K-tunes Racing has confirmed Hideki Yamauchi and Takamitsu Matsui alongside Sena Sakaguchi for the Suzuka 1000km, completing an all-Pro line-up in the No. 96 Lexus RC F GT3. The move promotes K-tunes into the Pro category for the 11-13 September event and gives Lexus a genuine outright contender at the 50th anniversary Summer Endurance Race….
Eight manufacturers will feature across a 28-car provisional entry list when the 2026 Intercontinental GT Challenge (IGTC) heads to Japan for the 50th anniversary Suzuka 1000km from 11-13 September. The penultimate round of the 2026 season brings together international IGTC contenders and a strong collection of Asian teams, with more than two-thirds of the field…
DTM champion and FIA World Endurance Championship racer Ayhancan Güven will make his Suzuka 1000km debut with Absolute Racing as the Chinese squad strengthens its two-car Porsche attack for the Intercontinental GT Challenge event. Güven will share the No. 7 Porsche 911 GT3 R Evo with Dorian Boccolacci and Alessandro Ghiretti on 11-13 September. The…
Ford will place its 2026 Suzuka 1000km victory hopes in the hands of a new Australian partnership as Miedecke Motorsport and Melbourne Performance Centre join forces for the 11-13 September endurance contest. Competing as Miedecke Motorsport by Team MPC, the operation will field the sole Ford Mustang GT3 in a highly competitive Pro class. Ford…
75 Express will return to the Suzuka 1000km with a Pro class Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo as Kenny Habul, Philip Ellis and Mikael Grenier join forces for the 11-13 September event. The appearance will mark the team’s first Intercontinental GT Challenge outing since February’s season-opening Meguiar’s Bathurst 12 Hour, where team owner Habul shared the car…
Craft-Bamboo Racing has confirmed a two-car Mercedes-AMG line-up for the 2026 Suzuka 1000km, with Intercontinental GT Challenge title contenders Luca Stolz and Maxime Martin heading the Hong Kong squad’s Pro entry. The pair will share the No. 77 Mercedes-AMG with Japanese star Kakunoshin Ohta at the 11-13 September event. Meanwhile, 2025 Pro-Am winner Kevin Tse…
Nissan will challenge for overall victory in the 50th Suzuka 1000km after Team 5ZIGEN confirmed a factory-supported Pro entry featuring three drivers from the Super GT500 field. Atsushi Miyake will share the team’s Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3 with Katsumasa Chiyo and Kazuki Hiramine for the Summer Endurance Race on September 11–13. The line-up gives Nissan…
Former Super GT500 champion Tadasuke Makino will spearhead Ponos Racing’s all-pro Ferrari line-up when the Japanese team contests the Suzuka 1000km in September. Makino will share the Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo with current Super GT300 championship leader Seita Nonaka and Ponos regular Takuro Shinohara. The trio brings considerable experience of Japanese motorsport to the entry…
AO Racing will make its Intercontinental GT Challenge debut at September’s Suzuka 1000km through a partnership with Absolute Racing and a new samurai-inspired Porsche character, Bushi Rex. The entry, competing as AO by Absolute, will feature an all-factory Porsche line-up of Laurin Heinrich, Alessio Picariello and Julien Andlauer. All three drivers have previously raced for…
Johor Motorsports Racing (JMR) will reunite Scott McLaughlin, Nicky Catsburg and Alexander Sims for its Pro-class challenge at the 2026 Suzuka 1000km. The trio took JMR’s Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R to third place at Suzuka last year during the team’s first appearance with an all-Pro line-up. JMR now returns with greater experience and aims to…
