Philippe Prette did not wait for the final weekend, the last corner, or some theatrical championship decider to settle the matter. At Zandvoort, the Monegasque driver secured the GT2 European Series title with two races still remaining, delivering another major result for Maserati and LP Racing.

The decisive weekend was particularly emphatic. Prette won both races in the Netherlands, turning a championship lead into an unassailable advantage and giving Maserati Corse another reason to be cheerful about its customer-racing program. There was no late drama, no desperate arithmetic, and apparently no room for the sort of self-inflicted nonsense that has ruined many a promising season.

A Title Won Before the Final Two Races

Prette’s championship was confirmed at Zandvoort, where his double victory put the result beyond reach with two races remaining on the calendar. That is the sort of margin teams dream about: not merely winning the championship, but having enough breathing room to put the calculator away before the season has technically finished.

The achievement also continues a remarkable run. Prette had already won the title in both 2024 and 2025, making this his third consecutive GT2 European Series championship. The latest success therefore represents more than a single strong weekend. It confirms a sustained level of performance across multiple seasons, with Prette once again extracting the necessary results from the Maserati prepared by LP Racing.

He raced solo throughout the campaign, a detail that makes the achievement especially notable in an endurance-influenced GT racing environment where shared driving duties are common. There was no teammate to divide qualifying work, race strategy, or the occasional unpleasantness of traffic. Prette carried the campaign himself and, according to the results, did so without putting a foot wrong.

Why the Result Matters to Maserati Corse

Maserati’s GT2 program exists in the space between serious competition and customer accessibility. The GT2 formula places considerable emphasis on engine performance while generally relying on less aerodynamic downforce than GT3 machinery. That creates cars with substantial straight-line speed and a slightly different set of demands for drivers and teams.

For Maserati Corse, success in the category is valuable because it demonstrates that the Trident’s racing hardware can deliver across an entire season rather than merely produce a quick lap or an attractive launch photograph. Customer racing lives or dies on repeatability: a car must be fast, usable, supportable, and capable of giving a professional driver and a privateer operation a realistic chance of winning.

The Maserati GT2 is closely related to the road-going MC20, sharing the basic identity of the mid-engine sports car while being transformed into a proper competition machine. That means the program carries a useful link between Maserati’s showroom image and its track activity. It is not a distant prototype wearing a familiar badge; it is a racing interpretation of the company’s modern two-seat sports car.

That connection matters in GT racing. The cars are supposed to look and feel related to something a customer might recognize, even if the racing version has rather less interest in speed bumps, luggage space, and the miserable coffee available at most circuits.

LP Racing’s Role in the Championship

Prette’s title is also a significant result for LP Racing, the team led by Luca Pirri. A driver may provide the headline, but championships are built through the less glamorous work: preparation, tire management, setup decisions, pit-wall judgment, and keeping the car out of trouble when the obvious temptation is to chase every last tenth.

That partnership has now produced three successive GT2 European Series titles. Such consistency suggests a well-established working relationship between driver and team, as well as a racing operation capable of maintaining its level over an entire season. Winning once can involve speed and timing. Winning three years in a row requires a much more tedious but important quality: doing nearly everything correctly, repeatedly.

The Zandvoort double victory indicates that LP Racing arrived at one of the championship’s key moments with the package properly sorted. Zandvoort is not a circuit where a car can simply rely on brute force. Its flowing layout, banked sections, and demanding corners reward confidence and consistency, while mistakes can quickly become expensive. A double win there is a tidy way to close the championship argument.

Prette’s Run of Form

The most striking part of Prette’s campaign is not merely that he won the title early. It is the manner in which he has maintained his position at the top of the series across three seasons.

Single-driver campaigns leave very little room for recovery. Every qualifying session matters, every strategic call falls directly on the driver’s result, and every incident becomes harder to hide behind a teammate’s points haul. Prette’s ability to win the championship with two races still to run points to a season built on a broad base of strong results rather than one lucky weekend.

His third title also gives the GT2 European Series a clear reference point. Drivers come and go, cars evolve, and team form shifts. Prette and LP Racing have remained the constant winners, which makes their Maserati combination the benchmark the rest of the field now has to chase.

What Comes Next at the Final Rounds?

With the championship decided, the final two races take on a different character. Prette no longer needs to protect a points advantage, while LP Racing can focus on finishing the season with more wins and gathering useful information without the pressure of a title fight hanging over every decision.

That does not mean the remaining races are meaningless. Rivals will still be contesting their own positions, and Maserati will have an opportunity to finish the season with an even stronger statistical statement. For Prette, meanwhile, the challenge is simple enough: keep the clean run intact.

Three consecutive GT2 European Series championships would be impressive under any circumstances. Securing the latest one at Zandvoort, through a double victory and with two races still left, gives the achievement a particularly neat finish. Maserati and LP Racing have not just reached the top of the standings; they have arrived early enough to enjoy the view.