Bortolotti, Pepper to Spearhead Grasser Endurance Cup Effort

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Mirko Bortolotti and Jordan Pepper will spearhead GRT Grasser Racing Team’s Pro effort in GT World Challenge Europe powered by AWS Endurance Cup, teaming up with fellow factory driver Luca Engstler.

Bortolotti, Pepper and Engstler will share the No. 63 Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO2 for the five-round series, which kicks off at Paul Ricard on April 11-13.

All three drivers have previous history with the Gottfried Grasser-led squad, with Bortolotti spending much of his early tenure as a Lamborghini factory driver with the team and capturing the Endurance Cup title in 2017.

Pepper, for his part, ended both the team’s and Lamborghini’s Endurance Cup win drought with a victory at the Nürburgring last year.

Engstler, the newest member of the Lamborghini factory driver roster, broke through into GT3 racing with Grasser and will form a duo with Pepper in DTM this year.

Additionally, Engstler and Pepper will also form Grasser’s full season pairing for the Sprint Cup.

GRT’s Silver Cup, entry, meanwhile, will consist of Baptiste Moulin, Ivan Ekelchik and Dante Rappange.

Moulin and Ekelchik will contest all ten rounds, while Rappange completes the lineup for the No. 19 car for the endurance fixtures.

“Back to the roots in the GT World Challenge,” said team principal Grasser.

“I’m delighted that we’ll be racing the full season in the Sprint and Endurance Cup again – with two very strong cars in the Pro and Silver categories.

“With Luca and Jordan for the whole season and Mirko as reinforcement in the endurance races, we clearly want to compete for the title.

“In Baptiste, we have an old friend in the car who already impressed us with his talent last year. Ivan has also delivered strong performances in various GT4 series.

“I’m sure that both will be able to have a say in the Sprint Cup with their skills – and with Dante on board, certainly in the Endurance Cup as well.

“In 2025 we are in a stronger position than we have been for a long time. I am convinced that we can fight on the top and win in all classifications.”