2023 ADAC GT Masters

The 2023 ADAC GT Masters is the seventeenth season of the ADAC GT Masters, the grand tourer-style sports car racing series founded by the German automobile club ADAC.

Prior to the season, the ADAC had initially confirmed that the series was set to pivot to a new formula. Dubbed DTM Endurance, the championship would become a support series for the DTM and feature both GT3 and LMP3 machinery, merging with the Prototype Cup Germany.^[1] The series was also set to forbid the presence of FIA Platinum-ranked drivers. While these plans were scrapped following backlash from teams,^[2][3][4] the series would require teams to field an FIA Silver or Bronze-rated driver in each driver lineup.^[5]

Calendar

Round	Circuit	Location	Race 1	Race 2
1	Hockenheimring	Hockenheim, Baden-Württemberg	9 June	11 June
2	Norisring	Nuremberg, Bavaria	8 July	9 July
3	Nürburgring (Sprint Circuit)	Nürburg, Rhineland-Palatinate	15 July	16 July
4	Sachsenring	Hohenstein-Ernstthal, Saxony	9 September	10 September
5	Red Bull Ring	Spielberg, Styria	23 September	24 September
6	Hockenheimring	Hockenheim, Baden-Württemberg	21 October	22 October

Entry list

Team Car No. Driver Class Rounds Haupt Racing Team[6][7] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 2 Ralf Aron[6] All Alain Valente[6] 3 Răzvan Umbrărescu[8] All Arjun Maini[8] 1, 3 Maximilian Götz[9] 2, 4, 6 Philip Ellis[10] 5 Liqui Moly Team Engstler[11] Audi R8 LMS Evo II 7 Kwanda Mokoena[11] J 1–3 Dylan Yip[11] J Jonas Karklys[12] 5–6 John Paul Southern Jr.[12] J FK Performance Motorsport[13] BMW M4 GT3[13] 10 Kim-Luis Schramm[14] 1–3 Igor Waliłko[14] 1–2 Neil Verhagen[15] 3 Maxime Oosten[16] J 5 Bruno Spengler[16] Schnitzelalm Racing[17] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 11 Marcel Marchewicz[17][18] 3, 6 Colin Caresani[17] J 3 Moritz Wiskirchen[18] J 6 99 Luca Arnold[18] J 6 Christer Jöns[18] T Team Joos by RACEmotion[19] Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)[19] 19 Michael Joos[20] 5–6 Christian Engelhart[21] 5 Nico Bastian 6 91 Finn Gehrsitz[22] J All Sven Müller[22] Schubert Motorsport[23] BMW M4 GT3 20 Eduardo Coseteng[23] J All Ben Green[23] NordPass by Juta Racing[24] Audi R8 LMS Evo II 23 Justas Jonušis[25] J 3 Simas Juodviršis[25] 24 Jonas Gelžinis[24] 1, 3–4 Jonas Karklys[24] Huber Motorsport[26] Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)[26] 25 Jannes Fittje[26] J All Nico Menzel[26] Landgraf Motorsport[27] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo[27] 48 Salman Owega[28] J All Elias Seppänen[28] J Project 1[29] BMW M4 GT3 56 Sandro Holzem[29] J 3 Marco Wittmann[29] GRT Grasser Racing Team[30] Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2[30] 63 Benjamín Hites[30] J All Marco Mapelli[30] Paul Motorsport[31] Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 71 Maximilian Paul[31] J 3 Simon Connor Primm[31] J Huber Racing[32] Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 92 Jaxon Evans[32] 1–3 Tim Zimmermann[32]

Icon Legend J Junior T Trophy

Results

Rnd.	Race	Circuit	Date	Pole position	Race Winner
1	1	Hockenheimring	10 June	#63 GRT Grasser Racing Team	#92 Huber Racing
				Benjamín Hites Marco Mapelli	Jaxon Evans Tim Zimmermann
	2		11 June	#3 Haupt Racing Team	#91 Team Joos by RACEmotion
				Arjun Maini Răzvan Umbrărescu	Finn Gehrsitz Sven Müller
2	1	Norisring	8 July	#48 Landgraf Motorsport	#48 Landgraf Motorsport
				Salman Owega Elias Seppänen	Salman Owega Elias Seppänen
	2		9 July	#25 Huber Motorsport	#25 Huber Motorsport
				Jannes Fittje Nico Menzel	Jannes Fittje Nico Menzel
3	1	Nürburgring	15 July	#92 Huber Racing	#48 Landgraf Motorsport
				Jaxon Evans Tim Zimmermann	Salman Owega Elias Seppänen
	2		16 July	#63 GRT Grasser Racing Team	#63 GRT Grasser Racing Team
				Benjamín Hites Marco Mapelli	Benjamín Hites Marco Mapelli
4	1	Sachsenring	9 September	#48 Landgraf Motorsport	#48 Landgraf Motorsport
				Salman Owega Elias Seppänen	Salman Owega Elias Seppänen
	2		10 September	#63 GRT Grasser Racing Team	#48 Landgraf Motorsport
				Benjamín Hites Marco Mapelli	Salman Owega Elias Seppänen
5	1	Red Bull Ring	23 September	#63 GRT Grasser Racing Team	#10 FK Performance Motorsport
				Benjamín Hites Marco Mapelli	Maxime Oosten Bruno Spengler
	2		24 September	#19 Team Joos by RACEmotion	#19 Team Joos by RACEmotion
				Christian Engelhart Michael Joos	Christian Engelhart Michael Joos
6	1	Hockenheimring	21 October	#63 GRT Grasser Racing Team	#63 GRT Grasser Racing Team
				Benjamín Hites Marco Mapelli	Benjamín Hites Marco Mapelli
	2		22 October	#2 Haupt Racing Team	#2 Haupt Racing Team
				Ralf Aron Alain Valente	Ralf Aron Alain Valente

