Vincent Bruins
@vincentjbruins.bsky.social
Covering Formula 1 for GPFans and GT racing for AUTOSPORT.nl / Former track marshal at Circuit Zandvoort / ❤️ Eline
👋 BUTTON WAVES GOODBYE: Jenson Button has retired from professional racing. Cadillac and Team JOTA have called up Jack Aitken to replace him next year alongside Earl Bamber and Sébastien Bourdais in the No. 38. Lynn, Nato and Stevens will remain in the No. 12 car.
📸 ACO | #WEC
📸 ACO | #WEC
November 12, 2025 at 10:36 PM
👋 BUTTON WAVES GOODBYE: Jenson Button has retired from professional racing. Cadillac and Team JOTA have called up Jack Aitken to replace him next year alongside Earl Bamber and Sébastien Bourdais in the No. 38. Lynn, Nato and Stevens will remain in the No. 12 car.
📸 ACO | #WEC
📸 ACO | #WEC
🔀 SILVER-AM SPLIT IN JAPAN CUP: The GT4 category in the Japan Cup will consist of three classes rather than two from 2026 onwards. While the Am class remains unchanged, Silver-Am is set to be abolished and replaced by the Silver Cup and Pro-Am.
📸 SRO | #GTWorldAsia #JapanCup
📸 SRO | #GTWorldAsia #JapanCup
November 12, 2025 at 10:32 PM
🔀 SILVER-AM SPLIT IN JAPAN CUP: The GT4 category in the Japan Cup will consist of three classes rather than two from 2026 onwards. While the Am class remains unchanged, Silver-Am is set to be abolished and replaced by the Silver Cup and Pro-Am.
📸 SRO | #GTWorldAsia #JapanCup
📸 SRO | #GTWorldAsia #JapanCup
🇦🇺 GT RACING BACK IN ADELAIDE: The 2026 season finale of the GT World Challenge Australia powered by AWS is set to be held on the streets of Adelaide for the first time since 2023, supporting the Repco Supercars on December 3-6.
📸 Daniel Kalisz | #GTWorldAustralia
📸 Daniel Kalisz | #GTWorldAustralia
November 11, 2025 at 9:18 PM
🇦🇺 GT RACING BACK IN ADELAIDE: The 2026 season finale of the GT World Challenge Australia powered by AWS is set to be held on the streets of Adelaide for the first time since 2023, supporting the Repco Supercars on December 3-6.
📸 Daniel Kalisz | #GTWorldAustralia
📸 Daniel Kalisz | #GTWorldAustralia
🆕 CLASS STRUCTURE UPDATE: From the 2026 British GT season onwards, Silver Cup crews in GT4 will no longer carry additional ballast, while the extra pit stop time has been removed. They will be balanced with Pro-Am crews through greater success penalties.
📸 SRO/JEP | #BritishGT
📸 SRO/JEP | #BritishGT
November 11, 2025 at 8:48 PM
🆕 CLASS STRUCTURE UPDATE: From the 2026 British GT season onwards, Silver Cup crews in GT4 will no longer carry additional ballast, while the extra pit stop time has been removed. They will be balanced with Pro-Am crews through greater success penalties.
📸 SRO/JEP | #BritishGT
📸 SRO/JEP | #BritishGT
✅ LINE-UP SET FOR TOYOTA: It will be an unchanged line-up at Toyota Gazoo Racing for the 2026 FIA World Endurance Championship with Mike Conway, Kamui Kobayashi and Nyck de Vries in the No. 7, and Sébastien Buemi, Brendon Hartley and Ryō Hirakawa in the No. 8.
📸 TGR | #WEC
📸 TGR | #WEC
November 10, 2025 at 11:01 PM
✅ LINE-UP SET FOR TOYOTA: It will be an unchanged line-up at Toyota Gazoo Racing for the 2026 FIA World Endurance Championship with Mike Conway, Kamui Kobayashi and Nyck de Vries in the No. 7, and Sébastien Buemi, Brendon Hartley and Ryō Hirakawa in the No. 8.
