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ADAC GT Masters

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ADAC GT Masters
CategoryGrand Touring racing
RegionInternational
Drivers56 (2024)
Teams17 (2024)
ConstructorsVarious
Tyre suppliersPirelli
Drivers' championGermany Salman Owega
Germany Finn Wiebelhaus
Teams' championGermany Haupt Racing Team
Official websiteOfficial website
Current season

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

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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

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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

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Champions

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Season Champion Car Team Champion Secondary Class Champion Ref
2007 Germany Christopher Haase Lamborghini Gallardo GT3 Germany Reiter Engineering P: Germany Jan Seyffarth
P: Germany Frank Schmickler [de]
L: Germany Christopher Haase		 [1]
2008 Germany Tim Bergmeister [de] Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Germany Team Flatex-Reiter (2) P: Germany Tim Bergmeister [de]
L: Germany Christopher Haase
L: Germany Albert von Thurn und Taxis
Pit: #30 France Hexis		 [2]
2009 Germany Christian Abt Audi R8 LMS Germany Callaway Competition A: Switzerland Toni Seiler
Pit: #6 Germany Abt Sportsline		 [3]
2010 Netherlands Peter Kox
Germany Albert von Thurn und Taxis		 Lamborghini Gallardo LP560 GT3 (2) Germany Abt Sportsline A: Switzerland Toni Seiler (2)
SRO: Germany Jürgen Bender
SRO: Germany Martin Dechent		 [4][5]
2011 France Dino Lunardi
Greece Alexandros Margaritis		 Alpina B6 GT3 Germany Reiter Engineering (3) G: Switzerland Mark A. Hayek [6][7]
2012 Germany Sebastian Asch
Germany Maximilian Götz		 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 Germany MS Racing Team G: Germany Swen Dolenc [8][9][10]
2013 Italy Diego Alessi
Germany Daniel Keilwitz		 Corvette Z06.R GT3 Germany Prosperia C. Abt Racing (2) G: Denmark Christina Nielsen [11][12]
2014 Germany René Rast
South Africa Kelvin van der Linde		 Audi R8 LMS ultra Germany Prosperia C. Abt Racing (3) G: Austria Handlos Herbert [13][14]
2015 Germany Sebastian Asch (2)
Germany Luca Ludwig		 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 (2) Germany BMW Sports Trophy Team Schubert G: Germany Andreas Weishaupt [15][16][17]
2016 United States Connor De Phillippi
Germany Christopher Mies		 Audi R8 LMS Germany Montaplast by Land-Motorsport T: Switzerland Remo Lips
J: United States Connor De Phillippi		 [18][19]
2017 France Jules Gounon Corvette C7 GT3-R (2) Germany Callaway Competition (2) T: Switzerland Remo Lips (2)
J: France Jules Gounon		 [20][21][22]
2018 France Mathieu Jaminet
Germany Robert Renauer		 Porsche 911 GT3 R Germany HTP-Winward Motorsport T: Switzerland Remo Lips (3)
J: South Africa Sheldon van der Linde		 [23][24][25]
2019 Switzerland Patric Niederhauser
South Africa Kelvin van der Linde (2)		 Audi R8 LMS Evo Germany Rutronik Racing T: Germany Sven Barth
J: Austria Max Hofer		 [26][27][28]
2020 Germany Michael Ammermüller
Germany Christian Engelhart		 Porsche 911 GT3 R (3) Germany SSR Performance T: Germany Elia Erhart
J: Germany Tim Zimmermann		 [29][30]
2021 Switzerland Ricardo Feller
Germany Christopher Mies (2)		 Audi R8 LMS Evo (5) Germany Montaplast by Land-Motorsport (2) T: Germany Florian Spengler
J: Switzerland Ricardo Feller		 [31][32]
2022 Italy Raffaele Marciello Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo (3) Germany Mann-Filter Team Landgraf T: Germany Florian Spengler (2)
J: United Kingdom Ben Green		 [33]

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2023 Finland Elias Seppänen
Germany Salman Owega		 Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo (4) Germany Haupt Racing Team J: Finland Elias Seppänen
Germany Salman Owega		 [35][36]
2024 Germany Tom Kalender
Finland Elias Seppänen (2)		 Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo (5) Germany Landgraf Motorsport (2) S: Germany Tom Kalender
Finland Elias Seppänen
PA: Switzerland Alexander Fach
Germany Alexander Schwarzer
DTM: Finland Elias Seppänen		 [37]
2025 Germany Salman Owega (2)
Germany Finn Wiebelhaus		 Ford Mustang GT3 Germany Haupt Racing Team (2) S: Germany Salman Owega
Germany Finn Wiebelhaus
PA: Switzerland Alexander Fach (2)
Germany Alexander Schwarzer (2)
DTM: Germany Finn Wiebelhaus		 [38]

