# 2021 Paul Ricard 1000km

The 2021 GT World Challenge Europe Paul Ricard 1000km was an endurance motor race for the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup, the second race of the 2021 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup, held on 29 May 2021 at the Circuit Paul Ricard in Le Castellet, France.

## Classification
### Qualifying

| Pos. | # | Drivers | Team | Car | Class | Individual | Combined | Gap |
| 1 | 63 | Mirko Bortolotti Marco Mapelli Andrea Caldarelli | FFF Racing Team | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo | P | 1:54.268 1:53.826 1:53.719 | 1:53.937 | |
| 2 | 71 | Antonio Fuoco Callum Ilott Davide Rigon | Iron Lynx | Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo | P | 1:54.336 1:54.124 1:53.932 | 1:54.130 | +0.193 |
| 3 | 4 | Maro Engel Luca Stolz Vincent Abril | Haupt Racing Team | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | P | 1:54.285 1:54.153 1:53.969 | 1:54.135 | +0.198 |
| 4 | 88 | Raffaele Marciello Daniel Juncadella Jules Gounon | AKKA ASP | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | P | 1:54.103 1:54.225 1:54.083 | 1:54.137 | +0.200 |
| 5 | 34 | Sheldon van der Linde Marco Wittmann David Pittard | Walkenhorst Motorsport | BMW M6 GT3 | P | 1:53.872 1:54.185 1:54.448 | 1:54.168 | +0.231 |
| 6 | 163 | Giacomo Altoè Norbert Siedler Alberto Costa | Emil Frey Racing | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo | P | 1:54.515 1:54.410 1:53.831 | 1:54.252 | +0.315 |
| 7 | 114 | Konsta Lappalainen Jack Aitken Arthur Rougier | Emil Frey Racing | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo | P | 1:54.581 1:54.489 1:53.755 | 1:54.275 | +0.338 |
| 8 | 54 | Matteo Cairoli Klaus Bachler Christian Engelhart | Dinamic Motorsport | Porsche 911 GT3 R | P | 1:54.233 1:54.716 1:54.335 | 1:54.428 | +0.491 |
| 9 | 159 | Valentin Hasse-Clot Nicolai Kjærgaard Alex MacDowall | Garage 59 | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 | S | 1:54.319 1:54.599 1:54.609 | 1:54.509 | +0.572 |
| 10 | 22 | Matthew Campbell Earl Bamber Mathieu Jaminet | GPX Martini Racing | Porsche 911 GT3 R | P | 1:54.394 1:54.929 1:54.226 | 1:54.516 | +0.579 |
| 11 | 51 | Alessandro Pier Guidi Nicklas Nielsen Côme Ledogar | Iron Lynx | Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo | P | 1:54.703 1:54.309 1:54.592 | 1:54.534 | +0.597 |
| 12 | 26 | Markus Winkelhock Finlay Hutchison Frédéric Vervisch | Saintéloc Racing | Audi R8 LMS Evo | P | 1:54.241 1:55.477 1:53.949 | 1:54.555 | +0.618 |
| 13 | 35 | Timo Glock Martin Tomczyk Thomas Neubauer | Walkenhorst Motorsport | BMW M6 GT3 | P | 1:54.322 1:54.790 1:54.583 | 1:54.565 | +0.628 |
| 14 | 32 | Dries Vanthoor Kelvin van der Linde Charles Weerts | Team WRT | Audi R8 LMS Evo | P | 1:54.587 1:54.453 1:54.722 | 1:54.587 | +0.650 |
| 15 | 25 | Adrien Tambay Alexandre Cougnaud Christopher Haase | Saintéloc Racing | Audi R8 LMS Evo | P | 1:54.575 1:55.333 1:53.892 | 1:54.600 | +0.663 |
| 16 | 87 | Simon Gachet Thomas Drouet Konstantin Tereshchenko | AKKA ASP | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | S | 1:54.929 1:54.576 1:54.368 | 1:54.624 | +0.687 |
| 17 | 14 | Alex Fontana Rolf Ineichen Ricardo Feller | Emil Frey Racing | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo | S | 1:54.720 1:55.096 1:54.142 | 1:54.652 | +0.715 |
