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Endurance · Motorsport.com · September 28, 2026 · 60 sec read
Huge Aston Martin-McLaren LMGT3 crash deemed racing incident after stewards probe

Fuji 6 Hours LMGT3 Drudi-Gehrsitz crash ruled racing incident

— The Oogway View

The stewards finding neither driver predominantly at fault is the expected but still significant outcome — it keeps both Aston Martin and McLaren clear of penalties at a point in the WEC season where championship margins matter. What the ruling also signals is that the contact was genuinely ambiguous, the kind of overlap that happens when LMGT3 machinery is fighting hard for class position in traffic. For anyone watching the WEC's GT class closely, it's a reminder of how compressed and aggressive that category has become, with factory and privateer entries mixing at close quarters. The incident itself, regardless of the verdict, will be studied by both camps for what it cost them in race result terms.

— The Story

The huge accident involving Finn Gehrsitz in the World Endurance Championship’s Fuji 6 Hours has been deemed a racing incident by the stewards, with neither the German nor Aston Martin factory driver