Maranello, April 2026 – The Maranello manufacturer’s cars starred in GT3 and GT Cup at the opening round of the CIGT Sprint at Imola, with class victories also coming in France at Le Castellet in the Ultimate Cup Series and in Texas at COTA in GT World Challenge America. The Prancing Horse also secured podium finishes at the same Texan circuit in GT America.
Leonardo Gorini and Mattia Marchiante narrowly missed second place in both Race-1 and Race-2 in the number 26 Easy Race Ferrari 296 GT3, while Gino Forgione and Michele Rugolo recorded seventh- and sixth-place finishes in the number 21 Spirit of Race Ferrari 296 GT3. The Swiss outfit also claimed seventh place on Sunday with Zlad Ghandour in the number 52 after a Race-1 retirement.
The Prancing Horse also enjoyed plenty of success in GT Cup. Best Lap proved dominant over the weekend with two different cars: Lorenzo Pegoraro and Alex Frassineti took Race-1 victory in the number 111 Ferrari 296 Challenge, while Vito Postiglione and Stefano Comandini claimed Race-2 in the number 101.
Riccardo Paniccià and Filippo Croccolino, driving the number 112 Ferrari 296 Challenge for MRNC12, finished third in First Division Pro Am in Race-1, while in Race-2 the number 109 Zanasi Racing Ferrari, driven by Andrea Fontana and Tommaso Lovati, secured a valuable second place.
Spirit of Race also added two more top-ten finishes with Edoardo Borelli and Andres Guillermo Mendez in the number 150 Ferrari 296 Challenge, and with Lorenzo Megna and Diego Di Fabio in the number 151: sixth and fifth, and tenth and ninth, respectively.
The Spirit of Race 188 Ferrari 296 Challenge, with Feder Samorukov and Federico Al Ripai, the Zanasi Racing 119 entry, with Matteo Sartori and Mattia Simonini, and the Double TT Racing 123 Ferrari, with Davide Roda and Ferrari Ambassador Driver Giancarlo Fisichella, also took to the grid for both races, with Fisichella setting the fastest lap in Race-2.
Zanasi Racing and Spirit of Race added two more victories in Emilia-Romagna, both in the First Division Am class. Luca Demarchi and Victor Briselli stood out in Race-1 in the number 211 Ferrari 296 Challenge, while Sunday brought victory for the number 282 Ferrari 296 Challenge of Michele Rugolo and Willem van der Vorm.
MP Racing also enjoyed an excellent result, with second place in Race-1 for David Gostner in the number 250 and third in Race-2 for Thomas Gostner in the number 261.
Pierluigi Alessandri, in the number 216 car, finished sixth on Saturday and fourth on Sunday. The Target Racing driver finished Race-1 at sunset, ahead of Thomas Gostner, who made amends the following day.
Federica Levy and Laura Villars scored points in Race-2, finishing eighth in the number 121 Ferrari 296 Challenge of MRNC12. Finally, tenth place on Sunday afternoon went to Francesco Galli in the number 231 of KRYPTON by DL RACING.
The next Italian Gran Turismo Championship event takes place at Misano Adriatico on Sunday 10 May – the first Endurance round of the season, over the customary three hours.
DTM. The Spielberg circuit in Austria hosted the opening round of the new season, with two Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo cars fielded by Emil Frey Racing. The best Prancing Horse result in Race-1 came from Matteo Cairoli in the number 14, who crossed the line eighth, while Thierry Vermeulen took thirteenth in the number 69.
In Race-2 on Sunday, Vermeulen secured ninth place, while the Italian driver finished in fourteenth.
The next DTM round takes place from 22 to 24 May at the Zandvoort circuit.
Ultimate Cup Series. The Maranello manufacturer’s cars starred in the opening round of the GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup at Le Castellet in France. In the first of the two 35-minute races, victory in the UCTC/UCS2 class went to the number 73 Ferrari 296 Challenge of CMR, driven by Frenchman Patrick Michellier, who crossed the line in fourth place overall. He repeated that result in Race-2, completing a double-win. In Race-1, second place in class went to the number 3 Ferrari 488 Challenge of SR&R, with Rehan Hakim finishing ahead of the team’s sister car, the number 33 of Maurizio Fondi. In Race-2, the two crews swapped positions on the podium. Grégoire Benedet also took victory in the UCS3H class in Race-1 in the Ferrari 430 GT3 of F.i Competizione, before being forced to retire in Race-2.
The next round takes place from 29 to 31 May at Magny-Cours.
ADAC GT Masters. The number 69 Ferrari 296 GT3 of Baron Motorsport, driven by Ernst Kirchmayr and Axcil Jefferies, also took part as a guest entry in the opening round of the season at Spielberg in Austria, securing sixth place overall in Race-1 – which also meant Pro Am victory – and twelfth in Race-2.
The championship returns from 22 to 24 May at the Zandvoort circuit.
British GT. The Silverstone circuit hosted the championship opener, with the number 13 Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo entered by Rodin Motorsport. After qualifying fifteenth, the crew of Cameron Campbell and Joshua Buchan retired from the race after sustaining damage in an accident.
The second British GT round takes place from 23 to 25 May at Oulton Park.
GT World Challenge America. Jay Schreibman and Oswaldo Negri confirmed their status as the men to beat in GT World Challenge America at Circuit of the Americas, the second round of the 2026 season. The number 163 Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo of AF Corse USA claimed victory in the Am class in Texas, following a perfect outing at Sonoma in California. However, a technical problem slowed the number 12 Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo of Matias Perez Companc and Frederik Schandorff. After an excellent start, the Pro crew was forced to make a lengthy pit stop. Despite that, the AF Corse USA drivers finished fourth in their class. The next round, another three-hour race, takes place on Saturday 9 May at the iconic Sebring International Raceway in Florida.
GT America Powered by AWS. Tony Davis and Jason McCarthy secured two podium finishes for Ferrari in the championship’s second round at Circuit of the Americas in Texas. The HP-TECH Motorsport driver in the number 04 Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo and the One11 Competition driver in the number 115 Ferrari 296 GT3 finished second and third, respectively, in Race-1 and Race-2. Davis then finished fourth on Sunday, while McCarthy took fifth in Saturday’s Race-1.
Three other Ferrari 296 GT3 cars also took part. Marc Muzzo, driving the number 013 for R. Ferri Motorsport, finished seventh and eighth, while Thor Haugen, in the number 23 for Scuderia Corsa, recorded eleventh and twelfth. Tony Ferraro was also on the grid in the number 26 Ferraro Motorsport Ferrari, recording two thirteenth-place finishes.
The next round of the SRO America series takes place from 8 to 10 May at Sebring in Florida.
27 April 2026
