The second season of the Prototype Winter Series was a story of dominance, as Danny Soufi and Konrad Motorsport won seven races of the eight held across four weekends.
The season began at the Circuito Estoril. A battle that had been seen numerous times during 2024, between Soufi and the DKR Engineering Duqueine of Jon Brownson and Laurents Hörr, once again took place in the first race. In the first stint, Soufi dominated. Even though his pitstop would have to be 30 seconds longer than DKR’s pairing, owing to the pitstop handicap system based on driver rating, Soufi still went into the second half of the race in the lead. After the pitstops, Hörr shrunk the gap, but Soufi and Konrad Motorsport still won the race by ten seconds.
Race two was a more dominant affair for Soufi, winning the race by over 100 seconds. Quentin Joseph and David Droux of CLX Motorsport came home in second, just ahead of High Class Racing’s Philip Lindberg. It was an all-Ligier podium.
At the following round in Portimão, Soufi once again swept the weekend. In the first race, Soufi and Lindberg drove into the first two spots. Behind, there was a three-way battle for third between DKR’s Jon Brownson, CLX’s Quentin Joseph and Racing Spirit of Leman’s Christian Gisy.
Unfortunately, Gisy and Joseph made contact at turn three. This allowed Brownson to hold a comfortable third place until the pit window.
Laurents Hörr picked up the baton, and he moved into second at the expense of Philip Lindberg. CLX Motorsport’s David Droux took third place for he and Joseph.
The second race once again saw Soufi secure a relatively straight-forward victory, 38 seconds clear of CLX Motorsport’s pairing. CLX’s consistency, finishing on the podium in all four races in Portugal, established them in second position in the championship.
Aragon and Barcelona: The streak ends, but the title remains with Soufi and Konrad
After a break in February, the series resumed at Motorland Aragon.
Konrad Motorsport’s Danny Soufi once again performed flawlessly in the first race of the weekend, once again finishing ahead of the CLX Motorsport Ligier of Droux and Joseph.
Racing Experience’s Matthias Bjerre Jakobsen had an impressive last stint of the race, holding off Laurents Hörr to secure the first podium of the season for the #12 Duqueine. Hörr finished a close fourth, ahead of Philip Lindberg.
Hörr’s portion of the race was something of a salvage mission for DKR Engineering, after a tricky stint for Jon Brownson that featured a pair of spins. The veteran American racer woke up on Sunday morning feeling under the weather, and decided not to take part in race two.
As a result of Brownson’s illness, Hörr drove the race solo. And, while the talented German started the race from third, he quickly moved up to the lead in slippery conditions. As a solo Gold-rated driver, Horr’s pitstop handicap was marginally longer than Soufi’s, but the DKR driver still won the race by a dozen seconds over Konrad Motorsport’s American. This ended Soufi’s dominance of the season, as he finished off the top step for the first time in 2025.
The season finale at Barcelona featured the largest grid of the season, with new entries from KC2 Racing and Team Virage, alongside a second entry from Konrad Motorsport for Zino-Ferret Fahlke.
Danny Soufi left Motorland Aragon on the borderline of winning the championship. And so, with yet another dominant, race-winning performance from Soufi, the championships were decided. Soufi won the Prototype Winter Series drivers’ title for the second consecutive time, while Konrad wrapped up the teams’ title.
On the Sunday, Konrad Motorsport made one last statement. Soufi and Fahlke drove home to a 1-2 finish for the Konrad team, ahead of High Class Racing’s Philip Lindberg. Meanwhile, finishing in fourth, CLX Motorsport’s Quentin Joseph and David Droux finished in fourth.
This was enough to wrap up second in the standings ahead of Laurents Hörr, whose points score had been separated from Jon Brownson owing to his solo performance on Sunday at Aragon.
The performance of Soufi and Konrad Motorsport was even more impressive than the team-driver combination’s 2024 championship victory. With seven victories and an impressive dominant streak, Soufi and Konrad now head into their summer programme in Prototype Cup Germany with superb momentum.
The 2026 Prototype Winter Series is likely to feature the third-generation of LMP3 machinery, which has already been tested extensively at GEDLICH Racing’s Race Test events over the winter. The third season of the Prototype Winter Series is slated to begin in January 2026.
The battle for the season would be contested by two front-running teams from the 2024 campaign; Elite, and SR Motorsport. The likes of W&S Motorsport, RAFA Racing by Race Lab and Racing Spirit of Leman also came into the season as part of a hugely-competitive field.
Estoril and Portimão: Flying starts and giant-killing performances
Elite Motorsport started its season on a high, with three race victories at the Circuito Estoril in its McLaren Artura GT4.
McKenzy Cresswell, along with Josh Rattican, swept the weekend in dominant fashion. In the first race, SR Motorsport’s Enrico Förderer was able to keep pace with Rattican. However, the Mercedes-AMG GT4 began slowing down, and lost second position to RAFA Racing’s Charlie Hart. The Mercedes entered a limp-home mode, but still made it to the chequered flag in third.
The second race of the weekend took place in wet conditions, and the RAFA McLaren seemed to struggle with Callum Davies at the wheel. At the front of the field, Cresswell excelled in his first-ever GT4 race, winning by 17 seconds despite the treacherous weather. Peter Terting won the PRO-AM class in second overall for his Plusline Racing Team, while SR Motorsport’s Jay Mo Hartling rounded out the podium.
The third and final race of the weekend saw Elite win by over 25 seconds, ahead of the W&S Motorsport Porsche driven by Alon Gabbay and GT4 debutant Maximilian Schreyer. Hartling and Förderer rounded out the overall podium once again.
Next time out in Portimão, McKenzy Cresswell started off the weekend with yet another victory for Elite Motorsport. In second position, the FK Performance BMW of Benjamin Sylvestersson made an impression in its first appearance of the year. The RAFA McLaren of Callum Davies was second on the road, but was dropped to third for track limits penalties.
BWT Mücke and SR Motorsport’s Mercedes’ finished fourth and fifth. Enrico Förderer had a collision with Baudouin Detout on the first lap, which resulted in a drive-through penalty for Förderer, and a subsequent recovery drive.
Sunday morning’s second race marked the first race victory of the season for SR Motorsport, as Jay Mo Hartling performed a brilliant drive. Hartling moved from third to first at the expense of the two McLarens, with a particularly forceful move against Josh Rattican for second. The final result listed Hartling as the winner, ahead of Rattican and Plusline’s Peter Terting. RAFA Racing’s Charlie Hart was demoted from third to fifth after accruing 15 second of track limit penalties.
