W Racing Team

W Racing Team

Основан	2009
Директор команды (ы)	Винсент Фокс Рене Вербист Ив Вертс
Текущая серия	Чемпионат FIA World Endurance GT World Challenge Europe Intercontinental GT Challenge
Бывшая серия	Европейская серия Ле -Мана Adac GT Masters Немецкие туристические автомобильные мастера Blancpain GT Series FIA WTCR TCR Belgian Touring Car Series Andros Trophy FIA GT3 European Championship Белкар
Teams' Championships	30 (last 2023 Endurance Trophy for LMP2 Teams)
Drivers' Championships	29 (last 2023 Endurance Trophy for LMP2 Drivers)

Команда W Racing (известная как Team WRT ) - это бельгийская команда по автока гонок , основанная в 2009 году инженером и бывшим руководителем Volkswagen Motorsport René Verbist, гоночного водителя Винсента Воссе и предпринимателя Ив Вертс. В период с 2010 по 2022 год команда провела кампанию Audi R8 LMS в нескольких международных сериях спортивных автомобилей . В 2010 году команда выиграла чемпионаты Belcar Drivers and Teams ', а в 2011 году они выиграли спа -салон 24 часа . После выигрыша нескольких титулов в различных чемпионатах GT, WRT считается одной из лучших команд по всему миру в GT Racing. В 2019 и 2020 годах WRT управлял двумя Audi RS5 Turbo DTMS на высококонкурентном чемпионате DTM . В 2021 году WRT добавил программу LMP2 на полный рабочий день, вступив в ORECA 07 как в чемпионате FIA World Endurance , так и в европейской серии Le Mans , и выиграл LMP2 класс 24 -часового отдела Le Mans 2021 года . С 2023 года на WRT переключилось на партнерство в GT Racing с Audi на BMW и запустит BMW M4 GT3 . Команда также будет управлять двумя заводскими Hybrid V8S в фабрике, поддерживаемой BMW M , в категории Hypercar Championship World World Endurance с 2024 года.

Racing history

2010–11: Beginning and early success

Audi R8 LMS during Blancpain Endurance Series season

Upon the team's founding in late 2009, WRT purchased three Audi R8 LMS race cars as part of being the official Belgian Audi motorsport importer. The trio of cars shared duties in 2010 between the national Belcar Endurance Championship, the French FFSA GT Championship (now GT Tour), and the mid-season Spa 24 Hours. The team had success from the start, finishing on the podium with at least one car in every Belcar race including two wins by Gregory Franchi and Anthony Kumpen and a third victory in a ten-hour endurance race at Circuit Zolder with François Verbist, Bert Longin, and Bill Bailly. Franchi and Kumpen locked up the Drivers' Championship, while WRT secured the Teams' Championship. Franchi also partnered with Stéphane Lémeret to earn two further podium finishes in FFSA GT. In addition to this program, two Volkswagen Scirocco GT24s were purchased for use in the Belgian Touring Car Series where the team were vice-champions in their category.

Following their first year's success, WRT expanded their program for 2011 by adding the FIA GT3 European Championship and Blancpain Endurance Series to the schedule for their Audis. Once again success came early as WRT won the second of two races in the first event of the FIA GT3 Championship with Franchi partnering Enzo Ide. Their GT Tour program under the title of Team Audi France with French drivers David Hallyday and Stéphane Ortelli also earned its first victory for the team at Dijon-Prenois. In July WRT won the Spa 24 Hours in only their second attempt, with Franchi sharing the drive with factory Audi drivers Timo Scheider and Mattias Ekström.

2012–18: Further expansion with Audi

An Audi R8 LMS from W Racing Team

WRT announced further expansion of their program in 2012 with accepted entries in the FIA GT World Championship as the representatives of Audi. They went on to finish third in the Teams standings, winning three races on the way. In 2013 WRT won both the Teams' and Drivers' Championship of the newly named FIA GT Series.

In 2014 WRT competed both in the Blancpain Endurance Series and Blancpain Sprint Series, successor of the FIA GT Series. They won both the Teams' and Drivers' Championship in the Blancpain GT Series as well as in the Blancpain Endurance Series. They also won the Teams' Championship in the Blancpain Sprint Series. In July 2014 they added a second win in the Spa 24 Hours with Laurens Vanthoor, René Rast and Markus Winkelhock at the wheel of an Audi R8 LMS. In 2015 they again won both Teams' and Drivers' championships in the Blancpain GT Series. They were also crowned Teams' Champions in the Sprint and Endurance Series. In May 2015 WRT achieved another major success by winning the 24 Hours of Nürburgring with the new version of the Audi R8 LMS (GT3).

