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2011 first season

GT World Challenge Europe Powered by AWS

GT3 sprint and endurance racing across Europe

Rounds
10
Manufacturers
10
Endurance Cup entries
59
Sprint Cup entries
45

2026 seasonSeason complete

The story

Two cups, one GT3 season

The series began in 2011 as the Blancpain Endurance Series, with the 24 Hours of Spa as its main event. A sprint series joined in 2014. Today both run under one name. All cars are GT3 sports cars, kept close by Balance of Performance.

The Sprint Cup has two one-hour races each weekend, with a driver change in each. The Endurance Cup has one long race per weekend, from three hours up to the 24 Hours of Spa. Each cup has its own titles. Points from both count towards the full-season titles.

The classes

Classes on the same track

ProBoth cups

The top class and the fight for the overall win. Driver ratings are not restricted, so the strongest line-ups race here. Many crews are linked to manufacturers.

Gold CupBoth cups

Built around Gold-rated drivers: experienced racers just below the top professionals.

Silver CupBoth cups

Built around Silver-rated drivers: younger, developing professionals and fast amateurs.

Bronze CupBoth cups

Built around a Bronze-rated amateur who shares the car with higher-rated drivers. It carries the series pro-am idea.

Pro-Am CupSpa only

Runs only at the 24 Hours of Spa. Crews mix top-rated professionals with Bronze-rated amateurs.

On the grid

Who is on the grid

Manufacturers

  • Aston Martin
  • Audi
  • BMW
  • Chevrolet
  • Ferrari
  • Ford
  • Lamborghini
  • McLaren
  • Mercedes-AMG
  • Porsche

Calendar

2026, round by round

Dates are race days where known, otherwise the event weekend. Times in the app are always in your own time zone.

  1. APR11 6 Hours of Paul RicardFranceEndurance Cup Done
  2. MAY2–3 Brands HatchGreat BritainSprint Cup Done
  3. MAY31 3 Hours of MonzaItalyEndurance Cup Done
  4. JUN27 24 Hours of SpaBelgiumEndurance Cup Done
  5. JUL18–19 MisanoItalySprint Cup Done
  6. AUG1–2 Magny-CoursFranceSprint Cup Done
  7. AUG30 3 Hours of NürburgringGermanyEndurance Cup Done
  8. SEP19–20 ZandvoortNetherlandsSprint Cup Done
  9. OCT3–4 BarcelonaSpainSprint Cup Done
  10. OCT17 3 Hours of PortimãoPortugalEndurance Cup. The race moved from Sunday to Saturday evening. Done

Dates are the race days. Test and practice days start earlier in the week. Sprint rounds have two races, so no single race day is given.

Good to know

  • Cars kept in balance

    Organiser SRO uses Balance of Performance on every GT3 model, so cars from different makes can race close together.

  • Ratings decide the class

    The FIA rates every driver Platinum, Gold, Silver or Bronze. A car's class depends on the drivers in it, not on the car.

  • Pro-Am only at Spa

    The Pro-Am Cup runs only at the 24 Hours of Spa. The other four classes race all season.

Next year

2027: 10 rounds

Provisional calendar. Imola and the Hungaroring join. Monza and Portimão drop off. Dates are event windows and may change.

  1. APR16–18 6 Hours of Paul RicardFranceEndurance Cup
  2. MAY1–2 Brands HatchGreat BritainSprint Cup
  3. MAY21–23 3 Hours of ImolaItalyEndurance Cup. Replaces Monza. Subject to final agreement.
  4. JUN24–27 24 Hours of SpaBelgiumEndurance Cup
  5. JUL16–18 MisanoItalySprint Cup
  6. JUL–AUG30–1 Magny-CoursFranceSprint Cup
  7. AUG27–29 3 Hours of NürburgringGermanyEndurance Cup
  8. SEP17–19 ZandvoortNetherlandsSprint Cup
  9. OCT1–3 HungaroringHungarySprint Cup. New to the calendar.
  10. OCT22–24 BarcelonaSpainEndurance Cup

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