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GT World Challenge Europe · 2026 Season

Round 1 — Circuit Paul Ricard

Endurance

France · 10–12 Apr

Race

Winner

#7 Comtoyou Racing

Pole Gap

+0.05s

Biggest Swing

#80 (-49)

#7 Comtoyou Racing wins the race at Circuit Paul Ricard

M.Drudi and co-drivers bring the Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 EVO home ahead of Winward Racing, with Garage 59 completing the podium.

#80 Lionspeed GP posts the biggest grid–finish swing

Grid P5 → Finish P54

Lost 49 positions across the race — the largest swing among cars with a recorded grid slot.

// Final classification

PRO P2

#48

Winward Racing

P2 overall▼1

PRO P1

Comtoyou Racing

class leader▲2

PRO P3

#32

Team WRT

P4 overall▲6

P4#59Garage 59▼1

P5#98Motorsport Competence Group [no profile]▲16

P6#17GetSpeed Performance▼1

P7#32Seas Motorsport▼1

P8#2Boutsen VDS▲42

P9#46Team WRT▼1

28 incidents in the race

the race

Cars #914, #18, #63, #71, #23, #67 and others were investigated by the stewards.

1 fine issued

the race

Herberth Motorsport (#91) was fined for breaches of the sporting code.

// Starting grid

Front

#48

#58

#59

#80

#17

#111

#51

P10

#32

P11

#46

P12

#71

P13

#21

P14

#50

P15

#18

P16

#555

P17

#99

P18

#998

P19

#10

P20

#65

P21

#64

P22

#98

P23

#84

P24

P25

#44

P26

#52

P27

#25

P28

P29

P30

#66

P31

P32

#24

P33

#30

P34

#91

P35

#35

P36

#992

P37

#56

P38

#97

P39

#74

P40

#23

P41

#96

P42

#93

P43

#12

P44

#222

P45

#63

P46

#89

P47

#42

P48

#88

P49

#991

P50

#60

P51

#54

R-

P52

#914

P53

P54

#67

P55

#45

P56

#11

P57

#177

P58

#87

Back

#48 Winward Racing takes pole by 0.05s

The top 4 are covered by 0.07s.

// Qualifying result

P1#48 Winward RacingFASTEST

P2#58 Garage 59+0.05s

P3#7 Comtoyou Racing+0.06s

P4#59 Garage 59+0.07s

P5#80 Lionspeed GP+0.10s

P6#17 GetSpeed Performance+0.11s

P7#111 CSA Racing [no profile]+0.18s

P8#3 2Seas Motorsport+0.21s

P9#51 AF Corse+0.21s

P10#32 Team WRT+0.33s

1 incident in qualifying

qualifying

Cars #21 were investigated by the stewards.

1 fine issued

qualifying

Comtoyou Racing (#11) was fined for breaches of the sporting code.

Free Practice 2

#17 GetSpeed Performance goes fastest in FP2

Fastest lap of the session: 1:54.624.

// FP2 pace

P1#17 GetSpeed PerformancePRO1:54.624

R-

P2#914 Razoon - more than racing [no profile]BRONZE1:54.840

P3#97 Rutronik RacingBRONZE1:55.149

P4#80 Lionspeed GPPRO1:55.168

P5#51 AF CorsePRO1:55.199

P6#6 GetSpeed PerformanceSILVER1:55.274

P7#21 Comtoyou RacingSILVER1:55.354

P8#58 Garage 59GOLD1:55.371

11 fines issued

FP2

AF Corse (#71), Team WRT (#46), Greystone GT (#44), Team WRT (#30), Dinamic GT (#54), Herberth Motorsport (#93), razoon - more than racing (#914), Team WRT (#30), GRT Grasser-Racing-Team (#63), Paradine Competition (#992), CSA Racing (#555) were fined for breaches of the sporting code.

Free Practice 1

#3 2Seas Motorsport tops FP1

Fastest lap of the session: 1:54.690.

// FP1 pace

P1#3 2Seas MotorsportPRO1:54.690

P2#84 Eastalent Racing [no profile]PRO1:54.754

P3#9 Pure RxcingSILVER1:54.959

R-

P4#914 Razoon - more than racing [no profile]BRONZE1:55.092

P5#32 Team WRTPRO1:55.124

P6#7 Comtoyou RacingPRO1:55.132

P7#17 GetSpeed PerformancePRO1:55.213

P8#4 Optimum MotorsportGOLD1:55.259

38 fines issued

FP1

Winward Racing (#87), Lionspeed GP (#80), 2 Seas Motorsport (#222), Comtoyou Racing (#18), Steller Motorsport (#24), 2 Seas Motorsport (#222), 2 Seas Motorsport (#3), Herberth Motorsport (#93), Rutronik Racing (#96), GRT Grasser-Racing-Team (#63), Dinamic GT (#54), razoon - more than racing (#914), 2 Seas Motorsport (#222), PURE RXCING (#9), Rutronik Racing (#96), Comtoyou Racing (#18), 2 Seas Motorsport (#222), Boutsen Vds (#2), 2 Seas Motorsport (#3), CSA Racing (#555), Lionspeed GP (#80), PURE RXCING (#9), Comtoyou Racing (#7), 2 Seas Motorsport (#222), Comtoyou Racing (#18), Attempto Racing (#99), Garage 59 (#59), Steller Motorsport (#24), Dinamic GT (#54), Comtoyou Racing (#7), Optimum Motorsport (#5), Getspeed (#12), Herberth Motorsport (#93), Boutsen Vds (#2), 2 Seas Motorsport (#222), Comtoyou Racing (#18), Winward Racing (#48), 2 Seas Motorsport (#3) were fined for breaches of the sporting code.