2026 Italian GT Championship Sprint Cup

The 2026 Italian GT Championship Sprint Cup will be the thirty-fifth season of the Italian GT Championship. The season will begin on 24 April at Imola Circuit and finish on 11 October at Monza Circuit.[1] The races are contested with GT3-spec cars, and GT Cup-spec cars in two different divisions, Division 1 for Ferrari Challenge (296), McLaren Artura Trophy and Lamborghini Super Trofeo cars and Division 2 for Ferrari Challenge (488) and Porsche Carrera Cup cars.

Calendar

Round Circuit Date Map
1 Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola, Emilia-Romagna 24–26 April
2 ACI Vallelunga Circuit, Campagnano di Roma, Rome 22–24 May
3 Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello, Mugello, Tuscany 24–26 July
4 Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza, Lombardy 9–11 October

Entry list

GT3

Team Car Engine No. Drivers Class Rounds
Nova Race – FAEMS[2] BMW M4 GT3 Evo BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6 55 Giuseppe Forenzi[3] TBC
Ian Rodríguez[3]
Nova Race Events[2] TBA Jasin Ferati[4][5] TBC
TBA
Tresor Attempto Racing[6] Audi R8 LMS Evo II Audi DAR 5.2 L V10 88 Andrea Frassineti[6] TBC
TBA
99 TBA TBC
TBA
DL Racing[7] Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10 TBA Franck Perera[8] P TBC
TBA
TBA TBA PA TBC
TBA
TBA TBA Am TBC
TBA
Stratia Motorsport[9] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 TBA Alexey Denisov[10][a] TBC
Giuseppe Fascicolo[10]
GT3 entries
Icon Class
P Pro Cup
PA Pro-Am Cup
Am Am Cup

GT Cup

Team Car Engine No. Drivers Class Rounds
Division 1
MRNC12[11] Ferrari 296 Challenge Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6 212 Giammarco Marzialetti[11] TBC
Emiliano Pierantoni[11]
CRM Competition[12] Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo Evo 2 Lamborghini 5.2 L V10 247 Riccardo Tucci[12] TBC
TBA
251 Ettore Carminati[12] TBC
Bernardo Pellegrini[12]
DL Racing[7] Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo Evo 2 Lamborghini 5.2 L V10 TBA TBA PA TBC
TBA
TBA TBA Am TBC
TBA
TBA TBA Am TBC
TBA
TBA TBA Am TBC
TBA
Krypton Motorsport[7] Ferrari 296 Challenge Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6 TBA TBA TBC
TBA
Raptor Engineering[13] McLaren Artura Trophy Evo McLaren M630 3.0 L Turbo V6 TBA TBA TBC
TBA
Division 2
GT Cup entries
Icon Class
PA Pro-Am Cup
Am Am Cup

Notes

  1. ^ Denisov is Russian, but competes as an neutral competitor as Russian national emblems were banned by the FIA following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

See also

References

  1. ^ "GT 2026: tre campionati, una sola grande stagione | ACI Sport". www.acisport.it. Retrieved 1 January 2026.
  2. ^ a b "Nova Race sceglie BMW, dal 2026 al via con la nuova M4 GT3 EVO". www.acisport.it (in Italian). 4 April 2025. Retrieved 4 April 2025.
  3. ^ a b "Nova Race–FAEMS schierano la BMW M4 GT3 EVO con Forenzi e Rodriguez nella serie Sprint". www.acisport.it (in Italian). 16 March 2026. Retrieved 16 March 2026.
  4. ^ "Les brèves du vendredi 27 février". Endurance-Info. 27 February 2026. Retrieved 27 February 2026.
  5. ^ "Jasin Ferati al via della GT Sprint con la BMW M4 GT3 EVO di Nova Race". www.acisport.it (in Italian). 27 February 2026. Retrieved 27 February 2026.
  6. ^ a b "Tresor Competition poursuit avec Audi en 2026". Endurance-Info (in French). 27 December 2025. Retrieved 27 December 2025.
  7. ^ a b c "DL Racing al via del Campionato Italiano Gran Turismo con 13 equipaggi". www.acisport.it (in Italian). 12 March 2026. Retrieved 12 March 2026.
  8. ^ "Il factory Lamborghini Franck Perera al via con DL Racing nel GT Italiano Sprint". www.acisport.it (in Italian). 6 March 2026. Retrieved 6 March 2026.
  9. ^ "Stratia Motorsport debutta nel Campionato Italiano Gran Turismo con la Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo". www.acisport.it (in Italian). 5 January 2026. Retrieved 5 January 2026.
  10. ^ a b "Stratia Motorsport debutta nella GT3 Sprint con Giuseppe Fascicolo e Alexey Denisov". www.acisport.it (in Italian). 25 February 2026. Retrieved 25 February 2026.
  11. ^ a b c "Emiliano Pierantoni ancora con i colori MRNC 12 per il Campionato Italiano Gran Turismo 2026". www.acisport.it (in Italian). 3 March 2026. Retrieved 3 March 2026.
  12. ^ a b c d "CRM Competition conferma la propria partecipazione al GT italiano con due Lamborghini Huracan ST Evo2". www.acisport.it (in Italian). 28 February 2026. Retrieved 28 February 2026.
  13. ^ "Raptor Engineering riparte con McLaren e rilancia nella GT Cup tricolore". www.acisport.it (in Italian). 29 January 2026. Retrieved 29 January 2026.