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Photo: Chris Ward Cameron McLeod said he’s targeting a step up to GT3 competition next year after getting his first laps at the wheel of a Ford Mustang GT3 EVO on Monday at Portimao. The 21-year-old Australian, who won the inaugural Mustang Challenge Le Mans Invitational in 2025, was named a Ford Racing Driver Development Team member this year, where he’s collected podiums in both GT4 European Series and Monochrome GT4 Australia Series competition, as part of a dual series campaign. McLeod was one of six development drivers to take part in a two-day test, run by HRT and fully paid by Ford, following last weekend’s GT World Challenge Europe powered by AWS season finale. “The GT3 [test] itself went really good,” McLeod said. “From all the GT4 and [Mustang Challenge/Cup] stuff I’ve done, it’s all been pretty easy to jump in and go and all the staff were very helpful with the e-clutches and everything that’s new to GT3 cars. ...

Photo: Mercedes-AMG Motorsport SRO GT Academy winner Jay Mo Hartling will contest the 2027 GT World Challenge Europe powered by AWS Endurance Cup in a Mercedes-AMG GT3 run by GetSpeed. The German squad has been selected to oversee the young driver’s prize entry, which he earned for his performances in the GT2 European Series powered by Pirelli. Hartling – who turns 24 on Wednesday – was the outstanding candidate for this coveted seat. Piloting a Mercedes-AMG GT2 for SR Motorsport by Schnitzelalm, he beat seven rivals across the five-round campaign, finishing well clear of runner-up Ethan Gialdini. Sharing with David Thilenius, Hartling picked up three race wins and helped to secure the Pro-Am class title in his debut season. Next year he will link up with GetSpeed to contest the most competitive GT series in the world in what is expected to be a Silver Cup program. A proven winner and one of the selected Mercedes-AMG Performance Teams, the German squad made its GT World Challeng...

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Photo: Julien Delfosse/DPPI The FIA World Endurance Championship will undergo a change in the points structure for the LMGT3 teams’ championship next year, confirming that points scored from both cars under the same competitor license will be combined to determine the championship positions. Confirmed on Monday in a virtual meeting of the FIA World Motor Sport Council, the change effectively ends the option of LMGT3 manufacturers to nominate two separate single-car teams for its pair of berths in the WEC. Currently, each individual entry is scored independently, similar to that in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship or European Le Mans Series. The Hypercar class, which has a manufacturers’ world championship, instead of a teams’ title, has been singular since the category’s launch in 2021. “Currently, each car within a two-car team scored points independently, with championship points attributed separately to each entry according to its race n...

Photo: Fabrizio Boldoni/DPPI Toyota Racing’s drivers have paid tribute to the job done by the Japanese brand to revive its fortunes in the FIA World Endurance Championship this year after wrapping up the manufacturers’ title with a race to spare with a commanding 1-2 in Barcelona. The No. 8 crew of Sebastien Buemi, Brendon Hartley and Ryo Hirakawa led home a formation finish for the two TR010 Hybrids ahead of the sister No. 7 machine of Kamui Kobayashi, Nyck de Vries and Mike Conway in a race dominated by the team. With nearest championship rival BMW suffering a race to forget, it was enough to put the manufacturers’ prize out of reach with only next month’s Monza season finale with a race to spare, while also guaranteeing one of the Toyota crews will win the drivers’ title. Toyota’s strong form in 2026 with its upgraded car, which was won four races from seven, including the 24 Hours of Le Mans, comes as a marked contrast from a challenging 2025...

Photo: JEP/SRO SRO Motorsports Group’s GT World YouTube channel reached new heights this weekend, with a record 9.7 million views from Saturday evening’s GT World Challenge Europe powered by AWS Endurance Cup season finale at Portimao, which featured Max Verstappen’s series debut. It was coupled with a recorded on-site attendance of 28,000 for SRO’s final major European event of the season. Mercedes-AMG Team GetSpeed claimed the final overall victory of the season with its crew of Maxi Goetz, Ralf Aron and Fabian Schiller, while Porsche filled the second and third steps of the podium thanks to Lionspeed GP and Boutsen VDS, respectively. There were also class wins for Selected Car Racing (Ferrari), Team WRT (BMW), and 2 Seas Motorsport (Mercedes-AMG). The concluding hour of the race was particularly action-packed, and no one delivered more overtakes than Verstappen. The four-time Formula 1 world champion demonstrated his natural talent that has made one of ...

Photo: Charly Lopez/DPPI Sebastien Buemi, Brendon Hartley and Ryo Hirakawa dominated the 6 Hours of Barcelona as Toyota secured the FIA World Endurance Championship manufacturers’ title in style with a 1-2. The Japanese manufacturer was rapid in both wet and dry conditions in Spain and a victory never really looked in doubt from the first hour as the No. 8 Toyota TR010 Hybrid that started on the front row ultimately took the checkered flag 0.583 seconds clear of the sister car of Nyck de Vries, Mike Conway and Kamui Kobayashi as they closed up for a photo finish. The 1-2 ensured that neither BMW nor Ferrari can now overhaul Toyota in the manufacturers’ race — an eighth such title for the marque — while it will be an intra-team battle for the drivers’ honors as well with the No. 8 crew enjoying a 17-point advantage as no other pairing can usurp them. Toyota stamped its authority on the race from the very first lap, which proved disastrous for Genesis Magma Racing a...