The No.17 Team Getspeed Mercedes secured victory at the 2026 GT World Challenge Europe (GTWC EU) Portimao finale, in a stand-out performance, with Gold and Bronze Cup champions coronated. Meanwhile the No.3 Verstappen Racing Mercedes' race was disrupted by a penalty, with a possible podium finish turned into a ninth place finish.

Verstappen Racing had a disappointing qualifying session in the GT World Challenge Europe (GTWC) season finale at Portimao, with the team's No.3 Mercedes set to start from 14th place. But how did it happen and can the team turn things around come the race?

The No.2 Boutsen VDS Porsche proved unbeatable in Portimao, taking the final pole position in the 2026 GT World Challenge Europe (GTWC EU) season. Meanwhile it was a tough day behind the wheel for Verstappen Racing and Team WRT.

The 2026 GT World Challenge Europe (GTWC EU) Sprint Cup is over, after Barcelona’s two races, with four champions crowned in Overall, Gold, Silver and Bronze and this is how they achieved it.

The second qualifying session for the GT World Challenge Europe (GTWC EU) Barcelona Sprint Cup finale has been cancelled, after the area falls under ''code red'', with the second race being rescheduled.

In what turned out to be a fantastic GT World Challenge Europe (GTWC EU) Barcelona Race One, with lots of unpredictability, battles and some interruption, the Gold cup No.99 Tresor Attempto Audi was the winner, while results meant the coronation of new Sprint Cup champions.

Bastian Buus proved unbeatable in GTWC EU (GT World Challenge Europe) Barcelona Qualifying one, as the Lionspeed GP driver grabbed pole position, with championship rivals struggling.

MotoGP legend Valentino Rossi made the switch from motorcycles to cars back in 2022, racing in the GT World Challenge Europe. Over the last few years, the Italian has raced in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, among other iconic endurance races. However, despite his continued progress in Sportscar racing, Rossi’s future plans are currently stuck in limbo.

Thierry Vermuelen became the first Dutch driver to win on home soil in GT World Challenge Europe's (GTWC EU) Zandvoort Race two, with the 24-year-old also achieving his maiden overall win, in the No.69 Emil Frey Ferrari, the team's first win in two years.

Qualifying two proved a fantastic one for Emil Frey Racing, with Konsta Lappalainen getting his first overall GT World Challenge Europe (GTWC EU) pole position and the sister No.69 car of Ben Green in third, in what was a great session for Ferrari cars as a whole.

The Gold class No.58 Garage 59 McLaren of Tom Fleming and Louis Prette beat the pole-sitting No.2 Boutsen VDS Porsche to bring home a well-deserved overall win, in a action-packed GT World Challenge Europe (GTWC EU) Race One at Zandvoort.

Morris Schuring proved the benchmark on his home event, him giving Boutsen VDS the advantage for Race One of the GT World Challenge Europe (GTWC EU) Zandvoort Sprint Cup round. At the other end, it was a tough day for Mercedes and BMW.

Comtoyou Racing managed to convert pole to win at the Nürburgring, as an eventful race gave the team its second 2026 win, whilst Maro Engel, Lucas Auer and Luca Stolz were crowned Endurance Cup champions in the penultimate event, courtesy of a fourth place finish.

Comtoyou Racing's No.007 Aston Martin topped GT World Chellenge Europe's penultimate Endurance event qualifying, ahead of Team GetSpeed and Lionspeed GP, with the championship leading No.48 Mann-Filter Mercedes down in eighth.

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The No.80 Lionspeed GP Porsche of Bastian Buus and Ricardo Feller returned to the top step of the podium, prevailing in Magny-Cours' second GT World Challenge Europe (GTWC EU) Sprint Cup race, after penalties for No.32 and No.7 cars opened up the chance.

On a hot and sunny Magny-Cours, Kelvin van der Linde and Team WRT proved the combination to beat, with the South African pulling off a spectacular pole lap time, while Valentino Rossi ended up far down the order.

Ralf Aron and Luca Stolz have won NLS 7 from pole in dominant fashion in the No.80 Winward Racing Mercedes on Aron's return to racing after a scary accident at Bathurst in February left him unable to race until now. The Nürburgring 24 Hour winning team taste champagne once again on the Nordschliefe.

Credit: SRO/JEP Kelvin van der Linde and Charles Weerts have won race 2 of the GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup round in Misano, completing a weekend sweep after they won race 1 last night. The No.3 Verstappen Racing Mercedes was second, with the No.48 Winward Mercedes getting the No.46 BMW late on to secure a podium for the crew. In Gold, Dylan Pereira and Alex Aka also completed a weekend sweep in the No.99 Attempto Audi, with the former fending off Thomas Fleming in th

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