The 2021 Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup was the ninth 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) and the second season after title sponsor Blancpain withdrew sponsorship. The season began on 7 May at Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours in France and ended on 26 September at Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Valencia.
Calendar Round Circuit Date 1 Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, Magny-Cours 7–9 May 2 Circuit Zandvoort, Zandvoort 18–20 June 3 Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Misano Adriatico 2–4 July 4 Brands Hatch, Kent 28–29 August 5 Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Cheste 25–26 September
Entry List Team Car Drivers Class Rounds Mercedes-AMG Team Toksport Toksport WRT Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 6 Maro Engel P All Luca Stolz 7 Juuso Puhakka S All Óscar Tunjo RAM Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 8 Adam Christodoulou PA 4 Kevin Tse Emil Frey Racing Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 14 Alex Fontana S All Arthur Rougier 1 Ricardo Feller 2–5 114 Jack Aitken P 1–3 Konsta Lappalainen 1–3 S 4–5 Arthur Rougier 4–5 163 Albert Costa P All Ricardo Feller 1 Norbert Siedler 2–5 SPS Automotive Performance Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 20 Valentin Pierburg PA All Dominik Baumann 40 Jordan Love S 3 Lance David Arnold Saintéloc Racing Audi R8 LMS Evo 25 Léo Roussel P All Christopher Haase 26 Aurélien Panis P All Frédéric Vervisch 27 Finlay Hutchison P 3 Markus Winkelhock ROFGO Racing with Team WRT Audi R8 LMS Evo 30 Benjamin Goethe P All Kelvin van der Linde 1, 3 Markus Winkelhock 2 Christopher Mies 4 Robin Frijns5 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT 31 Frank Bird S All Ryuichiro Tomita 32 Charles Weerts P All Dries Vanthoor Rinaldi RacingFerrari 488 GT3 Evo 202033 Benjamín HitesS 1–4 Patrick Kujala 1, 3–4 David Perel 2 Jota Sport McLaren 720S GT3 38 Oliver Wilkinson P 1, 3–5 Ben Barnicoat AF Corse Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 52 Louis Machiels PA All Andrea Bertolini Dinamic Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R 54 Adrien de Leener P 1–3, 5 Christian Engelhart Attempto Racing Audi R8 LMS Evo 55 Alex Aka S 2 Dennis Marschall 66 Alex Aka P 1 Christopher Mies 1–3 Jusuf Owega 2 Fabien Lavergne 3 Mattia Drudi 4–5 Max Hofer 4 Kikko Galbiati5 99 Tommaso Mosca P 1–2 Mattia Drudi Alex Aka S 3–5 Dennis Marschall Barwell Motorsport Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 77 Henrique Chaves PA All Miguel Ramos AKKA ASP Team Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 87 Konstantin Tereshchenko S All Jim Pla 88 Timur Boguslavskiy P All Raffaele Marciello 89 Petru Umbrărescu P All Jules Gounon Madpanda Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 90 Ezequiel Pérez Companc S All Rik Breukers Sky - Tempesta Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 93 Chris Froggatt S All Giorgio Roda1–4 Eddie Cheever5 CMR Bentley Continental GT3 107 Ulysse de Pauw S All Pierre-Alexandre Jean108 Stéphane RichelmiP All Benjamin Lessennes 1 Nelson Panciatici 2–5 Garage 59 Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 159 Tuomas Tujula S All Nicolai Kjærgaard 188 Alexander West PA All Jonathan Adam Allied-Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R 222 Julien Apothéloz P 3–5 Klaus Bachler Icon Class P Pro Cup S Silver Cup PA Pro-Am Cup Am Am Cup