| 18 | 90 | Ezequiel Pérez Companc Ricardo Sánchez Rik Breukers | MadPanda Motorsport | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | S | 1:54.513 1:55.252 1:54.279 | 1:54.681 | +0.744 |
| 19 | 38 | Rob Bell Oliver Wilkinson Ben Barnicoat | Jota Sport | McLaren 720S GT3 | P | 1:54.839 1:54.997 1:54.239 | 1:54.691 | +0.754 |
| 20 | 7 | Óscar Tunjo Paul Petit Marvin Dienst | Toksport | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | S | 1:54.872 1:55.608 1:53.846 | 1:54.775 | +0.838 |
| 21 | 57 | Russel Ward Mikaël Grenier Philip Ellis | Winward Motorsport | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | S | 1:55.564 1:54.584 1:54.215 | 1:54.787 | +0.850 |
| 22 | 56 | Romain Dumas Andrea Rizzoli Mikkel Pedersen | Dinamic Motorsport | Porsche 911 GT3 R | P | 1:54.848 1:55.032 1:54.604 | 1:54.828 | +0.891 |
| 23 | 111 | Patryk Krupińsky Karol Basz Christian Klien | JP Motorsport | McLaren 720S GT3 | P | 1:55.775 1:54.728 1:54.327 | 1:54.943 | +1.006 |
| 24 | 188 | Chris Goodwin Alexander West Jonathan Adam | Garage 59 | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 | PA | 1:55.244 1:55.662 1:53.931 | 1:54.945 | +1.008 |
| 25 | 30 | James Pull Stuart Hall Benjamin Goethe | Team WRT | Audi R8 LMS Evo | S | 1:54.641 1:55.353 1:55.211 | 1:55.068 | +1.131 |
| 26 | 31 | Ryuichiro Tomita Frank Bird Valdemar Eriksen | Team WRT | Audi R8 LMS Evo | S | 1:54.672 1:54.873 1:55.842 | 1:55.129 | +1.192 |
| 27 | 99 | Dennis Marschall Alex Aka Max Hofer | Attempto Racing | Audi R8 LMS Evo | S | 1:55.353 1:55.200 1:54.924 | 1:55.159 | +1.222 |
| 28 | 5 | Gabriele Piana Patrick Assenheimer Hubert Haupt | Haupt Racing Team | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | S | 1:55.248 1:55.345 1:55.229 | 1:55.274 | +1.337 |
| 29 | 16 | Tim Zimmermann Emilian Galbiati Clemens Schmid | GRT Grasser Racing Team | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo | S | 1:55.715 1:55.228 1:55.037 | 1:55.326 | +1.389 |
| 30 | 33 | Patrick Kujala Benjamin Hites Nicolás Varrone | Rinaldi Racing | Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo | S | 1:55.484 1:55.380 1:55.171 | 1:55.345 | +1.408 |
| 31 | 66 | Christopher Mies Mattia Drudi Kim-Luis Schramm | Attempto Racing | Audi R8 LMS Evo | P | 1:55.266 1:55.293 1:55.654 | 1:55.404 | +1.467 |
| 32 | 93 | Chris Froggatt Jonathan Hui Eddie Cheever III | Tempesta Racing | Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo | PA | 1:56.154 1:55.783 1:54.470 | 1:55.469 | +1.532 |
| 33 | 52 | Lorenzo Bontempelli Louis Machiels Andrea Bertolini | AF Corse | Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo | PA | 1:55.971 1:55.853 1:54.649 | 1:55.491 | +1.554 |
| 34 | 40 | Miklas Born Yannick Mettler Jordan Love | SPS Automotive Performance | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | S | 1:55.731 1:55.275 1:55.784 | 1:55.596 | +1.659 |
| 35 | 77 | Henrique Chaves Miguel Ramos Leo Machitski | Barwell Motorsport | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo | PA | 1:54.888 1:55.550 1:56.463 | 1:55.633 | +1.696 |
| 36 | 107 | Gilles Vannelet Stuart White Nelson Panciatici | Classic and Modern Racing | Bentley Continental GT3 | S | 1:56.487 1:55.744 1:54.827 | 1:55.686 | +1.749 |
