33 cars are set to contest this weekend’s Michelin 24H Barcelona, the final round of the 2026 24H Series European Series.
The entry is headlined by 13 GT3s, with 10 992s, one GTX, two GT4s and seven TCE-TCXs making up the field, and all but the GTX title still up for grabs.
GetSpeed Team JR286, which won the previous round at the Nürburgring in early July, currently holds a 10-point lead in GT3 with its #286 Mercedes-AMG GT3 EVO which will be driven by Steve Jans, Adam Osieka, Jonathan Hirschberg, Tanner Harvey and Patrick Liddy. Only Liddy has contested every race this season, and as such is the only one in contention for the Drivers’ title. The #286 Mercedes-AMG also leads the GT3-Am standings.
Sainteloc Junior Team holds second in the overall title battle and its #18 Audi R8 LMS GT3 EVO II will also feature a quintet of drivers with the trusted squad of Pierre Kaffer, Elia Erhart, Michael Doppelmayr, Ernst Inderbitzin and Stephane Tribaudini.
Two further Mercedes-AMG entries are next up in the overall GT3 standings, and are split by just a couple of points. HOFOR Racing’s familiar husband and wife duo Alexander and Chantal Prinz will be joined by Chantal’s father Michael Kroll and rapid duo Torsten Kratz and Maximilian Partl, with this quintet also the defending winners of the 24H Barcelona having claimed an upset victory 12 months ago.
GetSpeed Team PCX is fourth in the points table and, despite some incredible pace and performance during the year, the outfit is still searching for its first win of 2026. Benjamin Paque, Jordan Boisson, Patrick Charlaix, Cesar Gazeau and Maxime Martin will be looking to try and achieve that feat in the #28 AMG, which presently leads the GT3 Pro-Am class standings.
The contingent from the three-pointed star is completed by the #65 Viper Niza Racing entry featuring Dominic Ang, Melvin Moh, Douglas Khoo and Aaron Lim Say Joon, and Ajith Red Ant Racing’s #93 AMG GT3 EVO of Ajith Kumar, Kobe de Breucker and brothers Ayrton and Yannick Redant.
Up2Race, which performed exceptionally on its 24H Series debut at the Nürburgring, is entered with its #68 Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) EVO to be shared Tim Heinemann, Fabio Grosse, Alfred Renauer and Oleksiy Kikireshko.
Unfortunately, Porsche’s GT3 contingent has been halved on the eve of the race, following the withdrawal of the #73 Proton Competition entry due to a biking accident for driver Jörg Dreisow. This means that the German squad will not be able to defend its 2025 title.
“For us, as defending champions in the 24H Series, it was a very difficult decision to withdraw from the 24 Hours of Barcelona,” Dreisow said.
“But sometimes there are things more important than racing: I had a bike accident and am therefore unable to take part, as I still need to recover. Many thanks to the whole team for their hard work throughout the season, which we would have loved to cap off with a top result in Barcelona. With class victories at Spa-Francorchamps and the Nürburgring, we can once again look back on strong results this year – next year we’ll be back, confident and motivated!”
Continental Racing by Simpson Motorsport and Juta Racing have entered their respective Audi R8s, with Vasily Vladykin, Paul Scheuschner, Hugo Cook and Miguel Maria Garcia driving the former. Juta has confirmed Gavin Pickering, Jiatong Liang and Nicola Michelon so far.
Championship regulars Era Motorsport will be challenging with the #81 Ferrari 296 GT3 EVO, piloted by Dwight Merriman, Oliver Bryant, Ryan Dalziel, Jake Hill and Kyle Tilley, with homegrown Spanish squad E2P Racing aiming for a big result with Pablo Burguera, Antonio Sainero, Oliver Campos and Henrique Chaves driving the team’s #90 Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 EVO.
The entry for GT3 is completed by a pair of BMW M4 GT3 EVOs.
HAAS RT, which debuted its new BMW at the ‘Ring has so far named father and son duo Peter and Nicolas Guelinckx. The Belgian squad is sporting a special livery this weekend, with ‘Just Married’ stickers celebrating Peter’s marriage to Ilse.
Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie regulars Gamota Racing, meanwhile, will field Antal Zsigo, David Jahn, Moritz Kranz, Felipe Fernandez Laser and Jesse Krohn on their 24H Series debut.
