# 2023 GT2 European Series

The 2023 Fanatec GT2 European Series is the third season of the GT2 European Series. The season began on 21 April at Autodromo Nazionale Monza in Monza and ended on 7 October at Circuit Paul Ricard in Le Castellet.

## Calendar

For 2023 the opening round of the season was moved back to Monza, after having been to Imola for the 2022 season. The series will also be heading to Dijon and Portimão for the first time, while not returning to Spa or Misano.
| Round | Circuit | Date | Supporting |
| 1 | Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza, Italy | 21–23 April | GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup |
| 2 | Red Bull Ring, Spielberg, Austria | 26–27 May | Histo-Cup Austria |
| 3 | Circuit de Dijon-Prenois, Prenois, France | 16–17 June | FFSA GT Championship |
| 4 | Algarve International Circuit, Portimão, Portugal | 22–23 July | British GT Championship |
| 5 | Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Cheste, Spain | 15–17 September | GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup |
| 6 | Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet, France | 6–7 October | FFSA GT Championship |

## Series news

* This season sees the introduction of the Iron Cup, awarded to the top Pro-Am or Am entry of drivers with a combined age of over 100 years.
* The minimum driver age requirement got removed, allowing for drivers younger than 40 years to compete.

## Entry list

| Team | Car | No. | Drivers | Class | Rounds |
| PK Carsport | Audi R8 LMS GT2 | 1 | Stienes Longin | PA | All |
| PK Carsport | Audi R8 LMS GT2 | 1 | Peter Guelinckx | PA | All |
| Ebimotors | Porsche 911 GT2 RS Clubsport | 5 | Aurelijus Rusteika | Am | 1–3, 5–6 |
| Ebimotors | Porsche 911 GT2 RS Clubsport | 5 | Mantas Janavicius | Am | 1–3, 5–6 |
| Ebimotors | Porsche 911 GT2 RS Clubsport | 911 | Leonardo Gorini | Am | 1–5 |
| Ebimotors | Porsche 911 GT2 RS Clubsport | 911 | Nicolas Gomar | Am | 2 |
| Ebimotors | Porsche 911 GT2 RS Clubsport | 911 | Bastien Chesaux | Am | 3 |
| Haupt Racing Team | Mercedes-AMG GT2 | 7 | Jörg Viebahn | Am | 2 |
| Haupt Racing Team | Mercedes-AMG GT2 | 7 | Mario Plachutta | Am | 2 |
| Fanatec by HRT | Mercedes-AMG GT2 | 44 | Jens Liebhauser | Am | 1 |
| Fanatec by HRT | Mercedes-AMG GT2 | 44 | Thomas Jackermeier | Am | 1 |
| Iron Lynx | Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo GT2 | 8 | Donovan Privitelio | Am | 1 |
| Iron Lynx | Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo GT2 | 8 | Luciano Privitelio | Am | 1 |
| Manthey Racing | Porsche 911 GT2 RS Clubsport | 10 | Christoph Breuer | Am | 1 |
| Manthey Racing | Porsche 911 GT2 RS Clubsport | 10 | Christoph Breuer | PA | 3 |
| Manthey Racing | Porsche 911 GT2 RS Clubsport | 10 | Marco Holzer | PA | 3 |
| LP Racing | Maserati MC20 GT2 | 12 | Leonardo Gorini | PA | 6 |
| LP Racing | Maserati MC20 GT2 | 12 | Luca Pirri | PA | 6 |
| LP Racing | Audi R8 LMS GT2 | 18 | Pierre Kaffer | PA | 1–4, 6 |
| LP Racing | Audi R8 LMS GT2 | 18 | Michael Doppelmayr | PA | 1–4, 6 |
| LP Racing | Audi R8 LMS GT2 | 67 | Henry Hassid | PA | All |
| LP Racing | Audi R8 LMS GT2 | 67 | Anthony Beltoise | PA | All |
| LP Racing | Audi R8 LMS GT2 | 88 | Stéphane Ratel | PA | All |
| LP Racing | Audi R8 LMS GT2 | 88 | Mattia di Giusto | PA | All |
| KTM True Racing by Reiter Engineering | KTM X-Bow GT2 | 15 | Nicolas Saelens | PA | All |
| KTM True Racing by Reiter Engineering | KTM X-Bow GT2 | 15 | Štefan Rosina | PA | All |
| KTM True Racing by Reiter Engineering | KTM X-Bow GT2 | 16 | Klaus Angerhofer | Am | All |
| KTM True Racing by Reiter Engineering | KTM X-Bow GT2 | 16 | Sehdi Sarmini | Am | 2–6 |
| KTM True Racing by Reiter Engineering | KTM X-Bow GT2 | 17 | Reinhard Kofler | PA | 1–4 |
| KTM True Racing by Reiter Engineering | KTM X-Bow GT2 | 17 | Hubert Trunkenpolz | PA | 1–2, 4–6 |
| KTM True Racing by Reiter Engineering | KTM X-Bow GT2 | 17 | Martin Koch | PA | 3 |
| KTM True Racing by Reiter Engineering | KTM X-Bow GT2 | 17 | Dani Pedrosa | PA | 5 |
| KTM True Racing by Reiter Engineering | KTM X-Bow GT2 | 17 | Laura Kraihamer | PA | 6 |
| KTM True Racing by Reiter Engineering | KTM X-Bow GT2 | 51 | Alexandre Leroy | Am | 6 |
| KTM True Racing by Reiter Engineering | KTM X-Bow GT2 | 51 | Bertrand Rouchaud | Am | 6 |
| CMR | Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo GT2 | 30 | Georges Cabanne | Am | 3, 6 |
| CMR | Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo GT2 | 30 | Jean Paul Buffin | Am | 6 |
| Akkodis ASP Team | Mercedes-AMG GT2 | 61 | Mauro Ricci | Am | 2–6 |
| Akkodis ASP Team | Mercedes-AMG GT2 | 61 | Benjamin Ricci | Am | 2–6 |
| Akkodis ASP Team | Mercedes-AMG GT2 | 87 | Jean-Luc Beaubelique | Am | 4 |
| Akkodis ASP Team | Mercedes-AMG GT2 | 87 | Christophe Bourret | Am | 4 |
| Akkodis ASP Team | Mercedes-AMG GT2 | 87 | Ludovic Badey | PA | 5–6 |
| Akkodis ASP Team | Mercedes-AMG GT2 | 87 | Jean-Luc Beaubelique | PA | 5–6 |
| RTR Projects | KTM X-Bow GT2 | 89 | Jan Krabec | Am | All |
| MZR Motorsportzentrum Ried | KTM X-Bow GT2 | 812 | Reinhard Kofler | PA | 5–6 |
| MZR Motorsportzentrum Ried | KTM X-Bow GT2 | 812 | Martin Koch | PA | 5–6 |
| NM Racing Team | Mercedes-AMG GT2 | 888 | Jakub Knoll | Am | 6 |
| NM Racing Team | Mercedes-AMG GT2 | 888 | Stéphane Perrin | Am | 6 |
| Icon | Class |
| PA | Pro-Am Cup |
| Am | Am Cup |
| INV | Invitational |

