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Intercontinental GT Challenge (IGTC) has confirmed a revised five-event calendar for 2027, with Circuit of The Americas (COTA) replacing Indianapolis as the championship’s US venue. The new Texas 8 Hour will take place on 7–8 May and will form part of the GT World Challenge America powered by AWS weekend. Meanwhile, the Suzuka 1000km will…
Jordan Pepper entered 2026 with a new manufacturer after leaving Lamborghini during one of the strongest periods of his career. The South African had become one of Lamborghini’s leading GT drivers, winning the 2025 CrowdStrike 24 Hours of Spa before claiming his first DTM victory at the Norisring shortly afterwards. Despite that momentum, Pepper chose…
GTWC America drivers Mikael Grenier, Lorcan Hanafin and Frederik Schandorff will represent the championship in this weekend’s CrowdStrike 24H of Spa. The Belgian endurance classic brings an elite GT3 field to Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps for 24 hours of intense competition. Changing weather, relentless traffic and fierce class battles will test every driver, team and strategist…
Tom Fleming placed Garage 59 at the top of Night Practice for the 2026 CrowdStrike 24H of Spa as the Gold Cup-entered #58 McLaren led the field under the lights. Fleming recorded a 2:18.231 during the opening stages of the 90-minute session, beating Maro Engel’s #48 Mercedes-AMG Team MANN-FILTER entry by 0.401 seconds. Jules Gounon…
A sequence of post-session penalties transformed the final Combined Qualifying order for the 2026 CrowdStrike 24H of Spa, removing three provisional Superpole qualifiers and promoting Team Motopark, Rinaldi Racing and Team RJN into Friday’s 32-car contest. The #17 Mercedes-AMG Team GetSpeed entry initially led the classification after Maxime Martin, Maximilian Götz and Fabian Schiller produced…
Mercedes-AMG Team GetSpeed led the combined Qualifying classification for the 2026 CrowdStrike 24H of Spa, beating the #51 AF Corse Ferrari by just 0.019 seconds. Maxime Martin, Maximilian Götz and Fabian Schiller produced an average lap time of 2:17.049 in the #17 Mercedes-AMG GT3 EVO to head Thursday evening’s Qualifying classification. Meanwhile, the #51 AF…
The 2026 CrowdStrike 24H of Spa introduces a completely revised Qualifying and Superpole format. Organisers have designed the new system to reduce traffic on Thursday evening while creating a more intense battle for pole position on Friday. Thursday Qualifying will test the strength of each complete driver line-up. Every driver must contribute to the crew’s…
Ferrari maintained control of the 2026 CrowdStrike 24H of Spa build-up as Arthur Leclerc placed the #50 AF Corse entry at the top of the Free Practice 2 (FP2) classification. Leclerc completed a 2:18.169 aboard the Ferrari 296 GT3 EVO, beating Fabian Schiller’s #17 Mercedes-AMG Team GetSpeed entry by 0.141 seconds. Furthermore, Ferrari placed three…
Ferrari set the early standard at the 2026 CrowdStrike 24H of Spa as Alessio Rovera placed the #51 AF Corse entry at the top of the Free Practice 1 (FP1) classification. Rovera completed a 2:17.234 aboard the Ferrari 296 GT3 EVO, beating Conrad Laursen’s Gold Cup-leading #71 Selected Car Racing Ferrari by just 0.073 seconds….
The 78th CrowdStrike 24 Hours of Spa in 2026, will begin at 16:30 local time on Saturday, 27 June, as 70 GT3 cars representing 10 manufacturers take on a full day and night of racing at Spa-Francorchamps. Porsche leads the entry with 16 cars, while defending winner Lamborghini will give the Temerario GT3 its 24-hour…
