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Stay up to date with Matisse’s latest race results, championship updates, and announcements.
From podium celebrations to new season preparations, this is where you’ll find all the headlines.
Stay up to date with Matisse’s latest race results, championship updates, and announcements.
From podium celebrations to new season preparations, this is where you’ll find all the headlines.
With all the Silver Cup titles settled early, we came to Portimão for the GT World Challenge Europe finale with no pressure. But that didn’t mean we were lacking motivation, because we really wanted to win this one.
Matisse Lismont and his Team WRT teammates Amaury Cordeel and Nacho Montenegro concluded the 2026 GT World Challenge Europe season in style at Portimão, securing victory in the Silver Cup and an impressive fifth place overall.
The 2026 GT World Challenge Europe season reaches its conclusion this weekend at the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve in Portimão. The Portuguese circuit, known for its significant elevation changes, blind corners and demanding layout, will provide a challenging setting for the final three-hour Endurance Cup race of the year.
Matisse Lismont will aim to finish his spectacular 2026 season on the top step of the podium this weekend as the GT World Challenge Europe campaign concludes at Autódromo Internacional do Algarve (Portimão).
Even in a great season, you might have one weekend where nothing seems to go right. That's normal in motor racing, or any sport in fact. I can say for sure that we had ours last weekend in Barcelona!
Located in Montmeló, around 20 km from Barcelona, the Circuit de Barcelona Catalunya is a 4.657 km track combining high speed corners, long loaded sections and technical sequences. Balance, tyre management and consistency will therefore be key throughout the weekend.
Matisse heads to Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya this weekend with a trio of GT World Challenge Europe titles already won – though the rising star isn't taking his foot off the throttle just yet.
“We were at Zandvoort last weekend for the latest round of GT World Challenge Europe. After an Endurance race at the Nürburgring, we were back to Sprint configuration this time with me and Nacho sharing the car for Team WRT. We won the Silver Cup Endurance championships in Germany, sharing with Amaury Cordeel, and now we had the chance to add even more titles.
Matisse Lismont and Ignacio Montenegro completed a memorable weekend at Zandvoort by finishing second in the Silver Cup in Race 2, a result that secured the 2026 GT World Challenge Europe Silver Cup Sprint title and completed a clean sweep of all three Silver Cup championships.
Matisse Lismont and Ignacio Montenegro converted a strong Saturday at Zandvoort into a decisive result, taking victory in the Silver Cup with the #30 Team WRT BMW M4 GT3 EVO and securing the overall GT World Challenge Europe Silver Cup title.
The GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup heads to Circuit Zandvoort this weekend, one of the most demanding and distinctive tracks on the calendar. Located on the Dutch North Sea coast, the circuit combines fast direction changes, elevation, heavily banked corners and very little margin for error.
More than a month ahead of the season finale, Matisse heads to Zandvoort this weekend aiming to complete a clean sweep of GT World Challenge Europe Silver Cup titles.
Last weekend we went to the Nürburgring knowing that there was a good chance to win the Silver Endurance title, and also a small chance that we would be overall champions in Silver. We could have played it safe and focussed on collecting points, but the simplest way to secure a championship is to win the race. That was our objective.
Matisse has his first chance to secure Silver Cup championship glory this weekend when the GT World Challenge Europe season resumes at the Nürburgring.
What can I say about our weekend at Magny-Cours? We went to France hoping to continue our good form in Silver and score more points towards the championship. We achieved this, but I honestly didn't expect to take the best result of my whole career.
Matisse Lismont will be at Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours this weekend (1/2 August) aiming to strengthen his bid for a clean sweep of GT World Challenge Europe Silver Cup titles.
A few weeks after the 24 Hours of Spa, the GT World Challenge Europe season picked up again at Misano. Just like we had in Belgium, this was an extremely hot weekend. Even though at Misano the circuit is very close to the sea, the temperatures were still really high.
The GT World Challenge Europe season reaches its halfway point this weekend at the Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, where Matisse Lismont will look to continue an impressive start to his 2026 campaign.
Matisse Lismont will be at Misano this weekend (18/19 July) when the Italian circuit stages the fifth round of GT World Challenge Europe and the second Sprint Cup event of year.
Last weekend we took on the biggest and toughest race of the year: the 24 Hours of Spa. I was really proud to be part of this great event for the third time, especially representing Team WRT and driving the #30 BMW.
It is finally time for the big one, the toughest race of the year.