| 37 | 69 | Rob Collard Sam de Haan Fabian Schiller | Ram Racing | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | PA | 1:56.158 1:56.049 1:55.113 | 1:55.773 | +1.836 |
| 38 | 20 | Martin Konrad Valentin Pierburg Dominik Baumann | SPS Automotive Performance | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | PA | 1:56.222 1:56.299 1:54.959 | 1:55.826 | +1.889 |
| 39 | 53 | Rino Mastronardi Duncan Cameron Matthew Griffin | AF Corse | Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo | PA | 1:55.121 1:57.179 1:55.247 | 1:55.849 | +1.912 |
| 40 | 19 | Phil Keen Hiroshi Hamaguchi | FFF Racing Team | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo | PA | 1:55.255 1:56.303 1:56.000 | 1:55.852 | +1.915 |
| 41 | 2 | Nico Bastian Olivier Grotz Florian Scholze | GetSpeed Performance | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | PA | 1:55.349 1:55.349 1:55.788 | 1:55.908 | +1.971 |
| 42 | 70 | Oliver Millroy Brendan Iribe Nick Moss | Inception Racing | McLaren 720S GT3 | PA | 1:54.941 1:56.621 1:56.635 | 1:56.065 | +2.128 |
| 43 | 11 | Tim Kohmann Francesco Zollo Giorgio Roda | Kessel Racing | Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo | PA | 1:55.997 1:56.808 1:55.474 | 1:56.093 | +2.156 |
| 44 | 222 | Jan Kasperlik Julien Apothéloz Nicolas Schöll | Allied Racing | Porsche 911 GT3 R | PA | 1:57.051 1:56.153 1:55.424 | 1:56.209 | +2.272 |
| 45 | 10 | Karim Ojjeh Jens Liebhauser Jens Klingmann | Boutsen Ginion Racing | BMW M6 GT3 | PA | 1:57.816 1:57.206 1:54.943 | 1:56.655 | +2.718 |
| 46 | 83 | Sarah Bovy Doriane Pin Katherine Legge | Iron Lynx | Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo | PA | 1:57.656 1:56.321 1:56.228 | 1:56.735 | +2.798 |
| 47 | 24 | Milan Dontje Patrick Kolb Simon Reicher | Car Collection Motorsport | Audi R8 LMS Evo | S | 1:56.461 1:56.978 1:57.252 | 1:56.897 | +2.960 |
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* ^1 – Hamaguchi contested Qualifying 2 and 3 for car #19.

### Race

| Pos. | # | Drivers | Team | Car | Class | Laps | Time/Gap/Retired | Points |
| 1 | 22 | Matthew Campbell Earl Bamber Mathieu Jaminet | GPX Martini Racing | Porsche 911 GT3 R | P | 182 | 6:01:51.535 | 33 |
| 2 | 32 | Dries Vanthoor Kelvin van der Linde Charles Weerts | Team WRT | Audi R8 LMS Evo | P | 182 | +5.971 | 24 |
| 3 | 63 | Mirko Bortolotti Marco Mapelli Andrea Caldarelli | FFF Racing Team | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo | P | 182 | +6.284 | 19 |
| 4 | 71 | Antonio Fuoco Callum Ilott Davide Rigon | Iron Lynx | Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo | P | 182 | +14.454 | 15 |
| 5 | 51 | Alessandro Pier Guidi Nicklas Nielsen Côme Ledogar | Iron Lynx | Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo | P | 182 | +16.540 | 12 |
| 6 | 88 | Raffaele Marciello Daniel Juncadella Jules Gounon | AKKA ASP | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | P | 182 | +40.942 | 9 |
| 7 | 54 | Matteo Cairoli Klaus Bachler Christian Engelhart | Dinamic Motorsport | Porsche 911 GT3 R | P | 182 | +47.206 | 6 |
| 8 | 34 | Sheldon van der Linde Marco Wittmann David Pittard | Walkenhorst Motorsport | BMW M6 GT3 | P | 182 | +1:11.874 | 4 |
| 9 | 35 | Timo Glock Martin Tomczyk Thomas Neubauer | Walkenhorst Motorsport | BMW M6 GT3 | P | 182 | +1:23.766 | 2 |
