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GT4 R cleared for the IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge
Two customer cars will contest the full 2026 season, with a parts store established at Braselton, Georgia. It is the first Vantera programme outside Europe and the first time the factory has held stock on another continent.
Published 15 January 2026
The GT4 R has been cleared to compete in the IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge. Two customer cars will contest the full 2026 season.
Parts, not presence
A parts store has been established at Braselton, Georgia, holding a full crash kit and a complete spare drivetrain. It is the first time the factory has held stock outside Portugal.
There is no factory entry and no factory team in North America. Support is engineering support: the store, a resident technician, and the same phone number the European teams call.
A team three thousand miles away should not wait a week for a suspension arm. That is the whole reason the store exists.
The programme does not change the car. North American cars are built to the same specification, on the same line, with the same part numbers.