ADAC GT Masters
{{Short description|Auto racing championship in Germany}}
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{{Infobox motorsport championship
|name = ADAC GT Masters
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|category = Grand Touring racing
|region = International
|inaugural =
|inaugural2 = 2007
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|classes =
|drivers = 56 (2024)
|teams = 17 (2024)
|constructors = Various
|engines =
|tyres = Pirelli
|champion driver = {{flagicon|FIN}} Elias Seppänen
{{flagicon|DEU}} Tom Kalender
|champion team = {{flagicon|DEU}} Landgraf Motorsport
|manufacturer = Mercedes
|website = [http://www.adac-gt-masters.de/ Official website]
|current_season = {{CURRENTYEAR}} ADAC GT Masters
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The ADAC GT Masters is a grand tourer-based auto racing series founded by the international Stéphane Ratel Organisation (SRO) and supported by the German ADAC automotive club. Similar to an earlier ADAC GT Cup series in the 1990s, the new GT Masters ran their first season in 2007. Although the series is based in Germany, select events are run elsewhere in Europe.
ADAC GT Cup
The original ADAC GT Cup was created in 1993, as a national grand tourer championship similar to the Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft (DTM). The series initially used two divisions, with the upper class running a variety of sports cars, and the smaller class for small coupes. Following dwindling support for the top division, the two classes were combined in 1995. By 1997, the series continued to dwindle, as the series was running only small coupes instead of high powered sports cars. The championship was officially cancelled after the 1997 season as most teams turned to the VLN championship.
Competition
{{See also|FIA GT3 European Championship}}
The ADAC GT Masters uses a similar formula to the one used in the FIA GT3 European Championship, also created by the SRO. The ADAC GT Masters is a "PRO-AM" Championship in which a professional driver shares a car with an amateur driver. The exact criteria for what determines an amateur driver and professional driver is laid out by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). Drivers run in pairs, with each race requiring the team to make a pit stop and swap drivers.
The cars that run in the ADAC GT Masters are also regulated by the FIA. Only cars which have been approved are allowed to compete. Of the cars that are currently approved, all are artificially performance balanced in such a way that the performance of each type of car is as close to equal as possible. This makes the skills of the driver paramount. Vehicles that ran in the 2019 championship include Porsche 911 GT3 R, Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo, Ferrari 488 GT3, Corvette C7 GT3-R, BMW M6 GT3, Lamborghini Huracan GT3, Mercedes-AMG GT3, Aston Martin Vantage GT3, Honda NSX GT3 EVO.
Each event consists of two races, with a duration of 60 minutes plus one lap. Each car must make a pit stop during each race and switch drivers. In the first race usually the amateur driver starts, if so the professional driver must drive the start in the second race of each round.
The current driver champions are Elias Seppänen and Tom Kalender in the No 1 Mercedes-AMG GT3.
Circuits
- {{flagicon|GER}} Nürburgring (2007–present)
- {{flagicon|GER}} Motorsport Arena Oschersleben (2007–2022, 2024)
- {{flagicon|GER}} Lausitzring (2007–2017, 2020–2022, 2025)
- {{flagicon|BEL}} Circuit Zolder (2007, 2011)
- {{flagicon|GER}} Sachsenring (2007–2023)
- {{flagicon|GER}} Hockenheimring (2007, 2009–present)
- {{flagicon|GER}} Norisring (2008, 2023)
- {{flagicon|NED}} TT Circuit Assen (2008–2011)
- {{flagicon|AUT}} Red Bull Ring (2011–present)
- {{flagicon|NED}} Circuit Zandvoort (2012, 2014–2019, 2021–2022, 2024–present)
- {{flagicon|BEL}} Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps (2013, 2015, 2024)
- {{flagicon|SVK}} Automotodróm Slovakia Ring (2013–2014)
