567, this is the number of days between my last visit to a GT World Challenge Europe event, the 2020 pre-season tests and the 2021 GT World Challenge Europe (Endurance) final in Barcelona.




PRO Category
Following a penalty of three places on the starting grid for the Lamborghini # 63, it is finally the Mercedes-AMG GT3 / AKKA-ASP Team #88 of Raffaele Marciello, Felipe Fraga and Jules Gounon which will start from pole.








It was at the end of a 95 laps race, interspersed with FCY / safety car, that the # 88 Mercedes-AMG GT3 / AKKA-ASP Team passed the checkered flag with less than 2.5 seconds ahead of the Porsche 911 GT3-R / Dinamic Motorsport #54 of Matteo Cairoli, Christian Engelhart and Klaus Bachler.








The podium is completed by the Audi R8 LMS GT3 / Team WRT #32 of Dries Vanthoor, Charles Weerts and Robin Frijns.








In the top 5 we find the Lamborghini Huracan GT3 / Orange 1 FFF Racing Team #63 of Mirko Bortolotti, Andrea Caldarelli and Marco Mapelli in 4th place and the Mercedes-AMG GT3 / HRT #4 of Maro Engel, Luca Stolz and Nico Bastian in 5th.








The guests, who came to assess each other in view of next season, the Audi R8 LMS GT3 EVO2 / Sainteloc Racing # 26 by Markus Winkelhock, Dennis Lind, Finlay Hutchison and the BMW M4 GT3 / BMW M Motorsport # 82 by Jesse Krohn, Augusto Farfus, Philipp Eng finished 9th and 16th respectively.








Silver Category
The Mercedes-AMG GT3 / AKKA-ASP Team # 87 of Thomas Drouet, Simon Gachet and Konstantin Tereschenko won the Silver category ahead of Audi / WRT # 31 of Ryuichiro Tomita, Valdemar Eriksen, Frank Bird and Mercedes / Toksport WRT # 7 by Marvin Dienst, Berkay Besler, Oscar Tunjo.






PRO-AM Category
In Pro-AM the victory went to the Mercedes-AMG GT3 / SPS automotive-performance # 20 of Dominik Baumann, Valentin Pierburg, Martin Konrad ahead of the Lamborghini Huracan GT3 Evo / Barwell Motorsport # 77 of Henrique Chaves, Adrian Amstutz, Miguel Ramos , the 3rd place on the podium of the category went to the Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 / Oman Racing Team # 97 of Ahmad Al Harthy, Giacomo Petrobelli, Charlie Eastwood.
2021 Standings / Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe Powered by AWS Endurance Cup Overall Teams
1 Team WRT Audi R8 LMS GT3 91 points
2 Iron Lynx Ferrari 488 GT3 90 points
3 AKKA-ASP Team Mercedes-AMG GT3 88 points
2021 Standings / Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe Powered by AWS Endurance Cup Overall Drivers
1 Côme Ledogar / Alessandro Pier Guidi / Nicklas Nielsen 83 points
2 Raffaele Marciello / Jules Gounon 79 points
3 Charles Weerts / Dries Vanthoor 79 points
See you next year for new adventures with the Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe Powered by AWS
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