32 Cars for Barcelona Sprint Cup Finale

SRO Motorsports Group has released a 32-car entry list for the Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe powered by AWS Sprint Cup finale in Barcelona, which will see a title showdown between Team WRT and Winward Racing for the Pro crown.

The car count for the decider at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya is the same as the previous round at Magny-Cours, with Madpanda Motorsport’s withdrawal offset by the return of the No. 57 Winward Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo.

The German squad’s Silver Cup entry missed the last round due to an injury for Magnus Gustavsen, with the Norwegian driver due to be replaced in Spain by Gilles Stadsbader.

Madpanda team owner Ezequiel Perez Companc, meanwhile, has joined the lineup of the No. 26 Sainteloc Racing Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo II alongside Ivan Klymenko.

One driver lineup remains yet to be confirmed, with Comtoyou Racing not yet naming drivers for its No. 11 Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Evo entered into Gold Cup.

Of note, the Century Motorsport-entered No. 991 BMW M4 GT3 driven by Darren Leung and Dan Harper has undergone a rebrand and now runs under the Paradine Competition banner.

All four classes titles remain yet to be decided at Barcelona, with the headline battle between Team WRT pairing Dries Vanthoor and Charles Weerts and Winward Racing’s Lucas Auer and Maro Engel set to go down to the wire.

Vanthoor and Weerts, fresh off a victory in the Indianapolis 8 Hour presented by AWS, come into the finale with a two-point lead as they seek to capture a record-extending fourth Sprint Cup title.

Their WRT stablemates Sam De Haan and Calan Williams have the possibility to clinch the Silver Cup title in Race 1 thanks to a 21-point buffer over Aurelien Panis and Cesar Gazeau.

Gold Cup leaders Luca Engstler and Max Hofer come into the finale with a 3.5-point advantage over Gilles Magnus and Paul Evrard, while Leung and Harper sit 9.5 points clear of Rob Collard and Sandy Mitchell.