2022 FIA Motorsport Games GT Cup explained

Race details
Date	26–30 October
Official name	FIA Motorsport Games Touring GT Cup
Location	Circuit Paul Ricard, France
Course	Permanent circuit 5.842km (03.63miles)
Distance	Qualifying Race 1 60 minutes Qualifying Race 2 60 minutes Main Race 60 minutes
Qualifying Race 1
Pole
Driver	Valentin Pierburg	Team Germany
Time	2:04.334
Fastest lap
Driver	Simon Gachet	Team France
Time	2:03.219
Podium
First		Team Germany
Second	Eric Debard Simon Gachet	Team France
Third	Ian Loggie Sam Neary	Team United Kingdom
Qualifying Race 2
Pole
Driver	Simon Gachet	Team France
Time	2:01.648
Fastest lap
Driver	Fabian Schiller	Team Germany
Time	2:02.854
Podium
First		Team Germany
Second	Eric Debard Simon Gachet	Team France
Third	Marcin Jedlinski Karol Basz	Team Poland
Main Race
Pole
Driver	Valentin Pierburg Fabian Schiller	Team Germany
Fastest lap
Driver	Fabian Schiller	Team Germany
Time	2:03.443
Medalists
	Eric Debard Simon Gachet	Team France
		Team Germany
	Ian Loggie Sam Neary	Team United Kingdom

The 2022 FIA Motorsport Games GT Cup was the second FIA Motorsport Games GT Cup, held at Circuit Paul Ricard, France on 26 October to 30 October 2022. The race was contested with GT3-spec cars. Only Silver and Bronze drivers were allowed to compete.^[1] The event was part of the 2022 FIA Motorsport Games.

Entry list

Team	Entrant	Car	Engine		Drivers
Team Australia	Grove Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT3 R	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	4	Brenton Grove
					Stephen Grove
Team Spain	Motorsport Team Spain by Antonelli Motorsport	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8	19	Gonzalo de Andrés
					Fernando Navarrete
Team Germany	SPS Automotive Performance	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8	20	Valentin Pierburg
					Fabian Schiller
Team Hong Kong	KCMG	Honda NSX GT3 Evo22	Honda 3.5 L Turbo V6	25
					Marchy Lee
Team Brazil	AKKodis ASP Team	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8	44	Adalberto Baptista
					Bruno Baptista
Team Ukraine	PROsport Racing	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8	48	Ivan Peklin
					Evgeny Sokolovsky
Team Puerto Rico	AF Corse	Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8	51	Víctor Gómez
					Francesco Piovanetti
Team Switzerland	SPS Automotive Performance	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8	54	Yannick Mettler
					Dexter Müller
Team Chinese Taipei	AF Corse	Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8	68
Team Lithuania	Juta Racing	Audi R8 LMS Evo	Audi 5.2 L V10	71	Jonas Gelžinis
					Eimantas Navikauskas
Team France	AKKodis ASP Team	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8	81	Eric Debard
					Simon Gachet
Team United Kingdom	Sky - Tempesta by RAM Racing	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8	93	Ian Loggie
					Sam Neary
Team Poland	Olimp Racing	Audi R8 LMS Evo II	Audi 5.2 L V10	777	Karol Basz
					Marcin Jedlinski
Source:^[2] ^[3]

Results

Qualifying 1

		Driver	Team
1	20	Valentin Pierburg	Team Germany	2:04.334	—	1
2	81	Eric Debard	Team France	2:04.862	+ 0.528	2
3	93	Ian Loggie	Team United Kingdom	2:05.004	+ 0.670	3
4	777	Marcin Jedlinski	Team Poland	2:05.463	+ 1.129	4
5	19	Fernando Navarrete	Team Spain	2:05.876	+ 1.542	5
6	51	Francesco Piovanetti	Team Puerto Rico	2:06.711	+ 2.377	6
7	4	Stephen Grove	Team Australia	2:06.725	+ 2.391	7
8	48	Evgeny Sokolovsky	Team Ukraine	2:07.464	+ 3.130	8
9	71	Eimantas Navikauskas	Team Lithuania	2:07.707	+ 3.373	9
10	44	Adalberto Baptista	Team Brazil	2:07.828	+ 3.494	10
11	54	Dexter Müller	Team Switzerland	2:07.918	+ 3.584	11
12	25		Team Hong Kong	2:08.862	+ 4.528	12
13	68		Team Chinese Taipei	2:53.621	+ 49.287	13
Source:^[4]

