Pro-Am joined the CrowdStrike 24H of Spa when the event adopted GT3 regulations in 2011 and continues in 2026. The category once attracted the largest share of the grid, although the rapid growth of the Bronze Cup reduced its numbers during recent editions.
However, Pro-Am has enjoyed a resurgence in 2026. Nine cars from six manufacturers will contest the class, creating a varied field of successful amateurs, experienced professionals and factory drivers.
Porsche holds the numerical advantage with three entries, while Mercedes-AMG brings two cars. Aston Martin, Audi, Corvette and Ferrari complete the field with one entry apiece.
Unlike the other classes, Pro-Am only competes at Spa rather than throughout the GT World Challenge Europe season. Consequently, championship standings and recent class results offer little guidance. Each entry arrives with a fresh driver combination and a single opportunity to get everything right.
AV Racing by Car Collection won the class with a Porsche 911 GT3 R in 2025. Car Collection returns independently this year, while one member of the winning crew, Bo Yuan, moves to High Class Racing for another attempt at victory.
What is the Pro-Am class?
The Pro-Am regulations allow a maximum line-up of two Platinum-rated professionals and two Bronze-rated amateurs. This structure follows a classic GT racing formula by pairing accomplished professional drivers with successful amateur competitors.
The professionals provide outright speed, technical feedback and experience during the most demanding stages of the race. However, the Bronze drivers remain equally important. They must complete their required driving time while maintaining a competitive pace and avoiding costly incidents in heavy traffic.
Teams therefore need balance throughout their line-ups. Even the quickest Platinum driver cannot recover every second that the car loses elsewhere, particularly when the leading crews complete long stretches without mistakes.
Pro-Am also places additional emphasis on race management. Teams must decide when to use their Bronze drivers, how to respond to changing weather and which competitors should handle the night-time and closing stints. The crew that manages those decisions most effectively will gain a major advantage.
The Pro-Am class at a glance
- Entries: Nine cars
- Manufacturers: Six
- Maximum line-up: Platinum / Platinum / Bronze / Bronze
- 2025 winner: AV Racing by Car Collection – Porsche 911 GT3 R
- Race start: 16:30 on Saturday, 27 June
Porsche brings the largest contingent through Car Collection Motorsport, Tsunami RT and High Class Racing. Mercedes-AMG follows with entries from Grupo Prom Racing Team and GetSpeed Team PCX.
Meanwhile, Comtoyou Racing supplies the class with a fully Belgian Aston Martin line-up. Haas RT also brings significant local interest with three Belgian drivers, while Johor Motorsports Racing introduces the Corvette Z06 GT3.R to the Pro-Am battle. AF Corse completes the class with a Ferrari crew that combines two leading professionals with two experienced amateurs.
Comtoyou Racing: an all-Belgian crew targets home success
Comtoyou Racing enters the only completely Belgian line-up in the 2026 24H of Spa. Xavier Knauf, Grégory Servais, Sarah Bovy and Nicolas Baert will share the #700 Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 EVO.
Bovy’s return provides one of the class’s main storylines. The local favourite will contest the event for the first time in two years and brings previous Gold Cup-winning experience to the programme. Her familiarity with Spa-Francorchamps and the Aston Martin package should give Comtoyou a valuable professional reference.
Baert also knows the team and circuit well, while Knauf and Servais complete a crew that carries considerable local interest. Each driver will understand the importance of producing a strong performance in front of the Belgian crowd.
Comtoyou can also draw on its recent success at Spa. The team won the race overall with Aston Martin in 2024 and operates additional cars in the Pro, Silver and Bronze categories. That broader programme should provide useful technical information as track and weather conditions change.
The #700 may not enter as the obvious favourite, but Comtoyou combines home knowledge, a proven car and a balanced driver line-up. Those strengths could place it firmly in the victory contest.
Haas RT: Belgian experience strengthens Audi’s challenge
Haas RT has become a familiar presence at the 24H of Spa since making its first appearance in 2024. The Brussels-based squad returns with three Belgian drivers and experienced French professional Steven Palette.
