2022 Gran Turismo World Series Showdown

The 2022 Gran Turismo World Series Showdown was a playoff event in the Gran Turismo World Series that took place on July 30-31, 2022, at the Red Bull Hangar 7, Salzburg, Austria. It was the first live Gran Turismo event since the Gran Turismo World Tour in Sydney in 2020, and the first live event in the Gran Turismo 7 era of the competition, as well the first under the Gran Turismo World Tour name.
Series director Kazunori Yamauchi tested positive for COVID-19 days before the event and was not present in-person at the event.Kazunori Yamauchi statement (Japanese)
==Manufacturers Cup==
The Manufacturers Cup portion of the event took place on July 30, 2022, as a three-driver endurance race, in which the manufacturer finishing in the top six received World Tour points. The event was plagued with several issues, such as errors in driver entrances resulting in some drivers having to enter twice, controller and network failures, and certain graphical errors. Possibly related to the network issues, the countdown to the start of the stream was restarted once the first countdown ended.
===Entry List===
The Manufacturers Cup race consists of the top 12 manufacturers in the Global Manufacturer Rankings of the 2022 Online Series Season 1, with the partner manufacturers being granted "immunity" from failing to qualify. The car numbers are also determined from the Global Manufacturer Rankings. Each manufacturer has three drivers, one chosen from the best driver in the GT1 League of the online series for each region (Americas, EMEA, Asia-Oceania).
One driver will do the qualifying run, and during the race, all drivers must participate by performing driver changes during the pit-stop period. If a manufacturer is one driver short, the first driver will do the third stint.
(P) indicates a partner manufacturer, which has a guaranteed entry regardless if they finished outside of the top 12 in the online series.
Team 	Number	Car 	Drivers
Subaru 	1 	Subaru BRZ GT300 '21 	Kylian Drumont Daniel Solis Takuma Miyazono
Toyota (P) 	2 	Toyota GR Supra Racing Concept '18 	Nikita Moysov Igor Fraga Ryota Kokobun
AMGAMG was referred as "Mercedes-AMG" throughout the event, except by commentators.	3 	Mercedes-AMG GT3 '16 	Lucas Bonelli Kazuki Cho Baptiste Beauvois
Genesis (P) 	4 	Genesis X GR3 	Manuel Rodriguez Yuito Sasaki Dean Heldt
Nissan 	5 	Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3 '13 	Mehdi Hafidi Hiroshi Okumoto Harald Walsen
Volkswagen 	6 	Volkswagen Beetle Gr.3 	Seiya Suzuki Thomas Labouteley Roberto Sternberg
Porsche 	7 	Porsche 911 RSR (991) '17 	Jose Serrano Angel Inostroza Connor Healy
Chevrolet 	8 	Chevrolet Corvette C7 Gr.3 	Adriano Carrazza Alex López Murillo Kazuho Iwata
Jaguar 	9 	Jaguar F-type Gr.3 	Ádám Tápai Alonso Regalado Soma Iseri
BMW 	10 	BMW M6 GT3 Sprint Model '16 	Erik Cases Vazquez Randall Haywood Jay O'Dowd
Mitsubishi 	11 	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution Final Edition Gr.3 	Hiroki Shimizu Arthur Mosso Joss Legrand
Mazda (P) 	12 	Mazda RX-Vision GT3 Concept Stealth ModelMazda used the Stealth Model version of the RX-Vision GT3 Concept, although the car performs identically to the regular counterpart.	Shotaro Ryu Arnoldo Daetz Giorgio Mangano
====Notes====
===Qualifying===
Pos	No	Team 	Qualifying Driver 	Time
1 	3 	AMG 	Baptiste BeauvoisKazuki Cho was incorrectly listed as AMG's qualifying driver in the stream's qualifying results screen.	01:47.298
2 	10	BMW 	Erik Cases Vazquez 	01:47.646
3 	6 	Volkswagen	Roberto Sternberg 	01:47.655
4 	8 	Chevrolet 	Adriano Carrazza 	01:47.734
5 	1 	Subaru 	Kylian Drumont 	01:47.785
6 	12	Mazda 	Giorgio Mangano 	01:47.809
7 	2 	Toyota 	Igor FragaRyota Kokobun was incorrectly listed as Toyota's qualifying driver in the stream's qualifying results screen. 	01:47.857
8 	4 	Genesis 	Yuito Sasaki 	01:47.887
9 	7 	Porsche 	Angel Inostroza 	01:47.937
10 	11	Mitsubishi	Hiroki Shimizu 	01:48.295
11 	9 	Jaguar 	Soma Iseri 	01:48.335
12 	5 	Nissan 	Harald Walsen 	01:48.557
====Notes====
===Race===
At the end of third lap of the original start, network issues began plaguing the race despite the LAN-based nature of the event. Players started experiencing lag, and heading into the first tunnel, the Subaru and Toyota teams lost connection to the network. The race was red flagged for around fifty minutes while troubleshooting was performed; when the race was restarted, it was with a clean slate from the first lap.
