Financial Trouble at Charade
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GCK Group (Green Corp Konnection), the French green-mobility group that runs the Circuit of Charade, was placed in redressement judiciaire (court-supervised restructuring) on 13 May 2026 after declaring cessation of payments in April. This is the French equivalent of administration. The company is not automatically liquidated but must continue under court supervision while an administrator and management work on a recovery plan, sale of activities, or, if that fails, eventual liquidation.
Usually attracting racing celebrities and a number of clubs that can do laps of the circuit, the Supershow will take place without an audience this year, and the undulating ‘Mountain Circuit”, will not remain idle, with smaller events going ahead
The circuit itself is not owned by GCK but belongs to the Département de Puy-de-Dôme, and GCK operates it via a dedicated company, GCK Charade, which is now the entity in redressement. That insolvency has already led to some cancellations, but smaller or already-committed events are still expected to go ahead, as the court process aims to allow the operator to keep trading while the financial situation is resolved. For example, Motor Racing Legends has assured its drivers that their meeting on 10-12 July will go ahead.
The show Must Go On
The bigger showcase meetings are more vulnerable if they depend on the operator’s cash flow, staffing, or contractual certainty, which is why one of the biggest events of the season, the Charade Super Show, was cancelled.
However, the directors of the circuit, wishing to honour a commitment to the parade grids as well as the races for the two ASAVÉ Racing 65 and 76 grids that were on the 20-21 June Super Show programme, have announced that the event will go ahead in a modified version, Exceptionally and only for this edition, it will take place behind closed doors with no access for the public. “Rather than cancelling everything, we chose to preserve what could be preserved: the competition and the parade grids, for the drivers and entrants who trust us. We know that the public expected much more, and this disappointment is also ours. This closed-door format is a transitional solution,” said a spokesman for the circuit.
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