2020 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup

The 2020 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup will be the tenth season of the Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup and the first after title sponsor Blancpain withdrew support.

2020 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup
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Calendar

The season will begin on 19 July at Imola and will end on 15 November at the Paul Ricard.[1] The season will feature four rounds, with one race lasting for a duration of three hours, the Circuit Paul Ricard 1000 km and 6 Hours of Nürburgring lasting for a duration of six hours and the 24 Hours of Spa events.

Round Race Circuit Date
1 3 Hours of Imola Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola, Italy 19 July
2 6 Hours of Nürburgring Nürburgring, Nürburg, Germany 6 September
3 Total 24 Hours of Spa Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium 24-25 October
4 Circuit Paul Ricard 1000 km Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet, France 15 November
3 Hours of Monza Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza, Italy Cancelled[lower-alpha 1]
3 Hours of Silverstone Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone, Great Britain Cancelled[lower-alpha 2]
3 Hours of Barcelona Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló, Spain Cancelled[lower-alpha 3]
  1. Originally scheduled for 19 April 2020, but was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
  2. Originally scheduled for 10 May 2020, but was cancelled the COVID-19 pandemic.
  3. Originally scheduled for 11 October 2020, but was cancelled the COVID-19 pandemic and now forms part of the 2020 GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup.

Entry List
Team Car No. Drivers Class Rounds
Bentley K-PAX Racing[2] Bentley Continental GT3[2] 3 Rodrigo Baptista[2] P TBA
Jules Gounon[2]
Maxime Soulet[2]
9 Álvaro Parente[2] P TBA
Jordan Pepper[2]
Andy Soucek[2]
Mercedes-AMG Team Black Falcon[3] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo[3] 4 Vincent Abril[3] P TBA
Maro Engel[3]
Luca Stolz[3]
5 Sergey Afanasyev[3] S TBA
Patrick Assenheimer[3]
Hubert Haupt[3]
Boutsen Ginion Racing[4] BMW M6 GT3[4] 10 Jens Klingmann[4] PA TBA
Karim Ojjeh[4]
Gilles Vannelet[4]
Reno Racing[5] Honda NSX GT3 Evo[5] 11 Jens Reno Møller[5] PA TBA
TBA[5]
TBA[5]
GPX Racing[6] Porsche 911 GT3 R[6] 12 Matt Campbell[6] P TBA
Mathieu Jaminet[6]
Patrick Pilet[6]
40 Romain Dumas[6] P TBA
Dennis Olsen[6]
Thomas Preining[6]
Emil Frey Racing[7] Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo[7] 14 Ricardo Feller[7] P TBA
Mikaël Grenier[7]
Norbert Siedler[7]
163 Giacomo Altoè[7] P TBA
Albert Costa[7]
Franck Perera[7]
Tech 1 Racing[8] Lexus RC F GT3[8] 15 Timothé Buret[8] S TBA
Thomas Neubauer[8]
Aurélien Panis[8]
Orange1 FFF Racing Team[9] Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo[9] 19 Hiroshi Hamaguchi[9] PA TBA
Phil Keen[9]
TBA[9]
63 Andrea Caldarelli[9] P TBA
Dennis Lind[10]
Marco Mapelli[9]
555 Florian Latorre[10] S TBA
Baptiste Moulin[10]
Taylor Proto[10]
SPS Automotive Performance[11] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo[11] 20 Valentin Pierburg[11] PA TBA
Dominik Baumann[11]
TBA[11]
44 Christian Hook[11] Am TBA
Manuel Lauck[11]