In 2016, WRT made their debut in Touring car racing, running pair of Volkswagen Golfs in the TCR International Series under the Leopard Racing badge. Driving for the team were Stefano Comini and Jean-Karl Vernay. WRT also made their debut in the European Le Mans Series running a Ligier JS P2, but only at the 4 Hours of Spa. They won the TCR International Series Drivers' titles in both 2016 and 2017, with Comini and Vernay respectively. In 2018 and 2019 WRT participated in the World Touring Car Cup fielding a pair of Audi RS3 LMSs.

2019–20: Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters

Audi RS5 DTM Turbo at Hockenheim, driven by Jonathan Aberdein

In 2018 WRT won the Bathurst 12 hour race with the Audi R8 LMS (GT3), at their first attempt. On 12 October 2018 WRT announced it would run a pair of Audi RS5 Turbo DTMs in the 2019 DTM season as a customer team. They later announced Jonathan Aberdein and Pietro Fittipaldi, grandson of double Formula One World Champion Emerson Fittipaldi, as their two drivers for the season. Although not scoring a single podium, Aberdein was able to impress with several points scoring positions and finished the season in 10th place as the highest ranked rookie. In August 2019 WRT won the 2019 Suzuka 10 Hours, which was the 48th edition of the Summer Endurance Classic at Suzuka.

At the end of 2019, WRT announced an all new line-up for the 2020 DTM season consisting of 2016 Indy Lights champion Ed Jones and FIA Formula 3 driver Fabio Scherer. Later WRT announced they would enter a third car for Ferdinand Habsburg, who had previously been driving for Aston Martin. Before the season started Jones pulled out of the championship due to travel complications as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. He was subsequently replaced by Harrison Newey, who made his debut in the DTM. Habsburg managed to score his and the team's first podium finish as well as a pole position. As a result of Audi's exit at the end of the season it was decided that the Class One formula would be dropped and replaced by GT3 machinery. WRT ultimately decided not to enter the DTM in 2021.

2021–23: LMP2 Program

The #32 Oreca 07 entered by Team WRT at the 2022 24 Hours of Le Mans

After exiting the DTM, WRT announced their intention to enter the LMP2 class in the FIA WEC to prepare for an eventual program in the new LMDh formula. On 21 January the team officially announced it would enter the FIA WEC with an Oreca 07. The drivers will be Robin Frijns, Ferdinand Habsburg and Charles Milesi. WRT later announced that they would also enter an Oreca 07 in the ELMS driven by Robert Kubica. He will be joined by Louis Delétraz and Yifei Ye. The team once again was successful from the offset and won the first two races of the ELMS championship.

Team WRT decided to enter both cars at the 2021 24 Hours of Le Mans. After taking the lead during the first half of the race WRT was on course to score a sensational 1-2 finish on its Le Mans debut. However, at the start of the last lap car #41 driven by Yifei Ye came to a stop due to a technical fault and was unable to make the finish, giving the win to the sister car #31 who crossed the finish line just over 7 tenths in front of the chasing Oreca 07 from Tom Blomqvist.

The #46 Audi R8 LMS Evo II driven by Rossi, Vervisch and Müller

Adding to their Le Mans victory, Team WRT ended the 2021 season winning both the Drivers' and Teams' titles in the FIA WEC and ELMS. This means the team won all possible titles in their debut LMP2 season. Additionally WRT won five out of six possible titles in the GT World Challenge series with their GT operation, rounding off their most successful season to date. In 2022 WRT will expand to two full season entries in the FIA WEC. WRT also continues to run several Audi R8 LMS in the GT World Challenge Europe and will field a car for MotoGP legend Valentino Rossi in 2022. He will team up with Audi Sport factory drivers Frédéric Vervisch and Nico Müller. In January 2022 WRT won the Dubai 24 Hour for a second time. In the GT World Challenge Europe, the team won the Sprint Cup Teams' title for the ninth time in ten years while WRT drivers Dries Vanthoor and Charles Weerts won the Drivers' title for the third time in a row. This marked the end of an incredibly successful partnership with Audi Sport across SRO championships where the team earned several wins and won multiple titles. From 2023 WRT will field several BMW M4 GT3s. In the FIA WEC, WRT was unable to retain its LMP2 titles despite winning four out of six races due to a bad result at the 24 Hours of Le Mans where points count double.