Qualifying 2

		Driver	Team
1	81	Simon Gachet	Team France	2:01.648	—	1
2	20	Fabian Schiller	Team Germany	2:01.826	+ 0.178	2
3	777	Karol Basz	Team Poland	2:02.298	+ 0.650	3
4	68		Team Chinese Taipei	2:02.787	+ 1.139	4
5	54	Yannick Mettler	Team Switzerland	2:02.997	+ 1.349	5
6	48	Ivan Peklin	Team Ukraine	2:03.209	+ 1.561	6
7	44	Bruno Baptista	Team Brazil	2:03.224	+ 1.576	7
8	93	Sam Neary	Team United Kingdom	2:03.287	+ 1.639	8
9	51	Víctor Gómez	Team Puerto Rico	2:03.636	+ 1.988	9
10	25	Marchy Lee	Team Hong Kong	2:04.150	+ 2.502	10
11	4	Brenton Grove	Team Australia	2:04.165	+ 2.517	11
12	71	Jonas Gelžinis	Team Lithuania	2:04.790	+ 3.142	12
	19	Gonzalo de Andrés	Team Spain			13
Source:^[5]

Qualifying Race 1

		Driver	Team		Time/Retired		Points
1	20	Valentin Pierburg Fabian Schiller	Team Germany	29	1:01:39.926	1	1
2	81	Eric Debard Simon Gachet	Team France	29	+ 22.402	2	2
3	93	Ian Loggie Sam Neary	Team United Kingdom	29	+ 29.254	3	3
4	777	Marcin Jedlinski Karol Basz	Team Poland	29	+ 43.229	4	4
5	51	Francesco Piovanetti Víctor Gómez	Team Puerto Rico	29	+ 45.387	6	5
6	44	Adalberto Baptista Bruno Baptista	Team Brazil	29	+ 56.534	10	6
7	54	Dexter Müller Yannick Mettler	Team Switzerland	29	+ 57.511	11	7
8	71	Eimantas Navikauskas Jonas Gelžinis	Team Lithuania	29	+ 1:19.331	9	8
9	48	Evgeny Sokolovsky Ivan Peklin	Team Ukraine	29	+ 1:20.082	8	9
10	4	Stephen Grove Brenton Grove	Team Australia	29	+ 1:28.560	7	10
11	68		Team Chinese Taipei	29	+ 1:32.221	13	11
12	25	Marchy Lee	Team Hong Kong	29	+ 1:58.674	12	12
13	19	Fernando Navarrete Gonzalo de Andrés	Team Spain	28	+ 1 Lap	5	13
Source:^[6]

Notes

• – CAR 4 - 10 SEC. TIME PENALTY - CONTACT WITH CAR 54
• – CAR 81 - 5 SEC. TIME PENALTY - TRACK LIMITS

Qualifying Race 2

		Driver	Team		Time/Retired		Points
1	20	Valentin Pierburg Fabian Schiller	Team Germany	29	1:01:45.815	2	1
2	81	Eric Debard Simon Gachet	Team France	29	+ 6.173	1	2
3	777	Marcin Jedlinski Karol Basz	Team Poland	29	+ 36.213	3	3
4	93	Ian Loggie Sam Neary	Team United Kingdom	29	+ 44.376	8	4
5	54	Dexter Müller Yannick Mettler	Team Switzerland	29	+ 56.536	5	5
6	48	Evgeny Sokolovsky Ivan Peklin	Team Ukraine	29	+ 1:21.417	6	6
7	19	Fernando Navarrete Gonzalo de Andrés	Team Spain	29	+ 1:21.530	13	7
8	68		Team Chinese Taipei	29	+ 1:25.430	4	8
9	25	Marchy Lee	Team Hong Kong	29	+ 1:39.178	10	9
10	51	Francesco Piovanetti Víctor Gómez	Team Puerto Rico	29	+ 1:42.243	9	10
11	71	Eimantas Navikauskas Jonas Gelžinis	Team Lithuania	29	+ 1:45.439	12	11
Ret	44	Adalberto Baptista Bruno Baptista	Team Brazil	13	Retired	7	12
Ret	4	Stephen Grove Brenton Grove	Team Australia	1	Retired	11	13
Source:^[7]

