Six-time GT World Challenge Europe champion Team WRT has announced its second Pro class line-up for the 2026 season.
Following last year’s overall and Sprint Cup championship success, BMW M factory drivers Kelvin van der Linde and Charles Weerts will remain together aboard the #32 BMW M4 GT3 Evo.
They will be joined in the Endurance Cup events by 2025 24 Hours of Spa winner Jordan Pepper, who became the latest member of BMW M’s factory roster over the off-season. The South African has already made his BMW, and WRT, debut, scoring victory alongside his good friend van der Linde at last month’s Dubai 24 Hours.
Pepper competed against WRT in GT World Challenge Europe last season, piloting a GRT – Grasser Racing Team-run Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo2, and finishing as runner-up to van der Linde and Weerts in the Sprint Cup in addition to his 24 Hours of Spa success.
The 29-year-old is replacing Ugo De Wilde in the Endurance Cup role for the #32 BMW.
In 2025, van der Linde and Weerts won three races on their way to a pair of drivers’ titles, and came up just nine points short of completing the set with the Endurance Cup drivers’ crown. The pairing also played a significant role in WRT winning the season-long and Sprint Cup teams’ championships for the sixth and tenth time respectively.
The #32 BMW will form part of a four-car effort from Team WRT in GT World Challenge Europe this year. The drivers of the #30 and #31 entries are yet to be announced, whilst the #46 M4 GT3 Evo will be driven by Valentino Rossi, Max Hesse and Dan Harper.
The 2026 GT World Challenge Europe season begins at Circuit Paul Ricard on 11th and 12th April 2026.
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