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
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 | No. 3 Mercedes-AMG Team Verstappen Racing | No. 80 Mercedes-AMG Team Ravenol | Report |
| Lucas Auer Jules Gounon Daniel Juncadella Max Verstappen |
Maro Engel Maxime Martin Fabian Schiller Luca Stolz | |||
| 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.
|
Bold – Pole |
Intercontinental GT Challenge Independent Cup
| Pos. | Driver | Manufacturer | BAT |
NÜR |
SPA |
SUZ |
IND |
Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kerong Li | Porsche | 1 | 1 | 50 | |||
| 2 | Kenny Habul | Mercedes-AMG | 2 | 18 | ||||
| 3 | Jonathan Hui | Ferrari | 3 | 15 | ||||
| Porsche | ||||||||
| 4 | Ralf Bohn | Porsche | 4 | 12 | ||||
| 5 | Prince Jefri Ibrahim | Chevrolet | 5 | 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 | 1 | 64 | |||
| 6 | 13 | ||||||
| 2 | Porsche | 2 | 3 | 55 | |||
| 5 | 4 | ||||||
| 3 | BMW | 3 | 2 | 53 | |||
| 4 | 6 | ||||||
| 4 | Ford | Ret | 5 | 10 | |||
| Ret | |||||||
| 5 | Ferrari | 8 | Ret | 10 | |||
| 9 | |||||||
| 6 | Chevrolet | 13 | 2 | ||||
| Ret |
See also
- 2026 British GT Championship
- 2026 GT World Challenge America
- 2026 GT World Challenge Asia
- 2026 GT World Challenge Australia
- 2026 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup
- 2026 GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup
Notes
- ^ a b Car No. 45 entered as Realize Kondo Racing with Rinaldi in round 2, and entered as Rinaldi Racing in round 3.
- ^ a b Car No. 50, No. 51, No. 52 and No. 70 entered as AF Corse, and car No. 71 entered as Selected Car Racing.
- ^ a b Salikhov is Russian, but he competes as a neutral competitor as Russian national emblems were banned by the FIA following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Move and Nesov, also Russian, compete under American and Slovene licences respectively for the same reason.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Loek Hartog finished the race, but did not classified for points due to did not raced above the minimum required laps.
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