Notes

• – CAR 19 - 5 SEC. TIME PENALTY - TRACK LIMITS
• – CAR 81 - 5 SEC. TIME PENALTY - TRACK LIMITS
• – CAR 51 - 5 SEC. TIME PENALTY - TRACK LIMITS
• – Following stewards decision no. 28 a time penalty of 10 seconds for car no. 51

Points

		Driver	Team			Total
1	20	Valentin Pierburg Fabian Schiller	Team Germany	1	1	2
2	81	Eric Debard Simon Gachet	Team France	2	2	4
3	777	Marcin Jedlinski Karol Basz	Team Poland	4	3	7
4	93	Ian Loggie Sam Neary	Team United Kingdom	3	4	7
5	54	Dexter Müller Yannick Mettler	Team Switzerland	7	5	12
6	51	Francesco Piovanetti Víctor Gómez	Team Puerto Rico	5	10	15
7	48	Evgeny Sokolovsky Ivan Peklin	Team Ukraine	9	6	15
8	44	Adalberto Baptista Bruno Baptista	Team Brazil	6	12	18
9	68		Team Chinese Taipei	11	8	19
10	71	Eimantas Navikauskas Jonas Gelžinis	Team Lithuania	8	11	19
11	19	Fernando Navarrete Gonzalo de Andrés	Team Spain	13	7	20
12	25	Marchy Lee	Team Hong Kong	12	9	21
13	4	Stephen Grove Brenton Grove	Team Australia	10	13	23

Main Race

		Driver	Team		Time/Retired
	81	Eric Debard Simon Gachet	Team France	28	1:01:49.203	2
	20	Valentin Pierburg Fabian Schiller	Team Germany	28	+ 1.055	1
	93	Ian Loggie Sam Neary	Team United Kingdom	28	+ 1.977	4
4	777	Marcin Jedlinski Karol Basz	Team Poland	28	+ 2.402	3
5	54	Dexter Müller Yannick Mettler	Team Switzerland	28	+ 3.093	5
6	51	Francesco Piovanetti Víctor Gómez	Team Puerto Rico	28	+ 4.178	6
7	4	Stephen Grove Brenton Grove	Team Australia	28	+ 4.419	13
8	71	Eimantas Navikauskas Jonas Gelžinis	Team Lithuania	28	+ 6.567	10
9	44	Adalberto Baptista Bruno Baptista	Team Brazil	28	+ 20.676	8
10	19	Fernando Navarrete Gonzalo de Andrés	Team Spain	28	+ 49.707	11
11	48	Evgeny Sokolovsky Ivan Peklin	Team Ukraine	28	+ 50.240	7
12	25	Marchy Lee	Team Hong Kong	26	+ 2 Laps	12
13	68		Team Chinese Taipei	25	+ 3 Laps	9
Source:^[8]

Notes

• – CAR 44 - 10 SEC: TIME PENALTY - CAUSED A COLLISION
• – CAR 44 - ADDITIONAL 5 SEC. TIME PENALTY - TRACK LIMITS

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2022-06-07. GT stars and cars to contest three separate events at 2022 FIA Motorsport Games. 2022-06-07. FIA Motorsport Games Official SRO Motorsport Group. en-GB.
2. Web site: 2022-10-25. FIA Motorsport Games Preview: GT & GT Sprint. 2022-10-25. FIA Motorsport Games Official SRO Motorsport Group. en-GB.
3. Web site: FIA Motorsport Games: GT & GT Sprint Entries Finalised. Goodwin. Graham. 25 October 2022. Dailysportscar. 25 October 2022.
4. Web site: Qualifying 1 Results. fiamotorsportgames.com . 2022-10-29 . 2022-10-28.
5. Web site: Qualifying 2 Results. fiamotorsportgames.com . 2022-10-29 . 2022-10-28.
6. Web site: Qualifying Race 1 Results. fiamotorsportgames.com . 2022-10-29 . 2022-10-28.
7. Web site: Qualifying Race 2 Results - Final. fiamotorsportgames.com . 2022-10-31 . 2022-10-29.
8. Web site: Main Race Results - Final. fiamotorsportgames.com . 2022-10-31 . 2022-10-29.