2022 GT2 European Series explained

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	Imola Circuit, Imola, Italy	1–3 April	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup
2	Red Bull Ring, Spielburg, Austria	20–22 May	ADAC GT Masters
3	Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Misano Adriatico, Italy	2–3 July	GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup
4	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium	22–24 July	FFSA French GT
5	Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Cheste, Spain	17–18 September	GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup
6	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 Drivers Class Rounds Brabham Automotive Factory Racing^[3] Brabham BT63 GT2 1 Anders Fjordbach PA All Kevin Weeda High Class Racing^[4] Audi R8 LMS GT2 5 Aurelijus Rusteika PA All Michael Vergers Ebimotors^[5] Porsche 911 GT2 RS Clubsport 7 Gianluca Giorgi Am 1–4, 6 Alberto Scilla^[6] 3 Alessandro Baccani 4, 6 66 Alessandro Baccani Am 3 Paolo Venerosi Pesciolini Target Racing^[7] Lamborghini Huracan Super Trofeo Evo GT2 9 Pierlugi Alessandri Am 1 Dilantha Malagamuwa 24 Dimitrios Deverikos Am 3 Dmitry Gvazava PK Carsport^[8] Audi R8 LMS GT2 11 Stienes Longin^[9] PA All Nicolas Saelens 81 Peter Guelinckx PA All Bert Longin KTM True Racing^[10] KTM X-Bow GT2 Concept 14 Horst Felbermayr Jr.^[11] PA 2 Reinhard Kofler 15 Laura Kraihamer^[12] PA 1–2 Kris Rosenberger Štefan Rosina 3–6 Filip Sládečka 16 Štefan Rosina PA 1–2 Sehdi Sarmini 1 Filip Sládečka^[13] 2 Sehdi Sarmini Am 4–6 Kris Rosenberger 17 Klaus Angerhofer Am All Hubert Trunkenpolz LP Racing^[14] Audi R8 LMS GT2 18 Michael Doppelmayr Am 1–5 Elia Erhart 67 Henry Hassid^[15] Am All Maxime Hassid 6 88 Luca Pirri PA All Angelo Negro^[16] 1 Diego Alessi 2 Stéphane Ratel 3–4, 6 Stefano Constantini 5 Porsche 911 GT2 RS Clubsport^[17] 911 Leonardo Gorini Am All Reiter Engineering KTM X-Bow GT2 Concept 24 Gilles Vannelet Am 6 SPS Automotive Performance^[18] Mercedes-AMG GT Track Series 55 Stéphane Ratel INV 2 Bernd Schneider

