2026 ADAC GT Masters

The 2026 ADAC GT Masters will be the 20th season of ADAC GT Masters, the grand tourer-style sports car racing series founded by the German automobile club ADAC

Entry list

Team Car Engine No. Driver Class Rounds
Haupt Racing Team[1][2] Ford Mustang GT3 Ford Coyote 5.4 L V8 1 Emil Gjerdrum[1] S 1–3
Max Reis[2]
2 Kiano Blum[1] S 1–3
Niklas Kalus[3]
74 Max Cuccarese[1] S 1–2
Alain Valente[1]
Pure Rxcing Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 9 Alex Malykhin[a] S 2
Alexey Nesov[b]
FK Performance Motorsport[4] BMW M4 GT3 Evo BMW P58 3.0 L Turbo I6 10 Storm Gjerdrum[4] S 1–3
Fabio Rauer[4]
11 Leyton Fourie[4] S 1–3
Tim Zimmermann[4]
12 Joseph Ellerine[5] S 1–3
Jan Durán[5] 1–2
Alain Valente 3
razoon – more than racing[6] Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 14 Mark Kastelic[6] S 1–3
Pavel Lefterov[6]
41 Colin Bönighausen[6] S 1–3
Leo Pichler[6]
Liqui Moly Team Engstler[7] Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10 19 Ethan Brown[7] S 1–3
Tim Hütter[7]
63 Felix Hirsiger[7] S 1–3
Finn Zulauf[7]
163 Jonas Karklys[7] S 1–3
John Paul Southern Jr.[7]
Comtoyou Racing[8] Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo Aston Martin AMR16A 4.0 L Turbo V8 39 Jamie Day[8] S 1–3
Baudouin Detout[8]
Schubert Motorsport[9] BMW M4 GT3 Evo BMW P58 3.0 L Turbo I6 56 Juliano Holzem[9] S 1–3
Sandro Holzem[9]
Baron Motorsport Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6 69 Axcil Jefferies PA 1
Ernst Kirchmayr
HGL Racing[10][11] Audi R8 LMS Evo II Audi DAR 5.2 L V10 77 Simon Connor Primm[11] S 1–3
Robin Rogalski[10]
Source:[12][13][14]
Icon Class
S Silver Cup
PA Pro-Am Cup
Guest Starter

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Race calendar

The calendar was announced on 5 October 2025, featuring 12 races at six rounds.[15]

Round Circuit Location Race 1 Race 2 Map of circuit locations
1 Red Bull Ring Spielberg, Styria 25 April 26 April
2 Circuit Zandvoort Zandvoort, North Holland 23 May 24 May
3 Lausitzring Klettwitz, Brandenburg 20 June 21 June
4 Nürburgring Nürburg, Rhineland-Palatinate 11 July 12 July
5 Salzburgring Plainfeld, Austria 5 September 6 September
6 Hockenheimring Hockenheim, Baden-Württemberg 10 October 11 October
Source:[16]

Race results

Bold indicates overall winner. In the Pole Position column, bold indicates the driver who set the qualifying lap.

Round Circuit Pole position Silver winner Pro-Am winner
1 R1 Red Bull Ring No. 63 Liqui Moly Team Engstler No. 63 Liqui Moly Team Engstler No. 69 Baron Motorsport
Felix Hirsiger
Finn Zulauf
Felix Hirsiger
Finn Zulauf
Axcil Jefferies
Ernst Kirchmayr
R2 No. 14 razoon – more than racing No. 41 razoon – more than racing No. 69 Baron Motorsport
Mark Kastelic
Pavel Lefterov
Colin Bönighausen
Leo Pichler
Axcil Jefferies
Ernst Kirchmayr
2 R1 Circuit Zandvoort No. 56 Schubert Motorsport No. 11 FK Performance Motorsport No Entries
Juliano Holzem
Sandro Holzem
Leyton Fourie
Tim Zimmermann
R2 No. 2 Haupt Racing Team No. 63 Liqui Moly Team Engstler
Kiano Blum
Niklas Kalus
Felix Hirsiger
Finn Zulauf
3 R1 Lausitzring No. 2 Haupt Racing Team No. 56 Schubert Motorsport
Kiano Blum
Niklas Kalus
Juliano Holzem
Sandro Holzem
R2 No. 77 HGL Racing No. 11 FK Performance Motorsport
Simon Connor Primm
Robin Rogalski
Leyton Fourie
Tim Zimmermann
4 R1 Nürburgring
R2
5 R1 Salzburgring
R2
6 R1 Hockenheimring
R2

Championship standings

Points system

Scoring system

Championship points are awarded for the first fifteen positions in each race. Entries are required to complete 75% of the winning car's race distance in order to be classified and earn points. Individual drivers are required to participate for a minimum of 25 minutes in order to earn championship points in any race.

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th 
Points 25 20 16 13 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Qualifying 3 2 1

Drivers' standings

Pos. Driver Team RBR
ZAN
LAU
NÜR
SAL
HOC
Points
1 Leyton Fourie
Tim Zimmermann
FK Performance Motorsport 10 4 13 23 23 12 115
2 Felix Hirsiger
Finn Zulauf
Liqui Moly Team Engstler 11 33 4 12 4 53 110
3 Juliano Holzem
Sandro Holzem
Schubert Motorsport 11 7 21 9 12 9 79
4 Mark Kastelic
Pavel Lefterov
razoon – more than racing 9 21 7 4 6 4 77
5 Kiano Blum
Niklas Kalus
Haupt Racing Team 2 5 32 61 Ret1 11 70
6 Storm Gjerdrum
Fabio Rauer
FK Performance Motorsport 6 6 9 3 5 8 63
7 Colin Bönighausen
Leo Pichler
razoon – more than racing Ret3 12 5 5 12 7 59
8 Simon Connor Primm
Robin Rogalski
HGL Racing 4 8 13 Ret 7 21 57
9 Emil Gjerdrum
Max Reis
Haupt Racing Team 5 Ret 12 11 3 3 53
10 Jamie Day
Baudouin Detout
Comtoyou Racing 82 10 11 8 9 6 48
11 Alain Valente Haupt Racing Team 3 9 10 Ret 42
FK Performance Motorsport 8 12
12 Joseph Ellerine FK Performance Motorsport 14 11 8 12 8 12 33
13 Max Cuccarese Haupt Racing Team 3 9 10 Ret 30
14 Jonas Karklys
John Paul Southern Jr.
Liqui Moly Team Engstler 13 13 Ret 7 10 10 29
15 Ethan Brown
Tim Hütter
Liqui Moly Team Engstler 12 14 14 10 11 Ret 22
16 Jan Durán FK Performance Motorsport 14 11 8 12 21
Guest drivers ineligible to score points
Axcil Jefferies
Ernst Kirchmayr
Baron Motorsport 7 12
Alex Malykhin
Alexey Nesov
Pure Rxcing 6 DNS
Pos. Driver Team RBR
ZAN
LAU
NÜR
SAL
HOC
Points

Teams' standings

Notes

  1. ^ Malykhin is Belarusian, but he competes under a British licence as Belarusian national emblems were banned by the FIA following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
  2. ^ Nesov is Russian, but he competes as a neutral competitor as Russian national emblems were banned by the FIA following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

References

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