For the first time, the Formula Winter Series arrived to the historic turf of Portugal’s Circuito Estoril. While the weather forecast painted a concerning picture, the entry list pointed towards a thrilling season for GEDLICH Racing’s F4 category.

Young talents with Formula One backing were among the headliners on the entry. Dries Van Langendonck joined the returning Rodin Motorsport team, wearing the famed Papaya as part of McLaren’s Driver Development Programme. Van Amersfoort Racing’s line-up featured the Red Bull Junior Team’s latest Dutch prodigy Rocco Coronel, while Campos Racing entered Red Bull F1 Academy representatives Alisha Palmowski and Rafaela Ferreira, alongside Red Bull Junior Team member Chiara Bättig.

Returning drivers such as Aleksander Ruta, Thomas Bearman (Van Amersfoort Racing), Teo Borenstein (Jenzer Motorsport) and Oleksandr Savinkov (US Racing) would be looking to fight for the title. Meanwhile, highly-touted rookies including Levi Arn, Alfie Slater, Ethan Lennon and Vittorio Orsini would all be looking to make a flying start in the Formula Winter Series.

The pair of Saturday qualifying sessions were heavily disrupted by rain, and this would leave all three races with starting orders that didn’t match the anticipated form book.

Ahead of the first race of the 2026 season, a deluge beset the Circuito Estoril. As a consequence, the race began under Safety Car. Teo Borenstein – who was fourth on the grid for Jenzer Motorsport – had a spin on the opening lap, drilling home the point that the conditions were not yet raceable.

After several laps behind the Safety Car, the cars were brought to the pits under a red flag. Marginal improvements to the conditions saw the cars roll again, however, further rain fell in the moments before the race finally saw green flags for the first time. In just a sector of racing, the likes of Aleksander Ruta, Viktor Poulsen, Ethan Lennon and Ary Bansal all had issues, forcing another Safety Car; one which would ultimately conclude the race.

The driver that started from pole, Dries Van Langendonck, ultimately only had to keep the car pointed straight to claim his first win of the season in the overall and rookie standings. He was followed home by fellow Rodin driver Alfie Slater and Jenzer’s Levi Arn, while Alisha Palmowski finished fourth overall for Campos Racing, winning the Female Trophy.

Race two:
The race two grid is typically formed by the second best times from Qualifying 1. However, owing to heavy red flag disruption in the session, only three drivers set a second flying lap; Alisha Palmowski, and AKM Motorsport’s Felipe Reijs and Vittorio Orsini. Therefore, those drivers made up the first three grid positions.

The remainder of the field was set by the fastest times from Thursday and Friday’s collective tests, placing Aleksander Ruta fourth, Dries Van Langendonck fifth and Rocco Coronel sixth. The race would be held in greasy conditions, with the field on wet tyres.

As the race began, both parties from row three got a fantastic start, and Rocco Coronel was already challenging Palmowski for the race lead by turn two. As the field rounded turn four, Coronel was firmly into the lead, and Dries Van Langendonck followed him through into second place. The top two broke away from the pack, while the likes of Palmowski, Aleksander Ruta, Thomas Bearman, Ethan Lennon and Alfie Slater were all fighting for third place.

Unfortunately, Slater and Bearman would collide at the exit of the Gancho chicane, spinning Slater out of the points as Bearman continued unabated. Another incident at Gancho damaged Viktor Poulsen’s AS Motorsport entry, triggering a Safety Car.

With approximately ten minutes remaining, the race resumed, but would shortly back out after a gravel excursion for Abdullah Kamel. With one lap to go, the field was released once more, and through all of the stops and starts, Rocco Coronel had retained his lead. The Dutch talent crossed the line to his first-ever Formula 4 race, ahead of Van Langendonck and Thomas Bearman. His first embrace after exiting the car was with his proud father, Tom.

After a race spent fighting for every position, Alisha Palmowski narrowly missed out on the top ten, but still won the Female Trophy from 11th.

Race three:
The third race would prove to be the most dramatic of the weekend, thanks in large part to rain, which began to fall on the grid as the drivers awaited the formation lap. With the entire field on slicks, and increasingly damp conditions, it was a tentative race start for all.

Pole-sitter Dries Van Langendonck held the lead in the early stages, holding off his Rodin teammates Ethan Lennon and Alfie Slater as well as Rocco Coronel. Further back, the likes of Teo Borenstein, Viktor Poulsen, Ginevra Panzeri and Markas Silkunas were involved in a tangle at the second corner, and the Safety Car was scrambled.