Race results Bold indicates overall winner. Round Circuit Pole position Pro winners Silver winners Pro/Am winners Am winners Report 1 1 Magny-Cours No. 32 Team WRT No. 32 Team WRT No. 14 Emil Frey Racing No. 52 AF Corse No Entries report Dries Vanthoor Charles Weerts Dries Vanthoor Charles Weerts Alex Fontana Arthur Rougier Andrea Bertolini Louis Machiels R2 No. 6 Toksport WRT No. 6 Toksport WRT No. 87 AKKA ASP No. 77 Barwell Motorsport Maro Engel Luca Stolz Maro Engel Luca Stolz Konstantin Tereshchenko Jim Pla Henrique Chaves Miguel Ramos 2 R1 Zandvoort No. 14 Emil Frey Racing No. 88 AKKA ASP No. 14 Emil Frey Racing No. 77 Barwell Motorsport No Entries report Ricardo Feller Alex Fontana Timur Boguslavskiy Raffaele Marciello Ricardo Feller Alex Fontana Henrique Chaves Miguel Ramos R2 No. 88 AKKA ASP No. 163 Emil Frey Racing No. 14 Emil Frey Racing No. 20 SPS Automotive Performance Timur Boguslavskiy Raffaele Marciello Albert Costa Norbert Siedler Ricardo Feller Alex Fontana Valentin Pierburg Dominik Baumann 3 R1 Misano No. 32 Team WRT No. 32 Team WRT No. 87 AKKA ASP No. 77 Barwell Motorsport No Entries report Dries Vanthoor Charles Weerts Dries Vanthoor Charles Weerts Konstantin Tereshchenko Jim Pla Henrique Chaves Miguel Ramos R2 No. 188 Garage 59 No. 32 Team WRT No. 31 Team WRT No. 188 Garage 59 Alexander West Jonathan Adam Dries Vanthoor Charles Weerts Frank Bird Ryuichiro Tomita Alexander West Jonathan Adam 4 R1 Brands Hatch No. 38 Jota Sport No. 32 Team WRT No. 31 Team WRT No. 77 Barwell Motorsport No Entries report Ben Barnicoat Oliver Wilkinson Dries Vanthoor Charles Weerts Frank Bird Ryuichiro Tomita Henrique Chaves Miguel Ramos R2 No. 88 AKKA ASP No. 6 Toksport WRT No. 7 Toksport WRT No. 77 Barwell Motorsport Timur Boguslavskiy Raffaele Marciello Maro Engel Luca Stolz Juuso Puhakka Óscar Tunjo Henrique Chaves Miguel Ramos 5 R1 Valencia No. 38 Jota Sport No. 6 Toksport WRT No. 99 Attempto Racing No. 52 AF Corse No Entries report Ben Barnicoat Oliver Wilkinson Maro Engel Luca Stolz Alex Aka Dennis Marschall Andrea Bertolini Louis Machiels R2 No. 6 Toksport WRT No. 6 Toksport WRT No. 87 AKKA ASP No. 20 SPS Automotive Performance Maro Engel Luca Stolz Maro Engel Luca Stolz Konstantin Tereshchenko Jim Pla Valentin Pierburg Dominik Baumann
Championship standings Scoring system Championship points are awarded for the first ten positions in each race. The pole-sitter also receives one point and entries are required to complete 75% of the winning car's race distance in order to be classified and earn points. Individual drivers are required to participate for a minimum of 25 minutes in order to earn championship points in any race.