📸 TGR | #WEC
📸 TGR | #WEC
Alex de Alba is the NASCAR México Series champion, after Julio Rejón and Max Gutiérrez wreck eachother in the final corner, resulting in a huge crash. Gutiérrez tries to put De Alba in the wall and they cross the line side-by-side. It's Playoff chaos at Puebla.
🎥 Claro Sports
🎥 Claro Sports
November 9, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Alex de Alba is the NASCAR México Series champion, after Julio Rejón and Max Gutiérrez wreck eachother in the final corner, resulting in a huge crash. Gutiérrez tries to put De Alba in the wall and they cross the line side-by-side. It's Playoff chaos at Puebla.
🎥 Claro Sports
🎥 Claro Sports
📊 FIA World Endurance Hypercar drivers' championship season end results 🇧🇭
1⃣ Calado / Giovinazzi / Pier Guidi - 133 points
2⃣ Hanson / Kubica / Ye - 117 (-16)
3⃣ Fuoco / Molina / Nielsen - 98 (-35)
📸 Ferrari S.p.A. | #WEC #8HBahrain
1⃣ Calado / Giovinazzi / Pier Guidi - 133 points
2⃣ Hanson / Kubica / Ye - 117 (-16)
3⃣ Fuoco / Molina / Nielsen - 98 (-35)
📸 Ferrari S.p.A. | #WEC #8HBahrain
November 9, 2025 at 12:08 AM
📊 FIA World Endurance Hypercar drivers' championship season end results 🇧🇭
1⃣ Calado / Giovinazzi / Pier Guidi - 133 points
2⃣ Hanson / Kubica / Ye - 117 (-16)
3⃣ Fuoco / Molina / Nielsen - 98 (-35)
📸 Ferrari S.p.A. | #WEC #8HBahrain
1⃣ Calado / Giovinazzi / Pier Guidi - 133 points
2⃣ Hanson / Kubica / Ye - 117 (-16)
3⃣ Fuoco / Molina / Nielsen - 98 (-35)
📸 Ferrari S.p.A. | #WEC #8HBahrain
Pechito López, Clemens Schmid and Răzvan Umbrărescu won LMGT3 in Bahrain aboard the Akkodis ASP Lexus ahead of Martin Berry, Lin Hodenius and Maxime Martin of Iron Lynx and Mattia Drudi, Ian James and Zach Robichon of The Heart of Racing.
📸 Jakob Ebrey | #WEC #8HBahrain
📸 Jakob Ebrey | #WEC #8HBahrain
November 8, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Pechito López, Clemens Schmid and Răzvan Umbrărescu won LMGT3 in Bahrain aboard the Akkodis ASP Lexus ahead of Martin Berry, Lin Hodenius and Maxime Martin of Iron Lynx and Mattia Drudi, Ian James and Zach Robichon of The Heart of Racing.
📸 Jakob Ebrey | #WEC #8HBahrain
📸 Jakob Ebrey | #WEC #8HBahrain
Toyota ended the 2025 FIA World Endurance Championship with a one-two result, as Mike Conway, Kamui Kobayashi and Nyck de Vries took victory in the Bapco Energies 8 Hours of Bahrain over Sébastien Buemi, Brendon Hartley and Ryō Hirakawa.
📸 TGR | #WEC #8HBahrain
📸 TGR | #WEC #8HBahrain
November 8, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Toyota ended the 2025 FIA World Endurance Championship with a one-two result, as Mike Conway, Kamui Kobayashi and Nyck de Vries took victory in the Bapco Energies 8 Hours of Bahrain over Sébastien Buemi, Brendon Hartley and Ryō Hirakawa.
📸 TGR | #WEC #8HBahrain
📸 TGR | #WEC #8HBahrain
The Bapco Energies 8 Hours of Bahrain will decide the FIA World Endurance Championship on Saturday. Not only the manufacturers' title with Ferrari on 204 points, Porsche on 165 and Cadillac on 143 is up for grabs, but with 39 points on the table so are the drivers' titles.
📸 ACO | #WEC #8Bahrain
📸 ACO | #WEC #8Bahrain
November 6, 2025 at 9:13 PM
❌ NÜRBURGRING DROPPED: The GT2 European Series powered by Pirelli calendar for 2026 has been reduced from six to five rounds. The visit to the Nürburgring on August 29-30 will not go ahead. Monza, Spa, Misano, Zandvoort and Portimão remain unchanged.
