GT World Challenge Portimão 2026 results: race, classes and champions
GetSpeed wins by 5.062 seconds, Verstappen finishes ninth in the #3 and 2Seas wins the Bronze class as Marschall takes the title
Mercedes-AMG Team GetSpeed won the GT World Challenge Europe season finale at Portimão on Saturday 17 October. Ralf Aron, Maximilian Götz and Fabian Schiller finished 5.062 seconds ahead of the #80 Lionspeed GP Porsche after 94 laps and three hours. Max Verstappen finished ninth in the #3 Mercedes-AMG Team Verstappen Racing car, and Dennis Marschall clinched the Bronze Cup title with fifth in class.
Race report: GetSpeed wins the Portimão finale as Verstappen recovers from 24th to ninth.
GetSpeed wins by five seconds, top nine within 19
| Pos | No. | Team | Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | #17 | Mercedes-AMG Team GetSpeed | Ralf Aron, Maximilian Götz, Fabian Schiller | Mercedes-AMG GT3 EVO | Pro | 94 | – |
| 2 | #80 | Lionspeed GP | Ricardo Feller, Thomas Preining, Bastian Buus | Porsche 911 GT3 R EVO | Pro | 94 | +5.062 |
| 3 | #2 | Boutsen VDS | Morris Schuring, Dorian Boccolacci, Alessio Picariello | Porsche 911 GT3 R EVO | Pro | 94 | +5.411 |
| 4 | #71 | Selected Car Racing | Frederik Schandorff, Malte Ebdrup, Simon Birch | Ferrari 296 GT3 EVO | Gold | 94 | +7.692 |
| 5 | #30 | Team WRT | Amaury Cordeel, Matisse Lismont, Ignacio Montenegro | BMW M4 GT3 EVO | Silver | 94 | +14.406 |
| 6 | #59 | Garage 59 | Joseph Loake, Dean Macdonald, Jack Hawksworth | McLaren 720S GT3 EVO | Pro | 94 | +17.137 |
| 7 | #998 | Rowe Racing | Ugo de Wilde, Tim Tramnitz, Jens Klingmann | BMW M4 GT3 EVO | Gold | 94 | +17.952 |
| 8 | #6 | GetSpeed Team Bartone Bros | Anthony Bartone, Aurelien Panis, Cesar Gazeau | Mercedes-AMG GT3 EVO | Silver | 94 | +18.266 |
| 9 | #3 | Mercedes-AMG Team Verstappen Racing | Ben Barnicoat, Chris Lulham, Max Verstappen | Mercedes-AMG GT3 EVO | Pro | 94 | +18.556 |
| 10 | #50 | AF Corse | Albert Costa, Arthur Leclerc, Lilou Wadoux | Ferrari 296 GT3 EVO | Pro | 94 | +20.302 |
Gap is the gap to the winner. Joseph Loake set the fastest lap of the race in the #59 Garage 59 McLaren, a 1:43.817 on lap 37.
2Seas wins Bronze, Marschall takes the title
| Class | No. | Team | Drivers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pro | #17 | Mercedes-AMG Team GetSpeed | Ralf Aron, Maximilian Götz, Fabian Schiller |
| Gold | #71 | Selected Car Racing | Frederik Schandorff, Malte Ebdrup, Simon Birch |
| Silver | #30 | Team WRT | Amaury Cordeel, Matisse Lismont, Ignacio Montenegro |
| Bronze | #222 | 2Seas Motorsport | Kiern Jewiss, Charles Dawson, Reece Barr |
The #222 2Seas Motorsport Mercedes-AMG won the Bronze class in 13th overall, ahead of the #87 Winward Racing Mercedes-AMG (18th) and the #42 Oman Racing by Century Motorsport BMW (26th). The #991 Paradine Competition BMW was fourth in class and the #74 Kessel Racing Ferrari of Dustin Blattner, Lorenzo Patrese and Dennis Marschall fifth, one lap down. That was enough for Marschall to win the Bronze Cup title.
Boutsen VDS started from pole
Qualifying: Boutsen VDS took pole. Full classification in our Portimão qualifying results.
Full entry list: Portimão 2026 entry list. Session times and how to watch: Portimão 2026 schedule.
Source: Race Final Results and Final Results Class, SRO noticeboard. Time penalties for track limits and Full Course Yellow infringements are included. The #58 Garage 59 McLaren (20th on the provisional sheet) was disqualified by stewards’ decision no. 61; the top 19 are unchanged.
Next season: GT World Challenge Europe 2027 calendar, all ten rounds and dates.
Who impressed you most at Portimão: GetSpeed, the Bronze-winning 2Seas crew or Verstappen in the #3? Tell us in the comments.
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