As conditions continued to deteriorate, many drivers elected to pit to switch to wet tyres. By the time the Safety Car left the circuit, a majority of the field had switched to wets; however, Rodin’s trio of drivers were among those still on slicks, while Rocco Coronel only switched as the green flag flew.

Oleksandr Savinkov was the first of the drivers who had switched to wets during the Safety Car, however, the US Racing driver was directly behind Campos’ Chiara Bättig, who started the race from the pits on what were clearly now the correct tyres.

Van Langendonck, Lennon, Slater and the other slick holdouts quickly fell through the field as the race resumed. Soon, Savinkov, Bättig and Ary Bansal were the top three, with the latter driver sliding into the race lead ahead of Savinkov. The two US Racing drivers broke away from Bättig, but were embroiled in their own fight. At turn seven, Savinkov committed to the outside line, finding the grip to draw alongside, and then sweep by at the following right-hand flick.

Bättig passed Bansal shortly thereafter, as the Indian racer appeared to struggle with his car’s balance.

The fastest driver in the top ten for chunks of the race was Mathilda Racing’s eponymous driver Mathilda Paatz, who worked her way up to third position. She would ultimately finish the race behind Bättig, marking a historic double female podium, and the first overall FWS podium appearances for a female driver since 2023.

However, it was ultimately a dominant win for Oleksandr Savinkov. The US Racing driver had finally won his first F4 race, in year three of his tenure in the category. With this result, Savinkov propelled himself to second in the championship, behind Dries Van Langendonck, who finished a frustrating third race in 22nd.

Ary Bansal remained in fourth place in race three, ahead of rookie class winner Vittorio Orsini (AKM Motorsport).

Over the course of a dramatic, intense weekend, some 24 drivers scored points. 22 competitors scored points across the entirety of the 2025 Formula Winter Series, highlighting the unpredictable and topsy-turvy nature of the Estoril event.

The Formula Winter Series will remain in Portugal for its next stop on the calendar, as the grid takes to Portimão’s Autodromo Internacional do Algarve on the 7th and 8th of February.

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12 – 15 FEB VALENCIA /E
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12 – 15 MAR BARCELONA /E

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Olimp Racing and SR Motorsport by Schnitzelalm shared the overall GT Winter Series victories at Portimão, as the 2026 season kicked off with the largest GT3 class grid in the championship’s history.

Teams from across Europe arrived to the Autodromo Internacional do Algarve for the first GEDLICH Racing Winter Series event of 2026. Among the drivers, 16 nations were represented on the grid, with 29 cars taking the start of race one.

Pole position for the first race fell to Haupt Racing Team’s Kiano Blum, marking a successful introduction to the GT Winter Series for the Ford Mustang GT3. Juta Racing’s Arūnas Gečiauskas lined up alongside in the Audi R8 LMS Evo II.

In drying conditions, the race began in single-file formation, allowing Kiano Blum to establish a gap as the green flags flew. Gečiauskas initially lined up for a two-by-two start, and Blum took advantage as the Lithuanian racer corrected his error. This also allowed Jonas Karklys to move into second place at the first corner. However, a short time later, the Team Engstler Lamborghini driver found himself pointing the wrong way at turn 13, and fell down the field.

Karklys was not the only driver struggling on a still-slippery track; defending GT3 class champion Kenneth Heyer had a major off at turn 10, causing the SR Motorsport by Schnitzelalm Mercedes to fall out of the top 15. However, the German would recover to 11th by the race’s end.

Having started fourth, Krystian Korzeniowski (Olimp Racing Ferrari) had inherited second position after Karklys’ spin, and soon began challenging Kiano Blum for the race lead. At the halfway point of the race, lapped traffic held up the Mustang driver at turn one, allowing Korzeniowski to sweep around the outside and claim a lead he would not surrender.

By the end of the race, Korzeniowski finished 10.976 seconds clear of Blum. Arūnas Gečiauskas finished third, just holding off the AF Corse Ferrari 296 GT3 of Yaroslav Veselaho. Further back, the GT2 class NM Racing Team Mercedes of Branden Oxley surged past several GT3-spec cars, ultimately finishing eighth overall. LMR Motorsport’s Pablo Bras claimed a dominant victory within the Cup 2 class for Porsche Cup Machinery.

