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Valentino Rossi and Raffaele Marciello powered the #46 BMW M4 GT3 EVO to victory on Saturday at Misano, giving the local hero his third straight win at his home circuit. The crowd got exactly what it came for as Rossi, now fully established as a front-running GT driver, converted Team WRT’s pace into more silverware, with Charles Weerts and Kelvin van der Linde backing it up by bringing the sister #32 car home in third for a BMW double podium.
Sunday brought drama and damage limitation. After a red flag stoppage that stretched beyond two hours, Weerts and van der Linde hauled the #32 from 15th on the grid to fifth to defend their Sprint Cup lead. The #46 looked capable of a second strike, with Marciello relentlessly attacking for the lead from P2, but a drive-through for pit-lane speeding knocked the pair down the order and ended any hope of doubling up.
Elsewhere, Jens Klingmann and Al Faisal Al Zubair endured a bruising weekend. A start-line collision forced the #777 AlManar Racing by WRT entry out on Saturday and triggered a ten-place grid drop for race two. From the 35th, they clawed their way into the top 20 and finished fourth in the Gold Cup, just shy of the podium. Gustav Bergström and Gilles Stadsbader bagged silverware with third in the Silver Cup on Sunday after P4 the day before. At the same time, Dan Harper and Darren Leung’s Bronze Cup second on Saturday was followed by a penalty-hit Sunday that scuppered their podium chances. However, the major incident that caused the red flag thankfully left everyone unhurt.
BMW’s momentum rolled on in the GT4 European Series. Borusan Otomotiv Motorsport scored Silver class podiums on both days, CHAZEL Technologie Course dominated Am with a double win, and Schubert Motorsport added more silverware in Pro-Am. Continental Racing by Simpson Motorsport and W&D Racing Team chipped in further class podiums to round out a productive weekend for the marque.
Team bosses and drivers left Misano acknowledging missed opportunities but satisfied with the broader points haul and form. With Magny-Cours next on the Sprint calendar and the title fight finely balanced, the BMW M4 GT3 EVO departs Italy as the reference package—fast, efficient, and relentlessly competitive over the one-hour format.
