The GT Winter Series enters its fourth season, the GT4 Winter Series starts anew. Both feature the same calendar with six top FIA locations. In addition to racing, there are plenty of test days for preparation. Promoter Gedlich Racing strictly separates pure race tests for race preparation from track days.

Six FIA locations, Aragón back on the schedule
“The concept of the Winter Series hits the nerve of teams and drivers exactly,” concludes Robin Selbach of Gedlich Racing. “The calendar and race modes will therefore remain virtually unchanged for the coming season.” Back on the programme is the Motorland Aragón. Selbach: “It is one of the best tracks in Europe, super-modern and with optimum safety. Everything is just right here. That’s why, and due to many customer requests, we have included it in the 2023/2024 calendar.”

GT4 Winter Series starts
The GT4 Winter Series was recently announced. It is an officially SRO-licensed championship that runs under the international GT4 rules and carries the official GT4 logo. With Pirelli tyres and the official Balance of Performance, it is set to meet the professional demands of aspiring GT4 drivers and be a veritable championship for motorsport teams. It runs in the same event package as the GT Winter Series, which in future will only have GT3 cars and Cup and Challenge cars in the field.

Lots of test days just for racing cars
The Winter Series calendar offers more than just pure racing. In the run-up to each Winter Series weekend, there are two test days (called Race Test), which are reserved for Winter Series participants. In addition, Gedlich Racing offers 13 further Race Test days on the same tracks on which the Winter Series races – ideal for additional preparation time for the races, but also for all non-Winter Series racers. Common to all test days is a strictly limited number of cars for optimal testing conditions. In addition, only race cars in the GT4 category or higher are allowed to start. For road sports cars and trackday drivers, Gedlich Racing offers a separate calendar with “Endless Summer”.

Calendar is ready – reservations and bookings are being accepted
The calendar is already online and the dates can be booked. If you have any questions or feedback, please contact Robin Selbach or Racing Coordinator Stefan Lehner at any time. Here you can make a reservation for the dates so that your starting place is secured. Alternatively, you can already register now.

December
14/15 Dec 2023 Race Tests Portimao

January
10 Jan 2024 Race Test Estoril (18 cars)
11/12 Jan 2024 Winter Series test days Estoril
13/14 Jan 2023 Winter Series race days Estoril

16/17 Jan 2024 Race Test Portimão
18/19 Jan 2024 Winter Series test days Portimão
20/21 Jan 2024 Winter Series race days Portimão

February
04 Feb 2024 Race Test Portimão
05/06 Feb 2024 Race Test Portimão

08/09 Feb 2024 Winter Series test days Jerez
10/11 Feb 2024 Winter Series race days Jerez

15/16 Feb 2024 Winter Series test days Valencia
17/18 Feb 2024 Winter Series race days Valencia
26/27 Feb 2024 Race Test Valencia

March
29/01 Mar 2024 Winter Series test days Aragón
02/03 Mar 2024 Winter Series race days Aragón

07/08 Mar 2024 Winter Series test days Barcelona
09/10 Mar 2024 Winter Series race days Barcelona

Robin Selbach
robin@gedlich-racing.com
+49 172 7220111

Stefan Lehner
stefan@gedlich-racing.com
+49 173 5252621

Season opener in Portimao on December 11/12, 2021

The GT Winter Series will soon be entering its third season. This year’s season opener will take place in Portimao, one of the most attractive international circuits. The event is already well booked and the profile of race cars and teams reads remarkable.

Fast-burning favorites for overall victory
Javier Ibran with his Ligier LMP3 is well known to most from the previous season, where he already took overall victories. He is being chased by several GT3 cars. While Olimp Racing plans to enter a Ferrari 488 GT3 and an AMG GT3, LiLaC Rennsport will send a Porsche 991 GT3 R into the race. However, 10Q with Kenneth Heyer and Thomas Zabel could also have a say, as could Good Speed Racing, both on AMG GT3s. The question of whether the all-new Porsche 992 Cup has a chance of chasing the cars from the GT3 class will be exciting. Two teams have these types of cars in their luggage and will dare to try. But one or two prototypes will also be competing – experience has shown that the Portimao circuit suits these downforce cars very well.