References

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  1. ↑ "GT Masters Ergebnisse 2007: alle Rennen und Sieger". Motorsport-Magazin. Retrieved 4 September 2026.
  2. ↑ "alle Rennen & Sieger der GT Masters Saison 2008 im Überblick". Motorsport-Magazin. Retrieved 4 September 2026.
  3. ↑ "alle Rennen & Sieger der GT Masters Saison 2009 im Überblick". Motorsport-Magazin. Retrieved 4 September 2026.
  4. ↑ "GT Masters Gesamtwertung 2010 - Meisterschafts-Tabelle". Motorsport-Magazin. Retrieved 4 September 2026.
  5. ↑ "Fürst von Thurn und Taxis und Peter Kox krönen sich zum Meister". Motorsport-XL. 4 October 2010. Retrieved 4 September 2026.
  6. ↑ "Zahlen, Daten, Fakten der Saison 2011". ADAC Motorsport. 27 October 2011. Retrieved 4 September 2026.
  7. ↑ "Sieg und Titel für Lunardi/Margaritis". Motorsport-XL. Retrieved 4 September 2026.
  8. ↑ "Sieg und Titel für Asch/Götz auf Mercedes-Benz: Krimi um den Titel - Entscheidung auf den letzten Metern". ADAC Motorsport. 30 September 2012. Retrieved 4 September 2026.
  9. ↑ "GT-Masters: Sieg und Titel für Asch und Götz". Motorsport-Total. Retrieved 4 September 2026.
  10. ↑ "Sieg und Titel für Asch/Götz auf Mercedes-Benz". Motorsport-XL. Retrieved 4 September 2026.
  11. ↑ "Alessi/Keilwitz sind ADAC GT Masters-Champions: Ford siegt im Finale". ADAC Motorsport. 29 September 2013. Retrieved 4 September 2026.
  12. ↑ "Rückblick 2013 - GT Masters". Motorsport-Magazin. Retrieved 4 September 2026.
  13. ↑ "Rast und van der Linde: In 16 Zügen zum Titel: So fuhren die neuen ADAC GT Masters-Champions zum Titel". ADAC Motorsport. 6 November 2014. Retrieved 4 September 2026.
  14. ↑ "Van der Linde/Rast neue Champions". Motorsport-Magazin. Retrieved 4 September 2026.
  15. ↑ "Ludwig/Asch gewinnen das ADAC GT Masters 2015: Pepper/Thiim siegen im Finalrennen". ADAC Motorsport. 4 October 2015. Retrieved 4 September 2026.
  16. ↑ "Ludwig und Asch sind die neuen Champions". Motorsport-Magazin. Retrieved 4 September 2026.
  17. ↑ "Ludwig/Asch gewinnen das ADAC GT Masters 2015". Motorsport-XL. Retrieved 4 September 2026.
  18. ↑ "De Phillippi/Mies gewinnen ADAC GT Masters 2016: Montaplast by Land-Motorsport gewinnt Teamwertung". ADAC Motorsport. 2 October 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2026.
  19. ↑ "Audi-Piloten De Philippi und Mies gewinnen das ADAC GT Masters". Sport1. Retrieved 4 September 2026.
  20. ↑ "Jules Gounon ist ADAC GT Masters-Champion 2017: Corvette-Pilot gewinnt den Titel mit Rennsieg". ADAC Motorsport. 23 September 2017. Retrieved 4 September 2026.
  21. ↑ "ADAC GT Masters 2017: Jules Gounon ist Meister". Motorsport-Magazin. Retrieved 4 September 2026.
  22. ↑ "Callaway Competition – ADAC GT Masters Champion 2017". Motorsport-XL. Retrieved 4 September 2026.
  23. ↑ "Fakten zur ADAC GT Masters-Saison 2018: Hochspannung in Zahlen". ADAC Motorsport. 10 October 2018. Retrieved 4 September 2026.
  24. ↑ "Endstände der ADAC GT Masters Saison 2018". GT-Place. Retrieved 4 September 2026.
  25. ↑ "ADAC GT Masters 2018: Die Champions Renauer und Jaminet". Motorsport-Magazin. Retrieved 4 September 2026.
  26. ↑ "Patric Niederhauser ist Meister des ADAC GT Masters 2019". Motorsport-Magazin. 16 September 2019. Retrieved 4 September 2026.
  27. ↑ "ADAC GT Masters: Meisterstück von Niederhauser & van der Linde". Motorsport-Magazin. Retrieved 4 September 2026.
  28. ↑ "GT-Masters Hockenheim 2019: Niederhauser/van der Linde sind Meister". Motorsport-Total. Retrieved 4 September 2026.
  29. ↑ "Zahlen und Fakten zur Saison 2020". ADAC Motorsport. 28 December 2020. Retrieved 4 September 2026.
  30. ↑ "Ammermüller und Engelhart gewinnen ADAC GT Masters 2020". Motorsport-Magazin. Retrieved 4 September 2026.
  31. ↑ "Ricardo Feller und Christopher Mies sind die Deutschen GT-Meister 2021". ADAC Motorsport. 7 November 2021. Retrieved 4 September 2026.
  32. ↑ "Ricardo Feller und Christopher Mies: die Deutschen GT-Meister 2021". Motorsport-XL. Retrieved 4 September 2026.
  33. ↑ "Raffaele Marciello ist Deutscher GT-Meister 2022". ADAC Motorsport. 22 October 2022. Retrieved 4 September 2026.
  34. ↑ "ADAC GT Masters Hockenheim 2022: Dramatischer Titel für Marciello!". Motorsport-Total. Retrieved 4 September 2026.
  35. ↑ "Owega and Seppänen are 2023 champions". ADAC GT Masters. 22 October 2023. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
  36. ↑ "Owega und Seppänen – das jüngste Meister-Duo der ADAC GT Masters-Geschichte". Motorsport-XL. Retrieved 4 September 2026.
  37. ↑ "Tom Kalender und Elias Seppänen: Die ADAC GT-Masters-Champions im Porträt". de.motorsport.com (in German). 20 October 2024. Retrieved 30 November 2025.
  38. ↑ "Salman Owega und Finn Wiebelhaus - die Champions im Portrait". de.motorsport.com (in German). 6 October 2025. Retrieved 30 November 2025.
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