| 10 | 26 | Markus Winkelhock Finlay Hutchison Frédéric Vervisch | Saintéloc Racing | Audi R8 LMS Evo | P | 182 | +1:31.922 | 1 |
| 11 | 87 | Simon Gachet Thomas Drouet Konstantin Tereshchenko | AKKA ASP | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | S | 182 | +1:35.288 | 33 |
| 12 | 56 | Romain Dumas Andrea Rizzoli Mikkel Pedersen | Dinamic Motorsport | Porsche 911 GT3 R | P | 181 | +1 lap | |
| 13 | 14 | Alex Fontana Rolf Ineichen Ricardo Feller | Emil Frey Racing | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo | S | 181 | +1 lap | 24 |
| 14 | 66 | Christopher Mies Mattia Drudi Kim-Luis Schramm | Attempto Racing | Audi R8 LMS Evo | P | 181 | +1 lap | |
| 15 | 25 | Adrien Tambay Alexandre Cougnaud Christopher Haase | Saintéloc Racing | Audi R8 LMS Evo | P | 181 | +1 lap | |
| 16 | 38 | Rob Bell Oliver Wilkinson Ben Barnicoat | Jota Sport | McLaren 720S GT3 | P | 181 | +1 lap | |
| 17 | 16 | Tim Zimmermann Emilian Galbiati Clemens Schmid | GRT Grasser Racing Team | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo | S | 181 | +1 lap | 19 |
| 18 | 99 | Dennis Marschall Alex Aka Max Hofer | Attempto Racing | Audi R8 LMS Evo | S | 181 | +1 lap | 15 |
| 19 | 30 | James Pull Stuart Hall Benjamin Goethe | Team WRT | Audi R8 LMS Evo | S | 180 | +2 laps | 12 |
| 20 | 57 | Russel Ward Mikaël Grenier Philip Ellis | Winward Motorsport | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | S | 180 | +2 laps | 9 |
| 21 | 93 | Chris Froggatt Jonathan Hui Eddie Cheever III | Tempesta Racing | Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo | PA | 180 | +2 laps | 33 |
| 22 | 19 | Phil Keen Hiroshi Hamaguchi | FFF Racing Team | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo | PA | 180 | +2 laps | 24 |
| 23 | 5 | Gabriele Piana Patrick Assenheimer Hubert Haupt | Haupt Racing Team | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | S | 180 | +2 laps | 6 |
| 24 | 90 | Ezequiel Pérez Companc Ricardo Sánchez Rik Breukers | MadPanda Motorsport | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | S | 180 | +2 laps | 4 |
| 25 | 188 | Chris Goodwin Alexander West Jonathan Adam | Garage 59 | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 | PA | 180 | +2 laps | 19 |
| 26 | 69 | Rob Collard Sam de Haan Fabian Schiller | Ram Racing | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | PA | 179 | +3 laps | 15 |
| 27 | 159 | Valentin Hasse-Clot Nicolai Kjærgaard Alex MacDowall | Garage 59 | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 | S | 179 | +3 laps | 2 |
| 28 | 20 | Martin Konrad Valentin Pierburg Dominik Baumann | SPS Automotive Performance | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | PA | 178 | +4 laps | 12 |
| 29 | 111 | Patryk Krupińsky Karol Basz Christian Klien | JP Motorsport | McLaren 720S GT3 | P | 178 | +4 laps | |
| 30 | 83 | Sarah Bovy Doriane Pin Katherine Legge | Iron Lynx | Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo | PA | 178 | +4 laps | 9 |
| 31 | 10 | Karim Ojjeh Jens Liebhauser Jens Klingmann | Boutsen Ginion Racing | BMW M6 GT3 | PA | 177 | +5 laps | 6 |
| 32 | 11 | Tim Kohmann Francesco Zollo Giorgio Roda | Kessel Racing | Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo | PA | 177 | +5 laps | 4 |