Carl Runefelt won the Cup 1 class in his Ferrari 296 Challenge; he celebrated this with a handstand on the podium.

Race two:

Race two of the weekend was held in treacherous conditions, as overnight rain left the circuit in a greasy state on Sunday morning. Olimp Racing’s Karol Basz led from pole as the race began. Once again, the race started in single-file, allowing Basz to have an uncontested run to turn one.

Basz built a gap over three seconds in the early minutes of the race. But, as the temperatures rose and the track started to dry, the pendulum swung in favour of SR Motorsport’s Jay Mo Härtling. Basz defended admirably, however the Mercedes of Härtling had superior traction, which the German used to get to the inside of the Ferrari at turns 10 and 11. Basz attempted to cut back, but the traction advantage of the Mercedes proved too much to overcome.

In the remaining five minutes, Härtling proceeded to build a gap of over four seconds, securing a well-deserved win with relentless pace. Basz held on to second, while Marcus Clutton performed a storming drive to finish third, having started eighth in the Orange Racing by JMH McLaren.

One of the most exciting battles in the race decided the Cup 1 class, as Carl Runefelt and Lukas Azzato fought in their Ferrari 296 Challenge machines. After several laps of side-by-side moments, Lukas Azzato found grip on the outside of the Turn 5 hairpin, powering past Runefelt on the uphill run through Turn 6.

Leandro Martins was just ahead of the Cup 1 battle on the road, and romped to a comfortable Cup 2 victory in the LMR Motorsport Porsche. Cup 4 driver Alessio Ruffini finished 11th overall in his Auto Sport Racing Lamborghini, his best overall result of the Portimão event, in a weekend where he was the only class entrant.

Race three:

The 55-minute pitstop race was held in near-dry conditions, with only a few puddles remaining around the circuit. However, a light sheen of water was still evident on the inside line approaching turn one. This would prove to disadvantage the race pole-sitter, Olimp’s Krystian Korzeniowski, who would lose out to fellow front-row starter Kiano Blum (Haupt Ford) as the race began.

Korzeniowski immediately approached the limit to try and reclaim the lead, but pushed too hard on the run through Turn 9, finding a damp patch at 200kph and rotating the car 720 degrees. Remarkably, he avoided the barriers, and finished the first lap in tenth position.

As a result of the drama behind, Blum had a 3.6-second lead at the end of the first lap, but he would soon find himself under pressure from the #111 SR Motorsport Mercedes of Moritz Wiskirchen. Determined to pass his car to co-driver Michael Sander in the lead, Wiskirchen carried impressive speed around the outside of the final corner, to set himself to sweep by the Mustang at Turn 1.

Halfway through the mandatory pit window – after working his way back up to third – Krystian Korzeniowski handed the car over to Karol Basz. Basz was immediately on the pace, setting purple sectors and fastest laps. Michael Sander exited the pits in the #111 Mercedes ahead of Basz, but was quickly reeled in with 19 minutes left on the clock.

The #64 Mustang exchanged hands from Kiano Blum to Emil Gjerdrum at the last opportunity within the pit window. As Basz reeled in Sander on the main straight, Gjerdrum exited the pits. With Sander not able to match the pace, and Gjerdrum on cold tyres, Basz made up two places in as many braking zones; he was now the race leader.

Basz would quickly build an iron-clad advantage, and ultimately finished the race 17 seconds clear of second-placed Gjerdrum. Michael Sander ultimately fell down the order in just his second weekend of GT3 racing, which handed the last podium slot to Juta Racing’s Arūnas Gečiauskas.

Carl Runefelt and Sean Hudspeth took the Cup 1 victory for AF Corse, after the latter driver performed a brilliant defensive drive in the final lap. AF Corse stablemate Josh Steed came close to claiming the win for he and Sean Ran, but ultimately had to settle for second place.

Leandro Martins and Pablo Bras completed a clean sweep of the Cup 2 class from 16th overall, finishing just ahead of the spectacular Classic&Speed BMW Z4 GT3, raced by Marcus & Christoph Oeynhausen in the GTX class.

Courtesy of their Cup 2 dominance, Martins and Bras lead the overall GT Winter Series championship after the first round on 60 points, two clear of Olimp Racing’s Krystian Korzeniowski and Karol Basz.

The next round of the GT Winter Series takes the paddock to the famed Circuito Estoril, from 22-25 January. Weekend tickets are still available for €25, with one-day ticket options also available.