Championship standings

Scoring system

Championship points are awarded for the first fifteen positions in each race. Entries are required to complete 75% of the winning car's race distance in order to be classified and earn points. Individual drivers are required to participate for a minimum of 25 minutes in order to earn championship points in any race.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th
Points	25	20	16	13	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1
Qualifying	3	2	1

Drivers' championships

Overall

Pos. Driver Team HOC NOR NÜR SAC RBR HOC Points 1 Salman Owega Elias Seppänen Landgraf Motorsport Ret^3 3^2 1^1 4 1^2 8 1^1 1 DSQ 6 9 3 181 2 Ralf Aron Alain Valente Haupt Racing Team 7 9 4 5 2 10 4 3^3 4^2 7 2^2 1^1 170 3 Jannes Fittje Nico Menzel Huber Motorsport 3 6 2^2 1^1 9 11 8^3† 7 3 4 3^3 4 165 4 Benjamín Hites Marco Mapelli GRT Grasser Racing Team 8^1 7 5^3 6 6 1^1 7^2† 2^1 DSQ^1 8^2 1^1 Ret^2 157 5 Finn Gehrsitz Sven Müller Team Joos by RACEmotion 5 1^3 3 2^2 10 3^3 5 8 Ret 2^3 4 Ret 151 6 Răzvan Umbrărescu Haupt Racing Team 6 2^1 6 7 12 12 3 6^2 6 3 8 2 142 7 Eduardo Coseteng Ben Green Schubert Motorsport 2 4 9 9 8 6^2 2 4 2 9 7 Ret 136 8 Jaxon Evans Tim Zimmermann Huber Racing 1^2 5 7 3^3 5^1 4 91 9 Maximilian Götz Haupt Racing Team 6 7 3 6^2 8 2 75 10 Jonas Karklys NordPass by Juta Racing 9 11 14 14 6 5 72 Liqui Moly Team Engstler 7 5 11 6 11 Kim-Luis Schramm FK Performance Motorsport 4 8 8 8 7 9 53 12 Michael Joos Team Joos by RACEmotion 5^3 1^1 10 Ret^2 47 13 Arjun Maini Haupt Racing Team 6 2^1 12 12 41 14 Christian Engelhart Team Joos by RACEmotion 5^3 1^1 40 15 Igor Waliłko FK Performance Motorsport 4 8 8 8 37 16 Marcel Marchewicz Schnitzelalm Racing 11 5 6 5 37 17 Jonas Gelžinis NordPass by Juta Racing 9 11 14 14 6 5 37 18 John Paul Southern Liqui Moly Team Engstler 7 5 11 6 35 19 Sandro Holzem Marco Wittmann Project 1 4 2 33 20 Maxime Oosten Bruno Spengler FK Performance Motorsport 1 10 31 21 Kwanda Mokoena Dylan Yip Liqui Moly Team Engstler 10 10 10 10 13 13 30 22 Philip Ellis Haupt Racing Team 6 3 26 23 Maximilian Paul Simon Connor Primm Paul Motorsport 3^3 7 26 24 Moritz Wiskirchen Schnitzelalm Racing 6 5 21 25 Christer Jöns Luca Arnold Schnitzelalm Racing 5 7 20 26 Colin Caresani Schnitzelalm Racing 11 5 16 27 Neil Verhagen FK Performance Motorsport 7 9 16 28 Nico Bastian Team Joos by RACEmotion 10 Ret^2 7 29 Justas Jonušis Simas Juodviršis NordPass by Juta Racing Ret 15 1 Pos. Driver Team HOC NOR NÜR SAC RBR HOC Points

Key Colour Result Gold Race winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Black Disqualified (DSQ) Excluded (EX) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Withdrew (WD) Blank Did not participate Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap ^1 – 3 Points for Pole ^2 – 2 Points for P2 ^3 – 1 Point for P3

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External links

• Official website