Pit Debrief

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Pit Debrief

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Karishma Persad

Nikita Bedrin says VRD Racing is “back on top” after overcoming difficult Donington testing to claim pole position for Race 1.
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Bedrin says VRD is “back on top” after claiming 2026 GB3 Donington Race 1 pole

Karishma Persad05 mins

Nikita Bedrin believes VRD Racing has returned to where it belongs after overcoming a difficult build-up to claim pole position for the opening 2026 GB3 race at Donington Park. The championship leader had struggled to match Deagen Fairclough during the two days of pre-event testing, with the Hitech driver topping all six sessions before Qualifying….

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Nikita Bedrin and Deagen Fairclough split the two GB3 pole positions at Donington, with just 0.056s and 0.069s between them.
Photo Credit: GB3 Championship | Jakob Ebrey

2026 | GB3 | Donington Park | Qualifying | Bedrin and Fairclough split poles

Karishma Persad05 mins

Nikita Bedrin and Deagen Fairclough shared the two pole positions available during Saturday morning’s 2026 GB3 Qualifying at Donington Park. Championship leader Bedrin denied testing pacesetter Fairclough by just 0.056s in Qualifying 1, securing Race 1 pole with a 1m20.324s. Fairclough responded in an interrupted Qualifying 2, lowering the weekend benchmark to 1m20.107s to beat…

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Emanuele Olivieri celebrated his 2026 Imola victory and FREC Rookie title as Sebastian Wheldon and Alexandre Munoz joined him on the Race 1 podium.
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Olivieri “couldn’t have asked for anything more” after 2026 FREC Imola Race 1 victory

Karishma Persad05 mins

Emanuele Olivieri says his attention has already shifted towards the overall FREC title after a near-perfect start to his Imola weekend culminated in victory and the 2026 Rookie Championship. The R-ace GP driver converted pole into his second victory of the season in Race 1, also setting the fastest lap as he successfully managed four…

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Emanuele Olivieri won FREC Race 1 at Imola to take the 2026 championship lead and secure the Rookie title ahead of Sebastian Wheldon.
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2026 | FREC | Imola | Race 1 | Olivieri wins to take championship lead and seal Rookie title

Karishma Persad07 mins

Emanuele Olivieri converted pole position into victory in Race 1 at Imola to claim his second win of the 2026 FIA Formula Regional European Championship (FREC) season, mathematically secure the Rookie title and take the overall championship lead. The R-ace GP driver controlled a heavily interrupted race featuring four Safety Car periods, setting the fastest…

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Hockenheim begins decisive three-round stretch in 2026 International GT Open title fight

Karishma Persad08 mins

The 2026 International GT Open season resumes at Hockenheim in mid-September with the championship battles finely poised across all three classes and 27 cars preparing for the sixth round of the 2026 campaign. Hockenheim begins the decisive final stretch of the season, with only Monza and Barcelona remaining after the German event. The Pro title…

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The 2026 Suzuka 1000km brings 30 GT3 cars and eight manufacturers to Japan for the 50th edition and penultimate IGTC round.
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2026 Suzuka 1000km: Preview

Karishma Persad09 mins

The Suzuka 1000km returns from 11-13 September for the 50th edition of Japan’s Summer Endurance Race, bringing together a 30-car GT3 field for the penultimate round of the 2026 Intercontinental GT Challenge (IGTC) season. Eight manufacturers will be represented across the grid, with nine Pro entries expected to lead the fight for overall victory. Another…

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Alessio Rovera will replace injured Ferrari factory driver Thomas Neubauer in Maezawa Racing’s line-up for the Suzuka 1000km.
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Rovera replaces injured Neubauer in Maezawa Racing 2026 Suzuka 1000km line-up

Karishma Persad03 mins

Maezawa Racing has drafted in Ferrari factory driver Alessio Rovera to replace the injured Thomas Neubauer for next week’s 2026 Suzuka 1000km, the fourth round of the 2026 Intercontinental GT Challenge (IGTC) season. Rovera will share the No. 555 Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo with Yusaku Maezawa and Naoki Yokomizo as the Japanese team targets Bronze…

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Corvette and TF Sport head to their home WEC round at COTA seeking a third straight LMGT3 win after victories at 2026 Le Mans and Interlagos.
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Corvette targets home 2026 WEC success at COTA after back-to-back LMGT3 wins

Karishma Persad06 mins

Corvette and TF Sport head into the Lone Star Le Mans at the Circuit of The Americas (COTA) with significant momentum after winning the previous two LMGT3 rounds of the 2026 FIA WEC season. The No. 33 TF Sport Corvette Z06 GT3.R fought from 17th on the grid to victory at the 24 Hours of…

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Emanuele Olivieri turns his focus to the “big points” after Imola pole as Tomass Štolcermanis celebrates a surprise front-row start.
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Olivieri and Štolcermanis take confidence from strong 2026 FREC Imola Qualifying

Karishma Persad04 mins

Emanuele Olivieri has already shifted his attention towards Saturday’s opening FREC race after claiming his second pole position of the 2026 season at Imola, while Tomass Štolcermanis celebrated one of his strongest Qualifying performances of the campaign. Olivieri followed his morning Free Practice benchmark by topping Group B with a 1:39.227 and securing two valuable…

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