The restart went trouble-free until lap 18, when the Porsche team suddenly crashed into a wall before the final turn, then crashing into the pit separator wall on the start-finish straight, after suffering a "hardware issue", speculated to be in relation to the steering wheel (all competitors used Thurstmaster wheels at the event). The Porsche parked in the pits on lap 24, having run the remaining laps presumably on the auto-drive mode in the pause screen (although ghosting was disabled).
Subaru won the race ahead of AMG despite being one driver short, with Toyota defeating Mazda for the late battle for the final spot in the podium. Nissan and Volkswagen rounded up the final points positions.
Pos	No	Team 	Time 	Points	Q Grid
1 	1 	Subaru 	1:28.44.037 	6 	5
2 	3 	AMG 	+03.608 	5 	1
3 	2 	Toyota 	+15.219 	4 	7
4 	12	Mazda 	+15.500 	3 	6
5 	5 	Nissan 	+22.828 	2 	12
6 	6 	Volkswagen	+24.754 	1 	6
7 	8 	Chevrolet 	+36.502 	 	4
8 	9 	Jaguar 	+37.106 	 	11
9 	4 	Genesis 	+45.330 	 	8
10 	11	Mitsubishi	+48.513 	 	10
11 	10	BMW 	+1:06.052 	 	2
12 	7 	Porsche 	DNF (hardware)	 	9
Fastest Lap: Lucas Bonelli (AMG) - 1:47.559
==Nations Cup==
The Nations Cup portion of the event took place on July 31, 2022 in four elimination stages (for each regional division, plus a repechage/last chance qualifier) leading to the grand finals. All drivers that made it to the Grand Finals will play in Rounds 2 and 3, as well as the World Finals.
Only the grand finals were shown live; the regional finals and the repechage were raced prior to the start of the stream with the highlights shown during the stream. Additionally, a general qualifying round (using the repechage round configuration with 10-minute qualifying time) was also held, but the outcome of the session was not shown during the stream, although the EMEA region is known to have won the general qualifying with Jose Serrano setting the general qualifiers' pole.
For all races, the car number is determined by their qualifying spot.
===Entry List===
The Nations Cup consists of drivers from the 2021 FIAGTC World Finals and top drivers from the GT1 League of 2022 GTWS Online Series Season 1.
(c) indicates the defending Nations Cup champion, while (fc) indicates a former champion.
