Coming into the weekend, Orange Racing’s Simon Orange and Marcus Clutton held a four-point advantage in the points standings, with 178 points compared to the 174 of Kenneth Heyer and Jay Mo Härtling. From the Cup 2 class, Igor Klaja was also still in championship contention for PTT Racing, but would need a bevy of very strong class results to challenge the GT3 cars in the points table.
With a vast quantity of guest starters in the GT3 category, it would not be a straightforward weekend for either primary championship-contending outfit. Indeed, for race one, SR’s Kenneth Heyer would start the race from third place in the Mercedes, while Simon Orange qualified sixth in the McLaren. The front row of the grid was comprised of Guy Albag’s Antonelli Motorsport Mercedes on pole, with VSR’s Ignazio Zanon (Lamborghini) alongside.
For Simon Orange, the dramas started before the race even began. In wet conditions, Orange would spin the McLaren 720S GT3 Evo on the formation lap, and therefore dropped to the rear of the GT3 field. As a result, he would have start from the back, rather than sixth position.
Once the race started, green flag action would only last a few corners before a spin for Florian Scholze. At turn five, Scholze spun the Attempto Audi R8 under power application, and was unable to avoid the gravel. Additionally, Jon Lancaster – racing a GTX-class MZR KTM – would also spin at the same corner, but avoided the barriers and gravel to continue in the race.
Once the Safety Car came in, Simon Orange began climbing through the field in the #67 McLaren. With less than 20 minutes left in the race at the time of the Safety Car releasing the pack, the British driver knew time was of the essence, and quickly picked off several positions. Ultimately, the Orange Racing McLaren would finish the race in fifth, marking a remarkable salvage job from the eponymous pilot.
At the front, Guy Albag performed an impressive drive to win the race by five seconds for Antonelli Motorsport, finishing ahead of VSR’s Ignazio Zanon. Kenneth Heyer finished third overall, ahead of Sendom Racing Team’s Seweryn Mazur.
On his return to racing after a seven-month injury hiatus, UNIQ Racing’s Jerzy Spinkiewicz finished seventh overall to win the Cup 4 class for Lamborghini Huracan Super Trofeo machinery. Jon Lancaster won the GTX class in the #34 MZR KTM, while the Proto class was won by Tobias Bille Clausen in the BWT Mücke Duqueine.
Pipo Massa was victorious in the Cup 2 class for AF Motorsport, narrowly holding off Anders Steiner. The 16-year-old son of Formula One legend Felipe was thrilled to be a race-winner in Porsche 992 Cup machinery on two continents, having already triumphed in Brazil just weeks ago. Igor Klaja was classified sixth in Cup 2 after an off-track moment, which effectively brought his overall title bid to a close.
Heading into Sunday, SR Motorsport’s Heyer and Härtling were tied on points with JMH’s Orange and Clutton – the title was set to go to the wire.
Race two:
The second race of the weekend promised fireworks. Marcus Clutton started the race from pole position in the Orange Racing by JMH McLaren, and SR Motorsport’s Jay Mo Härtling lined up his Mercedes on the opposite side of the front row.
Immediately, there would be drama, as the pair went side-by-side into turn one. Härtling was afforded the opportunity to move to the inside, and when Clutton ran out of room, he elected to cut across the runoff area. He rejoined in the lead, and was judged by race control to have gained an advantage. For this, a ten-second penalty was applied to his race time.
Before Clutton could begin building up a gap, the second start – comprised of the Cup and Proto classes – would cause a red flag. Contact between Michael Hove (High Class Racing Ligier) and Petar Matic (ASR Lamborghini) on the approach to turn one triggered a sizeable impact for both parties; Matic in particular sustained a heavy hit to the concrete wall on his driver-side door. While Matic required medical assistance and a trip to hospital, he was back on-site by the end of the day, to take part in the end-of-season awards’ ceremony. Hove and High Class would compete in the third race as scheduled.
