2024 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup
The 2024 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup is the fourteenth season of the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup since its inception in 2011 as the Blancpain Endurance Series. The season began on 7 April at Circuit Paul Ricard and ends on 23 November at Jeddah Corniche Circuit.
Calendar
[edit]The provisional calendar was released on July 1, 2023, at the SRO's annual 24 Hours of Spa press conference, featuring five rounds.[1][2]
Round | Race | Circuit | Date | Map | |
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1 | 3 Hours of Paul Ricard | Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet, France | 6–7 April | ||
2 | CrowdStrike 24 Hours of Spa | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium | 29–30 June | ||
3 | 3 Hours of Nürburgring | Nürburgring, Nürburg, Germany | 27–28 July | ||
4 | 3 Hours of Monza | Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza, Italy | 21–22 September | ||
5 | 6 Hours of Jeddah | Jeddah Corniche Circuit, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia | 29–30 November |
Entry list
[edit]Notes:
- Dinamic GT was scheduled to run a pair of Ford Mustangs, but parted ways with the American brand prior to the start of the season.[80] Christopher Mies, Dennis Olsen and Frédéric Vervisch were set to share a Pro-class entry, with Ben Barker, Philipp Sager and Christopher Zöchling in a Bronze Cup car.[81][82] Proton Competition later set up a one-car programme to accommodate Mies, Olsen and Vervisch.[57]
- GMB Motorsport was scheduled to enter an Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo in Silver Cup for Gustav Birch, Simon Birch and Kasper H. Jensen,[83] but the team folded prior to the start of the season.[84]
- Alexander Schwarzer was scheduled to compete for Herberth Motorsport, but was forced to withdraw as the Pro-Am Cup was discontinued and the No. 91 car moved to Bronze Cup.[27][28]
- Century Motorsport originally planned to field a second Bronze Cup BMW for the blue-riband 24 Hours of Spa.[85] It was later withdrawn and replaced by the #5 Optimum Motorsport McLaren.[5]
- Iron Dames had entered a Bronze Cup Lamborghini for Sarah Bovy, Rahel Frey and Michelle Gatting at the 24 Hours of Spa. However, after an accident for Bovy at the preceding Sahlen's Six Hours of The Glen, the team elected to withdraw to allow the Belgian time to recover.[86]
Race results
[edit]Bold indicates the overall winner.
Round | Circuit | Pole Position | Overall Winners | Gold Winners | Silver Winners | Bronze Winners | Pro/Am Winners | Report |
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1 | Paul Ricard | #63 Iron Lynx | #998 ROWE Racing | #25 Saintéloc Racing | #57 Winward Racing | #8 Kessel Racing | No Entries | Report |
Mirko Bortolotti Matteo Cairoli Andrea Caldarelli | Augusto Farfus Dan Harper Max Hesse | Paul Evrard Gilles Magnus Jim Pla | Daan Arrow Colin Caresani Tanart Sathienthirakul | David Fumanelli Nicolò Rosi Niccolò Schirò | ||||
2 | Spa-Francorchamps | #163 GRT Grasser Racing Team | #7 Comtoyou Racing | #777 AlManar Racing by GetSpeed | #3 GetSpeed Performance | #66 Tresor Attempto Racing | #4 CrowdStrike by Riley | Report |
Marco Mapelli Jordan Pepper Franck Perera | Mattia Drudi Marco Sørensen Nicki Thiim | Al Faisal Al Zubair Dominik Baumann Philip Ellis Mikaël Grenier | Anthony Bartone James Kell Yannick Mettler Aaron Walker | Max Hofer Andrey Mukovoz Alexey Nesov Dylan Pereira | Colin Braun Nicky Catsburg Ian James George Kurtz | |||
3 | Nürburgring | #96 Rutronik Racing | #163 GRT Grasser Racing Team | #25 Saintéloc Racing | #10 Boutsen VDS | #97 Rutronik Racing | No Entries | Report |
Julien Andlauer Sven Müller Patric Niederhauser | Marco Mapelli Jordan Pepper Franck Perera | Paul Evrard Gilles Magnus Jim Pla | César Gazeau Roee Meyuhas Aurélien Panis | Dustin Blattner Loek Hartog Dennis Marschall | ||||
4 | Monza | #51 AF Corse - Francorchamps Motors | #30 OQ by Oman Racing | #77 Haupt Racing Team | #57 Winward Racing | #30 OQ by Oman Racing | Report | |
Vincent Abril Alessandro Pier Guidi Alessio Rovera | Ahmad Al Harthy Sam De Haan Jens Klingmann | Michele Beretta Arjun Maini Jusuf Owega | Daan Arrow Colin Caresani Tanart Sathienthirakul | Ahmad Al Harthy Sam De Haan Jens Klingmann | ||||
5 | Jeddah | Report | ||||||
Championship standings
[edit]- 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.
- Paul Ricard, Nürburgring & Monza points
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | Pole |
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Points | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
- Jeddah points
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | Pole |
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Points | 33 | 24 | 19 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
- 24 Hours of Spa points
Points are awarded after six hours, after twelve hours and at the finish.
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | Pole |
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Points after 6hrs/12hrs | 12 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Points at the finish | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
Drivers' Championship
[edit]Overall
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