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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

Text: Rick Kiewiet Images: SRO The GT World Challenge Europe powered by AWS opens its 2026 season at Circuit Paul Ricard this weekend, with a 59-car field contesting a six-hour race running from 18:00 through to midnight on Saturday. It is the 14th consecutive year the series has visited the French circuit, and one of the more eventful season openers in recent memory. New in 2026: Lamborghini's Temerario and F1 driver(-s?) The headline addition on the machinery front is the L