## Race results

Bold indicates overall winner
| Round | Round | Circuit | Pole position | Pro-Am Winners | Am Winners |
| 1 | R1 | Monza | No. 8 Iron Lynx | No. 67 LP Racing | No. 89 RTR Projects |
| 1 | R1 | Monza | Donovan Privitelio Luciano Privitelio | Henry Hassid Anthony Beltoise | Jan Krabec |
| 1 | R2 | Monza | No. 1 PK Carsport | No. 1 PK Carsport | No. 89 RTR Projects |
| 1 | R2 | Monza | Stienes Longin Peter Guelinckx | Stienes Longin Peter Guelinckx | Jan Krabec |
| 2 | R1 | Red Bull Ring | No. 67 LP Racing | No. 61 Akkodis ASP Team | No. 16 True Racing by Reiter Engineering |
| 2 | R1 | Red Bull Ring | Henry Hassid Anthony Beltoise | Mauro Ricci Benjamin Ricci | Klaus Angerhofer Sehdi Sarmini |
| 2 | R2 | Red Bull Ring | No. 18 LP Racing | No. 15 True Racing by Reiter Engineering | No. 89 RTR Projects |
| 2 | R2 | Red Bull Ring | Pierre Kaffer Michael Doppelmayr | Nicolas Saelens Štefan Rosina | Jan Krabec |
| 3 | R1 | Dijon | No. 67 LP Racing | No. 17 True Racing by Reiter Engineering | No. 911 Ebimotors |
| 3 | R1 | Dijon | Henry Hassid Anthony Beltoise | Martin Koch Reinhard Kofler | Leonardo Gorini |
| 3 | R2 | Dijon | No. 18 LP Racing | No. 1 PK Carsport | No. 89 RTR Projects |
| 3 | R2 | Dijon | Pierre Kaffer Michael Doppelmayr | Stienes Longin Peter Guelinckx | Jan Krabec |
| 4 | R1 | Algarve | No. 1 PK Carsport | No. 67 LP Racing | No. 16 True Racing by Reiter Engineering |
| 4 | R1 | Algarve | Stienes Longin Peter Guelinckx | Henry Hassid Anthony Beltoise | Klaus Angerhofer Sehdi Sarmini |
| 4 | R2 | Algarve | No. 18 LP Racing | No. 1 PK Carsport | No. 89 RTR Projects |
| 4 | R2 | Algarve | Pierre Kaffer Michael Doppelmayr | Stienes Longin Peter Guelinckx | Jan Krabec |
| 5 | R1 | Valencia | No. 67 LP Racing | Akkodis ASP Team | No. 16 True Racing by Reiter Engineering |
| 5 | R1 | Valencia | Henry Hassid Anthony Beltoise | Jean-Luc Beaubelique Ludovic Badey | Klaus Angerhofer Sehdi Sarmini |
| 5 | R2 | Valencia | No. 67 LP Racing | No. 1 PK Carsport | Ebimotors |
| 5 | R2 | Valencia | Henry Hassid Anthony Beltoise | Stienes Longin Peter Guelinckx | Aurelijus Rusteika Mantas Janavicius |
| 6 | R1 | Paul Ricard | No. 12 LP Racing | No. 87 AKKodis ASP Team | No. 89 RTR Projects |
| 6 | R1 | Paul Ricard | Leonardo Gorini Luca Pirri | Jean-Luc Beaubelique Ludovic Badey | Jan Krabec |
| 6 | R2 | Paul Ricard | No. 812 MZR Motorsportzentrum-Ried | No. 812 MZR Motorsportzentrum-Ried | No. 89 RTR Projects |
| 6 | R2 | Paul Ricard | Reinhard Kofler Martin KochKofler | Reinhard Kofler Martin KochKofler | Jan Krabec |

