Porsche's Brands Hatch peak came with a warning
Porsche had the Brands Hatch Sprint peak, but Mercedes-AMG and BMW gave the cleaner depth readings once Race 2 stripped away the usual noise.
Jean-Paul Hackett
Mercedes-AMG reads DTM’s new tyre regime first
Mercedes-AMG’s Red Bull Ring opener was not just a Race 2 win. It was the first useful read on DTM’s new tyre and BoP regime.
RSR Intelligence · Issue 008
Issue 008 examines Mercedes-AMG’s engineering-chain question, BMW’s multi-programme coherence, Porsche under regulatory pressure, and WEC’s new invisible-BoP regime.
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.
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.