A BMW M4 GT3 from WRT during the 2023 24 Hours of Spa

On 15 January 2023 WRT won the Dubai 24 Hour for the third time after having previously won the 2016 and 2022 editions. This marked WRT's first outing with BMW and immediately resulted in the BMW M4 GT3's first major 24 hour race victory. In February WRT also contested the first two rounds of the 2023 Intercontinental GT Challenge at Bathurst and Kyalami. WRT scored a 1-2 win at the Kyalami 9 Hours. In the FIA World Endurance Championship WRT once again entered two Oreca 07s in the LMP2 class. At the 2023 24 Hours of Le Mans WRT's #41 car finished second only 20s behind the winner, which was enough to give the #41 car driven by Robert Kubica, Louis Delétraz and Rui Andrade the lead in the championship. The trio went on to claim the 2023 FIA WEC LMP2 championship rounding of the season with 3 wins and 6 podiums in 7 races. WRT ended the LMP2 era in WEC with 10 race victories in 19 races and two championship wins in three seasons.

2024–present: Hypercar with BMW

BMW M Hybrid V8 #15 during practice at the 2024 24 Hours of Le Mans

While never officially announced WRT had been chosen by Audi to run their LMDh program in the 2023 FIA WEC Hypercar class. However, days before the first rollout of the car Audi decided to stop the program, officially stating it was putting it on hold. As a result WRT started looking to other options to enter the class in the WEC series. On 2 August 2022 WRT announced it would terminate their 13 years long partnership in GT racing with Audi Sport. Hours later BMW Motorsport announced that Team WRT would run their factory LMDh program in the FIA WEC. WRT will start extensive testing of the BMW M Hybrid V8 in 2023 before entering the 2024 FIA World Endurance Championship. In addition to the Hypercar program WRT will also switch to BMW machinery for their GT3 efforts. The team confirmed that they would enter several BMW M4 GT3's starting from 2023. On November 27 2023 the 2024 FIA WEC entry list was revealed confirming that WRT would enter a total of four cars. Two BMW M Hybrid V8's in the Hypercar class that will compete for the overall wins as well as two BMW M4 GT3's competing in the newly formed LMGT3 class. For their first season in Hypercar the #15 BMW will be driven by long time WRT driver Dries Vanthoor, two times DTM champion Marco Wittmann and Raffaele Marciello coming over from Mercedes. The #20 car will be shared by Sheldon van der Linde, Robin Frijns and René Rast. In the LMGT3 the #31 will be driven by Indonesian driver Sean Gelael swithcing from LMP2, Augusto Farfus and Darren Leung. On the #46 car Valentino Rossi will be lining up with his regular teammate Maxime Martin and Omani driver Ahmad Al Harthy.

Results & Achievements

Audi R8 LMS, winner of the 2015 24 Hours of Nürburgring

Podium at the 2021 4 Hours of Barcelona, where WRT took its first victory in the ELMS with drivers Robert Kubica, Louis Delétraz and Yifei Ye

Oreca 07 #41 from Team WRT at the 2023 FIA WEC 6 Hours of Portimão driven by Louis Delétraz, Robert Kubica and Rui Andrade who claimed the 2023 LMP2 championship in the FIA WEC

Notable Victories

• Overall Winner - 2011 24 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps
• Overall Winner - 2011 24 Hours of Zolder
• Overall Winner - 2012 24 Hours of Zolder
• Overall Winner - 2013 Baku World Challenge
• Overall Winner - 2014 24 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps
• Overall Winner - 2014 Baku World Challenge
• Overall Winner - 2015 24 Hours of Nürburgring
• Overall Winner - 2015 12 Hours of Sepang
• Overall Winner - 2016 24 Hours of Dubai
• Overall Winner - 2016 FIA GT World Cup
• Overall Winner - 2018 12 Hours of Bathurst
• Overall Winner - 2019 10 Hours of Suzuka
• LMP2 Winner - 2021 24 Hours of Le Mans
• Overall Winner - 2022 24 Hours of Dubai
• Overall Winner - 2023 24 Hours of Dubai
• Overall Winner - 2023 9 Hours of Kyalami
• Overall Winner - 2023 8 Hours of Indianapolis

