Race Recap GT3-Coffee Cup
Motorsport Arena Oschersleben
Sun, Aug 16, 2026Round 10
Concepcion Takes the Checkered Flag at Motorsport Arena Oschersleben
Race at a Glance
Field Size
21
Laps
35
Avg Lap Time
1:36.286
Lead Changes
2
Clean Runners
0
Lead Lap Finishers
9
Margin
+11.725s
Winner Spotlight
RJ Concepcion
P1 Finish
Round 10 of the GT3 Coffee Cup at Motorsport Arena Oschersleben produced a thrilling result that shook up the standings, with #311 RJ Concepcion taking the race win after starting from fourth on the grid. Concepcion moved to the front early and led 33 of the 35 laps, with the only interruptions to his advantage coming via the race's two lead changes. Pole-sitter #9 Pál Király led the opening lap and #15 Jeremy Cheney — who started second — held the point briefly as well, but neither could sustain pressure against Concepcion once the #311 found its rhythm. It was Concepcion's first win of the season and first all-time in the Coffee Cup series, and he took the checkered flag ahead of a field of 21 cars in a race that ran all 35 laps without a single caution.
Behind the winner, #10 Shajee Zuhair delivered the standout drive of the afternoon to earn the hard charger honors, climbing eight positions from his P10 starting spot to cross the line in second. Zuhair accumulated five incidents along the way, suggesting the forward progress came with moments of aggression, but he secured second place — his second podium of the season — to keep himself squarely in conversations about the latter stages of the schedule. Király, starting from pole, had to settle for third after falling two positions from where he began, collecting seven incidents in what was a clean but costly result. Pierre Poussi in the #250 was the other notable mover in the top five, climbing seven spots from P11 to finish fourth, matching Zuhair's charge for sheer positions gained at the front of the field.
The race's biggest disappointments fell on drivers who began near the front. #15 Jeremy Cheney, who started second, fell all the way to last place — a swing of 19 positions — with nine incidents ending any hope of a competitive result. #89 Bradley Tidwell, starting fifth, tumbled to 18th with 12 incidents, which proved costly in the standings context. Tidwell still leads the GT3 Coffee Cup standings with 560 points but his advantage over second-placed #4 David Ven Roy now sits at 41 points, with Ven Roy posting a sixth-place finish to gain ground. #71 Jonathan Williams moved into third in the standings at 487 points after a strong run from P16 to ninth, applying further pressure on the top two.
With Tidwell's cushion at 41 points over Ven Roy and Williams lurking a further 32 points back in third, the standings heading out of Oschersleben are the tightest they have been, and #4 Alex Claudio sits fourth at 481 — just six points behind Williams. Round 10 reshuffled the order at the very moment in the season when margins are becoming unforgiving, and Concepcion's arrival in victory lane as a new winner only adds another variable to a title fight that remains wide open across the top five.
Top Movers
Shajee Zuhair10
▲ +8Pierre Poussi250
▲ +7Jonathan Williams71
▲ +7Finishing Order
| Finish | Start | +/- | Car # | Driver | Inc | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | +3 | 311 | RJ Concepcion | 2x | 62 |
| 2 | 10 | +8 | 10 | Shajee Zuhair | 5x | 61 |
| 3 | 1 | -2 | 9 | Pál Király | 7x | 60 |
| 4 | 11 | +7 | 250 | Pierre Poussi | 7x | 59 |
| 5 | 6 | +1 | 20 | Alex Claudio | 7x | 58 |
| 6 | 7 | +1 | 4 | David Ven Roy | 10x | 57 |
| 7 | 9 | +2 | 73 | Heath Olinger | 3x | 56 |
| 8 | 8 | 0 | 17 | Alan Purser | 7x | 55 |
| 9 | 16 | +7 | 71 | Jonathan Williams | 3x | 54 |
| 10 | 3 | -7 | 5 | Cole Modrich | 19x | 53 |
| 11 | 17 | +6 | 11 | Pernell Hanelt | 4x | 52 |
| 12 | 19 | +7 | 72 | Tom Brice | 4x | 51 |
| 13 | 14 | +1 | 78 | Kevin Miller | 8x | 50 |
| 14 | 20 | +6 | 608 | Nicholas Marshall | 8x | 49 |
| 15 | 15 | 0 | 074 | Ric Wishon | 15x | 48 |
| 16 | 21 | +5 | 43 | John Gardner Sr | 3x | 47 |
| 17 | 18 | +1 | 816 | Hays Boughan | 6x | 46 |
| 18 | 5 | -13 | 89 | Bradley Tidwell | 12x | 45 |
| 19 | 13 | -6 | 33 | Quinten Price | 5x | 44 |
| 20 | 12 | -8 | 32 | Robert Sackett | 6x | 43 |
| 21 | 2 | -19 | 15 | Jeremy Cheney | 9x | 42 |
