Verstappen’s Portimão GT return: race time and free stream

Max Verstappen returns to GT racing at Portimão on Saturday, 17 October 2026, for the season-ending round of the GT World Challenge. He will share Team Verstappen Racing’s Mercedes-AMG GT3 with Ben Barnicoat and Chris Lulham. It will be his first GT appearance since the Nürburgring 24 Hours earlier this year.

The three-hour race is scheduled to start at 17:00 local time and finish at 20:00.

GT World’s YouTube channel will stream the event free in multiple languages. Live coverage starts with Friday’s FP1 at 08:45 UK time; FP2 follows at 12:45 and qualifying at 17:55.