The final race of the weekend saw a magnificent outing for the AM class entry of Joachim Bölting, at times outpacing all of the PRO cars and even leading the race. The greasy conditions on-circuit played into Bölting’s hands, but as the weather slowly dried out, the Plusline Porsche driver started to struggle.
He would ultimately finish fourth on the road, but was demoted to seventh after gaining some 35 seconds of penalties for track limits.
RAFA Racing’s Callum Davies and Charlie Hart won the 60-minute endurance race, ahead of Elite Motorsport’s McKenzy Cresswell and Josh Rattican. Alon Gabbay and Maximilian Schreyer of W&S Motorsport finished third, ahead of Bölting.
Valencia and Aragon: SR Motorsport sweeps Valencia, but Elite fires back in Aragon
Coming out of Portimão, Elite’s Cresswell and Rattican held a 54-point lead over RAFA Racing’s Hart and Davies in the championship. However, Rattican would not return for Valencia or the remainder of the season, handing the reins over to GT4 Winter Series returnee Tom Lebbon.
The Valencia weekend marked the finest hour of the 2025 season for Förderer and Hartling. The German duo won all three races, bringing them much closer to the championship lead. The same could not be said for RAFA Racing, whose McLaren was set to start from pole in race one. However, a gear selection on the sighting lap resulted in a non-start for the British team.
While the top step of the podium was reserved for SR Motorsport, Elite still finished on the podium for every race. The gap in the overall championship battle was down to 32 points, now with SR Motorsport established in the second position.
SR Motorsport’s Motorland Aragon weekend started well, with yet another race victory courtesy of Förderer. Elite’s McKenzy Cresswell finished second, while Baudouin Detout scored the first podium of the season for Racing Spirit of Leman after a challenging weekend at Valencia.
Sunday morning’s race two was held in wet conditions, in which W&S Motorsport’s Alon Gabbay excelled. A late safety car was triggered by a spin for his W&S teammate Daniel Blickle, but this did not affect Gabbay, who still won the race ahead of Elite’s Tom Lebbon. Jay Mo Hartling rounded out the podium for SR Motorsport.
Race three was a victory for Elite’s Cresswell and Lebbon. It was another commanding performance from the McLaren pairing, who won the race by 15 seconds. Hartling and Förderer ensured that they still had a shot at winning the title with a strong second place finish, while Callum Davies and Charlie Hart rounded out the podium for RAFA Racing by Race Lab.
Barcelona: Largest-ever entry to conclude the season
Going into the season finale, there were 75 points available to score, and 35 between McKenzy Cresswell and SR Motorsport’s pairing. At the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, the largest-ever field in the short history of the GT4 Winter Series was assembled, with 27 cars taking the start. Particularly in the case of SR Motorsport, this meant increased competition to go up against, as they attempted to score the required points to win the title.
Race one of the weekend marked yet another McLaren 1-2. On the road, this was led by the Elite McLaren of Tom Lebbon. However, track limit abuse led to a five-second penalty, and the win was therefore handed to Charlie Hart of RAFA Racing. Lebbon was still classified in second place, just ahead of Enrico Förderer. The points gap had grown to 38, now with only 50 left to score.
Race two marked a victory for Razoon – more than racing, who made their first GT4 appearance of the season. Denny Berndt handled difficult conditions to win the race, ahead of W&S Motorsport’s Alon Gabbay and the RAFA McLaren, now driven by Callum Davies.
Going into the race, SR Motorsport’s Jay Mo Hartling had to outscore the Elite McLaren. With McKenzy Cresswell starting second, and Jay Mo lining-up eighth, this would always be a long shot. Jay Mo was only able to move up a single spot to seventh, and with the black and yellow McLaren crossing the line in fourth, this confirmed that the 2025 titles would head to Elite and Cresswell.
The final race of the season offered one last drama, as RAFA Racing by Race Lab were stripped of victory courtesy of leaving the pitlane with a red light on, shortly after the Safety Car came out.
This allowed Cresswell and Tom Lebbon to inherit the victory, and end the season on a high. Hartling and Förderer came home in second position, ahead of the FK Performance BMW of Joseph Ellerine and Benjamin Sylvestersson.
While the second half of the season proved that the difference between SR Motorsport and Elite was minimal, the early-stage dominance of the McLaren team proved too great to overcome.
In their second season in the GT4 Winter Series, Elite Motorsport are now champions. The 2025 grid offered spectacular racing and a compelling line-up of entrants, and this will continue to be the case in 2026. The new season of the GT4 Winter Series will begin in January.
Estoril and Portimão: Tricky conditions and new challengers in Portugal
The season began at the famed Circuito Estoril, and for the second year in a row, it was GT3 Poland that immediately came to the fore. As was the case in 2024, it was a Lamborghini Huracan Super Trofeo Evo II from the Polish team that secured the race victory, this time with Seweryn Mazur at the helm.
This set the tone for a weekend that defied expectations.
Sunday morning’s second sprint race was held in wet conditions, and Cristiano Maciel rose to the occasion in his Cup 1-entered Ferrari 296 Challenge. From seventh on the grid, the Portuguese racer won his second-ever motor race in commanding fashion, astonishing everyone in the paddock and drawing a lot of attention. Some were even unsure if Maciel was at the wheel, suspecting that his experienced co-driver Rui Aguas was in the car; however, Aguas was watching on in the garage, albeit equally stunned by the performance of his driver.
The sweep of Cup class cars taking overall victories at Estoril was completed by Andreas Bogh Sorensen in the pitstop race. The Cup 1 racer claimed the top step of the podium with his Ferrari 296 Challenge, even though he suffered an accident in the race. In an almost ark-level deluge, Sorensen was one of several drivers to lose control just before the red flag; he was still classified as the winner on countback, ahead of Maciel and Aguas, who solidified their status as potential title contenders.
One advantage that the Portuguese AF Corse duo in the overall championship standings was the popularity of the Cup 1 class. Points in the GT Winter Series are scored within the entrant’s class, and those competing against greater levels of competition would receive more points for their successes.
Another GT racing debutant made waves at the second round in Portimão. Keanu Al Azhari made his first appearance in GT3 machinery, in a Porsche 992 GT3 R entered by SSR Performance.
In the first race, Al Azhari started from sixth on the grid after his fastest times were deleted in qualifying thanks to track limits violations. In the early stages of the race, Al Azhari dropped to eighth, but quickly moved up the field.
Ultimately, after a battle with the SR Motorsport Mercedes of Moritz Wiskirchen, Al Azhari won at his first attempt.
