# GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup

The GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup, formerly for sponsorship reasons the Blancpain Endurance Series from 2011 to 2015 and Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup from 2016 to 2019, is a sports car racing series developed by SRO Motorsports Group and the Royal Automobile Club of Belgium (RACB) with approval from the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). It features grand tourer racing cars modified from production road cars complying with the FIA's GT3 regulations. The series's goal is to be an endurance racing championship for GT3 cars, similar to the FIA World Endurance Championship which were using GTE cars and Le Mans Prototypes (now GT3 and Le Mans Hypercars). The series was primarily sponsored by Swiss watchmaker Blancpain, and the company's Lamborghini Super Trofeo series serve as support races. In 2019, SRO announced that their sponsorship deal with Blancpain had been discontinued and the series was renamed the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup for the 2020 season.

## Format

The GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup reestablishes several elements of the former FIA GT Championship, with three hour endurance races held on European circuits such as Monza and Silverstone, as well as a continuation of the Spa 24 Hours. The races feature five classes derived from the FIA's GT3, GT4, and Supersport regulations, with the GT3 cars divided into a class for professional driver line-ups (GT3 Pro), a class for a mixed team of professional and amateurs (GT3 Pro-Am), and a class for gentleman drivers who use cars at least one year old (GT3 Am). The FIA's ranking system for drivers is utilized in determining what class each entry is eligible for. The GT4 category remained its own class.
For the 2012 season, the GT4 and Supersport category were dropped and the GT3 Citation class was modified into the Gentlemen class. In 2013, grids have reached 60 cars for regular races.
The series uses extensive performance balancing and handicap weights to equalise the cars' performance.

## Champions
### Drivers

| Year | Pro Cup (2011–2015) Overall (2016–present) | Silver Cup | Gold Cup | Pro-Am Cup | Gentlemen Trophy (2011–2014) Am Cup (2015–2020) Bronze Cup (2022-present) | GT4 |
| 2011 | Greg Franchi | Not held | Not held | Niek Hommerson Louis Machiels | Georges Cabannes | Alex Buncombe Jordan Tresson Christopher Ward |
| 2012 | Christopher Haase Christopher Mies Stéphane Ortelli | Not held | Not held | Niek Hommerson Louis Machiels | Pierre Hirschi Robert Hissom | Not held (discontinued) |
| 2013 | Maximilian Buhk | Not held | Not held | Lucas Ordóñez | Jean-Luc Beaubelique Jean-Luc Blanchemain Patrice Goueslard | Not held (discontinued) |
| 2014 | Laurens Vanthoor | Not held | Not held | Stefano Gai Andrea Rizzoli | Francisco Guedes Peter Mann | Not held (discontinued) |
| 2015 | Alex Buncombe Katsumasa Chiyo Wolfgang Reip | Not held | Not held | Duncan Cameron Matt Griffin | Ian Loggie Julian Westwood | Not held (discontinued) |
| 2016 | Rob Bell Côme Ledogar Shane van Gisbergen | Not held | Not held | Alessandro Bonacini Michał Broniszewski Andrea Rizzoli | Vadim Gitlin Liam Talbot Marco Zanuttini | Not held (discontinued) |
| 2017 | Mirko Bortolotti Andrea Caldarelli Christian Engelhart | Not held | Not held | Jonathan Adam Ahmad Al Harthy | Jacques Duyver David Perel Marco Zanuttini | Not held (discontinued) |
| 2018 | Yelmer Buurman Maro Engel Luca Stolz | Alex Fontana Mikaël Grenier Adrian Zaugg | Not held | Chris Buncombe Nick Leventis Lewis Williamson | Adrian Amstutz Leo Machitski | Not held (discontinued) |
| 2019 | Andrea Caldarelli Marco Mapelli | Nico Bastian Timur Boguslavskiy Felipe Fraga | Not held | Ahmad Al Harthy Charlie Eastwood Salih Yoluç | Adrian Amstutz Leo Machitski | Not held (discontinued) |
| 2020 | Alessandro Pier Guidi | Patrick Kujala Alex MacDowall Frederik Schandorff | Not held | Chris Goodwin Alexander West | Stéphane Tribaudini | Not held (discontinued) |
| 2021 | Alessandro Pier Guidi Nicklas Nielsen Côme Ledogar | Alex Fontana Ricardo Feller Rolf Ineichen | Not held | Chris Froggatt Jonathan Hui | Not held | Not held (discontinued) |
| 2022 | Jules Gounon Daniel Juncadella Raffaele Marciello | Benjamin Goethe Thomas Neubauer Jean-Baptiste Simmenauer | Oliver Millroy Frederik Schandorff Brendan Iribe | Louis Machiels Andrea Bertolini Stefano Costantini | Reema Juffali Tim Müller Valentin Pierburg George Kurtz | Not held (discontinued) |
| Year | Pro Cup (2011–2015) Overall (2016–present) | Gold Cup | Silver Cup | Bronze Cup | Pro-Am Cup | GT4 |
| 2023 | Jules Gounon Timur Boguslavskiy Raffaele Marciello | Nicolas Baert Maxime Soulet | Benjamín Hites Clemens Schmid Glenn van Berlo | Eddie Cheever III Chris Froggatt Jonathan Hui | Alex Fontana Ivan Jacoma Nicolas Leutwiler | Not held (discontinued) |
| 2024 | Alessandro Pier Guidi Alessio Rovera | Paul Evrard Gilles Magnus Jim Pla | Daan Arrow Colin Caresani Tanart Sathienthirakul | Eddie Cheever III Chris Froggatt Jonathan Hui | Not held (discontinued) | Not held (discontinued) |

