And the GTWorldChEu Endurance Cups winners are…

SRO

Oct 4

The last Endurance round of the Fanatec GT World Challenge Powered by AWS Championship at Barcelona delivery its 10 Cups winners.

Each pair of Endurance Cup (Drivers and Teams) was clinched with different manufacturer’s GT3s:

Overall: Mercedes-AMG GT3 with #88 Akkodis Asp team
Bronze: McLaren 720S GT3 EVO with #93 Sky-Tempesta Racing
Gold: Audi R8 LMS GT3 EVO II with #21 ComToYou Racing,
Pro-Am: Porsche 911 GT3 R(992) with #24 Car Collection Motorsport
Silver: Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO 2 with #85 Grasser Racing Team

3 manufacturers didn’t have a customer team winning a Cup: Aston Martin Vantage GT3, BMW M4 GT3, Ferrari 296 GT3

Overall cups: #88 Mercedes-AMG GT3 squad

📷 © Luc Warnotte at 3 Hours of Barcelona. #88 Akkodis Asp team Mercedes-AMG GT3 with Timur Boguslavskiy, Jules Gounon and Raffaele Marciello.

With a P5 overall at Barcelona for the Akkodis ASP Team and their drivers Timur Boguslavskiy, Jules Gounon, Raffaele Marciello ahead of their challengers Rowe Racing squad in P10, the #88 Mercedes-AMG GT3 team and drivers were increasing their leadership and clinched both Fanatec GT World Challenge Powered by AWS Endurance Cup Drivers and Teams.

📷 © Luc Warnotte at 3 Hours of Barcelona. Not the best weekend for the BMW M4 GT3 who lost all Cups they were in contention for: P10 #98 Rowe Racing, P11 #32 Team WRT, DNF #46 Team WRT.

Endurance Bronze Cups: McLaren #93

There were four contenders for the Endurance Cup Bronze Drivers and Teams: .

📷 © Luc Warnotte at 3 Hours of Barcelona. #93 McLaren 720S GT3 EVO.

With a P6 in class at Barcelona, Sky-Tempesta Racing with Jonathan HUI, Chris FROGGATT and Eddie CHEEVER driving #93 McLaren 720S GT3 EVO scored enough points to keep their class leadership and clinch both Endurance Cup Bronze Teams and Drivers although without victories this season.

📷 © Luc Warnotte at 3 Hours of Barcelona.

Haupt Racing Team with #79 Mercedes-AMG GT3 EVO driven by Arjun MAINI, Sebastien BAUD and Hubert HAUPT kept their P2 in the championship with a P4 in class at Barcelona.
Herberth Motorsport with #91 Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) driven by Ralf BOHN, Alfred RENAUER and Robert RENAUER move from P4 to P3 in the championship thanks to their P2 at Barcelona.
Pure Racing with #911 Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) driven by Joel STURM, Aliaksandr MALYKHIN and Klaus BACHLER drop in P4 as they DNF at Barcelona.

Overall Bronze Cups AND Le Mans invite: Pure Rxcing

📷 © Luc Warnotte at 3 Hours of Barcelona. #911 Porsche 911 GT3 R (992).

Despite not finishing the Barcelona race Alex Malykhin and Pure Rxcing with the #911 Porsche clinch overall Bronze Cup titles AND secure an automatic invite to the 2024 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Endurance Cups Gold: ComToYou Racing

Before the race, the #21 ComToYou Racing Audi R8 LMS GT3 EVO II drivers Nicolas Baert and Maxime Soulet had a comfortable 24 points lead in the Cup Gold Drivers ahead of Winward Racing #157 Mercedes-AMG GT3 EVO’s drivers Miklas BORN, David SCHUMACHER and Marius ZUG.

Finishing the race was enough for Nicolas Baert and Maxime Soulet to seal the Endurance Cup Gold Drivers.

📷 © Luc Warnotte at 3 Hours of Barcelona. #21 Audi R8 LMS GT3 EVO II.

For their first year in the championship, ComToYou Racing with #21 Audi R8 LMS GT3 EVO II were leading the Gold class 6 points ahead of Winward Racing before the Barcelona race.

Despite the two Winward Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 EVO (#157 and #57) double podium, ending second and third in class while the #21 ComToYou Audi ended last in class, the Belgian team won the crown thanks to the abandon of the Optmimum Motorsport McLaren and Iron Lynx Lamborghini. The #21 Audi team scored 12 points for 18 to the Winward squad meaning both teams ended with 106 points. The Endurance Cup Gold Team went to ComToYou Racing as they scored two wins for one to their rivals.

Endurance Cup Pro-Am: Car Collection Motorsport

📷 © Luc Warnotte at 3 Hours of Barcelona. #24 Porsche 911 GT3 R(992).

Car Collection Motorsport with #24 Porsche 911 GT3 R(992) had already pocketed the Endurance Cup Pro-Am Teams as well as their drivers Ian Tacoma, Niki Leutwiller and Alex Fontana had already won the Endurance Cup Pro-Am Drivers.

Endurance Cups Silver: GRT Grasser Racing team

📷 © Luc Warnotte at 3 Hours of Barcelona. #85 Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO 2.

Grasser Racing Team scored the double at Barcelona with the #58 Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO 2 of Tweraser - Neary - Crestani and #85 - van Berlo - Schmid - Hites far ahead their potential challenger ComToYou Racing (#12 Audi R8 LMS GT3 EVO II) ensuring the Endurance Cup Silver Team.

With a P2, Clemens SCHMID, Glenn VAN BERLO and Benjamin HITES with #85 Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO2 clinched the Endurance Cup Silver Drivers.