Full race results from Max Verstappen’s GT World Challenge Europe debut

The final race of the 2026 GT World Challenge Europe season had a special guest as Max Verstappen made his debut in the series in the No.3 Mercedes-AMG Team Verstappen Racing.

However, despite being a four-time Formula 1 world champion, Verstappen was not able to take his car to victory at Portimao. The Dutch driver did put together a commanding drive during his stint in the closing hour of the race.

At the end of the three-hour race, it was the No.17 Mercedes-AMG Team GetSpeed that took overall victory at Portimao, and victory in the Pro Cup class.

Completing the podium were the No.80 Lionspeed GP Porsche in second place, with the No.2 Boutsen VDS Porsche in third place.

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Rounding out the top five were the No.71 Selected Car Racing in fourth, who also took victory in the Gold Cup, with the No.30 Team WRT BMW finishing in fifth place overall, and took victory in the Silver Cup.

The top McLaren was the No.59 Garage 59 machine, which finished in sixth place, ahead of the No.998 Rowe Racing BMW, which took the chequered flag in seventh place. Behind this duo was the No.6 GetSpeed Team Bartone Bros Mercedes in eighth place.

In his debut in GT World Challenge Europe, Max Verstappen and the No.3 Mercedes-AMG Team Verstappen Racing finished in ninth place.

Completing the top ten was the No.50 AF Corse Ferrari, and the winner of the Bronze Cup was the No.222 2Seas Motorsport Mercedes, which finished the race in 13th overall.

