Team WRT has confirmed its line-up for a 3-car entry in the full Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe.
The Belgian superteam will be defending three 2020 titles in the coming season: the overall Teams’ crown and the Drivers’ and Teams’ crowns in the Sprint Cup.
In the Endurance Cup, the Pro car (#32) will be entrusted to Dries Vanthoor and Charles Weerts, joined this year by Kelvin van der Linde.
The two other cars are entered in the Silver Cup: car #30 sees Benjamin Goethe and Stuart Hall, teamed with James Pull, the 21-year-old Brit.
In car #31, Ryuichiro Tomita returns and will share the wheel with another British 21-year-old, Frank Bird, who debuted with the team at the Dubai 24 Hours, and Denmark’s Valdemar Eriksen (18), who joins from the Super GT Denmark after a career in single-seaters.
In the Sprint Cup, defending Champions Vanthoor-Weerts will be in car #32 while #30 will be entrusted to Goethe-van der Linde and the Silver machine to Bird-Tomita (#31).
Team Principal Vincent Vosse:
“Ten years ago, shortly after Team WRT’s first season, we were heading to Monza for the first-ever race of the Blancpain GT Series. I remember that moment clearly, together witch the excitement and doubts that the new project of SRO and Stéphane Ratel, like any other new venture, entailed. Looking back, we can, SRO and ourselves, be happy of how things developed… As much pleasant can be remembering all the great moments, the sight needs to be focusing ahead of us and what’s next is another great season, which we expect to be more competitive and closely-fought than ever, and especially busy for Team WRT, as we will start our endeavour in LMP racing, with our WEC and ELMS programmes.
“Still, GT3 racing will continue to be the essential core of our programme and we are delighted today to confirm our participation in the Fanatec World GT Challenge Europe. Other important commitments will be announced at the right time. Like always, we are betting on youth and I am proud to see that all the new drivers joining us this year are quite young and talented drivers. We look forward to working with them and get their contribution as the team aspires to new successes.”
Team WRT (GTWCE Endurance Cup) – Audi R8 LMS
#30 – Benjamin Goethe (DE) – Stuart Hall (GB) – James Pull (GB) – Silver
#31 – Frank Bird (GB) – Valdemar Eriksen (DK) – Ryuichiro Tomita (JP) – Silver
#32 – Kelvin van der Linde (ZA) – Dries Vanthoor (BE) – Charles Weerts (BE) – Pro
Team WRT (GTWCE Sprint Cup) – Audi R8 LMS
#30 – Benjamin Goethe (DE) – Kelvin van der Linde (ZA) – Pro-Am
#31 – Frank Bird (GB) – Ryuichiro Tomita (JP) – Silver
#32 – Dries Vanthoor (BE) – Charles Weerts (BE) – Pro
