Last “hits” of the market for the GT World Challenge Europe teams, which on Monday and Tuesday will be busy for two days on the Paul Ricard circuit for collective tests in preparation for the 2022 season.
Winward Racing confirmed its presence in the Endurance Cup with a Gold Class trio led by officer Lucas Auer, who will share the steering wheel of the # 57 Mercedes-AMG together with Jens Liebhauser and our Lorenzo Ferrari, reigning champion of the Italian GT Championship with Audi Sport Italia.
For the 19-year-old from Emilia it is not the first time on the means of the Stella, with which he always competed in the CIGT in Antonelli-AKM a couple of years ago.
“I’m happy to have found such a strong trio – said the team boss, Christian Hohenadel – Jens is a Bronze of the fastest, Lorenzo a rising star and ‘Luggi’ one of the best today”.
“There is no need to say the qualities we have with our Mercedes, I hope and I am convinced that we can fight for the Gold Cup.”
# 40 SPS automotive performance Mercedes-AMG GT3: Jordan Love, Miklas Born, Yannick Mettler
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Staying at Mercedes, SPS Automotive Performance will also have two AMGs in action in the Endurance Cup and one in the Sprint Cup this year, although the crews are currently being defined.
“The numerous restrictions of the last two years have forced us to downsize our motorsport program a bit. In the GT World Challenge Europe, we have found a new home, in which we have also been successful,” says Stephan Sohn, SPS team principal.
“We also want to expand our involvement again in other international series, where we have laid the foundation for our success in the past. In all series, we are able to provide professional, semi-professional and amateur pilots with a competitive package.” .
“The plans are not yet complete, but I think we will be able to announce our final program in the near future.”
# 14 Emil Frey Racing Lamborghini Huracan GT3 Evo: Alex Fontana, Rolf Ineichen, Ricardo Feller
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Meanwhile, Emil Frey Racing was only missing one rider to announce for its Endurance commitment.
Tuomas Tujula will ride on the Lamborghini Huracan # 14 of the Silver Cup together with the already confirmed Konsta Lappalainen and Stuart White, returning to the wheel of a Toro car after their experiences in the Super Trofeo.
“Being part of such a team is something I’ve worked for my entire career, I can’t wait to get on track and show what I’m capable of together with the team,” says the Finn.
# 31 Team WRT Audi R8 LMS GT3: Ryuichiro Tomita, Frank Bird, Valdemar Eriksen
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Finally, we register a brand change for Boutsen Ginion Racing, which for the Endurance Cup after years of BMW will pass to Audi.
“We had little time to organize ourselves, the choice fell on Audi because we could have a WRT car, but we will manage it – boss Olivier Lainé revealed to Endurance-Info – We will go to Paul Ricard for tests and there we will try a couple of young people to understand who is right for us “.
Karim Ojjeh and Benjamin Lessennes confirmed instead.
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