GRT, Grasser Racing Team led a Lamborghini 1-2-3 during a wet opening session for the 2025 GT World Challenge Europe Prologue at Circuit Paul Ricard.
Grasser’s #63 Huracan GT3 Evo2 set a 1:55.186, putting them four tenths clear of the similar #163 VSR entry. The Gold Cup-entered #333 Paul Motorsport Huracan rounded out the top three.
Winward Racing’s #81 Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo was fourth fastest and quickest in the Bronze Cup.
Fastest in the Silver Cup, and fifth overall, was Boutsen VDS’ #10 AMG GT3 Evo.
With multiple teams yet to announce their 2025 drivers, the test is running without Driver ID enabled.
In total, 52 different cars appeared on track during the session.
Lionspeed GP’s #80 Porsche 911 GT3.R (992) completed the most laps, 78. This was one more than Team WRT’s #30 BMW M4 GT3 Evo managed.
The track was wet for the majority of the four-hour session, with lap times only falling below the 2:05 mark during the final hour. Further rain late on saw many teams bring their session to a premature end.
The session was interrupted by multiple brief stoppages, as the #22 Schumacher CLRT Porsche, #14 Emil Frey Racing Ferrari and #51 AF Corse – Francorchamps Motors Ferrari all stopped on track at different points.
Of them, only the Porsche returned to the circuit before the end of the session.
Test Session 2 sees VSR run fastest
VSR were quickest in the second session of the 2025 GT World Challenge Europe Prologue, completing a Lamborghini sweep of the opening day of running.
The field of 52 GT3 cars were again greeted by a wet Circuit Paul Ricard. As in the opening session, the quickest times were set at the start of the final hour of running, before further rain saw many teams end their day early.
VSR’s #163 Huracan GT3 Evo2 managed a 1:59.374, putting them almost a second clear of the rest of the field.
With a 2:00.222, Boutsen VDS’ #9 Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo was second fastest, ahead of the Gold Cup-leading #33 Verstappen.Com Racing Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo.
Rinaldi Racing’s #12 Ferrari 296 GT3 led the Bronze Cup in fourth overall, ahead of the #98 ROWE Racing BMW in fifth. Sixth overall, and first in the Silver Cup, was the #3 GetSpeed AMG GT3 Evo.
Lionspeed GP again completed the most laps, with its #80 Porsche covering 61 tours of the French venue. This was one lap more than the #76 Barwell Motorsport Lamborghini, and four more than the #30 Team WRT BMW.
Despite the at times treacherous conditions, the three-hour session ran without any Red Flag interruptions.
After stopping on track during the morning session, AF Corse-Francorchamps Motors’ #51 Ferrari didn’t enter the fray until the final hour. The other 296 GT3 to run into issues in the morning, the #14 Emil Frey Racing entry, returned to the track early in the afternoon.
Running at the Prologue continues tomorrow, with a further nine hours of track time split across two sessions.
Photos: SRO/JEP
