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Tag: 2026 GTWC Europe Endurance Cup

Boutsen VDS takes 2026 GTWC Europe Portimão pole ahead of GetSpeed as HRT Ford loses Silver Cup pole over a data logger breach in Qualifying.
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2026 GTWC Europe | Endurance Cup | Portimão | Qualifying | Boutsen VDS beats GetSpeed as penalties reshape grid

Karishma Persad016 mins

Boutsen VDS secured its first GT World Challenge (GTWC) Europe Endurance Cup pole position at Portimão as Morris Schuring, Dorian Boccolacci and Alessio Picariello combined to put the #2 Porsche 911 GT3 R EVO at the front for Saturday’s three-hour season finale. The trio recorded a 1:42.071 average across Friday’s three qualifying segments, beating Mercedes-AMG…

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Peter Dempsey and Rui Andrade withdraw from the GTWC Europe Portimão finale as WEC commitments trigger widespread line-up changes.
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Dempsey and Andrade withdraw from GTWC Europe Portimão finale amid WEC clash

Karishma Persad012 mins

Peter Dempsey and Rui Andrade will no longer contest the 2026 GT World Challenge (GTWC) Europe powered by AWS Endurance Cup finale at Portimão, as the scheduling clash with the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) continues to force changes across the 61-car grid. Both drivers initially appeared on the entry list for the three-hour race…

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Charles Dawson tops the GTWC Europe Portimão Bronze Test for 2Seas Motorsport, ahead of Darren Leung and Kessel's Dustin Blattner.
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2026 GTWC Europe | Endurance Cup | Portimão | Bronze Test | Dawson tops session ahead of Leung and Blattner

Karishma Persad07 mins

Charles Dawson topped the Bronze Test at the 2026 GT World Challenge (GTWC) Europe Endurance Cup finale in Portimão, placing the #222 2Seas Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 EVO at the head of Thursday afternoon’s classification. Dawson recorded a 1:43.433 around the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve, finishing 0.372 seconds ahead of Paradine Competition’s Darren Leung. Kessel Racing’s…

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Mercedes-AMG Team GetSpeed leads the opening 2026 GTWC Europe Portimão test as Verstappen Racing takes second ahead of HRT Ford Racing.
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2026 GTWC Europe | Endurance Cup | Portimão | Test 1 | GetSpeed tops session as Verstappen Racing takes second

Karishma Persad09 mins

Mercedes-AMG Team GetSpeed topped the opening official paid test session for the 2026 GT World Challenge (GTWC) Europe Endurance Cup finale at Portimão, setting a 1:42.974 to lead a Mercedes-AMG one-two ahead of Max Verstappen’s #3 entry. The #17 Mercedes-AMG GT3 EVO, which Ralf Aron, Maximilian Götz and Fabian Schiller share, finished just 0.102 seconds…

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2026 GTWC Europe standings after Round 7 at the Nürburgring, including Overall, Endurance Cup, Sprint Cup and class championship updates
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2026 GTWC Europe | Standings after Round 7 at the Nürburgring

Chiara Schulte genannt Hobein021 mins

Four Endurance Cup rounds are now complete, and the trip to the Nürburgring brought the first championship celebrations of the 2026 GT World Challenge (GTWC) Europe season. Comtoyou Racing was untouchable at the front of the three-hour race. Mattia Drudi, Marco Sørensen and Nicki Thiim started the #7 Aston Martin from pole and converted it…

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Fabian Schiller and debutant Constantin Dressler topped Friday testing at the GTWC Europe Endurance Cup weekend at the Nürburgring.
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2026 GTWC Europe | Endurance Cup | Nürburgring | Friday Testing | Schiller and Dressler set the pace

Chiara Schulte genannt Hobein04 mins

The GT World Challenge (GTWC) Europe Endurance Cup field returned to action at the Nürburgring on Friday, with Mercedes-AMG Team GetSpeed’s Fabian Schiller and series debutant Constantin Dressler setting the benchmark across the day’s two testing sessions. More than 50 cars took part in the two-hour Paid Test, which ran in wet conditions, before the…

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GTWC Europe reschedules its 2026 Portimão finale to Saturday evening so drivers can also contest the FIA WEC round in Barcelona.
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GTWC Europe moves 2026 Portimão finale to Saturday evening amidst WEC clash

Karishma Persad04 mins

GTWC Europe powered by AWS will conclude its 2026 Endurance Cup season on the evening of Saturday 17 October after SRO Motorsports Group revised the Portimão event timetable, to avoid a clash with the World Endurance Championship (WEC) 6 Hours of Barcelona. Organisers originally planned to hold the three-hour race on Sunday 18 October. However,…

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Lionspeed GP completes a stunning pit-lane-to-victory charge at the 2026 Spa 24 Hours, ahead of Mercedes-AMG and AF Corse Ferrari.
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#80 Lionspeed GP wins the 2026 CrowdStrike 24 Hours of Spa

Karishma Persad04 mins

Lionspeed GP completed a remarkable recovery from the pit lane to win the 2026 CrowdStrike 24H of Spa with its #80 Porsche. Ricardo Feller, Thomas Preining and Bastian Buus overcame an engine change that denied them their Superpole starting position and forced the Porsche to begin the 79th edition of the Belgian endurance classic from…

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Lionspeed GP completes a stunning pit-lane-to-victory charge at the 2026 Spa 24 Hours, ahead of Mercedes-AMG and AF Corse Ferrari.
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2026 CrowdStrike 24H of Spa | Hour 24 | Lionspeed completes remarkable pit-lane-to-victory charge

Karishma Persad08 mins

Lionspeed GP completed a remarkable recovery from the pit lane to win the 2026 CrowdStrike 24H of Spa with its #80 Porsche. Ricardo Feller, Thomas Preining and Bastian Buus overcame the engine change that denied them their Superpole starting position and forced the Porsche to begin the Belgian endurance classic from the pit lane. Twenty-four…

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