In race two, Al Azhari started from pole position, alongside the similar Razoon – more than racing Porsche 992 GT3 R of Simon Birch. The pair duelled throughout the race, but Birch never found a way past his adversary, as Al Azhari took a second victory. The SSR team did not start the pitstop race, leaving the floor open for another winner.
In wet conditions, the Cup 1 Ferrari 296 Challenge cars were the in-form vehicles. John Dhillon and Matt Griffin secured the race victory, in a close-fought end to the race. AF Corse’s Cup 1 entries took a full sweep of the overall podium, with racing debutant Rafael Duran and Sean Hudspeth in second, and Andreas Bogh Sorensen and Mikkel Mac in third.
Valencia and Aragon: The Spanish leg begins
A deluxe grid and a large crowd joined the GT Winter Series for the third round of the season.
New entries from teams such as Liqui Moly Team Engstler, Comtoyou Racing, Konrad Motorsport and Schubert Motorsport enriched the GT3 field, while no fewer than 15 Ferrari 296 Challenge cars entered the Cup 1 category.
For the defending GT Winter Series champions SR Motorsport and Kenneth Heyer, the season thus far had been consistent. As such, Heyer and Moritz Wiskirchen led the GT3 standings, and sat second in the overall points. However, Valencia was a troubled weekend for the Schnitzelalm-backed team.
In the first race, the team’s Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo suffered a right-front brake disc failure with Heyer at the wheel, and failed to reach the 75 per cent race distance required to score points. Schubert Motorsport’s Sandro and Juliano Holzem won the race overall, in the Invitational class BMW M4 GT3 Evo.
The second race of the weekend was even more of an ordeal for SR Motorsport. Comtoyou Racing’s #700 Aston Martin, driven by Rafael Suzuki. At the first corner, Suzuki and Wiskirchen collided, damaging both cars terminally. Suzuki was stranded on the racing line at the corner exit, and was collected by other cars including Joachim Bölting’s Porsche 992 GT3 Cup, and the AF Corse Ferrari of Rafael Duran.
After a lengthy Safety Car, the race resumed with pole-sitter Luca Engstler leading the way. The Liqui Moly Team Engstler Lamborghini Huracan GT3 Evo II stayed at the front of the order throughout the race. Engstler crossed the line as the race winner, in his return from racing after injuries sustained at Macau in November.
Engstler, along with teammate Jonas Karklys, also secured victory in the third race of the weekend, marking a successful start to the Spanish leg of the season for Team Engstler. AF Corse’s Cristiano Maciel and Rui Aguas performed well against stern competition, and held a 20-point advantage headed to the next round at Aragon.
The fourth round at Motorland Aragon featured a larger and more competitive than its inaugural appearance in the GT Winter Series in 2024.
The first race of the weekend marked the first overall victory of the season for SR Motorsport’s Moritz Wiskirchen. Meanwhile, the second race victory fell to Simon Birch of Razoon – more than racing. It was a dominant display from the young Dane, who had helped the team score victory at the 6H of Portimão since the team’s prior appearance in GT Winter Series.
The final race of the weekend was held in mixed conditions, and while many teams switched to wet tyres, Marcus Clutton remained on slicks. Remarkably, Clutton’s pace was comparable to those on treaded Pirellis, while the rest of the dry-shod drivers struggled. He scored victory for himself and Simon Orange, on Orange Racing by JMH’s first appearance in the GEDLICH paddock.
Barcelona: A high-note to end the 2025 season
With over 25 cars present, the season finale at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya was another high-point of the 2025 GT Winter Series. Cristiano Maciel and Rui Aguas came into the final round with an advantage of just eight points, but their closest competition – Alessio Ruffini and Milos Pavlovic – was part of a Cup 4 class with just three cars entered. This meant fewer points were available for the Auto Sport Racing duo, and left them in a position where it was more likely to see the team fall back behind the likes of the SR Motorsport team and Wileco Motorsport’s Calle Bergman and Manz Thalin in Cup 2.
The first race of the weekend was controlled by Comtoyou Racing’s Kobe Pauwels, who secured the team’s first GT Winter Series victory. In second position, SR Motorsport’s Moritz Wiskirchen did exactly what he needed to do, securing 18 points. However, AF Corse’s Maciel and Aguas claimed second in Cup 1 for 18 points, and Alessio Ruffini finished second in Cup 4 for 12 points. Therefore, the points advantage for AF Corse and the Portuguese pair grew.
The second race was another showcase for Simon Birch of Razoon – more than racing, who held off Luca Engstler for the race victory. This continued into the final race of the season, which Birch and teammate Leo Pichler won by a stunning 22 seconds.
With fourth and second-place finishes on Sunday, Maciel and Aguas did enough to comfortably win the overall title. A spin at the start of race three for Kenneth Heyer helped make the path to the title easier for the AF Corse pair, but Heyer and Wiskirchen’s SR Motorsport still came second in the standings, winning the GT3 championship.
Third overall fell to the Cup 2 pairing of Calle Bergman and Manz Thalin, ahead of the Cup 4 champions Alessio Ruffini and Milos Pavlovic.
The 2025 GT Winter Series was the most exciting to date, with the highest average grid numbers since GT4 cars were split into their own category. The quality and international nature of the paddock continues to grow, and the GT Winter Series will thrill once again in 2026. The finalised 2026 calendar will be available too, as the GT Winter Series once again strives to provide the best experience for teams, drivers and fans alike.
The build-up to the 2025 season saw significant changes made to the series package. Pirelli tyres were re-introduced to the series after a year on Hankook rubber, and TM Performance became the brake-disc supplier. This move brought the series closer to the specifications of the Italian, CEZ and British F4 series, and thus came a shift in the competitors for the new season.
As the opening round approached at the Autodromo Internacional do Algarve, it was clear that the move had been a positive one. New teams including Hitech TGR and Van Amersfoort joined the fray for the first time, alongside established FWS teams including US Racing, Jenzer Motorsport and Campos Racing.
Portimão and Valencia: Consistency proves key as Gomez sets himself apart
The arrival of Formula Winter Series to Portimão marked the first time the series had appeared in Portugal, and the thrilling layout at the Autodromo Internacional do Algarve was an immediate favourite for the young drivers.
The first race of the season set the tone for the championship fight. Gabriel Gomez was beaten off the line by Leo Robinson, who proceeded to lead much of the race, until a late safety car intervened. The race resumed with just one lap to go, and Robinson’s tyres were no longer offering the grip he needed to hold off Gomez, who managed to usurp the Hitech driver for the first win of 2025.
Gomez would double-up in the second race of the weekend, leading home an US Racing 1-2 ahead of Edu Robinson, while Maksimilian Popov scored Van Amersfoort’s first FWS podium in third.