Simon Balcaen, Mathieu Castelein and Pierre Castelein complete the #28 Audi R8 LMS GT3 EVO II line-up. Their local experience should help the crew understand Spa’s changing grip levels, unpredictable weather and unique traffic patterns.
Palette provides the professional leadership. He brings extensive experience in GT machinery and can guide the crew through set-up work, qualifying and the more demanding race stints.
The Audi also offers a dependable platform. Although the R8 ranks among the longest-serving GT3 cars on the grid, teams continue to extract competitive performance from it. Its proven endurance record should benefit Haas RT during the car’s repeated transitions between professional and amateur drivers.
The team must still compete against several organisations with greater international success. However, local knowledge and a stable approach could allow the #28 to remain in contention while more highly rated rivals encounter problems.
Johor Motorsports Racing: Corvette leads a strong Asian challenge
Johor Motorsports Racing should rank among the leading contenders for Pro-Am victory. The Malaysian squad has established a strong record in GT World Challenge Asia and gained further long-distance experience by contesting the Bathurst 12 Hour earlier this year.
H.H. Prince Jefri Ibrahim, Prince Abu Bakar Ibrahim, Jordan Love and Ben Green will share the #0 Corvette Z06 GT3.R. The crew combines successful amateur drivers with two professionals who understand international GT competition.
Jefri Ibrahim and Green achieved multiple victories together in Asia last season, which gives the line-up a proven competitive foundation. Their existing working relationship should also help JMR approach Spa with greater continuity than several newly assembled rivals.
Love adds further experience and speed, while Abu Bakar Ibrahim strengthens the amateur side of the programme. The four drivers must now transfer their previous success to a much longer race with heavier traffic and more variable conditions.
The Corvette brings another intriguing element. The car has already shown potential in major GT competitions, but Spa will test its reliability and adaptability across an entire day and night. If JMR combines its Asian form with disciplined race management, the #0 could challenge for victory.
Car Collection Motorsport: the defending team begins a solo effort
Car Collection Motorsport returns after winning Pro-Am in partnership with AV Racing in 2025. This year, the German squad launches an independent programme with a completely different driver line-up.
Nicolò Rosi, Reinhold Krahn, Niccolò Schirò and Joel Sturm will share the #8 Porsche 911 GT3 R. Although the crew lacks continuity from last year’s victory, Car Collection retains the operational knowledge that helped it reach the top step.
Sturm provides the team with extensive Porsche experience and considerable professional pace. He understands the strengths of the 911 GT3 R and can help the squad refine the car for the different requirements of each driver.
Rosi also brings useful Spa knowledge after contesting the previous two editions in Ferrari machinery. Krahn and Schirò complete a line-up that must quickly establish a consistent rhythm during practice and qualifying.
Car Collection knows which strategic and operational standards the race demands. However, the team cannot rely on its 2025 success alone. It must integrate four new drivers and reproduce the clean execution that carried the joint AV Racing programme to victory.
High Class Racing: a familiar team makes its Spa debut
High Class Racing has competed across several major areas of international motorsport, but the Danish squad will make its first 24H of Spa appearance in 2026.
Kerong Li, Anders Fjordbach, Bo Yuan and Hongli Ye will share the #86 Porsche. Fjordbach provides the programme with substantial endurance experience and should lead the crew through the event’s most challenging phases.
Yuan brings the most relevant recent success. He formed part of the AV Racing by Car Collection crew that won Pro-Am in 2025 and now aims to retain the class victory with a different team.
His experience gives High Class an important insight into the race. Yuan understands the workload placed on the Bronze drivers and knows the level of consistency required to remain in contention through the night.
Li and Ye complete a line-up with extensive experience in Asian and international competition. Nevertheless, the team must adapt quickly to Spa’s relentless traffic and changeable weather.
High Class enters unknown territory as a team, but it does not lack endurance knowledge or driver quality. The combination of Fjordbach’s leadership and Yuan’s class-winning experience gives the #86 genuine potential.
Tsunami RT: Porsche combines experience from Europe and Asia
Tsunami RT completes Porsche’s three-car Pro-Am presence with Johannes Zelger, Fabio Babini, Hiroshi Hamaguchi and Nico Menzel sharing the #79 911 GT3 R.
