Team WRT keeps championships lead intact

SRO

Aug 5

With 3 races until the end of the GT World Challenge Europe, Team WRT, van der Linde and Weerts retain their lead of both overall challenges and sprint cups at Magny Cours.

Team WRT leads teams’ overall standing

With two P3 in both sprint races at Magny-Cours, Team WRT retain its lead in both the Sprint and Overall championships. Team WRT increase its lead with runner up M-AMG Team MANN-FILTER by 8,5 points and Rutronik Racing (now also second) by 1 point.

With its pole point and victory in race 2 as well as a P6 in race 1, Garage 59 reduces the gap with the three front runners and consolidate its fourth place in the GT WORLD CHALLENGE EUROPE POWERED BY AWS TEAMS still at 13 points from both second placed M-AMG Team MANN-FILTER and Rutronik Racing and 26,5 points from Team WRT.

📷© Courtesy of Team WRT. Kelvin van der Linde and Charles Weerts with Team WRT BMW M4 GT3 #32

Vincent VOSSE, Team Principal Team WRT: "A tough weekend where we had again no more pace to offer than what we showed yesterday and today. However, thanks to the hard work of our pit crew, drivers, and engineers, we delivered strong races. Their excellent pit stops helped us gain positions on track. We secured a triple podium with two P3 finishes for car #32 and a P2 for #777. Car #30 had two decent races, though unfortunately Gustav Bergström had to withdraw on Sunday morning due to personal reasons. We’re ready for Valencia and we will seize every opportunity. Indeed, we’re still leading the championship so I'm looking forward to the finale!”

van der Linde and Weerts new leaders of GTWChEur drivers

With two podiums for Kelvin van der Linde and Charles Weerts and none for Lucas Auer and Maro Engel, the South-African - Belgian duo increase their lead of the GT WORLD CHALLENGE EUROPE POWERED BY AWS DRIVERS by 8,5 points than Auer-Engel. There are still three races to go with two endurance at Nürburgring (August 29-31) and Barcelona (October 10-12) and one sprint race.

In the GT WORLD CHALLENGE EUROPE POWERED BY AWS SPRINT CUP DRIVERS, Kelvin van der Linde and Charles Weerts are now leading Marvin Kirchhoefer and Benjamin Goethe by 1,5 points. There is still one last race in the sprint cup programmed September 19-21 at Valencia.

Kelvin VAN DER LINDE, driver #32: “A solid weekend in terms of points, but we’re still lacking pace compared to our main contenders. We need to analyse the data carefully to find where we can gain performance. While our race execution was strong, we’ll need a bit more speed in Valencia if we want to win this championship and that’s of course definitely our goal”.

Charles WEERTS, driver #32: “A very strong weekend with great execution from the team, but once again, we faced challenges with pace despite significant adjustments that were made throughout the weekend. Unfortunately, it wasn’t enough for us to keep us fully in the fight. Still, our solid performance earned us two podiums and valuable points. It’s frustrating to be battling closely with two cars ahead and not able to close the gap. Anyway, we’re still leading the championship, but the fight is far from over. Hopefully, we’ll have the extra pace needed to truly challenge for the title at the finale in Valencia”. Source: Team WRT

Garage 59 new runner up in GTWChEur Sprint Cup Teams

Garage 59 is now taking over M-AMG Team MANN-FILTER as second of the GT WORLD CHALLENGE EUROPE POWERED BY AWS SPRINT CUP TEAMS thanks to its two lineups with Thomas Fleming-Louis Prette in #58 McLaren 720S GT3 EVO scoring a P6 in race 1 and Marvin Kirchhöfer-Benjamin Goethe winning race 2 and scoring the pole point with sister #59.

With a second win in 14 days Marvin Kirchhöfer and Benjamin Goethe are now firm runner up in the GT WORLD CHALLENGE EUROPE POWERED BY AWS SPRINT CUP DRIVERS increasing the gap with Sven Müller-Patrick Niederhauser (third) by 0,5 points.

📷 © Courtesy of SRO. Marvin Kirchhöfer and Benjamin Goethe with Garage 59 #59 Mc Laren 720S GT3 EVO.

Luca Engstler and Jordan Pepper win race 1

Five weeks after conquering the CrowdStrike 24 Hours of Spa, the #63 Lamborghini of Grasser Racing was the seventh different winner from as many Sprint Cup races by triumphing in Saturday's race 1 at Magny-Cours. Luca Engstler and Jordan Pepper are now taking over Vincent Abril-Alessio Rovera as fifth of the GT WORLD CHALLENGE EUROPE POWERED BY AWS SPRINT CUP DRIVERS.