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2023 GT2 European Series

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The 2023 Fanatec GT2 European Series is the third season of the GT2 European Series. The season began on 21 April at Autodromo Nazionale Monza in Monza and will end on 7 October at Circuit Paul Ricard in Le Castellet.

Calendar

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For 2023 the opening round of the season was moved back to Monza, after having been to Imola for the 2022 season. The series will also be heading to Dijon and Portimão for the first time, while not returning to Spa or Misano.[1]

Round Circuit Date Supporting
1 Italy Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza, Italy 21–23 April GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup
2 Austria Red Bull Ring, Spielberg, Austria 26–27 May Histo-Cup Austria
3 France Circuit de Dijon-Prenois, Prenois, France 16–17 June FFSA GT Championship
4 Portugal Algarve International Circuit, Portimão, Portugal 22–23 July British GT Championship
5 Spain Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Cheste, Spain 15–17 September GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup
6 France Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet, France 6–7 October FFSA GT Championship

Series news

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  • This season sees the introduction of the Iron Cup, awarded to the top Pro-Am or Am entry of drivers with a combined age of over 100 years.[2]
  • The minimum driver age requirement got removed, allowing for drivers younger than 40 years to compete.[2]

Entry list

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Team Car No. Drivers Class Rounds
Belgium PK Carsport[3] Audi R8 LMS GT2 1 Belgium Stienes Longin[3] PA All
Belgium Peter Guelinckx[3] All
Italy Ebimotors[4] Porsche 911 GT2 RS Clubsport 5 Lithuania Aurelijus Rusteika[4] Am 1–3, 5–6
Lithuania Mantas Janavicius[4] 1–3, 5–6
911 Switzerland Leonardo Gorini[4] Am 1–5
France Nicolas Gomar[5] 2
France Bastien Chesaux 3
Germany Haupt Racing Team[6] Mercedes-AMG GT2 7 Germany Jörg Viebahn Am 2
Germany Mario Plachutta 2
Germany Fanatec by HRT[7] 44 Germany Jens Liebhauser[7] Am 1
Germany Thomas Jackermeier[7] 1
Italy Iron Lynx[8] Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo GT2 8 Italy Donovan Privitelio[8] Am 1
Italy Luciano Privitelio[8] 1
Germany Manthey Racing Porsche 911 GT2 RS Clubsport 10 Germany Christoph Breuer Am 1
PA 3
Austria Marco Holzer 3
Italy LP Racing[9][10] Maserati MC20 GT2 12 Switzerland Leonardo Gorini[10] PA 6
Italy Luca Pirri[10] 6
Audi R8 LMS GT2 18 Germany Pierre Kaffer[9] PA 1–4, 6
Austria Michael Doppelmayr[9] 1–4, 6
67 France Henry Hassid[11] PA All
France Anthony Beltoise[11] All
88 France Stéphane Ratel[12] PA All
Italy Mattia di Giusto[12] All
Austria KTM True Racing by Reiter Engineering[13] KTM X-Bow GT2 15 Belgium Nicolas Saelens[14] PA All
Slovakia Štefan Rosina[14] All
16 Austria Klaus Angerhofer[13] Am All
Austria Sehdi Sarmini[13] 2–6
17 Austria Reinhard Kofler[13] PA 1–4
Austria Hubert Trunkenpolz[13] 1–2, 4–6
Switzerland Martin Koch 3
Spain Dani Pedrosa[15] 5
Austria Laura Kraihamer 6
51 France Alexandre Leroy Am 6
France Bertrand Rouchaud 6
France CMR Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo GT2 30 France Georges Cabanne Am 3, 6
France Jean Paul Buffin 6
France Akkodis ASP Team[16] Mercedes-AMG GT2 61 France Mauro Ricci[16] Am 2–6
France Benjamin Ricci[16] 2–6
87 France Jean-Luc Beaubelique[17] Am 4
France Christophe Bourret[17] 4
France Ludovic Badey PA 5–6
France Jean-Luc Beaubelique 5–6
Czech Republic RTR Projects[18] KTM X-Bow GT2 89 Czech Republic Jan Krabec[18] Am All
Austria MZR Motorsportzentrum Ried KTM X-Bow GT2 812 Austria Reinhard Kofler PA 5–6
Switzerland Martin Koch 5–6
Spain NM Racing Team[19] Mercedes-AMG GT2 888 Czech Republic Jakub Knoll[19] Am 6
France Stéphane Perrin[19] 6
Icon Class
PA Pro-Am Cup
Am Am Cup
INV Invitational