Region 	Driver
Europe/Middle East/Africa	Valerio Gallo (c)
Europe/Middle East/Africa	Baptiste Beauvois
Europe/Middle East/Africa	Jose Serrano
Europe/Middle East/Africa	Patrik Blazsán
Europe/Middle East/Africa	Giorgio Mangano
Europe/Middle East/Africa	Coque López
Europe/Middle East/Africa	Quinten Jehoul
Europe/Middle East/Africa	Kylian Drumont
Europe/Middle East/Africa	Manuel Rodríguez
Europe/Middle East/Africa	Marco Busnelli
Europe/Middle East/Africa	Saruthan Seelan
Europe/Middle East/Africa	Ádám Tápai
Central/South Americas 	Lucas Bonelli
Central/South Americas 	Juan Hernández
Central/South Americas 	Angel Inostroza
Central/South Americas 	Igor Fraga (fc)
Central/South Americas 	Fabián Portilla
Central/South Americas 	Adriano Carrazza
North America 	Andrew Brooks
North America 	Robert Heck
North America 	Ethan Lim
North America 	Dean Heldt
Asia 	Takuma Miyazono (fc)
Asia 	Ryota Kokobun
Asia 	Kanata Kawakami
Asia 	Tomoaki Yamanaka
Asia 	Seiya Suzuki
Asia 	Jonathan Wong
Oceania 	Matthew McEwen
Oceania 	Andrew Lee
Oceania 	Simon Bishop
Oceania 	Guy Barbara
====Notes====
===EMEA Regional Finals===
The EMEA Regional Finals determines the drivers from the EMEA region that will advance to the Grand Finals and the Repechage round.
; Qualifying
Pos	Driver 	Time
1 	Jose Serrano 	01:06.372
2 	Valerio Gallo 	01:06.501
3 	Baptiste Beauvois	01:06.520
4 	Giorgio Mangano 	01:06.525
5 	Kylian Drumont 	01:06.531
6 	Manuel Rodríguez 	01:06.580
7 	Marco Busnelli 	01:06.610
8 	Coque López 	01:06.643
9 	Quinten Jehoul 	01:06.674
10 	Saruthan Seelan 	01:06.743
11 	Ádám Tápai 	01:06.757
12 	Patrik Blazsán 	01:06.873
; Race
Pos	Driver 	Time 	Starting Grid	Finals Grid
1 	Jose Serrano 	27:48.776	1 	1 (GF)
2 	Baptiste Beauvois	+01.842 	3 	4 (GF)
3 	Kylian Drumont 	+02.436 	5 	7 (GF)
4 	Valerio Gallo 	+03.185 	2 	1 (R)
5 	Patrik Blazsán 	+04.500 	12 	2 (R)
6 	Coque López 	+05.810 	8 	3 (R)
7 	Giorgio Mangano 	+05.810 	4 	4 (R)
8 	Manuel Rodríguez 	+12.558 	6 	Out
9 	Saruthan Seelan 	+14.412 	10 	Out
10 	Ádám Tápai 	+15.497 	11 	Out
11 	Quinten Jehoul 	+17.104 	9 	Out
12 	Marco Busnelli 	+17.588 	7 	Out
Fastest Lap: Patrik Blazsán (1:21.509)
* In the finals grid row, (GF) indicates grand finals, (R) indicates repechage.
* Bold indicates drivers that advanced to next round.
* Italics indicates drivers that advanced to repechage round.
===Americas Regional Finals===
The Americas Regional Finals determines the drivers from the Americas region that will advance to the Grand Finals and the Repechage round.
; Qualifying
Pos	Driver 	Time
1 	Igor Fraga 	01:06.483
2 	Angel Inostroza 	01:06.576
3 	Adriano Carrazza	01:06.616
4 	Lucas Bonelli 	01:06.714
5 	Fabián Portilla 	01:06.714
6 	Juan Hernández 	01:06.720
7 	Ethan Lim 	01:06.860
8 	Dean Heldt 	01:06.908
9 	Robert Heck 	01:07.157
; Race
Pos	Driver 	Time 	Starting Grid	Finals Grid
1 	Igor Fraga 	28:31.116	1 	2 (GF)
2 	Adriano Carrazza	+04.625 	3 	5 (GF)
3 	Angel Inostroza 	+04.914 	2 	8 (GF)
4 	Lucas Bonelli 	+10.623 	4 	5 (R)
5 	Dean Heldt 	+24.647 	8 	6 (R)
6 	Ethan Lim 	+26.804 	7 	7 (R)
7 	Robert Heck 	+35.100 	9 	8 (R)
8 	Juan Hernández 	+35.838 	6 	Out
9 	Fabián Portilla 	+43.447 	5 	Out
Fastest Lap: Igor Fraga (1:44.628)
* In the finals grid row, (GF) indicates grand finals, (R) indicates repechage.
