The 2021 GT World Challenge Europe Paul Ricard 1000km was an endurance motor race for the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup, the second race of the 2021 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup, held on 29 May 2021 at the Circuit Paul Ricard in Le Castellet, France.
Classification Qualifying Drivers Team Car Class Gap 1 63 Mirko Bortolotti Marco Mapelli Andrea Caldarelli FFF Racing Team Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo P 1:54.2681:53.8261:53.719 1:53.937 2 71 Antonio Fuoco Callum Ilott Davide Rigon Iron Lynx Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo P 1:54.3361:54.1241:53.932 1:54.130 +0.193 3 4 Maro Engel Luca Stolz Vincent Abril Haupt Racing Team Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo P 1:54.2851:54.1531:53.969 1:54.135 +0.198 4 88 Raffaele Marciello Daniel Juncadella Jules Gounon AKKA ASP Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo P 1:54.1031:54.2251:54.083 1:54.137 +0.200 5 34 Sheldon van der Linde Marco Wittmann David Pittard Walkenhorst Motorsport BMW M6 GT3 P 1:53.8721:54.1851:54.448 1:54.168 +0.231 6 163 Giacomo Altoè Norbert Siedler Alberto Costa Emil Frey Racing Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo P 1:54.5151:54.4101:53.831 1:54.252 +0.315 7 114 Konsta Lappalainen Jack Aitken Arthur Rougier Emil Frey Racing Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo P 1:54.5811:54.4891:53.755 1:54.275 +0.338 8 54 Matteo Cairoli Klaus Bachler Christian Engelhart Dinamic Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R P 1:54.2331:54.7161:54.335 1:54.428 +0.491 9 159 Valentin Hasse-Clot Nicolai Kjærgaard Alex MacDowall Garage 59 Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 S 1:54.3191:54.5991:54.609 1:54.509 +0.572 10 22 Matthew Campbell Earl Bamber Mathieu Jaminet GPX Martini Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R P 1:54.3941:54.9291:54.226 1:54.516 +0.579 11 51 Alessandro Pier Guidi Nicklas Nielsen Côme Ledogar Iron Lynx Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo P 1:54.7031:54.3091:54.592 1:54.534 +0.597 12 26 Markus Winkelhock Finlay Hutchison Frédéric Vervisch Saintéloc Racing Audi R8 LMS Evo P 1:54.2411:55.4771:53.949 1:54.555 +0.618 13 35 Timo Glock Martin Tomczyk Thomas Neubauer Walkenhorst Motorsport BMW M6 GT3 P 1:54.3221:54.7901:54.583 1:54.565 +0.628 14 32 Dries Vanthoor Kelvin van der Linde Charles Weerts Team WRT Audi R8 LMS Evo P 1:54.5871:54.4531:54.722 1:54.587 +0.650 15 25 Adrien Tambay Alexandre Cougnaud Christopher Haase Saintéloc Racing Audi R8 LMS Evo P 1:54.5751:55.3331:53.892 1:54.600 +0.663 16 87 Simon Gachet Thomas Drouet Konstantin Tereshchenko AKKA ASP Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo S 1:54.9291:54.5761:54.368 1:54.624 +0.687 17 14 Alex Fontana Rolf Ineichen Ricardo Feller Emil Frey Racing Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo S 1:54.7201:55.0961:54.142 1:54.652 +0.715 18 90 Ezequiel Pérez Companc Ricardo Sánchez Rik Breukers MadPanda Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo S 1:54.5131:55.2521:54.279 1:54.681 +0.744 19 38 Rob Bell Oliver Wilkinson Ben Barnicoat Jota Sport McLaren 720S GT3 P 1:54.8391:54.9971:54.239 1:54.691 +0.754 20 7 Óscar Tunjo Paul Petit Marvin Dienst Toksport Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo S 1:54.8721:55.6081:53.846 1:54.775 +0.838 21 57 Russel Ward Mikaël Grenier Philip Ellis Winward Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo S 1:55.5641:54.5841:54.215 1:54.787 +0.850 22 56 Romain Dumas Andrea Rizzoli Mikkel Pedersen Dinamic Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R P 1:54.8481:55.0321:54.604 1:54.828 +0.891 23 111 Patryk Krupińsky Karol Basz Christian Klien