Vincent Bruins
@vincentjbruins.bsky.social
Covering Formula 1 for GPFans and GT racing for AUTOSPORT.nl / Former track marshal at Circuit Zandvoort / ❤️ Eline
💙 NO CHANGE AT THOR: The Heart of Racing enter the 2026 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship with Roman De Angelis and Ross Gunn. Alex Riberas will be the third driver in the Valkyrie at Daytona, Sebring and Road Atlanta. Marco Sørensen joins them in the #Rolex24.
📸 IMSA | #IMSA
📸 IMSA | #IMSA
December 2, 2025 at 8:22 PM
🔑 CONSISTENCY IS KEY: Team WRT and BMW are going into the 2026 FIA World Endurance Championship with an unchanged line-up of Kevin Magnussen, Raffaele Marciello and Dries Vanthoor in the No. 15, and Robin Frijns, Sheldon van der Linde and René Rast in the No. 20.
📸 ACO | #WEC
📸 ACO | #WEC
December 2, 2025 at 7:20 PM
🔑 CONSISTENCY IS KEY: Team WRT and BMW are going into the 2026 FIA World Endurance Championship with an unchanged line-up of Kevin Magnussen, Raffaele Marciello and Dries Vanthoor in the No. 15, and Robin Frijns, Sheldon van der Linde and René Rast in the No. 20.
📸 ACO | #WEC
📸 ACO | #WEC
🫡 GÜVEN AND HEINRICH JOIN FACTORY ROSTER: Ayhancan Güven and Laurin Heinrich are new additions to the team of Porsche works drivers ahead of the 2026 season, taking over the places of Romain Dumas, António Félix da Costa and Mathieu Jaminet.
📸 ADAC Motorsport
📸 ADAC Motorsport
November 30, 2025 at 7:45 PM
🫡 GÜVEN AND HEINRICH JOIN FACTORY ROSTER: Ayhancan Güven and Laurin Heinrich are new additions to the team of Porsche works drivers ahead of the 2026 season, taking over the places of Romain Dumas, António Félix da Costa and Mathieu Jaminet.
📸 ADAC Motorsport
📸 ADAC Motorsport
👏 BUUS EARNS DTM SEAT: Shortly after announcing a return to Porsche, Land-Motorsport have confirmed their first driver. Porsche Supercup champion and GT World Challenge powered by AWS winner Bastian Buus joins the Niederdreisbach-based team for his DTM debut.
📸 SRO/JEP | #DTM
📸 SRO/JEP | #DTM
November 29, 2025 at 9:30 PM
👏 BUUS EARNS DTM SEAT: Shortly after announcing a return to Porsche, Land-Motorsport have confirmed their first driver. Porsche Supercup champion and GT World Challenge powered by AWS winner Bastian Buus joins the Niederdreisbach-based team for his DTM debut.
📸 SRO/JEP | #DTM
📸 SRO/JEP | #DTM
🔄 SWITCHING MCLAREN TEAMS: Zac Meakin will join Greystone GT in the International GT Open next year after a season with Optimum Motorsport. He is set to replace James Kell alongside Dean Macdonald aboard the turquoise and black McLaren 720S GT3 Evo.
📸 GT Sport | #GTOpen
📸 GT Sport | #GTOpen
November 28, 2025 at 9:27 PM
🔄 SWITCHING MCLAREN TEAMS: Zac Meakin will join Greystone GT in the International GT Open next year after a season with Optimum Motorsport. He is set to replace James Kell alongside Dean Macdonald aboard the turquoise and black McLaren 720S GT3 Evo.
📸 GT Sport | #GTOpen
📸 GT Sport | #GTOpen
🏆 ENDURANCE CHAMPION JOINS BOUTSEN VDS: Alessio Picariello has been named the first driver of Boutsen VDS for 2026, as the Belgian squad switches from Mercedes-AMG to Porsche machinery with two cars in the GT World Challenge Europe powered by AWS.
📸 SRO/JEP | #GTWorldEurope
📸 SRO/JEP | #GTWorldEurope
November 28, 2025 at 9:25 PM
🏆 ENDURANCE CHAMPION JOINS BOUTSEN VDS: Alessio Picariello has been named the first driver of Boutsen VDS for 2026, as the Belgian squad switches from Mercedes-AMG to Porsche machinery with two cars in the GT World Challenge Europe powered by AWS.
📸 SRO/JEP | #GTWorldEurope
📸 SRO/JEP | #GTWorldEurope
🦁 FORMULA E ACE JOINS THE FRENCH LION: Loïc Duval, Malthe Jakobsen, Paul di Resta and Stoffel Vandoorne remain with Peugeot in the FIA World Endurance Championship, while Nick Cassidy and Théo Pourchaire take over the seats of Mikkel Jensen and Jean-Éric Vergne.
