62 cars will gather to tackle two days of official testing at Spa Francorchamps tomorrow and Wednesday (21-22 June), the official test days for the 2022 Spa 24 Hours.
The annual test begins the build-up to the twice-around-the-clock event and will provide teams with an important opportunity to fine-tune their equipment at the 7km Spa-Francorchamps circuit.
Many of the test day entrants have travelled directly to the track from the Netherlands after Zandvoort staged the fifth Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe Powered by AWS event of the season over the weekend.
While it does not represent the full line-up for the race, the crews scheduled to undertake this week’s test provide an idea of how the field will look when the action begins on the afternoon of 30 July.
The full entry list is set to be revealed on Tuesday.
The 2022 Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe Powered by AWS Endurance Cup contenders are set to be joined on-track by a number of one-off entrants, including Orange1 KPAX Racing (Lamborghini), Heart of Racing with TF Sport (Aston Martin) and Walkenhorst Motorsport (BMW). Several additional squads will field Porsche machinery, including Spa newcomer EMA Motorsport, 2019 overall winner GPX Racing, and Hong Kong-based outfit KCMG.
Among the familiar names, there will be a fleet of five cars from Team WRT (Audi), while the Ferrari contingent includes reigning overall winner Iron Lynx and the all-female Iron Dames crew with Doriane Pin joining the regular GT World Challenge Europe trio for Spa. Bentley is represented by French squad CMR, which is set to run with a striking ‘art car’ livery, while Mercedes-AMG and McLaren also enjoy a strong presence.
The official test days will feature 16 hours of running, beginning on Tuesday at 09:00 CEST with a three-hour morning session. Track activity will resume at 13:00 and continue uninterrupted until 18:00, while Wednesday’s schedule repeats the same format. with the circuit open to the public throughout and admission offered free of charge.