📸 SRO/JEP | #GT2Europe
📸 SRO/JEP | #GT2Europe
November 6, 2025 at 6:54 PM
❌ NÜRBURGRING DROPPED: The GT2 European Series powered by Pirelli calendar for 2026 has been reduced from six to five rounds. The visit to the Nürburgring on August 29-30 will not go ahead. Monza, Spa, Misano, Zandvoort and Portimão remain unchanged.
📸 SRO/JEP | #GT2Europe
📸 SRO/JEP | #GT2Europe
🤝 'DINGER AND SHANK REUNITE: Scott Dixon (No. 60) and Álex Palou (No. 93) are the enduro drivers for Meyer Shank Racing next year. AJ Allmendinger (No. 60) will take on the #Rolex24, while Kakunoshin Ohta (No. 93) gets the call for both Daytona and Watkins Glen.
📸 IMSA | #IMSA
📸 IMSA | #IMSA
November 4, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Reposted by Vincent Bruins
🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Connor Zilisch scratched from Bahrain Rookie Test entry after losing Xfinity Series title – but is a Rolex 24 ride on the cards?
➡️ www.dailysportscar.com/2025/11/04/z...
#WEC #IMSA #NASCAR
➡️ www.dailysportscar.com/2025/11/04/z...
#WEC #IMSA #NASCAR
November 4, 2025 at 2:21 PM
🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Connor Zilisch scratched from Bahrain Rookie Test entry after losing Xfinity Series title – but is a Rolex 24 ride on the cards?
➡️ www.dailysportscar.com/2025/11/04/z...
#WEC #IMSA #NASCAR
➡️ www.dailysportscar.com/2025/11/04/z...
#WEC #IMSA #NASCAR
🔄 OUT WITH HONDA, IN WITH BMW: Nova Race, which fielded the ACI-homologated Honda NSX GT3 Evo25 this year, is switching to the BMW M4 GT3 Evo for the Campionato Italiano Gran Turismo in 2026. They also intend to expand on an international scale.
📸 Nova Race | #CIGT
📸 Nova Race | #CIGT
November 4, 2025 at 11:03 AM
🔄 OUT WITH HONDA, IN WITH BMW: Nova Race, which fielded the ACI-homologated Honda NSX GT3 Evo25 this year, is switching to the BMW M4 GT3 Evo for the Campionato Italiano Gran Turismo in 2026. They also intend to expand on an international scale.
📸 Nova Race | #CIGT
📸 Nova Race | #CIGT
🏆 GT World Challenge Customer Performance Award season end results 📊
1⃣ Mercedes-AMG - 23404.5 points
2⃣ BMW M - 22629 (-775.5)
3⃣ Porsche - 22526 (-878.5)
📸 SRO
#GTWorldAmerica #GTWorldAsia #GTWorldAustralia #GTWorldEurope
1⃣ Mercedes-AMG - 23404.5 points
2⃣ BMW M - 22629 (-775.5)
3⃣ Porsche - 22526 (-878.5)
📸 SRO
#GTWorldAmerica #GTWorldAsia #GTWorldAustralia #GTWorldEurope
November 2, 2025 at 7:54 PM
🏆 GT World Challenge Customer Performance Award season end results 📊
1⃣ Mercedes-AMG - 23404.5 points
2⃣ BMW M - 22629 (-775.5)
3⃣ Porsche - 22526 (-878.5)
📸 SRO
#GTWorldAmerica #GTWorldAsia #GTWorldAustralia #GTWorldEurope
1⃣ Mercedes-AMG - 23404.5 points
2⃣ BMW M - 22629 (-775.5)
3⃣ Porsche - 22526 (-878.5)
📸 SRO
#GTWorldAmerica #GTWorldAsia #GTWorldAustralia #GTWorldEurope
🌐 GT World Challenge manufacturers' championship season end results 📊
1⃣ Mercedes-AMG - 1152.5 points
2⃣ BMW M - 1129.5 (-23)
3⃣ Porsche - 1066.5 (-86)