Race results

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Bold indicates overall winner

Round Circuit Pole position Pro-Am Winners Am Winners
1 R1 Italy Monza Italy No. 8 Iron Lynx Italy No. 67 LP Racing Czech Republic No. 89 RTR Projects
Italy Donovan Privitelio
Italy Luciano Privitelio
France Henry Hassid
France Anthony Beltoise
Czech Republic Jan Krabec
R2 Belgium No. 1 PK Carsport Belgium No. 1 PK Carsport Czech Republic No. 89 RTR Projects
Belgium Stienes Longin
Belgium Peter Guelinckx
Belgium Stienes Longin
Belgium Peter Guelinckx
Czech Republic Jan Krabec
2 R1 Austria Red Bull Ring Italy No. 67 LP Racing France No. 61 Akkodis ASP Team Austria No. 16 True Racing by Reiter Engineering
France Henry Hassid
France Anthony Beltoise
France Mauro Ricci
France Benjamin Ricci
Austria Klaus Angerhofer
Austria Sehdi Sarmini
R2 Italy No. 18 LP Racing Austria No. 15 True Racing by Reiter Engineering Czech Republic No. 89 RTR Projects
Germany Pierre Kaffer
Austria Michael Doppelmayr
Belgium Nicolas Saelens
Slovakia Štefan Rosina
Czech Republic Jan Krabec
3 R1 France Dijon Italy No. 67 LP Racing Austria No. 17 True Racing by Reiter Engineering Italy No. 911 Ebimotors
France Henry Hassid
France Anthony Beltoise
Switzerland Martin Koch
Austria Reinhard Kofler
Switzerland Leonardo Gorini
R2 Italy No. 18 LP Racing Belgium No. 1 PK Carsport Czech Republic No. 89 RTR Projects
Germany Pierre Kaffer
Austria Michael Doppelmayr
Belgium Stienes Longin
Belgium Peter Guelinckx
Czech Republic Jan Krabec
4 R1 Portugal Algarve Belgium No. 1 PK Carsport Italy No. 67 LP Racing Austria No. 16 True Racing by Reiter Engineering
Belgium Stienes Longin
Belgium Peter Guelinckx
France Henry Hassid
France Anthony Beltoise
Austria Klaus Angerhofer
Austria Sehdi Sarmini
R2 Italy No. 18 LP Racing Belgium No. 1 PK Carsport Czech Republic No. 89 RTR Projects
Germany Pierre Kaffer
Austria Michael Doppelmayr
Belgium Stienes Longin
Belgium Peter Guelinckx
Czech Republic Jan Krabec
5 R1 Spain Valencia Italy No. 67 LP Racing France Akkodis ASP Team Austria No. 16 True Racing by Reiter Engineering
France Henry Hassid
France Anthony Beltoise
France Jean-Luc Beaubelique
France Ludovic Badey
Austria Klaus Angerhofer
Austria Sehdi Sarmini
R2 Italy No. 67 LP Racing Belgium No. 1 PK Carsport Italy Ebimotors
France Henry Hassid
France Anthony Beltoise
Belgium Stienes Longin
Belgium Peter Guelinckx
Lithuania Aurelijus Rusteika
Lithuania Mantas Janavicius
6 R1 France Paul Ricard Italy No. 12 LP Racing France No. 87 AKKodis ASP Team Czech Republic No. 89 RTR Projects
Switzerland Leonardo Gorini
Italy Luca Pirri
France Jean-Luc Beaubelique
France Ludovic Badey
Czech Republic Jan Krabec
R2 Austria No. 812 MZR Motorsportzentrum-Ried Austria No. 812 MZR Motorsportzentrum-Ried Czech Republic No. 89 RTR Projects
Austria Reinhard Kofler
Switzerland Martin KochKofler
Austria Reinhard Kofler
Switzerland Martin KochKofler
Czech Republic Jan Krabec


Championship standings

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Scoring system

Championship points are awarded for the first ten positions in each race. Entries are required to complete 75% of the winning car's race distance in order to be classified and earn points.