Florian Scholze[11]
Jenson Team Rocket RJN[12] McLaren 720S GT3[12] 22 James Baldwin[13] PA TBA
Chris Buncombe[13]
TBA[13]
Saintéloc Racing[4] Audi R8 LMS Evo[4] 24 TBA[4] S TBA
TBA[4]
TBA[4]
25 TBA[4] P TBA
TBA[4]
TBA[4]
26 TBA[4] PA TBA
TBA[4]
TBA[4]
Belgian Audi Club Team WRT[4] Audi R8 LMS Evo[4] 30 TBA[4] P TBA
TBA[4]
TBA[4]
31 TBA[4] P TBA
TBA[4]
TBA[4]
32 TBA[4] P TBA
TBA[4]
TBA[4]
33 TBA[4] S TBA
TBA[4]
TBA[4]
Walkenhorst Motorsport[14] BMW M6 GT3[14] 34 Nick Catsburg[14] P TBA
Philipp Eng[14]
Augusto Farfus[14]
35 Chaz Mostert[14] P TBA
Martin Tomczyk[14]
Nick Yelloly[14]
Team Parker Racing[15] Bentley Continental GT3[15] 41 Frank Bird[16] S TBA
Nicolai Kjaergaard[16]
Euan McKay[16]
AF Corse[4] Ferrari 488 GT3[4] 51 TBA[4] P TBA
TBA[4]
TBA[4]
52 Andrea Bertolini[4] PA TBA
TBA[4]
TBA[4]
71 TBA[4] P TBA
TBA[4]
TBA[4]
Dinamic Motorsport[17] Porsche 911 GT3 R[17] 54 Matteo Cairoli[17] P TBA
Christian Engelhart[17]
Sven Müller[17]
56 Mikkel O. Pedersen[18] S TBA
Andrea Rizzoli[18]
TBA[18]
67 Mauro Calamia[18] PA TBA
Ivan Jacoma[18]
Roberto Pampanini[18]
Attempto Racing[4] Audi R8 LMS Evo[4] 55 TBA[4] P TBA
TBA[4]
TBA[4]
66 TBA[4] P TBA
TBA[4]
TBA[4]
Garage 59[4] Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3[4] 59 Olivier Hart[4] S TBA
Andrew Watson[4]
TBA[4]
R-Motorsport[19] Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3[20] 62 Tom Blomqvist[19] P TBA
Luca Ghiotto[19]
Marvin Kirchhöfer[19]
76 Ricky Collard[19] P TBA
Jake Dennis[19]
Daniel Juncadella[19]
762 Max Hofer[19] S TBA
James Pull[19]
Hugo de Sadeleer[19]
The Bend Motorsport Park with Optimum Motorsport[21] McLaren 720S GT3[21][22] 68 Martin Berry[21] PA TBA
Nick Foster[21]
Yasser Shahin[21]
Optimum Motorsport[22] 69 Rob Bell[22] P TBA
Joe Osborne[22]
Ollie Wilkinson[22]
Ram Racing[4] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo[4] 74 Martin Konrad[4] PA TBA
Tom Onslow-Cole[4]
Remon Vos[4]
Barwell Motorsport[23] Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo[23] 77 Adrian Amstutz[23] Am TBA
Richard Heistand[23]
Leo Machitski[23]
78 Alex MacDowall[24] S TBA
Frederik Schandorff[24]
Jordan Witt[24]
HTP Winward Motorsport[4] Mercedes-AMG GT3[4] 84 Indy Dontje[4] S TBA
Philip Ellis[4]
Bryce Ward[4]
AKKA ASP Team[25] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo[25] 87 Fabien Barthez[25] PA TBA
Jean-Luc Beaubelique[25]
Jim Pla[25]
88 Timur Boguslavskiy[25] P TBA
Felipe Fraga[25]
Raffaele Marciello[25]
89 Benjamin Hites[25] S TBA
Lucas Légeret[25]
Arno Santamato[25]
Madpanda Motorsport[26] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo[26] 90 Jose Cabezas Catalan[26] S TBA
Ezequiel Pérez Companc[26]
TBA[26]
Tempesta Racing[4] Ferrari 488 GT3[4] 93 Chris Froggatt[4] S TBA
Jonathan Hui[4]
TBA[4]
Rowe Racing[27] Porsche 911 GT3 R[27] 98 Julien Andlauer[27] P TBA
Klaus Bachler[27]
Dirk Werner[27]
CMR[28] Bentley Continental GT3[28] 107 Pierre-Alexander Jean[28] P TBA
Arjun Maini[28]
Seb Morris[28]
108 Erwin Creed[28] Am TBA
Romano Ricci[28]
Stephane Tribaudini[28]
Rinaldi Racing[29] Ferrari 488 GT3[29] 488 Pierre Ehret[29] PA TBA
Daniel Keilwitz[29]
Rino Mastronardi[29]
888 Patrick Kujala[29] S TBA
David Perel[29]
Rinat Salikhov[29]
Icon Class
P Pro Cup
S Silver Cup
PA Pro-Am Cup
Am Am Cup

See also

References
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