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The team based in Burstow, Surrey will field Marc Elman and Owen Hizzey into the SRO-licenced competition, marking SVG Motorsport’s first international GT racing contests. Hizzey and Elman will continue a three-year partnership, which has encompassed both driver coaching and co-driving in endurance races.
Both the team and drivers have had success with Ginetta machinery, winning a class championship together in the 2023 British Endurance Championship. Additionally, Elman took seven victories in the 2024 Ginetta GT Academy, securing the runners-up spot in the championship with the help of Hizzey’s coaching.
Team manager Andy Johnson said: “We are over the moon to enter the GT4 Winter Series in our new Ginetta GT4 Evo. With a strong car and driver line-up, we will be competitive. This is our first time taking [SVG Motorsport] abroad to compete in GT racing, and we’re really looking forward to learning along the way as well.”
The GT4 Winter Series will kick-off from the 16-19 January at the Circuito Estoril. Subscribe to the Winter Series YouTube channel to see every moment from all five rounds of the 2025 season, which will be aired live!
16 JAN – 19 JAN ESTORIL /P
23 JAN – 26 JAN PORTIMAO /P
13 FEB – 16 FEB VALENCIA /E
27 FEB – 2 MAR ARAGÓN /E
6 MAR – 9 MAR BARCELONA /E
Based in Viernheim, Germany, Shift 2 Passion is a servicing and car customisation business. It intends to hit the ground running in its new motorsport venture, capitalising on personnel with significant motorsport experience, as well as the core businesses’ knowledge of Mercedes-Benz machinery.
At least one Shift 2 Passion Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT4 will join Gedlich Racing’s highly-competitive GT4 grid, set to be driven by 2023 Tourenwagen Junior Cup champion Leon Arndt and Maximilian Kannegießer. The latter is making his return to motorsport after a five-year hiatus.
A second chassis is available and ready for interested parties wishing to compete at Portugal and Spain’s leading circuits this winter.
All rounds of the SRO-licenced GT4 Winter Series will be broadcast live on YouTube, with the first round taking place on the 16-19th January at the Circuito Estoril.
16 JAN – 19 JAN ESTORIL /P
23 JAN – 26 JAN PORTIMAO /P
13 FEB – 16 FEB VALENCIA /E
27 FEB – 2 MAR ARAGÓN /E
6 MAR – 9 MAR BARCELONA /E
The team will be running a raffle to determine its driver line-up for the 2025 Prototype Winter Series, with an entry price of just €5000. Open to all FIA Bronze-rated drivers, the deadline for entries is December 5th, with the ticket price required to be paid by December 10th. A minimum of 23 entries will be required by December 10th to proceed with the raffle.
On December 15th, three names will be drawn to take part in a test day. The fastest of the three drivers on the test day will earn a race seat for the 2025 Prototype Winter Series, with the championship entry fee, consumables and testing covered by the raffle ticket. An additional €22,550 insurance excess will be required from the winning driver, to cover potential damage.
AF2 Motorsport previously achieved great successes with Porsche GT cars in the 2000s, before a rebrand and return from hiatus in 2021. The team has been part of the Prototype Cup Germany in recent years, and is aiming for a successful 2025 across multiple LMP3 categories, starting with Prototype Winter Series.
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Find A2F Motorsport in our brand-new drivers market and contact them for more information or a driver’s seat for the 2025 Prototype Winter Series:
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The 2025 Prototype Winter Series will begin at Estoril from January 13-16th, with all races aired live on YouTube.
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16 JAN – 19 JAN ESTORIL /P
23 JAN – 26 JAN PORTIMAO /P
27 FEB – 2 MAR ARAGÓN /E
6 MAR – 9 MAR BARCELONA /E
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Five full-season cars will join the championship, with the driver line-up to be revealed in the coming weeks. The German team, based in Kerpen, won the inaugural Formula Winter Series with Kacper Sztuka in 2023, and secured the runners-up spot in the 2024 Teams’ championship.
US Racing has secured more race victories than any other team in Formula Winter Series history. The squad will be looking to build upon a successful summer, including a Euro 4 Championship drivers’ title for Akshay Bohra, who started his 2024 season with a full-time Formula Winter Series campaign.
The 2025 Formula Winter Series will begin with its first appearance at the Autodromo Internacional do Algarve in Portimão. Every race of the season will be broadcast live on YouTube; subscribe to the Winter Series channel to never miss a moment of the action.
