Category: GTWC Europe
GTWC Europe is the premier GT3 championship, featuring elite teams and manufacturers across iconic circuits. It delivers intense sprint and endurance racing at the highest level. Pit Debrief covers all the latest GTWC Europe news and action.
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GTWC Europe | Round 9 | Valencia | Sprint Cup | Free Practice | Ferrari leads shortened Free Practice in Valencia
Free Practice for the GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup at Valencia ended with Ferrari in control. The 50-minute session ran shorter than planned after red flags. Despite the interruptions, lap times stayed close across the 39-car field, setting up a tense weekend. Kessel Racing on top of the GTWC Free Practice in Valencia Kessel…
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GTWC Europe | Round 8 | Nürburgring | Endurance Cup | Race | BMW claims victory at home
BMW finally tasted overall victory on home soil at the GT World Challenge Europe powered by AWS, as ROWE Racing conquered the Nürburgring in the three-hour Endurance Cup race. It marked the Bavarian manufacturer’s first triumph in Germany since joining the series, a breakthrough achieved by the #98 crew of Raffaele Marciello, Augusto Farfus and…
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Team WRT loses Nürburgring pole after grid penalty
Team WRT has been stripped of pole position for this afternoon’s GT World Challenge Europe powered by AWS Endurance Cup race at the Nürburgring after its No. 32 BMW M4 GT3 EVO received a five-place grid penalty. Charles Weerts was judged at fault for contact with Jules Gounon in the No. 17 Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo…
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GTWC Europe | Round 8 | Nürburgring | Endurance Cup | Qualifying | WRT Secures BMW 1-2 at Nürburgring despite investigation
Team WRT delivered a commanding performance in qualifying for the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup at the Nürburgring, though their pole position remains under scrutiny following a controversial incident. The Belgian squad’s No. 32 BMW M4 GT3 EVO, piloted by Kelvin van der Linde, Charles Weerts and Ugo de Wilde, claimed pole position with…
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Exclusive: Grasser Racing Team drivers on expectations for the Endurance round at the Nürburgring after winning “the biggest GT race in the world”
In an exclusive interview with Pit Debrief, the drivers of the Grasser Racing Team revealed their expectations for this GTWC Endurance Cup weekend at the Nürburgring. After winning the CrowdStrike 24 hours of Spa, Jordan Pepper, Mirko Bortolotti and Luca Engstler, are aiming to fight for the win. While the GT World Challenge Endurance Cup…
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GTWC Europe | Round 8 | Nürburgring | Endurance Cup | Fuoco fastest as pre-qualifying at Nürburgring ends early
Antonio Fuoco topped the timesheets in what proved to be a truncated GTWC Europe Endurance Cup Pre-Qualifying session at the Nürburgring, as track surface problems forced an early stoppage. The session lasted barely 20 minutes before a red flag was waved, with officials noting that the asphalt in sector three had begun to break up….
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GTWC Europe | Round 8 | Nürburgring | Endurance Cup | Free Practice | Heinemann sets fastest lap after less than 10 minutes
Free Practice got underway at the Nürburgring, marking the start of the penultimate round of the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup. Fastest Lap after less than 10 minutes Tim Heinemann set the fastest lap of the Free Practice session at the Nürburgring. With a 1m55.249s, the German set the time to beat, after less…
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What you need to know about the GT World Challenge Europe
The GT World Challenge Europe Powered by AWS started in 2011 with the Blancpain Endurance Series. It quickly grew with strong grids, professional and amateur drivers, and the CrowdStrike 24 Hours of Spa as its flagship race. In 2014, a Sprint Series joined, later forming the Endurance and Sprint Cups. With partners like Fanatec and…
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GTWC Europe | Round 7 | Magny-Cours | Sprint Cup | Grasser triumph Race 1, while Garage 59 seize victory in Race 2
Round 7 of the 2025 GT World Challenge Europe powered by AWS brought the Sprint Cup to Magny-Cours, where fans enjoyed two tense night-and-day races. Grasser Racing’s Lamborghini and Garage 59’s McLaren each claimed a victory, setting up a dramatic run-in for the Sprint Cup title. Kessel and Grasser impress The weekend began with Dennis…
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GTWC Europe | Misano | Round 6 | Sprint Cup | Rossi and Kirchhöfer Share the spoils
Round 6 of the 2025 GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup brought the series to Misano, where a packed weekend of testing, qualifying, and racing produced fireworks under the lights. Valentino Rossi and Raffaele Marciello gave Team WRT a landmark home victory in Race 1 of the GTWC Europe round in Misano. While Garage 59…