The 2022 season of the GT World Challenge Europe comes to an end with the celebration of the 3 Hours of Barcelona, the last round of the Endurance Cup. The title of the SRO endurance event is at stake, with Dani Juncadella involved.
The 2022 season of GT World Challenge Europe closed the Sprint Cup in Valencia, scene in which Dries Vanthoor and Charles Weerts were proclaimed champions. A few days later and a little further north, the championship will also put the finishing touch to the endurance series with the 3 Hours of Barcelona. The Catalan event will serve to decide the champion of the Endurance Cup.
49 GT3 vehicles will be present at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya for the dispute of this test. However, all eyes are on two cars, the Mercedes #88 by Raffaele Marciello, Dani Juncadella and Jules Gounon and the Ferrari #71circumstantially by Antonio Fuoco, Alessandro Pier Guidi and Alessio Rovera, although only the former is a candidate for the title.
The Mercedes #89 in which Dani Juncadella competes and the Ferrari #71 of Iron Lynx compete for the drivers’ title
The coincidence of the 3 Hours of Barcelona and Petit Le Mans has caused Davide Rigon and Daniel Serra to be unable to join Antonio Fuoco in the final round of GTWC Europe, making Fuoco within the updated Iron Lynx #71 Ferrari line-up the only driver who can win the title for the Italian firm, although part
In the Silver Cup the drivers’ title was already decided at Hockenheim in favor of Jean-Baptiste Simmenauer, Thomas Neubauer and Benjamin Goethe, the latter two also winning the Sprint Cup Silver Cup title in Valencia. The goal to close for the #30 Audi drivers is secure combined tag team titlesuccess that the Attempto Racing team will try to avoid.
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Other points of interest
Apart from the definition of the absolute drivers’ title and the team classification, the 3 Hours of Barcelona have other focuses of interest. Without going further, inaugural Gold Cup season seeks champion. The McLaren #8 of Inception Racing arrives with an advantage since Oliver Millroy, Frederik Schandorff and Brendan Iribe have 84 points, for the 75 that Rahel Frey, Sarah Bovy and Michelle Gatting.
Although Herberth Motorsport’s #911 Porsche is still in contention for the title, the truth is that the options are minimal. Finally, the champion of the Pro-Am category also remains to be known, although it is true that the #52 Ferrari drivers only have to finish the race to be champions. The #188 McLaren drivers must either win or finish second and hope for a retirement from the leaders.
Spanish presence
Four are the Spaniards who compete at home. In addition to the aforementioned Dani Juncadella, leader along with his teammates with 79 points and great options to win the Endurance Cup title, in the Ferrari #51 of Iron Lynx appears the figure of Miguel Molina. The Catalan will be joined by Nicklas Nielsen and Giancarlo Fisichella, as James Calado will also compete at Petit Le Mans this weekend.
As is almost customary Albert Costa will be at the controls of the Lamborghini #63 of Emil Frey Racingwhile the Spanish pilot of Kurdish origin Isaac Tutumlu will compete with another GT3 from the Italian firm, in this case the #27 from Leipert Motorsport. The local review has Madpanda Motorsport its only exponent, since the team is based near the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya itself.
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