Team WRT at Hockenheim to defend championship lead

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Jul 18

Team WRT leads Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe Powered By AWS Teams

With three victories in the first two rounds of the Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe Powered By AWS Sprint, a P4 at Paul Ricard and P3 at Spa 24 Hours (Endurance championship) Team WRT is leading the Teams challenge with 86 points ahead of Winward Racing (51,5 pts) and ComToYou Racing (51 pts). Quite a confortable gap for the Belgian squad as a maximum of 35 points (16,5 per race win and 1 per pole) will be allocated at the Hockenheim Fanatec GT Sprint Cup.

📷 © Luc Warnotte at 4 Hours of Le Castellet. Maxime Martin in #46 Team WRT BMW M GT3 executed brilliant manoeuvres from the start, securing P4 overall before handing over to Valentino Rossi who lost several positions ending his stint at P9. **Raffaele Marciello** reclaimed P4 ending 29.113 seconds behind the winners.

Vanthoor and Weerts lead Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe Powered By AWS Drivers

📷 © Luc Warnotte at Spa-Francorchamps 24 Hours test Days. **Dries Vanthoor and Charles Weerts** with BMW M Team WRT #32 BMW M4 GT3

Dries Vanthoor and Charles Weerts won two of the three races clinched by Team WRT with #32 BMW M4 GT3 and will be the only lineup present this weekend at Hockenheim (#46 with Rossi and Martin does not participate). With a P2 at Misano and a P3 at Spa24, they lead the Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe Powered By AWS Drivers with 64 points, 17,5 points ahead of Aston Martin factory driver Mattia Drudi (victorious at Spa 24 Hours with Thiim and Sorensen) and 19 points ahead of Mercedes-AMG works drivers Maro Engel and Lucas Auer.

📷 © Luc Warnotte at Spa-Francorchamps 24 Hours. Left: Drudi, Thiim and Sorensen in the #007 Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Evo. Right: Maro Engel and Lucas Auer in #48 Winward Racing mercedes-AMG GT3

Mattia Drudi’ll not be associated with the “Dane Train” duo (Thiim and Sorensen for Endurance races) at Hockenheim as Nicolas Baert is his co-driver for Sprint races in the #007 Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Evo2. Maro Engel and Lucas Auer will share the #48 Winward Racing mercedes-AMG GT3 which enabled them to clinch pole and win in the Brands Hatch second sprint race.

Team WRT leads Fanatec GT World Challenge Powered By AWS Sprint Cup Teams

📷 © Luc Warnotte at Spa-Francorchamps 24 Hours. Left: BMW M Team WRT #32 BMW M4 GT3, ComToYou Racing Aston Martin Vantage #007, Winward Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 #48.

With 3 wins and 2 pole out of 4 races so far in the Fanatec GT World Challenge Powered By AWS Sprint Cup Teams, BMW M Team WRT is leading with 56 points. Winward Racing is second (48,5 pts) and Emil Frey racing third (46,5 pts). Both Emile Frey Ferrari 296 GT3 #14 and #69 have clinched a podium seat for 3 of the four Sprint races so far (2 P2 and 1 P3) demonstrating consistency but lacking velocity. Having two cars to score points at Hockenheim is definitively an advantage for the Swiss team comparing to Team WRT and Winward Racing with one PRO car each.

Vanthoor and Weerts lead Fanatec GT World Challenge Powered By AWS Sprint Cup Drivers

📷 © Courtesy of Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe Powered by AWS. Both BMW M Team WRT BMW M4 GT3

Thanks to their two wins at Brands Hatch and Misano, Charles Weerts and Dries Vanthoor are leading the Fanatec GT World Challenge Powered By AWS Sprint Cup Drivers with 49 Points, four units ahead of Lucas Auer and Maro Engel. Both Emil Frey Racing duo are respectively third and fourth with 29,5 points for Green - Lappalainen and 29 points for Altoé - Vermeulen.