James Kell Racing

Spa 24Hr fought back hard this year!

After a strong qualifying we were into super pole, however a technical infringement cost us the chance of a strong starting position. So we started from the back of the 69 car grid!

With some mega strategy from the team, we managed to climb back up the order throughout the race, and found ourselves in the top 10 overall in the early hours of the morning and P1 in class. However, an alternator failure with just over 1 hour to go stopped our podium chances, and we fell back to P5 in class after loosing some laps. 2026 wasn’t meant to be for us it seems.

I’d like to thank the amazing .x.mclaren team for the hard work through the blisteringly hot week and for getting us back out on track when it mattered. Also thank you to my teammates Simon Gachet Arthur Rougier Jim Pla what a week, we had to fight for this one. Till next time Spa….

#111 squad for Spa 24Hr 2026! Simon Gachet Arthur Rougier Jim Pla

🥉P3 Race 1 at brands hatch!

It was amazing to be on home soil again for . The British fans are top tier! Overall I think the McLarens lacked overall pace this weekend so was difficult to challenge other cars, but brands hatch is an unbelievable circuit in a GT3 car! We had class success in race 1 with a P3 and we were on track for the same in race 2 but an unfortunate pit stop infringement penalty cost us the double podium at brands hatch! Full focus on Monza for endurance cup in a few weeks, and the Spa prologue to warm up for it!!

Round 1 of .official ✅

Portimao is always a fun circuit to drive! We had some good performance for our first time there with , qualifying in the top 5 overall on Day 2 and running confidently in the top 4 in race 2. Looks promising for some results this year in Pro/Am 🤞🏼

P2 at Paul Ricard 🏆 and P8 overall.

An amazing result for the .x.mclaren team! Getting the season off to a great start!! The car was tricky at times but a clean consistent race paid off, now full focus on brands hatch in a few weeks!!
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🚨We’re back!!!🚨

Happy to announce I’ll be back with .x.mclaren for a full campaign in in both sprint and endurance championships!!

For endurance the lineup from 2025 will remain unchanged for 2026 - with myself, and .

And for sprint I’ll be partnering up with ! Exciting year ahead!!

CSA Racing McLarens return to contest full season, with Gold and Silver crews confirmed.

James Kell and Arthur Rougier will join forces in the #111 Gold Cup car for Sprint, joined by Simon Gachet for Endurance.

Romain Andriolo, Lorens Lecertua and Baptiste Moulin take on Silver Cup duties in the #555 entry, while Gachet will join Andriolo to form a second Gold pairing for Sprint.

Read the full story: gt-world-challenge-europe.com/news/3138 🔗

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🟠 James Kell Looking To Build On Career Momentum As McLaren Junior

➡️ https://www.dailysportscar.com/2026/02/01/kell-looking-to-build-on-career-momentum-as-mclaren-junior.html

Thrilled to announce I will be a McLaren GT3 Junior Driver for the 2026 season!!!

Can’t wait to get the 2026 season underway!

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