2022 GT2 European Series

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	No.	Drivers	Class	Rounds
Brabham Automotive Factory Racing^[3]	Brabham BT63 GT2^[3]	1	Anders Fjordbach^[3]	PA	All
Brabham Automotive Factory Racing^[3]	Brabham BT63 GT2^[3]	1	Kevin Weeda^[4]	PA	All
High Class Racing^[5]	Audi R8 LMS GT2^[5]	5	Aurelijus Rusteika^[5]	PA	All
High Class Racing^[5]	Audi R8 LMS GT2^[5]	5	Michael Vergers^[5]	PA	All
Ebimotors^[6]	Porsche 911 GT2 RS Clubsport^[6]	7	Gianluca Giorgi^[6]	Am	1–4, 6
			Alberto Scilla^[7]		3
			Alessandro Baccani^[7]		4, 6
		66	Alessandro Baccani^[7]	Am	3
		66	Paolo Venerosi Pesciolini^[7]	Am	3
Target Racing^[8]	Lamborghini Huracan Super Trofeo Evo GT2^[8]	9	Pierlugi Alessandri^[8]	Am	1
		9	Dilantha Malagamuwa^[8]	Am	1
		24	Dimitrios Deverikos^[7]	Am	3
		24	Dmitry Gvazava^[7]^[a]	Am	3
PK Carsport^[9]	Audi R8 LMS GT2^[9]	11	Stienes Longin^[4]	PA	All
		11	Nicolas Saelens^[4]	PA	All
		81	Peter Guelinckx^[4]	PA	All
		81	Bert Longin^[4]	PA	All
KTM True Racing^[10]	KTM X-Bow GT2 Concept^[10]	14	Horst Felbermayr Jr.^[11]	PA	2
		14	Reinhard Kofler^[11]	PA	2
		15	Laura Kraihamer^[12]	PA	1–2
			Kris Rosenberger^[12]		1–2
			Štefan Rosina^[7]		3–6
			Filip Sládečka^[7]		3–6
		16	Štefan Rosina^[10]	PA	1–2
			Sehdi Sarmini^[10]		1
			Filip Sládečka^[13]		2
			Sehdi Sarmini^[10]	Am	4–6
			Kris Rosenberger^[12]	Am	4–6
		17	Klaus Angerhofer^[10]	Am	All
		17	Hubert Trunkenpolz^[10]	Am	All
LP Racing^[14]	Audi R8 LMS GT2^[14]	18	Michael Doppelmayr^[14]	Am	1–5
		18	Elia Erhart^[14]	Am	1–5
		67	Henry Hassid^[15]	Am	All
		67	Maxime Hassid	Am	6
		88	Luca Pirri^[16]	PA	All
			Angelo Negro^[16]		1
			Diego Alessi^[13]		2
			Stéphane Ratel^[7]		3–4, 6
			Stefano Constantini		5
	Porsche 911 GT2 RS Clubsport^[17]	911	Leonardo Gorini^[17]	Am	All
Reiter Engineering	KTM X-Bow GT2 Concept	24	Gilles Vannelet	Am	6
SPS Automotive Performance^[18]	Mercedes-AMG GT Track Series^[18]	55	Stéphane Ratel^[18]	INV	2
SPS Automotive Performance^[18]	Mercedes-AMG GT Track Series^[18]	55	Bernd Schneider^[18]	INV	2