JP Motorsport McLaren 720S GT3 P 1:55.7751:54.7281:54.327 1:54.943 +1.006 24 188 Chris Goodwin Alexander West Jonathan Adam Garage 59 Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 PA 1:55.2441:55.6621:53.931 1:54.945 +1.008 25 30 James Pull Stuart Hall Benjamin Goethe Team WRT Audi R8 LMS Evo S 1:54.6411:55.3531:55.211 1:55.068 +1.131 26 31 Ryuichiro Tomita Frank Bird Valdemar Eriksen Team WRT Audi R8 LMS Evo S 1:54.6721:54.8731:55.842 1:55.129 +1.192 27 99 Dennis Marschall Alex Aka Max Hofer Attempto Racing Audi R8 LMS Evo S 1:55.3531:55.2001:54.924 1:55.159 +1.222 28 5 Gabriele Piana Patrick Assenheimer Hubert Haupt Haupt Racing Team Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo S 1:55.2481:55.3451:55.229 1:55.274 +1.337 29 16 Tim Zimmermann Emilian Galbiati Clemens Schmid GRT Grasser Racing Team Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo S 1:55.7151:55.2281:55.037 1:55.326 +1.389 30 33 Patrick Kujala Benjamin Hites Nicolás Varrone Rinaldi Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo S 1:55.4841:55.3801:55.171 1:55.345 +1.408 31 66 Christopher Mies Mattia Drudi Kim-Luis Schramm Attempto Racing Audi R8 LMS Evo P 1:55.2661:55.2931:55.654 1:55.404 +1.467 32 93 Chris Froggatt Jonathan Hui Eddie Cheever III Tempesta Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo PA 1:56.1541:55.7831:54.470 1:55.469 +1.532 33 52 Lorenzo Bontempelli Louis Machiels Andrea Bertolini AF Corse Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo PA 1:55.9711:55.8531:54.649 1:55.491 +1.554 34 40 Miklas Born Yannick Mettler Jordan Love SPS Automotive Performance Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo S 1:55.7311:55.2751:55.784 1:55.596 +1.659 35 77 Henrique Chaves Miguel Ramos Leo Machitski Barwell Motorsport Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo PA 1:54.8881:55.5501:56.463 1:55.633 +1.696 36 107 Gilles Vannelet Stuart White Nelson Panciatici Classic and Modern Racing Bentley Continental GT3 S 1:56.4871:55.7441:54.827 1:55.686 +1.749 37 69 Rob Collard Sam de Haan Fabian Schiller Ram Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo PA 1:56.1581:56.0491:55.113 1:55.773 +1.836 38 20 Martin Konrad Valentin Pierburg Dominik Baumann SPS Automotive Performance Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo PA 1:56.2221:56.2991:54.959 1:55.826 +1.889 39 53 Rino Mastronardi Duncan Cameron Matt Griffin AF Corse Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo PA 1:55.1211:57.1791:55.247 1:55.849 +1.912 40 19 Phil Keen Hiroshi Hamaguchi FFF Racing Team Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo PA 1:55.2551:56.3031:56.000 1:55.852 +1.915 41 2 Nico Bastian Olivier Grotz Florian Scholze GetSpeed Performance Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo PA 1:55.3491:55.3491:55.788 1:55.908 +1.971 42 70 Oliver Millroy Brendan Iribe Nick Moss Inception Racing McLaren 720S GT3 PA 1:54.9411:56.6211:56.635 1:56.065 +2.128 43 11 Tim Kohmann Francesco Zollo Giorgio Roda Kessel Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo PA 1:55.9971:56.8081:55.474 1:56.093 +2.156 44 222 Jan Kasperlik Julien Apothéloz Nicolas Schöll Allied Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R PA 1:57.0511:56.1531:55.424 1:56.209 +2.272 45 10 Karim Ojjeh Jens Liebhauser Jens Klingmann Boutsen Ginion Racing BMW M6 GT3 PA 1:57.8161:57.2061:54.943 1:56.655 +2.718 46 83 Sarah Bovy Doriane Pin Katherine Legge Iron Lynx Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo PA 1:57.6561:56.3211:56.228 1:56.735 +2.798 47 24 Milan Dontje Patrick Kolb Simon Reicher Car Collection Motorsport Audi R8 LMS Evo S 1:56.4611:56.9781:57.252 1:56.897 +2.960 Sources: – Hamaguchi contested Qualifying 2 and 3 for car #19.
