Eastalent Audi Joins Magny-Cours Sprint Cup Grid

Eastalent Racing will make its first Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe powered by AWS Sprint Cup appearance, joining the grid for the upcoming round at Magny-Cours.

The Austrian squad, which made its Fanatec GT Europe debut during the most recent Endurance Cup round at the Nürburgring, enters its No. 84 Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo II for Simon Reicher and Christopher Haase.

Eastalent’s addition boosts the grid for the penultimate Sprint Cup round of the season to 33, as seen on the entry list released by SRO Motorsports Group on Friday.

Notably, with Haase joining Eastalent, it means that Tresor Attempto Racing’s No. 88 Audi remains a Gold Cup entry consisting of Lorenzo Patrese and Lorenzo Ferrari.

Ferrari and Haase contested the opening two weekends at Brands Hatch and Misano together as a Pro entry before Patrese stepped in to replace the German.

Comtoyou Racing has remained at a four-car operation after expanding at Hockenheim, with David Pittard continuing alongside Matisse Lismont aboard the No. 21 Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Evo.

Sebastien Ogaard joins James Jakes aboard the No. 11 car in Gold Cup, replacing Petru Umbrarescu.

The No. 90 Madpanda Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo has moved from Pro to the Silver Cup, with ADAC GT Masters championship leader Tom Kalender joining Ezequiel Perez Companc.

The Argentinean-flagged, Spanish-based squad contested the opening Sprint Cup rounds in the Pro class, with Companc teaming with Alexander Sims and later Phil Keen.

Kalender first joined Madpanda at the Endurance Cup round at the Nürburgring, where he made his Fanatec GT Europe debut.

One team is yet to finalize its lineup for the event, with Winward Racing yet to name a co-driver for Reece Barr aboard the No. 57 Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo. Barr raced alongside Magnus Gustavsen for the first three rounds.