Menzel brings significant professional pace and extensive Porsche knowledge. He should play a central role during qualifying and the faster race stints, while Babini adds decades of experience from international GT competition.
Hamaguchi has achieved considerable success in GT World Challenge competition across Europe and Asia. He understands the demands of customer GT racing and brings valuable experience as one of the crew’s amateur competitors.
Zelger completes a line-up that blends several racing backgrounds. Tsunami must bring those drivers together quickly and establish a set-up that provides confidence to every member of the crew.
The Porsche offers a proven endurance platform, and the team has enough experience to avoid many of the problems that can affect less established combinations. If Tsunami maintains consistency across all four drivers, it can challenge the more highly rated Car Collection and High Class entries.
Grupo Prom Racing Team: a class change creates a new opportunity
Grupo Prom Racing Team contested the opening GT World Challenge Europe rounds in the Bronze Cup but will switch to Pro-Am for the 24H of Spa.
Alfredo Hernandez, Stéphane Tribaudini and Colin Caresani retain their places from the regular programme, while Mercedes-AMG factory driver Adam Christodoulou joins them in the #177 car.
The unchanged core gives the team useful continuity. Hernandez, Tribaudini and Caresani already understand each other’s driving styles and the team’s operational approach, which should reduce the adjustment required before the race.
Christodoulou adds extensive experience with Mercedes-AMG machinery and major endurance events. He can guide the crew through set-up development and provide strong pace during the decisive professional stints.
The move into Pro-Am changes the team’s competitive reference, but it also creates a fresh opportunity. Rather than facing the large Bronze Cup field, Grupo Prom will compete against eight direct rivals in a standalone Spa category.
The team must still adapt its strategy to the different line-up regulations. However, its full-season experience and Christodoulou’s arrival give the #177 enough quality to challenge.
GetSpeed Team PCX: four debutants tackle Spa together
GetSpeed Team PCX fields one of the youngest and least experienced event line-ups in the Pro-Am category. Patrick Charlaix and Jordan Boisson will share the #999 Mercedes-AMG with Marvin Klein and Benjamin Paque.
All four drivers will make their 24H of Spa debuts. That lack of direct experience creates a significant challenge, particularly when darkness, weather and fatigue begin to influence the race.
However, the crew does not lack speed. Klein and Paque rank among the quickest young drivers in the line-up and can provide strong professional stints. Charlaix and Boisson already compete together, which gives the amateur pairing useful continuity.
GetSpeed also provides an experienced structure around them. The team operates several Mercedes-AMG entries across the event and understands the strategic and technical demands of 24-hour competition.
The squad should approach the race patiently. The drivers need to build confidence, avoid unnecessary risks and learn from the more experienced GetSpeed crews around them.
A class victory would represent an exceptional achievement for four event newcomers. Nevertheless, the #999 possesses enough pace to become a factor if the drivers adapt quickly and maintain a clean race.
AF Corse: Ferrari seeks a record-extending seventh win
No Pro-Am field at Spa would feel complete without an AF Corse Ferrari. The Italian organisation has won the category a record six times and returns with another line-up capable of adding to that total.
Custodio Toledo and Peter Dempsey will share the #70 Ferrari 296 GT3 EVO with professional drivers Matthieu Vaxivière and Miguel Molina.
Molina brings factory Ferrari experience and knows how to compete in major international endurance races. Vaxivière adds further professional speed and can handle some of the most demanding stints through the night and closing hours.
Toledo and Dempsey must provide consistent running during their required time in the car. If they remain close to the leading Bronze drivers, Molina and Vaxivière can use their pace to attack later in the race.
AF Corse supplies another major advantage. Few teams understand Ferrari GT machinery or Spa’s strategic demands better than the Italian squad. Its experience should help the #70 respond effectively to safety cars, changing weather and unexpected setbacks.
The Ferrari may not have recent Pro-Am form to offer as evidence, but AF Corse’s six previous wins provide a compelling record. A seventh victory would surprise nobody.