📸 SRO
#GTWorldAmerica #GTWorldAsia #GTWorldAustralia #GTWorldEurope
1⃣ Mercedes-AMG - 1152.5 points
2⃣ BMW M - 1129.5 (-23)
3⃣ Porsche - 1066.5 (-86)
📸 SRO
#GTWorldAmerica #GTWorldAsia #GTWorldAustralia #GTWorldEurope
November 2, 2025 at 7:51 PM
🌐 GT World Challenge manufacturers' championship season end results 📊
1⃣ Mercedes-AMG - 1152.5 points
2⃣ BMW M - 1129.5 (-23)
3⃣ Porsche - 1066.5 (-86)
📸 SRO
#GTWorldAmerica #GTWorldAsia #GTWorldAustralia #GTWorldEurope
1⃣ Mercedes-AMG - 1152.5 points
2⃣ BMW M - 1129.5 (-23)
3⃣ Porsche - 1066.5 (-86)
📸 SRO
#GTWorldAmerica #GTWorldAsia #GTWorldAustralia #GTWorldEurope
📊 GT World Challenge Australia drivers' championship season end results 🇳🇿
Pro-Am:
1⃣ Feeney / Schumacher - 211 points
2⃣ Evans / Schutte - 207 (-4)
3⃣ Lucchitti / Ojeda - 154 (-57)
📸 SRO | #GTWorldAustralia
Pro-Am:
1⃣ Feeney / Schumacher - 211 points
2⃣ Evans / Schutte - 207 (-4)
3⃣ Lucchitti / Ojeda - 154 (-57)
📸 SRO | #GTWorldAustralia
November 2, 2025 at 7:36 PM
📊 GT World Challenge Australia drivers' championship season end results 🇳🇿
Pro-Am:
1⃣ Feeney / Schumacher - 211 points
2⃣ Evans / Schutte - 207 (-4)
3⃣ Lucchitti / Ojeda - 154 (-57)
📸 SRO | #GTWorldAustralia
Pro-Am:
1⃣ Feeney / Schumacher - 211 points
2⃣ Evans / Schutte - 207 (-4)
3⃣ Lucchitti / Ojeda - 154 (-57)
📸 SRO | #GTWorldAustralia
📊 GT4 Australia drivers' championship season end results 🇳🇿
Silver Cup:
1⃣ Geoghegan / Hayman - 221 points
2⃣ Gray / Miedecke - 220 (-1)
3⃣ Hughes / Rintoule - 160 (-61)
📸 SRO | #GT4Australia
Silver Cup:
1⃣ Geoghegan / Hayman - 221 points
2⃣ Gray / Miedecke - 220 (-1)
3⃣ Hughes / Rintoule - 160 (-61)
📸 SRO | #GT4Australia
November 2, 2025 at 7:31 PM
📊 GT4 Australia drivers' championship season end results 🇳🇿
Silver Cup:
1⃣ Geoghegan / Hayman - 221 points
2⃣ Gray / Miedecke - 220 (-1)
3⃣ Hughes / Rintoule - 160 (-61)
📸 SRO | #GT4Australia
Silver Cup:
1⃣ Geoghegan / Hayman - 221 points
2⃣ Gray / Miedecke - 220 (-1)
3⃣ Hughes / Rintoule - 160 (-61)
📸 SRO | #GT4Australia
📊 Super GT drivers' championship season end results 🇯🇵
GT500:
1⃣ Tsuboi / Yamashita - 80.5 points
2⃣ Makino / Yamamoto - 63 (-17.5)
3⃣ Ishiura / Oyu - 56 (-24.5)
📸 GT Association | #SuperGT
GT500:
1⃣ Tsuboi / Yamashita - 80.5 points
2⃣ Makino / Yamamoto - 63 (-17.5)
3⃣ Ishiura / Oyu - 56 (-24.5)
📸 GT Association | #SuperGT
November 2, 2025 at 7:14 PM
📊 Super GT drivers' championship season end results 🇯🇵
GT500:
1⃣ Tsuboi / Yamashita - 80.5 points
2⃣ Makino / Yamamoto - 63 (-17.5)
3⃣ Ishiura / Oyu - 56 (-24.5)
📸 GT Association | #SuperGT
GT500:
1⃣ Tsuboi / Yamashita - 80.5 points
2⃣ Makino / Yamamoto - 63 (-17.5)
3⃣ Ishiura / Oyu - 56 (-24.5)
📸 GT Association | #SuperGT
Kmik Karnasuta and Kantadhee Kusiri won Race 1 of the Supercar GT4/GTC category in the Thailand Super Series in Buriram after multiple track limit penalties for Naquib Azlan and Mitchell Cheah. Daniel Bilski and Hayden Haikal rounded out the podium.
