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2023 GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup
The 2023 Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup was the eleventh 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), the third with the sponsorship of Fanatec. The season began on 13 May at Brands Hatch in Kent and ended on 15 October at Circuit Zandvoort in the Netherlands. Calendar The provisional calendar was released on 29 July 2022 at the SRO's annual 24 Hours of Spa press conference, featuring five rounds. Several adjustments were announced following the conflict between the Belgian Grand Prix and 24 Hours of Spa. The opening round was moved back two weeks, as was the round at Misano. The event at Zandvoort was moved to the season finale in October. Entry list Race results Championship standings ;Scoring system Championship points are awarded for the first ten positions in each race. The pole-sitter also receives one point. Dr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup
The GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup is a sports car racing series organized by the Stéphane Ratel Organisation (SRO) with the approval of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). Born as the FIA GT Series in 2013, it was sponsored by Blancpain from 2014 to 2019, and was variously branded as the Blancpain Sprint Series in 2014 and 2015, the Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup from 2016 to 2018, and the Blancpain GT World Challenge Europe in 2019. In 2020, Amazon Web Services was named official presenter and the series was branded as "GT World Challenge Powered by AWS". Fanatec concurrently served as title sponsor between 2021 and 2024. The championship now exclusively races in Europe, but had in previous years visited non-European countries, including Azerbaijan and Russia. The series continues the sprint format for GT-cars carried out by the defunct FIA GT1 World Championship. Regulations The GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup is contested with GT3-spec cars. E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheste
Cheste is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of Hoya de Buñol in the Valencian Community, Spain, located 26 km from the capital Valencia. History According to the Valencian historian Escolano, the first settlers of the region of Cheste were members of Iberian tribes belonging to the old '' Edetania''. This view is supported by numerous remains, particularly those of ''El Castillarejo'' (Iberian ceramics and spear points from the Bronze Age). The Cheste hoard, a cache of gold jewellery and silver coins, was discovered in the locality of La Safa in 1864. The presence of Carthaginian coinage issued by the Barcids alongside an early Roman ''denarius'' implies the hoard dates to around the time of the Second Punic War. Sport About five kilometers to the east of the town is the " Circuit de Valencia", a motor sport race track A race track (racetrack, racing track or racing circuit) is a facility built for racing of vehicles, athletes, or animals (e.g. horse racing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ferrari 296
The Ferrari 296 (Type F171) is a sports car built since 2022 by the Italian company Ferrari. The 296 is a two-seater, offered as a GTB coupe and a GTS folding hard-top convertible. It is a plug-in hybrid with a rear mid-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout and its powertrain combines a twin-turbocharged 120-degree bank angle V6, with an electric drive fitted in between the engine and gearbox. The 296 can be driven in electric-only mode for short distances, to comply with use in urban zero-emission zones. Unveiled on 24 June 2021, the 296 is Ferrari's first stock model with 6-cylinders other than the Dino 206 GT, 246 GT and 246 GTS cars produced by Ferrari but sold under the Dino marque. Its power pack puts out a combined , giving the 296 a power-to-weight ratio of 560 hp/ton. History The 296 GTB was presented as the first "real Ferrari with just six cylinders on it" on 24 June 2021. Previously, such models were both designed and built by Ferrari, but ''marketed'' as a new, ent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emil Frey Racing
Emil Frey Racing is a Switzerland, Swiss racing team. Established in 2011, the team debuted with a bespoke Jaguar XK-based Group GT3, GT3 race car in the 2012 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup, Blancpain Endurance Series. After serving as a Lexus factory team from 2015 to 2018, the team switched affiliation to Lamborghini in 2019 and to Ferrari in 2023. The team now competes across multiple European championships with the Ferrari 296 GT3, including Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, DTM and Ferrari Challenge, Ferrari Challenge Europe. History Jaguar XK Emil Frey G3 Development of the team's first race car was led by Frey and Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile, FIA Silver-ranked driver Fredy Barth. Once the design process was complete, chassis manufacturing was delegated to Bemani Motorenbau AG in Beinwil am See. The car completed its first shakedown at Anneau du Rhin in France in early 2012, and the design was eventually homologated as a member of the Royal Automobi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilles Magnus
Gilles Magnus (born 30 August 1999) is a Belgian racing driver currently competing in the GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup. He previously competed in the World Touring Car Cup from 2020 to 2022. He has also been a factory driver for Audi Sport. He is the winner of the 2024 Dubai 24 Hour race. Career Karting Magnus began karting at the age of eight, claiming numerous titles in his career. Lower formulae In 2016, Magnus progressed to single-seaters in the French F4 Championship. There he claimed a victory, a fastest lap and accumulated numerous podiums to finish 2nd behind champion Yifei Ye. Formula Renault In October 2016, Magnus partook in the rookie test at Estoril. In February 2017, he was signed by R-ace GP R-ace GP is an auto racing team from France, involved in many areas of motorsport, specifically those involving Renault. They are currently competing in the Formula Regional European Championship, Formula Regional Middle East, F4 Middle East, It ... for the N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frédéric Vervisch