When the race resumed, Clutton pushed hard to build a ten-second advantage to claim the win, even with the penalty applied. However, it was not to be; he crossed the line 8.8 seconds clear of Härtling, who assumed the victory. Clutton was classified second, meaning Heyer and Härtling held a two-point lead heading into the last race of the season. Jerzy Spinkiewicz won the Cup 4 class once more, while Marius Aigner and Anders Steiner won GTX and Cup 2 respectively.
Race three:
Orange Racing by JMH faced additional reprimands following race two, including a five-place grid penalty for weaving after the Safety Car passed control of the field to Clutton prior to the race two restart. As such, Simon Orange would start the car from ninth for the 55-minute pitstop race. Conversely, Kenneth Heyer – in the championship-leading #11 SR Motorsport by Schnitzelalm Mercedes – started the race from third. Ignazion Zanon started the race from pole in the VSR Lamborghini, with Guy Albag alongside him.
Albag got a poor launch as the race began, which allowed Heyer into an early second place, though AF Corse’s Yaroslav Veselaho would soon find a way past the #11. As with the previous race, any further progress was quickly ruled out by a pause; the Safety Car was scrambled after a collision between Igor Klaja and Pipo Massa in their respective Porsche 992 Cup cars. With both cars stranded in the turn three gravel and going no further, it sadly meant that Felipe Massa – set to share with his son – would not get a chance to race in the GT Winter Series.
By the time the Safety Car was relieved of its duties, there were only five minutes until the pit window opened. Heyer would pit at the first opportunity, as would Simon Orange; they left the circuit in fifth and 12th respectively. Upon rejoining the race, Marcus Clutton found himself directly behind Attempto Racing’s Ariel Levi After the pit window cycle, and the pair made contact through turn 11. Clutton did not manage to pass, and could scarcely afford more contact; on the first lap of the race, Orange had sustained rear-diffuser damage to the McLaren.
With 23 minutes to go, the #128 MS Racing McLaren Artura Trophy of Jens Richter exited the pits as Levi and Clutton ran side-by-side. Levi was rapidly approaching the rear of Richter, and had no choice but to yield. Once the pit window ended, the picture became clear. Jay Mo Härtling was running fourth in the #11 Mercedes, and Marcus Clutton was sixth. Clutton would need to pass Härtling, and put a car between them, to win the championship.
Quickly, the Brit dispatched Seweryn Mazur to move up to fifth, and was now left with an almost ten-second gap to overcome, in order to reach Härtling. Seconds after the overtake, Clutton would be gifted an opportunity. Michael Hove (High Class Ligier) turned across Milos Pavolovic’s ASR Lamborghini, sending Hove into a spin and – eventually – the turn ten gravel.
A Safety Car would intervene, and release the field with five minutes to go. Clutton was directly behind Härtling in the queue. Coming onto the main straight, Härtling got a fantastic run on Guy Albag directly ahead, and tried to find the inside line for the first corner; he dipped two wheels on the grass in an effort to make the move, but remained in fourth.
Coming out of turn eight, Härtling lost traction, and would face scrutiny from Clutton to his outside. Härtling would squeeze the McLaren out on the exit of turn nine, costing Clutton straight-line speed. By turn 10, Clutton had lost out to both Ariel Levi and Mateusz Lisowski (PTT Racing Mercedes).
The drama, however, did not end. With just over a lap to go, Guy Albag was in the clutches of Härtling. The pair made contact at turn 11, and Albag then over-rotated into turn 12, seemingly without the assistance of Härtling. The Antonelli Mercedes would spin, and collect Ariel Levi’s Attempto Racing Audi.
As a result of the pandemonium, Clutton moved up to fourth, still behind Härtling in third. This would still place the title in the hands of the SR Motorsport duo, and it was in that order that they crossed the line. Mattia Michelotto and Ignazio Zanon put on a clinical performance to win the race overall, ahead of AF Corse’s Yaroslav Veselaho. Jerzy Spinkiewicz won the Cup 4 class, while Marius Aigner again secured GTX honours. Anders Steiner and Marcus Annervi won the Cup 2 class in the Team Steiner Racing Porsche.
