61 cars and 10 manufacturers at Nürburgring Sunday

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Aug 29

GT World Challenge powered by AWS roars back into action on 29–31 August with a three-hour Endurance Cup race at the Nürburgring featuring 61 cars and 10 manufacturers: from Germany: Audi, BMW, Mercedes-AMG, Porsche.; from Italy: Ferrari and Lamborghini; From UK: Aston Martin and McLaren; from USA: Chevrolet and Ford.

GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cups Teams and Drivers

The Nürburgring features the fourth round (out of five) for the Endurance Cup crown. After Paul Ricard, Monza and Spa-Francorchamps, the top three in the standings of the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cups Teams and Drivers are within two points. The #48 Mercedes-AMG Team Mann-Filter crew of Auer/Cairoli/Engel (winner at Monza) and the #32 Team WRT BMW line-up of De Wilde/Van der Linde/Weerts (winner at Paul Ricard) are leading with 59 Points each.

📷© Luc Warnotte at Spa-Francorchamps. #48 Mercedes-AMG Team Mann-Filter

Third in the standings – and just one point off the top – is the #96 Rutronik Racing Porsche squad of Müller/Niederhauser/Picariello with no victory so far in Endurance.

📷© Luc Warnotte at Spa-Francorchamps. #32 Team WRT BMW (left); #96 Rutronik Racing (right)

GT World Challenge Europe Teams and Drivers

The same three contenders are leading the GT World Challenge Europe Teams and Drivers but this time Team WRT leads the Teams standings with 141 Points while Mercedes-AMG Team Mann-Filter is second with 126,5 points, even with Rutronik Racing.

The #32 Team WRT BMW line-up of Hugo De Wilde and Charles Weerts are leading the Drivers standing with 125 points. Lucas Auer and Maro Engel are second with 116,5 points and the #96 Rutronik Racing drivers are third with 115,5 points.

📷© Luc Warnotte at Spa-Francorchamps. #48 Mercedes-AMG Team Mann-Filter (left); #96 Rutronik Racing (right)

Sven Müller, driver of the #96 Porsche 911 GT3 R: ”I'm really looking forward to the upcoming weekend. The Endurance Cup at the Nürburgring is one of my favorite weekends on the calendar, which I look forward to all year. The Nürburgring and Porsche are a perfect match and have always worked well together. Last year, we started from pole position and I think we have a good package again this year. The whole year has gone well for us so far and we are currently third in the championship. The current standings are incredibly close, and we are only two points behind first place in the Endurance Cup. Everything is still open and anything is possible! Personally, the Nürburgring is also my favorite track on the calendar, so I am more than motivated to achieve a great result this weekend. I am very happy to see the team and to be racing with Alessio again in the Endurance lineup." Source: Rutronik Racing

Endurance Gold Cup

GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cups Gold Teams and Drivers, the #33 Verstappen.com Racing Aston Martin crew of Vermeulen/Lulham/King could celebrate the championship win at the Nürbugring. With two Gold class P2 at Le Castellet and Monza and a class win at the 24 Hours of Francorchamps, they count 91 points, 22 ahead of Team WRT second. They would only need to extend this by four points to have the title sewn up before heading to Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.

Silver Cup

Three teams won each an Endurance class race so far with both BMW teams winning their class in the two first rounds. Paradine Competition won at Circuit Paul Ricard and #42 Century Motorsport at Monza. Walkenhorst Motorsport took top honours at Spa with # Aston Martin Vantage.

📷© Luc Warnotte at Spa-Francorchamps. #992 Paradine Competition BMW M4 GT3 (left); #42 Century Motorsport (right)

The battle for the Silver Cup crown is led by the #42 Century Motorsport crew of Jansen/Moore/Waberski, (65 points) who hold a 16-point advantage over fellow BMW outfit Paradine Competition (Clark/Ebrahim/Kellett) (49 points). Walkenhorst Motorsport with Leroux/Söderström/Villagomez is 35 points adrift of the top and needs a strong result on home soil to stay in the hunt.

Bronze Cup

📷© Luc Warnotte at Spa-Francorchamps. Kessel Racing #74 Ferrar

The can also be decided at the Nürburgring. Kessel Racing has been the class of the field with its #74 Ferrari, driven by the impressive trio of Blattner/Laursen/Marschall. They won at Circuit Paul Ricard and dominated the CrowdStrike 24 Hours of Spa; as such, victory at the Nürburgring would put the title beyond doubt. The most likely team to stop them is Winward Racing, which has scored three successive podiums with its #81 Mercedes-AMG.

Schedule

FRIDAY 29 AUGUST

Bronze Test: 16:00–17:00

SATURDAY 30 AUGUST

Free Practice: 09:15–11:15 LIVE TV

Pre-Qualifying: 14:25–15:25 LIVE TV

SUNDAY 31 AUGUST

Qualifying: 09:00–10:00 LIVE TV

Race: 15:00–18:00 LIVE TV