The third race of the weekend looked to set to be a thriller, as the grid was divided on which tyres to start the on in greasy conditions. As the race was set to begin, the start lights failed after only three lights were illuminated. The drivers began racing regardless, and wet-shod Bart Harrison jumped to the lead from the fifth row. However, the ‘race’ was soon red-flagged and restarted, and most drivers who had opted for slick tyres switched over to wets.
Fionn McLaughlin, Hitech TGR’s young Irishman from the Red Bull Junior Team, set about dominating in the tricky conditions. In his first weekend of car racing, McLaughlin had the mettle to win by almost four and a half seconds over his teammate Leo Robinson, and Gabriel Gomez.
Gomez was promoted to third after his teammate Maxim Rehm was disqualified for running brakes against the series’ homologation rules. Incredibly, with 69 points scored in the first round, Gomez now found himself 33 points clear of the chasing pack after just one round in the championship.
The momentum for Gomez didn’t stop there. At the Circuit Ricardo Tormo, he won the first race ahead of Leo Robinson and Rehm. His streak of podiums continued in the second race, finishing third behind Rehm and Robinson. For Rehm, it was a statement victory that proved he had not been shaken by the technical disqualification at Portimão.
Leo Robinson finally secured his first win of the season in the third race at Valencia, while Gomez and Maksimilian Popov finished behind. Kabir Anurag crossed the line in fourth place, matching his finishing result in the first two races of the weekend. The US Racing driver had still never finished on the podium in the Formula Winter Series, but that was about to change…
Aragon: Jubilation and drama in the desert
After a fairly even weekend between Gomez and Robinson in Barcelona, the championship margin was at 34 points in Gomez’s favour. After a tricky weekend in Valencia with no top-five finishes, Fionn McLaughlin had slipped to fourth behind Maksimilian Popov, and some 83 points behind Gomez.
The first race of the Motorland Aragon weekend saw a new winner emerge in the Formula Winter Series, as US Racing’s Kabir Anurag claimed his first victory in the category. Sporting an updated race suit from his Alpine Academy team, Anurag celebrated atop his car after finally claiming his first win in FWS. Gomez continued his 100 per cent podium record with a second-place finish, while Fionn McLaughlin took third.
The second race began a dominant Sunday for Fionn McLaughlin, as he secured the win ahead of Anurag following a late-race safety car. Gomez finished third once more. And, while the wet conditions of Sunday morning made race two a compelling spectacle, the third race proved to be something unlike any Formula Winter Series race before it.
The circuit had all but dried out as the cars arrived to the grid, and only one driver – Renauer Motorsport’s Simon Schranz – had wet tyres on his car. The rest of the field was on slicks, and as the formation lap began, the rain started to fall.
Jenzer Motorsport’s Artem Severiukhin and Bart Harrison peeled into the pits for wet tyres, as the race began.
Schranz started from 20th on the grid, but such was his advantage that he crossed the line at the end of lap two as the race leader. Alas, a half-spin at the first corner demoted him behind Bart Harrison, who had stormed up from his pitlane start. Harrison led the way, and looked like the favourite for victory as some struggled on slicks, and others pitted for wets.
However, as the race passed half-distance, the circuit began to dry out, and slick-shod runners began to rediscover their pace.
And, in these tricky conditions, It was once again Fionn McLaughlin who came to the fore, ultimately winning by six seconds after staying on slicks for the entire race. Maxim Rehm came home second, while Gabriel Gomez rounded out the podium.
Harrison finished sixth, while Simon Schranz took his first FWS points in eighth.
Barcelona: A hard path to glory for Gomez
With a 68-point advantage going into the final round, the perennially consistent Gomez was the heavy favourite to win the championship.
However, as the first race of the weekend began, Gomes failed to get off the line. Thankfully, all parties avoided the Brazilian racer, but he would not be able to take part in the race. Leo Robinson and Fionn McLaughlin – the two drivers still in mathematical championship contention – finished one-two in the race, with Robinson securing the victory.
On Sunday morning in race two, the pair of Hitech drivers again swept the race standings. However, Gomez only needed to score four points to secure the title. In the second race, he finished fifth, behind Jenzer’s Bart Harrison and Artem Severiukhin. This was enough to secure the championship a race in advance, and cement him as the third driver to win the Formula Winter Series title.
The third and final race was a complex affair. A lightning-fast start from second row starter Thomas Bearman (Hitech) granted him an early lead. However, this was soon revealed to have been a jump start, and a five-second time penalty was applied to his race result.
The young British driver’s lead ran as high as 3.5 seconds, but ultimately he was unable to build the cushion required to negate the penalty.
Running in second at the line, Bart Harrison celebrated his presumed win, but a last-minute track limits violation meant he was penalised after the chequered flag. This promoted the driver that crossed the line third – Kabir Anurag – to P1, a fact that not even he was aware of in the moments immediately following the chequered flag. The jubilation set in for Anurag as he realised his achievement, winning a thrilling race where he moved up from eighth. Bearman and Harrison completed the podium, but the latter driver was bitterly disappointed, as he found out he lost at the same time as Anurag learnt of his victory.
The 2025 Formula Winter Series season was the most thrilling in the short history of the championship. With a winning formula now in place to bring Europe’s finest single-seater teams to the grid, and many of them already an established part of the FWS paddock, the 2026 season is expected to be yet another barnstormer.
Congratulations to the champions – Gabriel Gomez and US Racing – and all drivers and teams for a brilliant season of racing.
After a successful launch for the 6H of Portimão in early February, the home of the Spanish Grand Prix will close the curtain on the 2025 Winter Series tour of Iberia. New teams and returning faces will duel throughout the field, with several thrilling class battles expected in addition to a fight for overall honours.
Razoon – more than racing were the overall winners of the inaugural 6H of Portimão, and the Austrian team is back with its Porsche 992 GT3 R in Barcelona, once again with Thomas Andersen and Simon Birch at the wheel. The 18-year-old Birch will arrive at the circuit with raised confidence, after winning in the GT Winter Series at Barcelona last weekend.
There will be two teams utilising a Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo to challenge the Razoon Porsche. Grupoprom by BDR will bring its three-pointed star for the trio of Michael Dörrbecker, Amaury Bonduel and Alfredo Hernandez. The latter driver also raced at Barcelona in the GT Winter Series finale, and will take that experience forward into the 6H of Barcelona. The addition of Dörrbecker and Bonduel to the line-up makes this entry a significant threat for overall victory.
