Team WRT has unveiled the eighth and final special livery for its #69 BMW M4 GT3 EVO ahead of the 2026 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) season finale at Monza on 6–8 November. The LMGT3 entry, shared by Anthony McIntosh, Parker Thompson and Dan Harper, will carry a blue-and-white design inspired by the iconic 1980s…
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…
Christopher Haase topped Free Practice 1 (FP1) for the 2026 GT World Challenge (GTWC) Europe Endurance Cup finale at Portimão, recording a 1:42.643 in the #84 Eastalent Racing Audi R8 LMS GT3 EVO II. The German narrowly edged Team WRT’s Kelvin van der Linde, whose #32 BMW M4 GT3 EVO finished just 0.004 seconds behind…
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…
Four-time Formula 1 World Champion Max Verstappen will make his GT World Challenge (GTWC) Europe powered by AWS debut at the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve in Portimão, Portugal, on Saturday, 17 October 2026. The Dutch driver will compete in the three-hour Endurance Cup season finale, sharing the #3 Mercedes-AMG GT3 EVO with Chris Lulham and…
The 2026 GT World Challenge (GTWC) Europe powered by AWS season concludes at the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve in Portimão this weekend, with a 61-car grid preparing for a three-hour Endurance Cup finale on Saturday, 17 October. The Portuguese circuit will host the tenth and final round of the combined championship and the fifth Endurance…
BMW M Motorsport has confirmed a three-car entry for the 2026 FIA GT World Cup in Macau, with factory drivers Kelvin van der Linde, Raffaele Marciello and Augusto Farfus set to compete at the Guia Circuit on 21–22 November. The German manufacturer will field three BMW M4 GT3 EVOs across Team WRT and Team KRC…
Team WRT will continue its season-long celebration of BMW’s racing history at next weekend’s FIA World Endurance Championship round in Barcelona, with Anthony McIntosh’s #69 BMW M4 GT3 EVO adopting an iconic BASF-inspired design. The LMGT3 entry will carry the distinctive red-and-white ‘Cassette Tape’ livery associated with BMW competition machinery during the early 1980s. McIntosh…
BMW factory drivers Raffaele Marciello, Augusto Farfus and Dan Harper will miss the 2026 GT World Challenge (GTWC) Europe powered by AWS Endurance Cup finale at Portimão as they prioritise the clashing FIA World Endurance Championship round at Barcelona. The two events both take place across the 16–18 October weekend, creating complications for 18 GTWC…
BMW M Team WRT Team Principal Vincent Vosse praised his team’s strategy and Augusto Farfus’ “incredible drive” after a difficult 2026 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) 6 Hours of Fuji ultimately produced podium finishes in both Hypercar and LMGT3. Kevin Magnussen, Raffaele Marciello and Dries Vanthoor finished third in the No. 15 BMW M Hybrid…
