•    Superb grid for Michelin 12H SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS with 41 cars expected
•    Impressive field in GT3 and 992, strong battles expected in GTX, GT4, TCE-TCX
•    Annual visit to Belgium always a highlight for Michelin 24H SERIES European Series 
•    Split race next Saturday and Sunday, 18/19 April, LIVE at Creventic Motorsports TV

Gennep, Netherlands (10 April 2026):
Michelin 24H SERIES European Series action continues apace just a week from now, 17/18/19 April, when round two of the 2026 season – the Michelin 12H SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS – takes place at the legendary Ardennes track.

With a fantastic entry of 41 cars expected to compete in the eighth staging of the two-part 12-hour race, driver line-ups are now all-but complete and confirmed with prestige marques such as Audi, Aston Martin, Ferrari, Lamborghini, McLaren, Mercedes-AMG and Porsche ready to bid for victory.

Herberth Motorsport, runner-up at Spa last season and second place finishers during the Michelin 12H MUGELLO last month, head the Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) EVO entries with its No.269 car to be raced by Max Moritz, Alfred Renauer and Klaus Bachler. Fellow Porsche squad Proton Competition fields a four driver line-up of Jörg Dreisow, Constantin Dressler, Manuel Lauck and Robert de Haan.

Mercedes-AMG GT3 EVO entries are plentiful with GetSpeed, which claimed pole position during the season opening race in Italy, confirming Benjamin Paque, Jordan Boisson, Patrick Charlaix and Marvin Klein in the Getspeed Team PCX Racing car. The Getspeed Team JR286 entry, meanwhile, will be piloted by Steve Jans, Tanner Harvey, Patrick Liddy and Adam Osieka.

Ajith RedAnt Racing’s Mercedes-AMG will be raced by the regular quartet of Kobe de Breucker, brothers Yannick and Ayrton Redant, plus Tamil ‘Kollywood’ star Ajith Kumar, while HOFOR Racing will field its familiar line-up of husband and wife Alexander and Chantal Prinz, Torsten Kratz and Chantal’s father Michael Kroll in the No.11 car.

Two more Mercedes-AMGs are confirmed with Viper Niza Racing represented by Douglas Khoo, Aaron Lim Say Joon and Dominic Ang, and MP Racing’s siblings Manuela, Corinna and David Gostner will be partnered by their father Thomas, as well as Pepe Massimo.

Ferrari 296 GT3 squad Era Motorsport has entered Dwight Merriman, Oliver Bryant, Ryan Dalziel and Jake Hill, while fellow Ferrari team Pellin Racing will make its first appearance of the season with Lisa Clark, Kyle Marcelli, Jeff Westphal and Andres Latorre sharing the No.29 car.

Winners of GT3-AM at Mugello and outright podium finishers, ARC Bratislava, will aim high again with its Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo EVO2 driven by brothers Adam and Matej Konopka, their father Miro and Gerhard Tweraser. Spa will also mark the first outing of the season for Optimum Motorsport with Morgan Tillbrook, Salman Owega and Freddie Tomlinson in its McLaren 720S GT3.

HAAS RT, which led at Mugello after part one with its No.21 Audi R8 LMS GT3 EVO II of father and son Nicolas and Peter Guelinckx, enters twin cars for Spa with Simon Balcaen joining the line-up in the No.21. The No.2 car will feature Pierre and Mathieu Castelien, and Steven Palette. Continental Racing by Simpson Motorsport’s Audi has Vasily Vladykin, Paul Scheuschner and Akhil Agarwal.

Three Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 EVOs will be on the grid with E2P Racing bringing the regular trio of Pablo Burguera, Antonio Sainero and Oliver Campos. Comtoyou Racing enter two Astons with Jan Jaap van Roon and Tom Coronel driving the No.40 car, while the sister No.41 will be raced by Xavier Knauf, Gregory Servais and Nicolas Baert.

The entry for the always sensational 992 class is headed by Mugello winners Mühlner Motorsport, with Conrad Tox Leveau and Martin Rump partnered in round two by Tim Scheerbarth and Julian Hanses. Chief rivals Red Camel-Jordans.nl, meanwhile, will enter the quartet of brothers Luc and Rik Breukers, their father Ivo, and Fabian Danz in the No.909 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup (992 I).

