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Text: Rick Kiewiet Images: SRO GT World Challenge Europe powered by AWS heads to the Nürburgring this weekend (28-30 August) for the penultimate round of the 2026 Endurance Cup, with a 55-car field set to contest a three-hour race on the 5.1km GP-Strecke. It's the 15th time the series has visited the Eifel venue since joining the calendar in 2012, second only to Spa-Francorchamps in visit count, and it marks the first Endurance Cup outing since the CrowdStrike 24 Hours of Spa

Text: Rick Kiewiet Images: Ford Racing Ford Racing's Hypercar contender for the FIA World Endurance Championship has been pictured on track for the first time, with the American manufacturer releasing images from testing at Paul Ricard as it builds towards a 2027 debut. The car, still unnamed and wearing a camouflage livery, ran its first proper track test on 17 August, following a shakedown programme that began on 5 August at the driving centre adjacent to the circuit. Ford

Text: Rick Kiewiet Images: SRO GT World Challenge Europe's Sprint Cup returned to Magny-Cours for round three with the title picture shaken up on both days. Jules Gounon, deputising for the unwell Chris Lulham, delivered a maiden overall win for Mercedes-AMG Team Verstappen Racing's 2Seas-run entry alongside Dani Juncadella on Saturday, before Ricardo Feller and Bastian Buus hit back for Lionspeed GP on Sunday in a red-flagged Race 2 that also ended points leaders Charles Wee

WEC has confirmed Barcelona and Monza will close out its 2026 season, with the Qatar and Bahrain rounds scrapped for good after the Gulf ceasefire collapsed, and a scoring change for the championship's closing races.

Keith Frieser dominated the debut Endurance Icons grid with a double win, while GT3 Legends' season finale split between Jonathan Mitchell and Graham Davidson across an eventful weekend at Silverstone's BRDC Classic.

The inaugural BRDC Classic at Silverstone on 24-26 July 2026 brings the debut Endurance Icons grid, the GT3 Legends season finale, Historic Formula Junior and a ten-category programme of historic racing to the Grand Prix circuit.

Text: Rick Kiewiet Images: SRO Team WRT's Charles Weerts and Kelvin van der Linde left Misano with a maximum haul, winning both Sprint Cup races on home soil for reigning MotoGP legend Valentino Rossi, who had to make do with a maiden pole and a pair of frustrating results in the #46 BMW. Weerts extended his record tally of series victories to 20 across the weekend and, together with Van der Linde, took over the championship lead from Lionspeed GP's Ricardo Feller and Bastian

Tinder has signed on as Formula E's first-ever dating app partner, becoming official Sparking Connections partner of the 2026 Hankook London E-Prix as the series' partner roster keeps widening beyond automotive and tech.

Barcelona and Monza look set to host WEC's 2026 season finale in place of the shelved Qatar and Bahrain rounds, with knock-on effects for the championship points scale, the GT World Challenge Europe calendar and the Asian Le Mans Series too.

BMW M Team WRT held off a hard-charging Ferrari to win a dramatic Rolex 6 Hours of São Paulo, while Racing Team Turkey by TF made it back-to-back victories in LMGT3 with a bold driver-order strategy at Interlagos

Esteban Masson backed up pole with a commanding win at Imola, as Vector Sport claimed a maiden ELMS victory in LMP2 Pro/Am, Louis Iglesias won on his series debut in LMP3, and TF Sport got their LMGT3 title defence back on track.

Text & Images: Rick Kiewiet The World Endurance Championship heads overseas for round four this weekend, with the Rolex 6 Hours of São Paulo marking the first of the season's flyaway rounds. Toyota arrives at Interlagos on the front foot for the first time all year, while Cadillac returns to the scene of its breakthrough win looking to repeat the trick with one fewer driver than it managed it with last time. Championship standings post-Le Mans Toyota's sixth outright win at L

The European Le Mans Series will keep its six-circuit calendar for 2027, but the season starts a month earlier in Barcelona, and Le Castellet loses its Mistral Straight chicane for the first time since 2024.

Text: Rick Kiewiet Images: SRO Thomas Preining, Ricardo Feller and Bastian Buus gave Lionspeed GP a maiden CrowdStrike 24 Hours of Spa victory, the #80 Porsche 911 GT3 R crossing the line 12.3 seconds ahead of the #48 Winward Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 of Luca Stolz, Lucas Auer and Maro Engel. The #51 AF Corse Ferrari 296 GT3 of Nicklas Nielsen, Alessio Rovera and Tommaso Mosca completed the podium after one of the more eventful races in recent memory. For Porsche, it was a nint

Text: Rick Kiewiet Images: SRO AF Corse's #51 Ferrari 296 GT3 leads the 2026 CrowdStrike 24 Hours of Spa as the race enters its final six hours, a remarkable turnaround for a car that spent much of Saturday evening two laps off the pace following a puncture while Nielsen was in front. Pro: Ferrari's recovery steals the show The #51 had led comfortably in the opening hours before the puncture dropped it out of contention, handing the advantage first to the #48 MANN FILTER Merc

Text: Rick Kiewiet Images: SRO Alessio Rovera gave the #51 AF Corse Ferrari 296 GT3 the best possible starting position for the 78th CrowdStrike 24 Hours of Spa, topping all four segments of the new-format Superpole to claim pole with a 2:18.613 — Ferrari's first pole at this event since 2017. As flagged in our preview, the AF Corse squad and the Lionspeed GP Porsche were expected to be among the pace-setters, and Rovera's performance left little doubt about the Ferrari's spe

Text: Rick Kiewiet Images: SRO The GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup season reaches its centerpiece this weekend as the GT World Challenge Europe heads to Spa-Francorchamps for the 78th CrowdStrike 24 Hours of Spa. A 69-car field representing ten manufacturers will take the green flag at 16:30 (local, 15.30 BST) on Saturday 27 June, with the checkered flag due at the same time on Sunday afternoon. It is the biggest GT3 race on the calendar, and after two rounds that hav

Formula E announces historic relocation of London E-Prix from ExCeL Arena to Brands Hatch Circuit for Gen4 era; final races at docklands venue August 2026

Our gallery for the 24 hours of Le Mans is now online! The race where Toyota solidified its return to the top step of the podium at La Sarthe. Find the full gallery here: https://prescottmotorsport.pixieset.com/fiawec24hoursoflemans2026/ Here's a small preview:

After three years of frustration, Toyota is back on top at La Sarthe. The No.7 of Kobayashi, Conway and de Vries beat BMW and the sister Toyota in a strategy-defined 94th Le Mans. Here is the full result across Hypercar, LMP2 and LMGT3, and what it means for the WEC title fight.