•    Breathtaking qualifying brings another pole for GetSpeed Team PCX Racing
•    Electrifying laps from Benjamin Paque and Maxime Martin prove decisive
•    Championship leaders of 992 Red Camel-Jordans.nl impress with class pole
•    GT4 pole for CP Motorsport BMW, Not Only Motorsport Ligier heads TCE-TCX
•    Watch the 24-hour season finale LIVE at Creventic Motorsports TV on YouTube

 GETSPEED TEAM PCX MERCEDES SICHERT SICH DIE VIERTE POLE-POSITION DER SAISON BEI DEN MICHELIN 24H BARCELONA

Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Spain (18 September 2026):
Title challenging Michelin 24H SERIES European Series squad GetSpeed Team PCX Racing made the ideal start to the final event of the 2026 season this evening, the trio of Jordan Boisson, Benjamin Paque and Maxime Martin combining to deliver pole position for the Michelin 24H BARCELONA.

Wrapping-up the squad’s fourth outright GT3 pole of the season, as well as PRO-AM pole position, the Mercedes-AMG GT3 EVO entry will begin the championship’s flagship twice-round-the-clock race on Saturday from top spot on the grid alongside the Ajith RedAnt Racing Mercedes-AMG.

As the chequered flag fell at the end of today’s third and final qualifying session at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Ajith RedAnt’s car did sit atop the aggregate times by a mere 0.001 seconds and seemed to have sealed a famous pole. However, a previously disallowed lap time from Paque in Q2 was reinstated meaning GetSpeed Team PCX took top spot by 0.289 on aggregate times.

Championship newcomers Gamota Racing made a very impressive start to life in the Michelin 24H SERIES with the PRO class pole, fourth overall on the grid, thanks to the efforts of Antal Zsigo, David Jahn and, in particular, Jesse Krohn at the wheel of the No.500 BMW M4 GT3 EVO. Viper Niza Racing’s Dominic Ang, Aaron Lim Say Joon and Melvin Moh claimed GT3-AM pole in fifth overall. 

Red Camel-Jordans.nl, points leaders in the 992 class, secured pole position with Fabian Danz and brothers Luc and Rik Breukers, while the 992-AM pole was achieved by the No.928 HRT Performance Porsche 911 GT3 Cup (992 I) piloted by Jonathan Kearney, Igor Sorokin and Steven Gambrell.

In the GT4 class, CP Motorsport’s BMW M4 GT4 (G82) earned a comfortable pole position with drivers Patrick Grootscholten, Johan de Rouw and Semo Keric. Not Only Motorsport will begin the final race of the season from TCE-TCX pole, drivers Gino Rocchio, Filippo Tornaghi and Giacomo Pollini dominating all three sessions. Vortex V8 has GTX pole, the No.701 car the sole class entry. 

Expectation was high as the final GT3 qualifying sessions of the European season began, and Stephane Tribaudini swiftly got down to business in the  Saintéloc Junior Team Audi R8 LMS GT3 EVO II by posting a best lap of 1m41.246s to lead the way. 

Ayrton Redant produced a time of 1m41.486s in the Ajith RedAnt Mercedes and looked to have second in session sealed, but with five minutes to run Ang moved 0.027s ahead in the Viper Niza Racing Mercedes and improved yet further before the flag to end with an excellent 1m41.351s. 

Jake Hill was very much on it from the outset of Q2 in the Era Motorsport Ferrari 296 GT3 EVO, his first flyer of 1m40.365s the best of all at that stage. Yannick Redant soon eclipsed Hill though, in the Ajith RedAnt car, with an excellent time of 1m40.295s to move onto aggregate pole.

Elia Erhart was roughly a second shy in session but this kept Saintéloc in the reckoning in the overall fight for pole, ending Q2 third on aggregate. Then, from almost nowhere, Paque pieced together a sensational 1m39.909s to take the GetSpeed Team PCX Mercedes onto provisional pole.

His lap was initially disallowed for a track limits infringement and, as a result, Ajith RedAnt went into Q3 with aggregate pole by just under 0.3s. Era’s Ryan Dalziel all-but matched team-mate Hill with his first effort in Q3, a time of 1m40.367s, but all eyes were on the pole battle where Mikaël Grenier produced an opening effort of 1m40.471s for Ajith RedAnt. 

