What Paul Ricard exposed about the German GT3 programmes
Paul Ricard data refined. Mercedes-AMG tyre finding holds at one circuit. BMW programme correction issued. Porsche customers collided with each other.
Jean-Paul Hackett
Mercedes-AMG tyre deficit costs five-hour Paul Ricard lead
Mercedes-AMG led Paul Ricard for five hours. Cold tyres and a safety car cost the win. BMW called P4 the maximum. Porsche's pace delivered nothing.
RSR Intelligence · Issue 007
Mercedes-AMG builds a subsidiary before it builds a car. The structural logic of Affalterbach Racing GmbH.
Programme depth on trial at Paul Ricard
The 2026 Evo cycle and Paul Ricard's six-hour format test whether programme depth or customer breadth defines the GTWC Europe season.
The hidden cost behind Porsche’s IMSA concentration
Sebring did more than confirm Porsche’s pace. It exposed how evo joker spending and customer budget limits are beginning to shape the 963 programme’s centre of gravity.
RSR Intelligence · Issue 006
Porsche sweeps Sebring under maximum BoP weight. The concentration thesis works. The system, designed to stop it, now accelerates.
When two governing bodies stopped trusting the Gulf at the same time
Two calendar decisions, made eight months apart, by two governing bodies that never coordinated. The Gulf's risk profile is now visible in both.