Morsing/Martins win at Jerez as Machado/Teixeira are crowned GT4 champions

Anton Morsing and Mathieu Martins won the second GT4 race of the Jerez Iberian Racing Festival, in a meeting marked by dramatic decisions in the Campeonato de España de Supercars title battles. César Machado and Tomás Teixeira were crowned GT champions and secured the GT4 Pro title.

Mathieu Martins dominated the opening part of the race after a strong start from pole position, building a comfortable advantage over his pursuers. Rafael Rajani, at the wheel of the SMC Motorsport McLaren Artura GT4, held second place under pressure from Filip Vava in the NM Racing Team Mercedes-AMG GT4. Among the overall title contenders, Tomás Teixeira gained two positions at the start, moving ahead of Rodrigo Almeida, who was sharing the Toyota GR Supra GT4 EVO2 entered by Toyota Gazoo Racing Caetano Portugal with Francisco Mora.

Rafael Rajani was the first victim of a dramatic race when his McLaren stopped on track. The SMC Motorsport car managed to rejoin the race, but had already lost considerable time.

The decisive moment came, however, after the driver changes. Francisco Mora, who had taken over the Toyota from Rodrigo Almeida, was involved in contact with newcomer José Garcia in the Sunder Motorworks Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS CS. Both cars were forced to retire. Mora's retirement effectively ended the pairing's title hopes, opening the door for Speedy Motorsport's César Machado and Tomás Teixeira to secure the championship. They finished third overall, enough to clinch the GT4 Pro title in the GT category.

Anton Morsing continued the excellent work Mathieu Martins had delivered in the opening part of the race, taking the Aston Martin to its second victory of the season. The pairing thus secured its second win of the campaign in a race in which it demonstrated strong pace and successfully managed its advantage as its rivals closed in.

José Carlos Pires and Francisco Abreu finished second overall in the Toyota GR Supra GT4 EVO2 entered by Toyota Gazoo Racing Caetano Portugal, while César Machado and Tomás Teixeira completed the overall podium in the Speedy Motorsport Toyota. Third place was enough for Machado and Teixeira to secure both the GT title and the GT4 Pro crown in the Campeonato de España de Supercars, capping a season of remarkable consistency.

Raúl Zunzarren and Rúben Costa, also representing Speedy Motorsport, finished third in the Pro division, while Tomás Granzella and Filip Vava, from NM Racing Team, and Gustav Berglund and Simon Connor Primm, from CV Performance x JP Motorsport, completed the top five. However, the young Portuguese-Spanish pairing received a ten-second penalty for contact with a rival, dropping to fifth in the division and promoting the two Mercedes-AMG GT4 pairings.

Francisco Abreu and José Carlos Pires deservedly secured the GT4 Pro-Bronze title in the Campeonato de España de Supercars, following a season in which they remained among the division's leading contenders. The Toyota Gazoo Racing Caetano Portugal pairing finished second overall in the race, a result that confirmed their championship success.

Nuno Pires and Orlando Batina finished second in Pro-Bronze, following an overnight repair effort by the Batina Racing team to get their Supra back on track. Spanish pairing Guillermo Aso and Mario Pinazo, from NM Racing Team, who have grown increasingly comfortable working together, completed the division podium.

GT4 Bronze produced a surprise winner, with Pablo Bras and Álvaro Fontes taking victory on their Supercars Endurance debut in the Escudería Faraón Mercedes-AMG GT4. The Spanish team managed to get the better of its rivals in a demanding race, but was subsequently handed a 25-second penalty for overtaking under yellow flags.

Vasco Oliveira and Manuel Gião, in the RACAR Motorsport Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4, were therefore declared the winners, while André Nabais and Miguel Nabais, from Gianfranco Motorsport, returned to the podium in second place after retiring from Saturday's race due to a brake failure. Vasco Oliveira thus secured the GT4 Bronze title, his first championship success in Supercars Endurance.

The consistently competitive Portuguese pairing of Luís Calheiros and Paulo Macedo, in the Veloso Motorsport Porsche Cayman GT4 RS CS, finished third.

Rúben Vaquinhas and Mico Mineiro won GT4 Am at the wheel of the RV7 Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4. Javier Macías, competing alone this time in Promotion Motorsport's BMW M4 GT4 EVO, finished second, while Miguel Ferreira and Fernando Soares, from NGT Motorsport, completed the division podium, repeating their achievement from the previous round in Valencia.

Although they finished this race outside the podium positions, Alex Wendt and Jaime Sanchis secured the GT4 Am title in the Campeonato de España de Supercars at the wheel of the SMC Motorsport McLaren Artura GT4. The Spanish pairing thus confirmed a highly consistent season, claiming the last of the four titles available in the GT4 category.

The second race at Jerez brought the Campeonato de España de Supercars GT4 title battles to a conclusion, with all the champions now confirmed. Supercars Endurance now moves on to the Estoril Circuit, where the final round of the Iberian Supercars and the Campeonato de Portugal de Velocidade will take place from 4 to 6 December. The champions of both Iberian competitions are still to be decided.