2021 Paul Ricard 1000km explained

Flag:	FRA
2021 Paul Ricard 1000km
Round No:	2
Season No:	5
Year:	2021 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup
Track Map:	File:Le Castellet circuit map Formula One 2019 no chicane English 07 07 2021.svg
Date:	28–29 April
Location:	Le Castellet, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
Circuit:	Circuit Paul Ricard
Weather:	Fine
Race1 Laps:	182
Race1 Dist:	1050.322
Pole1:	Mirko Bortolotti Andrea Caldarelli Marco Mapelli
Pole1 Team:	FFF Racing Team
Pole1 Time:	1:53.937
Winner1:	Earl Bamber Matthew Campbell Mathieu Jaminet
Winner1 Team:	GPX Racing
Winner1 Time:	6:01:51.535

The 2021 GT World Challenge Europe Paul Ricard 1000km was an endurance motor race for the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup, the second race of the 2021 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup, held on 29 May 2021 at the Circuit Paul Ricard in Le Castellet, France.^[1]

Classification

Qualifying

		Drivers	Team	Car	Class			Gap
1	63	Mirko Bortolotti Marco Mapelli Andrea Caldarelli	FFF Racing Team	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo	P	1:54.268 1:53.826 1:53.719	1:53.937
2	71	Antonio Fuoco Callum Ilott Davide Rigon	Iron Lynx	Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo	P	1:54.336 1:54.124 1:53.932	1:54.130	+0.193
3	4	Maro Engel Luca Stolz Vincent Abril	Haupt Racing Team	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	P	1:54.285 1:54.153 1:53.969	1:54.135	+0.198
4	88	Raffaele Marciello Daniel Juncadella Jules Gounon	AKKA ASP	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	P	1:54.103 1:54.225 1:54.083	1:54.137	+0.200
5	34	Sheldon van der Linde Marco Wittmann David Pittard	Walkenhorst Motorsport	BMW M6 GT3	P	1:53.872 1:54.185 1:54.448	1:54.168	+0.231
6	163	Giacomo Altoè Norbert Siedler Alberto Costa	Emil Frey Racing	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo	P	1:54.515 1:54.410 1:53.831	1:54.252	+0.315
7	114	Konsta Lappalainen Jack Aitken Arthur Rougier	Emil Frey Racing	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo	P	1:54.581 1:54.489 1:53.755	1:54.275	+0.338
8	54	Matteo Cairoli Klaus Bachler Christian Engelhart	Dinamic Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT3 R	P	1:54.233 1:54.716 1:54.335	1:54.428	+0.491
9	159	Valentin Hasse-Clot Nicolai Kjærgaard Alex MacDowall	Garage 59	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	S	1:54.319 1:54.599 1:54.609	1:54.509	+0.572
10	22	Matthew Campbell Earl Bamber Mathieu Jaminet	GPX Martini Racing	Porsche 911 GT3 R	P	1:54.394 1:54.929 1:54.226	1:54.516	+0.579
11	51	Alessandro Pier Guidi Nicklas Nielsen Côme Ledogar	Iron Lynx	Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo	P	1:54.703 1:54.309 1:54.592	1:54.534	+0.597
12	26	Markus Winkelhock Finlay Hutchison Frédéric Vervisch	Saintéloc Racing	Audi R8 LMS Evo	P	1:54.241 1:55.477 1:53.949	1:54.555	+0.618
13	35	Timo Glock Martin Tomczyk Thomas Neubauer	Walkenhorst Motorsport	BMW M6 GT3	P	1:54.322 1:54.790 1:54.583	1:54.565	+0.628
14	32	Dries Vanthoor Kelvin van der Linde Charles Weerts	Team WRT	Audi R8 LMS Evo	P	1:54.587 1:54.453 1:54.722	1:54.587	+0.650
15	25	Adrien Tambay Alexandre Cougnaud Christopher Haase	Saintéloc Racing	Audi R8 LMS Evo	P	1:54.575 1:55.333 1:53.892	1:54.600	+0.663
16	87	Simon Gachet Thomas Drouet Konstantin Tereshchenko	AKKA ASP	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	S	1:54.929 1:54.576 1:54.368	1:54.624	+0.687
17	14	Alex Fontana Rolf Ineichen Ricardo Feller	Emil Frey Racing	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo	S	1:54.720 1:55.096 1:54.142	1:54.652	+0.715
18	90	Ezequiel Pérez Companc Ricardo Sánchez Rik Breukers	MadPanda Motorsport	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	S	1:54.513 1:55.252 1:54.279	1:54.681	+0.744
19	38	Rob Bell Oliver Wilkinson Ben Barnicoat	Jota Sport	McLaren 720S GT3	P	1:54.839 1:54.997 1:54.239	1:54.691	+0.754
20	7	Óscar Tunjo Paul Petit Marvin Dienst	Toksport	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	S	1:54.872 1:55.608 1:53.846	1:54.775	+0.838
