cup.
On 25 May 2018, the SRO acquired promotional rights to the GT World Challenge America, a North American GT series sanctioned by the United States Auto Club. On 29 September 2018, the SRO changed the names of the GT Asia and GT Series Sprint Cup, to adopt the World Challenge name used in North America. The three series together will be known as the GT World Challenge (GT WC), with each series adding their region to the series name (America, Asia, Europe).
In 2019, SRO announced that sponsorship by Blancpain had come to an end. For 2020, the GT World Challenge Europe was renamed the GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup, with the GT Series and GT Series Endurance Cup being renamed the GT World Challenge Europe and GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup respectively.
In 2020, SRO named AWS as the "official presenter" of the series, and the series was branded as "GT World Challenge Powered by AWS". In 2021, Fanatec became the title sponsor of the series. Giving the series its current name of "Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe Powered by AWS".
Champions
Drivers
| Year | Pro Cup | Silver Cup | Pro-Am Trophy | Gentlemen Trophy | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | Year | Overall | Silver Cup | Pro-Am Cup | Am Cup | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | Year | Overall | Gold Cup | Silver Cup | Bronze Cup | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MCO Stéphane Ortelli | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BEL Laurens Vanthoor | Not awarded | RUS Sergey Afanasyev | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SWE Andreas Simonsen | CZE Petr Charouz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| CZE Jan Stoviček | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DEU Maximilian Götz | FRA Vincent Abril | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| POL Mateusz Lisowski | DEU Marc Basseng | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| GBR Alessandro Latif | Not awarded | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FRA Vincent Abril | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DEU Maximilian Buhk | NLD Jules Szymkowiak | RUS Aleksey Karachev | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BEL Enzo Ide | ITA Michele Beretta | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DEU Luca Stolz | POL Michał Broniszewski | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ITA Giacomo Piccini | DEU Claudio Sdanewitsch | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NLD Robin Frijns | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| GBR Stuart Leonard | DEU Fabian Schiller | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NLD Jules Szymkowiak | DEU Daniel Keilwitz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DEU Alexander Mattschull | USA Stephen Earle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ZAF David Perel | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ITA Raffaele Marciello | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| GBR Michael Meadows | DEU Nico Bastian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| GBR Jack Manchester | FRA Nyls Stievenart | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DEU Markus Winkelhock | FRA Pierre Feligioni | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FRA Claude-Yves Gosselin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ITA Andrea Caldarelli | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ITA Marco Mapelli | DEU Nico Bastian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FRA Thomas Neubauer | JPN Hiroshi Hamaguchi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| GBR Phil Keen | DEU Florian Scholze | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DEU Wolfgang Triller | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BEL Dries Vanthoor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BEL Charles Weerts | FRA Simon Gachet | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FRA Steven Palette | ITA Eddie Cheever | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| GBR Chris Froggatt | Not awarded | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BEL Dries Vanthoor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BEL Charles Weerts | CHE Alex Fontana | POR Henrique Chaves | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| POR Miguel Ramos | Not awarded | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BEL Dries Vanthoor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BEL Charles Weerts | FRA Pierre-Alexandre Jean | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BEL Ulysse De Pauw | POR Miguel Ramos | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| GBR Dean Macdonald | Not awarded | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SMR Mattia Drudi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| CHE Ricardo Feller | GER Niklas Krütten | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| AUS Calan Williams | AUS Jordan Love | GBR Alex Malykhin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| AUT Lucas Auer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DEU Maro Engel | DEU Luca Engstler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| AUT Max Hofer | AUS Calan Williams | GBR Dan Harper | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| GBR Darren Leung | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ZAF Kelvin van der Linde | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BEL Charles Weerts | GBR Chris Lulham | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NED Thierry Vermeulen | BEL Kobe Pauwels | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| GBR Jamie Day | GER Dennis Marschall | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| USA Dustin Blattner |
Teams
| Year | Pro Cup | Silver Cup | Pro-Am Trophy | Gentlemen Trophy | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | Year | Overall | Silver Cup | Pro-Am Cup | Am Cup | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | Year | Overall | Gold Cup | Silver Cup | Bronze Cup | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEL Belgian Audi Club Team WRT | Not awarded | CZE HTP Gravity Charouz | CZE HTP Gravity Charouz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BEL Belgian Audi Club Team WRT | BEL Belgian Audi Club Team WRT | DEU Phoenix Racing | Not awarded | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BEL Belgian Audi Club Team WRT | DEU Bentley Team HTP | RUS GT Russian Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BEL Team WRT | Not awarded | CHE Kessel Racing | ITA AF Corse | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BEL Belgian Audi Club Team WRT | DEU HTP Motorsport | DEU Rinaldi Racing | CHE Kessel Racing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BEL Belgian Audi Club Team WRT | Not awarded | FRA Saintéloc Racing | BEL Boutsen Ginion Racing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FRA Mercedes-AMG Team AKKA ASP | FRA AKKA ASP Team | CHN Orange1 FFF Racing Team | AUT HB Racing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BEL Belgian Audi Club Team WRT | FRA Saintéloc Racing | GBR Sky - Tempesta Racing | Not awarded | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BEL Team WRT | CHE Emil Frey Racing | GBR Barwell Motorsport | Not awarded | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BEL Team WRT | ITA AF Corse | ITA AF Corse | Not awarded | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| GER Tresor Orange1 | BEL Boutsen VDS | GER Haupt Racing Team | LIT Pure Rxcing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BEL Team WRT | DEU Liqui Moly Team Engstler by OneGroup | BEL Team WRT | GBR Paradine Competition | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BEL Team WRT | CHE Emil Frey Racing | BEL Comtoyou Racing | CHE Kessel Racing |
References
References
- Mercier, Laurent. (3 January 2025). "Vers une sortie de Fanatec du GT World Challenge?".
- (2013-01-10). "FIA GT SERIES IS GO FOR 2013". Stéphane Ratel Organisation.
- "Official Site of Blancpain Endurance Series".
- "About Blancpain GT Series". [[Blancpain GT Series]].
- (29 September 2018). "Stephane Ratel outlines exciting 2019 season plans for SRO Motorsports Group". [[Stéphane Ratel Organisation.
- (2020-01-20). "SRO Motorsports Group names Amazon Web Services (AWS) official presenter of GT World Challenge".
- (2021-01-22). "Fanatec named title sponsor of GT World Challenge Powered by AWS and GT2 European Series".
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