After an intense and emotional final act of the season, it was joy for Härtling and Heyer, who were confirmed as the 2026 GT Winter Series champions. After a season-long duel, there was respect shown between the SR by Schnitzelalm and Orange/JMH crews; handshakes, congratulations and commiserations exchanged, and reflections upon a spectacular fight.
With numerous record-high GT3 entries and competition across the classes, this season’s GT Winter Series has been a true spectacle. 2027’s GTWS season will doubtless be another thrill-ride, as will the upcoming GT Summer Series. With teams new to the GEDLICH Racing paddock set to compete, alongside established Winter Series entrants, anticipation is high for the inaugural event at Hockenheim from 17-19 April.
For SR Motorsport by Schnitzelalm’s Enrico Förderer and Joel Mesch – already crowned the 2026 champions – the return of Elite would be a big test. The British team entered two McLaren Artura GT4s. Fred Green and Harri Reynolds would share the #77, while former GT4 Winter Series rivals Charlie Hart and McKenzy Cresswell shared the #78. Cresswell, the 2025 series champion, had not sat in the car since October. His teammate Hart would qualify third in the first race, behind teammate Harri Reynolds and pole-sitter Joel Mesch.
The first race was held in damp conditions, and one driver – Team VRT’s Aleksanders Bobrovs – braved slicks. However, this backfired, as he lost control out of turn four, and hit the barriers. The race began after an extra formation lap, and Mesch led the early stages in the Mercedes-AMG GT4. Harri Reynolds dove to pass Mesch at turn 10, but would be side-by-side with the German approaching turn 12. Reynolds drifted wide, tagging the door of Mesch, and sending his McLaren into a spin.
While Reynolds’ charge was negated, Mesch would soon find himself under scrutiny from the other Elite McLaren of Charlie Hart. The Brit confidently swept around the outside at turn 13, claiming the lead.
Further back, Tom Papenburg spent much of his race fighting with the likes of Robert Cronin and Tim Horrell for fifth position. The young Dutchman defended hard for several laps, and briefly cut across the runoff on the inside of turn two. Unfortunately, this would result in a ten-second penalty, negating the defensive drive and moving Tim Horrell to fifth post-race.
At the front of the pack, Charlie Hart dominated, eventually finishing some seven seconds clear of Joel Mesch. Harri Reynolds finished third, performing an impressive climb through the field following his early spin. Horrell’s fifth place granted him PRO-AM victory, while fellow W&S Porsche driver Daniel Blickle won the AM class. Helge Tamm won the Cayman Trophy with East Racing Motorsport, while Thilo Goos ran uncontested to win Club in his BWT Mücke Motorsport Aston Martin.
Race two:
For the second race of the weekend – held in fantastic morning sun – McKenzy Cresswell would start the race from pole position. Frederik Zebis was next in the #30 W&S Porsche, while Charlie Robertson lined-up third in the L’Espace Bienvenue BMW. Enrico Förderer rounded out the first two rows.
As the race began, both front row starters lost time. Zebis had a bad launch, and was swallowed up by the second row, while McKenzy Cresswell overshot turn one. The Elite McLaren would bounce across the gravel, and rejoin at the very back of the grid. Enrico Förderer inherited the lead, followed by Zebis, Maximilian Schreyer and Charlie Robertson. Behind fifth-placed Fred Green in the #77 Elite McLaren, a fast-starting Mattis Pluschkell was sixth in the Club class, older-spec Mücke Aston Martin.
Fred Green quickly moved past Robertson and Schreyer in the early laps, to move up to third. Further back, Cresswell’s woes continued, as he collided with Valentin Kluss (NM Racing Team Mercedes) and ended up in the turn 10 gravel. A Safety Car was scrambled, and compacted the field together. Upon the race resumption, Green made short work of both Frederik Zebis and Enrico Förderer, the latter of whom seemed to be struggling, as his pace dropped off post-Safety Car.
