ACI Racing Weekend 2026: A Great Weekend at Monza
A spectacular weekend is guaranteed this coming weekend at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza, which will host the ninth and penultimate ACI Racing Weekend 2026 from October 9 to 11. On the track will be the Italian Gran Turismo Sprint Championship, the E4 Championship, the Italian Sport Prototype Championship, the GT4 Italy Series, and the Italian Historic Circuit Speed Championship. A total of 188 cars are entered.
This marks the final round of the season for the Italian Gran Turismo Sprint Championship, which is set to hold its fourth round with 75 cars on the grid and all twelve Italian titles still up for grabs. All eyes are on the GT3 overall standings, led by Jens Klingmann with 83 points—20 more than the Dimitrov-Riccittelli duo, who are driving the VSR team’s Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo2. With 40 points still up for grabs across the two races, the German driver for BMW Italia Ceccato Racing will aim to clinch the third title of his career. In the BMW M4 GT3 Evo, he’ll be joined by Belgian driver Ugo de Wilde, also an official BMW driver. The other standings remain up for grabs as well and will be decided during the final race weekend.
Monza will also host the final round of the GT4 Italy Series (18 cars on the grid), serving as the closing chapter for Maman–Sandrucci, who have already clinched the Pro-Am championship a weekend early in the Casals Motorsport BMW M4 GT4 Evo. Second place is still up for grabs, with Zanin, in the MEF Motorsport Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS, leading Lasagni–Ziccardi—behind the wheel of the CZ Bassano Mercedes-AMG GT4—by just one point.
The E4 Championship—the single-seater series promoted by ACI Sport and WSK Promotion—also comes to a close, wrapping up the Italian championship calendar with three rounds. Thirty-seven drivers will be on the starting grid. Kenzo Craigie, driving for the Mercedes Junior Team of R-ace GP, leads the standings ahead of Finland’s Luka Sammalisto. The US Racing driver, who has already clinched the Italian F4 championship with one race to spare, will aim to complete the double by also winning the E4 Championship title—just as Kean Nakamura-Berta did last season. However, the battle remains wide open among several contenders: with a calendar consisting of just three rounds, there are still numerous drivers mathematically in the running for the overall title.
The final race is also on the schedule for the Italian Sport Prototype Championship, a one-make series contested with the Wolff GB 08 (12 cars on the grid): the Monza event will serve as the stage for the new Italian champion, Andrea Dell’Edera (Avelon Formula), who also won the rookie trophy. The Master Trophy has also been awarded to Michele Locatelli, while the winner of the Under-25 category remains to be determined, with Dell’Edera himself holding a clear lead.
The classic cars of the Italian Historic Circuit Speed Championship, with 57 entries, return to the track for the fifth round of the season. This time, the battles across all Groups will come together in a single spectacle, set to unfold on Sunday during an intense 60-minute mini-endurance race. In Group 1, young Emanuele Bressan leads in his BMW 1600 TI; in Group 2, the Porsche Carrera RS driven by the father-son duo of Cosimo and Francesco Turizio leads the pack; in Group 3, the top spot belongs to Monegasque driver Luca Littardi in a Porsche 935 A4; in Group 4, Enrico Gerardi and Maurizio Sardellitti are in the lead in their Ford Sierra Cosworth; among the Classic Cars, the car to beat is Matteo Panini’s Chevrolet Callaway.
Admission to the racetrack will be free. The paddock, however, will be reserved for industry professionals, while the Fan Zone will be open to the public.
