Stories
The people and teams behind GT3 results. Driver journeys, rivalries, the moments that decided championships, and data-led analysis of how races were really won.
Max Verstappen at Portimão: Why He's Racing GT3 and How to Watch
The F1 star joins his own team for the GT World Challenge Europe season finale
Max Verstappen races the #3 Verstappen Racing Mercedes-AMG at the Portimão 3 Hours on 17 October. Here's why he's there, who he's sharing the car with, and how to watch it free.
Read the storyHow Big Is the Amateur Gap?
Every 2026 GT World Challenge Europe car is shared by drivers of different ratings. We timed each one against their own teammate in the same car to measure what a Bronze, Silver or Gold rating is worth.
In the same car on the same weekend, a Bronze driver qualifies about 1.3% slower than their professional teammate, over a second a lap. Silver drivers are only 0.3% off, and beat their pro one weekend in four. Here is who beats their rating.
Read the storyDid BoP Work?
SRO changed the Balance of Performance during the weekend at eight of nine 2026 GT World Challenge Europe rounds. We measured what each weight change did to pace.
SRO adjusted car weights mid-weekend 35 times in 2026. Brands that gained weight lost pace and brands that lost weight gained it, but around 40% of the apparent effect is the field settling down on its own. Here is what is left.
Read the storyFour Leaders, One Champion
How the 2026 GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup was won, race by race, and why a different points system would have crowned a different crew.
Four crews led the 2026 GTWC Sprint Cup and seven different cars won its ten races. We rebuilt the championship from the official results to show how Feller and Buus won it, and why the points scale mattered as much as their speed.
Read the storyFast on Saturday, Invisible on Sunday
How qualifying pace turned into results in the 2026 GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup, and why the champion scored in only half the races.
Lionspeed GP's #80 Porsche was the fastest car of the 2026 GTWC Sprint Cup and won the title, yet scored points in only five of ten races. We compared every Pro car's qualifying pace with where it finished.
Read the storyThe Road to the Nürburgring 24 Hours
How Max Verstappen turned a GT3 passion into a real endurance racing journey
From sim racing obsession to winning on GT3 debut, Max Verstappen has spent years building toward the Nürburgring 24 Hours. This is how it happened, step by step.
Read the story// In the works
Data stories coming next
Analysis built from every qualifying session and race classification of the 2026 GT World Challenge Europe season.
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The 2026 Sprint Cup season in data
How the GTWC Sprint Cup title was won, round by round.
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Did BoP work?
SRO's weight and power changes against how each brand performed next.
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How big is the amateur gap?
Bronze, Silver and Gold drivers against the Pro cars, and who beats their rating.
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Endurance Cup season review
How every race of the 2026 GTWC Endurance Cup unfolded.