Automotodrom Grobnik Porsche Sprint Challenge Central Europe 2026: Race report

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Automotodrom Grobnik located near the popular tourist destination of Rijeka, is a completely new track for us at Šenkýř Motorsport. The circuit opened in 1978; between 1978 and 1990, it hosted the Yugoslavian MotoGP, the track is 4,168 meters long, with 18 turns – 8 right-handers and 10 left-handers – and one lap takes less than one and a half minutes. But these are just statistics and we’ll have to make the best of them. September 3–5, 2026, the Grobnik Circuit will welcome us for another weekend of the Porsche Sprint Challenge Central Europe.

Reporting from race at Tor Poznań 

Team Šenkýř Motorsport at PSCCE Tor Poznań 2026

Drivers

Bouška, Pavel (CZ)

Pavel started joining us at trackday events with his Porsche and soon decided to become part of our BE A RACE DRIVER project. Thanks to hard work, perseverance and a passion for motorsport, he has gradually developed into a fast and confident driver who now successfully takes part with us in several racing series. As part of our Classic program, Pavel also competed in the very demanding 24h Classic race at the Nürburgring in the BMW M3 E30 during the 2025 season. With his current Lamborghini Huracan Supertrofe Evo II, he participates in all our race tests and the Endless Summer program, Carbonia Cup races, and with a racing driver's license, he has already tried out two races of the International Czech Circuit Championship and the Porsche 992 Cup Central Europe races.

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Faiereisl, Matyáš (CZ)

As a young driver, Matyas will compete in the overall classification and in the Rookies standings for drivers under 25. His journey toward a racing career began two years ago with his first sessions in a BMW M2 Trackday Evo. In the 2025 season, he moved to the new BMW M4 GT4 G82, with which he started his very first race ever in the Carbonia Cup. At the end of the 2025 season came his debut — and immediately his first pole position — in a Czech Championship race in Brno, followed by three wins in the final round of the series at Balaton in Hungary. Matyas already tried the Porsche during free practice for the final PSCCE 2025 race in Brno and impressed with his speed.

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Race cars participating in this race

Porsche 992 GT3 Cup (Yellow livery)

The Porsche 992 GT3 Cup racing car from the German automaker, and the latest addition to the Šenkýř Motorsport team’s lineup of pure-bred race cars, featuring a design with yellow accents.

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Porsche 992 GT3 Cup (Red livery)

The Porsche 992 GT3 Cup racing car from the German automaker, and the latest addition to the Šenkýř Motorsport team’s lineup of pure-bred race cars, featuring a design with red accents.

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Our drivers and vehicles will be looked after by coaches and engineers

With the support of the entire Šenkýř Motorsport team.

Richard Gonda

According to statistics, the most successful Slovak rider in terms of the number of victories in major international races gained pole position and the highest percentage chance of winning the race. In his career, he won the prestigious Formula F3 Eurocup series and also tried out the special Formula GP2, GP3 and Indy-lights. Since 2017, he has been a pilot in GT3 category races for Šenkýř Motorsport team.

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Erik Janis

Erik is a multiple Czech Champion and historically one of the two Czech go-kart European champions. The driver who was part of the junior Formula 3 Mercedes Benz team, the Czech national team member in the A1 GP. Since 2014, in addition to his own racing, he has been engaged in engineering activities for GT3 teams. As an engineer, he was also involved in second place for Senkyr Motorpsort in the International GT Masters 2019 at the Red Bull Ring.

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About PSCCE race

We will field two cars out of a total of 29 entrants in the race at Tor Poznań as part of the 2026 Porsche Sprint Challenge Central Europe, and according to the starting list, we have one of the largest contingent on the starting grid.

Live timing: https://livetiming.getraceresults.com/sdotiming2

In short

Schedule:

• Thursday 03.09. | Practice 1 – Practice 2 – Practice 3
• Friday 04.09. | Practice 4 – Practice 5 – Practice 6 – Practice 7
• Saturday 05.09. morning | Qualification 1 – Qualification 2
• Saturday afternoon 05.09. | Sprint 1 – Sprint 2 – Endurance

More information about the Porsche Sprint Challenge Central Europe 2026

The Porsche Sprint Challenge Central Europe enters its eighth season in 2026. The championship will feature six race weekends at some of Central Europe’s most prestigious circuits, including the Formula 1 venues of the Red Bull Ring and the Hungaroring.

Each race weekend consists of two 25-minute sprint races and one 60-minute endurance race. All 18 races can be contested either individually or by a pair of drivers, and thanks to the various classifications, the series offers competitive opportunities for drivers of all experience levels.

The grid will consist exclusively of Porsche 911 GT3 Cup (992) cars, meaning the championship uses the same machinery as the renowned Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup. In keeping with the slogan “Bring your family and friends,” the PSCCE hospitality area at every event provides an ideal platform for entertaining sponsors and business partners.

All official practice sessions, qualifying sessions, and races will take place on Fridays and Saturdays.

Results: https://raceresults.at/

Live timing at: https://livetiming.getraceresults.com/

2026 Porsche Sprint Challenge Central Europe Calendar

📅 28.–30. 05. 2026 • Red Bull Ring (AT)
📅 18.–20. 06. 2026 • Slovakiaring (SK)
📅 02.–04. 07. 2026 • TOR Poznań (PL)
📅 03.–05. 09. 2026 • Automotodrom Grobnik (HR)
📅 24.–26. 09. 2026 • Automotodrom Brno (CZ)
📅 08.–11. 10. 2026 • Hungaroring (HU)