### Teams

| Year | Pro Cup (2011–2015) Overall (2016–present) | Silver Cup | Gold Cup | Pro-Am Cup | Gentlemen Trophy (2011–2014) Am Cup (2015–2020) Bronze Cup (2022-present) | GT4 |
| 2011 | Belgian Audi Club | Not held | Not held | Vita4One | Ruffier Racing | RJN Motorsport |
| 2012 | Belgian Audi Club Team WRT | Not held | Not held | AF Corse | Saintéloc Racing | Not held (discontinued) |
| 2013 | Marc VDS Racing Team | Not held | Not held | Nissan GT Academy Team RJN | SOFREV Auto Sport Promotion | Not held (discontinued) |
| 2014 | Belgian Audi Club Team WRT | Not held | Not held | Scuderia Villorba Corse | AF Corse | Not held (discontinued) |
| 2015 | Belgian Audi Club Team WRT | Not held | Not held | AF Corse | AKKA ASP | Not held (discontinued) |
| 2016 | Garage 59 | Not held | Not held | Kessel Racing | Kessel Racing | Not held (discontinued) |
| 2017 | Bentley Team M-Sport | Not held | Not held | Oman Racing Team with TF Sport | Kessel Racing | Not held (discontinued) |
| 2018 | (Mercedes-AMG Team) Black Falcon | Not held | Not held | 961 Corse / AF Corse | Barwell Motorsport | Not held (discontinued) |
| 2019 | Orange1 FFF Racing Team | AKKA ASP Team | Not held | Oman Racing with TF Sport | Barwell Motorsport | Not held (discontinued) |
| 2020 | AF Corse | Barwell Motorsport | Not held | Garage 59 | CMR | Not held (discontinued) |
| 2021 | Team WRT | Emil Frey Racing | Not held | Sky - Tempesta Racing | Not held | Not held (discontinued) |
| 2022 | AKKodis ASP Team | Team WRT | Inception Racing | SPS Automotive Performance | SPS Automotive Performance | Not held (discontinued) |
| Year | Pro Cup (2011–2015) Overall (2016–present) | Gold Cup | Silver Cup | Bronze Cup | Pro-Am Cup | GT4 |
| 2023 | AKKodis ASP Team | Comtoyou Racing | GRT Grasser Racing Team | Sky – Tempesta Racing | Car Collection Motorsport |
| 2024 | AF Corse - Francorchamps Motors | Saintéloc Racing | Winward Racing | Sky – Tempesta Racing | Not held |