Cup Porsche popular
The Cup R class is very well occupied, with Cup Porsches of the 991 type in particular, but also the new 992. Last year already showed impressively that fast Cup cars can keep up well with the nominally faster GT3 cars in Portimao.
This class will also be exciting because professional teams such as a-workx, HP Racing and Laptime Performance will be on the grid.

GT4 class – defending champions compete
Robert Haub and Gabriela Jilkova are the reigning champions of the GT Winter Series. From now on they start in the team of DRAGO Racing Team ZvO and drive again an AMG GT4. The aim is to defend the title, but also to prepare optimally for the German summer season in 2022. 2021 results for Haub and Jilkova in the ADAC GT4 Germany already clearly showed that the pairing started with a decent training advantage over the competition. While in the class GTS racing one plans with two Aston Martin Vantage, also newcomers like CV Performance Group with their AMG GT4 can be found in the entry list. But also Bluemle with the 981 GT4 Clubsport known from the Porsche Sports Cup is there, Werner Panhauser takes the wheel. Allied Racing, known from the GT4 Germany, brings the Porsche 718 GT4 to the start and aims for victories in the GTS category.

BMW with Schnitzelalm
Schnitzelalm Racing is at the start with three BMWs. Michael Sander shares his M2 CS Racing with Marcel Marchewicz, while the other two Schnitzelalm BMWs are of the M240iR type.

Enrollments continue – organization satisfied
“The enrollments continue and the demand is unbroken,” said GTWS project manager Robin Selbach . Thus, the GT Winter Series looks with satisfaction at the kick-off, but also at the other locations. The 2021/22 calendar reads impressive, because after Portimao it continues in January with Estoril, before in February the fabulous circuit of Jerez is next. The final event on March 12/13 will be Barcelona, where GTWS expects a particularly rich grid and will offer a livestream for coverage.

Defending champions Haub/Jilkova and Toth/Liška on the grid

Sometimes one plus one makes much more than two. This is precisely the approach taken by the flame-haired “Zakowski van Ommen” motorsport team. Two illustrious names from the world of motorsport are joining forces to set the course for success and sustainability.

Jörg van Ommen – sonorous DTM driver name
Who doesn’t know them, the two names of the ZvO team partners? Jörg van Ommen is a former top driver from the time-honored German Touring Car Championship (DTM) and won the runner-up title there twice on Mercedes AMG.

Philipp Zakowski – the offspring of a dynasty
Philipp Zakowski also boasts a significant surname. His father, Erich, was not only the founder of the long-established Zakspeed team, but also took it all the way to Formula 1. Now Philipp is bringing all the experience he gained as a team manager to his own team.

Combined forces, new team – DRAGO Racing Team ZvO
Both team up and call themselves Zakowski van Ommen (ZvO). Thanks to the strong partners DRAGO Immobilien GmbH and Tasco Revision und Beratung GmbH they start from scratch in the prestigious and hotly contested racing series ADAC GT Masters, GT4 Germany and with two cars in the GT Winter Series. The team name in the starting list: DRAGO Racing Team ZvO.

The GTWS defending champions drive ZvO AMG GT4s.
Robert Haub and Gabriela Jilkova are the reigning champions of the GT Winter Series. From now on they start in the team of DRAGO Racing Team ZvO and drive again an AMG GT4. The goal is to defend the title, but also to prepare optimally for the German summer season in 2022. In 2021, the results of Haub and Jilkova in the ADAC GT4 Germany already clearly showed that the team started with a decent training advantage over the competition.

Toth and Liška on the second ZvO GT4
The second ZvO GT4 is driven by Martin Toth and Josef Liška. The two Czechs have plenty of racing experience and want to be in the thick of things in the GT Winter Series.

Training, team experience, speed
For ZvO, the GT Winter Series is an important field of activity in several respects. Zakowski explains: “Our team is completely new and is now expanding. For us, it is optimal to gain experience in the racing environment before we start in the top German series . The GT Winter Series offers us the opportunity for sprint and endurance races, all on tracks that are very representative of test work . Last but not least, our drivers should train and develop as much speed as possible over the winter.”