Position	Car No.	Team	Car	Driver 1	Driver 2	Driver 3
1	17	Mercedes-AMG Team GetSpeed	Mercedes-AMG GT3 EVO	Maximilian Gotz	Ralf Aron	Fabian Schiller
2	80	Lionspeed GP	Porsche 911 GT3 R EVO	Thomas Preining	Ricardo Feller	Bastian Buus
3	2	Boutsen VDS	Porsche 911 GT3 R EVO	Alessio Picariello	Dorian Boccolacci	Morris Schuring
4	71	Selected Car Racing	Ferrari 296 GT3 EVO	Simon Birch	Malte Ebdrup	Frederik Schandorff
5	30	Team WRT	BMW M4 GT3 EVO	Matisse Lismont	Amaury Cordeel	Ignacio Montenegro
6	59	Garage 59	McLaren 720S GT3 EVO	Dean Macdonald	Joseph Loake	Jack Hawksworth
7	998	Rowe Racing	BMW M4 GT3 EVO	Tim Tramnitz	Ugo De Wilde	Jens Klingmann
8	6	GetSpeed Team Bartone Bros	Mercedes-AMG GT3 EVO	Anthony Bartone	Cesar Gazeau	Aurelien Panis
9	3	Mercedes-AMG Team Verstappen Racing	Mercedes-AMG GT3 EVO	Ben Barnicoat	Chris Lulham	Max Verstappen
10	50	AF Corse	Ferrari 296 GT3 EVO	Lilou Wadoux	Albert Costa	Arthur Leclerc
11	51	AF Corse	Ferrari 296 GT3 EVO	Nicola Lacorte	Lorenzo Ferrari	Tommaso Mosca
12	34	natural elements by Walkenhorst Motorsport	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 EVO	Henrique Chaves	Christian Krognes	Jamie Day
13	222	2Seas Motorsport	Mercedes-AMG GT3 EVO	Charles Dawson	Reece Barr	Kiern Jewiss
14	48	Mercedes-AMG Team MANN-FILTER	Mercedes-AMG GT3 EVO	Maro Engel	Luca Stolz	Lucas Auer
15	66	Tresor Attempto Racing	Audi R8 LMS GT3 EVO II	Ariel Levi	Rocco Mazzola	Sebastian Ogaard
16	64	HRT Ford Racing	Ford Mustang GT3 EVO	Arjun Maini	Thomas Drouet	Fabio Scherer
17	60	JMW Motorsport	Ferrari 296 GT3 EVO	Konsta Lappalainen	Casper Stevenson	Giacomo Altoe
18	87	Winward Racing	Mercedes-AMG GT3 EVO	Rinat Salikhov	Gabriele Piana	Marvin Dienst
19	5	Optimum Motorsport	McLaren 720S GT3 EVO	Guilherme Oliveira	Dante Rappange	Mikey Porter
20	58	Garage 59	McLaren 720S GT3 EVO	Benjamin Goethe	Louis Prette	Thomas Fleming
21	65	HRT Ford Racing	Ford Mustang GT3 EVO	Eduardo Coseteng	Nicolas Baert	Maxime Oosten
22	98	Rowe Racing	BMW M4 GT3 EVO	Marco Wittmann	Jake Dennis	Philipp Eng
23	19	Team Motopark	Mercedes-AMG GT3 EVO	Christian Mansell	Aaron Walker	Marcos Siebert
24	23	Team RJN	McLaren 720S GT3 EVO	Horatio Fitz-Simon	Maxwell Lynn	Ben Dorr
25	25	Sainteloc Racing	Audi R8 LMS GT3 EVO II	Ivan Klymenko	Ezequiel Perez Companc	Etienne Cheli
26	992	Paradine Competition	BMW M4 GT3 EVO	Daryl de Leon	Christian Hahn	Josh Rowledge
27	42	Oman Racing by Century Motorsport	BMW M4 GT3 EVO	Ahmad Al Harthy	Javier Sagrera	Calan Williams
28	4	Optimum Motorsport	McLaren 720S GT3 EVO	Freddie Tomlinson	Harry George	Adam Smalley
29	52	AF Corse	Ferrari 296 GT3 EVO	Matias Zagazeta	Gilles Stadbader	Jef Machiels
30	32	Team WRT	BMW M4 GT3 EVO	Jordan Pepper	Charles Weerts	Kelvin van der Linde
31	99	Tresor Attempto Racing	Audi R8 LMS GT3 EVO II	Andrea Frassineti	Alex Aka	Dylan Pereira
32	991	Paradine Competition	BMW M4 GT3 EVO	Darren Leung	James Kellett	Robert De Haan
33	21	Comtoyou Racing	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 EVO	Oliver Soderstrom	Sebastien Baud	Kobe Pauwels
34	74	Kessel Racing	Ferrari 296 GT3 EVO	Dustin Blattner	Lorenzo Patrese	Dennis Marschall
35	555	CSA Racing	McLaren 720S GT3 EVO	Jean-Baptiste Simmenauer	James Higgins	Loris Cabirou
36	77	KPX Motorsport	BMW M4 GT3 EVO	Nigel Schoonderwoerd	Jop Rappange	Yelmer Buurman
37	88	Tresor Attempto Racing	Audi R8 LMS GT3 EVO II	Carrie Schreiner	Daniele di Amato	Aleksei Nesov
38	91	Herberth Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT3 R EVO	Ralf Bohn	Robert Renauer	Huub van Eijndhoven
39	11	Comtoyou Racing	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 EVO	Aaron Muss	Marcelo Tomasoni	Valentin Hasse-Clot
40	111	CSA Racing	McLaren 720S GT3 EVO	James Kell	Jim Pla	Simon Gachet
41	12	GetSpeed Team Dubai	Mercedes-AMG GT3 EVO	Gabriel Rindone	Tom Kalender	Mikael Grenier
42	45	Rinaldi Racing	Ferrari 296 GT3 EVO	Dylan Medler	Axcil Jefferies	David Perel
43	999	GetSpeed Team PCX Racing	Mercedes-AMG GT3 EVO	Patrick Charlaix	Jordan Boisson	Marvin Klein
44	914	Razoon – more than racing	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) EVO	Richard Wolf	Max Mutschlechner	Leo Pichler
45	8	Car Collection Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) EVO	Reinhold Krahn	Pietro Armanni	Joel Sturm
46	35	Walkenhorst Motorsport	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 EVO	Lucas Legeret	Mark Kastelic	Mateo Villagomez
47	89	Lionspeed GP	Porsche 911 GT3 R EVO	Bashar Mardini	Alex Fontana	Patrick Kolb
48	41	Razoon – more than racing	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) EVO	Seba Malucelli	Marcos Gomes	Alan Hellmeister
49	24	Steller Motorsport	Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3 R	Mikkel Mac	Kasper H. Jensen	Dennis Lind
50	46	Team WRT	BMW M4 GT3 EVO	Valentino Rossi	Neil Verhagen	Max Hesse
51	96	Rutronik Racing	Lamborghini Temerario GT3	Patric Niederhauser	Luca Engstler	Marco Mapelli
52	63	TGI Team by GRT	Lamborghini Temerario GT3	Franck Perera	Maximilian Paul	Mirko Bortolotti
53	9	Pure Rxcing	Porsche 911 GT3 R EVO	Max Hofer	Aiaksandr Malykhin	Mikkel Pedersen
54	54	Dinamic GT	Porsche 911 GT3 R EVO	Tanart Sathienthirakul	Angus Whiteside	Francesco Simonazzi
55	269	High Class Racing	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) EVO	Max Moritz	Raphael Rennhofer	Klaus Bachler
56	20	Team Motopark	Mercedes-AMG GT3 EVO	Nikita Mazepin	Philip Ellis	Domink Baumann
57	7	Comtoyou Racing	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 EVO	Nicki Thiim	Ross Gunn	Mattia Drudi
58	10	Boutsen VDS	Porsche 911 GT3 R EVO	Robin Knutsson	Gilles Magnus	Alessandro Ghiretti
59	44	Greystone GT	McLaren 720S GT3 EVO	Tommy Pintos	Jayden Kelly	Joshua Rattican
60	84	Eastalent Racing	Audi R8 LMS GT3 EVO II	Simon Reicher	Christopher Haase	Markus Winkelhock
61	93	Ziggo Sport Tempesta Racing	Porsche 911 GT3 R EVO	Christopher Froggatt	Lucas Wolf	Eddier Cheever