Corvette clinches the 2026 WEC LMGT3 title.
A podium at Monza seals a championship season for TF Sport and Corvette, with Jonny Edgar taking the LMGT3 drivers’ crown.
At a glance
The #33 TF Sport Corvette Z06 GT3.R finished third in LMGT3 at the 6 Hours of Monza on Sunday, 8 November. That result secured TF Sport’s teams’ title and the drivers’ title for Jonny Edgar, who shared the car with Ben Keating and Nicky Catsburg.
A championship earned at Monza
The final round of the 2026 FIA World Endurance Championship delivered the result Corvette needed. Ben Keating, Jonny Edgar and Nicky Catsburg brought the #33 TF Sport Corvette Z06 GT3.R home on the LMGT3 podium, securing the season’s biggest prize for the team.
It was a title-winning performance, with third place proving decisive. The LMGT3 race itself was won by the #92 The Bend Manthey Porsche, ahead of the #23 Heart of Racing Aston Martin. Catsburg took the chequered flag third in the Corvette, confirming TF Sport’s success.
The achievement gives the celebrations a clear meaning: a season’s work converted into championship honours at the final round. The supplied photographs capture the car on circuit, the reaction on the pit wall and the team gathered around its trophy.
Jonny Edgar’s drivers’ crown
Edgar emerged from Monza as the 2026 LMGT3 drivers’ champion. Keating and Catsburg shared the #33 Corvette with him in the finale and played their part in securing the result, while the individual drivers’ title belongs to Edgar.
For TF Sport, the teams’ crown adds to its 2022 WEC LMGTE Am title. The 2026 result marks a new championship chapter with Corvette and its Z06 GT3.R customer-racing programme.
The recovery that made the difference
The finale was not straightforward. WEC’s official race report records a second-hour penalty for Keating following an infringement under Virtual Safety Car conditions, dropping the #33 outside the points positions.
The Corvette recovered as the race developed. Strong stints from Edgar, changing fortunes for rivals and the timing of neutralised running brought the car back into contention. The final podium position was enough to turn that recovery into a championship celebration.
Le Mans and the wider Corvette story
The Monza title follows another major moment for the #33 crew: LMGT3 victory at the 2026 24 Hours of Le Mans. Chevrolet records that Keating, Edgar and Catsburg won there after starting 17th, delivering the Corvette Racing programme’s tenth Le Mans class victory.
Together, the Le Mans result and the WEC title give the official celebration artwork its significance. They recognise success across the endurance-racing season, rather than a claim of outright victory over the championship’s Hypercar field.
A racing Corvette with a road-car connection
Chevrolet describes the Z06 GT3.R as a track-only race car developed for professional and amateur teams competing in GT3 championships. Its design is based on the road-going Corvette Z06, including the connection to its 5.5-litre engine architecture.
The competition car’s aerodynamic bodywork, racing equipment and FIA-regulated specification serve a distinct purpose. For enthusiasts exploring a road-going Corvette, that relationship is part of the marque’s appeal: a recognisable sports-car identity competing at the highest level of production-based endurance racing.
Monza, through the team’s lens
These official assets, supplied to Grange by General Motors, bring together the quieter circuit moments and the championship celebrations. The photographs dated 6 and 7 November show the build-up; the 8 November images follow the car and team through the decisive Sunday.
The complete selection appears below and throughout this story, preserving the original landscape and portrait compositions.
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Your questions, answered
Did Corvette win the Monza race?
The #33 TF Sport Corvette finished third in LMGT3. That podium secured the championship; the LMGT3 race winner was the #92 The Bend Manthey Porsche.
Who won the 2026 LMGT3 drivers’ title?
Jonny Edgar won the drivers’ title. TF Sport took the teams’ title with its #33 Corvette programme.
Is the Z06 GT3.R a road car?
No. Chevrolet identifies the Z06 GT3.R as a track-only competition car. Grange’s road-going Corvette range has its own specifications and equipment.