| 33 | 24 | Milan Dontje Patrick Kolb Simon Reicher | Car Collection Motorsport | Audi R8 LMS Evo | S | 177 | +5 laps | 1 |
| 34 | 70 | Oliver Millroy Brendan Iribe Nick Moss | Inception Racing | McLaren 720S GT3 | PA | 174 | +8 laps | |
| 35 | 222 | Jan Kasperlik Julien Apothéloz Nicolas Schöll | Allied Racing | Porsche 911 GT3 R | PA | 170 | +12 laps | |
| 36 | 163 | Giacomo Altoè Norbert Siedler Alberto Costa | Emil Frey Racing | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo | P | 158 | +24 laps | |
| 37 | 114 | Konsta Lappalainen Jack Aitken Arthur Rougier | Emil Frey Racing | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo | P | 146 | +36 laps | |
| 38 | 4 | Maro Engel Luca Stolz Vincent Abril | Haupt Racing Team | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | P | 141 | +41 laps | |
| DNF | 40 | Miklas Born Yannick Mettler Jordan Love | SPS Automotive Performance | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | S | 119 | | |
| DNF | 2 | Nico Bastian Olivier Grotz Florian Scholze | GetSpeed Performance | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | PA | 113 | | |
| DNF | 7 | Óscar Tunjo Paul Petit Marvin Dienst | Toksport | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | S | 93 | | |
| DNF | 77 | Henrique Chaves Miguel Ramos Leo Machitski | Barwell Motorsport | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo | PA | 46 | | |
| DNF | 53 | Rino Mastronardi Duncan Cameron Matthew Griffin | AF Corse | Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo | PA | 40 | | |
| DNF | 107 | Gilles Vannelet Stuart White Nelson Panciatici | Classic and Modern Racing | Bentley Continental GT3 | S | 33 | | |
| DNF | 52 | Lorenzo Bontempelli Louis Machiels Andrea Bertolini | AF Corse | Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo | PA | 30 | | |
| DNF | 31 | Ryuichiro Tomita Frank Bird Valdemar Eriksen | Team WRT | Audi R8 LMS Evo | S | 15 | | |
| DNF | 33 | Patrick Kujala Benjamin Hites Nicolás Varrone | Rinaldi Racing | Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo | S | 1 | | |
| Fastest lap: Christopher Mies (Attempto Racing) – 1:54.595 |||||||||
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## Standings after the event

| Pos | Pilot | Pts | Gap |
| 1 | Earl Bamber Matthew Campbell Mathieu Jaminet | 33 | |
| 2 | Klaus Bachler Matteo Cairoli Christian Engelhart | 31 | +2 |
| 3 | Jules Gounon Daniel Juncadella Raffaele Marciello | 27 | +6 |
| 4 | Côme Ledogar Nicklas Nielsen Alessandro Pier Guidi | 25 | +8 |
| 5 | Kelvin van der Linde Dries Vanthoor Charles Weerts | 24 | +9 |
| 5 | Antonio Fuoco Callum Ilott Davide Rigon | 24 | +9 |
| Pos | Driver | Pts | Gap |
| 1 | Ricardo Feller Alex Fontana Rolf Ineichen | 39 | |
| 2 | Thomas Drouet Simon Gachet Konstantin Tereshchenko | 33 | +6 |
| 3 | Alex Aka Dennis Marschall | 23 | +16 |
| 4 | Benjamin Gøthe Stuart Hall James Pull | 20 | +19 |
| 5 | Emilian Galbiati Clemens Schmid Tim Zimmermann | 19 | +20 |
| Pos | Driver | Pts | Gap |
| 1 | Jonathan Adam Chris Goodwin Alexander West | 45 | |
| 2 | Hiroshi Hamaguchi Phil Keen | 42 | +3 |
| 3 | Eddie Cheever III Chris Froggatt | 39 | +6 |
| 4 | "Jonathan" Hui | 33 | +12 |
| 5 | Dominik Baumann Valentin Pierburg | 22 | +23 |
* Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.