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   Pole 
Points 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1 1

Drivers' championships

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Pos. Driver Team MON
Italy
RBR
Austria
DIJ
France
POR
Portugal
VAL
Spain
LEC
France
Points
Pro-Am
1 France Henry Hassid
France Anthony Beltoise
Italy LP Racing 1 2 8 3 Ret 4 1 2 2 8 5 4 174
2 Austria Reinhard Kofler Austria True Racing by Reiter Engineering 7 11 3 6 1 2 9 5 10 3 3 1 173
3 Belgium Peter Guelinckx
Belgium Stienes Longin
Belgium PK Carsport Ret 1 7 2 Ret 1 10 1 5 1 8 5 165
4 Slovakia Štefan Rosina Austria True Racing by Reiter Engineering 4 8 2 1 3 6 6 3 4 Ret 4 2 165
5 Belgium Nicolas Saelens Austria True Racing by Reiter Engineering 4 8 2 1 3 6 6 3 4 Ret 132
6 France Mauro Ricci
France Benjamin Ricci
France Akkodis ASP Team 1 4 2 9 4 10 3 6 6 8 122
7 France Stéphane Ratel
Italy Mattia di Giusto
Italy LP Racing 3 Ret 11 7 6 8 2 6 6 5 9 6 110
8 Switzerland Martin Koch Austria True Racing by Reiter Engineering 1 2 10 3 3 1 108
9 Germany Pierre Kaffer
Austria Michael Doppelmayr
Italy LP Racing 6 6 4 8 4 12 3 11 13 14 93
10 France Jean-Luc Beaubelique
France Ludovic Badey
France AKKodis ASP Team 1 2 1 3 83
11 Austria Hubert Trunkenpolz Austria True Racing by Reiter Engineering 7 11 3 6 9 5 11 7 77
12 Germany Christoph Breuer
Austria Marco Holzer
Germany Manthey-Racing 5 3 25
13 Spain Dani Pedrosa Austria True Racing by Reiter Engineering 11 7 12
Guest Entries Ineligible to Score Points
- Switzerland Leonardo Gorini
Italy Luca Pirri
Italy LP Racing 2 7 0
- France Gilles Vannelet Austria True Racing by Reiter Engineering 4 2 0
Am
1 Czech Republic Jan Krabec Czech Republic RTR Projects 2 3 Ret 5 8 5 Ret 4 8 10 7 9 231
2 Austria Klaus Angerhofer Austria True Racing by Reiter Engineering 10 4 5 9 10 10 5 9 7 9 11 11 216
3 Austria Sehdi Sarmini Austria True Racing by Reiter Engineering 5 9 10 10 5 9 7 9 11 11 188
4 Switzerland Leonardo Gorini Italy Ebimotors 5 DNS 6 12 7 7 7 7 9 11 154
5 Lithuania Aurelijus Rusteika
Lithuania Mantas Janavicius
Italy Ebimotors 8 9 10 11 9 11 Ret 4 12 12 132
6 France Georges Cabanne France CMR 11 13 15 15 44
7 Germany Jörg Viebahn
Austria Mario Plachutta
Germany Haupt Racing Team 9 10 30
8 France Jean-Luc Beaubelique
France Christophe Bourret
France Akkodis ASP Team 8 8 30
9 France Nicolas Gomar[5] Italy Ebimotors 6 12 28
10 Germany Jens Liebhauser
Germany Thomas Jackermeier
Germany Fanatec by HRT 9 7 25
11 Germany Christoph Breuer Germany Manthey-Racing Ret 5 15
12 Italy Donovan Privitelio
Italy Luciano Privitelio
Italy Iron Lynx Ret 10 9
Guest Entries Ineligible to Score Points
- Czech Republic Jakub Knoll
France Stéphane Perrin
Spain NM Racing Team 10 10 0
- France Alexandre Leroy
France Bertrand Rouchaud
Austria True Racing by Reiter Engineering 14 13 0
- France Jean Paul Buffin France CMR 15 15 0
Pos. Driver Team MONItaly RBR
Austria
DIJ
France
POR
Portugal
VAL
Spain
LEC
France
Points
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)
  • Bold - Pole position
  • Italics - Fastest lap

Notes:

  • † – Entry did not finish the race but was classified, as it completed more than 75% of the race distance.

References

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