Main Championship titles

• GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup
  • Overall Teams’ Champion in 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015 and 2021
  • Overall Drivers’ Champion in 2011, 2012 and 2014
• GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup
  • Overall Teams’ Champion in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021 and 2022
  • Overall Drivers’ Champion in 2013, 2016, 2017, 2020, 2021 and 2022
• GT World Challenge Europe
  • Overall Teams’ Champion in 2014, 2015, 2020 and 2021
  • Overall Drivers’ Champion in 2014, 2015 and 2021
• Andros Trophy
  • Overall Teams’ Champion in 2015-16 and 2016-17
• European Le Mans Series
  • LMP2 Teams’ Champion in 2021
  • LMP2 Drivers’ Champion in 2021
• FIA World Endurance Championship
  • Endurance Trophy for LMP2 Teams in 2021 and 2023
  • Endurance Trophy for LMP2 Drivers in 2021 and 2023

24 Hours of Le Mans

Year	Entrant	No.	Car	Drivers	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2021	Team WRT	31	Oreca 07-Gibson	Robin Frijns Ferdinand Habsburg Charles Milesi	LMP2	363	6th	1st
		41		Louis Delétraz Robert Kubica Yifei Ye		362	NC	NC
2022	Team WRT	31	Oreca 07-Gibson	Robin Frijns Sean Gelael Rene Rast	LMP2	285	DNF	DNF
		32		Mirko Bortolotti Rolf Ineichen Dries Vanthoor		366	15th	11th
	RealTeam by WRT	41		Rui Andrade Ferdinand Habsburg Norman Nato		362	21st	17th
2023	Team WRT	31	Oreca 07-Gibson	Robin Frijns Sean Gelael Ferdinand Habsburg	LMP2	327	13th	5th
		41		Rui Andrade Louis Delétraz Robert Kubica		328	10th	2nd
2024	BMW M Team WRT	15	BMW M Hybrid V8	Raffaele Marciello Dries Vanthoor Marco Wittmann	Hypercar	102	DNF	DNF
		20		Robin Frijns René Rast Sheldon van der Linde		96	NC	NC
	Team WRT	31	BMW M4 GT3	Augusto Farfus Sean Gelael Darren Leung	LMGT3	280	28th	2nd
		46		Ahmad Al Harthy Maxime Martin Valentino Rossi		109	DNF	DNF

FIA World Endurance Championship

Year	Entrant	Class	No	Chassis	Engine	Drivers	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Pos.	Pts
2021	Team WRT	LMP2	31	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2L V8	Robin Frijns Ferdinand Habsburg Charles Milesi	SPA 12	POR 4	MNZ 2	LMS 1	BHR 1 1	BHR 2 1			1st	151
2022	Team WRT	LMP2	31	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2L V8	Robin Frijns Sean Gelael Rene Rast Dries Vanthoor	SEB 2	SPA 1	LMS Ret	MNZ 12	FUJ 1	BHR 1			2nd	116
	RealTeam by WRT	LMP2	41			Rui Andrade Ferdinand Habsburg Norman Nato	SEB 3	SPA 2	LMS 17	MNZ 1	FUJ 4	BHR 5			4th	96
2023	Team WRT	LMP2	31	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2L V8	Robin Frijns Sean Gelael Ferdinand Habsburg	SEB 6	POR 6	SPA 6	LMS 5	MNZ Ret	FUJ 3	BHR 2		4th	94
			41			Rui Andrade Robert Kubica Louis Delétraz	SEB 4	POR 3	SPA 1	LMS 2	MNZ 3	FUJ 1	BHR 1		1st	173
2024	BMW M Team WRT	Hypercar	15	BMW M Hybrid V8	BMW P66/3 4.0 L Turbo V8	Raffaele Marciello Dries Vanthoor Marco Wittmann	QAT 14	IMO DSQ	SPA 11	LMS Ret	SÃO 9	COA 8	FUJ 2	BHR	15th*	24*
			20			Robin Frijns Sheldon van der Linde René Rast	QAT 10	IMO 6	SPA 13	LMS NC	SÃO 14	COA 13	FUJ Ret	BHR	23rd*	10*
	Team WRT	LMGT3	31	BMW M4 GT3	BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Turbo I6	Augusto Farfus Sean Gelael Darren Leung	QAT 6	IMO 1	SPA Ret	LMS 2	SÃO 10	COA 5	FUJ 10	BHR	3rd*	85*
			46			Valentino Rossi Maxime Martin Ahmad Al Harthy	QAT 4	IMO 2	SPA Ret	LMS Ret	SÃO 5	COA NC	FUJ 3	BHR	5th*	61*

