Pit Debrief

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Pit Debrief

Motorsport news

Category: GT Racing

GT racing features high-performance sports cars battling in endurance and sprint events. It blends speed, engineering, and close competition. Pit Debrief brings you the latest GT racing news and insights.

Porsche will increase its Manthey stake as the partners expand into special models, performance kits and track experiences under a new strategy.
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Porsche to increase Manthey stake as performance partnership expands

Karishma Persad05 mins

Porsche will increase its stake in Manthey as the German manufacturer expands its individualisation and performance activities under its ‘Sportwagenschmiede ’35’ strategy, with the long-standing partners planning closer collaboration across special models, performance kits and exclusive racetrack experiences. The move forms part of Porsche’s new ‘Home of Sports Cars’ structure, which will bring together its…

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Jonny Edgar, Riccardo Pera and Valentino Rossi are among the major provisional FIA driver rating changes announced for the 2027 season.
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Major FIA driver rating changes revealed ahead of 2027 season

Karishma Persad07 mins

Several prominent drivers from the FIA World Endurance Championship and international GT racing will carry different FIA classifications in 2027, with Jonny Edgar, Riccardo Pera, Tom Fleming and Valentino Rossi among those provisionally promoted from Silver to Gold. The latest batch of FIA driver rating changes will take effect from 1 January, subject to the…

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Hankook Tire expands its Racing America partnership from 2027, supplying Trans Am, IGT and the Formula ladder through 2031.
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Hankook Tire expands Racing America partnership through 2031

Karishma Persad04 mins

Racing America has announced a new five-year partnership with Hankook Tire & Technology, which will make the global tyre manufacturer the Official Tire across several of its racing series from 2027. The agreement extends Hankook Tire’s existing involvement with Racing America’s Formula ladder while adding the Trans Am Series and International GT (IGT) to the…

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Moncini and Testa win the Monza GT Open 500 as late Motopark heartbreak leaves three teams fighting for the overall title.
Photo Credit: GT Sport | International GT Open

2026 International GT Open | Round 7 – Monza | Moncini and Testa win GT Open 500 as title fight narrows

Karishma Persad018 mins

The 2026 International GT Open headed to Monza for its penultimate round, where Leonardo Moncini and Rodrigo Testa followed their Hockenheim breakthrough with victory in the season’s second 500km endurance race. Scuderia Villorba Corse’s young pairing inherited its opportunity late after Christian Mansell and Maximilian Götz controlled much of the weekend for Team Motopark. The…

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Euroformula Open will return to Misano in June 2027 after GT Sport moved Round 4 from Hockenheim to avoid a Le Mans clash.
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GT Sport revises 2027 calendars as Misano replaces Hockenheim

Karishma Persad06 mins

GT Sport has revised its provisional 2027 calendars, with Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli replacing the Hockenheimring across the International GT Open, Euroformula Open and GT Cup Europe schedules. The three championships initially planned to race at Hockenheim from 11–13 June 2027. However, GT Sport has moved the event forward by one week to 4–6…

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Leipert Motorsport returns to the International GT Open at Monza with Brendon Leitch and Nicolas Stati sharing its #70 Lamborghini.
Photo Credit: GT Sport | International GT Open

Leipert Motorsport returns to GT Open at Monza with Leitch and Stati

Karishma Persad07 mins

Leipert Motorsport will return to the International GT Open at the 2026 Monza GT Open 500, fielding a Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVO2 for Brendon Leitch and Nicolas Stati in the Pro class. The German squad, led by Marcel Leipert, last competed in the championship in 2024 and will make a selected return for the penultimate…

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A 34-car field heads to the Monza GT Open 500 as double points raise the stakes for close Pro, Pro-Am and Am title battles.
Photo Credit: GT Sport | International GT Open

2026 | International GT Open | Monza GT Open 500 | Preview | Double points raise stakes in title fights

Karishma Persad015 mins

Only two weeks after Hockenheim, the 2026 International GT Open returns for one of the biggest events of the season as a 34-car field heads to the Autodromo Nazionale Monza for the second GT Open 500 of the year. Following the endurance contest at Spa-Francorchamps in May, Monza again replaces the usual two-race format with…

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FAEMS Team by Nova Race will debut in the GT Open at Monza with Forenzi and Rodríguez as it evaluates a full 2027 campaign.
Photo Credit: GT Sport | International GT Open

FAEMS Team by Nova Race eyes 2027 GT Open campaign with Monza debut

Karishma Persad07 mins

FAEMS Team by Nova Race will make its International GT Open debut at the Monza GT Open 500, with the Italian squad using the one-off appearance to evaluate a potential full-season programme in 2027. The team will enter its distinctive black-and-yellow BMW M4 GT3 EVO for Giuseppe Forenzi and Ian Rodríguez, who already share the…

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Jordan Pepper discusses South African motorsport, sacrifice in Europe and the legacy he hopes to leave for the next young drivers.
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Exclusive: “We’ve really made our own names” — Pepper reflects on a shared journey with the van der Lindes and the growth of South African motorsport

Karishma Persad017 mins

Jordan Pepper sits at the centre of a changing South African motorsport story, one in which drivers from the country increasingly occupy leading roles across international GT and endurance racing rather than having to prove that such careers are possible at all. Alongside Kelvin and Sheldon van der Linde, Pepper belongs to a generation that…

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Leipert Motorsport will make its GT Cup Europe debut at Monza with Axel Bengtsson and Barrett Wolfe in a Lamborghini Huracán EVO2.
Photo Credit: GT Sport | GT Cup Europe

Leipert Motorsport to make 2026 GT Cup Europe debut at Monza with Bengtsson and Wolfe

Karishma Persad04 mins

Leipert Motorsport will expand its GT programme at Monza by making its GT Cup Europe debut with Axel Bengtsson and Barrett Wolfe in a Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo EVO2. The German squad, led by Marcel Leipert, will add the GT Cup Europe entry to an already significant Monza weekend. The event will also mark Leipert…

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