Green would therefore be in the lead, and took the race win in his first GT4 outing. Förderer held on to second place, while Frederik Zebis finished third, and won the PRO-AM class. Meanwhile, finishing third in the PRO-AM class, Charlie Robertson secured the class championship for he and Ravi Ramyead. Joachim Bölting won his class, establishing himself as the AM champion. Marco Reinbold won the Cayman Trophy class, while Mattis Pluschkell fell down to 16th, but still took the Club class honours.
Race three:
The third and final race of the weekend – the 60-minute pitstop race – would have the feel of an exhibition, with the titles decided, and the biggest question being the potential for an Elite clean-sweep. Joel Mesch started on pole position, surrounded by Elite’s Fred Green and McKenzy Cresswell. Joining Cresswell on the second row was Frederik Zebis in his W&S Motorsport Porsche.
Mesch held the lead early on in the race, but was being swarmed by both Elite McLarens. Fred Green would soon move into the lead, and McKenzy Cresswell also made short work of the SR Motorsport Mercedes, making it an Elite 1-2 at the front. Further back, Ravi Ramyead was falling through the order, struggling with both ABS and traction control failure aboard the L’Espace Bienvenue BMW. At the pitstops, the team took the minute-long time penalty to switch tyres, as all four Pirellis were flat-spotted by the end of Ravi’s stint.
Before Elite’s pair of McLarens could tear away from the field in the early minutes, the Safety Car would be scrambled courtesy of a turn one collision between Tom Papenburg (CVxJP Mercedes) and Colin Cronin (RaceLab McLaren). Papenburg would end up with his rear-axle beached in the gravel.
Once the pit window opened, the #77 of Fred Green was the first Elite McLaren into the pits, to be taken over by Harri Reynolds. A lap later, McKenzy Cresswell passed his #78 Artura to Charlie Hart, who assumed the lead of the race; seemingly, Cresswell’s in-lap was a difference maker for he and Hart.
Hart would dutifully maintain his lead throughout the second phase of the race, and ensure a clean sweep of race victories for Elite Motorsport in Barcelona. Harri Reynolds made it a 1-2 for the British squad, while 2026 GT4 Winter Series Champions Enrico Förderer and Joel Mesch ended the season with a third place finish.
Tim Horrell and Frederik Zebis finished fifth overall, winning the PRO-AM class, while their W&S teammate Joachim Bölting won the AM class. Marco Reinbold and Paul Hochberger took Cayman Trophy honours for East Racing, while Thilo Goos and Mattis Pluschkell finished an impressive 12th overall to take the final Club class victory of 2026.
While Elite took the victories at Barcelona, it does not take away from the fantastic season-long effort of Joel Mesch and Enrico Förderer, to win the overall title and break the record for most victories in a season along the way.
Now, for some teams, it will be a long wait until the 2027 GT4 Winter Series. However, with several familiar squads set to compete in the new GEDLICH Racing GT Summer Series, a portion of the paddock will re-convene at Hockenheim from 17-19 April.
Coming into the last event, Dries Van Langendonck had already secured the Rookie and overall standings; now, the focus was on converting a four-point lead in the Teams’ standings over US Racing.
Dries Van Langendonck would start the first race of the weekend from pole, joined on the front row by Van Amersfoort Racing’s Thomas Bearman. Ethan Lennon lined-up third in his Rodin entry, followed by US Racing’s Ary Bansal, Alfie Slater (Rodin) and Campos’ single-seater debutant Timo Jüngling.
As the lights went out, Van Langendonck and Lennon both made near-perfect getaways. Lennon was side-by-side with Bearman by turn one, while Ary Bansal performed a 360 after receiving a hit to the rear from Jüngling, who would later be judged to have made a false start; he received a five-second time penalty. Bansal ended the first lap outside the top ten.
Noah Killion and Oscar Repetto made contact at turn five, and while Repetto continued, US Racing’s Killion was stranded in the gravel. Before the end of the first lap, the Safety Car was deployed. Upon the resumption of the race, Van Langendonck made a fantastic getaway; conversely, Jenzer Motorsport suffered a double loss of top-ten positions at turn five. Levi Arn drifted wide at turn five, followed by Teo Borenstein. Both parties continued, but dropped outside of the top 15.
