• Defending champion now well ahead of the competition with just eight events to run
• McLaren secures four wins in a single weekend with doubles in Australia and the Netherlands
• GT4 Manufacturer Ranking standings
Defending champion BMW has pulled out a sizeable advantage at the top of the GT4 Manufacturer Ranking table and is close to seeing off the challenge of Toyota as the season enters its final phase.
The Japanese marque appeared set to push the defending champion all the way in 2026, but its title assault has faltered during recent weeks. While not yet beyond reach, BMW is very much on course to retain the title that it won in 2024 and 2025, albeit without the remarkable dominance it enjoyed last term.
Toyota might yet come under threat for second in the standings as Porsche continues to bank good points across the globe, while McLaren is also on an upwards trajectory after a run of excellent results – including an unprecedented quartet of victories during a single weekend.
The level of change over the past few months is underlined by the fact that Toyota still led the standings when the recent run of races began with a triple-header on 25/26 July.
In Monochrome GT4 Australia, McLaren pulled off a Darwin double by sweeping both races at Hidden Valley Raceway. The wins came from two different squads: Team Soutar Motorsport triumphed in Race 1 with William Exton and Jack Johnson at the controls of its Artura, while Method Motorsport took Race 2 honours courtesy of Tom Hayman and Jett Murray.
Mugello's GT4 Italian Series round also produced a double triumph, with BMW taking a brace of wins thanks to Casals Motorsport. This made it four on the bounce for Giacomo Maman and Gustavo Sandrucci, who also captured both victories at Vallelunga – and added a big haul of points for BMW.
ADAC GT4 Germany was at Oschersleben for the third round of its season, where Jan Philipp Springob and Philipp Gogollok bagged the opening contest in their COSY Racing by ESM Aston Martin. Race 2 brought a much-needed win for Toyota as Belgian squad CRT prevailed thanks to Lucas Cartelle and Hudson Schwartz – the Japanese brand's first ADAC GT4 win since 2022. This could not prevent a big championship swing towards BMW, which started the weekend in second spot and ended it with an 81-point advantage.
But there was another change at the top the following weekend. Championnat de France FFSA GT has been a happy hunting ground for the Supra this term, and the Japanese machine profited once again at Magny-Cours. Its Race 2 triumph – courtesy of top international squad Akkodis ASP – coupled with a non-score for BMW ensured that Toyota edged back in front with an advantage of five points.
After a weekend off, the action resumed on 15/16 August with British GT at Snetterton and ADAC GT4 Germany at the Nürburgring. The former saw Ginetta return to the top step in Race 1, with Innovation Racing bagging its first win since the season opener thanks to Thomas Holland and Hadley Simpson. McLaren triumphed in Race 2 – its first of the year in British GT – with Josh Stanton and George Gamble doing the job for Optimum Motorsport.
Meanwhile, at the Nürburgring, Aston Martin earned a fifth win of the global campaign thanks to the COSY Racing by ESM pairing of Springob and Gogollok. Race 2 honours went to W&S Motorsport duo Denny Berndt and Lachlan Robinson, who returned to the top of the series standings in what is proving a highly competitive title battle. BMW also enjoyed an excellent weekend on home turf, banking a brace of podiums courtesy of FK Performance. This helped the Bavarian marque to overturn Toyota's slender advantage and establish a lead of 79 points.
On 29/30 August the Pirelli GT4 America campaign resumed at Road America. For the second event in succession, the wins were shared between the Blackdog Racing McLaren of Tony Gaples and Michael Cooper, and the RS1 Porsche of Luca Mars and Spencer Pumpelly. With the RS1 machine taking runner-up in Race 1 and ACI making it a Porsche one-two in Race 2, this was an especially good showing from the Weissach marque.
The weekend of 5/6 September saw McLaren add its second British GT win of the year at Donington Park, this time with Paddock Motorsport. The pairing of Blake Angliss and Revie Lake secured the result, the latter, at 16, becoming one of the series’ youngest-ever winners.
At Imola, Mercedes-AMG halted Casals' dominance of the GT4 Italian Series with the C.Z. Bassano pairing of Manuel Lasagni and Filippo Ziccardi taking Race 1 honours. But it was merely an interlude as the Casals duo of Maman and Sandrucci returned to the top step in Race 2. This secured the series title with a weekend to spare and bolstered BMW's advantage to 183.
ADAC GT4 Germany continued a busy run on 12/13 September by visiting the Sachsenring. Gabriele Piana and Benjamin Sylvestersson triumphed in their BMW M4 to go within touching distance of the championship lead. This was to be the extent of the weekend's action as a combination of damaged kerbs, rain and limited time forced the cancellation of Race 2, which will now be run as part of the season-closing weekend at Hockenheim.
McLaren achieved a unique double-double on 19/20 September. In Monochrome GT4 Australia, the British marque – which was founded by Kiwi racer Bruce McLaren – made it four wins on the bounce by following up its Darwin sweep with another perfect weekend at Sydney. The same two squads brought home the results, with Exton and Johnson taking Race 1 for Team Soutar Motorsport before Hayman and Murray prevailed in Race 2, edging the Method Motorsport pair closer to the series title.
The GT4 European Series meeting at Zandvoort was just as good for McLaren. McKenzy Cresswell and Charlie Hart swept the weekend in their Elite Motorsport with Entire Race Engineering entry, taking the championship lead in the process. This quartet of wins boosted McLaren's tally for 2016 to 14 wins, more than any other brand.
The 15th came one week later. Having taken until the fourth weekend of the season to secure a win, the Artura scored a third triumph in as many events at the British GT finale, with the Optimum duo of Stanton and Gamble again doing the business. But the more important result on the day was the Grange Racing by FSR Aston Marton taking runner-up spot, which allowed Darren Turner and Daniel Lavery to snatch the title on a tiebreak.
Pirelli GT4 America contested its penultimate event of the year at Barber Motorsports Park on 26/27 September. RAFA Racing duo Westin Workman and Tyler Gonzalez secured Race 1 honours at the Alabama venue, the squad’s first win since it swept the season opener back in March. ACI Motorsports prevailed in Race 2, with Yves Baltas and Trenton Estep giving the Porsche squad its first win of 2026.
Despite not securing a win at Barber, BMW continued its seemingly unstoppable march towards the title. Indeed, the German manufacturer now leads by 229 points from Toyota, which is just 21 clear of Porsche. McLaren’s recent results have effectively secured fourth for the British marque with a gap of more than 200 points to fifth-place Mercedes-AMG. Aston Martin, Ford, Audi and Ginetta complete the table.
There is still a glimmer of hope for Toyota. With five SRO GT Cup races over two rounds plus the FFSA GT finale to come, it has plenty of opportunities to score. This weekend sees the SRO GT Cup in action on the streets of Beijing, followed by a quadruple header on 10/11 October when FFSA GT, ADAC GT4 Germany, Pirelli GT4 America and GT4 Italy will all stage their season-closing races.