GT4 European Series | Race 2

Speedcar wins Portimão finale as Elite secures Silver title

Paul Petit and Gregory Guilvert took the race victory, while Charlie Hart and McKenzy Cresswell sealed the Silver crown with second place.

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Paul Petit and Gregory Guilvert won Race 2 of the GT4 European Series at Portimão on 18 October 2026, driving for Team Speedcar. Charlie Hart and McKenzy Cresswell finished second for Elite Motorsport, a result that secured them the Silver drivers’ title.

The race also settled the Pro-Am title: Schubert Motorsport’s Joakim Walde and Victor Bouveng finished seventh, enough to keep the championship beyond the reach of Team Speedcar’s Sacha Bottemanne and Viny Beltramelli, who won the class race.

Hart holds off title rival

Cresswell started from pole in the #78 Elite McLaren, but Petit and Jay Mo Härtling passed him at Turn 1. Petit later regained the lead from Härtling, while Cresswell ran third.

After the pit stops, Enrico Förderer took over the #111 SR Motorsport by Schnitzelalm Mercedes-AMG and challenged Hart, who was driving the McLaren. Förderer briefly moved ahead, but Hart passed him back around the outside at Turn 3. Hart and Cresswell finished second, behind race winners Petit and Guilvert; Förderer and his teammate finished third.

Pit-lane penalty affects Elite’s sister car

Henry Joslyn and Yani Stevenheydens received a penalty for speeding in the pit lane. The penalty dropped Elite’s sister McLaren back and removed it from the immediate fight at the front.

Schubert secures Pro-Am crown

Bottemanne started from pole and led before a McLaren driven by Ravi Ramyead passed him shortly before the pit window opened. Beltramelli took over and later passed Charlie Robertson to claim the class victory.

Walde kept the Schubert BMW in the top 10 during the first half, and Bouveng brought it home seventh. That result secured the Pro-Am title for the Schubert pairing, despite the Team Speedcar drivers’ race win.

Joint Am title for Blickle and Kronberg

Daniel Blickle and Max Kronberg shared the Am drivers’ title. The source reports that Blickle chose to drop points so Kronberg could share the honour. It also identifies Kronberg as the first driver to win three GT4 European Series titles, after his Pro-Am success in 2024 and Am title the previous year.