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Photo: GT World Challenge Asia A 19-car entry list has been published for this weekend’s final round of the GT World Challenge Asia powered by AWS season at Shanghai, as Laurin Heinrich returns to bolster the championship bid of points leader Lu Wei. The grid for the championship’s first visit to China’s predominant international circuit since 2024, which was originally slated for earlier in the year before being moved to the season finale slot , matches that of the Beijing street circuit earlier this month. While the roster of cars is identical to that of the Beijing round, there are several noteworthy changes to the driver lineups for the pair of one-hour races on Oct. 30-Nov. 1 that will determine the identity of this year’s title winners. After skipping Beijing, Porsche factory star Heinrich is back for his third outing of the season alongside Lu in Origine Motorsport’s No. 11 911 GT3 R Evo. Loek Hartog stepped in for Heinrich for the previous rou...

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Photo: APR Algarve Pro Racing’s European Le Mans Series LMP2 Pro-Am Championship-winning trio are set to continue racing together in the 2026-27 Asian Le Mans Series season. Confirmed on Monday, Michael Jensen, Enzo Trulli and Malthe Jakobsen will be drivers in the team’s No. 25 Oreca 07 Gibson for the three-event, six-round winter European season. Jensen, the squad’s designated FIA Bronze-rated driver, is coming off previous Asian Le Mans success with the Stewart and Samantha Cox-led operation, having won the LMP2 title in 2024-25, while also earning the 2024 ELMS LMP3 championship before his most recent title-winning European campaign. Porsche Motorsport Asia Pacific Selected Driver Trulli, meanwhile, will be seeking a second consecutive championship in his debut season of LMP2 competition while Jakobsen, whois targeting a record fourth consecutive Asian Le Mans Series overall title after taking LMP2 titles with Algarve Pro Racing-entered cars for the past three seasons. Th...

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Photo: Jessica Johnk/Porsche After clinching the Porsche Carrera Cup North America championship in Race 1, Tyler Maxson capped the season with a Pro class victory in Sunday’s finale at Circuit of The Americas, Topp Racing’s home track, aboard the No. 77 Porsche 911 Cup car. Maxson led all 17 laps to secure his ninth win of the season, although the polesitter faced early pressure in a chaotic opening lap before establishing control of the race. Maxson moved to the front at the start after coming under pressure from Janne Stiak and Callum Hedge into Turn 1. He gradually pulled away from the field before fluid on the track prompted a full-course yellow with 31 minutes remaining, with Sabre Cook in the No. 37 JDX Racing entry and Alan Metni in the No. 99 car for Kellymoss stopped on track. Racing resumed with 26 minutes left, and Maxson made a strong getaway to maintain his advantage. He ultimately secured the win by more than six seconds. While Maxson continued to extend his lead, ...

Photo: Jessica Johnk/Porsche Janne Stiak powered into the lead on the opening lap in the No. 40 ACI Motorsports Porsche 911 Cup (Type 992.2) and held on to claim the overall and Pro class victory in Race 1 of Porsche Carrera Cup North America at Circuit of The Americas on Saturday afternoon, while Tyler Maxson clinched the Pro championship in the No. 77 Topp Racing Porsche. Pro championship contenders Aaron Jeansonne in the No. 24 Kellymoss Porsche and Maxson battled for second throughout the race, with the outcome ultimately playing a key role in the title fight. Stiak took advantage at the start to move ahead of Maxson for the lead, while Jeansonne advanced to second on the opening lap, relegating Maxson to third. Jeansonne maintained his position as Maxson gradually closed the gap, putting pressure on the second-place runner before a full-course yellow was called with less than 20 minutes remaining. The first full course yellow was triggered by an incident involving Josh Conle...

Photo: Lamborghini Squadra Corse Barcelona has been announced as hosting next year’s Lamborghini World Finals event, the first time the circuit has done so. The bulk of the calendars for the three regional Lamborghini Super Trofeo championships had already been revealed but now the season finales have been confirmed for Nov. 11-12 at Barcelona. The World Finals event itself will then take place over Nov. 13-14. The Catalunya track will be the third different Spanish venue to have hosted the World Finals, following in the footsteps of Valencia and Jerez. It also means the Italian manufacturer’s end of season celebration remains in Europe for the 11th consecutive year. Next season’s Finals will mark the first edition for the new Lamborghini Temerario Super Trofeo car, which is taking over from the Huracan Super Trofeo EVO2 machines that had been in use since 2022. 2027 Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America Schedule: March 17-19 — Sebring International Raceway A...