Max Verstappen was disqualified from his Nurburgring NLS2 win for exceeding the maximum tire allocation. Verstappen, Jules Gounon, and Daniel Juncadella in the #3 Mercedes-AMG Team Verstappen Racing car initially won the four-hour race by 59.5 seconds after taking pole position. However, they were stripped of the victory two hours later because the team used seven sets of tires, exceeding the allowed six. This handed the win to the #99 Rowe Racing BMW M4 of Jordan Pepper and

Erebus Motorsport has finalized its engineering lineup for the 2026 Supercars Championship, with Barry Ryan stepping back from engineering to focus on management duties. The team recruited Daniel Frencham from Garry Rogers Motorsport to work with Jobe Stewart on the #9 entry. Aidan Graham, who previously engineered the #9 car, will return to his role as data engineer. Wayne Mackie will continue to work with Cooper Murray on the #99 side of the garage. These changes follow the