For fifth position, Timo Jüngling was defending hard against AKM’s George Proudford-Nalder. Jüngling continued to hold off the Australian, while further back, Chiara Bättig and Ginevra Panzeri were fighting for the Female Trophy honours. Eventually, the pair collided at turn 12, with Panzeri escaping the gravel first.
Proudford-Nalder eventually found his way by Jüngling, with a move around the outside at turn one, moments before a late-race Safety Car was triggered; Teo Borenstein had found himself in the gravel at turn 12. Upon the resumption of the race, Van Langendonck gained enough of a gap to have a comfortable run down to the first corner. However, Rodin teammate Ethan Lennon had to withstand pressure from Thomas Bearman, who was forced across the run-off area at turn two.
Meanwhile, with the field bunched together, Bättig and Panzeri were close once again. Exiting turn 12 a couple of laps from home, the pair collided once more, sending Bättig into a spin and securing the Female Trophy for Panzeri.
At the front, Dries Van Langendonck led the field home, ahead of his teammate Bearman would receive a 25-second penalty for a start procedure infringement, dropping him out of the points. This cleared the way for a Rodin 1-2-3, with Ethan Lennon and Alfie Slater completing the podium. George Proudford-Nalder finished fourth in both the overall and rookie standings, while Ary Bansal recovered from his early rotation to finish fifth.
As a result of a maximum score for Rodin, and a poor outing for US Racing, the Teams’ title lead had grown to 30 points.
Race Two:
The second race of the weekend began with a heavy impact, as Ary Bansal failed to launch his US Racing car from the third row. Several cars were able to narrowly avoid the rear of the stranded Tatuus, but Teo Borenstein found himself with nowhere to go. Both parties walked away, and remarkably, both cars would be able to take the start in race three.
After a lengthy Safety Car, pole-sitter Dries Van Langendonck led the field into racing action, followed by Van Amersfoort’s Thomas Bearman and DVL’s Rodin cohorts Ethan Lennon and Alfie Slater. Lennon and Slater were side-by-side into turn one, but would collide once on corner exit, and yet again at turn two. Both cars wouldn’t go any further, and had to be retrieved from the gravel under Safety Car.
Once the second Safety Car ended, US Racing’s Oleksandr Savinkov and Ludovico Busso had a mission. Running seventh and tenth, the pair needed to move up the standings to continue the teams’ title fight into race three, even with Rodin’s Slater and Lennon off-track.
Eventually, Savinkov and Busso would work their way up to fifth and seventh respectively. US Racing would need further complications for Rodin to have any shot of winning the teams’ title, but mathematically, the chance was still there. Out front, it was three teams in the top three, as Rodin’s Van Langendonck led home VAR’s Thomas Bearman and AKM’s George Proudford-Nalder. Chiara Bättig won the Female Trophy category.
Race Three:
With his win in race two, Dries Van Langendonck extended his record for most victories in a Formula Winter Series season. He started the final race of the season from pole, alongside US Racing’s Ary Bansal. Ethan Lennon and Thomas Bearman started third and fourth respectively.
As the race began, Bansal briefly had a nose ahead of Van Langendonck through the first two corners. However, DVL hung on around the outside at turn two, and the Belgian moved back to the lead at turn three. At turn four, Andre Rodriguez and Pedro Lima collided, and found themselves stranded in the gravel. A Safety Car was scrambled to collect them.
Upon the resumption of the race, Bansal again looked threatening for the lead through the early corners, but Van Langendonck held onto the lead, and soon set about building a gap. While the lead positions would largely remain stagnant, most of the battling took place further down the order, as the likes of Teo Borenstein, Timo Jüngling, Georgy Zasov and Chiara Bättig sparred for lower positions.
It would be a masterful, controlled performance from the McLaren Driver Development Programme talent Dries Van Langendonck. He won his ninth race of the year to wrap up an incredible 2026 season, finishing ahead of Ary Bansal and Ethan Lennon. For Rodin, a double-podium was enough to comfortably secure the Teams’ Championship, completing a clean sweep of the points standings for the UK-based squad. Thomas Bearman finished fourth, and therefore became the 2026 vice-champion ahead of Ary Bansal.