Race Drivers Team Car Class Laps Time/Gap/Retired Points 1 22 Matthew Campbell Earl Bamber Mathieu Jaminet GPX Martini Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R P 182 6:01:51.535 33 2 32 Dries Vanthoor Kelvin van der Linde Charles Weerts Team WRT Audi R8 LMS Evo P 182 +5.971 24 3 63 Mirko Bortolotti Marco Mapelli Andrea Caldarelli FFF Racing Team Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo P 182 +6.284 19 4 71 Antonio Fuoco Callum Ilott Davide Rigon Iron Lynx Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo P 182 +14.454 15 5 51 Alessandro Pier Guidi Nicklas Nielsen Côme Ledogar Iron Lynx Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo P 182 +16.540 12 6 88 Raffaele Marciello Daniel Juncadella Jules Gounon AKKA ASP Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo P 182 +40.942 9 7 54 Matteo Cairoli Klaus Bachler Christian Engelhart Dinamic Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R P 182 +47.206 6 8 34 Sheldon van der Linde Marco Wittmann David Pittard Walkenhorst Motorsport BMW M6 GT3 P 182 +1:11.874 4 9 35 Timo Glock Martin Tomczyk Thomas Neubauer Walkenhorst Motorsport BMW M6 GT3 P 182 +1:23.766 2 10 26 Markus Winkelhock Finlay Hutchison Frédéric Vervisch Saintéloc Racing Audi R8 LMS Evo P 182 +1:31.922 1 11 87 Simon Gachet Thomas Drouet Konstantin Tereshchenko AKKA ASP Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo S 182 +1:35.288 33 12 56 Romain Dumas Andrea Rizzoli Mikkel Pedersen Dinamic Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R P 181 +1 lap 13 14 Alex Fontana Rolf Ineichen Ricardo Feller Emil Frey Racing Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo S 181 +1 lap 24 14 66 Christopher Mies Mattia Drudi Kim-Luis Schramm Attempto Racing Audi R8 LMS Evo P 181 +1 lap 15 25 Adrien Tambay Alexandre Cougnaud Christopher Haase Saintéloc Racing Audi R8 LMS Evo P 181 +1 lap 16 38 Rob Bell Oliver Wilkinson Ben Barnicoat Jota Sport McLaren 720S GT3 P 181 +1 lap 17 16 Tim Zimmermann Emilian Galbiati Clemens Schmid GRT Grasser Racing Team Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo S 181 +1 lap 19 18 99 Dennis Marschall Alex Aka Max Hofer Attempto Racing Audi R8 LMS Evo S 181 +1 lap 15 19 30 James Pull Stuart Hall Benjamin Goethe Team WRT Audi R8 LMS Evo S 180 +2 laps 12 20 57 Russel Ward Mikaël Grenier Philip Ellis Winward Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo S 180 +2 laps 9 21 93 Chris Froggatt Jonathan Hui Eddie Cheever III Tempesta Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo PA 180 +2 laps 33 22 19 Phil Keen Hiroshi Hamaguchi FFF Racing Team Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo PA 180 +2 laps 24 23 5 Gabriele Piana Patrick Assenheimer Hubert Haupt Haupt Racing Team Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo S 180 +2 laps 6 24 90 Ezequiel Pérez Companc Ricardo Sánchez Rik Breukers MadPanda Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo S 180 +2 laps 4 25 188 Chris Goodwin Alexander West Jonathan Adam Garage 59 Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 PA 180 +2 laps 19 26 69 Rob Collard Sam de