GetSpeed wins the 2026 GTWC Europe Portimão finale as Verstappen charges to ninth, while WRT, ROWE Racing and Kessel Racing clinch titles.
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2026 GTWC Europe | Endurance Cup | Portimão | Race | GetSpeed wins as Verstappen recovers to ninth

Mercedes-AMG Team GetSpeed secured its maiden GT World Challenge (GTWC) Europe Endurance Cup victory during Saturday’s three-hour season finale at Portimão, as Maximilian Götz, Ralf Aron and Fabian Schiller defeated Lionspeed GP and Boutsen VDS at the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve. The #17 Mercedes-AMG GT3 EVO completed 94 laps and crossed the line 5.062 seconds…

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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

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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Ralf Aron completes his racing comeback with 2026 NLS7 victory alongside Luca Stolz as Winward Racing dominates at the Nürburgring.

2026 NLS: Aron and Stolz dominate NLS7 for Winward Racing

Ralf Aron completed a remarkable return to competition by winning the six-hour 2026 NLS7 alongside Luca Stolz in the No.80 Winward Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3. The pair converted pole position into a commanding victory for Mercedes-AMG Team Ravenol, completing 41 laps of the Nürburgring Nordschleife and beating the No.77 Schubert Motorsport BMW M4 GT3 EVO by…

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Ralf Aron returns to racing in NLS7 with Winward Racing five months after suffering two fractured vertebrae at Bathurst in 2026.
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Ralf Aron set for racing return with Winward Racing at NLS7

Mercedes-AMG Performance Driver Ralf Aron will make his competitive return during Saturday’s six-hour ADAC Ruhr-Pokal-Rennen, the seventh round of the 2026 Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie (NLS7). The 28-year-old Estonian will share the #80 Mercedes-AMG Team Ravenol Mercedes-AMG GT3 with Luca Stolz. Winward Racing operates the Pro-class entry, which forms part of a 21-car SP9 field for the…

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