A further challenge can be expected from the newly-crowned GT3 class champions of the GT Winter Series, SR Motorsport by Schnitzelalm. The team will enter its Mercedes into the 6H of Barcelona, with team regular Kenneth Heyer set to lead the line-up.
A Lamborghini Huracan GT3 Evo II will be entered by Star Performance, with Miloš Pavlović leading a line-up also featuring Sandro Mur, Aniwat Lammahadthai and Sanporn Jao-Javanil. The team is currently undertaking a significant testing programme at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, and will be looking to use the accumulated track knowledge to their advantage.
The Cup 2 class for Porsche 992 GT3 Cup cars will once again be a show-stealer. The 6H of Portimão class winners Rodriguez Menzl and Nico Menzel are once again taking the start with A-Workx Motorsport, and Swedish Porsche specialists Mtech Competition are once again primed to challenge for victory. Gustav Söderberg Krogh was a standout performer in Portimão, and he once again forms part of the line-up this weekend, alongside Thomas Karlsson and Mattis Astrand.
Fellow Swedes Team Steiner Racing also return, fielding Anders Steiner, Mads Kimby and Ulrik Forsberg. Leading Porsche Carrera Cup team GP Elite makes its first GEDLICH Racing 6H appearance, fielding a 992 GT3 Cup for Peter and Koen Munnichs.
Elsewhere among the Cup classes for single-make GT machinery, French outfit CMR fields a Lamborghini Huracan Super Trofeo Evo II in the Cup 4 class. Rodrigue Gillion and Stephane Lemeret will share driving duties. Rossocorsa Racing will also join the field, entering a Cup 1 Ferrari 296 Challenge for Angelo Fontana and Niccolò Schirò.
The GT4 class will see the return of NM Racing Team, who were unfortunate to miss out on class victory at the 6H Portimão. Guillermo Aso, Denis Soglaev and Jonathan Currie are confirmed to pilot the Mercedes-AMG GT4, while Currie’s coach Phil Keen is also anticipated to join the driver line-up.
Another Mercedes will be entered into GT4 by Spanish squad PCR Sport, with Josep Parera, Vicente Dasi and Jase Gleichberg set to share driving duties.
Two teams vying for the overall victory will also be looking to pick up trophies in the GT4 category. Razoon – more than racing will enter a Porsche Cayman GT4 RS CS, while SR Motorsport by Schnitzelalm is set to enter the Mercedes-AMG GT4 it used to secure 2025 vice-champion status in the GT4 Winter Series. The GT4 field will also be rivalled by a Club class-entered Porsche Cayman, fielded by XRacing for Peter Brunner, Alex Ellinger and Beat Ganz.
The 6H of Barcelona is set to be a thrilling endurance spectacle, and fans of sprint racing will also be catered for at the circuit and on the live broadcast, as TCR Spain hosts its opening round of 2025 on the support bill. A strong, international field is expected, as GEDLICH Racing hosts a points-paying event in Spain’s premiere Touring Car championship for the first time.
This weekend’s action promises to be the perfect conclusion to a thrilling 2025 for the Winter Series, as the teams do battle to become the inaugural winners of the GEDLICH Racing 6H of Barcelona.
In the GT Winter Series, Cristiano Maciel and Rui Aguas (AF Corse Ferrari 296 Challenge) entered the final weekend of the season with a slim advantage of eight points in the overall championship. Alessio Ruffini and Milos Pavlovic of Auto Sport Racing came into Barcelona in second. However, the deck was stacked against the Italo-Croatian duo in the Lamborghini Huracan Super Trofeo Evo II.
Points are scored within the classes of the GT Winter Series, with greater rewards coming for competitors in classes with larger grids. Only three cars were entered into the Cup 4 class for Super Trofeo Lamborghinis, meaning a maximum of 14 points per race could be scored for Ruffini and Pavolvic.
In Cup 1 – Aguas and Maciel’s class – 20 points were available. This was also the case in GT3, where Kenneth Heyer and Moritz Wiskirchen were entered. The SR Motorsport duo were third in the overall standings, 12 points behind Maciel and Aguas. The defending champions in the Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo would face stern competition from the likes of Razoon – more than racing, Comtoyou Racing, Konrad Motorsport and Orange Racing by JMH.
Race 1:
As the first 30-minute sprint race began, Comtoyou Racing’s Kobe Pauwels made a brave move around the outside at turn one, stealing the race lead from the pole-sitting SR Mercedes of Moritz Wiskirchen. The Cup cars started in a separate group, which was led away Jerzy Spinkiewicz in the Uniq Lamborghini.
Pauwels had a smooth race in the #700 Aston Martin and won the race by five and a half seconds. Wiskirchen had a hard-fought run to the chequered flag, finishing second, and holding off the GT3 Pro class Liqui Moly Team Engstler Lamborghini of Dante Rappange.
Jerzy Spinkiewicz won Cup 4 for Uniq Racing, while Cup 1 was won by Eric Cheung in his AF Corse Ferrari. Second in Cup 1 fell to Cristiano Maciel, who increased the overall championship lead for he and Rui Aguas. Since both Wiskirchen and Maciel both came second in their classes, they both scored 18 points, while Alessio Ruffini only scored 12 in Cup 4. Wiskirchen and Heyer were now second in the overall standings, but remained a dozen points behind the leaders.
PTT Racing won Cup 2, with GT racing newcomer Fabian Dybionka.
Race 2:
As the teams readied up for the second race, held in the early afternoon, the track had been drying out after a morning of intermittent rain. The circuit was not dry, but it was greasy enough for the vast majority of teams to elect for slick tyres.
Seeing the evidence of these decisions on the pre-grid, race director Werner Aichinger decided to start the race after an additional lap under safety car, in single-file formation.
Once the race began, the first lap was smooth for the cars at the front of the field, including Razoon’s Simon Birch, who led the early stages ahead of Luca Engstler. Further back, however, the damp surface caught out several drivers. While all parties were okay, there was barrier damage, and a safety car soon gave way to red flags.
The race resumed with less than ten minutes left, and Simon Birch controlled the race at the front, despite significant pressure from Luca Engstler. The pair finished just half-a-second apart at the front of the field, ahead of Matisse Lismont of Comtoyou Racing.
Cup 1 honours went to Goncalo Araújo of Santogal – Araújo Competição, while the championship-leading car of Cristiano Maciel finished fourth in class. Cup 2 victory went to Wileco Motorsport’s Calle Bergman, elevating Bergman and Thalin’s Porsche 992 Cup to a joint second in the overall standings.