* Bold indicates drivers that advanced to next round.
* Italics indicates drivers that advanced to repechage round.
===Asia-Oceania Regional Finals===
The Asia-Oceania Regional Finals determines the drivers from the Asia-Oceania region that will advance to the Grand Finals and the Repechage round.
; Qualifying
Pos	Driver 	Time
1 	Ryota Kokobun 	01:06.620
2 	Kanata Kawakami 	01:06.698
3 	Matthew McEwen 	01:06.729
4 	Tomoaki Yamanaka	01:06.781
5 	Seiya Suzuki 	01:06.794
6 	Jonathan Wong 	01:06.811
7 	Guy Barbara 	01:06.945
8 	Simon Bishop 	01:07.242
; Race
Pos	Driver 	Time 	Starting Grid	Finals Grid
1 	Ryota Kokobun 	27:12.250	1 	3 (GF)
2 	Kanata Kawakami 	+09.886 	2 	6 (GF)
3 	Matthew McEwen 	+12.147 	3 	9 (GF)
4 	Tomoaki Yamanaka	+14.100 	4 	9 (R)
5 	Seiya Suzuki 	+14.722 	5 	10 (R)
6 	Guy Barbara 	+17.273 	7 	11 (R)
7 	Jonathan Wong 	+19.830 	6 	12 (R)
8 	Simon Bishop 	+47.416 	8 	Out
Fastest Lap: Guy Barbara (1:19.841)
* In the finals grid row, (GF) indicates grand finals, (R) indicates repechage.
* Bold indicates drivers that advanced to next round.
* Italics indicates drivers that advanced to repechage round.
===Repechage Round===
The Repechage Round is the last-chance qualifier for drivers finishing fourth to seventh in each region's regional finals, with the top three finishers (just like the regional finals) advancing to the Grand Finals.
; Starting Line-Up
Pos	Driver 	Previous Finish
1 	Valerio Gallo 	4th in EMEA race
2 	Patrik Blazsán 	5th in EMEA race
3 	Coque López 	6th in EMEA race
4 	Giorgio Mangano 	7th in EMEA race
5 	Lucas Bonelli 	4th in Americas race
6 	Dean Heldt 	5th in Americas race
7 	Ethan Lim 	6th in Americas race
8 	Robert Heck 	7th in Americas race
9 	Tomoaki Yamanaka	4th in Asia-Oceania race
10 	Seiya Suzuki 	5th in Asia-Oceania race
11 	Guy Barbara 	6th in Asia-Oceania race
12 	Jonathan Wong 	7th in Asia-Oceania race
; Race
Pos	Driver 	Time 	Starting Grid	Finals Grid
1 	Valerio Gallo 	22:29.167	1 	10
2 	Tomoaki Yamanaka	+03.649 	9 	11
3 	Lucas Bonelli 	+06.841 	5 	12
4 	Dean Heldt 	+10.557 	6 	Out
5 	Giorgio Mangano 	+10.786 	4 	Out
6 	Coque López 	+11.939 	3 	Out
7 	Ethan Lim 	+12.646 	7 	Out
8 	Patrik Blazsán 	+12.746 	2 	Out
9 	Jonathan Wong 	+13.557 	12 	Out
10 	Seiya Suzuki 	+14.161 	10 	Out
11 	Robert Heck 	+23.707 	8 	Out
12 	Guy Barbara 	+40.433 	11 	Out
Fastest Lap: Tomoaki Yamanaka (1:05.679)
* Bold indicates drivers that advanced to next round.
===Grand Finals===
The Grand Finals determines the winner of the Showdown, with top six drivers receiving points (World Series Points) that counts towards the Nations Cup standings.
