BMW claimed its second victory of the 2026 FIA World Endurance Championship season within the Rolex 6 Hours of São Paulo, because the #15 BMW M Hybrid V8 triumphed at Interlagos.
The Kevin Magnussen/Raffaele Marciello/Dries Vanthoor crew secured the Bavarian producer’s second success in simply 4 races, prevailing after a detailed contest with the reigning world champions within the #51 Ferrari AF Corse 499P.
Within the closing levels of the six-hour bout, Vanthoor discovered himself beneath risk from each the #51 Ferrari and recovering #12 Cadillac however held his nerve to take the chequered flag in entrance of defending world champion James Calado, with Stevens not far behind in third.
Finishing the general podium was the pole-sitting #12 Cadillac Hertz Workforce JOTA Hypercar, with Will Stevens and Norman Nato securing third place.
“This has been a very long time coming,” mirrored Magnussen, as soon as a pole-sitter at Interlagos throughout his System 1 profession. “I’m simply so completely happy to lastly get the victory. I believe we had the quickest automotive at this time, and it was an absolute pleasure to drive. Every little thing was on-point, from the technique to the pit-stops and my two team-mates did a tremendous job.”
TEAM TURKEY BY TF TRIUMPHSThe LMGT3 class produced one other intently contested multi-manufacturer battle, with Ford Mustang, Corvette, Akkodis ASP Workforce and Iron Lynx Mercedes-AMG all spending time on the head of the sector in an enthralling combat for sophistication honours.
In the end, it was the #81 Racing Workforce Turkey by TF Corvette of Salih Yoluç, Charlie Eastwood and Peter Dempsey that emerged victorious, sealing a memorable class win.
The #69 Workforce WRT BMW of Parker Thompson, Anthony McIntosh and Daniel Harper completed second in LMGT3, whereas the #92 Manthey Porsche of Richard Lietz, Riccardo Pera and Yasser Shahin accomplished the category podium in third.
