The 2022 Fanatec GT2 European Series is the second season of the GT2 European Series. The season began on 1 April at Imola Circuit in Imola and ended on 16 October at Circuit Paul Ricard in Le Castellet.

Calendar

The 2022 calendar was released during the annual SRO press conference on 10 October 2021, featuring six rounds. The Red Bull Ring and Circuit Ricardo Tormo marked additions from the 2021 schedule, while the event at the Hockenheimring was not renewed for 2022.[1] On 29 October 2021, another change to the schedule was announced, moving the opening round from Monza to Imola and staging the event one week earlier.[2]

Round Circuit Date Supporting
1 Italy Imola Circuit, Imola, Italy 1–3 April GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup
2 Austria Red Bull Ring, Spielburg, Austria 20–22 May ADAC GT Masters
3 Italy Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Misano Adriatico, Italy 2–3 July GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup
4 Belgium Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium 22–24 July FFSA French GT
5 Spain Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Cheste, Spain 17–18 September GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup
6 France Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet, France 15–16 October FFSA French GT

Series news

  • The points format received an update for the 2022 season. Only the best five rounds from each team would count towards the overall championship.[1]

Entry list

Team Car No. Drivers Class Rounds
Australia Brabham Automotive Factory Racing[3] Brabham BT63 GT2 Concept[3] 1 Denmark Anders Fjordbach[3] PA All
United States Kevin Weeda[4]
Denmark High Class Racing[5] Audi R8 LMS GT2[5] 5 Lithuania Aurelijus Rusteika[5] PA All
Netherlands Michael Vergers[5]
Italy Ebimotors[6] Porsche 911 GT2 RS Clubsport[6] 7 Italy Gianluca Giorgi[6] Am 1–4, 6
Italy Alberto Scilla[7] 3
Italy Alessandro Baccani[7] 4, 6
66 Italy Alessandro Baccani[7] Am 3
Italy Paolo Venerosi Pesciolini[7]
Italy Target Racing[8] Lamborghini Huracan Super Trofeo Evo GT2[8] 9 Italy Pierlugi Alessandri[8] Am 1
Sri Lanka Dilantha Malagamuwa[8]
24 Greece Dimitrios Deverikos[7] Am 3
Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile Dmitry Gvazava[7][lower-alpha 1]
Belgium PK Carsport[9] Audi R8 LMS GT2[9] 11 Belgium Stienes Longin[4] PA All
Belgium Nicolas Saelens[4]
81 Belgium Peter Guelinckx[4] PA All
Belgium Bert Longin[4]
Austria KTM True Racing[10] KTM X-Bow GT2 Concept[10] 14 Austria Horst Felbermayr Jr.[11] PA 2
Austria Reinhard Kofler[11]
15 Austria Laura Kraihamer[12] PA 1–2
Austria Kris Rosenberger[12]
Slovakia Štefan Rosina[7] 3–6
Slovakia Filip Sládečka[7]
16 Slovakia Štefan Rosina[10] PA 1–2
Austria Sehdi Sarmini[10] 1
Slovakia Filip Sládečka[13] 2
Austria Sehdi Sarmini[10] Am 4–6
Austria Kris Rosenberger[12]
17 Austria Klaus Angerhofer[10] Am All
Austria Hubert Trunkenpolz[10]
Italy LP Racing[14] Audi R8 LMS GT2[14] 18 Austria Michael Doppelmayr[14] Am 1–5
Germany Elia Erhart[14]
67 France Henry Hassid[15] Am All
France Maxime Hassid 6
88 Italy Luca Pirri[16] PA All
Hong Kong Angelo Negro[16] 1
Italy Diego Alessi[13] 2
France Stéphane Ratel[7] 3–4, 6
Italy Stefano Constantini 5
Porsche 911 GT2 RS Clubsport[17] 911 Switzerland Leonardo Gorini[17] Am All
Germany Reiter Engineering KTM X-Bow GT2 Concept 24 France Gilles Vannelet Am 6
Germany SPS Automotive Performance[18] Mercedes-AMG GT Track Series[18] 55 France Stéphane Ratel[18] INV 2
Germany Bernd Schneider[18]
Icon Class
PA Pro-Am Cup
Am Am Cup
INV Invitational
  1. ↑ Dmitry Gvazava is Russian, but competes as a neutral competitor using the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile flag as Belarusian and Russian national emblems were banned by the association due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Race results