; Starting Line-Up
Pos	Driver 	Previous Finish
1 	Jose Serrano 	1st in EMEA race
2 	Igor Fraga 	1st in Americas race
3 	Ryota Kokobun 	1st in Asia-Oceania race
4 	Baptiste Beauvois	2nd in EMEA race
5 	Adriano Carrazza 	2nd in Americas race
6 	Kanata Kawakami 	2nd in Asia-Oceania race
7 	Kylian Drumont 	3rd in EMEA race
8 	Angel Inostroza 	3rd in Americas race
9 	Matthew McEwen 	3rd in Asia-Oceania race
10 	Valerio Gallo 	1st in Repechage
11 	Tomoaki Yamanaka 	2nd in Repechage
12 	Lucas Bonelli 	3rd in Repechage
; Race
Pos	Driver 	Time 	Points	Starting Grid
1 	Kylian Drumont 	45:36.350	6 	6
2 	Igor Fraga 	+07.661 	5 	2
3 	Ryota Kokobun 	+07.985 	4 	3
4 	Baptiste Beauvois	+09.111 	3 	4
5 	Jose Serrano 	+17.658 	2 	1
6 	Lucas Bonelli 	+17.770 	1 	12
7 	Tomoaki Yamanaka 	+18.551 	 	11
8 	Valerio Gallo 	+19.932 	 	10
9 	Angel Inostroza 	+27.890 	 	8
10 	Adriano Carrazza 	+29.786 	 	5
11 	Kanata Kawakami 	+33.814 	 	6
12 	Matthew McEwen 	+43.201 	 	9
Fastest Lap: Kylian Drumont (1:27.226)
==Winners==
Manufacturers Cup	Subaru 	Kylian Drumont Daniel Solis
Nations Cup 	Kylian Drumont	Kylian Drumont
Players who entered the Bonus Campaign with the correct predictions received two Cr. 500,000 Credit Tickets (for total of Cr. 1,000,000) for each correct prediction, for a total of Cr. 2,000,000 for those who correctly predicted both winners. The ticket(s) can be claimed starting August 5, 2022 and must be claimed before August 31, 2022.
==Michelin Driver of the Day==
Manufacturers Cup	Subaru 	Kylian Drumont
Nations Cup 	Kylian Drumont	Kylian Drumont
==Championship Standings==
;Nations Cup standings (Top 5)
Pos 	Driver 	Points
1 ⬆️	Igor Fraga 	7
2 ⬆️	Kylian Drumont 	6
3 ⬆️	Ryota Kokobun 	4
= ⬇️	Lucas Bonelli 	4
5 ⬆️	Baptiste Beauvois	3
;Manufacturers Cup standings (Top 5)
Pos 	Manufacturer	Points
1 ➡️	Subaru 	9
2 ⬆️	AMG 	5
3 ⬆️	Toyota 	4
= ⬆️	Nissan 	4
5 ⬆️	Mazda 	3
==Trivia==
*At the end of the Manufacturers Cup broadcast, the graphic advertising the Nations Cup race for the following day featured a hidden text, "AI was here", on the top left of the screen, teasing a showcase of Gran Turismo Sophy, an AI project developed by Sony's AI division in collaboration with Polyphony Digital.Sony AI announcement Only a few minutes' highlights of GT Sophy demonstration was shown on the Nations Cup broadcast, however; the full races were uploaded on September 12, 2022.
*During the Nations Cup Grand Finals race, the sound used in Gran Turismo 4 when a car changes position in its B-Spec Mode is played when one of the finalists is refueling for every 10 liter of fuel added. This sound would also be used in subsequent GTWS broadcasts whenever necessary.
==References==
==External Links==
* GTWS Showdown on gran-turismo.com
* Race Report: Emotional Win for Team Subaru at First In-Person Gran Turismo World Series Event Since 2020 - gran-turismo.com
* Race Report: A Day Full of Surprises at the First Live Nations Cup Event in Two and a Half Years - gran-turismo.com
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