Carrie Schreiner scores first GTWC Sprint points at Misano after learning-oriented debut weekend
- MIKA BÖCKER
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Making her GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup debut at Misano, Carrie Schreiner collected vauable experience in the uber-competitive series, securing Bronze-class points in both races, driving the Tresor Attempto Racing Audi to a ninth and a seventh place finishes in class in the Italian heat.
Making her GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup debut at Misano, Carrie Schreiner collected vauable experience in the uber-competitive series, securing Bronze-class points in both races, driving the Tresor Attempto Racing Audi to a ninth and a seventh place finishes in class in the Italian heat.
Schreiner’s first GTWC Sprint weekend took the Saarland native to Misano world Circuit, Italy.
Contesting her first campaign in the uber-competitive GT World Challenge Europe's Endurance Cup with Tresor Attempto Racing, Schreiner joined for the first time the Sprint series, sharing the #88 Audi R8 LMS Evo 2 with Sebastian Øgaard.
Her teammate handled the first qualifying session. However, the hunt for lap times was interrupted before it could really get going; Kessel Racing's ferrari collided with another car while warming up their tyres and spun into the gravel. The session was red-flagged before the Ferrari could free itself from the gravel trap. After the stoppage, the Silver and Bronze class cars all headed onto the track en masse.
Traffic and the Italian heat hampered various cars during their laps, resulting in a rather mixed overall picture. Øgaard ultimately finished 27th overall and seventh in class, four-tenths of a second behind the sixth-placed car.
A massive crash occurred right at the start of Race 1, before the field even reached the first corner. Pole-sitter Rossi failed to guide part of the right-hand starting line to the correct grid position, and the resulting reshuffle triggered the accident. Several cars were immediately forced out of the race, and the safety car was deployed. Øgaard managed to hold his position and steer clear of the accidents and debris.
Racing resumed after just eight minutes. Øgaard maintained his 27th overall position but dropped one place within his class. As the race progressed, he was overtaken by other cars that had been involved in the opening-lap crash and were making up ground after repairs. Among them, Nicki Thiim moved in between Øgaard and the next Bronze-class driver.
These cars from other classes pitted very early in the pit stop window. Once the track was clear, Øgaard quickly closed the gap to the car ahead of him, but no overtaking maneuver took place, as both drivers still had to make their own pit stops. Øgaard pitted at the last possible moment and handed the car over to Carrie Schreiner.
Due to the late pit stop, many drivers from the former lead group moved up and rejoined ahead of Schreiner. Despite a solid pace, she ultimately finished in 40th place overall. At one point, she had managed to climb to 39th place but lost the spot again to a Gold Class competitor. She was separated from eighth place in the Bronze Cup by a gap of just under 16 seconds with 15 minutes remaining.
With 4:30 minutes left, the field was neutralized, effectively ending the race early: the #555 McLaren had become stuck in the gravel, and the recovery couldn't be completed before the race concluded. Consequently, Schreiner remained in the lower half of the field; however, by finishing ninth, Schreiner secured her first points since the Monza race.
Carrie Schreiner took the start of Race 2 from 40th place overall and eighth in her class. At the start, she caught a rival from another class off guard and gained a position. She was now right on the gearbox of her class rival.
Further up the field, the #222 Mercedes collided with the Kessel Racing Ferrari, causing the latter to spin out. The Ferrari dropped back, while the offending driver received a drive-through penalty. After just under 10 minutes, Schreiner found herself in 36th place overall and sixth in her class.
Leading up to the pit stop window, she stayed within under two seconds of the car ahead, but couldn't find a way past. In fact, shortly before the stop, Blattner overtook her in the Kessel Racing Ferrari. With 33 minutes remaining, Schreiner came in to hand the wheel to Øgaard from sixth in class; however, issues during the pit stop causing the team to drop to the back of the field.
Shortly after the pit stop window closed, Cairoli came to a halt beside the track, triggering a Full Course Yellow with 22 minutes left on the clock. The recovery was swift, and racing resumed with 20 minutes remaining. After the restart, Øgaard continued to battle for position in both the class and the overall standings. By the end of the race, the #88 Audi had managed to secure 7th place in the highly competitive Bronze class.
Schreiner herself described the race as one of the toughest of her career so far.
“This series is really tough. It’s my first sprint weekend, and the hot, humid weather didn’t make things any easier", she said. "We keep learning and improving, and hopefully, it’ll go better in Magny-Cours. There are so many good drivers here, and we just have to keep pushing,” Carrie told us after the race.
The next race is scheduled for July 31 to August 2, 2026, at Magny-Cours in France. The goal is to score more points at the former French Formula 1 venue. At the same time, this means Schreiner will miss a round of the NLS, which takes place concurrently.
