GT World Challenge and GT4 European Series back in business this weekend from Misano
Thursday, July 17, 2025
Misano welcomes both the GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup and GT4 European Series start what will be their third and fourth rounds of the season with over eighty crews due to take part across the two races per series this weekend.
Within the headlining Sprint Cup, there should be forty-four crews present including three Aston Martin Racing powered crews from both the Belgian based Comtoyou Racing and German based Walkenhorst Motorsport teams.
With just one apparent change within these AMR powered cars, we again welcome Jamie Day and Kobe Pauwels to run within the #21 silver ranked Comtoyou Racing entry alongside their #270 bronze class entry for their Brazilian racers Ricardo Bapitsta and Sergio Sette Camara who replaces the previous Raphael Baptista.
They in turn will be joined by the again solo #35 Walkenhorst Pro entry of Henrique Chaves and Matteo Villagomez where the latter driver was part of the team’s silver class winning AMR powered entry at the recent Spa 24.
Earlier results from both Brands Hatch and Zandvoort see the #21 crew hanging within their class with three P4 finishes in class whilst the #35 crew have certainly been less fortunate. This is still just the second round of the season for the #270 crew having missed the opening round in early May.
Then within the supporting GT4 European Series and its expected thirty-eight car entry, we also have the four full season entries even split between both the Mirage Racing and Racing Spirit of Leman teams.
The #7 Mirage Racing Pro-Am entry of Stanislav Safronov and Aleksandr Vaintrub have had the best of starts between them and the three silver classed AMR powered runners as they lie fourth in class overall after their opening three rounds of the season so far.
The #7 Mirage Racing Pro-Am entry of Stanislav Safronov and Aleksandr Vaintrub have had the best of starts between them and the three silver classed AMR powered runners as they lie fourth in class overall after their opening three rounds of the season so far.
They are again backed up by their team-mates Ruben Del Sarte and Roberto Faria within their #5 car alongside the two RSLM entries of Clement Seyler and Baudouin Detout aboard their #39 car and Will Orton and David Kullmann within their #74 car.
With the silver class again being another highly competitive venture, with the #5 crew leading the #39 crew by just one point albeit ninety-five points down to the dominant #3 Audi crew. The #74 crew have struggled the most so far with just two points finishes.
All crews within both series will again run one, hour long race across both Saturday and Sunday after Friday Free Practice and Saturday Qualifying.
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