30 JAN – 2 FEB PORTIMAO /P
13 FEB – 16 FEB VALENCIA /E
27 FEB – 2 MAR ARAGÓN /E
6 MAR – 9 MAR BARCELONA /E
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UNIQ Racing will compete in the 2025 GT Winter Series, deploying a Lamborghini Huracan Super Trofeo Evo2 for Jerzy Spinkiewicz.
Spinkiewicz elected to move up to Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe in 2024, alongside the UNIQ squadron that he has raced with since his early karting career. The all-Polish team and driver combination previously raced in the Renault Clio Cup Series, where UNIQ Racing has long been a front-running team. During his time in Clio Cup machinery, Spinkiewicz was a race-winner in Europe as well as the 2023 Clio Cup Middle East champion.
With a learning season under their belts in Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe, the combination of Jerzy Spinkiewicz and UNIQ Racing will be a strong addition to the GT Winter Series’ Cup 4 class, reserved for Lamborghini Huracan Super Trofeo machinery.
The 2025 GT Winter Series will once again air live on YouTube, with fans able to attend events free at Iberia’s leading racing circuits.
16 JAN – 19 JAN ESTORIL /P
23 JAN – 26 JAN PORTIMAO /P
13 FEB – 16 FEB VALENCIA /E
27 FEB – 2 MAR ARAGÓN /E
6 MAR – 9 MAR BARCELONA /E
Founded in 1993, the squad based in Lyss, Switzerland has tackled single-seater competition at all levels, with numerous stellar talents joining the team on their way up the racing ladder. In the upcoming third season of Formula Winter Series, Jenzer will once again field four cars for a talented line-up of drivers, who will be announced in the near future.
In the two previous seasons of FWS, Hwarang Kim secured seventh overall for the team in 2023, while Adam Hideg secured eighth from a total of 27 starters in the 2024 rookie classification.
The Swiss team is streamlining its racing efforts for the 2025 season, with a greater focus on its Formula 4 campaigns. With this in mind, it is anticipated that the team’s signature blue, red and black colours will be towards the sharp end of the 2025 FWS grid.
The third season of Formula Winter Series will once again be aired live and free on YouTube. The first event will take place at Portimão’s Autódromo Internacional do Algarve, from 30th January-2nd February.
30 JAN – 2 FEB PORTIMAO /P
13 FEB – 16 FEB VALENCIA /E
27 FEB – 2 MAR ARAGÓN /E
6 MAR – 9 MAR BARCELONA /E
The family squad, operated by Christian, Karin and Gary Hauser along with Gary’s wife Lea Mauer, competed in the Portuguese leg of the 2024 Prototype Winter Series. Mauer was part of the driver line-up, in addition to her engineering roles within the team.
After success on racing circuits and hillclimbs across multiple decades, Racing Experience were early-adopters of the LMP3 concept, securing multiple race victories and championships since 2017. Most recently, Racing Experience swept the drivers’ and teams championships in the 2023 Prototype Cup Germany.
Currently, the Racing Experience team is running shootouts for prospective drivers in their LMP3 car as well as the simulator, with the winner forming part of their PTWS driver line-up.
Racing Experience will form part of a strong grid for the 2025 Prototype Winter Series, building upon a successful inaugural season in 2024. The season will begin at Estoril on January 16-19, with all races aired live on YouTube.
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16 JAN – 19 JAN ESTORIL /P
23 JAN – 26 JAN PORTIMAO /P
27 FEB – 2 MAR ARAGÓN /E
6 MAR – 9 MAR BARCELONA /E
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JHR, presently a regular front-running force in GB3 and British F4, will be bringing two Tatuus T-421 chassis into Gedlich Racing’s single-seater category.
JHR Developments Team Manager Steven Hunter will lead a pair of young talents to the Formula Winter Series’ calendar of leading Iberian circuits, including two they have raced previously in Spanish F4 wildcard appearances; Aragon and Barcelona.
The driver line-up will soon be finalised for JHR Developments, with the intent to replicate its sweep of the 2021 Drivers’ and Teams championships in British F4, this time against stellar international competition.
The first round of the 2025 Formula Winter Series will take place at Portimão’s Autódromo Internacional do Algarve, from 30th January-2nd February. Make sure to never miss a moment of the full-season live coverage by subscribing to the Winter Series YouTube channel!
30 JAN – 2 FEB PORTIMAO /P
13 FEB – 16 FEB VALENCIA /E
27 FEB – 2 MAR ARAGÓN /E
6 MAR – 9 MAR BARCELONA /E
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