Huber Racing driver Johannes Kapfinger has been crowned GT Winter Series champion for the 2022/2023 season in a dramatic title decision in Barcelona. The top three of the championship come from three different classes.

The situation before the final rounds

Simon Connor Primm travelled to Barcelona as the leader of the standings. With his Mercedes-AMG GT4, Primm scored 112.46 points in the first five race weekends. This gave him an 11.71-point lead over Huber Racing ace Johannes Kapfinger. Only one point behind the Cup Porsche drivers were Andreas Greiling and Jens Richter, who dominate the Cup 3 class with their Porsche Cayman. Michael Kapfinger, Johannes’ twin brother, also had a theoretical chance of winning the title.

In the first qualifying session of the season finale, in which 48 GT cars were entered, BMW works driver Dan Harper burned a superior best time into the Spanish asphalt. Michael Joos and Kenneth Heyer followed with a respectable gap of more than 1.5 seconds to the young Briton, who was at his most well-rested early on Sunday morning. Kenneth Heyer set the fastest time in the second qualifying segment ahead of Joos and Manuel Lauck in the Huber Racing GT3 Porsche, thus securing pole position for the second race round on Sunday afternoon.

Joos wins Sprint 1

Michael Joos wins the first GT Winter Series sprint race at the season finale in Barcelona. The Porsche 911 GT3 R driver quickly moved into the lead from second on the grid and left Schubert Motorsport driver Darren Leung standing with his BMW M4 GT3. Leung was quickly overtaken by his other GT3 rivals. Due to collisions in the large starting field, race director Werner Aichinger had to call the safety car onto the course twice, but even this did not upset Joos. It was the fourth win of the season in the GTWS for the experienced Porsche driver and team boss. Joos won in front of the Mercedes-AMG GT3 of Kenneth Heyer. Johannes Kapfinger drove to third overall in the Huber Racing Porsche 911 GT3 Cup and, more importantly, the youngster won the Cup 2 class, further reducing the lead of championship leader Simon Connor Primm. The Mercedes driver only finished the race in fourth position in the GT4 class, which was won by Pavel Lefterov in the Overdrive Racing Porsche.

KTM show in the second sprint

The man of the second race was former ChampCar driver Ronnie Bremer from Denmark. Right at the start, Bremer stormed to the front in his KTM X-BOW GT2 from fifth position. No GT3 driver was able to stop the forward momentum of the car from Austria on the straight and Bremer literally flew past the competitors. Due to the concept, the GT3 aces were also unable to work their way past the KTM in the race. The car was slower in the corners, but was able to reach higher top speeds on the long straights of the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, which prevented the KTM from being overtaken. Second place went to AMG ace Kenneth Heyer, who was only 0.269 seconds ahead of Michael Joos after a late safety car restart.
Things got exciting in the title fight. Johannes Kapfinger had to start from the back of the field after he was stripped of laps in qualifying for track limit offences. The Huber Racing Porsche ploughed through the field in a 25-minute sprint to finish third in the Cup 2 class, which was won by his twin brother Michael Kapfinger ahead of Phoenix Racing driver Matteo Ferrer. But the race was not without problems for the CV Performance Mercedes-AMG GT4 either. Jan Philipp Springob, who contested the second race, found himself in tough duels and multiple battles with other GT4 cars throughout the race. A few laps before the end the shock came when the car with the starting number #85 was hit by a Cup Porsche in the turmoil and was forced into the gravel bed. Miraculously, the AMG survived the collision undamaged, but still lost a lot of time and could only finish the race in eighth place in class. Winning the GT4 class was Razoon driver Leo Pichler, in the first race outing for the team’s new Porsche.

Kapfinger takes title

All eyes were on the title decision at the Endurance race. Besides the two main protagonists Simon Connor Primm and Johannes Kapfinger, who were only separated by 0.99 points, the Cayman duo Andreas Greiling and Jens Richter still had outsider chances to win the title. Already in the first corner it became dramatic in the title fight. Simon Connor Primm had to leave the track and hit a sausage curb, causing damage to the front splitter. After the driver change, Jan Philipp Springob lost the splitter completely and had to park the AMG GT4 in the pits – the end for the championship leaders! This cleared the way for Johannes Kapfinger. Second place in the Cup 2 classification is enough for the reigning champion in the Open GT Class 40 of the Porsche Sports Cup Suisse to win the title in the GT Winter Series! With another superior class win in the Cup 3 class, even Greiling and Richter can still overtake Simon Connor Primm in the overall standings and thus enjoy second place in the championship. The disappointment, on the other hand, was written all over Primm’s face after the end of the race; winning the title had been the youngster’s big goal.