📸 ACO | #WEC
📸 ACO | #WEC
November 27, 2025 at 3:28 PM
🦁 FORMULA E ACE JOINS THE FRENCH LION: Loïc Duval, Malthe Jakobsen, Paul di Resta and Stoffel Vandoorne remain with Peugeot in the FIA World Endurance Championship, while Nick Cassidy and Théo Pourchaire take over the seats of Mikkel Jensen and Jean-Éric Vergne.
📸 ACO | #WEC
📸 ACO | #WEC
🔄 PORSCHE SHUFFLE: With their FIA World Endurance Championship program having come to an end, Kévin Estre and Laurens Vanthoor move to the No. 6 in the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship full-time next year. Julien Andlauer joins Felipe Nasr in the No. 7.
📸 Porsche AG | #IMSA
📸 Porsche AG | #IMSA
November 27, 2025 at 2:59 PM
🔄 PORSCHE SHUFFLE: With their FIA World Endurance Championship program having come to an end, Kévin Estre and Laurens Vanthoor move to the No. 6 in the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship full-time next year. Julien Andlauer joins Felipe Nasr in the No. 7.
📸 Porsche AG | #IMSA
📸 Porsche AG | #IMSA
🇩🇰 DANISH TRIO IN WORLD CHALLENGE: Simon Birch, TCR Denmark champion Malte Ebdrup and Frederik Schandorff enter the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup powered by AWS in 2026 with RaceGroup, which will field a Ferrari with support from AF Corse.
📸 RaceGroup | #GTWorldEurope
📸 RaceGroup | #GTWorldEurope
November 26, 2025 at 9:55 AM
🇩🇰 DANISH TRIO IN WORLD CHALLENGE: Simon Birch, TCR Denmark champion Malte Ebdrup and Frederik Schandorff enter the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup powered by AWS in 2026 with RaceGroup, which will field a Ferrari with support from AF Corse.
📸 RaceGroup | #GTWorldEurope
📸 RaceGroup | #GTWorldEurope
💪 GT3 RETURN FOR MÜHLNER: Alongside a Rolex 24 at Daytona program with Peter Ludwig, Dave Musial Jr., Dave Musial Sr. and Ryan Yardley in a Porsche 911 GT3 R, Mülhner Motorsports is planning entries in the 24h Nürburgring and 24 Hours of Spa.
📸 Mülhner | #IGTC #24hNBR #Spa24h
📸 Mülhner | #IGTC #24hNBR #Spa24h
November 25, 2025 at 1:30 PM
🌐 ACADEMY GOES GLOBAL: Four Silver-rated drivers - one each of next year's #BritishGT, #GTWorldAmerica, #GTWorldAsia and #GTWorldAustralia, judged using SRO GT Academy's assessment-based criteria - will earn a fully-funded seat for the 2027 #Spa24h.
📸 SRO/JEP | #GTWorldEurope
📸 SRO/JEP | #GTWorldEurope
November 25, 2025 at 1:19 PM
🌐 ACADEMY GOES GLOBAL: Four Silver-rated drivers - one each of next year's #BritishGT, #GTWorldAmerica, #GTWorldAsia and #GTWorldAustralia, judged using SRO GT Academy's assessment-based criteria - will earn a fully-funded seat for the 2027 #Spa24h.
📸 SRO/JEP | #GTWorldEurope
📸 SRO/JEP | #GTWorldEurope
👀 GENESIS GT AMBITIONS: Genesis have unveiled the Magma GT Concept, a halo model defining their direction in the automotive market for the next decade. The luxury brand of Hyundai has ambitions to enter GT racing as part of their long-term strategy.
📸 Genesis Motor Company
📸 Genesis Motor Company
November 21, 2025 at 5:03 PM
👀 GENESIS GT AMBITIONS: Genesis have unveiled the Magma GT Concept, a halo model defining their direction in the automotive market for the next decade. The luxury brand of Hyundai has ambitions to enter GT racing as part of their long-term strategy.
📸 Genesis Motor Company
📸 Genesis Motor Company
🤗 LAND REUNITE WITH PORSCHE: Land-Motorsport, after a decade with Audi, will be back with Porsche machinery in 2026. The team of Christian Land had a lot of success with Porsche before in Carrera Cup and VLN competition as well as victory in the Dubai 24H in 2009.