Haan Fabian Schiller Ram Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo PA 179 +3 laps 15 27 159 Valentin Hasse-Clot Nicolai Kjærgaard Alex MacDowall Garage 59 Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 S 179 +3 laps 2 28 20 Martin Konrad Valentin Pierburg Dominik Baumann SPS Automotive Performance Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo PA 178 +4 laps 12 29 111 Patryk Krupińsky Karol Basz Christian Klien JP Motorsport McLaren 720S GT3 P 178 +4 laps 30 83 Sarah Bovy Doriane Pin Katherine Legge Iron Lynx Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo PA 178 +4 laps 9 31 10 Karim Ojjeh Jens Liebhauser Jens Klingmann Boutsen Ginion Racing BMW M6 GT3 PA 177 +5 laps 6 32 11 Tim Kohmann Francesco Zollo Giorgio Roda Kessel Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo PA 177 +5 laps 4 33 24 Milan Dontje Patrick Kolb Simon Reicher Car Collection Motorsport Audi R8 LMS Evo S 177 +5 laps 1 34 70 Oliver Millroy Brendan Iribe Nick Moss Inception Racing McLaren 720S GT3 PA 174 +8 laps 35 222 Jan Kasperlik Julien Apothéloz Nicolas Schöll Allied Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R PA 170 +12 laps 36 163 Giacomo Altoè Norbert Siedler Alberto Costa Emil Frey Racing Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo P 158 +24 laps 37 114 Konsta Lappalainen Jack Aitken Arthur Rougier Emil Frey Racing Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo P 146 +36 laps 38 4 Maro Engel Luca Stolz Vincent Abril Haupt Racing Team Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo P 141 +41 laps DNF 40 Miklas Born Yannick Mettler Jordan Love SPS Automotive Performance Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo S 119 DNF 2 Nico Bastian Olivier Grotz Florian Scholze GetSpeed Performance Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo PA 113 DNF 7 Óscar Tunjo Paul Petit Marvin Dienst Toksport Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo S 93 DNF 77 Henrique Chaves Miguel Ramos Leo Machitski Barwell Motorsport Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo PA 46 DNF 53 Rino Mastronardi Duncan Cameron Matt Griffin AF Corse Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo PA 40 DNF 107 Gilles Vannelet Stuart White Nelson Panciatici Classic and Modern Racing Bentley Continental GT3 S 33 DNF 52 Lorenzo Bontempelli Louis Machiels Andrea Bertolini AF Corse Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo PA 30 DNF 31 Ryuichiro Tomita Frank Bird Valdemar Eriksen Team WRT Audi R8 LMS Evo S 15 DNF 33 Patrick Kujala Benjamin Hites Nicolás Varrone Rinaldi Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo S 1 Fastest lap: Christopher Mies (Attempto Racing) – 1:54.595 Source:
Standings after the event
Pro Cup standings Pos Pilot Gap 1 Earl Bamber Matthew Campbell Mathieu Jaminet 33 2 Klaus Bachler Matteo Cairoli Christian Engelhart 31 +2 3 Jules Gounon Daniel Juncadella Raffaele Marciello 27 +6 4 Côme Ledogar Nicklas Nielsen Alessandro Pier Guidi 25 +8 5 Kelvin van der Linde Dries Vanthoor Charles Weerts 24 +9 Antonio Fuoco Callum Ilott Davide Rigon
Silver Cup standings