Huber Racing celebrates overall victory

Christoph Huber’s Porsche racing team was not only able to celebrate winning the title in the Endurance race, but also took the overall victory! After one hour of racing, the 911 GT3 R of the Bavarian team of Jörg Dreisow and GT3 ace Manuel Lauck was classified in first position. Although Michael Joos saw the chequered flag first, he received a 25-second time penalty for overtaking a car on the start-finish straight after the safety car phase had been called, causing him to slip to third position. Earlier, Joos and Lauck showed GT3 racing at its best in the battle for victory. Joos knocked on the rear of the Huber Porsche several times was able to push past his rival after a lap-long battle, but Michael Joos’ hard work ultimately went unrewarded by the penalty. Kenneth Heyer finished second in the équipe vitesse Mercedes-AMG GT3.
In the Cup 2 class, as at the season opener in Portimao, the PTT Racing Porsche of Mateusz Lisoswski and Igor Klaja took the class win in the Endurance race. The Polish duo prevailed ahead of champion Johannes Kapfinger. ADAC GT4 Germany drivers Pavel Lefterov and Stefan Bostandjiev took a superior victory in the GT4 class in the Porsche of the Bulgarian Overdrive team.

Promoter very satisfied with season – amazing news for the next one

“Behind us lies a successful season,” said GTWS project manager Robin Selbach. “We had starting fields that exceeded our expectations. On top of that, a title fight of three cars in the last race of the season – motorsport heart, what more do you want? But we don’t want to rest on our laurels and are already working hard on the 2023/2024 season. With the introduction of the new GT4 Winter Series, we have a new challenge ahead of us.”

The provisional race calendar for the 2023/2024 GT Winter Series season has already been finalised. The season will open in Portimao on 16 and 17 December.

Preliminary calendar 2023/2024

16/17 Dec 2023 Portimao/P
13/14 Jan 2024 Estoril/P
10/11 Feb 2024 Jerez/E
17/18 Feb 2024 Valencia/E
02/03 Mar 2024 Aragón/E
09/10 Mar 2024 Barcelona/E (tbc)

Who will be champion in the GT Winter Series? This decision will be settled by a total of 48 cars in the best weather at the season finale in Barcelona.

The season finale of the GT Winter Series will take place in Barcelona. A total of 48 GT cars will compete on the GP circuit in Spain. With temperatures of up to 26°C and bright sunshine, the 2022/2023 season of the GT Winter Series will bid farewell with the best external conditions.

At the event in Catalonia, the GT Winter Series will again be on the grid with a mixed field of young drivers, gentlemen drivers and seasoned professionals supporting the gentlemen.

Excitement in the title fight

CV Performance driver Simon Connor Primm travels to Barcelona as the leader of the standings. The Saxon has scored 112.46 points in his Mercedes-AMG GT4 so far. This gives him an 11.71-point lead over Huber Racing ace Johannes Kapfinger. Andreas Greiling and Jens Richter, who have dominated the Cup 3 class with their Cayman so far, are only one point behind the Cup Porsche drivers. Michael Kapfinger, who – just like his brother – drives a Cup Porsche from Huber Racing and currently has 87.17 points to his name, also has a theoretical chance of winning the championship.

Top-class GT3 field in Barcelona

Six GT3 cars will ensure a strong starting field in the top class at the season finale of the fourth GT Winter Series race year. Special attention will be paid to Darren Leung in the Schubert Motorsport BMW M4 GT3, who recently won all three races in Navarra. In addition, Joos Sportwagentechnik returns to the series in Barcelona after the team had to skip the last two events. Michael Joos, who has won three sprint races so far in the 2022/2023 season, will use the team’s ADAC GT Masters car from last year in the GTWS for the first time. His customer Klaus Horn will also be driving an older Porsche 911 GT3 R. Huber Racing will also be fielding a Porsche. Jörg Dreisow and professional Manuel Lauck will steer the strikingly designed vehicle. The équipe vitesse, the team of the Herbst family, which is appreciated in the paddock of the GT Winter Series due to its Goodyear tyre service, brings an AMG GT3 to the start for Mercedes ace Kenneth Heyer.