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 Drivers Team MAG ZAN MIS BRH VAL Points 1 Dries Vanthoor Charles Weerts Belgian Audi Club Team WRT 1PF 2 8 3 1P 1F 1 2 16 Ret 103.5 2 Maro Engel Luca Stolz Toksport WRT 25 1PF 7 Ret 2 24 2 1F 1 1P 95 3 Timur Boguslavskiy Raffaele Marciello AKKA ASP Team 5 3 2 25P 5 2 17F 6P 3F 18 61.5 4 Ricardo Feller Emil Frey Racing 2 26 1P 2F 8 11 11 8 17 12 45.5 5 Alex Fontana Emil Frey Racing 3 8 1P 2F 8 11 11 8 17 12 45 6 Albert Costa Emil Frey Racing 2 26 RetF 1 9 12 16 15 6 3 43.5 7 Petru Umbrărescu Jules Gounon AKKA ASP Team 10 24 13 6 12 7 12 3 5 2 35.5 8 Frank Bird Ryuichiro Tomita Belgian Audi Club Team WRT 24 11 4 7 26 4 3 5 14 16 33.5 9 Norbert Siedler Emil Frey Racing RetF 1 9 12 16 15 6 3 31.5 10 Juuso Puhakka Óscar Tunjo Toksport WRT 7 23 5 10 10 9 6 4 Ret 8 25 11 Christopher Haase Léo Roussel Saintéloc Racing Ret 10 11 16 3 Ret 10 10 2 10 23.5 12 Konstantin Tereshchenko Jim Pla AKKA ASP Team 17 5 6 19 6 Ret 11 7 10 6 23 13 Ulysse de Pauw Pierre-Alexandre Jean CMR 9 7 3 5 Ret 16 7 12 Ret 15 22.5 14 Aurélien Panis Saintéloc Racing 26 6 9 15 4 10 5 11 13 9 20.5 15 Konsta Lappalainen Emil Frey Racing 12 9 15 4 7F 5 8 20 9 Ret 20.5 16 Frédéric Vervisch Saintéloc Racing 26 6 9 15 4 10 5 11 19.5 17 Oliver Wilkinson Ben Barnicoat Jota Sport 13 4 22 8 28P DNS 22P 4F 19 18 Ezequiel Pérez Companc Rik Breukers Madpanda Motorsport 4 13 Ret 9 14 14 4 16 Ret 7 19 19 Jack Aitken Emil Frey Racing 12 9 15 4 7F 5 17.5 20 Arthur Rougier Emil Frey Racing 3 8 8 20 9 Ret 14.5 21 Benjamin Goethe ROFGO Racing with Team WRT 11 Ret 16 18 23 3 18 9 18 13 10.5 22 Kelvin van der Linde ROFGO Racing with Team WRT 11 Ret 23 3 9.5 23 Benjamín Hites Rinaldi Racing 8 22 Ret 8 11 6 9 18 9.5 24 Alex Aka Attempto Racing 19 18 17 12 13 Ret 13 13 4 24 7.5 Dennis Marschall 17 12 13 Ret 13 13 4 24 25 Patrick Kujala Rinaldi Racing 8 22 11 6 9 18 7.5 26 Mattia Drudi Attempto Racing 6 12 14 17 15 14 8 11 6.5 27 Christian Engelhart Adrien de Leener Dinamic Motorsport 16 20 12 24 Ret DNS 12 5 6 28 Tommaso Mosca Attempto Racing 6 12 14 17 4.5 29 Stéphane Richelmi CMR 14 15 20 14 17 20 20 23 7 Ret 3 Nelson Panciatici 20 14 17 20 20 23 7 Ret 30 Kikko Galbiati Attempto Racing 8 11 2 30 David Perel Rinaldi Racing Ret 8 2 31 Christopher Mies Attempto Racing ROFGO Racing with Team WRT 19 18 10 11 Ret 17 18 9 1.5 32 Jonathan Adam Alexander West Garage 59 22 21 23 21 21 18P 23 24 Ret 20 1 34 Jusuf Owega Attempto Racing 10 11 0.5 Fabien Lavergne Attempto Racing Ret 17 0 Nicolai Kjærgaard Tuomas Tujula Garage 59 15 25 24 13 Ret 13 24 19 Ret 19 0 Benjamin Lessennes CMR 14 15 0 Chris Froggatt Sky - Tempesta Racing 20 14 19 23 19 22 26 22 15 17 0 Giorgio Roda 20 14 19 23 19 22 26 22 Eddie Cheever III 15 17 Henrique Chaves Miguel Ramos Barwell Motorsport 23 16 18 DNS 18 23 21 21 20 22 0 Markus Winkelhock ROFGO Racing with Team WRT 16 18 0 Saintéloc Racing 15 15 Finlay Hutchison Saintéloc Racing 15 15 0 Valentin Pierburg Dominik Baumann SPS Automotive Performance 21 17 22 20 24 19 25 25 21 14 0 Andrea Bertolini Louis Machiels AF Corse 18 19 21 22 25 25 22 26 19 23 0 Jordan Love Lance David Arnold SPS Automotive Performance 16 21 0 Julien Apothéloz Klaus Bachler Allied-Racing 20 26 19 17 11 21 0 Max Hofer Attempto Racing 15 14 0 Adam Christodoulou Kevin Tse Ram Racing 27 Ret 0 Drivers Team MAG ZAN MIS BRH VAL PointsP – Pole F – Fastest Lap Notes – Drivers did not finish the race but were classified, as they completed more than 75% of the race distance.
