I attended the GT World Challenge Europe Powered by AWS event at Brands Hatch. This is organised by SRO Motorsports Group.
This is a Championship of World Class drivers racing in GT3 cars. The 10 round championship take on Europe's best tracks and is split equally between the Endurance Cup and the Sprint Cup. The races at Brands Hatch are the opening two rounds of the Sprint Cup.
Within this Championship, teams compete for overall victory as well as 3 class honours, Pro Cup, Gold Cup Cup and Silver Cup.
Pro Cup has any category of driver, this is where you would find all of the teams factory drivers.
Gold Cup, you can have two gold graded drivers or a gold and a silver graded driver.
Silver Cup is for the silver graded drivers, potential champions of the future.
The cars racing are all GT3 Spec cars using the Balance of Power rules as listed below:
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 EVO
Audi R8 LMS GT3 EVO II
BMW M4 GT3
Ferrari 296 GT3
Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO
Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO 2
McLaren 720S GT3 EVO
Mercedes-AMG GT3 EVO
Porsche 911 GT3 R
Ford Mustang GT3
The support races were headlined by The McLaren Trophy Europe for McLaren Artura's which made its UK debut, a McLaren Senna GTR doing demonstration laps, a static Supercar display and a very busy pit walk.
There was also a lot going on off track to keep everyone busy.
Below are my photos from the event:
Static show highlights.
Ferrari 296 GTS.
Ferrari 488 Pista Piloti.
Dodge Viper GTS-R.
Lamborghini Huracan Perfromante Spider.
Lamborghini Huracan LP 610-4 Avio.
Lamborghini Huracan Performante.
Ariel Atom.
Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS.
Lamborghini Aventador S.
Ferrari 250 GTO Replica.
Lamborghini Gallardo LP570-4
Lamborghini Huracan LP 610-4 Avio.
Nissan GTR.
Bentley Continental GT3-R.
TVR Sagaris.
Noble M12 GTO-3R.
Corvette C8.
TVR Tuscan.
Nissan GTR.
Aston Martin DBS Superleggera.
Audi R8 V10.
Audi R8.
Mercedes-AMG GT S.
McLaren Artura.
McLaren Artura Spider.
McLaren Artura.
Ford GT40.
Ford GT40.
Ford GT40.
Ford GT40.
Ultima GTR.
McLaren Senna GTR on the demo laps.
Racing Photos
Maserati GT2 Stradale Safety Car.
Lead Car.
The No 64 HRT Ford Performance Ford Mustang GT3 driven by Romain Andriolo and Jusuf Owega. The noise on this engine needs to heard to be believed.
The No.88 Emil Frey Racing Ferrari 296 GT3 driven by Chris Lulham and Thierry Vermulen.
The No.96 Rutronik Racing Porsche 911 GT3 driven by Sven Muller and Patric Niederhauser.
The No 48 Winward Racing M-AMG Team Mann-Filter Mercedes AMG GT3 EVO driven by Lucas Auer and Maro Engel.
The No.32 Team WRT BMW M4 GT3 driven by Kelvin Van Der Linde and Charles Weerts.
The No. 63 Grasser Racing Team Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO 2 driven by Luca Engstler and Jordan Pepper
The No.58 Garage 59 McLaren 720S GT3 EVO Driven by Louie Prette and Adam Smalley.
The No. 99 Tresor Attempto Racing Audi R8 LMS GT3 EVO II driven by Alex Aka and Ezequiel Perez Companc.
The No 35 Wakenhorst Motorsport Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo driven by Henrique Chaves and Mateo Villagomez.
The No.52 AF Corse - Francorchamps Motors Ferrari 296 GT3 driven by Jef Machiels and Marcos Siebert.
The No.992 Paradine Competition BMW M4 GT3 driven by Mex Jensen and Maxime Oosten.
The No.78 Barwell Motorsport Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO II driven by Hugo Cook and Sandy Mitchell.
The No.21 Cometoyou Racing Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 EVO driven by Jamie Day and Kobe Pauwels.
The No.24 Steller Motorsport Corvette Z06 GT3.R driven by Matisse Lismont and Jesse Salmensutio.
The No.777 AlManar Racing by WRT BMW M4 GT3 driven by Al Faisal Al Zubair and Jens Klingmann.
The No.25 Sainteloc Racing Audi R8 LMS GT3 EVO II driven by Paul Evrard and Gilles Magnus.
The No.112 CSA Racing McLaren 720S GT3 EVO driven by James Kell and Arthur Rougier
The No.10 Boutsen VDS Mercedes-AMG GT3 EVO driven by Cesar Gazeau and Aurelien Panis.
The No 51 AF Corse - Francochamps Motors Ferrari 296 GT3 driven by Vincent Abril and Alessio Rovera.
The No.76 Barwell Motorsport Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO II driven by Daniel Ali and Christian Bogle.
The No.30 Team WRT BMW M4 GT3 driven by Gustav Bergstrom and Gilles Stadsbader.
The No 19 Grasser Racing Team Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO II driven by Ivan Ekelchick and Baptiste Moulin.
The No.111 CSA Racing McLaren 720S GT3 EVO driven by Simon Gachet and Jim Pla.
The No.88 Tresor Attempto Racing Audi R8 LMS GT3 EVO II driven by Leonardo Moncini and Sebastian Ogaard.
The No.26 Sainteloc Racing Audi R8 LMS GT3 EVO II driven by Ivan Klymenko and Lorens Lecertua.
The No.50 AF Corse - Francorchamps Motors Ferrari 296 GT3 driven by Arthur Leclerc and Thomas Neubauer
The No.14 Emil Frey Racing Ferrari 296 GT3 driven by Ben Green and Konsta Lappalainen.
Heading into Druids in Round 1
Chasing for the lead in Round 2.
The Chequered Flag.
If you don't want to know who won, please skip the next block of text.
Overall victory in Round1 went to Vincent Abril and Alessio Rovera driving the No.51 Ferrari 296 GT3, Round 2 went Maro Engel driving the No.48 M-AMG Team Mann Filter Mercedes-AMG GT3 EVO.
Below are links to the races that were broadcast on Youtube:
Race 1
Race 2
For further information on this championship, please visit:
I'm looking forward to seeing how the 2026 season will unfold and hopefully I will be at Brands Hatch in May to se the start of the Sprint Cup.