Icon Class PA Pro-Am Cup Am Am Cup INV Invitational

Race results

Bold indicates overall winner

Round		Circuit	Pole position	Pro-Am Winners	Am Winners
1	1	Imola	#18 LP Racing	#5 High Class Racing	#67 LP Racing
			Michael Doppelmayr Elia Erhart	Aurelijus Rusteika Michael Vergers	Henry Hassid
	R2		#11 PK Carsport	#11 PK Carsport	#7 Ebimotors
			Stienes Longin Nicolas Saelens	Stienes Longin Nicolas Saelens	Gianluca Giorgi
2	R1	Red Bull Ring	#16 KTM True Racing	#16 KTM True Racing	#67 LP Racing
			Štefan Rosina Filip Sládečka	Štefan Rosina Filip Sládečka	Henry Hassid
	R2		#16 KTM True Racing	#11 PK Carsport	#18 LP Racing
			Štefan Rosina Filip Sládečka	Stienes Longin Nicolas Saelens	Elia Erhart
3	R1	Misano	#24 Target Racing	#1 Brabham Automotive Factory Racing	#18 LP Racing
			Dimitrios Deverikos Dmitry Gvazava	Anders Fjordbach Kevin Weeda	Michael Doppelmayr Elia Erhart
	R2		#18 LP Racing	#11 PK Carsport	#67 LP Racing
			Michael Doppelmayr Elia Erhart	Stienes Longin Nicolas Saelens	Henry Hassid
4	R1	Spa	#15 KTM True Racing	#15 KTM True Racing	#67 LP Racing
			Štefan Rosina Filip Sládečka	Štefan Rosina Filip Sládečka	Henry Hassid
	R2		#1 Brabham Automotive Factory Racing	#15 KTM True Racing	#7 Ebimotors
			Anders Fjordbach Kevin Weeda	Štefan Rosina Filip Sládečka	Gianluca Giorgi Alessandro Baccani
5	R1		#18 LP Racing	#11 PK Carsport	#67 LP Racing
			Michael Doppelmayr Elia Erhart	Stienes Longin Nicolas Saelens	Henry Hassid
	R2		#1 Brabham Automotive Factory Racing	#15 KTM True Racing	#67 LP Racing
			Anders Fjordbach Kevin Weeda	Štefan Rosina Filip Sládečka	Henry Hassid
6	R1	Paul Ricard	#15 KTM True Racing	#11 PK Carsport	#67 LP Racing
			Štefan Rosina Filip Sládečka	Stienes Longin Nicolas Saelens	Henry Hassid Maxime Hassid
	R2		#1 Brabham Automotive Factory Racing	#11 PK Carsport	#24 Reiter Engineering
			Anders Fjordbach Kevin Weeda	Stienes Longin Nicolas Saelens	Gilles Vannelet

Championship standings

Scoring systemChampionship 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

Driver Team IMO RBR MIS SPA VAL LEC Points Pro-Am 1 Stienes Longin Nicolas Saelens PK Carsport 5 1 Ret 2 5 1 2 3 1 2 1 1 203 2 Štefan Rosina KTM True Racing 12 Ret 1 7 2 3 1 1 4 1 3 10 189 Filip Sládečka 1 7 2 3 1 1 4 1 3 10 3 Peter Guelinckx Bert Longin PK Carsport 4 3 3 6 3 4 10 8 3 6 4 9 143 4 Anders Fjordbach Kevin Weeda Brabham Automotive Factory Racing 9 6 9 13 1 10 3 2 6 11 2 8 140 5 Aurelijus Rusteika Michael Vergers High Class Racing 3 2 Ret 11 4 7 6 4 7 3 5 7 137 6 Luca Pirri LP Racing 8 9 8 10 8 6 9 10 2 4 8 6 120 7 Stéphane Ratel LP Racing 8 6 9 10 8 6 64 8 Horst Felbermayr Jr. Reinhard Kofler KTM True Racing 4 3 33 9 Stefano Costantini LP Racing 2 4 30 10 Diego Alessi LP Racing 8 10 22 10 Angelo Negro LP Racing 8 9 22 11 Laura Kraihamer Kris Rosenberger KTM True Racing 13 10 Ret Ret 14 12 Sehdi Sarmini KTM True Racing 12 Ret 8 Am 1 Henry Hassid LP Racing 1 8 2 5 13 2 4 7 5 5 6 3 212 2 Gianluca Giorgi Ebimotors 2 4 5 9 9 11 8 5 7 4 170 3 Leonardo Gorini LP Racing 6 5 7 12 12 9 5 6 9 9 Ret DNS 138 4 Elia Erhart LP Racing 10 7 Ret 1 6 Ret 7 11 8 10 132 5 Klaus Angerhofer Hubert Trunkenpolz KTM True Racing 7 11 6 4 10 8 11 12 Ret 7 9 5 128 6 Michael Doppelmayr LP Racing 10 7 Ret 6 Ret 7 11 8 10 106 7 Alessandro Baccani Ebimotors 11 Ret 8 5 7 4 70 8 Sehdi Sarmini Kris Rosenberger KTM True Racing 12 9 10 8 Ret DNS 47 9 Maxime Hassid LP Racing 6 3 43 10 Dimitrios Deverikos Dmitry Gvazava Target Racing 7 5 37 11 Gilles Vannelet Reiter Engineering Ret 2 27 12 Alberto Scilla Ebimotors 9 11 25 13 Pierlugi Alessandri Dilantha Malagamuwa Target Racing 11 12 16 14 Paolo Venerosi Pesciolini Ebimotors 11 Ret 10 Driver Team IMO RBR MIS SPA VAL LEC Points