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12 FEB – 15 FEB VALENCIA /E
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12 MAR – 15 MAR BARCELONA /E

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Portimao hosts a dramatic 2026 GT4 Winter Series opener

The 2026 GT4 Winter Series began with three races at the always-popular Autódromo Internacional do Algarve in Portimão.

A grid of 16 cars competed in the opening round, with compelling battles promised across the PRO, PRO-AM, AM and Club classes.

The first race of the weekend was held in mostly dry conditions, though some patches of damp tarmac remained from earlier showers. As the conditions had shifted significantly from qualifying, race control elected for a single-file start.

W&S Motorsport’s Tim Horrell had placed the #30 Porsche Cayman on pole position. For the bronze-rated driver in the PRO-AM entry, this was a searingly impressive achievement. In second position was Hugo Bac, at the wheel of the #17 Greystone GT McLaren Artura. The British team had worked on the car long into Friday night after a heavy accident in practice.

As the race began, third-place starter Lucas Cartelle perfectly timed his start in the #26 Speedy Motorsport Toyota. By the first corner, he had drawn up alongside Bac, and swept around the outside to immediately move into second place.

The Belgian driver was immediately on the back of race leader Horrell, capitalising on an apparent early tyre and brake temperature advantage. At Turn 7, Cartelle was able to find the inside line, and moved past Horrell to take the race lead within the opening lap, while Hugo Bac was also able to sneak up the Porsche’s inside.

Cartelle had a clear pace advantage, which left Bac to defend second place from Horrell, who was performing admirably against the PRO driver.

For much of the race, Horrell was evident in the McLaren’s mirrors. However, at two thirds distance, Horrell’s Porsche suffered a wishbone failure under braking at turn five, bringing his bid for an overall podium to a close.

The recovery of the W&S Motorsport entry required a Safety Car, which would ultimately conclude the race in favour of Lucas Cartelle. The Belgian’s triumph marked the first GT4 Winter Series victory for both Speedy Motorsport and the Toyota marque.

Hugo Bac finished second, while Ravi Ramyead secured third overall and PRO-AM victory. The L’Espace Bienvenue BMW driver was yet another Bronze-rated disruptor among the PROs, and was looking likely to join the second place battle before Horrell’s failure.

AM class honours went to Joachim Bölting, who had to work his way through the field after problems in qualifying. On the team’s GT racing debut, Zome Racing won the Club class for out-of-homologation GT4 cars, with Breno Arruda in a McLaren 570S.

Race Two:

For race two, the #30 W&S Motorsport Porsche once again claimed pole position, this time in the hands of GT racing debutant Frederik Zebis.

The grid was presented with a conundrum, as the circuit was steadily drying after overnight rain; the grid was split on which tyres were suited to the conditions. A total of six drivers started the race on slicks, including second-place starter Hudson Schwartz in the #26 Speedy Motorsport Toyota.

And, while the slick shod runners would lose time on the first lap, it was clear that they had made the correct decision once the tyres were up to temperature.

As the ‘slick cars’ began dispatching those on wets, Hudson Schwartz found himself in the race lead. However, the American racer would be dealt a blow from race control. The decision to switch the Speedy Motorsport Toyota to slicks was a late one, and the car was on its air jacks too close to the start of the formation lap. As a result, a drive-through would have to be served.

Schwartz served the penalty with a dozen minutes left to go. Unfortunately, his time loss was then compounded on pit exit, as he asked too much of the slicks turning into the first corner on a damp patch, resulting in a spin. Ultimately, Schwartz found himself in eleventh position, but would recover to fifth before the chequered flag, despite a last-lap collision with lapped traffic.

Frederik Zebis’ potential for race victory quickly faded on wet tyres, and the W&S team ultimately elected to pull the GT racing debutant into the pits to switch to slicks.

This left Greystone GT’s Jayden Kelly at the front of the field. The Australian had also started the race on slicks, and flawlessly executed the 30-minute sprint to win by six seconds.

The overall runner-up spot and PRO-AM victory went to Charlie Robertson, scoring a second consecutive overall podium for the #71 L’Espace Bienvenue BMW squad. Joel Mesch took third overall, a strong performance in a back-up #11 SR Motorsport Mercedes, following engine problems for the originally-intended car.

Aleksandrs Bobrovs won the AM class, crediting his strong sixth overall to Team VRT’s decision to start the #18 Mercedes on slicks.

