59 cars confirmed in the GTWC Europe Endurance Cup entry list

Another year of GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup, still the same  monster grids, as 59 cars are confirmed for the full season of long distance races, with ten manufacturers having at least a car, which is pretty close to full presence of all GT3 manufacturers with current projects.
 

Overall numbers show the same suspects providing the big numbers, with Mercedes and Porsche having 10 cars each, while McLaren reaches BMW and Ferrari with eight cars each, and these five manufacturers are responsible for more than two thirds of the grid. Aston Martin appears after them with six cars while Audi’s dwindling program sees exactly a car for each class, being four in total.
 

Ford has two Mustangs as their program is still too concentrated in Haupt Racing Team, while Lamborghini delivers the same number as they are still taking cars of the orders of the Temerario GT3. At the bottom of the account, Corvette has the same Z06 GT3.R for Steller Motorsport, showing more improvement in other markets than Europe.
 
The Pro Cup will consist of 17 cars, with pretty even numbers across all brands, because even though Mercedes and BMW stand out, they only have three cars each, while Porsche, Ferrari, Lamborghini and Aston Martin have a pair of cars each, and Audi, McLaren and Ford field a car each. There’s a lot of expectation to see what Verstappen Racing will do in their first year in the top class with Mercedes support, and with teams like Comtoyou Racing, Getspeed, Winward, WRT, Walkenhorst, Garage 59, GRT and Rutronik Racing fielding their absolute best in terms of factory drivers, you really can’t predict a dominant force, and despite Eastalent Racing and HRT pushing hard to have the best drivers from Audi and Ford, lack of support will see them slightly below the pecking order.
 
For the Gold Cup, eight cars are expected, being clearly the class with the lowest number of cars as some teams moved up or down to other classes. Steller’s Corvette appears here, but with McLaren standing out with three cars for Garage 59, CSA Racing and Optimum Motorsport, they might be the ones to beat, mostly because the other manufacturers only have a single Gold Cup car each and Mercedes and Aston Martin field no cars.
 
For the Silver Cup, 16 cars are expected, with McLaren also dictating the numbers as four cars are spread between Optimum Motorsport, RJN, Greystone GT and CSA Racing. Porsche has three cars in the class, and while BMW saw their class champion team Century Motorsport move to the Bronze Cup, they keep two cars in the class, along with Ferrari and Aston Martin. To complete the class numbers, Mercedes, Audi and Ford have a car each.
 
The Bronze Cup has the biggest grid by minimal margin, with 18 cars from six manufacturers and Mercedes having clear dominance over the grid as six AMG GT3 Evos will be there. Porsche follows them with four cars, three Ferraris will be aligned, while two BMWs, two Aston Martins and a single Audi complete the grid. The champion team stood there from 2025, with Kessel Racing having a double program while ELMS stalwarts from JMW Motorsport field the other 296 GT3 Evo.
 
The season will start on 12 April with the Paul Ricard 1000.
 
PHOTO: SRO/JEP, Verstappen.com