Green, green, green !!!
The time has come for the GT World Challenge Europe competitors to resume with two days of driving on Tuesday March 5 and Wednesday March 6 on the Paul Ricard circuit.
If the sun was out, so was the Mistral (fresh wind from the south of France), which made the temperatures rather cool.
53 cars were registered on the entry sheet, representing nine brands,for 4 sessions scheduled over two days of testing.
The Prologue presented the debut of the new Ford Mustang GT3 and Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 EVO as well as the traditional Audi, Lamborghini, McLaren, Ferrari, BMW, Mercedes and Porsche.
The hierarchy seen during this prologue remains unrepresentative, certain teams took advantage of these tests to test drivers for the 2024 season.
In addition, the precise program of each team is difficult to know.
We can just see by reading the timesheets that the No. 60 Mercedes-AMG GT3 EVO - 2Seas Motorsport leaves the circuit with the absolute best time of the two days of running with a time of 1'52"800.
The other three sessions went to the #32 BMW – Team WRT.
In this report, I will content myself with presenting to you, in photos, the forces present brand by brand.
Some cars competed with different race numbers from one day to the next.
We have in alphabetical order
Aston Martin – Vantage AMR GT3 EVO
4 entries
Teams: Comtoyou Racing, Walkenhorst Motorsport
Audi – R8 LMS GT3 EVO II
4 entries
Teams : Sainteloc Racing, Tresor Attempto Racing, CSA Racing
BMW – M4 GT3
5 entries
Teams : Team WRT, Rowe Racing, Century Motorsport
Ferrari – 296 GT3
9 entries
Teams : Kessel Racing, Emil Frey Racing, AF Corse - Francorchamps Motors, AF Corse, Sky Tempesta Racing and Rinaldi Racing
Ford – Mustang GT3
1 entry
Team : Proton Competition
Lamborghini – Huracan GT3 EVO2
7 entries
Teams : GSM GT3 Team, GRT - Grasser Racing Team, Iron Lynx, Barwell Motorsport, Imperiale Racing and GRT - Grasser Racing Team / Liqui Moly Team Engstler
McLaren – 720S GT3 EVO
5 entries
Teams : Team RJN, Optimum Motorsport and Garage 59
Mercedes-AMG – AMG GT3 EVO
10 entries (more one only in the box)
Teams : M-AMG Team GetSpeed, GetSpeed, Boutsen VDS, Winward Racing, 2 Seas Motorsport, Haupt Racing Team, Madpanda Motorsport and AlManar Racing by GetSpeed
Porsche – 911 GT3 R (992)
8 entries
Teams : Lionspeed GP, Schumacher CLRT, Dinamic GT, Herberth Motorsport, Rutronik Racing and Pure Rxcing
See you on April 5th - 7th for the Round 1 - Endurance Cup still on the circuit Paul Ricard.
Based on Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe Powered by AWS press report.