March 11, 2025 | GT4 Winter Series
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.