Bold indicates overall winner

Round Circuit Pole position Pro-Am Winners Am Winners
1 R1 Italy Imola Italy #18 LP Racing Denmark #5 High Class Racing Italy #67 LP Racing
Austria Michael Doppelmayr
Germany Elia Erhart		 Lithuania Aurelijus Rusteika
Netherlands Michael Vergers		 France Henry Hassid
R2 Belgium #11 PK Carsport Belgium #11 PK Carsport Italy #7 Ebimotors
Belgium Stienes Longin
Belgium Nicolas Saelens		 Belgium Stienes Longin
Belgium Nicolas Saelens		 Italy Gianluca Giorgi
2 R1 Austria Red Bull Ring Austria #16 KTM True Racing Austria #16 KTM True Racing Italy #67 LP Racing
Slovakia Štefan Rosina
Slovakia Filip Sládečka		 Slovakia Štefan Rosina
Slovakia Filip Sládečka		 France Henry Hassid
R2 Austria #16 KTM True Racing Belgium #11 PK Carsport Italy #18 LP Racing
Slovakia Štefan Rosina
Slovakia Filip Sládečka		 Belgium Stienes Longin
Belgium Nicolas Saelens		 Germany Elia Erhart
3 R1 Italy Misano Italy #24 Target Racing Australia #1 Brabham Automotive Factory Racing Italy #18 LP Racing
Greece Dimitrios Deverikos
Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile Dmitry Gvazava		 Denmark Anders Fjordbach
United States Kevin Weeda		 Austria Michael Doppelmayr
Germany Elia Erhart
R2 Italy #18 LP Racing Belgium #11 PK Carsport Italy #67 LP Racing
Austria Michael Doppelmayr
Germany Elia Erhart		 Belgium Stienes Longin
Belgium Nicolas Saelens		 France Henry Hassid
4 R1 Belgium Spa Austria #15 KTM True Racing Austria #15 KTM True Racing Italy #67 LP Racing
Slovakia Štefan Rosina
Slovakia Filip Sládečka		 Slovakia Štefan Rosina
Slovakia Filip Sládečka		 France Henry Hassid
R2 Australia #1 Brabham Automotive Factory Racing Austria #15 KTM True Racing Italy #7 Ebimotors
Denmark Anders Fjordbach
United States Kevin Weeda		 Slovakia Štefan Rosina
Slovakia Filip Sládečka		 Italy Gianluca Giorgi
Italy Alessandro Baccani
5 R1 Spain Valencia Italy #18 LP Racing Belgium #11 PK Carsport Italy #67 LP Racing
Austria Michael Doppelmayr
Germany Elia Erhart		 Belgium Stienes Longin
Belgium Nicolas Saelens		 France Henry Hassid
R2 Australia #1 Brabham Automotive Factory Racing Austria #15 KTM True Racing Italy #67 LP Racing
Denmark Anders Fjordbach
United States Kevin Weeda		 Slovakia Štefan Rosina
Slovakia Filip Sládečka		 France Henry Hassid
6 R1 France Paul Ricard Austria #15 KTM True Racing Belgium #11 PK Carsport Italy #67 LP Racing
Slovakia Štefan Rosina
Slovakia Filip Sládečka		 Belgium Stienes Longin
Belgium Nicolas Saelens		 France Henry Hassid
France Maxime Hassid
R2 Australia #1 Brabham Automotive Factory Racing Belgium #11 PK Carsport Germany #24 Reiter Engineering
Denmark Anders Fjordbach
United States Kevin Weeda		 Belgium Stienes Longin
Belgium Nicolas Saelens		 France Gilles Vannelet

Championship standings

Scoring system

Championship points are awarded for the first ten positions in each race. Entries are required to complete 75% of the winning car's race distance in order to be classified and earn points.

