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2026 FIA World Endurance Championship
2026 FIA World Endurance Championship: eight-round sports car season across five regions with Hypercar and LMGT3 classes; Genesis debuted, Porsche withdrew, Ferrari defended 2025 titles, calendar later reshaped with Barcelona and Monza.
2026 Ginetta Junior Championship
The 2026 Ginetta Junior Championship ran over eight events and 25 races from Donington Park to Brands Hatch, with R Racing's Lewis Goff winning the overall and rookie titles.
2026 GT World Challenge Asia
2026 GT World Challenge Asia powered by AWS: SRO's eighth Asian GT3 sprint season, 12 one-hour races at Sepang, Mandalika, Shanghai, Fuji, Okayama and Beijing, with Pro-Am, Silver, Silver-Am and Am classes and a combined global manufacturers' title.
2026 GT World Challenge Australia
The 2026 GT World Challenge Australia is the sixth season of SRO Motorsports Group's Australian continental GT3 championship, run over six rounds within the Shannons SpeedSeries from March to November 2026.
2026 GT World Challenge Europe
2026 GT World Challenge Europe: SRO's flagship GT3 season, five Endurance and five Sprint rounds (Spa 24h, Portimão finale), 104 entries, ten manufacturers, Lamborghini Temerario GT3 debut, Team WRT champions.
2026 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup
The 2026 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup: SRO's five-round European GT3 endurance series (Paul Ricard, Monza, Spa 24 Hours, Nürburgring, Portimão), won by Mercedes-AMG Team Mann-Filter drivers Auer, Engel, and Stolz at the Nürburgring.
2026 GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup
2026 GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup, the sprint-format GT3 championship of SRO's GT World Challenge Europe powered by AWS: two 60-minute races per weekend with two-driver crews, rounds at Brands Hatch, Misano, Magny-Cours, Zandvoort and Barcelona, Overall/Gold/Silver/Bronze Cups, 25-point scale with qualifying bonus points.
2026 Intercontinental GT Challenge
2026 Intercontinental GT Challenge: eleventh SRO-run global GT3 endurance season over five races (Bathurst 12 Hour, 24h Nürburgring, Spa 24, Suzuka 1000km, Indy 8 Hour); six manufacturers, Porsche leading manufacturers' standings with 167 points.
2026 International GT Open
2026 International GT Open: 21st season of GT Sport's European GT3 series founded by Jesús Pareja in 2006. Eight rounds April-October, new Misano venue, Spa and Monza 500 km endurance races, winter test at Barcelona.
2026 Le Mans Cup
2026 Michelin Le Mans Cup, eleventh season of the ACO's LMP3/GT3 endurance series; 45-car record grid, six rounds, new single 3-hour Road To Le Mans race on 12 June, finale at Portimão 10 October.
2026 Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie
2026 Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie (NLS), 50th season of the Nordschleife endurance series: ten races at eight events, 14 March to 10 October 2026, up to 165 cars, Verstappen's GT3 debut at NLS2.
2026 Porsche Carrera Cup Germany
2026 Porsche Sixt Carrera Cup Deutschland, the 37th season of Porsche's German 911 one-make cup; first year of the 520 PS 911 Cup (992.2); 16 races over eight weekends; champion Keagan Masters, Proton Competition.
2026 Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain
2026 Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain (Porsche Carwow Carrera Cup GB), 24th season of the UK's fastest single-marque GT championship; 510 PS 911 GT3 Cup (992.1), 16 races supporting BTCC, Carwow title partner, champion Callum Voisin.
2026 Super GT Series
2026 Super GT Series (2026 AUTOBACS SUPER GT), the Japanese GT500/GT300 championship. Planned eight rounds including Sepang, cut to seven after the Malaysia round was postponed to 2027; GT500 limited to one engine per season, Honda racing the new Prelude-GT.
2026 Suzuka 1000 km
2026 Suzuka 1000 km (第50回鈴鹿1000km), 50th Summer Endurance Race, IGTC round 4 at Suzuka, 11–13 September 2026. Won by AO by Absolute Racing Porsche; 184 laps, 1068.48 km, 6h30m timed GT3 race.