Both the Wileco Porsche and the SR Mercedes had 176 points, while Maciel and Aguas went into the title deciding race on 188. As long as the AF Corse Ferrari was classified, it would be the championship winner.
Race 3:
The third and final race of the season began with defending champion Kenneth Heyer on pole position in the SR Motorsport Mercedes.
At turn one, Matisse Lismont hung on from the outside of the front row, and was still alongside Heyer at the apex of the corner. The Aston of Lismont had a nose ahead, and as SR Motorsport’s Heyer tried to get the power down, he lost control. Heyer ended up last among the GT3s.
Lismont led the early stages until Leo Pichler swept around the outside at turn 12 in the Razoon Porsche. However, with 20 minutes elapsed, Lismont returned to the race lead after Pichler lost time behind lapped traffic.
A safety car came out shortly thereafter to collect Eric Cheung’s expired Cup 1 Ferrari. At the same time, Lismont was declared as one of six cars to receive a drive-through for an incorrect starting formation. The Comtoyou elected to serve its drive-through after the safety car was declared. This caused an unfortunate double-whammy for the #700 Aston Martin, as the car was held at pit exit on a red light, and drive-through penalties cannot be served during safety car periods. Therefore, this visit to the pits did not count as serving the penalty.
The pit window created a heart-in-mouth moment for Cristiano Maciel. He passed the car over to Rui Aguas for the final stint, and reported that the car had been developing a mis-fire. The Ferrari struggled to get out of the pits, and briefly pulled up at pit exit. Aguas was forced to perform a hurried control-alt-delete, and the car continued as normal.
A non-finish at that stage of the race would have meant no points scored for the #50, as 75 per cent race distance had not been completed.
By the end of the race, Razoon’s Simon Birch had driven away from the field in the race lead, and took a comfortable victory for he and Leo Pichler. While the Comtoyou Aston finished second on the road, it would receive a penalty for not correctly serving the drive-through. Marcus Clutton and Simon Orange inherited second, ahead of Danny Soufi and Carrie Schreiner of Konrad Motorsport.
With a second-place finish in class, Maciel and Aguas secured the overall GT Winter Series. It was a great milestone in the fledgling career of Maciel, whose first race came at the Estoril season opener in January.
Fourth in class for SR Motorsport’s Heyer and Wiskirchen proved to be enough for second in the overall standings, as Calle Bergman and Manz Thalin came home second in Cup 2. All teams in the overall top three took home their respective class championships.
The GT grids end on a high as the 2025 Winter Series concludes
A deluxe grid of over 25 cars competed in the finale of GT Winter Series in its sixth season. The broad array of teams entered from across Europe is further proof that the series is going from strength-to-strength.
AF Corse’s Maciel and Aguas will carry great momentum into the remainder of Maciel’s first racing season, and may return to defend the title in 2026.
Many of the teams in the paddock intend to compete again in the next GT Winter Series, which will once again bring the thrill of international-level Supercar racing to Iberia’s best circuits from January 2026.
In the first race, RAFA Racing by Race Lab’s Charlie Hart took an early lead, despite running wide at the first corner. Elite’s Tom Lebbon, who started alongside his fellow McLaren driver, found his way by before the end of the first lap. Lebbon proceeded to defend throughout the 30-minute race, and crossed the line first as the chequered flag flew. However, a track limits penalty was applied to the Elite McLaren in the last moments of the race, handing victory to Hart and Race Lab.
Lebbon was ultimately classified second, ahead of SR Motorsport’s Enrico Forderer. With 50 points to score, Elite Motorsport’s McKenzy Cresswell had a 38-point advantage against SR Motorsport’s Förderer and Jay Mo Hartling. Förderer brought the car home third in the sprint race.
In the second sprint race on Sunday morning, a conservative approach was taken by McKenzy Cresswell, who allowed himself to fall to fourth, knowing it was enough to secure the championship honours.
Denny Berndt won the race for Razoon – more than racing, while Alon Gabbay of W&S Motorsport made it a Porsche 1-2. Callum Davies finished third for RAFA Racing by Race Lab. For Cresswell, the championship win was the culmination of a perfect first campaign in GT racing. He won the championship alone, as he shared with both Tom Lebbon and Joshua Rattican during the season, but Elite also clinched the teams’ title.
In the final race of the season, Elite Motorsport and RAFA Racing started from the front row, and fought throughout the race. Tom Lebbon and Charlie Hart were the first sparring partners at the wheel of the two McLarens, and it would be Hart in the lead for the duration of their stint.
However, as the PRO-AM East Racing Porsche Cayman of Manuel Lauck was tagged into a spin, a safety car had to be called at the tail-end of the pit window. RAFA Racing’s McLaren was in the pits at the time, and exited into the race lead, and the newly-installed Callum Davies was picked up by the safety car as the leader.
However, a red light was being displayed at the pit exit, and this would ultimately lead to a drive-through penalty for Davies. However, this decision was made late in the race, and the white McLaren Artura crossed the line first on the road. The drive-through was ultimately converted into a 35 second post-race penalty.
Therefore, Cresswell and Tom Lebbon ended the season on a high, being classified as the race winners ahead of Hartling and Forderer’s SR Motorsport Mercedes. The FK Performance BMW of Joseph Ellerine and Benjamin Sylverstersson rounded out the podium, while the Race Lab McLaren was ultimately classified in 14th.
Tim Horrell and Nico Grundel of W&S Motorsport secured the PRO-AM title, while Joachim Bolting was already confirmed to be the AM victor ahead of the trip to Barcelona.
Willi Kuhne and Cedric Fuchs won the Cayman Trophy class championship, while Thilo Goos won the Club class for out-of-homologation GT4 cars, despite being absent from the final round.
The GT4s end on a high as the 2025 Winter Series concludes
A season-high entry in the GT4 Winter Series is yet another exciting development for one of the newest additions to GEDLICH Racing’s paddock. The quality and quantity of the grid continues to develop, and the prestige of winning against the field grows as a result.
Many of the teams in the paddock in Barcelona were already looking ahead to participation in the 2026 GT4 Winter Series, which will once again bring the thrill of door-to-door GT action to Iberia’s best circuits from January.
The Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya played host to the finale, and featured several additional line-ups on the grid. Team Virage welcomed a talented young pairing in the form of Geronimo Gomez and Daniel Nogales, while KC2 welcomed Jochen Schäfer for his first race in 11 years. The German driver was coached early in his career by Gedlich Racing founder Markus Gedlich.
Konrad Motorsport entered an additional Ligier JSP320 for Zino-Ferret Fahlke, who was making his debut in LMP3 racing.