While Lennon finished third overall and second in the Rookie standings, it would not be enough to win the vice-championship over Samuel Ifird. With the pair tied on points, it would be countback that determined the battle for Ifrid, who won a race in the class at Valencia. Chiara Bättig finished her season with yet another Female Trophy victory, finishing 14th overall.
Congratulations to Dries Van Langendonck and Rodin Motorsport, on a comprehensively successful Formula Winter Series campaign. New records and performance benchmarks have been laid down by the team, who head back to the UK with great momentum for the summer ahead.
The Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya is the epicentre of Spanish motorsport, and the home of the Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix. It is the ideal location for the teams and drivers of the Formula Winter Series to conclude the season, and is always considered a highlight for the young aspiring stars in the paddock.
Dries Van Langendonck has wrapped up both the overall and Rookie class standings after another immense performance at Motorland Aragon, becoming the first rookie to win the overall title. For the Belgian and the rest of the Rodin team, the Teams’ Championship battle will now be the main focus, with a compelling title battle in prospect.
The Kiwi-flagged, UK-based Rodin Motorsport squad lead the standings, with 308 points on the board. US Racing, meanwhile, are just three points behind on 305. With 129 points available to score in the Teams’ points this weekend, Van Amersfoort Racing are also firmly in contention, with 287 points currently on the board.
In the Teams’ Championship, each team’s best two finishers are counted towards the standings. For the three primary contenders, strong results from all drivers will be imperative.
While Dries Van Langendonck has secured his trophies, the runners-up positions are still firmly up for grabs. In the overall championship, Thomas Bearman (Van Amersfoort Racing) currently holds second position with 129 points. Just nine points behind, Ary Bansal (US Racing) will be eager to have a stronger weekend after two non-scores at Motorland. Bansal’s US Racing teammate Oleksandr Savinkov also has an outside shot at taking vice-championship honours, as he currently sits fourth in the standings on 101 points.
In the Rookie standings, CRAM Motorsport’s Samuel Ifrid currently holds the runners-up spot with 121 points. However, with Ethan Lennon and Alfie Slater of Rodin Motorsport on 115 and 106 respectively, the Swiss racer will have to perform well to ensure vice-championship status.
In the final round of the season, drivers joining the Formula Winter Series for the first time do not count towards the point standings. However, there is only one new talent to consider this weekend, as Timo Jüngling prepares to makes his car racing debut with Campos Racing. The former FIA Karting World Cup Vice champion and 2023 RMC Grand Finals winner is a highly-touted prospect, and will be one to watch at Barcelona.
While there are fewer new faces in the paddock this weekend, STEP Motorsport will join the Formula Winter Series for the first time. Erik Poulsen will take on driving duties, as the Danish team makes its first appearance on the international stage.
The final round of the Formula Winter Series takes place from 14-15 March, and fans can experience the thrilling action with a weekend ticket, available for just €14. For fans further afield, the Winter Series YouTube channel will broadcast every thrilling moment of the GT, GT4 and Formula Winter Series season-closers.
The ever-popular venue has once again attracted a compelling group of GT4 entries, with over 20 cars expected to take the start.
Joel Mesch and Enrico Forderer have secured the overall championship as well as the PRO class standings, and will now endeavour to further what has already been a record-breaking GT4 Winter Series campaign. By winning two races at the Aragon event, the German pair now hold a total of eight victories this season, eclipsing the previous record from 2024 champions Forsetti Motorsport.
While the overall title has been decided, the BMW pairing Charlie Robertson and Ravi Ramyead (L’Espace Bienvenue) are not secure in second place. Currently on 136 points, the British pair are just six clear of W&S Motorsport’s Frederik Zebis, who will once again share the #30 PRO-AM Porsche Cayman with Tim Horrell this weekend.
