2026 Intercontinental GT Challenge

The 2026 Intercontinental GT Challenge is the eleventh season of the Intercontinental GT Challenge. The season began with the Bathurst 12 Hour on 15 February and it is scheduled to conclude with Indianapolis 8 Hour on 10 October.

Calendar

Map of circuit locations

The provisional calendar was released on 27 June 2025, featuring five rounds.[1]

  Also part of the GT World Challenge Europe
  Also part of the GT World Challenge America
Round Race Circuit Date
1 Meguiar's Bathurst 12 Hour Mount Panorama Circuit, Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia 13–15 February
2 ADAC Ravenol Nürburgring 24 Hours Nürburgring Nordschleife, Nürburg, Germany 14–17 May
3 CrowdStrike 24 Hours of Spa Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium 25–28 June
4 Suzuka 1000 km Suzuka International Racing Course, Suzuka, Mie Prefecture, Japan 11–13 September
5 Indianapolis 8 Hour Presented by AWS Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States 8–10 October
Source:[2]

Entries

Manufacturer Team Car Engine No. Drivers Class Rounds
BMW Rowe Racing[3] BMW M4 GT3 Evo BMW P58 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6 1 Augusto Farfus[3] P TBC
Raffaele Marciello[3]
Jordan Pepper[3]
Kelvin van der Linde[3]
99 Dan Harper[3] P TBC
Max Hesse[3]
Dries Vanthoor[3]
Sheldon van der Linde[3]
Plus Racing with Schubert Motorsport[4] 5 Seiji Ara[4] TBC
Tomohide Yamaguchi[4]
TBA
Team WRT 32 Jordan Pepper[5] P 1
Kelvin van der Linde[5]
Charles Weerts[5]
46 Augusto Farfus[5] P 1
Raffaele Marciello[5]
Valentino Rossi[5]
Schubert Motorsport 77 Philipp Eng[3] P TBC
Robin Frijns[3]
Charles Weerts[3]
Marco Wittmann[3]
Team KRC 89 Max Hesse[5] B 1
Maxime Oosten[5]
Ruan Cunfan[5]
Chevrolet[6] Johor Motorsports Racing JMR Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R Chevrolet LT6.R 5.5 L V8 2 Earl Bamber[7] P 1
Nicky Catsburg[7]
Alexander Sims[7]
99 Ben Green[7] PA 1
Prince Abu Bakar Ibrahim[7]
Prince Jefri Ibrahim[7]
Jordan Love[7]
Ferrari
Arise Racing GT[8]
Ziggo Sport Tempesta by ARGT[9]
Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Twin Turbo V6 26 Jaxon Evans[10] P 1
Davide Rigon[10]
Daniel Serra[10]
193 Chris Froggatt[9] B 1
Jonathan Hui[9]
Lorenzo Patrese[9]
Ryan Wood[9]
Realize Kondo Racing with Rinaldi Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo 45 Dennis Marschall[11] P TBC
Thomas Neubauer[11]
David Perel[11]
Thierry Vermeulen[11]
Ponos Racing 45 Kei Cozzolino[12] PA TBC
Yorikatsu Tsujiko[12]
Yusuke Yamasaki[12]
Maezawa Racing TBA Thomas Neubauer[13] TBC
TBA
TBA
Ford[6] HRT Ford Racing[14][15][16] Ford Mustang GT3 Ford Coyote 5.4 L V8 63 TBA TBC
TBA
TBA
TBA
64 Broc Feeney[17] P 1
Christopher Mies[17]
Dennis Olsen[17]
65 TBA TBC
TBA
TBA
TBA
Mercedes-AMG
Mercedes-AMG Team Verstappen Racing[18]
Mercedes-AMG Team Ravenol[19]
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 3 Lucas Auer[18] P TBC
Jules Gounon[18]
Daniel Juncadella[18]
Max Verstappen[18]
80 Maro Engel[18] P TBA
Maxime Martin[18]
