2026 Intercontinental GT Challenge

The 2026 Intercontinental GT Challenge will be 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 Australia Meguiar's Bathurst 12 Hour Mount Panorama Circuit, Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia 13–15 February
2 Germany ADAC Ravenol Nürburgring 24 Hours Nürburgring Nordschleife, Nürburg, Germany 14–17 May
3 Belgium CrowdStrike 24 Hours of Spa Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium 25–28 June
4 Japan Suzuka 1000 km Suzuka International Racing Course, Suzuka, Mie Prefecture, Japan 11–13 September
5 United States Indianapolis 8 Hour Presented by AWS Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States 8–10 October
Source:[2]

Entries

Manufacturer Team Car No. Drivers Class Rounds
BMW Japan Plus Racing with Studie[3] BMW M4 GT3 Evo 5 Japan Seiji Ara[3] TBC
Japan Tomohide Yamaguchi[3]
TBA
Belgium Team WRT 32 South Africa Jordan Pepper[4] P 1
South Africa Kelvin van der Linde[4]
Belgium Charles Weerts[4]
46 Brazil Augusto Farfus[4] P 1
Switzerland Raffaele Marciello[4]
Italy Valentino Rossi[4]
China Team KRC 89 Germany Max Hesse[4] B 1
Netherlands Maxime Oosten[4]
China Ruan Cunfan[4]
Chevrolet[5] Malaysia Johor Motorsports Racing JMR Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R 2 New Zealand Earl Bamber[6] P 1
Netherlands Nicky Catsburg[6]
United Kingdom Alexander Sims[6]
99 United Kingdom Ben Green[6] PA 1
Malaysia Prince Abu Bakar Ibrahim[6]
Malaysia Prince Jefri Ibrahim[6]
Australia Jordan Love[6]
Ferrari
Australia Arise Racing GT[7]
United Kingdom Ziggo Sport Tempesta by ARGT[8]
Ferrari 296 GT3 26 New Zealand Jaxon Evans[9] P 1
Italy Davide Rigon[9]
Brazil Daniel Serra[9]
193 United Kingdom Chris Froggatt[8] B 1
Hong Kong Jonathan Hui[8]
Italy Lorenzo Patrese[8]
New Zealand Ryan Wood[8]
Ford[5] Germany HRT Ford Racing[10][11][12] Ford Mustang GT3 63 TBA TBC
TBA
TBA
TBA
64 Australia Broc Feeney[13] P 1
Germany Christopher Mies[13]
Norway Dennis Olsen[13]
65 TBA TBC
TBA
TBA
TBA
Mercedes AMG
Australia Mercedes AMG Team Tigani Motorsport[14]
Geyer Valmont Racing / Tigani Motorsport[14]
Supabarn Supermarkets / Tigani Motorsport[14]
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 6 Switzerland Philip Ellis[15] P 1
Australia Jayden Ojeda[15]
Germany Fabian Schiller[15]
44 Australia Scott Andrews[15] PA 1
New Zealand Brendon Leitch[15]
Australia Sergio Pires[15]
Australia Marcel Zalloua[15]
47 Australia Zach Bates[15] B 1
Australia James Koundouris[15]
Australia Theo Koundouris[15]
Australia David Russell[15]
United States Heart of Racing by SPS 27 Brazil Eduardo Barrichello[16] B 1
Canada Roman De Angelis[16]
United Kingdom Ian James[15]
Australia RAM Motorsport / GWR Australia[17] 45 Australia Brett Hobson[15] S 1
Australia Dylan O'Keeffe[15]
Australia Garth Walden[15]
Australia 75 Express 75 Andorra Jules Gounon[15] P 1
Australia Kenny Habul[15]
Germany Luca Stolz[15]
Hong Kong Mercedes AMG Team Craft-Bamboo Racing[18] 77 Estonia Ralf Aron[15] P 1
Austria Lucas Auer[15]
Germany Maximilian Gotz[15]
Germany Mercedes AMG Team Ravenol[19] 80 TBA TBA
TBA
TBA
TBA
Australia Grove Racing[20] 100 Australia Kai Allen[20] P 1
Australia Will Davison[20]
Australia Brenton Grove[20]
Germany Toyo Tires with Ring Racing[21] 170 Japan Yuichi Nakayama[21] TBA
TBA
TBA
TBA
Australia Scott Taylor Motorsport[22] 222 Australia Chaz Mostert[22] P 1
Australia Thomas Randle[22]
Australia Cameron Waters[22]
Hong Kong Mercedes AMG Team GMR 888 Germany Maro Engel[15] P 1
Canada Mikaël Grenier[15]
Belgium Maxime Martin[15]
Porsche Germany Herberth Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 21 Germany Ralf Bohn B 1
Germany Alfred Renauer
Germany Robert Renauer
New Zealand EBM[23] 61 Austria Klaus Bachler[23] P 1
Switzerland Ricardo Feller[23]
Germany Laurin Heinrich[23]
San Marino Tsunami RT[24] 79 Italy Fabio Babini[25] B 1
