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Max Verstappen incident, fastest time set by Christopher Haase in the Audi

Max Verstappen collided with an Audi in the early stages of the first practice session at Portimão – Christopher Haase was driving the Eastalent Racing Audi in the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup.

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16.10.2026 - 11:36

This article is an automatically generated English version. The Original Article was published in German.

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Audi has kicked off the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup race weekend in Portimão with the fastest lap! Christopher Haase set the fastest time in the Eastalent Racing Audi R8 LMS GT3. The experienced German completed a lap in 1:42.643 minutes.

Second place went to the WRT BMW M4 GT3 driven by Jordan Pepper, Kelvin van der Linde and Charles Weerts. Van der Linde was a mere 0.004 seconds off Haase’s fastest lap time.

Alex Aka rounded off the top three in the Tresor Attempto Racing Audi.

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The Mercedes-AMG Team Verstappen Racing car driven by Max Verstappen, Chris Lulham and Ben Barnicoat finished the practice session in 20th place. The trio’s focus during the 90-minute session was on race pace.

Just two minutes into the first practice session, the first incident occurred – and Max Verstappen was involved! The four-time Formula 1 world champion spun the Sainteloc Racing Audi driven by Ezequiel Perez Companc in the third corner during his first flying lap. Verstappen was able to continue the practice session unhindered. Race control announced an investigation into the incident.

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Christopher Haase/Simon Reicher/Markus Winkelhock – Eastalent Racing – Audi R8 LMS GT3
Kelvin van der Linde/Jordan Pepper/Charles Weerts – WRT – BMW M4 GT3
Dylan Pereira/Andrea Frassineti/Alex Aka – Tresor Attempto Racing – Audi R8 LMS GT3
Philipp Eng/Marco Wittmann/Jake Dennis – ROWE Racing – BMW M4 GT3
Max Hesse/Valentino Rossi/Neil Verhagen – WRT – BMW M4 GT3
Ralf Aron/Maximilian Götz/Fabian Schiller – GetSpeed – Mercedes-AMG GT3
Marcelo Tomasoni/Aaron Muss/Valentin Hasse-Clot – Comtoyou Racing – Aston Martin Vantage GT3
Christian Krognes/Jamie Day/Henrique Chaves – Walkenhorst Motorsport – Aston Martin Vantage GT3
Tommaso Mosca/Lorenzo Ferrari/Nicola Lacorte – AF Corse – Ferrari 296 GT3
Amaury Cordeel/Matisse Lismont/Ignacio Montenegro – WRT – BMW M4 GT3

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