## 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 | MON | MON | RBR | RBR | DIJ | DIJ | POR | POR | VAL | VAL | LEC | LEC | Points |
| Pro-Am ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Henry Hassid Anthony Beltoise | LP Racing | 1 | 2 | 8 | 3 | Ret | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 174 |
| 2 | Reinhard Kofler | True Racing by Reiter Engineering | 7 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 173 |
| 3 | Peter Guelinckx Stienes Longin | PK Carsport | Ret | 1 | 7 | 2 | Ret | 1 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 165 |
| 4 | Štefan Rosina | True Racing by Reiter Engineering | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 4 | Ret | 4 | 2 | 165 |
| 5 | Nicolas Saelens | True Racing by Reiter Engineering | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 4 | Ret | | | 132 |
| 6 | Mauro Ricci Benjamin Ricci | Akkodis ASP Team | | | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 122 |
| 7 | Stéphane Ratel Mattia di Giusto | LP Racing | 3 | Ret | 11 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 110 |
| 8 | Martin Koch | True Racing by Reiter Engineering | | | | | 1 | 2 | | | 10 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 108 |
| 9 | Pierre Kaffer Michael Doppelmayr | LP Racing | 6 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 11 | | | 13 | 14 | 93 |
| 10 | Jean-Luc Beaubelique Ludovic Badey | AKKodis ASP Team | | | | | | | | | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 83 |
| 11 | Hubert Trunkenpolz | True Racing by Reiter Engineering | 7 | 11 | 3 | 6 | | | 9 | 5 | 11 | 7 | | | 77 |
| 12 | Christoph Breuer Marco Holzer | Manthey-Racing | | | | | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | 25 |
| 13 | Dani Pedrosa | True Racing by Reiter Engineering | | | | | | | | | 11 | 7 | | | 12 |
| Guest Entries Ineligible to Score Points ||||||||||||||||
| - | Leonardo Gorini Luca Pirri | LP Racing | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| - | Gilles Vannelet | True Racing by Reiter Engineering | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| Am ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Jan Krabec | RTR Projects | 2 | 3 | Ret | 5 | 8 | 5 | Ret | 4 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 231 |
| 2 | Klaus Angerhofer | True Racing by Reiter Engineering | 10 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 216 |
| 3 | Sehdi Sarmini | True Racing by Reiter Engineering | | | 5 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 188 |
| 4 | Leonardo Gorini | Ebimotors | 5 | DNS | 6 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 11 | | | 154 |
| 5 | Aurelijus Rusteika Mantas Janavicius | Ebimotors | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 11 | | | Ret | 4 | 12 | 12 | 132 |
| 6 | Georges Cabanne | CMR | | | | | 11 | 13 | | | | | 15 | 15 | 44 |
| 7 | Jörg Viebahn Mario Plachutta | Haupt Racing Team | | | 9 | 10 | | | | | | | | | 30 |
| 8 | Jean-Luc Beaubelique Christophe Bourret | Akkodis ASP Team | | | | | | | 8 | 8 | | | | | 30 |
| 9 | Nicolas Gomar | Ebimotors | | | 6 | 12 | | | | | | | | | 28 |
| 10 | Jens Liebhauser Thomas Jackermeier | Fanatec by HRT | 9 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | 25 |
| 11 | Christoph Breuer | Manthey-Racing | Ret | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | 15 |
| 12 | Donovan Privitelio Luciano Privitelio | Iron Lynx | Ret | 10 | | | | | | | | | | | 9 |
| Guest Entries Ineligible to Score Points ||||||||||||||||
| - | Jakub Knoll Stéphane Perrin | NM Racing Team | | | | | | | | | | | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| - | Alexandre Leroy Bertrand Rouchaud | True Racing by Reiter Engineering | | | | | | | | | | | 14 | 13 | 0 |
| - | Jean Paul Buffin | CMR | | | | | | | | | | | 15 | 15 | 0 |
| Pos. | Driver | Team | MON | MON | RBR | RBR | DIJ | DIJ | POR | POR | VAL | VAL | LEC | 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) |
| White | Withdrew (WD) |
| White | Race cancelled (C) |
| Blank | Did not practice (DNP) |
| Blank | Did not arrive (DNA) |
| Blank | Excluded (EX) |
Notes:
* † – Entry did not finish the race but was classified, as it completed more than 75% of the race distance.