2026 GT World Challenge Europe

The 2026 GT World Challenge Europe Powered by AWS is a planned motor racing championship for GT3 cars, marking the 13th edition of the GT World Challenge Europe. Organised by the SRO Motorsports Group, it will form the European part of the broader GT World Challenge, which will also include GT World Challenge America, GT World Challenge Australia and GT World Challenge Asia.

2026 GT World Challenge Europe
Organizer	SRO Motorsports Group
Discipline	Sports car racing
Number of races	15
Champions
GT World Challenge Europe Drivers	0
GT World Challenge Europe Teams	0

The championship will split into the Endurance Cup and the Sprint Cup, each with its respective titles, alongside the overall GT World Challenge Europe championship. The season will take place over ten rounds at various European circuits. The annual season prologue, which acts as the championship's pre-season testing, is scheduled to take place between 7 and 8 April 2026, with testing for the 24 Hours of Spa occurring between 19 and 20 May 2026. Racing is planned to commence in April and conclude in October.^[1][2]

Calendar

All Sprint Cup rounds consist of two one-hour races, totalling 15 races throughout the season, alongside the single 3-hour, 6-hour, or 24-hour races in Endurance Cup rounds.

Round	Circuit	Date	Series	Map
1	Circuit Paul Ricard	11–12 April	Endurance	Paul Ricard Brands Hatch Monza Spa Misano Magny-Cours Nürburgring Zandvoort Barcelona Portimão
2	Brands Hatch	2–3 May	Sprint
3	Monza Circuit	30–31 May	Endurance
4	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	25–28 June	Endurance
5	Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli	18–19 July	Sprint
6	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	1–2 August	Sprint
7	Nürburgring	29–30 August	Endurance
8	Circuit Zandvoort	19–20 September	Sprint
9	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya	3–4 October	Endurance
10	Algarve International Circuit	17–18 October	Sprint
Source:[3]

Calendar changes

2026 is scheduled to feature a largely unchanged calendar. With the only significant alterations being the return of the Algarve International Circuit as the season finale, marking its first appearance since 2015, and Circuit Zandvoort being moved from May to September.^[3]

See also

• 2026 GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup
• 2026 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup
• 2026 GT World Challenge America
• 2026 GT World Challenge Asia
• 2026 GT World Challenge Australia
• 2026 Intercontinental GT Challenge
• 2026 GT3 Revival Series