21	57	Russel Ward Mikaël Grenier Philip Ellis	Winward Motorsport	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	S	1:55.564 1:54.584 1:54.215	1:54.787	+0.850
22	56	Romain Dumas Andrea Rizzoli Mikkel Pedersen	Dinamic Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT3 R	P	1:54.848 1:55.032 1:54.604	1:54.828	+0.891
23	111	Patryk Krupińsky Karol Basz Christian Klien	JP Motorsport	McLaren 720S GT3	P	1:55.775 1:54.728 1:54.327	1:54.943	+1.006
24	188	Chris Goodwin Alexander West Jonathan Adam	Garage 59	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	PA	1:55.244 1:55.662 1:53.931	1:54.945	+1.008
25	30	James Pull Stuart Hall Benjamin Goethe	Team WRT	Audi R8 LMS Evo	S	1:54.641 1:55.353 1:55.211	1:55.068	+1.131
26	31	Ryuichiro Tomita Frank Bird Valdemar Eriksen	Team WRT	Audi R8 LMS Evo	S	1:54.672 1:54.873 1:55.842	1:55.129	+1.192
27	99	Dennis Marschall Alex Aka Max Hofer	Attempto Racing	Audi R8 LMS Evo	S	1:55.353 1:55.200 1:54.924	1:55.159	+1.222
28	5	Gabriele Piana Patrick Assenheimer Hubert Haupt	Haupt Racing Team	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	S	1:55.248 1:55.345 1:55.229	1:55.274	+1.337
29	16	Tim Zimmermann Emilian Galbiati Clemens Schmid	GRT Grasser Racing Team	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo	S	1:55.715 1:55.228 1:55.037	1:55.326	+1.389
30	33	Patrick Kujala Benjamin Hites Nicolás Varrone	Rinaldi Racing	Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo	S	1:55.484 1:55.380 1:55.171	1:55.345	+1.408
31	66	Christopher Mies Mattia Drudi Kim-Luis Schramm	Attempto Racing	Audi R8 LMS Evo	P	1:55.266 1:55.293 1:55.654	1:55.404	+1.467
32	93	Chris Froggatt Jonathan Hui Eddie Cheever III	Tempesta Racing	Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo	PA	1:56.154 1:55.783 1:54.470	1:55.469	+1.532
33	52	Lorenzo Bontempelli Louis Machiels Andrea Bertolini	AF Corse	Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo	PA	1:55.971 1:55.853 1:54.649	1:55.491	+1.554
34	40	Miklas Born Yannick Mettler Jordan Love	SPS Automotive Performance	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	S	1:55.731 1:55.275 1:55.784	1:55.596	+1.659
35	77	Henrique Chaves Miguel Ramos Leo Machitski	Barwell Motorsport	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo	PA	1:54.888 1:55.550 1:56.463	1:55.633	+1.696
36	107	Gilles Vannelet Stuart White Nelson Panciatici	Classic and Modern Racing	Bentley Continental GT3	S	1:56.487 1:55.744 1:54.827	1:55.686	+1.749
37	69	Rob Collard Sam de Haan Fabian Schiller	Ram Racing	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	PA	1:56.158 1:56.049 1:55.113	1:55.773	+1.836
38	20	Martin Konrad Valentin Pierburg Dominik Baumann	SPS Automotive Performance	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	PA	1:56.222 1:56.299 1:54.959	1:55.826	+1.889
39	53	Rino Mastronardi Duncan Cameron Matthew Griffin	AF Corse	Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo	PA	1:55.121 1:57.179 1:55.247	1:55.849	+1.912
40	19	Phil Keen Hiroshi Hamaguchi	FFF Racing Team	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo	PA	1:55.255 1:56.303 1:56.000	1:55.852	+1.915
41	2	Nico Bastian Olivier Grotz Florian Scholze	GetSpeed Performance	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	PA	1:55.349 1:55.349 1:55.788	1:55.908	+1.971
42	70	Oliver Millroy Brendan Iribe Nick Moss	Inception Racing	McLaren 720S GT3	PA	1:54.941 1:56.621 1:56.635	1:56.065	+2.128
43	11	Tim Kohmann Francesco Zollo Giorgio Roda	Kessel Racing	Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo	PA	1:55.997 1:56.808 1:55.474	1:56.093	+2.156
44	222	Jan Kasperlik Julien Apothéloz Nicolas Schöll	Allied Racing	Porsche 911 GT3 R	PA	1:57.051 1:56.153 1:55.424	1:56.209	+2.272
45	10	Karim Ojjeh Jens Liebhauser Jens Klingmann	Boutsen Ginion Racing	BMW M6 GT3	PA	1:57.816 1:57.206 1:54.943	1:56.655	+2.718
46	83	Sarah Bovy Doriane Pin Katherine Legge	Iron Lynx	Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo	PA	1:57.656 1:56.321 1:56.228	1:56.735	+2.798
47	24	Milan Dontje Patrick Kolb Simon Reicher	Car Collection Motorsport	Audi R8 LMS Evo	S	1:56.461 1:56.978 1:57.252	1:56.897	+2.960
Sources:^[2] ^[3] ^[4] ^[5]

• – Hamaguchi contested Qualifying 2 and 3 for car #19.

