Some victories are built quietly. Away from the headlines.
Racing Team Turkey by TF didn’t dominate every session or every lap. They simply kept themselves in contention.
In endurance racing, that’s often the difference. Staying close enough for opportunity to find you.
At Interlagos, it finally did.
Photography by @dppiimages
Pole position.
A front-row lockout.
Early control of the race.
Everything pointed towards a perfect Sunday.
Then endurance racing reminded everyone why nothing is guaranteed.
Tiny moments.
Small mistakes.
Changing fortunes.
Sometimes victory isn’t lost through lack of speed.
It’s lost because endurance racing rarely allows perfection.
Photography by @dppiimages
Every circuit has its own palette. At Interlagos, Brazil painted it. 🟢🟡🔵
The kerbs. The light. The skyline.
Featuring the FIA WEC’s two Porsche 911 GT3 R LMGT3 entries - Manthey DK Engineering’s #91 and The Bend Manthey’s #92.
Photography by @javierjimenezphoto_ | @drewgibsoncaptures
Some circuits are defined by their layout. Others are defined by the people who race there. Interlagos has always been both.
From local heroes to world champions, every return adds another chapter to one of endurance racing’s most iconic venues.
Over the coming days, we’ll explore some of the stories that emerged from last weekend’s FIA World Endurance Championship round at Interlagos.
But every story begins in the same place.
Interlagos.
Photography by @dppiimages
From last on the grid to overall winners.
The starting grid often shapes expectations. At Spa, it rarely decides the outcome.
Lionspeed GP began the CrowdStrike 24 Hours of Spa from the very back of the field.
With every car ahead, there were no shortcuts - only twenty-four hours of opportunities waiting to be earned.
One position became ten. Ten became twenty. Lap after lap. Stint after stint.
The team kept moving forward. By Sunday afternoon, the impossible had quietly become reality.
From last on the grid to overall winners.
Because endurance racing rarely belongs to the team that starts in front.
It belongs to the one that’s still moving forward when it matters most.
Congratulations to everyone at Lionspeed GP. 🤍
Photography by @gruppec_photography
Perfect timing doesn’t happen by accident. It takes choreography. Trust. And a team where everyone knows exactly what comes next.
Photography by @panningpedro | @xynamic
A debut worth remembering. There are no easy introductions at Spa. Every team arrives knowing the CrowdStrike 24 Hours will test preparation, resilience and execution like few other races can.
For PCX Racing, making their debut alongside GetSpeed was already a milestone.
Leaving with a Pro-Am podium made it unforgettable.
Sometimes the most rewarding stories aren’t found at the top of the overall standings.
They’re found in teams who arrive with ambition, embrace one of motorsport’s greatest challenges, and leave having exceeded expectations.
Photography by @gruppec_photography
The longest night of the CrowdStrike 24 Hours of Spa came before the race had even begun.
A technical issue after qualifying left the #79 Tsunami RT Porsche in the garage while the team worked through the night to get the car back on track.
No testing beforehand.
No easy preparation.
No perfect start.
Just a team refusing to give up before the green flag had even fallen.
Twenty-four hours later, they crossed the line with a class trophy and a story that had started long before the race itself.
Because endurance isn’t only measured over 24 hours.
Sometimes, it begins the night before.
Congrats team! 🫶🏼 And thank you for the tasty espresso!
Photography by @xynamic
For much of the CrowdStrike 24 Hours of Spa, the #51 AF Corse Ferrari looked like the car everyone had to beat.
Pole position.
The race lead.
The pace to dictate the biggest GT3 race in the world.
Then, as endurance racing so often reminds us, nothing is ever guaranteed.
A tyre failure.
Damage.
Setbacks that slowly rewrote the story.
Victory slipped away.
The determination never did.
Because sometimes the most compelling performances aren’t measured by where they finish, but by the fight to keep going.
Photography by @gruppec_photography
Some corners become famous. Others become part of motorsport’s language.
La Source is one of them.
Today, it belongs to Porsche.
Photography by @upietztim | @gruppec_photography
Some races are remembered for who won.
Spa is remembered for everything it asks of those who race it.
The heat.
The circuit.
The traffic.
The rhythm.
The focus.
Because the biggest GT3 race in the world is never defined by a single moment.
A huge thank you to Pedro Dermaux for documenting this year’s race with such incredible sensitivity and precision. Every image in this carousel is his work, and they tell the story better than words ever could.
As always, it was a privilege to build this piece using your photography. 🙏🏽
Photography by @panningpedro | @xynamic
INSIDE / 07
Some photographs document a race. Others remind you why you fell in love with it. ✨
#Spa24h
Photography by @gruppec_phtography
#Spa24h Twenty-four hours isn’t one race.
It’s a collection of moments.
Some happen under the floodlights.
Some happen in front of packed grandstands.
And some arrive quietly, as the Ardennes wakes up.
Photography by @gruppec_photography
Some races deserve a poster. Not because they need one, but because they inspire one.
To celebrate this year’s CrowdStrike 24 Hours of Spa, we asked the incredibly talented @fat_factor_creation to create his own interpretation of the world’s biggest GT3 race.
And once again, we’re reminded that motorsport isn’t only about what happens on track.
It’s also about the people who turn those moments into something you’ll remember long after the chequered flag.
Welcome to Spa.
Artwork by @fat_factor_creation
INSIDE / 08
Le Mans has a habit of rewarding patience.
While others grabbed the headlines, Toyota focused on the race itself.
Twenty-four hours later, the #7 Toyota Racing TR010 HYBRID stood at the top of the podium.
Not through a dramatic comeback.
Not through a perfect weekend.
Simply by doing what endurance racing has always demanded: staying in contention until the very end.
Sometimes the winning story isn’t the one everyone is talking about before the green flag. It’s the one still standing after the chequered flag.
Photography by @dppiimages
Before the first lap, there’s always an idea.
For Le Mans, it started with a clock.
Twenty-four hours of racing, history and emotion captured in a single image, where time itself became the centrepiece.
Making of by Victor Okhakhume aka @trivsdraws
INSIDE / 06
Most people remember the trophy. Few remember what happened before it.
Nine weeks before Le Mans, Ben Keating broke his elbow.
By the end of the weekend, the #33 TF Sport Corvette had climbed from 17th on the LMGT3 grid to class victory, adding another chapter to Corvette’s long history at the Circuit de la Sarthe.
Endurance racing has always had a way of hiding the hardest stories behind the final result.
This was one of them. 💛
Photography by @dppiimages
