March 10, 2026 | News | GT4 Winter Series
The first 30-minute race of the weekend saw a disruptor take pole position, in the form of returnee Tim Horrell. After missing the previous event at Valencia, it was the clear the Bronze-rated American still hadn’t missed a beat in the PRO-AM #30 W&S Motorsport Porsche, as he secured pole by six tenths of a second over SR Motorsport’s Joel Mesch.
Sodden conditions greeted the drivers for race one. As the race began, Horrell eased around the first corner in the lead, and was promptly afforded a gap by drama further back. Mesch was forced out wide by Nicolas Guillaume (#31 W&S Motorsport Porsche) and Frederico Peters (#007 Araujo Aston Martin), both of whom overshot the apex at the first corner. This momentarily dropped Mesch out of the top five, while Team VRT’s Aleksandrs Bobrovs left the first corner in second place. The AM class driver would unfortunately lose control at turn three, but avoided the barriers and continued. This left the mantle of second overall to another AM driver, in the form of W&S Motorsport’s Joachim Bölting, who carries a reputation of wet weather mastery.
At the conclusion of the first lap, Horrell was some five seconds clear of the chasing pack, having avoided any trouble or delay. Bolting held second, but Joel Mesch quickly dispatched both the German and his W&S teammate Nicolas Guillaume on the second lap. However, even with clear track ahead, Mesch was not able to gain time on Horrell. The battle for third proved to be the point of interest for much of the race. Bölting – never one to relent – was working to defend his position for Guillaume and Frederico Peters. The close quarters racing, matched with extremely limited traction, created a dramatic spectacle. Bölting lost traction at turn three as the race approached half distance, and finally had to concede third to peters while fighting to keep the car straight.
However, approaching the turn 16 hairpin, Bölting elected to make a spectacular divebomb from several car lengths behind. Somehow, he scrubbed off enough speed to make the apex, and briefly retake the position. A few corners later, Peters eased by again, just before a Safety Car period began. The pause was caused by Thilo Goos, who lost control of his BWT Mücke Motorsport Aston Martin approaching the Corkscrew at turn eight. Once the Club class entry was rescued from the gravel, just one lap of racing remained, and Tim Horrell’s gap – exceeding seven seconds – was gone.
But, on the final lap, Horrell did not succumb to the pressure, and extended the gap to Mesch to just over one second by the time they took the chequered flag. For the first time, Tim Horrell claimed an overall victory while driving solo, securing PRO-AM honours along the way.
Mesch took second and the PRO class win, while Frederico Peters beat AM winner Joachim Bölting to the line for third overall. Ravi Ramyead crossed the line in sixth; this was the first blow to the L’Espace Bienvenue team’s hopes of keeping the title fight alive.
RACE TWO
For Enrico Förderer and Joel Mesch, losing their six-race winning streak was a point of contention. Förderer’s SR Motorsport by Schnitzelalm Mercedes would start the Sunday morning 30-minute race from pole, presenting an opportunity to make amends. However, with title rival Charlie Robertson on the front row, Förderer expected a fight. After rain overnight, the circuit was 90 per cent dry, so all parties started the race on slicks.
Förderer was able to hold the lead off the line, while Robertson retained second place. In the early stages, it appeared that Robertson was close to the pace of Förderer, but couldn’t quite find the ultimate pace. It was a fractional affair; there was only two seconds between the top two at half-distance.
In third overall, Tim Horrell (#30 W&S Motorsport Porsche) was driving through his mirrors, holding on to the PRO-AM lead over Cedric Fuchs in the #111 SR Motorsport Mercedes. Over the course of the race, Horrell never had more than a few tenths worth of reprieve during the 30-minute race.
Meanwhile, at the front, Robertson’s pace was never quite enough to keep pace with Förderer, who ultimately won the race by five seconds. Horrell retained third ahead of Fuchs, while Joachim Bölting won the AM class from seventh overall.
RACE THREE
Heading into the 60-minute pitstop race, the signs pointed in favour of Joel Mesch and Enrico Förderer. In order to extend the championship battle to Barcelona, Ravi Ramyead and Charlie Robertson needed to score nine more points than the #11 SR Motorsport crew; a tall order, per the form book.
Mesch and Förderer would start the third and final race of the weekend on pole, alongside race one winner Tim Horrell. Charlie Robertson started the #71 L’Espace Bienvenue BMW from third, joined on the second row by the Araújo Competição Aston Martin of Frederico Peters. At the front, Mesch moved into an early lead, while Charlie Robertson had his BMW ahead of Peters from the second. However, the Aston driver carried more momentum into turn two, and aimed for a rapidly closing gap. The resulting contacted ended Peters’ race, punctured Robertson’s right-rear tyre and damaged the wheel. By the time Robertson arrived to the pits, he was already a lap down; in essence, the title fight was over.
The remainder of the race was a straight-forward affair for Mesch and Förderer, who drove the race of a pairing who knew they were on the front foot. The victory margin for the German was ultimately eight seconds, apropos for their eighth victory of the season. Tim Horrell and Hendrik Still won the PRO-AM class from second overall, with W&S teammates Nicolas Guillaume and Frederik Zebis in third. W&S also won the AM class, courtesy of Joachim Bölting.
The overall championship was now confirmed in favour of Joel Mesch and Enrico Förderer, who could also celebrate a suite of GT4 Winter Series records: With eight overall victories in the season, the benchmark for most victories in a season for a single driver line-up, team and manufacturer were simultaneously broken.
Heading into the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, the overall runners-up position will be a hot topic, as Frederik Zebis is a likely challenger to Ravi Ramyead and Charlie Robertson. With exciting additions to the largest grid of the season, including outgoing overall champions Elite Motorsport, the 2026 GT4 Winter Series finale will be a show-stealing spectacle!
