March 13, 2026 | News | GT Winter Series
Simon Orange and Marcus Clutton of Orange Racing by JMH arrive to the final event as the overall championship leaders. The British pairing made their GT Winter Series debut at Motorland Aragon in 2025, and it was the site of the team’s second win of the year in 2026. Meanwhile, Jay Mo Hartling and Kenneth Heyer lost the points lead, thanks in part to a failure in race two. The SR Motorsport by Schnitzelalm team will be keen to defend the GT3 class crown in the GT Winter Series, and perhaps win the overall title with Heyer once again, emulating the 2024 season.
It is not a given that the overall champion will emanate from the GT3 class, however, as Igor Klaja of PTT Racing is still a contender. The Cup 2 driver won all three Motorland Aragon races in class. But, with only one other car entered into the category for Porsche 992 Cup machinery, only 12 points were available per-victory, versus a full quota of 20 in the GT3 class. However, being just 16 points behind, with 60 points available in both GT3 and Cup 2 this weekend, Klaja could be in contention by the third and final race of the event with strong results.
This weekend, Vincenzo Sospiri Racing will return to the grid after a winning cameo appearance at Estoril. Once again, Italian GT PRO-AM champions Mattia Michelotto and Ignazio Zanon will be at the wheel of the Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo2, and will surely be competing towards the front. Attempto Racing will also return, as Ariel Levi teams up with Florian Scholze in the Audi R8 LMS Evo II. Meanwhile, AF Corse will once again field Yaroslav Veseslaho in a Ferrari 296 GT3, after a promising appearance at January’s Portimão event.
A prominent new face appears in Comtoyou Racing’s #227 Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo, in the form of Tom Coronel. The multi-discipline, continent-hopping Dutch racer will share the car Jan Jaap van Roon, as the first step of a busy 2026 GT3 programme for the duo.
Additional new GT3 entries come from Oehler Motorsport (x2 Porsche 992 GT3 R Evo), Senkyr Motorsport (x2 BMW M4 GT3 Evo), and SMC Motorsport (McLaren 720S GT3), with a total class entry set to exceed 15 cars.
The Cup 2 entry is also very busy, which – critically – gives Igor Klaja the opportunity to fight for a full points score each race.
The headline-grabbing Cup 2 addition comes from the AF Motorsport camp, as the team welcomes 11-time Grand Prix winner Felipe Massa, and his son Felipinho ‘Pipo’ Massa. With Pipo beginning to make waves in Brazilian Porsche competition, and the elder Massa still racing regularly in his home country, the pairing will be ones to watch in the green Porsche 992 Cup. Team Steiner Racing will return to the grid with its Swedish trio of Ulrik Forsberg, Anders Steiner and Mats Kimby. MS Racing and Senkyr Motorsport will also add to a season-high eight car Cup 2 entry.
Petar Matic and Alessio Ruffini of Auto Sport Racing will have competition in the Cup 4 class for Lamborghini Huracan Super Trofeo cars. UNIQ Racing returns to the GT Winter Series, welcoming Jerzy Spinkiewicz back to racing. The Polish driver sustained numerous injuries in a September testing crash, and has been working hard on his rehabilitation and recovery. After taking seven victories in nine races during the 2025 GT Winter Series, expectations will be high for the UNIQ team.
A single Cup 1 Ferrari 296 Challenge will be entered by Rossocorsa for Nicola De Marco and Raffaele Roberto, while NM Racing Team returns to the GT2 class with Alberto de Martin and Manel Lao in a Mercedes-AMG GT2. GTX will feature three entries, as MZR brings a pair of KTM X-BOW GT2s for Marius Aigner and Ahmed Al Wahaibi, while Michael Fischbaum and Milos Pavlovic once again enter a Lamborghini Huracan GT3 Evo2.
With a championship to be decided, and over 30 cars on the grid, this will be the most intense event of the GT Winter Series season. The thrilling conclusion to the 2026 campaign will be streamed live on the Winter Series YouTube channel, while fans trackside can see every moment of the action with a weekend ticket, available from just €14.