Fabian Schiller[18]
Luca Stolz[18]
Mercedes-AMG Team Tigani Motorsport[20]
Geyer Valmont Racing / Tigani Motorsport[20]
Supabarn Supermarkets / Tigani Motorsport[20]
6 Philip Ellis[21] P 1
Jayden Ojeda[21]
Fabian Schiller[21]
44 Scott Andrews[21] PA 1
Brendon Leitch[21]
Sergio Pires[21]
Marcel Zalloua[21]
47 Zach Bates[21] B 1
James Koundouris[21]
Theo Koundouris[21]
David Russell[21]
Heart of Racing by SPS 27 Eduardo Barrichello[22] B 1
Roman De Angelis[22]
Ian James[21]
RAM Motorsport / GWR Australia[23] 45 Brett Hobson[21] S 1
Dylan O'Keeffe[21]
Garth Walden[21]
KCMG[24] 47 Jesse Krohn[24] P TBC
Edoardo Liberati[24]
David Pittard[24]
75 Express 75 Jules Gounon[21] P 1
Kenny Habul[21]
Luca Stolz[21]
Mercedes-AMG Team Craft-Bamboo Racing[25] 77 Ralf Aron[21] P 1
Lucas Auer[21]
Maximilian Götz[21]
Grove Racing[26] 100 Kai Allen[26] P 1
Will Davison[26]
Brenton Grove[26]
Toyo Tires with Ring Racing[27] 170 Yuichi Nakayama[27] TBA
TBA
TBA
TBA
Scott Taylor Motorsport[28] 222 Chaz Mostert[28] P 1
Thomas Randle[28]
Cameron Waters[28]
Mercedes-AMG Team GMR 888 Maro Engel[21] P 1
Mikaël Grenier[21]
Maxime Martin[21]
Porsche Goroyan RT by Car Collection[29] Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Porsche M97/80 4.2 L F6 4 Nathanaël Berthon[29] PA TBC
Alex Fontana[29]
Artur Goroyan[29]
Oleg Kvitka[29]
Dunlop Motorsports[30]
Falken Motorsports[31]
17 Julien Andlauer[30] P TBC
Nico Menzel[30]
Dorian Boccolacci[30]
Alessio Picariello[30]
44 Klaus Bachler[31] P TBC
Tim Heinemann[31]
Sven Müller[31]
Morris Schuring[31]
Herberth Motorsport 21 Ralf Bohn B 1
Alfred Renauer
Robert Renauer
EBM 61 Klaus Bachler[32] P 1
Ricardo Feller[32]
Laurin Heinrich[32]
Tsunami RT[33] 79 Fabio Babini[34] B 1
Alex Fontana[34]
Johannes Zelger[34]
High Class Racing 86 Dorian Boccolacci[35] B 1
Anders Fjordbach[35]
Kerong Li[35]
Absolute Racing[36] 911 Bastian Buus[36] P 1
Matt Campbell[36]
Alessio Picariello[36]
48LOSCH Motorsport by Black Falcon Porsche 911 GT3 R (992.2) 48 Patrick Assenheimer[37] TBA
Tobias Müller[37]
Dylan Pereira[37]
Dinamic GT 54 Michael Christensen[38] P TBA
Bastian Buus[38]
Loek Hartog[38]
Joel Sturm[38]
Source:[39]
Icon Class
P Pro Cup
G Gold Cup
S Silver Cup
B Bronze Cup
PA Pro-Am Cup
Am Am Cup
Independent Cup

Race results

Round Races Pole position Race winners Reports
1 Bathurst 12 Hour No. 222 Scott Taylor Motorsport No. 888 Mercedes AMG Team GMR Report
Chaz Mostert
Thomas Randle
Cameron Waters 		Maro Engel
Mikaël Grenier
Maxime Martin
2 Nürburgring 24 Hours Report
3 Spa 24 Hours Report
4 Suzuka 1000 km Report
5 Indianapolis 8 Hour Report

Championship standings

Scoring system

Championship points were awarded for the first ten positions in each race. Entries were required to complete 75% of the winning car's race distance in order to be classified and earn points. Individual drivers were required to participate for a minimum of 25 minutes in order to earn championship points in any race. A manufacturer only received points for its two highest placed cars in each round.