📸 VLN
📸 VLN
November 21, 2025 at 3:13 PM
🤗 LAND REUNITE WITH PORSCHE: Land-Motorsport, after a decade with Audi, will be back with Porsche machinery in 2026. The team of Christian Land had a lot of success with Porsche before in Carrera Cup and VLN competition as well as victory in the Dubai 24H in 2009.
📸 VLN
📸 VLN
💪 BIG PLANS FOR CSA RACING: The GT3 team of Concept Sport Automobiles plans to expand to three McLaren 720S GT3 Evo cars in GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup powered by AWS alongside two entries in Endurance Cup, as revealed by @endurance-info.bsky.social.
📸 SRO/JEP | #GTWorldEurope
📸 SRO/JEP | #GTWorldEurope
November 21, 2025 at 1:59 PM
💪 BIG PLANS FOR CSA RACING: The GT3 team of Concept Sport Automobiles plans to expand to three McLaren 720S GT3 Evo cars in GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup powered by AWS alongside two entries in Endurance Cup, as revealed by @endurance-info.bsky.social.
📸 SRO/JEP | #GTWorldEurope
📸 SRO/JEP | #GTWorldEurope
📈 KURTZ BECOMES MERCEDES F1 CO-OWNER: CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz - a GT World Challenge America, Michelin Endurance Cup and Asian Le Mans Series champion as well as a 24 Hours of Le Mans and Spa class winner - has purchased a 15% stake in the Mercedes F1 team.
📸 Brian Cleary
📸 Brian Cleary
November 21, 2025 at 12:03 PM
📈 KURTZ BECOMES MERCEDES F1 CO-OWNER: CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz - a GT World Challenge America, Michelin Endurance Cup and Asian Le Mans Series champion as well as a 24 Hours of Le Mans and Spa class winner - has purchased a 15% stake in the Mercedes F1 team.
📸 Brian Cleary
📸 Brian Cleary
🤝 RUTRONIK X LAMBO CONFIRMED: As expected, Rutronik Racing switch from Porsche to Lamborghini, having agreed to a multi-year partnership. The Klaus Graf-led team will field at least one new Temerario GT3 in GT World Challenge Europe powered by AWS.
📸 Lumen | #GTWorldEurope
📸 Lumen | #GTWorldEurope
November 21, 2025 at 11:28 AM
🤝 RUTRONIK X LAMBO CONFIRMED: As expected, Rutronik Racing switch from Porsche to Lamborghini, having agreed to a multi-year partnership. The Klaus Graf-led team will field at least one new Temerario GT3 in GT World Challenge Europe powered by AWS.
📸 Lumen | #GTWorldEurope
📸 Lumen | #GTWorldEurope
🙌 LINE-UP COMPLETE FOR INAUGURAL SEASON: Paul-Loup Chatin and Mathieu Jaminet, having left Alpine and Porsche respectively, join Pipo Derani, Mathys Jaubert, Dani Juncadella and André Lotterer at Genesis Magma for the 2026 FIA World Endurance Championship.
📸 Hyundai | #WEC
📸 Hyundai | #WEC
November 20, 2025 at 11:55 AM
🙌 LINE-UP COMPLETE FOR INAUGURAL SEASON: Paul-Loup Chatin and Mathieu Jaminet, having left Alpine and Porsche respectively, join Pipo Derani, Mathys Jaubert, Dani Juncadella and André Lotterer at Genesis Magma for the 2026 FIA World Endurance Championship.
📸 Hyundai | #WEC
📸 Hyundai | #WEC
🏆 GT CUP CHAMPIONS IN GT3: Diego Locanto's DL Racing have opened a new 2000 square-meter headquarters in Senigallia. They will enter three Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVO2 cars in Italiano Gran Turismo next year, before switching to the new Temerario in 2027.
📸 ACI Sport | #CIGT
📸 ACI Sport | #CIGT
November 18, 2025 at 4:53 PM
🏆 GT CUP CHAMPIONS IN GT3: Diego Locanto's DL Racing have opened a new 2000 square-meter headquarters in Senigallia. They will enter three Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVO2 cars in Italiano Gran Turismo next year, before switching to the new Temerario in 2027.
📸 ACI Sport | #CIGT
📸 ACI Sport | #CIGT
👋 GOODBYE AUDI: Land-Motorsport have confirmed their - very much expected - split with Audi Sport. Together they claimed championships in the ADAC GT Masters in 2016 and 2021, and they won the 24h Nürburgring in 2017 and in the DTM last season.
📸 ADAC Motorsport / Audi AG
📸 ADAC Motorsport / Audi AG
November 18, 2025 at 4:35 PM
👋 GOODBYE AUDI: Land-Motorsport have confirmed their - very much expected - split with Audi Sport. Together they claimed championships in the ADAC GT Masters in 2016 and 2021, and they won the 24h Nürburgring in 2017 and in the DTM last season.
