2022 Gran Turismo World Series World Finals

The 2022 Gran Turismo World Series World Finals was the championship finals event of the 2022 Gran Turismo World Series that took place on November 24-27, 2022, live from Monaco. It was the first live Gran Turismo World Finals event since 2019, and serves to determine the champions of the both the Manufacturers Cup and Nations Cup, as well as for the Toyota Gazoo Racing GT Cup.
The event also featured the reveal of the Ferrari Vision Gran Turismo during the Nations Cup Grand Finals.
==Toyota Gazoo Racing GT Cup==
The Toyota Gazoo Racing GT Cup portion of the event was held on November 24, consisting of two semi-final heat races, a repechage (last-chance qualifier) race, and the Grand Final race.
==Manufacturers Cup==
The Manufacturers Cup portion of the event was held on November 26, consisting of two races.
==Nations Cup==
The Nations Cup portion of the event was divided into two days:
* The Regional Finals took place on November 25 in four elimination stages (for each regional division, plus a repechage/last chance qualifier) leading to the grand finals.
* The Grand Finals took place on November 27, consisting of a single race to determine the champion.
==Winners==
Toyota Gazoo Racing GT Cup	Igor Fraga 	Igor Fraga
Manufacturers Cup 	Subaru 	Kylian Drumont Daniel Solis Takuma Miyazono
Nations Cup 	Coque López	Coque López
Players who entered the Bonus Campaign with the correct predictions will receive a Cr. 1,000,000 Credit Ticket for each correct prediction, for a total of Cr. 3,000,000 for those who correctly predicted all three winners (Cr. 4,000,000 if the Toyota Gazoo Racing GT Cup portion of the Viewers Gift campaign is also answered correctly). The ticket(s) can be claimed starting November 30, 2022 and must be claimed before December 28, 2022.
==Michelin Driver of the Day==
Nations Cup Regional Finals	Coque López 	Coque López
Manufacturers Cup 	Toyota 	Igor Fraga
Nations Cup Grand Finals 	Takuma Miyazono	Takuma Miyazono
==Viewers Gift Campaign==
To commemorate the World Finals weekend, an in-game Viewers Gift campaign was held, consisting of quizzes. Players have 24 hours from the start of the stream to complete each quiz, except for the Nations Cup Grand Finals, to which players have until December 4, 2022 (at 16:00 UTC) to complete the final portion of the quiz. Delivery of prizes for the first three prizes began on November 30, 2022, while the delivery of the Ferrari Vision Gran Turismo from the final day of the campaign began on December 15, 2022.Celebrating the 2022 World Finals with a 4-day Giveaway Campaign and a Chance to Receive the ‘Ferrari Vision Gran Turismo’ Early! - gran-turismo.com
The prizes for the first three Viewers Gift campaigns must be claimed before December 28, 2022.
It is reported that the engine and parts tickets from the Nations Cup Regional Finals and Manufacturers Cup Final gave out the same engine/parts (respectively), depending on how early/late the player sends in their answers.
Date/Event 	Gift 	Question 	Answer
November 24, 2022, 16:00 UTCToyota Gazoo Racing GT Cup 	Cr. 1,000,000 	The top drivers from the 7 rounds of the [2022 Toyota Gazoo Racing GT Cup] Online Series gathered at the World Finals. Which of the 5 Regions did the Grand Final winner come from?	Central/South America
November 25, 2022, 16:00 UTCNations Cup Regional Finals 	6-Star Roulette Ticket (Parts) 	The Repechage gives a second chance at a place in the Grand Final. Who took the last spot, coming in 3rd? 	Adriano Carrazza
November 26, 2022, 16:00 UTCManufacturers Cup Final 	6-Star Roulette Ticket (Engine)	The Grand Final took place on Spa-Francorchamps. Which manufacturer came back on top in the first lap? 	Porsche
November 27, 2022, 16:00 UTCNations Cup Grand Final(closes December 4, 15:59 UTC)	Ferrari Vision Gran Turismo 	A top 12 qualifying session was held before the grand final. Which driver took the pole position? 	Takuma Miyazono
==Championship Standings==
;Nations Cup standings (Top 5)
Pos 	Driver 	Points
1 ⬆️	Coque López 	30López and Inostroza tied with both 30 points. As the tiebreaker is decided by the finishing position in the Nations Cup Grand Final race, López is determined to be the winner.