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   Pole 
Points 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1 1

Drivers' championships

Pos. Driver Team IMO
Italy		 RBR
Austria		 MIS
Italy		 SPA
Belgium		 VAL
Spain		 LEC
France		 Points
Pro-Am
1 Belgium Stienes Longin
Belgium Nicolas Saelens		 Belgium PK Carsport 5 1 Ret 2 5 1 2 3 1 2 1 1 203
2 Slovakia Štefan Rosina Austria KTM True Racing 12 Ret 1 7 2 3 1 1 4 1 3 10† 189
Slovakia Filip Sládečka 1 7 2 3 1 1 4 1 3 10†
3 Belgium Peter Guelinckx
Belgium Bert Longin		 Belgium PK Carsport 4 3 3 6 3 4 10 8 3 6 4 9† 143
4 Denmark Anders Fjordbach
United States Kevin Weeda		 Australia Brabham Automotive Factory Racing 9 6 9 13 1 10 3 2 6 11† 2 8† 140
5 Lithuania Aurelijus Rusteika
Netherlands Michael Vergers		 Denmark High Class Racing 3 2 Ret 11 4 7 6 4 7 3 5 7† 137
6 Italy Luca Pirri Italy LP Racing 8 9 8 10 8 6 9 10 2 4 8 6 120
7 France Stéphane Ratel Italy LP Racing 8 6 9 10 8 6 64
8 Austria Horst Felbermayr Jr.
Austria Reinhard Kofler		 Austria KTM True Racing 4 3 33
9 Italy Stefano Costantini Italy LP Racing 2 4 30
10 Italy Diego Alessi Italy LP Racing 8 10 22
10 Hong Kong Angelo Negro Italy LP Racing 8 9 22
11 Austria Laura Kraihamer
Austria Kris Rosenberger		 Austria KTM True Racing 13 10 Ret Ret 14
12 Austria Sehdi Sarmini Austria KTM True Racing 12 Ret 8
Am
1 France Henry Hassid Italy LP Racing 1 8 2 5 13† 2 4 7 5 5 6 3 212
2 Italy Gianluca Giorgi Italy Ebimotors 2 4 5 9 9 11 8 5 7 4 170
3 Switzerland Leonardo Gorini Italy LP Racing 6 5 7 12 12 9 5 6 9 9 Ret DNS 138
4 Germany Elia Erhart Italy LP Racing 10 7 Ret 1 6 Ret 7 11 8 10 132
5 Austria Klaus Angerhofer
Austria Hubert Trunkenpolz		 Austria KTM True Racing 7 11 6 4 10 8 11 12 Ret 7 9 5 128
6 Austria Michael Doppelmayr Italy LP Racing 10 7 Ret 6 Ret 7 11 8 10 106
7 Italy Alessandro Baccani Italy Ebimotors 11 Ret 8 5 7 4 70
8 Austria Sehdi Sarmini
Austria Kris Rosenberger		 Austria KTM True Racing 12 9 10 8 Ret DNS 47
9 France Maxime Hassid Italy LP Racing 6 3 43
10 Greece Dimitrios Deverikos
Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile Dmitry Gvazava		 Italy Target Racing 7 5 37
11 France Gilles Vannelet Germany Reiter Engineering Ret 2 27
12 Italy Alberto Scilla Italy Ebimotors 9 11 25
13 Italy Pierlugi Alessandri
Sri Lanka Dilantha Malagamuwa		 Italy Target Racing 11 12 16
14 Italy Paolo Venerosi Pesciolini Italy Ebimotors 11 Ret 10
Pos. Driver Team IMO
Italy		 RBR
Austria		 MIS
Italy		 SPA
Belgium		 VAL
Spain		 LEC
France		 Points
ColourResult
GoldWinner
SilverSecond place
BronzeThird place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)
  • Bold - Pole position
  • Italics - Fastest lap

Notes:

  • † – Entry did not finish the race but was classified, as it completed more than 75% of the race distance.

References

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  2. ↑ Lloyd, Daniel (29 October 2021). "Imola Replaces Monza on 2022 Endurance Cup Schedule". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
  3. 1 2 3 Goodwin, Graham (21 March 2022). "High Class Racing And Brabham Automotive Confirm 2022 GT2 Partnership". dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
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  12. 1 2 3 "True Racing reveal third and final KTM X-BOW for Kraihamer/Rosenberger Pro-Am fight". Fanatec GT2 European Series. SRO Motorsports Group. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
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