Mercedes-AMG intercontinental manufacturers’ title
After 50 races split in four continental series (America, Australia, Asia and Europe), Mercedes AMG wins the Intercontinental manufacturers' championship after 10 championship wins, 8 overall victories, 23 class victories, 24 podiums, 12 pole positions.
Intercontinental manufacturers' championship
For the sixth time in a row, Mercedes-AMG secured the intercontinental manufacturers' title, which takes into account overall and class results from all four continental series: GT World Challenge America, GT World Challenge Asia, GT World Challenge Australia and GT World Challenge Europe.
📷 © Luc Warnotte at 6 Hours of Nürburgring. Start of the 6 Hours of Nürburgring with Porsche and Mercedes-AMG on the forefront.
Mercedes AMG and Porsche were separated by 265 points ahead of the 6 Hours of Jeddah: Mercedes-AMG with 19.474 points versus 19.209 points for Porsche.
The three last rounds of the GT World Challenge Australia where Mercedes-AMG took advantage of its numerical superiority to score 1.281 points for 20 to Porsche at Sydney and Bathurst. With the 6 Hours of Jeddah overall win and two P2 in Silver and Gold Cups, Mercedes-AMG sealed the intercontinental manufacturers’ title with 20,964 points.
The Mercedes-AMG Customer Racing Teams were most successful in Europe with 6 championships, 4 overall victories, 9 class victories, 8 podiums, 2 pole positions and Australia with 3 championships, 2 overall victories, 6 class victories, 7 podiums, 2 pole positions.
📷 © Luc Warnotte at 24 Hours of Francorchamps 2024.
Thanks to Mercedes-AMG Customer Racing class successes at the CrowdStrike 24 Hours of Spa, the star manufacturer achieved 2,200 of the 20,964 points.
GT World Challenge Europe
With 6 championships (Driver Overall, Driver Sprint Cup, Driver Endurance Cup Silver Cup, Team Endurance Cup Silver Cup, Driver Overall Silver Cup, Team Overall Silver Cup), 4 overall victories, 9 class victories, 8 podiums, 2 pole positions, Mercedes-AMG scores the highest number of points in the GT World Challenge Europe with WinWard Racing and Boutsen VDS.
📷 © courtesy of Mercedes-AMG. #48 Mercedes-AMG Team MANN-FILTER with Daniel Morad, Lucas Auer and Maro Engel.
Winward Racing
📷 Left: © Luc Warnotte at Hockenheim Sprint race. Right: Courtesy of GTWorldChEu.
After winning the Sprint Cup Drivers, Lucas Auer and Maro Engel secured the drivers' championship of the Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe powered by AWS by winning the 6-hour race on the Jeddah Corniche Circuit sharing the #48 Mercedes-AMG Team MANN-FILTER with Daniel Morad after Winward Racing managed to repair the crashed #48 in Thursday Free Practice.
📷 © Luc Warnotte at 6 Hours of Nürburgring, Hockenheim and 24 Hours of Francorchamps 2024.
The Winward Racing team, also entering the #57 Mercedes-AMG GT3, did already secure the Endurance Cup drivers' and team classifications of the Silver Cup with Daan Arrow, Colin Caresani and Tanart Sathienthirakul winning two of the five class endurance races at Paul Ricard and Monza..
Boutsen VDS
📷 © Luc Warnotte at 24 Hours of Francorchamps 2024. Silver Cup winning Boutsen VDS Mercedes-AMG.
César Gazeau, Esteban Muth and Aurélien Panis from Boutsen VDS took second place in the Silver Cup on the final weekend. This meant the eighth class podium for the #10 Mercedes-AMG GT3 this season. As a result, Gazeau and Panis secured the Silver Cup overall drivers' championship and Boutsen VDS the overall team championship in the Silver Cup.
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