Race

		Drivers	Team	Car	Class	Laps	Time/Gap/Retired	Points
1	22	Matthew Campbell Earl Bamber Mathieu Jaminet	GPX Martini Racing	Porsche 911 GT3 R	P	182	6:01:51.535	33
2	32	Dries Vanthoor Kelvin van der Linde Charles Weerts	Team WRT	Audi R8 LMS Evo	P	182	+5.971	24
3	63	Mirko Bortolotti Marco Mapelli Andrea Caldarelli	FFF Racing Team	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo	P	182	+6.284	19
4	71	Antonio Fuoco Callum Ilott Davide Rigon	Iron Lynx	Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo	P	182	+14.454	15
5	51	Alessandro Pier Guidi Nicklas Nielsen Côme Ledogar	Iron Lynx	Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo	P	182	+16.540	12
6	88	Raffaele Marciello Daniel Juncadella Jules Gounon	AKKA ASP	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	P	182	+40.942	9
7	54	Matteo Cairoli Klaus Bachler Christian Engelhart	Dinamic Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT3 R	P	182	+47.206	6
8	34	Sheldon van der Linde Marco Wittmann David Pittard	Walkenhorst Motorsport	BMW M6 GT3	P	182	+1:11.874	4
9	35	Timo Glock Martin Tomczyk Thomas Neubauer	Walkenhorst Motorsport	BMW M6 GT3	P	182	+1:23.766	2
10	26	Markus Winkelhock Finlay Hutchison Frédéric Vervisch	Saintéloc Racing	Audi R8 LMS Evo	P	182	+1:31.922	1
11	87	Simon Gachet Thomas Drouet Konstantin Tereshchenko	AKKA ASP	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	S	182	+1:35.288	33
12	56	Romain Dumas Andrea Rizzoli Mikkel Pedersen	Dinamic Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT3 R	P	181	+1 lap
13	14	Alex Fontana Rolf Ineichen Ricardo Feller	Emil Frey Racing	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo	S	181	+1 lap	24
14	66	Christopher Mies Mattia Drudi Kim-Luis Schramm	Attempto Racing	Audi R8 LMS Evo	P	181	+1 lap
15	25	Adrien Tambay Alexandre Cougnaud Christopher Haase	Saintéloc Racing	Audi R8 LMS Evo	P	181	+1 lap
16	38	Rob Bell Oliver Wilkinson Ben Barnicoat	Jota Sport	McLaren 720S GT3	P	181	+1 lap
17	16	Tim Zimmermann Emilian Galbiati Clemens Schmid	GRT Grasser Racing Team	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo	S	181	+1 lap	19
18	99	Dennis Marschall Alex Aka Max Hofer	Attempto Racing	Audi R8 LMS Evo	S	181	+1 lap	15
19	30	James Pull Stuart Hall Benjamin Goethe	Team WRT	Audi R8 LMS Evo	S	180	+2 laps	12
20	57	Russel Ward Mikaël Grenier Philip Ellis	Winward Motorsport	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	S	180	+2 laps	9
21	93	Chris Froggatt Jonathan Hui Eddie Cheever III	Tempesta Racing	Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo	PA	180	+2 laps	33
22	19	Phil Keen Hiroshi Hamaguchi	FFF Racing Team	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo	PA	180	+2 laps	24
23	5	Gabriele Piana Patrick Assenheimer Hubert Haupt	Haupt Racing Team	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	S	180	+2 laps	6
24	90	Ezequiel Pérez Companc Ricardo Sánchez Rik Breukers	MadPanda Motorsport	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	S	180	+2 laps	4
25	188	Chris Goodwin Alexander West Jonathan Adam	Garage 59	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	PA	180	+2 laps	19
26	69	Rob Collard Sam de Haan Fabian Schiller	Ram Racing	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	PA	179	+3 laps	15
27	159	Valentin Hasse-Clot Nicolai Kjærgaard Alex MacDowall	Garage 59	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	S	179	+3 laps	2
28	20	Martin Konrad Valentin Pierburg Dominik Baumann	SPS Automotive Performance	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	PA	178	+4 laps	12
29	111	Patryk Krupińsky Karol Basz Christian Klien	JP Motorsport	McLaren 720S GT3	P	178	+4 laps
30	83	Sarah Bovy Doriane Pin Katherine Legge	Iron Lynx	Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo	PA	178	+4 laps	9
31	10	Karim Ojjeh Jens Liebhauser Jens Klingmann	Boutsen Ginion Racing	BMW M6 GT3	PA	177	+5 laps	6
32	11	Tim Kohmann Francesco Zollo Giorgio Roda	Kessel Racing	Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo	PA	177	+5 laps	4
33	24	Milan Dontje Patrick Kolb Simon Reicher	Car Collection Motorsport	Audi R8 LMS Evo	S	177	+5 laps	1
34	70	Oliver Millroy Brendan Iribe Nick Moss	Inception Racing	McLaren 720S GT3	PA	174	+8 laps
35	222	Jan Kasperlik Julien Apothéloz Nicolas Schöll	Allied Racing	Porsche 911 GT3 R	PA	170	+12 laps
36	163	Giacomo Altoè Norbert Siedler Alberto Costa	Emil Frey Racing	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo	P	158	+24 laps
37	114	Konsta Lappalainen Jack Aitken Arthur Rougier	Emil Frey Racing	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo	P	146	+36 laps
38	4	Maro Engel Luca Stolz Vincent Abril	Haupt Racing Team	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	P	141	+41 laps
DNF	40	Miklas Born Yannick Mettler Jordan Love	SPS Automotive Performance	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	S	119
DNF	2	Nico Bastian Olivier Grotz Florian Scholze	GetSpeed Performance	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	PA	113
DNF	7	Óscar Tunjo Paul Petit Marvin Dienst	Toksport	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	S	93
DNF	77	Henrique Chaves Miguel Ramos Leo Machitski	Barwell Motorsport	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo	PA	46
DNF	53	Rino Mastronardi Duncan Cameron Matthew Griffin	AF Corse	Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo	PA	40
DNF	107	Gilles Vannelet Stuart White Nelson Panciatici	Classic and Modern Racing	Bentley Continental GT3	S	33
DNF	52	Lorenzo Bontempelli Louis Machiels Andrea Bertolini	AF Corse	Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo	PA	30
DNF	31	Ryuichiro Tomita Frank Bird Valdemar Eriksen	Team WRT	Audi R8 LMS Evo	S	15
DNF	33	Patrick Kujala Benjamin Hites Nicolás Varrone	Rinaldi Racing	Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo	S	1
Fastest lap Christopher Mies (Attempto Racing) – 1:54.595
Source:^[6]

