Founded | 2009 |
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Team principal(s) | Vincent Vosse René Verbist Yves Weerts |
Current series | FIA World Endurance Championship GT World Challenge Europe Intercontinental GT Challenge |
Former series | European Le Mans Series ADAC GT Masters Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Blancpain GT Series FIA WTCR TCR Belgian Touring Car Series Andros Trophy FIA GT3 European Championship Belcar |
Teams' Championships | 30 (last 2023 Endurance Trophy for LMP2 Teams) |
Drivers' Championships | 29 (last 2023 Endurance Trophy for LMP2 Drivers) |
W Racing Team (known as Team WRT) is a Belgian auto racing team founded in 2009 by engineer and former head of Volkswagen Motorsport René Verbist, racing driver Vincent Vosse, and entrepreneur Yves Weerts. Between 2010 and 2022 the team campaigned Audi R8 LMSs in several international sports car series. In 2010 the team won the Belcar Drivers' and Teams' Championships, while in 2011 they won the Spa 24 Hours.[1] After winning multiple titles in various GT championships, WRT is considered to be one of the best teams worldwide in GT racing. In 2019 and 2020 WRT ran two Audi RS5 Turbo DTMs in the highly competitive DTM championship. In 2021 WRT added a full time LMP2 program, by entering an Oreca 07 in both the FIA World Endurance Championship and European Le Mans Series, and won the LMP2 class of the 2021 24 Hours of Le Mans. From 2023 on WRT switched their partnership in GT racing from Audi to BMW and will run the BMW M4 GT3. The team will also run two factory backed BMW M Hybrid V8s in the FIA World Endurance Championship Hypercar category from 2024.