The full 2026 24H of Spa Pro-Am entry list
- #0 Johor Motorsports Racing JMR — Corvette Z06 GT3.R: H.H. Prince Jefri Ibrahim / Prince Abu Bakar Ibrahim / Jordan Love / Ben Green
- #8 Car Collection Motorsport — Porsche 911 GT3 R: Nicolò Rosi / Reinhold Krahn / Niccolò Schirò / Joel Sturm
- #28 Haas RT — Audi R8 LMS GT3 EVO II: Simon Balcaen / Mathieu Castelein / Pierre Castelein / Steven Palette
- #70 AF Corse — Ferrari 296 GT3 EVO: Custodio Toledo / Peter Dempsey / Matthieu Vaxivière / Miguel Molina
- #79 Tsunami RT — Porsche 911 GT3 R: Johannes Zelger / Fabio Babini / Hiroshi Hamaguchi / Nico Menzel
- #86 High Class Racing — Porsche 911 GT3 R: Kerong Li / Anders Fjordbach / Bo Yuan / Hongli Ye
- #177 Grupo Prom Racing Team — Mercedes-AMG GT3 EVO: Alfredo Hernandez / Stéphane Tribaudini / Colin Caresani / Adam Christodoulou
- #700 Comtoyou Racing — Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 EVO: Xavier Knauf / Grégory Servais / Sarah Bovy / Nicolas Baert
- #999 GetSpeed Team PCX — Mercedes-AMG GT3 EVO: Patrick Charlaix / Jordan Boisson / Marvin Klein / Benjamin Paque
The key Pro-Am storylines
Pro-Am continues its resurgence: Nine cars will contest the class after its numbers declined during the Bronze Cup’s rapid growth.
Car Collection begins its title defence: The 2025-winning team returns independently with a completely new Porsche line-up.
Bo Yuan targets consecutive victories: Last year’s class winner moves to debutant High Class Racing.
Comtoyou carries Belgian hopes: Sarah Bovy returns after a two-year absence as part of the race’s only all-Belgian crew.
Haas RT adds more local interest: The Brussels-based Audi squad fields three Belgian drivers alongside Steven Palette.
JMR brings Asian success to Spa: The Malaysian Corvette team includes Jefri Ibrahim and Ben Green, who earned multiple victories together last season.
Three Porsche crews chase victory: Car Collection, High Class and Tsunami give the manufacturer the largest presence in the category.
Grupo Prom changes direction: The Mercedes-AMG squad moves from the Bronze Cup to Pro-Am and adds Adam Christodoulou.
Four GetSpeed drivers make their debuts: Charlaix, Boisson, Klein and Paque will all contest their first 24H of Spa.
AF Corse targets win number seven: The Ferrari powerhouse already holds the Pro-Am record with six class victories.
A resurgent class creates an open contest
The 2026 Pro-Am field offers no obvious favourite because the category does not contest the rest of the GT World Challenge Europe season. None of the nine crews can rely on current class standings or a recent sequence of head-to-head results.
Car Collection brings the strongest team reference after winning in 2025, but its completely revised line-up must build chemistry quickly. High Class Racing makes its event debut, although Bo Yuan’s victory last year gives the squad valuable first-hand knowledge.
JMR combines proven Asian success with the distinctive Corvette, while Comtoyou and Haas RT can draw on considerable local experience. Tsunami brings an accomplished Porsche crew, and Grupo Prom strengthens its regular programme with Adam Christodoulou.
GetSpeed Team PCX faces the steepest learning curve with four event debutants, but the team and its young professionals give the #999 significant potential. Meanwhile, AF Corse brings the most successful Pro-Am record and another formidable professional pairing.
The class will ultimately reward the crew that balances its professional speed with the strongest Bronze-driver performance. Teams must manage driving time carefully, react to Spa’s unpredictable conditions and keep their cars out of trouble across the full day and night.
Pro-Am may no longer form the largest category at the 24H of Spa, but its 2026 revival promises one of the weekend’s most open contests. Nine crews arrive without a reliable form guide, and any one of them could emerge from Sunday afternoon with the class victory.
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