Race 1:
Coming into the first race of the weekend, Danny Soufi had a strong hold on the Prototype Winter Series title. The championship battle was only to be extended to the second race of the weekend if CLX Motorsport’s Quentin Joseph and David Droux won the race, with Danny Soufi finishing at the back of the field or not finishing.
Danny Soufi started the race from pole position, alongside his Konrad teammate Zino-Ferret Fahlke. As the 50-minute +1 lap began, Danny Soufi eased into an early lead, and had put himself out of range for attacks from behind after the first sector.
Philip Lindberg of High Class Racing moved into second off the line, ahead of Fahlke. As the leader ran from the field, Lindberg, Fahlke and Team Virage’s Geronimo Gomez could be covered by a blanket in the battle for second. Gomez would begin to drop away after the early laps, while Fahlke applied increasing pressure to Lindberg.
Just as the pit window opened at the 20-minute mark, Fahlke had a great run out of the final corner. This – combined with the slipstream from Lindberg’s car – allowed Fahlke to fire past the Danish racer before the braking zone for turn one.
By the time Fahlke moved into second, Soufi was already over 25 seconds clear at the front. Shortly thereafter, Fahlke pitted. Unfortunately, after briefly stalling on the pit apron, Fahlke proceeded to cut the pit exit line. This led to a drive-through penalty for Konrad’s second car.
After the pitstop window and the handicap system slightly shuffled the deck, it was still Soufi leading. In second place, after a strong stint from Jon Brownson, was the DKR Duqueine of Laurents Hörr.
Before receiving the aforementioned drive-through penalty, Fahlke fought with CLX Motorsport’s David Droux and Team Virage’s Daniel Nogales over third. Nogales found his way past Fahlke after lapped traffic stalled the German’s momentum in the final corners, and this also allowed Droux to move past Fahlke at turn one.
Nogales was soon under fire from Droux, the holder of the fastest-ever LMP3 lap around the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. And while Virage’s single-seater convert made a valiant effort, Droux ultimately moved into third with a move around the outside at turn one. That would prove to be the CLX team’s finishing position.
Second went to Laurents Hörr, who was 17 seconds behind the race winner. Danny Soufi crossed the line to win his sixth race from seven in the Prototype Winter Series, and with it, his second consecutive championship in the LMP3-led category.
Race 2:
With the pressure off, Danny Soufi could now enjoy Sunday morning’s race, albeit from fourth on the grid.
Racing Experience’s Matthias Bjerre Jakobsen started from pole position, after mastering tricky slippery conditions during the second qualifying session on Saturday. He shared the front row with Laurents Hörr. And, as the race began, wet tyres were the order of the day; the conditions would make the race even more challenging for the drivers.
DKR’s Hörr took the lead at the first turn with a committed late braking move around the outside. He did not find space on the outside, and was forced to rejoin the circuit at the turn three bollard, but he did so in the lead. Danny Soufi also moved past Jakobsen in the first corners, while David Droux immediately began applying pressure for third place.
Jakobsen was sure to make his Duqueine as wide as possible, and defended hard against Droux while staying in touch with Hörr and Soufi ahead. At the ten-minute mark, Droux finally found a way past Jakobsen, and was immediately on the case against Soufi for second.
Droux and Soufi’s battle briefly got physical at turn two, but a lap later, a clean move around the outside at turn one yielded second place for the CLX driver.
Droux, ever the man-on-a-mission, was not finished yet, and proceeded to close in on Laurents Hörr for the lead. And, as Hörr started to struggle with traction, Droux flew past around the outside at turn 12.
The pit window began as Droux moved into the lead. Danny Soufi immediately peeled in, while Droux, Hörr and Jakobsen. Unfortunately for the latter driver, he would make an error at turn five that brought out a full-course yellow. This paused and extended the pit window by four minutes, which both Droux and Horr decided to maximise, staying out as long as possible before handing over to their bronze-rated teammates.
However, this backfired; the window closed as they approached pit entry. Therefore, both CLX Motorsport and DKR Engineering were penalised for pitting outside of the window. The penalty was a 20-second stop-and-go. However, as this was applied just three laps from home, the punishment was converted to a 55-second post-race penalty.
On the final lap, Danny Soufi found his way to the lead on the road, and guided home a 1-2 for Konrad along with Zino-Ferret Fahlke. Philip Lindberg rounded out the podium after CLX Motorsport’s penalty was applied, and this demoted the Quentin Joseph/David Droux combo to fourth position. However, this was enough for the Swiss team to secure vice-champion status in the 2025 Prototype Winter Series.
For Danny Soufi, his first campaign of 2025 could scarcely have gone better. The American was on the podium for every race, and seven of the eight races ended with him crossing the line first. The combination of Soufi and Konrad Motorsport has matured and improved considerably since it began in 2022, and the team will now carry great momentum going into the summer.
2026 will be an exciting year of growth for all of the Winter Series categories. With V6-powered third-generation cars arriving on the LMP3 scene, the Prototype field will have a different flavour in years to come. However, GEDLICH Racing’s sportscar grid will continue to attract top teams and promote exciting racing in future seasons.
Going into the first race on Saturday, US Racing’s Gabriel Gomez held a commanding 67-point lead over his closest rival Fionn McLaughlin, with just 82 points available at the final weekend. Therefore, the odds of anyone besting the Brazilian driver for the championship were long, especially since Gomez had finished on the podium in every race of the season.
However, as the first race of the weekend began, there was an immediate curveball for Gomez, and his title rivals McLaughlin and Leo Robinson. After an error on the first formation lap from Simon Schranz left the Renauer Motorsport driver in the gravel, the start was delayed.
The field lined-up in their grid slots for a second time. Gomez was an uncharacteristic eighth on the grid, while Robinson and McLaughlin filled-out the front row. As the race finally began, Gomez found himself stranded on the grid. Mercifully, the fielded avoided him, but the Brazilian was pushed into the pits and retired from the race.
At the front, Robinson retained his lead. He and McLaughlin both drove away from the chasing pack, but it was anything but formation flying for the Hitech pair; with Robinson just nine points back from McLaughlin in the championship, the Irishman knew he needed to pass Robinson to increase his chances of challenging Gomez for the title, or at least retaining second in the points.
However, as the race continued, McLaughlin’s car looked increasingly unstable, and threats began to emerge from behind. These came from third-placed Kabir Anurag, who had moved up from sixth on the grid. The Singaporean had spent the early part of the race behind Bart Harrison, however, Harrison’s Jenzer car suffered a radiator leak. After several corners fighting the car as it slid on its own fluid, the Brit had no choice but to withdraw.
