Akkodis ASP ahead of Team WRT in GTWCE

SRO

Aug 31

📷 Luc Warnotte at 24 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps. Akkodis ASP Team Mercedes-AMG GT3 #88 with Marciello - Boguslavskiy - Gounon ended second overall behind #98 Rowe Racing BMW M4 GT3.

Akkodis ASP Mercedes-AMG GT3 with Marciello and Boguslavskiy leads the GTWCE overall and Sprint Cups ahead of the Hockenheim round. With Gounon, they lead both Endurance Cups (Team and Driver). Team WRT who took the three Team titles (overall, Endurance and Sprint) and two Driver titles (Endurance and Sprint) last year is second in overall and Sprint Cups but lost any hope of winning the Endurance Cups.

Rowe Racing might lose its P3 overall

📷 © Luc Warnotte at Monza: GTWorldChEu at Monza was the first endurance win by Rowe Racing this season.

Hockenheim will be the third round (out of 5) of the FGTWCE Sprint Cups and the seventh round (out of 10) of the FGTWCE. Rowe Racing (third overall and second in Endurance Cups) will not be in Hockenheim.

Akkodis ASP and Team WRT with different means

📷 Luc Warnotte at Monza. Akkodis ASP Team didn’t score points during the first endurance race at Monza .

Akkodis ASP Team has only one Mercedes-AMG GT3 EVO (#88) to score points with Marciello and Boguslavskiy in both overall and Sprint Cups whereas Team WRT has two BMW M4 GT3 entries with Vanthoor-Weerts in #32 and Rossi-Martin in #46.

📷 Luc Warnotte at 24 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps. Team WRT BMW M4 GT3 entries in Endurance races: van der Linde-Vanthoor-Weerts in #32 and Farfus-Rossi-Martin in #46.

Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe Teams.

Akkodis ASP Team with Mercedes-AMG GT3 EVO (#88) is leading with 147,5 points. Team WRT is second, 39 points behind. Rowe Racing is third 58,5 points behind Akkodis, and Tresor Attempto Racing is fourth overall, only 2,5 points behind Rowe Racing.

There are still 3 sprint races (35 points maximum for each) to run and one endurance (26 points). Rowe Racing (third overall and second in Endurance Cups) does not participate in the sprint races. Hockenheim will be a good occasion for both leaders to increase the gap with Rowe Racing in the overall standings and for Tresor Attempto Racing to become third overall.

📷 © Luc Warnotte at Nürburgring. #40 Tresor Attempto Racing Audi

With a maximum of 131 points plus 5 Fanatec Boost points to win during the four last rounds, everything is very open for these three teams: Akkodis ASP Team (Mercedes-AMG), Team WRT (BMW) and Tresor Attempto Racing (Audi).

Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe Drivers.

📷 © Luc Warnotte at Nürburgring. Marciello - Boguslavskiy - Gounon in the #88 Akkodis ASP Team Mercedes.

Marciello and Boguslavskiy are strong leaders with 141 points. Drudi and Feller with Tresor Attempto Audi #40 are 65 points behind. Vanthoor-Weerts in #32 Team WRT BMW are 19,5 points behind the Audi duo. With 35 points at play at Hockenheim, those two teams will be able to reduce the gap with the Akkodis duo and/or reverse their order.

Fanatec GT World Challenge Sprint Cup Overall Teams.

📷 © Luc Warnotte at Monza. Team WRT #32 BMW M4 GT3..

Akkodis ASP Team with 50,5 points and Team WRT with 48,5 points are ahead of the two Audi teams ComToYouRacing (34,5 pts) and Tresor Attempto Racing (33,5 pts). Emil Frey Racing is fifth with 30 points. Everything is still open as the gap between the top five is too tiny with three rounds left. Definitively the Hockenheim round will clarify the ranking in this cup.

Fanatec GT World Challenge Sprint Cup Overall Drivers.

📷 © Luc Warnotte at Spa-Francorchamps. Team WRT #46 BMW M4 GT3.

Marciello and Boguslavskiy, with two victories, are leading the cup with 47 points ahead of both Team WRT BMW M4 GT3 entries with Vanthoor-Weerts in #32 and Rossi-Martin (one victory at Misano) in #46 with 30,5 points each. Drudi-Feller with Audi #40 had one victory at Brands Hatch and are fourth with 29 points ahead of Legeret-Haase (Comtoyou Racing #11) with 26,5 points. As for the teams cup, the Hockenheim race will be interesting