Within the PRO-AM category, scored separately from the overall standings, Ramyead and Robertson have a 14-point advantage over the #111 SR Motorsport Mercedes crew, Cedric Fuchs and Willi Kühne. With the strongest PRO-AM class entry of the season – and thus, more points available – a good weekend for Fuchs and Kühne could see the championship lead change hands before the last chequered flag of the year.
The AM class is also not secure, with Joachim Bölting of W&S Motorsport holding an 18-point lead over Team VRT’s Aleksandrs Bobrovs. 42 points remain available to score, however, Bobrovs will have to rely on non-finishes from Bölting to win the class standings.
A number of teams are returning to the GT4 Winter Series for the final weekend of the 2026 season. This includes outgoing champions Elite Motorsport and McKenzy Cresswell, who will share the #78 McLaren Artura GT4 with 2025 rival Charlie Hart. Additionally, a second Elite McLaren has been entered, to be driven by 2025 Ginetta Junior runner-up Fred Green and F4 graduate Harri Reynolds.
RaceLab makes a welcome return for the final event, reuniting with Colin and Robert Cronin, who previously drove the McLaren at the season-opener. Fellow McLaren squad Greystone GT bring Mark Kempster and Jayden Kelly to the PRO-AM class, with the latter eager to match his race-winning performance at Portimão. The #31 W&S Motorsport entry features another returnee, as Maximilian Schreyer joins the GT4WS grid for the first time this year in the Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS CS.
NM Racing Team will bring two Mercedes-AMG GT4s to the grid; a PRO-AM entry for August Macbeth and Santiago Valvé, plus a PRO entry For Mario Pinazo and Valentin Kluss. For Kluss, this weekend marks a return to racing, having last appeared in Eurocup-3 during 2024.
Speedy Motorsport makes a second appearance of the season, entering a PRO-AM Toyota Supra GT4 EVO2 for Nadim Haddad and Izz Bustami. Meanwhile, further additional entries come from Senkyr Motorsport, Razoon – More Than Racing, BWT Mücke Motorsport, East Racing Motorsport and XR Racing.
The last races of the 2026 GT4 Winter Series are expected to be a fantastic spectacle. The racing action will stream live on the Winter Series YouTube channel, while fans can experience the event at the track with weekend tickets starting from just €14.
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.
Spinkiewicz has been absent from motorsport since September, after an accident in testing left him with several injuries that required immediate surgical intervention. As a result of the recovery time required, the Polish racer’s season was ended prematurely; he has worked hard with his team to return in 2026.
Spinkiewicz’s first competitive action back in a race car will take place at the GT Winter Series finale in Barcelona. For the team and its driver, this marks a return to a grid where countless strong results were achieved in 2025, including nine class victories. The team will once again field a Lamborghini Huracan Super Trofeo in the Cup 4 class.
The season finale of the GT Winter Series takes place from 12-15 March at the famed Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. With an intense overall championship battle set to reach its climax, the GT Winter Series will make for captivating viewing. Fans around the world can watch the races live on the Winter Series YouTube channel, while trackside enthusiasts can see the action all weekend from just €14!
15 JAN – 18 JAN PORTIMAO /P
22 JAN – 25 JAN ESTORIL /P
12 FEB – 15 FEB VALENCIA /E
5 MAR – 8 MAR ARAGÓN /E
12 MAR – 15 MAR BARCELONA /E
Tom Coronel, 53, has switched his focus from Touring Car competition to GTs in recent years, driving Porsche 992 Cup machinery at the Nürburgring 24 Hours, NLS and other endurance race events. The Barcelona event will be the first time that Coronel has raced a GT3-spec car since 2019, but the experienced Dutchman has already completed test mileage in the Aston Martin. Track knowledge will be another weapon in Coronel’s arsenal, having first raced and won at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya during its opening year, in a 1991 Citroen AX Cup race.
The former touring car and single-seater champion has already been a common sight in the GEDLICH Racing paddock during 2026; at three events this season, Tom has been present to support his son Rocco in the Formula Winter Series. Now, the elder Coronel will be looking to emulate Rocco’s race-winning form in Iberia!