2 ➡️	Angel Inostroza	30
3 ⬇️	Igor Fraga 	26
4 ⬆️	Takuma Miyazono	23
5 ➡️	Lucas Bonelli 	20
;Manufacturers Cup standings (Top 5)
Pos 	Manufacturer	Points
1 ⬆️	Subaru 	40Subaru and Toyota tied with both 40 points. As the tiebreaker is decided by the finishing position in the second Manufacturers Cup race, Subaru is determined to be the winner.
2 ⬇️	Toyota 	40
3 ⬆️	AMG 	31
4 ⬆️	Porsche 	26
5 ⬆️	Genesis 	19Genesis and Volkswagen tied with both 19 points. As the tiebreaker is decided by the finishing position in the second Manufacturers Cup race, the fifth position went to Genesis.
===Notes===
==Trivia==
*In the course of the championship weekend, both the Manufacturers and Nations Cup titles were all determined in a tiebreaker, and none of the Michelin Drivers of the Day were respective race winners (except for the Nations Cup Regional Finals, which was won by Coque López, the winner of the EMEA Regional Finals).
*Four technical failures (three hardware and one software) on the player rigs were recorded during the entire event, all but one occurring in seat number four:
**During the GR GT Cup repechage, Valerio Gallo's handbrake button failed. Subsequently after the race, the wheel was replaced during the intermission between the repechage and the start of grand finals.Valerio Gallo post-GR GT Cup Repechage tweet: "...[in Repechage, technical difficulties (handbrake stuck after the standing start)..."]
**During the GR GT Cup Grand Finals, Andika Maulana's game crashed during the first lap, knocking him out of the race.Andika Rama Maulana post-GR GT Cup Grand Finals tweet: "...then on Grand Finals the game decided to stop themself, so had to DNF, same rig as [Gallo, same problem."]
**After a trouble-free Nations Cup Regional Finals, the television of Mazda team's rig abruptly switched off in the middle of the first race of the Manufacturer's Cup Grand Finals, as it was (accidentally) set to enter standby mode after a set time.Andrew Brooks post-Manufacturers Series Grand Finals race 1 tweet: "For those wondering what happened to Mazda at @thegranturismo World finals, the TV (which was the same rig that had issues for other drivers earlier in the weekend) went on auto standby in the middle of the race. I can't make this [expletive up folks. Win potential was there."]Jonathan Wong tweet during the race: "Rig 4. The rig dead that [Valerio Gallo, [Andika Rama Maulana] use at @thegranturismo TGR Cup die again. Poor Team Mazda"] The setting was cleared in time for Mazda to return to a (technical) trouble-free second race.
**During the Nations Cup Grand Finals, Baptiste Beauvois' wheel suffered from a failure of unknown origin.Baptiste Beauvois post-Nations Cup Grand Finals tweet, in response to a question regarding the reason for his DNF: "Wheel issue." Beauvois' failure was the only one not to occur in the fourth rig; he played on the eighth seat instead.Andika Rama Maulana tweet: "But [Beauvois was on rig#8.. Anyway [expletive] happens to us."]
**In addition, a misconfiguration in the race setting for the Semi-Final A of the GR GT Cup (being incorrectly set to 15 laps instead of the intended 25 laps) resulted in the start of the race being aborted and the entire LAN lobby being remade.
*A C8 Corvette (with a Gran Turismo logo) was one of few cars that was displayed during the weekend. While the appearance of the car on a World Finals weekend does not necessarily mean a plan for in-game inclusion, the car did appear one update after the event (version 1.27, released in December 2022).
**However, the car shown during the event is a convertible with Z51 Performance Package parts, while the car that appears in the game is a regular coupe. The car shown during the event was also the car reviewed by the Evo magazine, as it had the same plate (FC 8111).
*Throughout and after the championship weekend, replica races were held were held in Sport Mode in form of Daily Races and a series of three-race exhibition races that replicate the championship race, as well as Daily Races replicating the qualifiers. A pair of limited-time, single player races replicating the championship races were also available between November 24, 2022 to January 3, 2023; visiting the menu for the first time grants players the Red Bull X2019 25th Anniversary.
==References==
==External Links==
* GTWS World Finals on gran-turismo.com
* Race Report: Drama at Every Turn in the TOYOTA GAZOO Racing GT Cup 2022! - gran-turismo.com
* Race Report: The Best of the Best Gather to Earn Their Access to the Grand Final - gran-turismo.com
* Race Report: Bold Race Strategy in Inclement Weather Decided This Year's Winner - gran-turismo.com
* Race Report: With Different Strategies at Play, the Result Was Undecided Even at the Race's Conclusion - gran-turismo.com
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