Mattis Pluschkell finished seventh overall in the #700 Mücke Motorsport Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT4. The German racer qualified a remarkable fourth place in the first-generation GT4 Vantage, but was hampered in the race by wet tyres. However, his performance was still enough for the Club class win.

Race Three:

The 60-minute pitstop race closed out the first GEDLICH Racing Winter Series weekend of 2026.

Tim Horrell would once again assume pole position in the #30 W&S Motorsport Porsche, alongside Jayden Kelly in the Greystone GT McLaren.

Once again, the Bronze-rated driver’s grid position proved to be anything but a fluke, as he not only retained the lead but built a gap over Kelly, Robert Cronin, Charlie Robertson, and Hudson Schwartz. The quartet fought hard for the remaining podium places throughout the first stint, and while Cronin fell out of the top five from an early third place, Robertson ascended from fifth on the grid to second.

Tim Horrell handed the reins of the leading W&S Porsche over to Frederik Zebis at the first opportunity. However, at the conclusion of the pit window, the Dane found himself behind Lucas Cartelle, who benefitted from a fast end-of-stint from Hudson Schwartz.

Light damage on the Supra’s front bodywork was progressively getting worse, and seemingly began affecting the car’s performance as Cartelle’s stint continued. Regardless, the Belgian was holding off the Porsche of Frederik Zebis, but on the penultimate lap, the splitter began to vibrate violently.

As the Belgian drove over the main straight’s crest to start the final lap, the splitter finally gave in, and folded underneath the Supra’s front wheels. Zebis powered by into the lead, and would ultimately win the race, while Cartelle would have to settle for second position.

Meanwhile, Ravi Ramyead finished third overall, and second in PRO-AM behind Zebis and Horrell. Courtesy of this result, he and Charlie Robertson leave Portimão as the overall championship leaders in the GT4 Winter Series.

In the Club class, Mattis Pluschkell was set to bring home another win for he and Thilo Goos in the Mücke Aston Martin. However, on the final lap, Pluschkell was forced to pull over with technical issues. This handed the class win to Rafael Rajani and Luis Aguair of Zome Racing.

Joachim Bölting took a second victory of the weekend in the AM class, again working his way forward from the back of the grid.

The GT4 Winter Series now travels between famed Portuguese venues, ahead of the second event of the season at Estoril from 22-25 January.

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22 JAN – 25 JAN ESTORIL /P
12 FEB – 15 FEB VALENCIA /E
5 MAR – 8 MAR ARAGÓN /E
12 MAR – 15 MAR BARCELONA /E

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The first Winter Series race weekend of 2026 is just one week away, and will place the spotlight on the GT & GT4 Winter Series at Portimão’s Autodromo Internacional do Algarve.

The former and recently-confirmed future home of the Portuguese Grand Prix is a true modern classic, earning comparisons to rollercoasters and a place in many drivers’ shortlists of favourite circuits.

The season-opener for 2026 is looking set to produce intense battles in both GT-based Winter Series grids, with entries from across Europe, driving talent from across the world, and a great variety of manufacturers.

GT Winter Series: Over 30 cars on the grid, 15 GT3s fighting at the front

A deluxe 32-car GT Winter Series entry will kick-off the 2026 season, featuring one of the largest GT3 class grids in series history.

Defending GT3 champions SR Motorsport by Schnitzelalm Racing will field a pair of Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evos. Kenneth Heyer will once again be looking to fight for the title in a full-season effort, joined by the rapid Jay Mo Härtling in the #11 entry. The second car – the #111 – will be campaigned by two more familiar names to the GEDLICH Paddock; 2021/2022 GT Winter Series champion Michael Sander, and Moritz Wiskirchen.

Elsewhere among the Mercedes GT3 fleet, another full-season entry can be found at PTT Racing. Przemyslaw Bienkowski hopes to fight for the 2026 GT Winter Series honours, having clinched Poland’s domestic GT title in 2025. Additional Mercedes participation at Portimão comes courtesy of CBRX by SPS (Dexter Muller), Grupo Prom Racing Team (Alfredo Hernandez) and the GT2-spec machine from NM Racing Team (Alberto De Martin, Branden Oxley).

