Analysis: where DTM sits on the GT3 cost ladder and why it matters
DTM’s move to GT3 machinery was meant to stabilise costs. Instead, it has exposed the upper limit of GT3 as a customer racing platform.
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Feature: Hans Herrmann and the virtue of endurance
Hans Herrmann’s career spanned Formula 1’s most dangerous years and endurance racing’s formative decades. His legacy is defined by range, restraint, and longevity.
Analysis: Bathurst’s entry list confirms GT racing’s centre of gravity
Bathurst’s 2026 entry list is not impressive because it is big, but because it looks settled. Twelve manufacturers confirm the race’s role as a GT benchmark.
Motorsport is not a personality
Motorsport has always attracted strong loyalties. Manufacturers, teams, drivers, eras. That intensity is part of the appeal. The problem begins when interest hardens into identity.
Verstappen Racing’s Mercedes-AMG tie-up is about building leverage, not borrowing stardust
Verstappen Racing’s 2026 Mercedes-AMG collaboration is not about star power or F1 intrigue. It is a calculated move to build a serious GT racing organisation the hard way.
Formula 1’s 2026 rules are an admission, not a revolution
Formula 1’s 2026 regulations are not radical. They are corrective, and they reveal how much the sport has learned from endurance racing.
German muscle at the centre of the 2026 FIA World Endurance Championship
German manufacturers anchor the 2026 WEC grid, with Porsche, BMW and Mercedes-AMG shaping competition across Hypercar and LMGT3 through depth, structure and continuity.
Team WRT’s 2025 season was about consolidation, not headlines
Team WRT’s 2025 season was less about headlines and more about consolidation, infrastructure, and long-term credibility at the heart of BMW’s endurance racing strategy.
Mercedes-AMG Motorsport 2025 review: momentum built the hard way
Mercedes-AMG Motorsport’s 2025 season was a mixed bag of scale and strain. Global GT success, a rushed WEC return with Iron Lynx, and hard lessons set the foundation for a stronger 2026.
German GT presence sets the tone as Asian Le Mans calendar takes shape
German GT influence is already clear in Asian Le Mans, as Porsche podiums and disciplined teams underline why the series has become a serious endurance proving ground.
A German-heavy GT spine underpins ELMS’s 47-car milestone grid
A record 47-car ELMS grid for 2026 hides a familiar truth: German GT cars, teams and drivers continue to define the championship’s competitive core.
Manthey sets out its 2026 WEC defence with two Porsche LMGT3 crews
Manthey confirms two Porsche LMGT3 line-ups for its 2026 WEC title defence, blending continuity with selective new faces as it targets a third straight Le Mans win.
Preview
Porsche customer strength frames the 2026 Bathurst 12 Hour grid
Porsche customer teams set early markers for the 2026 Bathurst 12 Hour as Absolute Racing and Earl Bamber Motorsport confirm experienced, high-calibre Porsche 911 GT3 R line-ups.
BMW
BMW M Team WRT locks in 2026 Hypercar line-ups for IMSA and WEC
BMW M Team WRT confirms unchanged 2026 BMW M Hybrid V8 crews for WEC and reshuffled IMSA pairings, plus first LMGT3 names, as its dual Hypercar programme takes shape.
German Motorsport
Mercedes-AMG sets out its 2026 performance and junior driver squad
Mercedes-AMG Motorsport has confirmed a 13-strong driver squad for 2026, anchoring its global GT3 programme with a mix of established race winners and young talent. The announcement arrives only weeks after the brand closed its 2025 season at the ‘Champions United’ gala in Affalterbach, giving a clear first look at
IMSA
Manthey sets its sights on IMSA with a two-car GTD and GTD Pro assault for 2026
Manthey will enter the IMSA Michelin Endurance Cup for the first time in 2026, committing a pair of Porsche 911 GT3 R entries to a five-round endurance campaign that opens with the 24 Hours of Daytona in January. The programme marks a significant expansion of Manthey’s footprint outside Europe,
Porsche
Four entries confirmed for Sepang as the Asian Le Mans Series begins
The Asian Le Mans Series will start its 2024–25 campaign at Sepang International Circuit, with four cars set to take the grid for the opening double-header in Malaysia. The field is small but well-formed, blending title-winning experience with teams chasing a clean reset after challenging runs last time out.
GT3
SRO GT Academy goes global with Spa dream for young GT stars
SRO GT Academy goes global for 2026, with young Silver drivers from British GT and GT World Challenge America, Asia and Australia fighting for a funded Silver Cup seat at the 2027 Spa 24 Hours.
BMW
BMW M2 Cup lowers age limit and expands its Road to DTM pipeline for 2026
The BMW M2 Cup will open its grid to 15-year-olds in 2026, align with all five DTM weekends, and offer its champion a new Road to DTM support package.
BMW
BMW Doubles Down on Hypercar Ambition
BMW has confirmed long-term commitment to the M Hybrid V8 in WEC and IMSA. This move strengthens its place in the Hypercar class and reinforces the brand’s endurance ambitions.
Hypercar
NEWS: Porsche Ends Factory Hypercar Effort for 2026
Porsche will end its factory-backed 963 Hypercar programme after the 2025 season. This move reshapes the Hypercar class and signals a shift in Stuttgart’s long-term endurance priorities.
Endurance
2025 Crowdstrike 24 Hours of Spa
The engines haven’t even fired up yet, but you can already feel Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps crackling with tension. Last year, biblical rain and a Ferris wheel of chaos turned the centenary CrowdStrike 24 Hours of Spa into a delirious 24-hour rollercoaster, and an Aston Martin came out of nowhere
IMSA
2025 IMSA Sahlen's Six Hours of The Glen
German manufacturers endured a rollercoaster Six Hours of The Glen – Porsche led in the rain but fell back after a late crash, BMW’s new duo stormed to a GTD Pro win, and Mercedes-AMG clinched a GTD podium.
Endurance
2025 Nürburgring 24 Hours
Power outages, penalty drama, and a troubled Dacia Logan, this year’s Nürburgring 24 Hours had it all. Grello led, but BMW won in the stewards’ room after 24 hours of chaos in the Green Hell. Here’s The Rennsport Report’s whole take on the race that defied logic.