Race Start: 10:45 GMT
The sun will set on the 2020 GT World Challenge Europe Powered by AWS campaign this weekend (13-15 November) when a 40-car field tackles the season-deciding Endurance Cup contest at Circuit Paul Ricard.
Originally scheduled for 28-29 May, the long-running event retains its 1000km format to wrap up an ultra-competitive championship that remains too close to call. What’s more, it will represent the 50th Endurance Cup race staged since the series was launched at Monza in 2011.
It comes three weeks after the Total 24 Hours of Spa, where ROWE Racing secured Porsche’s second outright victory in succession at the season’s marquee contest following an exhilarating scrap with Audi Sport Team Attempto.
Events in the Ardennes often wrap up a number of titles with a round to spare, but that is not the case in 2020. Indeed, only the GT World Challenge Europe Powered by AWS Pro-Am champions were decided, leaving significant silverware to be distributed at the finale.
As such there will be Endurance Cup titles for teams and drivers up grabs in the overall classification, as well as in the Silver Cup, Pro-Am and Am Cup classes. In the combined GT World Challenge Europe Powered by AWS standings, both the overall and Silver Cup titles remain on the line in.
With several line-up changes making the competitive order more difficult than usual to predict, a thrilling season finale is in prospect as the Endurance Cup celebrates its half-century.