Endurance Cups at play this weekend at Barcelona

SRO

Sep 27

The Fanatec GT World Challenge Powered by AWS Championship is heading to Barcelona for the last Endurance round of the Fanatec GT World Challenge Powered by AWS Endurance Cups. It’ll also be the penultimate round of the Fanatec GT World Challenge Powered by AWS Championships.

10 Cups will be awarded this weekend with the 5th round of the Endurance Cup after Monza, Paul Ricard, 24 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps and Nürburgring: 5 classes (Overall, Bronze, Gold, PRO-AM, Silver) and two Cups for each class (Teams and a Drivers).

Here are the remaining contenders per Cup.

Akkodis ASP Team and Rowe Racing for overall cups

A maximum of 31 points will be awarded at Barcelona (1 for pole, 25 for victory and 5 for Fanatec Points Boost) in Endurance Cup Teams.

With two victories and two poles at Paul Ricard and Nürburgring plus a P2 at Spa 24 Hours, Akkodis ASP Team is currently leading the Cup 15 points ahead Rowe Racing.

📷 © Luc Warnotte at Nürburgring. #88 Akkodis Asp team Mercedes-AMG GT3 with Timur Boguslavskiy, Jules Gounon and Raffaele Marciello.

A maximum of 26 points will be awarded at Barcelona (1 for pole, 25 for victory) in Endurance Cup Drivers.

Timur Boguslavskiy, Jules Gounon and Raffaele Marciello are leading the Fanatec GT World Challenge Powered by AWS Endurance Cup Drivers with 18 points.

With 2 victories at Monza and Spa 24 Hours as well as a P3 at Paul Ricard, Rowe Racing need the pole and a victory at Barcelona AND Akkodis ASP Team not performing better than a P5 to clinch the Teams’ Cup… unless one of their drivers wins Fanatec Points Boost which has not happened so far this season for both teams.

📷 © Luc Warnotte at 24 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps. Marco Wittman, Philipp Eng and Nick Yelloly with #98 Rowe Racing BMW M4 GT3.

Marco Wittman, Philipp Eng and Nick Yelloly need a pole and victory at Barcelona AND the #88 Mercedes-AMG GT3 drivers not performing better than a P6 to clinch the Endurance Cup Drivers.

Four teams in contention for Bronze class Cups

Considering a maximum of 26 points will be awarded at Barcelona (1 for pole, 25 for victory) in Endurance Cup Bronze Drivers and Teams, four teams are still in contention for the Cups.

📷 © Luc Warnotte at 24 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps and Nürburgring.

Sky-Tempesta Racing with Jonathan HUI, Chris FROGGATT and Eddie CHEEVER driving #93 McLaren 720S GT3 EVO is currently leading the Cup Teams with 88 points (84 Pts for the drivers) ahead of

Haupt Racing Team (80 pts) with #79 Mercedes-AMG GT3 EVO driven by Arjun MAINI, Sebastien BAUD and Hubert HAUPT (77 pts),
Pure Racing (76 pts) with #911 Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) driven by Joel STURM, Aliaksandr MALYKHIN and Klaus BACHLER (69 pts) and
Herberth Motorsport (72 pts) with #91 Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) driven by Ralf BOHN, Alfred RENAUER (70 pts) and Robert RENAUER.

ComToYou Racing and Winward Racing going for Gold

Endurance Cup Gold Teams

📷 © Luc Warnotte at 24 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps test days.

ComToYou Racing with #21 Audi R8 LMS GT3 EVO II is leading with 94 points.

Winward Racing is second with 88 points with two Mercedes-AMG GT3 EVO: #57 and #157 which is a potential advantage. The fight between those three cars in the Gold class will be interesting to follow.

24 points behind the leaders, Optmimum Motorsport have still mathematically a possibility to win the Teams Cup Gold if they win AND both ComToYou Racing AND Winward Racing abandon!

Endurance Cup Gold Drivers

The #21 ComToYou Racing Audi R8 LMS GT3 EVO II drivers Nicolas Baert and Maxime Soulet are leading the Cup Drivers Gold with 94 points. Their third driver, Max Hofer, is second with 84 points as he did not participate to the Nürburgring round.

Two drivers lineups are still in contention for the Endurance Cup Gold drivers:

Winward Racing #157 Mercedes-AMG GT3 EVO’s drivers Miklas BORN, David SCHUMACHER and Marius ZUG are fourth in the Cup Gold Drivers with 70 pts behind
Sam De Haan, Charlie Fagg and Dean Macdonald who also score 70 pts with #5 Optimum Motorsport McMaren 720S GT3 EVO.

For both teams, a class victory is the minimum to pretend for the Cup AND ComToYou drivers do not finish the race!

Car Collection Motorsport very close in Pro-Am

📷 © Luc Warnotte at 24 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps.

Car Collection Motorsport with #24 Porsche 911 GT3 R(992) are 26 points ahead Barwell Motorsport for Endurance Cup Pro-Am Teams. Barwell Motorsport (#78 Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO2) could still win the Cup IF Car Collection Motorsport retires at Barcelona AND Barwell Motorsport clinch pole AND victory of class at Barcelona. Bottom line, Car Collection Motorsport #24 Porsche just need to finish the Barcelona race to earn the Endurance Cup Pro-Am Cup.

Their drivers Ian Tacoma, Niki Leutwiller and Alex Fontana have already won the Endurance Cup Pro-Am Drivers as they are 36 points ahead Dennis Lind and Rob Collard.

GRT Grasser Racing team and ComToYou Racing in Silver

Endurance Cup Silver Teams

GRT Grasser Racing team with #85 Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO2 are 18 points ahead of ComToYou Racing (#12 Audi R8 LMS GT3 EVO II) in Endurance Cup Silver Team.