March 4, 2026 | News | GT Winter Series

GTWS: Close championship battles as the GT Winter Series comes to Aragon

The 2026 GT Winter Series has been hotly-contested so far, and the championship battle is looking compelling as the fourth round of the season approaches at Motorland Aragon.

The character of the circuit’s layout always promises intrigue among the different classes of the GT Winter Series. The technical sections of the circuit heavily favour the high-downforce GT3 cars, while the 1.2km back straight allows the Cup cars to stretch their legs.

Overall championship leader Oleksii Kikireshko completed his winter programme last time at Valencia, which leaves the de-facto points lead to Kenneth Heyer and Jay Mo Härtling in the SR Motorsport Mercedes GT3. On 132 points, the overall 2024 champions are in a strong position, but face significant competition in the standings.

Fellow GT3 entrants Simon Orange and Marcus Clutton are just six points behind, on 126. Having claimed their first win of the season last time out, the Orange Racing by JMH McLaren pair will be keen to try and snatch the points lead away in Aragon. Arriving to the outskirts of Alcañiz marks the first time the British team has taken to familiar turf in the Winter Series campaign, as they debuted – and won a race – at last year’s Aragon event.

Also sat on 126 points is PTT Racing Team’s Igor Klaja, running his Porsche 992 Cup. However, just two cars are entered into Cup 2 this weekend, which means fewer points will be available within the class. Conversely, the GT3 class is searingly competitive again, with seven cars set to take the start.

In addition to the entries from Orange Racing and SR Motorsport, fellow full-season entrants Przemyslaw Bienkowski and Mateusz Lisowski will be looking to build upon their first 2026 podium, at Valencia. If the PTT Racing Mercedes pair can take points away from the leading GT3 cars, it could serve to benefit their stablemate Igor Klaja in his title bid.

Elsewhere in GT3, Tim Hutter and Ethan Brown will once again pair-up in the LIQUI MOLY Team Engstler Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo2. The older Evo1 version of the Huracán will also be on-track with Seweryn Mazur and Sendom Racing Team. Additionally, in the GTX class, another GT3 Evo2 will be entered by Auto Sport Racing, with Michael Fischbaum and Miloš Pavlović on driving duties.

Antonelli Motorsport will make its first GT Winter Series appearance of the season. Guy Albag is set to take the wheel as a solo driver in the team’s Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo, having previously appeared with Marco Antonelli’s squad in the Formula Winter Series. Juta Racing will return to the GT Winter Series grid for the first time since the season-opener, with Arunas Geciauskas once again at the helm.

Cup 1 – for Ferrari 296 Challenge cars – will feature a three-car battle, as Team Engstler, Rossocorsa and Araújo Competição go head-to-head with single-car entries. The Engstler squad will welcome back Friedrich Muller, while Rinaldo Giacomo and Samuele Buttarelli share the Rossocorsa entry. The Araújo squad once again enters Álvaro Ramos in its Ferrari 296 Challenge.

In Cup 2, the overall championship contenders Igor Klaja and PTT Racing will be joined by Nacente Racing, who field K.C. King and Alexandre Martins in the Porsche 992 Cup. Auto Sport Racing’s Alessio Ruffini will drive solo this weekend in Cup 4; this should set the stage for a compelling battle between he and Petar Matić in the sister Super Trofeo-spec Lamborghini.

The entry for this weekend suggests a thrilling visit to Motorland Aragon, and as always, all of the racing action will be streamed live on the Winter Series YouTube channel. Spectator access at the circuit will be free, allowing local fans to take in what could be a pivotal weekend in all four Winter Series categories on-track.