17 cars set record in Cup 2 class

The Cup 2 class will be contested at the season finale in Barcelona with a record field of entrants. A total of 17 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup cars have been entered in the one-make cup class – a new record in the GT Winter Series! The class is led by the Kapfingers, who dominated the class in Navarra with their Huber Racing Porsche 911 GT3 Cup and won all three races. It is worth noting that Michael Kapfinger, in contrast to his brother Johannes and many of his competitors, is driving an older 991.2 generation car, which is nominally somewhat slower. One should not forget the PTT Racing Porsche of the two Poles Igor Klaja and Mateusz Lisoswski, who won the Endurance race at the season opener in Portimao.
The class is rounded off by many teams returning to the season highlight in Barcelona after first starts during the season, or racing teams that are getting a taste of the GT Winter Series for the first time and evaluating a programme in the 2023/2024 season.

Top-class GT4 grid at the end of the season

With no less than twelve GT4 cars, the small GT category will also feature a large grid for the three rounds of racing. Championship leader Simon Connor Primm will again share a CV Mercedes with GT4 veteran Jan Philipp Springob. Christian Voß’ team will enter a second GT4 car in Barcelona for youngster Fabio Rauer. Not far from the circuit is the home of the NM Racing team in Granollers, which has impressively proven in the GT4 European Series that it is one of the strongest GT4 teams in Europe. Alberto de Martin and Manel Lao pilot the Catalans’ Mercedes, which lost the title in dramatic fashion in the SRO Championship season finale in October 2022. Also among the strongest continental GT4 teams is Allied-Racing. Jan Kasperlik’s Porsche team has won several titles at national and international level in recent years. Egor Litvinenko and Nathan Schaap drive the two Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport in Barcelona. In Portimao, Senkyr Motorsport celebrated the global customer sport debut of the new BMW M4 GT4, and the Czech team returns to the GT Winter Series at the finale in Barcelona. Team owner Robert Senkyr and Richard Gonda form the BMW’s powerful driver duo.

Formula 1 and MotoGP circuit

The Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya was opened in September 1991 and has been the venue for Formula 1 since then. Since 1996, MotoGP has also been a guest at the 4.657-kilometre permanent racetrack in Montmeló. Typical for the circuit are the long curves, which put a lot of strain on the tyres.

First race series on Formula 1 track variant

The GT Winter Series will be the first race series to use the old track configuration in the final sector. At the end of February, Formula 1 announced that it would no longer use the unpopular slow chicane and would instead use the two challenging downhill right-hand corners. This change is also being implemented by the GEDLICH Racing organisation for the GT Winter Series season finale, and it is expected that other race organisers will make the same decision.

Watch the races in the stream

The three final races of the GT Winter Series season will take place on Sunday 12 March. The two sprint races will start at 11 a.m. and 2.10 p.m., and the endurance race will conclude the exciting GT Winter Series season at 4.50 p.m.. Before that, the race day will open with a two-part qualifying session. Both races can be followed around the world via livestream so that fans don’t miss the unpredictable championship decision.

Get Int. C Lizenz at the GT Winter Series.

The FIA has just adapted the regulations for the acquisition of the international licenses. So from now on it is no longer possible to acquire the Int. D license by means of a training course. The only option is to produce race results on the basis of which one can apply for the international license.

Furthermore, the requirements for the Int. C license have been tightened. One now needs 10 results to be able to apply for the int. C license.

The GT Winter Series offers a platform to achieve these results. There are three races per event (2x Sprint, 1x Endurance), so that a total of 12 results can be achieved at the four events.

In addition, newcomers have the option to acquire the national A license by means of a course in the immediate run-up to the GT Winter Series event. Get your license on Friday, drive the GT Winter Series on Saturday/Sunday.

More info on the DMSB Website >>

Interested fans can follow the GT Winter Series and Formula Winter Series rounds from Barcelona via livestream.

