Full race results from Max Verstappen’s GT World Challenge Europe debut

The final race of the 2026 GT World Challenge Europe season had a special guest as Max Verstappen made his debut in the series in the No.3 Mercedes-AMG Team Verstappen Racing.

However, despite being a four-time Formula 1 world champion, Verstappen was not able to take his car to victory at Portimao. The Dutch driver did put together a commanding drive during his stint in the closing hour of the race.

At the end of the three-hour race, it was the No.17 Mercedes-AMG Team GetSpeed that took overall victory at Portimao, and victory in the Pro Cup class.

Completing the podium were the No.80 Lionspeed GP Porsche in second place, with the No.2 Boutsen VDS Porsche in third place.

Rounding out the top five were the No.71 Selected Car Racing in fourth, who also took victory in the Gold Cup, with the No.30 Team WRT BMW finishing in fifth place overall, and took victory in the Silver Cup.

The top McLaren was the No.59 Garage 59 machine, which finished in sixth place, ahead of the No.998 Rowe Racing BMW, which took the chequered flag in seventh place. Behind this duo was the No.6 GetSpeed Team Bartone Bros Mercedes in eighth place.

In his debut in GT World Challenge Europe, Max Verstappen and the No.3 Mercedes-AMG Team Verstappen Racing finished in ninth place.

Completing the top ten was the No.50 AF Corse Ferrari, and the winner of the Bronze Cup was the No.222 2Seas Motorsport Mercedes, which finished the race in 13th overall.