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Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Spain (19 September 2026):
Outstanding racing, fabulous competition and more than a sprinkling of drama have all been key features thus far of this weekend’s Michelin 24H BARCELONA where, after 10 hours of action, the overall lead is held by the Mercedes-AMG GT3 EVO of Viper Niza Racing. 

Delivering a faultless showing, GT3-AM class drivers Douglas Khoo, Dominic Ang, Melvin Moh and Aaron Lim Say Joon arrived at the end of hour 10 leading the Up2Race Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) EVO of Tim Heinemann, Fabio Grosse, Alfred Renauer and Oleksiy Kikireshko. Heinemann, who set fastest race lap just before, is catching the Mercedes though…

Third, and on the lead lap, is the HAAS RT BMW M4 GT3 EVO piloted by father and son Peter and Nicolas Guelinckx, Storm Gjerdrum and Manel Lao Cornargo. Heading GT3 PRO-AM in fifth is the Era Motorsport Ferrari 296 GT3 EVO of Dwight Merriman, Oliver Bryant, Ryan Dalziel and Jake Hill.

Red Camel-Jordans.nl racers Fabian Danz and Luc, Rik and Ivo Breukers lead the way in the 992 class for Porsche 911 GT3 Cup (992 I) cars, just ahead of the No.928 HRT Performance entry of James Kellett, Jonathan Kearney, Steven Gambrell and Igor Sorokin which tops 992-AM.

In GT4 Team Sorg Rennsport leads with its Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport of Norbert Dekker, Maximilian Hill, Benito Tagle and Chara Mansur, although there is precious little in it with the BMW M4 GT4 (G82) of CP Motorsport’s Patrick Grootscholten, Daaf Steentjes, Semo Keric, Johan de Rouw and Pieter-Jan Lefevere.

CP Motorsport also leads TCE-TCX with its Cupra TCR DSG featuring Karel Neleman, Robbin Heijerman and Matthijs and Petere Terlouw. In GTX only the No.701 Vortex 2.0 is entered this weekend and is running competitively just outside the overall top 20, the car shared by Philippe Bonnel, Julien Boillot, Thierry Chkondali, Marc Girard and Michel Sallenbach.

GetSpeed Team PCX and Ajith RedAnt Racing each began the race with their big hitters at the wheel, Maxime Martin and Mikaël Grenier, and at the launch Martin held the inside for Turn One in the pole starting No.28 Mercedes-AMG. Grenier was equal to him though and stayed alongside on the outside line, which became the inside for Turn Two where the Canadian smartly took the lead.

Jesse Krohn made a great start in the Gamota Racing BMW M4 GT3 EVO, rising from fourth to third past Pierre Kaffer’s Saintéloc Junior Team Audi R8 LMS GT3 EVO II, and as the early laps ticked by there was nothing to split those four. Joining the party were Heinemann in the Up2Race Porsche and Hill in the Era Ferrari – the latter up from 11th on the grid.

Krohn then passed Martin on the pit straight into lap eight to take second, the GT3 leaders already lapping some TCE-TCX class runners. Moments after, Martin was served with a 10 second penalty for not holding the correct position at the rolling start. Heinemann, meanwhile, soon made his way into fourth ahead of the Audi and after being unleashed he charged up to the back of Martin’s Mercedes.

Grenier held a small advantage before the first Code 60 period at the 75-minute mark, which sparked a flurry of pits activity. With differing strategies already having an impact, Steve Jans then led in the championship topping GetSpeed Team JR286 Mercedes from Joon in the Viper Niza Mercedes. When they next pitted, Krohn moved to the front in the Gamota BMW.

As the race evolved two Code 60s in hour five meant a raft of pit visits, and out of that came the race lead for Nicolas Guelinckx in the HAAS RT BMW. Grosse in the Up2Race Porsche was second, with Khoo third for Viper Niza. Gamota’s bid, meanwhile, had already been hurt by a 10 second penalty and the BMW also lost time in the pits waiting for a vacant fuel pump.

Into Saturday evening Viper Niza continued its excellent showing on top of the overall order, with Ang, Joon and Moh all taking turns in the lead of the race. Equally, things were going to plan for HAAS RT with each of the squad’s drivers performing well.

Fully dark skies were in evidence in hour nine and a dark mood soon fell over the entire GetSpeed squad. First the JR286 car suffered a gearbox-related problem when Adam Osieka was at the wheel in fifth, requiring a replacement. Incredibly, just a short time later, the PCX car was pushed into the pit garage with a front-left wheel bearing problem from sixth position. Their title hopes are fading.

From fifth on the grid in 992 Julian Hanses made very quick progress on lap one for QMMF by HRT Performance to slice through into the class lead from Rik Breukers in the Red Camel car, Kellett in HRT’s No.928 Porsche and Martin Rump for Mühlner Motorsport. Kellett soon made his way into second ahead of Breukers and that quartet remained in close company.

After the initial stops at the first Code 60 Conrad Tox Leveau piloted the Mühlner car, with Danz then behind the wheel of the Red Camel Porsche, and when they each stopped again Gambrell moved to the head of 992 in the No.928. Mühlner’s bid was impacted with a car issue needing an unscheduled stop in hour two but overall there was little in the way of incident for the front-runners.

Everything in 992 progressed without much in the way of drama and when the 10-hour mark was reached all of the main players were still right there in the battle for the outright podium with Red Camel heading the No.928 HRT Porsche, and Mühlner back up to third.