2026–27 Asian Le Mans Series
The 2026–27 Asian Le Mans Series, run as the Winter Le Mans Series, is an all-European edition of the ACO's winter endurance championship, held from November 2026 to February 2027.
2027 European Le Mans Series
2027 European Le Mans Series: ACO-run European endurance championship, six 4-hour races at Barcelona, Le Castellet, Imola, Spa, Silverstone, Portimão; LMP2, LMP2 Pro/Am, LMP3, LMGT3 classes; opens 14 March 2027; winners earn 2027 Le Mans invitations.
2027 FIA World Endurance Championship
2027 FIA World Endurance Championship: nine-round WEC season (Qatar 1812km to 8 Hours of Bahrain) with Silverstone returning after eight years; Ford and McLaren join Hypercar; unified Hypercar platform from 2030.
24 Hours of Daytona
The 24 Hours of Daytona, now the Rolex 24 At Daytona, is a 24-hour IMSA sports car endurance race at Daytona International Speedway, Florida; first run 1962 as the three-hour Daytona Continental, 24 hours since 1966, part of endurance racing's Triple Crown.
24 Hours of Le Mans
24 Hours of Le Mans (24 Heures du Mans): annual 24-hour endurance sports car race near Le Mans, France, first run 26-27 May 1923 by the ACO; won by distance covered, run in Hypercar, LMP2, and LMGT3 classes, and a proving ground for automotive technology.
Abbie Eaton
Abbie Eaton (Abigail Eaton, born 1992) is a British racing driver from Hull, The Grand Tour test driver, W Series competitor, and first female Porsche Carrera Cup GB pole and race winner.
AO Racing
AO Racing, American sports car team founded 2022 by PJ Hyett and Gunnar Jeannette, runs Rexy/Roxy Porsche 911 GT3 R and Spike ORECA LMP2; 2024 GTD PRO and 2025 LMP2 IMSA champions, 2025 Le Mans LMP2 Pro/Am winner.
Aston Martin Valkyrie AMR-LMH
Aston Martin Valkyrie AMR-LMH: LMH Hypercar racing version of the Valkyrie road car, non-hybrid 6.5L Cosworth V12 at 500 kW, 1,030 kg, raced by the Aston Martin THOR Team in WEC and IMSA from 2025.
Audi R18
Audi R18: Audi's Le Mans prototype (2011–2016), also R18 TDI, ultra, and e-tron quattro; 120° V6 TDI diesel with flywheel then battery hybrid; won four straight Le Mans 2011–2014 and four WEC titles; withdrawn after dieselgate.
Ayhancan Güven
Ayhancan Güven, Turkish racing driver born 1998 in Istanbul, Porsche factory driver and Red Bull athlete; 2025 DTM champion with Manthey EMA, first Turkish DTM champion, former Porsche Junior and Supercup vice-champion.
Cédric Sbirrazzuoli
Cédric Sbirrazzuoli (1987–2026), Monegasque GT3 sports car racer; 2011 Trofeo Maserati World Series champion with AF Corse; won 2024 Petit Le Mans GTD with Conquest Racing and Bathurst 12 Hour Invitational class; died of cancer on his 39th birthday.
Chris Froggatt
Chris Froggatt (Christopher Lionel Froggatt, born 1993) is a British GT3 racing driver; 2020 and 2021 GT World Challenge Europe Pro-Am champion with Sky Tempesta Racing, 2024 12 Hours of Spa winner, 2025 Le Mans debutant.
Circuit de la Sarthe
Circuit de la Sarthe (Circuit des 24 Heures du Mans), the 13.626 km semi-permanent Le Mans race track mixing public roads and permanent sections, home of the 24 Hours of Le Mans since 1923, with the Mulsanne Straight and Bugatti Circuit.
Dries Vanthoor
Dries Vanthoor, Belgian BMW M works driver with Team WRT since 2016; races the BMW M Hybrid V8 in WEC Hypercar (#15) and IMSA GTP (#24); Nürburgring 24h and Bathurst winner, 2026 Spa and Indianapolis victor.
Endurance racing (motorsport)
Endurance racing (motorsport), also called sports car endurance racing: multi-driver teams race six to 24 hours (Le Mans, Daytona 24, Sebring), winner covering greatest distance; WEC classes Hypercar and LMGT3 with balance of performance.