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

^ 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	Imola	#18 LP Racing	#5 High Class Racing	#67 LP Racing
	R1		Michael Doppelmayr Elia Erhart	Aurelijus Rusteika Michael Vergers	Henry Hassid
	R2		#11 PK Carsport	#11 PK Carsport	#7 Ebimotors
	R2		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
	R1		Štefan Rosina Filip Sládečka	Štefan Rosina Filip Sládečka	Henry Hassid
	R2		#16 KTM True Racing	#11 PK Carsport	#18 LP Racing
	R2		Štefan Rosina Filip Sládečka	Stienes Longin Nicolas Saelens	Elia Erhart
3	R1	Misano	#24 Target Racing	#1 Brabham Automotive Factory Racing	#18 LP Racing
	R1		Dimitrios Deverikos Dmitry Gvazava	Anders Fjordbach Kevin Weeda	Michael Doppelmayr Elia Erhart
	R2		#18 LP Racing	#11 PK Carsport	#67 LP Racing
	R2		Michael Doppelmayr Elia Erhart	Stienes Longin Nicolas Saelens	Henry Hassid
4	R1	Spa	#15 KTM True Racing	#15 KTM True Racing	#67 LP Racing
	R1		Štefan Rosina Filip Sládečka	Štefan Rosina Filip Sládečka	Henry Hassid
	R2		#1 Brabham Automotive Factory Racing	#15 KTM True Racing	#7 Ebimotors
	R2		Anders Fjordbach Kevin Weeda	Štefan Rosina Filip Sládečka	Gianluca Giorgi Alessandro Baccani
5	R1	Valencia	#18 LP Racing	#11 PK Carsport	#67 LP Racing
	R1		Michael Doppelmayr Elia Erhart	Stienes Longin Nicolas Saelens	Henry Hassid
	R2		#1 Brabham Automotive Factory Racing	#15 KTM True Racing	#67 LP Racing
	R2		Anders Fjordbach Kevin Weeda	Štefan Rosina Filip Sládečka	Henry Hassid
6	R1	Paul Ricard	#15 KTM True Racing	#11 PK Carsport	#67 LP Racing
	R1		Štefan Rosina Filip Sládečka	Stienes Longin Nicolas Saelens	Henry Hassid Maxime Hassid
	R2		#1 Brabham Automotive Factory Racing	#11 PK Carsport	#24 Reiter Engineering
	R2		Anders Fjordbach Kevin Weeda	Stienes Longin Nicolas Saelens	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		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
2	Filip Sládečka	KTM True Racing			1	7	2	3	1	1	4	1	3	10†	189
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
Pos.	Driver	Team	IMO		RBR		MIS		SPA		VAL		LEC		Points

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did 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

^ ^a ^b Lloyd, Daniel (October 12, 2021). "Two New Venues for Second Season of GT2 European Series". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved October 17, 2021.
^ Lloyd, Daniel (29 October 2021). "Imola Replaces Monza on 2022 Endurance Cup Schedule". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c Goodwin, Graham (21 March 2022). "High Class Racing And Brabham Automotive Confirm 2022 GT2 Partnership". dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Plümer, Jonas (14 March 2022). "GT2 European Series: PK Carsport mit zwei Audi" [GT2 European Series: PK Carsport with two Audis]. gt-place.com (in German). Retrieved 14 March 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Plümer, Jonas (17 March 2022). "GT2 European Series: High Class Racing mit zwei Fahrzeugen" [GT2 European Series: High class racing with two vehicles]. gt-place.com (in German). Retrieved 21 March 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c Plümer, Jonas (9 March 2022). "GT2 European Series: Ebimotors startet in Imola" [GT2 European Series: Ebimotors startet in Imola]. gt-place.com (in German). Retrieved 9 March 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "Title fights intensify as Fanatec GT2 European Series hits halfway mark in Misano". gt2europeanseries.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 28 June 2022. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Target Racing pronta all'esordio stagionale a Imola" [Target Racing ready for its seasonal debut in Imola]. targetracing.it (in Italian). Retrieved 31 March 2022.
^ ^a ^b "PK Carsport set for GT2 European Series return with Audi". gt2europeanseries.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 14 January 2022. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Plümer, Jonas (11 March 2022). "GT2 European Series: KTM True Racing auch 2022 am Start" [GT2 European Series: KTM True Racing at the start again in 2022]. gt-place.com (in German). Retrieved 11 March 2022.
^ ^a ^b Goodwin, Graham (18 May 2022). "True Racing Add A Fourth KTM for Red Bull Ring". dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c "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.
^ ^a ^b Goodwin, Graham (19 May 2022). "14 Cars For Red Bull Ring". dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Plümer, Jonas (17 March 2022). "GT2 European Series: Michael Doppelmayr mit Elia Erhart" [GT2 European Series: Michael Doppelmayr with Elia Erhart]. gt-place.com (in German). Retrieved 21 March 2022.
^ Plümer, Jonas (24 March 2022). "GT2 European Series: Henry Hassid für LP Racing" [GT2 European Series: Henry Hassid for LP Racing]. gt-place.com (in German). Retrieved 24 March 2022.
^ ^a ^b Goodwin, Graham (31 March 2022). "Pro-Am Audi Entry Makes LP Racing A Four-Car GT2 Team For 2022". dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
^ ^a ^b Plümer, Jonas (21 March 2022). "GT2 European Series: Leonardo Gorini startet für LP Racing" [GT2 European Series: Leonardo Gorini starts for LP Racing]. gt-place.com (in German). Retrieved 21 March 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Goodwin, Graham (12 May 2022). "SPS Automotive Performance To Give Mercedes AMG GT Track Series Its GT2 Race Debut". dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 12 May 2022.