Matisse Lismont is gearing up for the most important weekend of his 2026 season as he takes on the epic CrowdStrike 24 Hours of Spa. The Belgian endurance classic holds double significance for Matisse as both his home event and the biggest GT race in the world. A 70-car grid will compete at the Ardennes track, which rightly holds the reputation as one of the most challenging in global motor racing.
Last weekend we were at Monza for the third round of GT World Challenge Europe and the second Endurance Cup race of the season. It was a tough one for us, but we can be pleased to have come home with some good points and with our car in one piece.
Matisse Lismont travels to Monza this weekend (30/31 May) aiming to maintain the title-contending form that he and his team have shown during the opening two rounds of the GT World Challenge Europe season.
Matisse Lismont got the full Spa treatment this week when he tackled the Prologue to the 2026 24 Hours of Spa.
Last weekend we went to Brands Hatch for the second round of GT World Challenge Europe and the first Sprint Cup event of the season. This circuit is really one of the toughest on the calendar but it's also very rewarding, especially when you are able to put it all together.
Set within the rolling Kent countryside, Brands Hatch is one of Britain’s most iconic and demanding racing venues. Its natural amphitheater layout delivers both spectacular viewing and technical challenge, due to the elevation changes, every corner demands commitment, precision and confidence on the limit.
Matisse Lismont is preparing for one of the most demanding weekends of the season. The young Belgian racer heads to Brands Hatch on May 2/3 for the second round of GT World Challenge Europe, and the first of the fast-paced Sprint Cup events.
Circuit Paul Ricard kicked off the new GT World Europe season. 2026 is my third year in this championship and my first driving the #30 BMW M4 GT3 EVO with Team WRT. I was really happy to share the wheel with my new teammates Amaury Cordeel and Ignacio Montenegro for the first time, going for the victory in the Silver Cup class.
Matisse Lismont is ready to begin the most important season of his young career. The Belgian will be at Circuit Paul Ricard in France this weekend, testing himself against some of the best drivers in the sport at the opening round of the GT World Challenge Europe powered by AWS Endurance Cup.
With the European season just around the corner, Matisse Lismont has revealed the new helmet design that he will carry into battle this year. The unveiling marks a significant moment for the Belgian racer, who treats his helmet not merely as safety equipment but as a canvas for personal expression.
Championships are not decided until the end of the season, but the foundations for success are laid long before the final round. In fact, some of the most important work takes place before the racing has even started, during long days of testing.
Matisse Lismont knows who he will be racing against this season following the announcement of the 2026 GT World Challenge Europe entry list on Thursday (27 February).
Matisse Lismont has set his sights on fighting for the GT World Challenge Europe Silver Cup title this season by joining Team WRT for the full 10-round championship. The 21-year-old rising star will take the wheel of the highly respected Belgian squad's BMW M4 GT3 EVO in the Silver Cup, a fiercely competitive class in which young drivers look to establish themselves in the sport.
A racing driver does not only rely on the performance of their car: physical and mental fitness are also crucial factors that can make the difference between success and failure. For Matisse, this means working with trusted experts to ensure that he is at his best when it counts. The young Belgian calls on two key figures,
Art has always played an important role in the life of Matisse Lismont. After all, the young Belgian racer is named after Henri Matisse, one of the most important and well-known artists of the 20th century, while his grandmother used to run an art gallery.
Matisse Lismont experienced a frustrating start to the 2026 season when his car was eliminated from last weekend's Dubai 24 Hour race before completing a competitive lap.
Matisse Lismont kicks off his 2026 season with a participation in the Dubai 24 Hour. The Belgian driver will compete with HAAS RT and aims, alongside an all-Belgian crew, for a strong result in his first race of the year.
Matisse Lismont added further experience to his racing resumé last weekend when he made his Asian Le Mans Series debut at the Sepang International Circuit. The young Belgian received a late call-up from EBM to compete at the Malaysian venue, sharing the team's #89 Aston Martin with Jamie Day and Martin Berry.
Matisse Lismont will travel to Malaysia to make his Asian Le Mans Series debut this weekend (13/14 December) after being recruited by the EBM squad to contest the season-opening event at Sepang.
4 December 2025
Matisse Lismont enjoyed his most significant results yet during a busy and varied 2025 season, which marked just the second year of international competition for the young Belgian driver. As was the case in 2024, Lismont’s primary focus was on GT World Challenge Europe powered by AWS.
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