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TEAM WRT AUDI TAKES FINAL LAP VICTORY AT VALENCIA TO CLOSE 2022 GT WORLD CHALLENGE EUROPE SPRINT SEASON
Team WRT capped a title-winning Sprint Cup season in spectacular style at Valencia by snatching one of the most dramatic race wins in Fanatec GT history, wrapping up a ninth overall teams’ championship in the process. Having secured the drivers’ crown yesterday, the #32 Audi duo of Dries Vanthoor and Charles Weerts entered Sunday’s season-closing … Continue reading
AUDI VERSUS KTM GT 2 EUROPEAN SERIES PRO-AM TITLE FIGHT ROLLS ON TO THE LAST ROUND
The Fanatec GT2 European Series Pro-Am battle will roll on to the final round of the season after Audi and KTM shared the Pro-Am race honours during the series’ debut at Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Valencia this weekend. PK Carport’s Nicolas Saelens and Stienes Longin returned their Audi to the top of the podium and … Continue reading
VANTHOOR AND WEERTS CAPTURE THIRD SUCCESSIVE GT WORLD CHALLENGE EUROPE SPRINT DRIVERS’ CROWN
Dries Vanthoor and Charles Weerts are celebrating a third successive Fanatec GT Sprint drivers’ title after the #32 Team WRT Audi duo finished P3 in Saturday’s race at Valencia, which was won by the #52 AF Corse Ferrari of Ulysse De Pauw and Pierre-Alexandre Jean. The Pro-Am drivers’ title was also decided in favour of … Continue reading
ERHART AND FJORDBACH SHARE GT 2 EUROPEAN SERIES POLE POSITIONS IN VALENCIA
Qualifying for the penultimate round of the Fanatec GT2 European Series produced four different class pole position winners from three manufacturers – Audi, Brabham, and KTM, in Valencia. Elia Erhart was the first to claim outright honours in the #18 LP Racing Audi, managing to keep Pro-Am pole setter Filip Sladecka in the #15 KTM … Continue reading
GT2 EUROPEAN SERIES TITLE FIGHTS EDGE CLOSER TO THE WIRE AT VALENCIA
The Fanatec GT2 European Series title fight is set to reach boiling point this weekend, 16-17 September, as the penultimate round of the season plays out at Circuit Ricard Tormo in Valencia, Spain. The grid returns fresh from its summer break after a thrilling last double-header outing at Spa-Francorchamps in July, which only served to … Continue reading
GT WORLD CHALLENGE EUROPE VALENCIA WEEKEND ROUNDUP
After 368 laps staged across 10 races at five venues, the 2021 Sprint Cup season concluded last weekend at Circuit Ricardo Tormo Valencia. The 4km track on the outskirts of the city was a new addition to the calendar, making it impossible to know what to expect. It proved to be a happy hunting ground … Continue reading
WILKINSON SIGNS OF SPRINT CUP SEASON WITH FOURTH IN VALENCIA
Ollie Wilkinson and JOTA team-mate Ben Barnicoat wrapped up their maiden Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe Powered by AWS Sprint Cup season with a fourth-place finish in race two at Valencia. Although the stellar result from 11th on the grid equals the duo’s best result this term, it was very much a story of what could … Continue reading
GT WORLD CHALLENGE EUROPE SPRINT CUP PRO-AM AND SILVER CUP TITLES DECIDED AT VALENCIA
The Silver Cup and Pro-Am titles were decided in the final Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe Powered by AWS Sprint Cup race of 2021, while Mercedes-AMG Team Toksport WRT sealed a clean sweep of overall victories to conclude the campaign in style at Circuit Ricardo Tormo Valencia. Alex Fontana and Emil Frey Racing clinched the … Continue reading
JOTA MCLAREN AND MERCEDES-AMG TEAM TOKSPORT WRT SHARE OVERALL POLES FOR SPRINT CUP FINALE AT VALENCIA
Mercedes-AMG was the brand to beat in qualifying at Circuit Ricardo Tormo Valencia after earning five pole positions from a possible six, but it will be the #38 JOTA McLaren that leads the field away for Sunday’s first Sprint Cup contest thanks to a blistering lap from Ben Barnicoat. The British ace snatched pole in … Continue reading
PRO-AM AND SILVER CUP TITLES GO TO THE WIRE AS SPRINT CUP CAMPAIGN CONCLUDES AT VALENCIA
The 2021 Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe Powered by AWS Sprint Cup season will conclude next weekend at Circuit Ricardo Tormo Valencia (25-26 September) with titles up for grabs in the Pro-Am and Silver Cup classes. The series makes its maiden trip to the Spanish venue four weeks after visiting Brands Hatch, where Audi squad … Continue reading
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