While summer in the UK came to a close, the global motorsport scene roared right on, with September being another hectic month in Pole’s calendar, with cars on track somewhere around the world in three of the four weekends.
The action began at Shanghai International Circuit, as China GT hosted the fourth round of its 2026 season. Porsche Motorsport Asia Pacific enjoyed success across each of the GT3, GTS and GTC categories, most notably with Leo Ye and Lu Wei, who clinched fourth and second in the two races.
The championship also created international headlines, thanks to the bravery of Phantom Global Racing driver Loek Hartog. The Dutchman stopped his Porsche on track after witnessing a scary looking crash ahead, rescuing British racer Ollie Millroy from his burning Ferrari. The clip quickly circulated on social media, and both Hartog and Millroy appeared on international television to give their recount of the event. Thankfully, Millroy has been discharged from hospital since, and has been re-united with Hartog, with the pair meeting up in Amsterdam in early October.
The following weekend marked the Suzuka 1000km, which was won by Laurin Heinrich, Alessio Picariello and Julien Andlauer in the iconic ‘Bushi Rex’ Absolute Racing and AO car. The trio put in an exemplary performance, taking the lead midway through the six-and-a-half-hour event and never looking likely to give it up.
In addition, Absolute Racing’s trio of Dorian Boccolacci, Alessandro Ghiretti and Ayhancan Güven made it a double podium for Porsche, rounding off a superb weekend in third.
On the same weekend, KCMG brought their 2026 Nürburgring Langstrecken Serie campaign to an end at NLS8 and 9. Fielding Kamui Kobayashi and Naoya Gamou on Saturday and Nirei Fukuzumi and Sho Tsuboi on Sunday, the team had a frustrating weekend. Despite all four drivers showing pace around the Nordschleife, a technical issue prevented a top-10 finish in NLS8 before an incident in qualifying the following day brought the team’s season to a premature end.
The Pole team then enjoyed a weekend off before getting straight back into it for the final event of the month and another endurance race, the Shanghai 8 Hours. While Porsche’s leading cars found trouble throughout the event, HZO Fortis Racing by Absolute Racing steadily made their way up the order in impressive fashion. Haziq Zariel Oh, Aaron Lim Say Joon and Huang Ruohan started 10th, but crossed the finish line in fourth, securing Am victory for the marque. October looks set to be the final big push in 2026 for Pole, with both GT World Challenge Asia and Porsche ARbox Carrera Cup Asia coming to a close.