In 2013, the FIA GT Series was created after the demise of the
FIA GT1 World Championship and the
FIA GT3 European Championship. The series was supposed to form the
FIA GT World Series in conjunction with the
GT Endurance Series. This plan was abandoned before the start of the 2013 season. The name of the FIA GT Series resembles the
FIA GT Championship (1997-2009) that was known for its endurance races all over the world. Except for the mandatory driver changes, the two championships differ highly in sporting and technical regulations. In 2014, the competition changed the name to the Sprint Series. in 2016 the
SRO announced both the Sprint and Endurance Series integrated into the GT Series, putting the emphasis on the overall drivers' and manufacturers' titles causing the Sprint Series name to change from Sprint Series to GT Series Sprint Cup. On 25 May 2018, the SRO acquired promotional rights to the
GT World Challenge America, a North American GT series sanctioned by the
United States Auto Club. On 29 September 2018, the SRO changed the names of the GT Asia and GT Series Sprint Cup, to adopt the World Challenge name used in North America. The three series together will be known as the GT World Challenge (
GT WC), with each series adding their region to the series name (America, Asia, Europe). In 2019, SRO announced that sponsorship by
Blancpain had come to an end. For 2020, the GT World Challenge Europe was renamed the GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup, with the GT Series and GT Series Endurance Cup being renamed the GT World Challenge Europe and GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup respectively. In 2020, SRO named
AWS as the "official presenter" of the series, and the series was branded as "GT World Challenge Powered by AWS". In 2021, Fanatec became the title sponsor of the series. Giving the series its current name of "Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe Powered by
AWS". ==Champions==