This released Anurag to close in on the top two, however, he was unable to move his US Racing car any further forward. Robinson held onto his lead, keeping himself in mathematical championship contention, and tying with McLaughlin in the points standings. McLaughlin took the rookie class victory and second overall, while Anurag rounded out the podium.
Artem Severiukhin finished fourth for Jenzer, while AKM Motorsport’s Davide Larini completed the top five in his Formula Winter Series appearance. Emily Cotty, who joined the Hitech line-up for Barcelona owing to Nina Gademan’s F1 Academy testing commitments, continued the #4 car’s success in the Female Trophy, winning the classification and taking 15th overall.
Race 2:
Sunday morning presented a slippery circuit for the drivers. For championship leader Gabriel Gomez, it was once again an unfamiliar spot on the grid, as he once again started from eighth. This time, he was able to get off the line, but he fell back to the edge of the top ten in the first corners.
Meanwhile, pole-sitter Leo Robinson led the way on the first lap. For the Algerian, the objective was simple; win the race or lose the chance to win the championship, though he would also have to rely on Gomez finishing lower than eighth.
The race was neutralised at the end of the first lap, as AKM Motorsport’s Ginevra Panzeri was in the gravel. During this safety car period, Kabir Anurag’s US Racing stopped at turn nine, ending his prematurely with a technical issue. This moved Gomez up to ninth, within touching distance of the four points he needed to win the championship.
Once the race resumed, Robinson drove away from the field, while McLaughlin struggled to match his pace. As the race entered its final ten minutes, Robinson was five seconds clear at the front, while McLaughlin was under significant pressure from Jenzer’s Bart Harrison and Artem Severiukhin.
Meanwhile, a moment for Maxim Rehm in seventh cost him two places, moving Thomas Bearman and – critically – Gabriel Gomez forward. The Brazilian was now in title-winning position, and this was further solidified moments later, as Maximilian Popov found himself stalled at turn two after a clash with Jenzer Javier Herrera.
The safety car was scrambled to collect Popov, and at the same time, Thomas Bearman ran wide at turn nine, allowing Gomez to move up to sixth.
The race resumed with two laps to go, and at turn five, Javier Herrera strayed wide. Gomez was therefore up to fifth, placing his status as the champion-elect beyond doubt.
Leo Robinson crossed the line to win the race, with McLaughlin, Harrison and Severiukhin behind. But it was Gomez in fifth who received the biggest cheer from the pitwall, as he cemented his status as the 2025 Formula Winter Series champion. US Racing also clinched the teams’ title, neatly wrapping up both championships going into the final race of the season.
Mathilda Paatz won the Female Trophy from 14th overall for AS Motorsport.
Robinson celebrated victory with an improvised robot dance atop his Tatuus chassis, and then switched focus to the next task. He was now second in the championship, but he’d need to keep Fionn McLaughlin back in the finale.
Race 3:
Unfortunately, the final race of the year started with disappointment for Fionn McLaughlin, who failed to get off the line. He eventually got his car moving, but approached the first corner in last position. Thomas Bearman appeared to have a magnificent launch, however, it was soon revealed to have been a jump start. Therefore, the young Brit was handed a five-second penalty.
During the race, which was uninterrupted by safety cars, Bearman extended his lead as far as three-and-a-half seconds, but was never quite able to build the cushion he needed to beat his penalty.
Behind him, Hitech teammate Leo Robinson moved into second early on, ahead of pole-sitter Maxim Rehm. Robinson’s race pace appeared to be weaker than had it been in the previous races, which means that Rehm, Bart Harrison and the majority of the top ten was in one long queue.
Kabir Anurag was taking advantage of the bunched-up field, as well as the fact that his car was on-song again after his technical issues in race two. The Alpine Academy driver made several bold moves, and found himself in fifth after the first dozen minutes of racing.
In the 13th minute of the race, Maxim Rehm’s luck took a turn. The inside line beckoned at turn one, and he took the opportunity to try and pass Robinson. However, Rehm got slightly unsettled at the end of braking zone, compromising his run through the corner. The pair remained side-by-side in turn two, and collided. Rehm’s tyre was cut down in the collision, by Robinson’s front wing endplate.
Rehm’s race was over, while Robinson lost positions to both Bart Harrison and Kabir Anurag.
The order at the front remained the same for the remainder of the race, and Bart Harrison stayed around three seconds behind Bearman, who still had a jump start penalty hanging over his head.
Bearman took the chequered flag, still happy with his performance even though he was aware of the penalty. Running in second at the line, Bart Harrison celebrated his presumed win, but a last-minute track limits violation meant he was penalised on the cool-down lap.
This meant that Kabir Anurag inherited the win from third on the road, a fact that not even he knew on arrival under the podium. Bart Harrison was also under the impression that he had secured the victory, as the teams and gathered media all slowly made sense of the situation. Joy set in for Anurag as he realised he had won from eighth on the grid.
The final order was Anurag first, ahead of Bearman and Bart Harrison, both of whom had five-second penalties Bearman also took the Rookie Trophy win. Gabriel Gomez finished fourth, ahead of Jenzer’s Enea Frey. Ginevra Panzeri (AKM Motorsport) was the final Female Trophy winner of the season.
Leo Robinson’s car appeared to be in sub-optimal condition after the collision with Rehm. He came home in eighth, but still secured the runner-up spot in the Formula Winter Series, ahead of Rookie champion Fionn McLaughlin.
The 2025 Formula Winter Series season came to an end with a worthy winner in Gabriel Gomez. The Brazilian had set himself apart from the field from the very first round with his consistent efforts, and while the final round was a challenge, it was a storm that he weathered well.
US Racing delivered a second driver to the top of Formula Winter Series, after winning the inaugural season with Kacper Sztuka in 2023. A broader range of teams than ever joined the series in 2025, and an even greater variety of teams from across Europe are expected to compete in 2026.
Cotty, 15, is the 2024 Superone Junior Rotax champion, and already has a number of F4 races under her belt in the UK and the Middle East. Cotty, a New Zealander based in the UK, will replace Nina Gademan in the Hitech line-up.
Having already scored points in the F4 Middle East Championship, Cotty will now look to be equally competitive in her first Formula 4 races in mainland Europe.
Hitech TGR comes into the Barcelona round with four overall race victories in its account, in addition to the seven Female Trophy victories scored by Gademan in nine races. The British team sits second in the teams’ standings.
The season finale of the 2025 Formula Winter Series takes place this coming weekend, 8-9 March. All of the action will be streamed live on the Gedlich Racing YouTube channel, as the third Formula Winter Series champion will be crowned.