- {{flagicon|CZE}} Autodrom Most (2018–2019)
- {{flagicon|AUT}} Salzburgring (2025)
Champions
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! Season ! Champion ! Car ! Team Champion ! Secondary Class Champion !{{Tooltip|Ref|Reference}} |
| 2007
| {{flagicon|DEU}} Christopher Haase | {{flagicon|DEU}} Reiter Engineering | {{Tooltip|P:|Porsche Cup Champion}} {{flagicon|DEU}} Jan Seyffarth |
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| 2008
| {{flagicon|DEU}} Tim Bergmeister | {{flagicon|DEU}} Team Flatex-Reiter (2) | {{Tooltip|P:|Porsche Cup Champion}} {{flagicon|DEU}} Tim Bergmeister |
| 2009
| {{flagicon|DEU}} Christian Abt | {{flagicon|DEU}} Callaway Competition | {{Tooltip|A:|Amateur Class Champion}} {{flagicon|CHE}} Toni Seiler |
| 2010
| {{flagicon|NLD}} Peter Kox | Lamborghini Gallardo LP560 GT3 (2) | {{flagicon|DEU}} Abt Sportsline | {{Tooltip|A:|Amateur Class Champion}} {{flagicon|CHE}} Toni Seiler (2) |
| 2011
| {{flagicon|FRA}} Dino Lunardi | {{flagicon|DEU}} Reiter Engineering (3) | {{Tooltip|G:|Gentlemen Class Champion}} {{flagicon|CHE}} Mark A. Hayek |
| 2012
| {{flagicon|DEU}} Sebastian Asch | {{flagicon|DEU}} MS Racing Team | {{Tooltip|G:|Gentlemen Class Champion}} {{flagicon|DEU}} Swen Dolenc |
| 2013
| {{flagicon|ITA}} Diego Alessi | {{flagicon|DEU}} Prosperia C. Abt Racing (2) | {{Tooltip|G:|Gentlemen Class Champion}} {{flagicon|DNK}} Christina Nielsen |
| 2014
| {{flagicon|DEU}} René Rast | {{flagicon|DEU}} Prosperia C. Abt Racing (3) | {{Tooltip|G:|Gentlemen Class Champion}} {{flagicon|AUT}} Handlos Herbert |
| 2015
| {{flagicon|DEU}} Sebastian Asch (2) | {{flagicon|DEU}} BMW Sports Trophy Team Schubert | {{Tooltip|G:|Gentlemen Class Champion}} {{flagicon|DEU}} Andreas Weishaupt |
| 2016
| {{flagicon|USA}} Connor De Phillippi | {{flagicon|DEU}} Montaplast by Land-Motorsport | {{Tooltip|T:|Trophy Class Champion}} {{flagicon|CHE}} Remo Lips |
| 2017
| {{flagicon|FRA}} Jules Gounon | Corvette C7 GT3-R (2) | {{flagicon|DEU}} Callaway Competition (2) | {{Tooltip|T:|Trophy Class Champion}} {{flagicon|CHE}} Remo Lips (2) |
| 2018
| {{flagicon|FRA}} Mathieu Jaminet | {{flagicon|DEU}} HTP-Winward Motorsport | {{Tooltip|T:|Trophy Class Champion}} {{flagicon|CHE}} Remo Lips (3) |
| 2019
| {{flagicon|CHE}} Patric Niederhauser | {{flagicon|DEU}} Rutronik Racing | {{Tooltip|T:|Trophy Class Champion}} {{flagicon|DEU}} Sven Barth |
| 2020
| {{flagicon|DEU}} Michael Ammermüller | Porsche 911 GT3 R (3) | {{flagicon|DEU}} SSR Performance | {{Tooltip|T:|Trophy Class Champion}} {{flagicon|DEU}} Elia Erhart |
| 2021
| {{flagicon|CHE}} Ricardo Feller | Audi R8 LMS Evo (5) | {{flagicon|DEU}} Montaplast by Land-Motorsport (2) | {{Tooltip|T:|Trophy Class Champion}} {{flagicon|DEU}} Florian Spengler |
| 2022
| {{flagicon|ITA}} Raffaele Marciello | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo (3) | {{flagicon|DEU}} Mann-Filter Team Landgraf | {{Tooltip|T:|Trophy Class Champion}} {{flagicon|DEU}} Florian Spengler (2) |
| 2023
| {{flagicon|FIN}} Elias Seppänen | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo (4) | {{flagicon|DEU}} Haupt Racing Team | {{Tooltip|J:|Junior Class Champion}} {{flagicon|FIN}} Elias Seppänen |
| 2024
| {{flagicon|DEU}} Tom Kalender | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo (5) | {{flagicon|DEU}} Landgraf Motorsport (2) |{{Tooltip|DTM:|Road to DTM}} {{flagicon|FIN}} Elias Seppänen |
References
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External links
{{Commons category}}
- {{Official website|http://www.adac-gt-masters.de/uk}} {{in lang|en}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20130901121408/http://www.racingsportscars.com/championship/ADAC%20GT.html Racing Sports Cars] – ADAC GT Cup and ADAC GT Masters results
- {{cite web | title=ADAC GT Masters | website=ADAC Motorsport | url=https://www.adac-motorsport.de/adac-gt-masters | language=de | access-date=8 May 2024}}
{{ADAC GT Masters seasons}}
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