Another team looking to fight for the overall championship is Orange Racing by JMH, following a race-winning cameo in the 2025 season. The British team’s McLaren 720S GT3 Evo will be piloted by Simon Orange and Marcus Clutton. While this entry is the British marque’s only representation in the class, Ferrari has a quartet of entires; AF Corse and Olimp Racing will each bring a pair of 296 GT3s.

Additional GT3 participation comes courtesy of Haupt Racing Team (x2 Ford Mustangs), AF Motorsport (Porsche 991.2) and Juta Racing (Audi R8). Meanwhile, LIQUI MOLY Team Engstler will also be a regular presence throughout the 2026 GT Winter Series in the GT3 class, running a Lamborghini Huracan GT3 Evo2 for several driver combinations. For the first round, Jonas Karklys and Tim Hütter will be at the helm.

The Engstler team will also be present in the Cup 1 class for Ferrari 296 Challenge cars, with Friedrich Müller at the wheel. Competition in the class will come from a pair of AF Corse entries, as well as single-car efforts for Araújo Competição’s Alvaro Ramos, and Kessel Racing’s Lukas Azzato and Alberto Cola.

Cup 2 is reserved for Porsche 992 Cup cars, and will feature a strong six-car fight featuring entries from PTT Racing, MS Racing, Nacente Racing, Team Steiner Racing, LMR Racing and Up2Race. Meanwhile, the Cup 4 class for Lamborghini Super Trofeo machinery will be populated by a battle among Auto Sport Racing’s Alessio Ruffini and Miloš Pavlović, and the sister car of Petar Matić.

Finally, in the GTX class for cars outside of the regular class structure, a BMW Z4 GT3 will be entered by Classic & Speed for Marcus Oeyenhausen.

GT4 Winter Series: The battles resume for 2026

The GT4 Winter Series will once again be a thrilling duel among Europe’s top GT4 teams, with a healthy grid of over 15 cars expected for the first round.

SR Motorsport by Schnitzelalm will once again be one of the leading forces, in both the PRO and PRO-AM classes. The PRO class entry will be piloted by Joel Mesch and ADAC GT4 champion Enrico Förderer, while the PRO-AM car’s line-up consists of Cedric Fuchs and Willi Kühne.

The PRO class is also anticipated to feature last year’s Drivers’ and Teams’ Champions, Elite Motorsport, in a McLaren Artura GT4. Another leading PRO class McLaren entry from 2025, Rafa Racing by RaceLab, will return with Irish brothers Robert and Colin Cronin at the controls. Portuguese squad Speedy Motorsport will also add depth to the Portimão PRO field, entering a Toyota GR Supra GT4 EVO2 for Hudson Schwartz and Lucas Cartelle.

After running as an invitational entry last year, Ravi Ramyead and Charlie Robertson will be eager to fight for the 2026 GT4 Winter Series PRO-AM title. This time, the UK-based pairing joins French squad L’Espace Bienvenue in a BMW M4 GT4 Evo. In addition to the SR Motorsport By Schnitzelalm PRO-AM entry of Fuchs and Kühne, the class will also feature the Blue Garage Racing Lotus Emira GT4. The father-son pairing of Pavel and Troy Sovička will be looking to fly the Czech flag high, along with the team from Prague.

The AM class includes a pair of familiar faces, in the form of Tim Horrell and Joachim Bölting, who will both drive solo in W&S Motorsport Porsche 718 Caymans. Another Cayman – entered by Sunder Motorworks – will also be in the AM class, driven by husband-and-wife pairing Jose Garcia and Oana Gratiela. Meanwhile, the sonorous Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT4 of BWT Mücke Motorsport’s Thilo Goos will be among the entries in the Club class for out-of-homologation GT4 cars. Goos will be joined by co-driver Mattis Pluschkell for the season-opener.

Further entries include Greystone GT (McLaren), GT Corse (BMW) and Team VRT (Mercedes).

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For the third consecutive season, every race of the 2025 GEDLICH Racing Winter Series will be streamed in partnership with broadcast specialists Alpha Live. An enhanced broadcast package will bring even more insight and action to the coverage, which will air on the Winter Series YouTube channel.

For fans in the Algarve, weekend tickets are still available for just €10! Fan access and affordable tickets will be a part of every Winter Series event in 2026, and is a prioritised element of the GEDLICH Racing experience.

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22 JAN – 25 JAN ESTORIL /P
12 FEB – 15 FEB VALENCIA /E
5 MAR – 8 MAR ARAGÓN /E
12 MAR – 15 MAR BARCELONA /E

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