* Season still in progress

European Le Mans Series

Year	Entrant	Class	No	Chassis	Engine	Drivers	1	2	3	4	5	6	Pos.	Pts
2016	Команда Wrt	LMP2	47	Light JS P2	Judd HK 3,6 л V8	Will Stevens Высыхает Вантур Лоренс Вантур	SIL	ИМО	Rbr	Лек	Спа -салон 2	ВОСТОК	11 -й	18
2021	Команда Wrt	LMP2	41	Орека 07	Gibson GK428 4.2L V8	Луи Делетраз Роберт Кубика Yifei Ye	КОТ 1	Rbr 1	Лек 5	Мн 4	Спа -салон 1	Альг 2	1 -й	118

Батерст 12 часов результаты

Год	Команда	Водители	Машина	Машина#	Сорт	Круги	Поступок	Сорт Поступок
2018	Audi Sport Team Wrt	Робин Фринс Стюарт Леонард Высыхает Вантур	Audi R8 LMS GT3	37	GT3 - приложение	271	1 -й	1 -й
		Педро Лами Матиас хвала Пол Далла Лана Уилл Дэвисон		39	GT3 - что	267	14 -е	8 -й
2023	Команда Wrt	Шелдон Ван дер Линде Чарльз Вертс Высыхает Вантур	BMW M4 GT3	32	Профиль	323	4 -й	4 -й
		Максим Мартин Валентино Росси Аугусто Фарфус		46	Профиль	322	6 -й	6 -й
2024	Команда Wrt	Шелдон Ван дер Линде Чарльз Вертс Высыхает Вантур	BMW M4 GT3	32	Профиль	120	DNF	DNF
		Максим Мартин Валентино Росси Раффаэле Марсиелло		46	Профиль	275	5 -й	5 -й

Немецкие туристические автомобильные мастера

Год	Машина	Нет	Водитель	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Ток	Точки	ТК	Точки
2019	Audi RS5 Turbo DTM	27	Джонатан Абердейн	Hoc1 1 15	Hoc1 2 12	ZOL 1 Верно	ZOL 2 12	Который 1 8	Который 2 7	НИ 1 13	НИ 2 14	Является 1 6	Является 2 4	BRH 1 9	BRH 2 13	Твой 1 14	Твой 2 7	Ни 1 4	Ни 2 5	Hoc2 1 14	Hoc2 2 Верно	10 -е место	67	7 -й	79
		21	Пьетро Фиттипальди	Hoc1 1 10	Hoc1 2 15	ZOL 1 14	ZOL 2 9	Который 1	Который 2	НИ 1 Верно	НИ 2 15	Является 1 11	Является 2 10	BRH 1 DNS	BRH 2 16	Твой 1 7	Твой 2 9	Ни 1 15	Ни 2 13	Hoc2 1 15	Hoc2 2 15	15 -й	22
		34	Андреа Довизиозо	Hoc1 1	Hoc1 2	ZOL 1	ZOL 2	Который 1 12	Который 2 15	НИ 1	НИ 2	Является 1	Является 2	BRH 1	BRH 2	Твой 1	Твой 2	Ни 1	Ни 2	Hoc2 1	Hoc2 2	Северо -запад	0
2020	Audi RS5 Turbo DTM	10	Харрисон Ньюи	Спа -салон 1 13	Спа -салон 2 Верно	Лау1 1 10	Лау1 2 12	Лау2 1 15	Лау2 2 13	Является 1 12	Является 2 15	Nür1 1 14	Nür1 2 13	Nür2 1 11	Nür2 2 11	Zol1 1 5	Zol1 1 6	Zol2 1 7	Zol2 1 9	Hoc 1 Верно	Hoc 2 13	14 -е	27	7 -й	103
		13	Фабио Шерер	Спа -салон 1 12	Спа -салон 2 12	Лау1 1 14	Лау1 2 11	Лау2 1 11	Лау2 2 13	Является 1 15	Является 2 Верно	Nür1 1 15	Nür1 2 16†	Nür2 1 Верно	Nür2 2 14	Zol1 1 13	Zol1 1 5	Zol2 1 5	Zol2 1 Верно	Hoc 1 13†	Hoc 2 12	16 -й	20
		62	Фердинанд Габсбург	Спа -салон 1 DNS	Спа -салон 2 15	Лау1 1 6	Лау1 2 10	Лау2 1 11	Лау2 2 14	Является 1 8	Является 2 7	Nür1 1 11	Nür1 2 15	Nür2 1 7	Nür2 2 6 2	Zol1 1 7	Zol1 1 7	Zol2 1 3 2	Zol2 1 10 1	Hoc 1 11	Hoc 2 14	10 -е место	68

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