RTR Projects return to the Fanatec GT2 European Series Powered by Pirelli grid for 2024, with reigning Am class champion Jan Krabec continuing in the team’s KTM X-Bow.
The team from the Czech Republic will advance to the Pro-Am class for the new term, after an impressive campaign last year in which they collected a pair of outright podium finishes at the Monza season opener, and celebrated title success in the Am category with Krabec.
After a strong season for the Czech driver who claimed seven Am class wins, Krabec will now be supported by team-mates this term after riding solo in 2023. First to be confirmed to share the KTM X-Bow at Paul Ricard will be experienced racer Matej Homola - a regular in Touring Car racing with two wins to his name in TCR Europe since 2019.
Tomáš Miniberger, the owner of the RTR projects team, has high hopes for his squad’s prospects, with the intention of adding drivers to its roster in the future to compete in the series.
"The Fanatec GT2 European Series is significantly improving in its quality”, he says. “It will now be part of the GT3 race weekends, and the changes in the technical regulations should significantly speed up the cars. We see the huge potential of GT2 and we want to make this level of racing at European level available to other drivers. Our goal is to add more drivers to the line-up and to put a second car in if necessary.”
Krabec has eyes on yet more glory this season, the 41-year-old saying: "We're going into a new story and we'll see what awaits us in it. I'm looking forward to tuning the car and working with Mat. During the last season, Chief Engineer Tomáš Fanta and I managed to keep accelerating the car. It's playful, it turns great, I enjoy it. I'm curious to see if we'll be able to squeeze something extra out of it.”
Impressed by his maiden tests in a Fanatec GT2 KTM, Slovak racer Homola eagerly awaits his new challenge: "In general, I like the X-Bow, it's a car that listens, it's fast, it's pleasant to drive. But the most important thing will be the stopwatch and the lap time”, says the 29-year-old. “Jan is the reigning champion of the Am class. We know he's fast and I'll try to do my part to get the car in as much position as possible.
“My ambition is to be, if not the fastest, then close to the fastest KTM on the grid."
Krabec, Homola and RTR Projects begin their latest Fanatec GT2 European Series Powered by Pirelli campaign at Circuit Paul Ricard over the weekend of 5-6 April.