Three cars come from HRT Performance, with the No.928 entry to be shared by Steven Gambrell, Igor Sorokin, Jonathan Kearney and James Kellet. In the QMMF by HRT Performance car will be the 992 AM winning trio from last time out, Qatari drivers Ahmed Al-Emadi, Jassim Al-Thani and Faesal Al Yafei.

Seblajoux Racing challenges at Spa with a pair of Porsches, the No.888 to be raced by Louis Perrot, Stephane Perrin, Anthony Vince and team owner Sebastien Lajoux, while the No.910 will be driven by Lionel Amrouche, Alessandro Tudisca, Gary Terclavers and a yet to be announced driver.

Fellow 992 front-runners RPM Racing will field Tracy Krohn, Niclas Jönsson and Philip Hamprecht, with the equally competitive Holmgaard Motorsport Porsche making its season bow in the hands of brothers Jonas and Magnus Holmgaard, along with team-mate Martin Vedel Mortensen.

More siblings feature at MM Racing, brothers Tom, Steve and Mick Meurrens teaming-up, while Sebastién Crubile and Pascal Duhamel will partner in the Crubilé Sport Porsche. Pablo Bras Silvero, Pedro Miguel Lourinho Bras and Fernando Gonzalez Gonzalez represent Escuderia Faraon in the squad’s first appearance of the Michelin 24H SERIES European Series this year. 

Two more Porsches will also be making a bid in 992, with The Driving Experiences car to be shared by Valerio Presezzi, Francesco Fenici and Ivan Jacoma, and the Chazel Technologie Course entry will see Jean-Paul Dominici, Jean-Mathieu Leandri and Antoni de Barn team-up. 

Vortex V8 brings two of its distinctive Vortex 2.0 cars to Spa, with the Mugello-winning No.701 to be piloted by Philippe Bonne and Johan Caeldries, while the No.702 will be shared by Thierry Chkondali, Michel Sallenbach and Marc Girard. Their competition in the GTX class will come from the Mercedes-AMG GT2 of NM Racing, to be driven by Alberto de Martin and Manel Lao.

Two cars are entered in the GT4 class, with CWS Engineering’s Ginetta G56 GT4 to be shared by team owner Colin White, Neale Muston and another yet-to-be-named driver. The line-up for the Circuit Toys Toyota GR Supra GT4 EVO2 is still unconfirmed. 

TCE-TCX regulars asBest Racing have two entries for Spa, with the Mugello class winning SEAT Leon Cup Racer featuring Pia Ohlsson, Jens Wulf and Steven Teirlinckx. The team is also set to field one of its Cupra TCR DSG cars, the No.101 with Lutz Obermann, Junichi Umemoto and Samuel Hsieh. 

Their competition comes from Not Only Motorsport’s Ligier JS2 R of Filippo Tornaghi and Gino Rocchio, which was rapid at Mugello, J-Mec Engineering’s BMW M3 (E46) of Kevin Clarke, James Collins and Oliver Smith, and JW Raceservice’s Audi RS3 LMS DSG of Robert Gielisse, Pieter van Noordenne and Rogier van der Linde.

Following two CR Track Days on Wednesday, 15 April, and Thursday, 16 April, the annual parade of race cars to Malmedy city will take place at 15.45 local time on Thursday. Practice and qualifying then follows on Friday, 17 April, with three qualification sessions for the 992, GTX, GT4 and TCE-TCX classes combined, beginning at 15.00 local time. The three GT3 sessions will follow those.

Part one of the Michelin 12H SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS, the first five and a half hours of racing, will commence at 11.30 local time on Saturday, 18 April. Following an overnight break, with cars in parc ferme conditions, the concluding six and a half hours of action will start at 10.30 on Sunday, 19 April. 

Qualifying and racing for the Michelin 24H SERIES will, as always, be streamed LIVE at Creventic Motorsports TV via YouTube. There will also be plentiful support package action throughout the event from Radical Cup Europe and TCR Europe.