Silver Cup Drivers Team MAG ZAN MIS BRH VAL Points 1 Alex Fontana Emil Frey Racing 3PF 8PF 1P 2F 8F 11F 14P 8 17F 12F 103 2 Frank Bird Ryuichiro Tomita Belgian Audi Club Team WRT 24 11 4 7 26 4 3 5 14 16 85.5 3 Jim Pla Konstantin Tereshchenko AKKA ASP Team 17 5 6 19 6 Ret 11F 7F 10 6P 82.5 4 Juuso Puhakka Óscar Tunjo Toksport WRT 7 23 5 10 10 9 6 4P RetP 8 80 5 Ricardo Feller Emil Frey Racing 1P 2F 8F 11F 14P 8 17F 12F 75 6 Ulysse de Pauw Pierre-Alexandre Jean CMR 9 7 3F 5P RetP 16 7 12 Ret 15 66.5 7 Rik Breukers Ezequiel Pérez Companc Madpanda Motorsport 4 13 Ret 9 14 14 4 16 Ret 7 60 8 Arthur Rougier Emil Frey Racing 3PF 8PF 8 20 9 Ret 46.5 9 Benjamín Hites Rinaldi Racing 8 22 Ret 8 11 6P 9 18 45 10 Patrick Kujala Rinaldi Racing 8 22 11 6P 9 18 37.5 11 Alex Aka Dennis Marschall Attempto Racing 17 12 13 Ret 13 13 4 24 37.5 12 Chris Froggatt Sky - Tempesta Racing 20 14 19 23 19 22 26 22 15 17 22 13 Nicolai Kjærgaard Tuomas Tujula Garage 59 15 25 24 13 Ret 13 24 19 Ret 19 19 14 Konsta Lappalainen Emil Frey Racing 8 20 9 Ret 18.5 15 Giorgio Roda Sky - Tempesta Racing 20 14 19 23 19 22 26 22 13 16 Eddie Cheever III Sky - Tempesta Racing 15 17 9 17 David Perel Rinaldi Racing Ret 8 7.5 18 Jordan Love Lance David Arnold SPS Automotive Performance 16 21 5 Drivers Team MAG ZAN MIS BRH VAL Points
Pro/Am Cup Drivers Team MAG ZAN MIS BRH VAL Points 1 Henrique Chaves Miguel Ramos Barwell Motorsport 23F 16 18PFDNSP 18 23 21PF 21P 20F 22 125 2 Dominik Baumann Valentin Pierburg SPS Automotive Performance 21 17 22 20 24F 19 25 25F 21P 14PF 116.5 3 Andrea Bertolini Louis Machiels AF Corse 18 19F 21 22 25P 25 22 26 19 23 107 4 Jonathan Adam Alexander West Garage 59 22P 21P 23 21F 21 18PF 23 24 Ret 20 101.5 5 Adam Christodoulou Kevin Tse Ram Racing 27 Ret 6 Drivers Team MAG ZAN MIS BRH VAL Points
Team's championships Overall