📸 ADAC Motorsport / Audi AG
📸 ADAC Motorsport / Audi AG
🌐 GT4 Global Manufacturer Ranking season end results 📊
1⃣ BMW M - 1821 points
2⃣ Porsche - 1558 (-263)
3⃣ Toyota - 1255 (-566)
📸 SRO/JEP
#BritishGT #FFSAGT #GT4America #GT4Australia #GT4Europe #GT4Germany #GTAmerica #JapanCup #SROGTCup
1⃣ BMW M - 1821 points
2⃣ Porsche - 1558 (-263)
3⃣ Toyota - 1255 (-566)
📸 SRO/JEP
#BritishGT #FFSAGT #GT4America #GT4Australia #GT4Europe #GT4Germany #GTAmerica #JapanCup #SROGTCup
November 17, 2025 at 10:28 PM
🌐 GT4 Global Manufacturer Ranking season end results 📊
1⃣ BMW M - 1821 points
2⃣ Porsche - 1558 (-263)
3⃣ Toyota - 1255 (-566)
📸 SRO/JEP
#BritishGT #FFSAGT #GT4America #GT4Australia #GT4Europe #GT4Germany #GTAmerica #JapanCup #SROGTCup
1⃣ BMW M - 1821 points
2⃣ Porsche - 1558 (-263)
3⃣ Toyota - 1255 (-566)
📸 SRO/JEP
#BritishGT #FFSAGT #GT4America #GT4Australia #GT4Europe #GT4Germany #GTAmerica #JapanCup #SROGTCup
🖋️ PEPPER SIGNS WITH BMW: One day after announcing his departure from Lamborghini, Jordan Pepper is confirmed to be joining BMW in 2026. He will be the third current BMW factory driver from South Africa alongside his good friends Kelvin and Sheldon van der Linde.
📸 BMW AG
📸 BMW AG
November 17, 2025 at 9:41 AM
🖋️ PEPPER SIGNS WITH BMW: One day after announcing his departure from Lamborghini, Jordan Pepper is confirmed to be joining BMW in 2026. He will be the third current BMW factory driver from South Africa alongside his good friends Kelvin and Sheldon van der Linde.
📸 BMW AG
📸 BMW AG
🌐 STEPPING UP TO GLOBAL STAGE: High Class Racing are set to take on a full season in the Intercontinental GT Challenge powered by Pirelli. Anders Fjordbach and Li Kerong, who raced together in IMSA and GT World Challenge Asia, will share the No. 86 Porsche.
📸 SRO/JEP | #IGTC
📸 SRO/JEP | #IGTC
November 16, 2025 at 8:49 PM
🌐 STEPPING UP TO GLOBAL STAGE: High Class Racing are set to take on a full season in the Intercontinental GT Challenge powered by Pirelli. Anders Fjordbach and Li Kerong, who raced together in IMSA and GT World Challenge Asia, will share the No. 86 Porsche.
📸 SRO/JEP | #IGTC
📸 SRO/JEP | #IGTC
🌶️ PEPPER LEAVES LAMBORGHINI: Jordan Pepper has decided to part ways with Lamborghini Squadra Corse. He won 19 races with the Raging Bull, among which the CrowdStrike 24 Hours of Spa back in June, as well as the 2021 championship in the GT World Challenge America.
📸 SRO/JEP
📸 SRO/JEP
November 16, 2025 at 8:34 PM
🌶️ PEPPER LEAVES LAMBORGHINI: Jordan Pepper has decided to part ways with Lamborghini Squadra Corse. He won 19 races with the Raging Bull, among which the CrowdStrike 24 Hours of Spa back in June, as well as the 2021 championship in the GT World Challenge America.
📸 SRO/JEP
📸 SRO/JEP
Joel Eriksson was found to have pushed Laurin Heinrich into Ayhancan Güven. The stewards hand out a 10-second time penalty for his involvement in the opening lap crash, dropping the No. 46 Phantom Audi from P4 to P5 in the FIA GT World Cup.
📸 SB Macao | #FIAGTWorldCup #MacauGP
📸 SB Macao | #FIAGTWorldCup #MacauGP
November 16, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Joel Eriksson was found to have pushed Laurin Heinrich into Ayhancan Güven. The stewards hand out a 10-second time penalty for his involvement in the opening lap crash, dropping the No. 46 Phantom Audi from P4 to P5 in the FIA GT World Cup.
📸 SB Macao | #FIAGTWorldCup #MacauGP
📸 SB Macao | #FIAGTWorldCup #MacauGP