Championship battles came to the boil across three major GT stages this weekend. In Valencia, Team WRT and BMW sealed the Sprint Cup crown after a nail-biting showdown with Grasser Lamborghini, while class titles were also settled in Silver, Gold and Bronze. Over in Barcelona, International GT Open produced a dramatic twist as AF Corse’s Mosca and Bennett reignited their title challenge, ensuring a three-way showdown at Monza next month. GT Cup’s Donington weekend was fully dominated by Mark Smith. Meanwhile in Indianapolis, Cadillac finally claimed its first GTP win of 2025 in the Battle on the Bricks, with Ford and Inception Ferrari also triumphant in GTD Pro and GTD — setting up a decisive season finale at Petit Le Mans.

GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup – Valencia: WRT edges Grasser in thrilling Valencia Sprint Cup finale

Race 1

Jordan Pepper and Luca Engstler (Grasser Racing Lamborghini) kept their title hopes alive with victory in the opening Valencia race. The pair inherited the win after Emil Frey Racing’s Ferrari was penalised for improving their sector times under yellow mid-race, handing the lead to Grasser. Garage 59’s #58 McLaren of Louis Prette and Benji Fleming won the Gold Cup by finishing second overall, just tenths ahead of Maro Engel and Lucas Auer aboard the #48 Winward Racing Mercedes-AMG, while WRT BMW’s Gilles Stadsbader and Matisse Lismont scored their maiden Silver Cup win.

Race 2

With the standings finely balanced, the Sprint Cup crown was decided in a winner-takes-all finale. Team WRT delivered when it mattered most as Charles Weerts and Kelvin van der Linde charged to victory in the #32 BMW. Van der Linde’s decisive moves on Pepper’s Lamborghini and Kirchhöfer’s McLaren early in the race set up the win, before Weerts resisted late pressure from Engstler to seal the title by less than a second. Grasser’s Lamborghini and Garage 59’s McLaren completed the podium. Emil Frey Racing’s Thierry Vermeulen and Chris Lulham secured the Gold Cup title with a race win, while Boutsen VDS took Silver Cup honours with Aurélien Panis and Cesar Gazeau driving the Mercedes-AMG to victory having lost the Silver crown already in Race 1 to Kobe Pauwels and Jamie Day in the #21 Comtoyou Racing Aston Martin. Kessel’s Dustin Blattner and Dennis Marschall clinched the Bronze Cup crown despite Bashar Mardini and Bastian Buus’ Lionspeed Porsche winning the finale.

International GT Open – Barcelona: Barcelona sets up three-way GT Open title fight for Monza

Race 1

The #11 Motopark Mercedes-AMG of Levente Révész and Maximilian Götz extended its lead with a composed win on Saturday, their fourth of the season. They finished ahead of the #1 Eastalent Racing Audi of Simon Reicher and Christopher Haase, while the #9 GetSpeed Mercedes of Anthony Bartone and Fabian Schiller completed the podium. In Pro-Am, the #7 SPS Mercedes of Dexter Müller and Yannick Mettler took their first victory, as the #74 Racing Trevor BMW of Attila Zsigo and Dennis Waszek claimed Am honours.

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Race 2

On Sunday, the momentum swung dramatically. The #51 AF Corse Ferrari of Tommaso Mosca and Carl Bennett delivered a dominant performance to take their third win of the season and close the championship gap. With the #1 Eastalent Audi down in seventh and the #11 Motopark Mercedes eighth, the title battle tightened into a three-way fight. The #33 Greystone GT McLaren of James Kell and Dean Macdonald finished second ahead of teammates Josh Rattican and Jayden Kelly in the #27 car. Pro-Am victory went to the #6 GetSpeed Mercedes of Steve Jans and Aaron Walker, while the #72 AF Corse Ferrari of Gino Forgione and Michele Rugolo struck back in Am.

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IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship – Battle On The Bricks: Cadillac dominates Indy for first 2025 win

GTP

The #31 Whelen Cadillac of Jack Aitken, Earl Bamber and Frederik Vesti broke through for Cadillac’s first win of the season, leading most of the six-hour Battle on the Bricks and fending off the #10 Wayne Taylor Cadillac in a late restart shootout. The #60 Meyer Shank Acura recovered from the back to finish third. Porsche Penske’s title contenders struggled, but still carry the points lead into Petit Le Mans.

LMP2

TDS Racing made it three straight Indy victories, the #11 ORECA of Steven Thomas, Mikkel Jensen and Hunter McElrea winning ahead of the #43 Inter Europol and #74 Riley crews.

GTD Pro

Ford’s big-race form continued as the #64 Mustang GT3 of Seb Priaulx and Mike Rockenfeller powered to victory, adding Indianapolis to its earlier Daytona and Detroit triumphs. A decisive late pass on AO Porsche secured the win, with the #81 DragonSpeed Ferrari second and the #48 Paul Miller BMW third.

GTD

After 38 starts, Inception Racing finally scored its first IMSA win. Brendan Iribe, Frederik Schandorff and Ollie Millroy guided the #70 Ferrari to a breakthrough victory after a lucky caution and a commanding final stint. Wright Motorsports’ #120 Porsche finished second, with the #34 Conquest Ferrari third.

GT Cup – Donington Park: Smith sweeps with dominant quadruple

Mark Smith was untouchable at Donington Park, completing a clean sweep with four wins from four in the Paddock Motorsport McLaren 720S GT3. After controlling Saturday’s races, he added victories in both Sunday contests, fending off a late charge from Marcus Clutton in the Endurance race before cruising to a lights-to-flag Sprint win. Darren Kell took second in the finale after contact denied Peter Erceg, while Greg Caton and David Shaw completed the podium. The season now heads to Snetterton in October for the championship decider.

Up next: WEC in Fuji, NLS at the Nordschleife, and 24H Barcelona

Another packed weekend lies ahead with endurance racing centre stage. The FIA World Endurance Championship heads to Japan for the 6 Hours of Fuji on Sunday, while the Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie continues on Saturday with the 57. ADAC Barbarossapreis. In Spain, the 24H Series stages the Michelin 24H Barcelona.