Standings after the event

Pro Cup standings

Pos	Pilot		Gap
1	Earl Bamber Matthew Campbell Mathieu Jaminet	33
2	Klaus Bachler Matteo Cairoli Christian Engelhart	31	+2
3	Jules Gounon Daniel Juncadella Raffaele Marciello	27	+6
4	Côme Ledogar Nicklas Nielsen Alessandro Pier Guidi	25	+8
5	Kelvin van der Linde Dries Vanthoor Charles Weerts	24	+9
	Antonio Fuoco Callum Ilott Davide Rigon

Silver Cup standings

	Driver		Gap
1	Ricardo Feller Alex Fontana Rolf Ineichen	39
2	Thomas Drouet Simon Gachet Konstantin Tereshchenko	33	+6
3	Alex Aka Dennis Marschall	23	+16
4	Benjamin Gøthe Stuart Hall James Pull	20	+19
5	Emilian Galbiati Clemens Schmid Tim Zimmermann	19	+20

Pro-Am Cup standings

	Driver		Gap
1	Jonathan Adam Chris Goodwin Alexander West	45
2	Hiroshi Hamaguchi Phil Keen	42	+3
3	Eddie Cheever III Chris Froggatt	39	+6
4	"Jonathan" Hui	33	+12
5	Dominik Baumann Valentin Pierburg	22	+23

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

External links

• Official website
• Race replay

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Notes and References

1. News: GPX Porsche Overcomes FFF to Win Paul Ricard 1000km. Sportscar 365. 30 May 2021.
2. News: 2021 GT World Challenge Europe Paul Ricard 1000Km – 1st Qualifying. Motorsport Stats. 30 May 2021.
3. News: 2021 GT World Challenge Europe Paul Ricard 1000Km – 2nd Qualifying. Motorsport Stats. 30 May 2021.
4. News: 2021 GT World Challenge Europe Paul Ricard 1000Km – 3rd Qualifying. Motorsport Stats. 30 May 2021.
5. News: 2021 GT World Challenge Europe Paul Ricard 1000Km – Starting Grid. Motorsport Stats. 30 May 2021.
6. News: 2021 GT World Challenge Europe Paul Ricard 1000Km – Race. Motorsport Stats. 30 May 2021.