Pierre Kaffer in the Saintéloc Audi lapped in 1m40.766s to take the team to second on aggregate, before Grenier reduced his time to 1m40.269s. Then came Martin in the No.28 GetSpeed Mercedes, reeling off an electrifying first flyer of 1m39.752s to move the squad to within just 0.001s of the Ajith RedAnt car. No sooner had qualifying ended, though, Paque’s lap from Q2 was reinstated which gave the team pole from Ajith RedAnt, Saintéloc and Gamota Racing’s BMW M4 GT3 EVO.

Kearney set the initial pace in Q1 for the 992 Porsches, a time of 1m46.112s in the No.928 HRT, but Joshua Bednarski soon moved ahead with a lap of 1m45.157s for Mühlner Motorsport. As the clock ticked down Danz leapt into second for Red Camel, then usurped Bednarski with a lap of 1m45.188s.

Danz and Bednarski each had wide moments, but remained first and second to the end of the session, with Bart van Helden – an ever-present near the top of the times throughout Q1 – third fastest in the Van Berlo Motorsport by CP Motorsport entry. Kearney, meanwhile, ended up fourth.

In Q2, Wouter Boerekamps strapped in to the No.888 Seblajoux Racing Porsche and set the quickest time to that point with a brilliant lap of 1m44.388s hoisting the car to second on aggregate. He then improved to 1m44.161s the next time around, six 100ths faster than Luc Breukers in the Red Camel car – although the latter stayed 0.4 seconds clear on average. 

Both drivers pitted with half the session to run, satisfied with their respective performances, and so attention turned to Glenn van Berlo in the No.925 and Conrad Tox Leveau for Mühlner. The latter was only a tenth shy of Breukers’ pace but concluded Q2 fourth on aggregate, just behind Van Berlo.

Six tenths covered the top four contenders going into the third session for the 992 cars, and Martin Rump quickly got down to a time of 1m44.048s to take Mühlner onto provisional pole. Rik Breukers didn’t enter the session until a third of the way through, and his first flyer was certainly worth the wait as he produced a time of 1m43.795s to re-take provisional pole for Red Camel.

Breukers improved to a lap of 1m43.554s to wrap things up on aggregate by 0.6s, but the quickest lap of all came from Julian Hanses in the QMMF by HRT Performance car, a best time of 1m43.485s. Mühlner secured second in 992 thanks to Rump, Van Berlo Motorsport qualified third, Kay van Berlo taking Q3 for the squad, and the No.928 HRT Porsche qualified fourth with Gambrell at the wheel.

Grootscholten set the quickest GT4 time in session one at the wheel of the CP Motorsport BMW M4 GT4 (G82), over a second clear of Maximilian Hill in Team Sorg Rennsport’s Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport. In Q2, de Rouw continued CP Motorsport’s prowess, 1.3 seconds faster than his team-mate and significantly quicker than Chara Mansur for Team Sorg Rennsport.

Ensuring the GT4 pole position on aggregate times for CP was Semo Keric in the BMW, he delivered the squad’s best lap of all three sessions with a terrific time of 1m50.936s. Norbert Dekker took Q3 in the Porsche, and he set a lap of 1m52.325s.

Continuing the high level of performance displayed all season, Not Only Motorsport controlled TCE-TCX qualifying. In session one, Rocchio was some 2.4 seconds to the good in the Ligier JS2 R from the Cupra TCR DSG of category newcomers Stanco&Tanner Motorsport, piloted by Armando Stanco. 

Tornaghi took over the Ligier for Q2 and lapped a couple of tenths quicker than Rocchio to keep the car comfortably clear, and in session three Giacomo Pollini ensured a dominant pole with a time of 1m50.014s. The Stanco&Tanner Cupra ended up second quickest of the seven TCE-TCX cars, while asBest Racing’s SEAT Leon Cup Racer missed qualifying entirely due to damage sustained in practice.

Julien Boillot, Marc Girard and Philippe Bonnel combined in the No.701 Vortex 2.0 to deliver pole in the GTX class, the sole entry this weekend in GTX. They are joined by Thierry Chkondali and Michel Sallenbach for the race.

Following a Night Practice session this evening, the Michelin 24H BARCELONA itself will begin at 12.00 local time tomorrow, Saturday, 19 September, with LIVE coverage online at Creventic Motorsports TV on YouTube. Links for live timing and streaming can be found at www.24hseries.com