📸 Thailand Super Series
📸 Thailand Super Series
November 2, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Kmik Karnasuta and Kantadhee Kusiri won Race 1 of the Supercar GT4/GTC category in the Thailand Super Series in Buriram after multiple track limit penalties for Naquib Azlan and Mitchell Cheah. Daniel Bilski and Hayden Haikal rounded out the podium.
📸 Thailand Super Series
📸 Thailand Super Series
Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak is the 2025 Thailand Super Series champion, after winning Race 1 and finishing second in Race 2 at Chang International Circuit, having shared the AAS Motorsport by EBM Porsche for the majority of the season with Laurin Heinrich.
📸 Thailand Super Series
📸 Thailand Super Series
November 2, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak is the 2025 Thailand Super Series champion, after winning Race 1 and finishing second in Race 2 at Chang International Circuit, having shared the AAS Motorsport by EBM Porsche for the majority of the season with Laurin Heinrich.
📸 Thailand Super Series
📸 Thailand Super Series
Team Mach, who have been competing in the Autobacs Super GT since 2003, scored their first victory. Iori Kimura and Yusuke Shiotsu won GT300 at Motegi with the Toyota 86 ahead of the R&D Sport Subaru BRZ of Takuto Iguchi and Hideki Yamauchi.
📸 GT Association | #SuperGT
📸 GT Association | #SuperGT
November 2, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Team Mach, who have been competing in the Autobacs Super GT since 2003, scored their first victory. Iori Kimura and Yusuke Shiotsu won GT300 at Motegi with the Toyota 86 ahead of the R&D Sport Subaru BRZ of Takuto Iguchi and Hideki Yamauchi.
📸 GT Association | #SuperGT
📸 GT Association | #SuperGT
Sho Tsuboi and Kenta Yamashita took victory in the Motegi GT 300km Race Grand Final and claimed the GT500 championship in the Autobacs Super GT, the third year in a row that the drivers' title goes the way of Toyota GR Supra squad au TOM'S.
📸 GT Association | #SuperGT
📸 GT Association | #SuperGT
November 2, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Sho Tsuboi and Kenta Yamashita took victory in the Motegi GT 300km Race Grand Final and claimed the GT500 championship in the Autobacs Super GT, the third year in a row that the drivers' title goes the way of Toyota GR Supra squad au TOM'S.
📸 GT Association | #SuperGT
📸 GT Association | #SuperGT
The No. 26 Arise Racing GT Ferrari is under investigation. Elliott Schutte may have accelerated too early during the restart with 3 minutes left on the clock. So, there is still a question mark hanging over whether Jaxon Evans and Schutte take the championship.
#GTWorldAustralia
#GTWorldAustralia
November 2, 2025 at 1:36 AM
The No. 26 Arise Racing GT Ferrari is under investigation. Elliott Schutte may have accelerated too early during the restart with 3 minutes left on the clock. So, there is still a question mark hanging over whether Jaxon Evans and Schutte take the championship.
#GTWorldAustralia
#GTWorldAustralia
Broc Feeney and Brad Schumacher recover from their success penalty to win Race 2 at Hampton Downs Motorsport Park, securing the teams' championship for Audi squad Melbourne Performance Centre in the GT World Challenge Australia powered by AWS.
📸 SRO | #GTWorldAustralia
📸 SRO | #GTWorldAustralia
November 2, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Broc Feeney and Brad Schumacher recover from their success penalty to win Race 2 at Hampton Downs Motorsport Park, securing the teams' championship for Audi squad Melbourne Performance Centre in the GT World Challenge Australia powered by AWS.
📸 SRO | #GTWorldAustralia
📸 SRO | #GTWorldAustralia