Frédéric Vervisch ( ; born 10 August 1986 in Kortrijk) is a Belgian racing driver who currently races in the GT World Challenge Europe. Career Early career A winner of numerous karting Kart racing or karting is a motorsport discipline using open-wheel, four-wheeled vehicles known as go-karts or shifter karts. They are usually raced on scaled-down circuits, although some professional kart races are also held on full-size motor ... championships, Vervisch moved to auto racing in 2003 making a single start in the Formula Three French Cup and immediately won upon his debut. Following that initial success, he participated in the entire 2004 Formula Three French Cup championship and finished runner-up. Formula Renault In 2005 Formula Renault 3.5 Series season, 2005 Vervisch moved to the World Series by Renault, Formula Renault 3.5 series, participating with GD Racing in 4 rounds with a best result of 12th in Circuit Zolder, Zolder in a race won by Robert Kubica. The season ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicolas Baert
Nicolas Baert (born 8 August 2001 in Braine-l'Alleud) is a Belgian racing driver currently competing for Comtoyou Racing in Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters. Early career Baert made his single-seater debut in 2019, joining MP Motorsport to compete in the F4 Spanish Championship. In his only year in single-seater competition, Baert scored a best result of fourth twice on his way to seventh in points. During 2019, Baert also represented Belgium in the first edition of the FIA Motorsport Games Formula 4 Cup. Leaving single-seaters at the end of 2019, Baert joined Comtoyou Racing's three-car lineup to race in TCR Europe for 2020. Baert took his first pole and win at Zolder to finish third in the overall points and runner-up in the Benelux series. Near the end of 2020, Baert made a wildcard appearance at the Spain round of the World Touring Car Cup. Baert remained with Comtoyou Racing for the 2021 TCR Europe season. Scoring a lone podium in the first round of the season at the Slov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucas Légeret
Lucas Légeret (born 10 May 2001) is a Swiss racing driver currently competing in the Gold Cup class of the GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup with CSA Racing. Having driven karts from the age of nine, Légeret made his car racing debut in the LMP3 category in 2017, where he scored his first victories in the V de V Endurance Series. Following three seasons spent competing in the European Le Mans Series, the Swiss driver moved to the world of GT3 racing. Since then, he has competed intermittently in the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance and Sprint Cups, scoring a lone Endurance Cup victory at the Hockenheimring in 2022. He has thus far scored two overall podiums in the Sprint Cup, both coming during 2023 driving for Comtoyou Racing alongside Christopher Haase. Légeret competed at the 2020 24 Hours of Le Mans The 88th 24 Hours of Le Mans (French: ''88e 24 Heures du Mans'') was a 24-hour Endurance racing (motorsport), automobile endurance race for Le Mans Prototype ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Haase
Christopher Haase (born 26 September 1987 in Kulmbach) is a German professional racing driver. He currently competes in the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup with Audi customer team Tresor Attempto Racing. Among his most notable successes are winning the 2007 ADAC GT Masters title, triumphing alongside Christopher Mies in the 2009 FIA GT3 European Championship, and taking home the Nürburgring 24 Hours in 2012 and 2014. He also won the 24 Hours of Spa in 2017. He achieved considerable success in the 2014 season, sharing the winning Audi R8 LMS in the Nurburgring 24 Hours, and finishing second in the GTD class of the TUDOR United SportsCar Championship in America. Born in Kulmbach, Bavaria, Haase began racing in 2006 in the ADAC Dacia Logan Cup, before moving to the ADAC GT Masters series in 2007, which he won. The following season, he remained in the series and finished second, in addition to winning the GT4 European Cup. After winning the 2009 GT3 European title with P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comtoyou Racing
JNVS Sprl, competing as Comtoyou Racing, is a Belgium, Belgian auto racing team based in Waterloo, Belgium, Waterloo, Belgium. Upon its creation the team raced in the Fun Cup. The team has also previously raced in the TCR International Series in 2017 TCR International Series, 2017. Between 2018 and 2023 Comtoyou Racing represented Audi Sport GmbH, Audi Sport in the World Touring Car Cup. From 2024 on the team will race Aston Martin cars in various GT3 and GT4 championships. Racing history 2014–16: Fun Cup Having first entered the championship in 2014. The team raced in the series for many seasons with four or five cars. Having taken many great results, the team kept entering the series for many years. However, the team have never won the championship as of 2016. 2017–2023: Audi Sport representation in TCR and GT Racing After having raced in the Fun Cup, the team entered the 2017 TCR International Series with 2-time series' champion Stefano Comini driving an Audi RS 3 LM ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aurélien Panis
Aurélien Antoine Philippe Panis (born 29 October 1994) is a professional French racing driver. He is best known for being the son of the former Formula 1 driver, Olivier Panis. From 2017 he is one of the two drivers of Zengő Motorsport - the first non-Hungarian the team has fielded in the WTCC. Career Aurélien Panis began his career in 2011 in the national French F4 Championship. He finished tenth. In 2012, he joined Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 and Formula Renault 2.0 Alps, but scored no points in Eurocup, and only 26 in Alps. He became a member of the Caterham Racing Academy, from Caterham F1 Team in 2013, and scored his first points in Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0. In 2014, he left Caterham but won two victories: one in Eurocup and another one in Northern European Cup. He joined Formula Renault 3.5 Series for 2015, with Tech 1 Racing. Next year, in the series - which was renamed as Formula V8 3.5 Series - he scored two wins and finished the championship in 5th positio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Audi R8 (Type 4S)
The Audi R8 (Type 4S) is the second generation of the Audi R8, R8 sports car manufactured by German automobile manufacturer Audi. The Type 4S is based on the Lamborghini Huracán and shares its platform and engine. The Type 4S was introduced at the Geneva Motor Show#2015, 2015 Geneva Motor Show and its production began in late 2015. Development Development of the Type 4S began in 2013 and prototypes began testing in early-2014. The Type 4S is based on the Modular Sports System platform shared with the Lamborghini Huracán. The V10 engine used in the Huracàn was detuned for the base model while the power output of the engine remained the same as the Huracàn for the V10 plus model. Rumors for the V8 engine for the R8 were in circulation but those were proven wrong as the company stated that the V8 engine would be discontinued mainly because of emissions regulations. The Type 4S was introduced at the Geneva Motor Show#2015, 2015 Geneva Motor Show. The all-electric version call ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