Fans of the GT Winter Series and the Formula Winter Series will be able to follow a total of five races from Barcelona via livestream. The racing series will broadcast all the races live via YouTube on 12th March. The broadcast will begin at 10:30.

Lukas Gajewski will be the presenter and will welcome exciting interview guests at his microphone. As commentator, Adam Weller from Great Britain, who is known for the ADAC GT Masters and the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series, among other things, will follow the races.

 

Exciting background reports

Between the races, there will be exciting features about the background of the championships. There will also be interesting interviews and presentations of series partners.

Livestream times:

10:30 – Start broadcast
11:00 – GT Winter Series Race 1
11:45 – Formula Winter Series Race 1
14:10 – GT Winter Series Race 2
14:55 – Formula Winter Series Race 2
16:50 – GT Winter Series Endurance Race

Livestream link:

https://www.youtube.com/@gedlichracinggmbh6369/streams

Team 10Q with big international goals – GT Winter Series as optimal preparation.

The 10Q team is known for innovative engineering and close proximity to AMG. Team owner Thomas Zabel, himself a technician with intimate Mercedes and AMG knowledge, wants to take his team to the top in international GT3 motorsport. This is underpinned by new personnel additions such as team manager Ernst Antenbrink as well as the well-known driver Kenneth Heyer.

Now 10Q competes in the full season of the GT Winter Series. Antenbrink: “For us, the GT Winter Series is perfect because we can prepare for our tasks in a tough racing environment. In addition, the attached test days of Endless Summer offer a lot of driving time and flexibility. This is where we want to play to our particular strengths and gather data for the engineers.”

The entry car, the 10Q-AMG GT3, will be piloted by Thomas Zabel and Kenneth Heyer. Both drivers share the cockpit in the Sprint and Endurance races.

The GT Winter Series events are incorporated into the Endless Summer® trackday series schedule.

The 28 trackdays run between December and March at 7 race tracks in Portugal and Spain. The events will be held on an “open pitlane” basis with no grouping.

As a participant of the GT Winter Series you can book the participation in the Trackdays as you wish and thus create additional test and track time with only one journey. For your motorsport test, track test, sponsor event or simply free driving just for fun.

04./05. Dec 2021 Ascari /E
11./12. Dec 2021 Portimao /P
15./16. Jan 2022 Estoril /P
18./19. Jan 2022 Portimao /P
20./21. Jan 2022 Portimao /P (Racecars Only)
22./23. Jan 2022 Ascari /E
06./07. Feb 2022 Portimao /P
10./11. Feb 2022 Jerez /E (Racecars Only)
12./13. Feb 2022 Jerez /E
16./17. Feb 2022 Circuito Iberia 9km /E
19./20. Feb 2022 Ascari /E
05./06. Mar 2022 Ascari /E
09./10. Mar 2022 Aragón /E
tba Mar 2022 Barcelona Catalunya /E

To Endless Summer® Website >>

The debut of the GT Winter Series in Navarra went perfectly for Schubert Motorsport. The racing team from Oschersleben dominated the race day at will. Meanwhile, the GT4 class once again thrilled the spectators with hard-fought races, which were, however, conducted fairly at all times.

Schubert Motorsport wins the first race

As expected, the GT3 cars battled it out for victory in the first round in Navarra, but the fast Cup Porsches were not to be shaken off on the winding course in northern Spain.
Darren Leung won the first race in the Schubert Motorsport BMW M4 GT3. This was the first triumph in the GT Winter Series for the driver, the team from Oschersleben and the race car. The GT3 veteran started from pole position, but was never able to break away from the field and showed a thrilling battle with Jean Glorieux in the PROsport Aston Martin Vantage GT3 and Michael Kampfinger, who delivered a sensational race in the 991.2 generation Cup Porsche. At the safety car restart two laps before the end of the race, Kapfinger even managed to overtake the Belgian Glorieux in the nominally faster GT3 Aston Martin and thus finished the race in second place.