Carrying incredible momentum in the 992 class, which is contested solely by Porsche 911 GT3 Cup (992 I) cars, is the #909 Red Camel-Jordans.nl team of brothers Luc and Rik Breukers, their father Ivo and Fabian Danz. Not only did the squad take back-to-back 992 wins at Circuit Paul Ricard and the Nürburgring, the team also won the Michelin 992 Endurance Cup at Spa-Francorchamps earlier this month.
Mühlner Motorsport are their closest challengers, 24 points shy at the top of the table, and the winners of the opening two rounds at Mugello and Spa-Francorchamps have so far confirmed Conrad Tox Leveau, Martin Rump and Joshua Bednarski for its #921 car.
HRT Performance is third overall in 992 and leads 992 AM with its #928, which will be shared by Steven Gambrell, Igor Sorokin, Jonathan Kearney and James Kellett. The team also enters its #930 Porsche for Gregg Gorski, Marcus Graichen, JM Littman and Gilles Thiers, and the QMMF by HRT car of Abdulla Ali Al Khelaifi, Jassim Al-Thani, Faesal Al Yafei, Ahmed Al-Emadi and Julian Hanses.
Reigning 992 champions RPM Racing, fourth in the standings, will be represented by Tracy Krohn, Niclas Jönsson, Philip Hamprecht and Patrick Huisman. Seblajoux Racing enters two Porsches, the #888 will be raced by team owner Sebastien Lajoux, Stephane Perrin, Anthony Vince, Ralph Poppelaars and Wouter Boerekamps, while the #910 so far has Lionel Amrouche, Rhys Lloyd and Yannick Mettler confirmed.
Brothers Jonas and Magnus Holmgaard will be partnered by Lutz Obermann, Erik Behrens and Hjelte Hoffner in the Holmgaard Motorsport entry, and there is more family competition from Van Berlo Motorsport by CP Motorsport, its Porsche featuring brothers Glenn and Kay van Berlo, their father Marcel and Bart van Helden.
In GT4, there will be a battle between CP Motorsport’s BMW M4 GT4 (G82) and Team Sorg Rennsport’s Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport.
Driving the BMW will be Daaf Steentjes, Patrick Grootscholten, Pieter-Jan Lefevere, Semo Keric and Johan de Rouw. The line-up for the Porsche 718 is Chara Mansur, Benito Tagle, Norbert Dekker and one yet-to-be-confirmed team-mate.
The action in TCE-TCX is set to be engaging with seven cars expected on the grid. Championship leaders Not Only Motorsport will field a strengthened line-up, with Nathan Huet and Giacomo Pollini joining regular drivers Filippo Tornaghi and Gino Rocchio in the Ligier JS2 R.
Title rivals asBest Racing will challenge with the #102 SEAT Leon Cup Racer of Rafal Gieras, Pia Ohlsson, Junichi Umemoto and Samuel Hsieh. The team will also bring its TCE-TCX class Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 CS (982) with Steven Tierlinck and Seth Brown so far confirmed.
Currently, the #114 Ligier leads the #102 SEAT by just four points, with them having won two races apiece so far this year.
Two more Cupra TCR DSG cars will be present. Stanco&Tanner Motorsport have named Armando, Dario and Luigi Stanco alongside Christian Jakob and Stefan Tanner, while CP Motorsport’s Cupra will feature Peter Terlouw, Matthijs Terlouw, Robin Heijerman and Karel Neleman.
THRW Honda Racing will make its European Series debut with two Honda Civic Type R (FL5) racers, each featuring a four driver line-up. The #123 car will be piloted by Calvin Tam, Corey Taguchi, Christina Hernandez and Weston Walter, while the sister #124 Honda will feature Todd Chiappino, Lawrence Hwang, Jeremy Lucas and Scott Nicol.
French manufacturer Vortex V8 closes out the Michelin 24H Barcelona entry list as the sole contender in the GTX class, where it has already secured the 2026 title. Philippe Bonnel, Julien Boillot, Thierry Chkondali, Marc Girard and Michel Sallenbach will drive its #701 Vortex 2.0.
Practice for the 2026 24H Barcelona will take place on Friday 18th September, ahead of qualifying at 16:05 CEST and then night practice. The race will begin at 12.00 CEST on Saturday 19th September.
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