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th 
Points 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1

Drivers' championships

Overall championship

The results indicate the classification relative to other drivers in the series, not the classification in the race.

Pos. Driver Manufacturer BAT
 NÜR
 SPA
 SUZ
 IND
 Points
1 Maro Engel
Maxime Martin 		Mercedes AMG 1 25
1 Mikaël Grenier Mercedes AMG 1 25
2 Dorian Boccolacci Porsche 2 18
2 Anders Fjordbach
Kerong Li 		Porsche 2 18
3 Augusto Farfus
Raffaele Marciello 		BMW 3 15
3 Valentino Rossi BMW 3 15
4 Max Hesse BMW 4 12
4 Ruan Cunfan BMW 4 12
5 Bastian Buus Porsche 5 10
5 Alessio Picariello Porsche 5 10
5 Matt Campbell Porsche 5 10
6 Jules Gounon Mercedes AMG 6 8
6 Luca Stolz Mercedes AMG 6 8
6 Kenny Habul Mercedes AMG 6 8
7 Klaus Bachler Porsche 7 6
7 Ricardo Feller
Laurin Heinrich 		Porsche 7 6
8 Jaxon Evans
Davide Rigon
Daniel Serra 		Ferrari 8 4
9 Chris Froggatt
Jonathan Hui
Lorenzo Patrese
Ryan Wood 		Ferrari 9 2
10 Ralf Bohn
Alfred Renauer
Robert Renauer 		Porsche 10 1
— Jordan Pepper
Kelvin van der Linde 		BMW 11 0
— Charles Weerts BMW 11 0
— Brett Hobson
Dylan O'Keeffe
Garth Walden 		Mercedes AMG 12 0
— Ben Green
Prince Abu Bakar Ibrahim
Prince Jefri Ibrahim
Jordan Love 		Chevrolet 13 0
— Eduardo Barrichello
Roman De Angelis
Ian James 		Mercedes AMG 14 0
— Scott Andrews
Brendon Leitch
Sergio Pires
Marcel Zalloua 		Mercedes AMG 15 0
— Zach Bates
James Koundouris
Theo Koundouris
David Russell 		Mercedes AMG 16 0
— Kai Allen
Will Davison
Brenton Grove 		Mercedes AMG 17 0
— Philip Ellis
Jayden Ojeda
Fabian Schiller 		Mercedes AMG Ret 0
— Chaz Mostert
Thomas Randle
Cameron Waters 		Mercedes AMG Ret 0
— Earl Bamber
Nicky Catsburg
Alexander Sims 		Chevrolet Ret 0
— Lucas Auer Mercedes AMG Ret 0
— Ralf Aron
Maximilian Götz 		Mercedes AMG Ret 0
— Alex Fontana Porsche Ret 0
— Fabio Babini
Johannes Zelger 		Porsche Ret 0
— Broc Feeney
Christopher Mies
Dennis Olsen 		Ford Ret 0
Pos. Driver Manufacturer BAT
 NÜR
 SPA
 SUZ
 IND
 Points
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points classification
Blue Non-points classification
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired, not classified (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Intercontinental GT Challenge Independent Cup

Pos. Driver Manufacturer BAT
 NÜR
 SPA
 SUZ
 IND
 Points
1 Kerong Li Porsche 1 25
2 Kenny Habul Mercedes-AMG 2 18
3 Jonathan Hui Ferrari 3 15
4 Ralf Bohn Porsche 4 12
5 Prince Jefri Ibrahim Chevrolet 4 10
— Johannes Zelger Porsche Ret 0
Pos. Driver Manufacturer BAT
 NÜR
 SPA
 SUZ
 IND
 Points

Manufacturers' championship

Pos. Manufacturer BAT
 NÜR
 SPA
 SUZ
 IND
 Points
1 Mercedes-AMG 1 33
6
2 Porsche 2 28
5
3 BMW 3 27
4
4 Ferrari 8 10
9
5 Chevrolet 13 2
Ret
— Ford Ret 0

See also

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