External links

Official website

[FIAflagRUS-9] 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.

[Schedule-1] Lloyd, Daniel (October 12, 2021). "Two New Venues for Second Season of GT2 European Series". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved October 17, 2021.

[2] Lloyd, Daniel (29 October 2021). "Imola Replaces Monza on 2022 Endurance Cup Schedule". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 29 October 2021.

[HighClassBrabham-3] Goodwin, Graham (21 March 2022). "High Class Racing And Brabham Automotive Confirm 2022 GT2 Partnership". dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 21 March 2022.

[PKDrivers-4] Plümer, Jonas (14 March 2022). "GT2 European Series: PK Carsport mit zwei Audi" [GT2 European Series: PK Carsport with two Audis]. gt-place.com (in German). Retrieved 14 March 2022.

[HighClassAudi-5] Plümer, Jonas (17 March 2022). "GT2 European Series: High Class Racing mit zwei Fahrzeugen" [GT2 European Series: High class racing with two vehicles]. gt-place.com (in German). Retrieved 21 March 2022.

[EbimotorsPorsche-6] Plümer, Jonas (9 March 2022). "GT2 European Series: Ebimotors startet in Imola" [GT2 European Series: Ebimotors startet in Imola]. gt-place.com (in German). Retrieved 9 March 2022.

[MisanoEntries-7] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "Title fights intensify as Fanatec GT2 European Series hits halfway mark in Misano". gt2europeanseries.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 28 June 2022. Retrieved 3 July 2022.

[TargetLamborghini-8] "Target Racing pronta all'esordio stagionale a Imola" [Target Racing ready for its seasonal debut in Imola]. targetracing.it (in Italian). Retrieved 31 March 2022.

[PKAudi-10] "PK Carsport set for GT2 European Series return with Audi". gt2europeanseries.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 14 January 2022. Retrieved 9 March 2022.

[TrueKTM-11] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Plümer, Jonas (11 March 2022). "GT2 European Series: KTM True Racing auch 2022 am Start" [GT2 European Series: KTM True Racing at the start again in 2022]. gt-place.com (in German). Retrieved 11 March 2022.

[TrueRBR-12] Goodwin, Graham (18 May 2022). "True Racing Add A Fourth KTM for Red Bull Ring". dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 18 May 2022.

[:0-13] "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.

[14entries-14] Goodwin, Graham (19 May 2022). "14 Cars For Red Bull Ring". dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 19 May 2022.

[LPAudi-15] Plümer, Jonas (17 March 2022). "GT2 European Series: Michael Doppelmayr mit Elia Erhart" [GT2 European Series: Michael Doppelmayr with Elia Erhart]. gt-place.com (in German). Retrieved 21 March 2022.

[HassidAudi-16] Plümer, Jonas (24 March 2022). "GT2 European Series: Henry Hassid für LP Racing" [GT2 European Series: Henry Hassid for LP Racing]. gt-place.com (in German). Retrieved 24 March 2022.

[LP88-17] Goodwin, Graham (31 March 2022). "Pro-Am Audi Entry Makes LP Racing A Four-Car GT2 Team For 2022". dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 31 March 2022.

[LPPorsche-18] Plümer, Jonas (21 March 2022). "GT2 European Series: Leonardo Gorini startet für LP Racing" [GT2 European Series: Leonardo Gorini starts for LP Racing]. gt-place.com (in German). Retrieved 21 March 2022.

[SPSMercedes-19] Goodwin, Graham (12 May 2022). "SPS Automotive Performance To Give Mercedes AMG GT Track Series Its GT2 Race Debut". dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 12 May 2022.

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