High tension in GT4 Class

In the first sprint race, the GT4 class again thrilled the spectators with tough duels, which, however, were always fought fairly. Jan Philipp Springob won the race in the CV Performance Group Mercedes-AMG GT4 after he managed to beat Mike David Ortmann in the PROsport Aston Martin at the safety car restart. In the first half of the race, the two GT4 pros showed a highly exciting duel bumper to bumper. The reigning ADAC GT4 Germany champion Ortmann was also clipped by his teammate Gabriela Jilkova and only finished the race in third class position.

Darren Leung repeats sprint win

KTM driver Thomas Andersen took up the second sprint race early on Sunday afternoon from the best starting position after the Dane surprisingly set the fastest lap in the morning qualifying. But Andersen didn’t keep the place in the sun for long with his X-BOW GT2, as Darren Leung snatched the Scandinavian right on the starting lap and took his second race win with his BMW M4 GT3. At the end of the race distance, the car of the team from Oschersleben had a lead of around five seconds over the KTM.

Tough battle for the final podium position

Behind the top two cars, a three-way battle raged for the final podium position. The two Kapfinger brothers in their Huber Racing Cup Porsche and Belgian Maxime Dumarey in PROsport Racing’s GT3 Aston Martin were involved. After Dumarey lost a few positions in the starting phase, the Aston Martin veteran had to fight his way past the two talented brothers. Only after more than 20 minutes did the GT3 driver find a way past the sensationally fighting Johannes Kapfinger and was thus able to finish the race in third position. Johannes was able to win the internal duel of the Kapfinger family and beat his brother Michael in fourth place.
In the GT4 class, CV Performance took another victory. Simon Connor Primm won the second sprint race on the course in northern Spain in superior fashion.

Endurance win completes perfect race day for Schubert Motorsport

In the Endurance race late on Sunday afternoon, newly appointed BMW works driver Dan Harper took to the wheel of Torsten Schubert’s M4 GT3. With seven-mile boots on, the 22-year-old Briton pulled away from the field before handing the car over to Darren Leung, whose coach Harper was at the Navarra race weekend. Leung was able to defend the comfortable lead and finally drove relaxed to his third victory of the race day. The race day could not have gone better for the driver and his experienced BMW team.
As in the second sprint race, the KTM X-BOW GT2 of Thomas Andersen and Ronnie Bremer finished in second position. After the driver change, former ChampCar driver Bremer showed his quality and reduced the gap to the BMW by over 20 seconds – a strong performance by the KTM duo in Navarra!

Huber Racing youngsters can convince again

The Kapfinger brothers also once again impressively underlined their dominance in the Cup 2 class on the race track near the town of Los Arcos. The two colourful 911 GT3 Cup cars finished third and fourth in the overall standings, which is tantamount to a superior double victory in the Cup 2 class. As in the first sprint race, Michael defeated his brother Johannes in the nominally weaker car. In the Endurance race, both shared their car with Dieter Svepes. With their fabulous performance throughout the race weekend, both once again underlined their progress in the current GT Winter Series season and were able to impressively demonstrate their talent. It is certain that we will continue to hear a lot from them in the future!

GT4 cars fight bumper to bumper

During the first half of the race in the Endurance heat, the top 3 in the GT4 class battled wheel to wheel. Mike David Ortmann led the hard-fought class ahead of his Czech teammate Gabriela Jilkova and CV Performance driver Simon Connor Primm. The numerous spectators on the pit roof were so enthralled by the GT4 show that they ran from one side of the pit roof to the other so they wouldn’t miss a moment of the action!
During the driver change, Jan Philipp Springob secured the lead in the small GT class and drove to a controlled class win in the AMG bolide of Christian Voß’ team. Second place went to Jilkova and her partner Jessica Bäckman, for the Swede it was a great debut in a GT4 racer, having previously raced in touring cars.

Primm new leader of the standings

The CV Performance AMG’s three class wins have put Simon Connor Primm at the top of the GT Winter Series standings. Whether the youngster will clinch the title will be decided next week at the big season finale on the world-famous Formula 1 circuit in Barcelona.
Manthey driver Dustin Blattner also has a good chance of winning the title. The driver competing under a US licence had to end his programme in the GT Winter Series after the event in Valencia, but due to five strike results he still has a good chance of winning the title.
The thrilling decision for the title, in which around 45 cars will be on the grid, will be followed by fans worldwide via livestream.