Jan Jaap van Roon has been a regular co-driver to Coronel in endurance racing over the last two seasons, and has spent the 2020s dove-tailing his racing efforts alongside his role as CEO of hotel customer data platform Ireckonu. Tom Coronel’s insights will be a pivotal tool for van Roon, who makes his first start in a GT3 car this weekend.
The Comtoyou team – which made its GT Winter Series debut in 2025 – appeared at the GEDLICH Racing 6H of Portimão in February, finishing fourth overall. Having previously won the 2023 TCR Europe season together with Coronel, Comtoyou is eager to renew a successful partnership in a new environment.
The 2026 GT Winter Series finale takes place from 12-15 March, with all of the racing action once again streamed live on the Winter Series YouTube channel. Fans at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya can expect a thrilling, star-studded event, with tickets available from just €14 for a weekend ticket!
15 JAN – 18 JAN PORTIMAO /P
22 JAN – 25 JAN ESTORIL /P
12 FEB – 15 FEB VALENCIA /E
5 MAR – 8 MAR ARAGÓN /E
12 MAR – 15 MAR BARCELONA /E
The 11-time Grand Prix winner has remained active in racing since his departure from Formula One, racing in Formula E, Stock Car Brasil and the Rolex 24 at Daytona. Additionally, Massa has prior experience of Porsche Cup cars, having raced in the 2020 Porsche Carrera Cup Brasil.
The Massa family entry marks the first ex-Formula One driver participation in the GT Winter Series since Timo Glock, who also appeared at the Barcelona finale back in 2024. The Brazilian pairing will make for a very compelling addition to the Cup 2 class at the final Winter Series event of the season.
Additionally, Andre Fernandes will return to the GT Winter Series in his Porsche GT3R, with the goal of bettering his 10th place finish from the opening Portimão weekend. The Portuguese-American racer also competed at the GEDLICH Racing 6H of Portimão in the GT3R, finishing eighth overall.
The season finale of the GT Winter Series will take place from 12-15 March at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. The event will also mark the conclusion of GEDLICH Racing’s GT4, Prototype and Formula Winter Series seasons, and promises to be a thrilling occasion. The racing action will be streamed live on the Winter Series YouTube channel, while great value weekend tickets are available from just €14 for spectators.
15 JAN – 18 JAN PORTIMAO /P
22 JAN – 25 JAN ESTORIL /P
12 FEB – 15 FEB VALENCIA /E
5 MAR – 8 MAR ARAGÓN /E
12 MAR – 15 MAR BARCELONA /E
The Danish team joins the grid as its preparations continue for the upcoming F4 Central European Zone Championship, which will be its first full-season international campaign.
STEP Motorsport’s Team Manager Morten Dons said: “We were given the opportunity to enter a single car in Barcelona, and we were quick to take it. It’s an ideal chance for us to gain experience with the car in a race environment. Even though this track isn’t on the F4 CEZ calendar, the data we gather will be incredibly valuable.”
Erik Poulsen competed at the Valencia round of the Formula Winter Series season with AS Motorsport. Now, the young Dane is eager to join the team he will partner with during the summer season, in Barcelona.
Poulsen remarked: “It means a lot to me, to be part of STEP Motorsport’s debut race at this level. As a new driver in formula racing, there is so much to take in, and I know a steep learning curve awaits. I’m heading into the weekend with full focus and a strong will to improve. I expect an intense and educational weekend where we – as a team – take important steps toward the F4 CEZ season opener at the Red Bull Ring.”
The final three races of the 2026 Formula Winter Series season will once again take place at the fabulous Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, from 12-15 March. All races will be streamed live on the Winter Series YouTube channel, while spectators can attend the full weekend of international-level single-seater, GT and prototype racing from just €14.
22 – 25 JAN ESTORIL /P
5 – 8 FEB PORTIMAO /P
12 – 15 FEB VALENCIA /E
5 – 8 MAR ARAGÓN /E
12 – 15 MAR BARCELONA /E
