A class win for #30 in Race 1, technical setbacks and bad luck in Race 2 – looking ahead to Zandvoort
Ofterdingen, 20 July 2026 – Round four of the GT4 European Series at Misano was a mixed weekend for W&S Motorsport – and that came as no surprise. Extreme heat in Italy presents the Porsche GT4 with familiar challenges, and so drivers, team and equipment were pushed to their limits. Nevertheless, the team showed fighting spirit throughout the entire weekend and takes away important lessons with its sights firmly set on Zandvoort.
Preparation – Test Runs and a Storm
On Thursday the team took the opportunity for a test day at the Misano World Circuit. In the evening a violent storm brought drama to the paddock. On Friday two further test sessions followed, in which the team prepared the cars for the races.

Qualifying
In Q1 the #27 of Daniel Nilsson and Edvin Hellsten put in a solid performance, taking third in class and twelfth overall. The #30 of Daniel Blickle and Max Kronberg secured second in class and 35th overall. The #31 of Tim Horrell and Alon Gabbay recorded 13th in class and 31st overall. The #32 of Joachim Bölting and Hendrik Still finished sixth in class and 17th overall.
In Q2 the #30 stepped it up again, taking the class lead and 27th overall – the best starting position in the team. The #27 took 14th in class and 35th overall, the #31 12th in class and 33rd overall, and the #32 11th in class and 32nd overall.
Race 1 – A Class Win for #30, Setbacks for Others
In the first race the #30 of Blickle and Kronberg made a strong statement: the duo scored a convincing class win in the AM category and finished 19th overall – an excellent performance in the difficult conditions.
The #32 of Bölting and Still took fifth in class and 21st overall. The #31 of Horrell and Gabbay battled with ABS problems and finished the race tenth in class and 29th overall. For the #27 of Nilsson and Hellsten the race ended through no fault of their own after a collision – the duo had to pull off.

Race 2 – Bitter Until the Very Last Lap
The second race again held ups and downs. The #27 of Nilsson and Hellsten produced an impressive response and fought their way up to fifth in class and 17th overall – the strongest result of the weekend for Nova Racing.
The #30 of Blickle and Kronberg once again delivered a strong performance and was running in the lead of the class – until a tyre failure on the penultimate lap wiped everything out. In the end it was second in class and 28th overall. A bitter ending after a convincing drive.
The #32 of Bölting and Still was spun around in the second race through no fault of its own and was subsequently unable to improve the result due to track-limit penalties. For the #31 of Horrell and Gabbay the race ended abruptly after the pit stop: the car would no longer start – DNF.

Results Overview
#27 (Nilsson/Hellsten) – R1: DNF | R2: P5 class / P17 overall
#30 (Blickle/Kronberg) – R1: P1 class / P19 overall | R2: P2 class / P28 overall
#31 (Horrell/Gabbay) – R1: P10 class / P29 overall | R2: DNF
#32 (Bölting/Still) – R1: P5 class / P21 overall | R2: P6 class / P20 overall
Voices from the Weekend
Edvin Hellsten (#27) looked back with mixed feelings: “Race 1 wasn’t so great – but Race 2 all the more so. It was really good fun, we had some great battles.”
Tim Horrell (#31): “We were out of luck yet again. It was tough – after contact with another car the whole setup was off. Then after the pit stop the car wouldn’t start anymore. But we stay positive.”
Max Kronberg (#30) rued the bad luck in the second race: “Race 2 was really super – and just before the finish came the tyre failure. That hurts, but the pace was there.”
Team Principal Daniel Schellhaas summed up: “Extreme heat once again – drivers, team and equipment were pushed to their limits. We battled through well and also had a lot to contend with regarding track limits. In Zandvoort we’ll be on the attack again.”
Next round: Circuit Zandvoort – 18 to 20 September.