Bold - Pole positionItalics - Fastest lap

Notes:

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

Notes and References

1. News: Two New Venues for Second Season of GT2 European Series. October 12, 2021. Lloyd. Daniel. sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. October 17, 2021.
2. News: Imola Replaces Monza on 2022 Endurance Cup Schedule. 29 October 2021. Daniel. Lloyd. sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. 29 October 2021.
3. Web site: High Class Racing And Brabham Automotive Confirm 2022 GT2 Partnership. 21 March 2022. dailysportscar.com. Graham. Goodwin. 21 March 2022.
4. Web site: GT2 European Series: High Class Racing mit zwei Fahrzeugen. GT2 European Series: High class racing with two vehicles. German. 17 March 2022. Plümer. Jonas. gt-place.com. 21 March 2022.
5. Web site: GT2 European Series: Ebimotors startet in Imola. GT2 European Series: Ebimotors startet in Imola. German. 9 March 2022. Plümer. Jonas. gt-place.com. 9 March 2022.
6. Web site: Title fights intensify as Fanatec GT2 European Series hits halfway mark in Misano. 28 June 2022. SRO Motorsports Group. gt2europeanseries.com. 3 July 2022.
7. Web site: Target Racing pronta all'esordio stagionale a Imola. Target Racing ready for its seasonal debut in Imola. Italian. targetracing.it. 31 March 2022.
8. Web site: PK Carsport set for GT2 European Series return with Audi. 14 January 2022. gt2europeanseries.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 9 March 2022.
9. Web site: GT2 European Series: PK Carsport mit zwei Audi. GT2 European Series: PK Carsport with two Audis. German. 14 March 2022. Plümer. Jonas. gt-place.com. 14 March 2022.
10. Web site: GT2 European Series: KTM True Racing auch 2022 am Start. GT2 European Series: KTM True Racing at the start again in 2022. German. 11 March 2022. Plümer. Jonas. gt-place.com. 11 March 2022.
11. Web site: True Racing Add A Fourth KTM for Red Bull Ring. 18 May 2022. Goodwin. Graham. dailysportscar.com. 18 May 2022.
12. Web site: True Racing reveal third and final KTM X-BOW for Kraihamer/Rosenberger Pro-Am fight . 31 March 2022. 31 March 2022. Fanatec GT2 European Series. SRO Motorsports Group.
13. Web site: 14 Cars For Red Bull Ring. 19 May 2022. dailysportscar.com. Graham. Goodwin. 19 May 2022.
14. Web site: GT2 European Series: Michael Doppelmayr mit Elia Erhart. GT2 European Series: Michael Doppelmayr with Elia Erhart. German. 17 March 2022. Plümer. Jonas. gt-place.com. 21 March 2022.
15. Web site: GT2 European Series: Henry Hassid für LP Racing. GT2 European Series: Henry Hassid for LP Racing. German. 24 March 2022. Plümer. Jonas. gt-place.com. 24 March 2022.
16. Web site: Pro-Am Audi Entry Makes LP Racing A Four-Car GT2 Team For 2022. 31 March 2022. Goodwin. Graham. dailysportscar.com. 31 March 2022.
17. Web site: GT2 European Series: Leonardo Gorini startet für LP Racing. GT2 European Series: Leonardo Gorini starts for LP Racing. German. 21 March 2022. Plümer. Jonas. gt-place.com. 21 March 2022.
18. Web site: SPS Automotive Performance To Give Mercedes AMG GT Track Series Its GT2 Race Debut. 12 May 2022. dailysportscar.com. Graham. Goodwin. 12 May 2022.