Switzerland Alex Fontana[25]
Italy Johannes Zelger[25]
Denmark High Class Racing 86 France Dorian Boccolacci[26] B 1
Denmark Anders Fjordbach[26]
China Kerong Li[26]
Hong Kong Absolute Racing[27] 911 Denmark Bastian Buus[27] P 1
Australia Matt Campbell[27]
Belgium Alessio Picariello[27]
Luxembourg Losch Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R (992.2) 48 Germany Patrick Assenheimer TBA
Germany Tobias Müller
Luxembourg Dylan Pereira
Source:[28]
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 Australia Bathurst 12 Hour Australia No. 222 Scott Taylor Motorsport Hong Kong No. 888 Mercedes AMG Team GMR Report
Australia Chaz Mostert
Australia Thomas Randle
Australia Cameron Waters 		Germany Maro Engel
Canada Mikaël Grenier
Belgium Maxime Martin
2 Germany Nürburgring 24 Hours Report
3 Belgium Spa 24 Hours Report
4 Japan Suzuka 1000 km Report
5 United States 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
Australia 		NÜR
Germany 		SPA
Belgium 		SUZ
Japan 		IND
United States 		Points
1 Germany Maro Engel
Canada Mikaël Grenier
Belgium Maxime Martin 		Mercedes AMG 1 25
2 France Dorian Boccolacci
Denmark Anders Fjordbach
China Kerong Li 		Porsche 2 18
3 Brazil Augusto Farfus
Switzerland Raffaele Marciello
Italy Valentino Rossi 		BMW 3 15
4 Germany Max Hesse
Netherlands Maxime Oosten
China Ruan Cunfan 		BMW 4 12
5 Denmark Bastian Buus
Australia Matt Campbell
Belgium Alessio Picariello 		Porsche 5 10
6 Andorra Jules Gounon
Australia Kenny Habul
Germany Luca Stolz 		Mercedes AMG 6 8
7 Austria Klaus Bachler
Switzerland Ricardo Feller
Germany Laurin Heinrich 		Porsche 7 6
8 New Zealand Jaxon Evans
Italy Davide Rigon
Brazil Daniel Serra 		Ferrari 8 4
9 United Kingdom Chris Froggatt
Hong Kong Jonathan Hui
Italy Lorenzo Patrese
New Zealand Ryan Wood 		Ferrari 9 2
10 Germany Ralf Bohn
Germany Alfred Renauer
Germany Robert Renauer 		Porsche 10 1
— South Africa Jordan Pepper
South Africa Kelvin van der Linde
Belgium Charles Weerts 		BMW 11 0
— Australia Brett Hobson
Australia Dylan O'Keeffe
Australia Garth Walden 		Mercedes AMG 12 0
— United Kingdom Ben Green
Malaysia Prince Abu Bakar Ibrahim
Malaysia Prince Jefri Ibrahim
Australia Jordan Love 		Chevrolet 13 0
— Brazil Eduardo Barrichello
Canada Roman De Angelis
United Kingdom Ian James 		Mercedes AMG 14 0
— Australia Scott Andrews
New Zealand Brendon Leitch
Australia Sergio Pires
Australia Marcel Zalloua 		Mercedes AMG 15 0
— Australia Zach Bates
Australia James Koundouris
Australia Theo Koundouris
Australia David Russell 		Mercedes AMG 16 0
— Switzerland Philip Ellis
Australia Jayden Ojeda
Germany Fabian Schiller 		Mercedes AMG 17 0
— Australia Chaz Mostert
Australia Thomas Randle
Australia Cameron Waters 		Mercedes AMG 18 0
— Australia Kai Allen
Australia Will Davison
Australia Brenton Grove 		Mercedes AMG 19 0
— New Zealand Earl Bamber
Netherlands Nicky Catsburg
United Kingdom Alexander Sims 		Chevrolet Ret 0
— Estonia Ralf Aron
Austria Lucas Auer
Germany Maximilian Gotz 		Mercedes AMG Ret 0
— Italy Fabio Babini
Switzerland Alex Fontana
Italy Johannes Zelger 		Porsche Ret 0
— Australia Broc Feeney
Germany Christopher Mies
Norway Dennis Olsen 		Ford Ret 0
Pos. Driver Manufacturer BAT
Australia 		NÜR
Germany 		SPA
Belgium 		SUZ
Japan 		IND
United States 		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
Australia 		NÜR
Germany 		SPA
Belgium 		SUZ
Japan 		IND
United States 		Points
1 China Kerong Li Porsche 1 25
2 Australia Kenny Habul Mercedes-AMG 2 18
3 Hong Kong Jonathan Hui Ferrari 3 15
4 Germany Ralf Bohn Porsche 4 12
5 Malaysia Prince Jefri Ibrahim Chevrolet 4 10
— Italy Johannes Zelger Porsche Ret 0
Pos. Driver Manufacturer BAT
Australia 		NÜR
Germany 		SPA
Belgium 		SUZ
Japan 		IND
United States 		Points

Manufacturers' championship

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

See also

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