2026 Ultimate Cup European Series

The 2026 Ultimate Cup European Series is the eighth season of the Ultimate Cup European Series. The Ultimate Cup Series is a program comprising multiple endurance and sprint championships across different classes of motor racing. 2026 saw the championship hold a two-race winter series ahead of its main season for the first time.^[1]

The season was overshadowed by the death of Hoosier Formula Cup gentleman driver Walter Rykart, who passed away between the first and the second round of the season at the age of 66 years.^[2]

Calendar

The 2026 calendar was announced on 30 July 2025.^[3] The series will no longer hold two events at Circuit Paul Ricard, instead holding the final round at Algarve International Circuit and also making its debut at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps.^[4] In November 2025, the calendar was updated: The round at Motorland Aragón was replaced with a round at Circuito de Navarra one week earlier, while the final round at Algarve International Circuit was brought forward by three weeks.^[5] In April 2026, the calendar was updated again, with the final round postponed by three weeks.^[6]

Round	Circuit	Date	Supporting	Map of circuit locations
1	Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet	23–26 April	TCR Spain Touring Car Championship Renault Clio Cup Europe Legends Cars Cup European Nations Series	Le Castellet Spa Mugello Magny-Cours Navarra Portimão
2	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, Magny-Cours	28–31 May	Renault Clio Cup Europe Legends Cars Cup European Nations Series
3	Mugello Circuit, Scarperia e San Piero	9–12 July	Renault Clio Cup Europe
4	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot	17–20 September	Renault Clio Cup Europe Legends Cars Cup European Nations Series
5	Circuito de Navarra, Los Arcos	15–18 October	Renault Clio Cup Europe
6	Algarve International Circuit, Portimão	26–29 November	Renault Clio Cup Europe

European Endurance Prototype Cup

The European Endurance Prototype Cup is open to Nova Proto NP02 cars.

Teams and drivers

Team	Chassis	Engine	No.	Drivers	Cla.	Rounds
NP02
Switch Racing	Nova Proto NP02	Ford Coyote 5.0 L V8	4	Sandro Prissoutti
				Louis Rossi
				Alister Yoong
			13	Marlon Hernandez
				Nano López
				Romano Ricci
ANS Motorsport	Nova Proto NP02	Ford Coyote 5.0 L V8	6	Ian Aguilera
				Adrien Chila
				Pacome Weisenburger
			71	Mikkel Kristensen
				Nicolas Maulini
				Pedro Juan Moreno
				Jacques Wolff
			72	Adrien Yvon	AM
				Alexandre Yvon
				Jean-François Yvon
			73	Frédéric Croullet	AM
				Grégoire Croullet
Graff Racing	Nova Proto NP02	Ford Coyote 5.0 L V8	8	Alexandre Coigny
				David Droux
				Quentin Joseph
			9	Sébastien Page	AM
				Luis Sanjuan
				Eric Trouillet
			57	Vincent Capillaire
				Stephan Rupp
				William Vermont
CD Sport	Nova Proto NP02	Ford Coyote 5.0 L V8	10	Philippe Cimadomo
				Nigel Bailly
				Maximiliano Mora
			28	Jérémy Clavaud
				Aleksandr Novichkov
				Theodor Jensen
			30	Nick Adcock	AM
				Michael Jensen
				Emmanuel Piget
DB Autosport	Nova Proto NP02	Ford Coyote 5.0 L V8	20	Romain Carton
				Pierre Couasnon
				Steven Thomas
			21	Mathias Beche
				Paul Trojani
				Quenton Bassora
			22	Léandre Carvalho
				Jens Petersen
				Léo Payen
BDR Competition	Nova Proto NP02	Ford Coyote 5.0 L V8	74	Dimitri Enjalbert
				Anthony Nahra
				Louis Stern
M Racing	Nova Proto NP02	Ford Coyote 5.0 L V8	68	Dane Arendsen
				Chris Short
				Jonathan Thomas
Nerguti Competition by M Racing			99	Cindy Gudet
				Martin Lacquemanne
				Alban Nerguti
Zosh Competition	Nova Proto NP02	Ford Coyote 5.0 L V8	70	Xavier Knauf	AM
				Thierry Petit
				Grégory Servais
			77	Paul Alberto
				Arnold Robin
				Julien Rodrigues
Cogemo Racing[7]	Nova Proto NP02	Ford Coyote 5.0 L V8	88	Nicolas Chartier
				Neel Jani
				Nico Pino
			154	Sebastián Álvarez
				Erwin Creed
				Nicolas Prost
			386	Nathan Pozmentier
				Aubin Robert-Prince
				Laurent Wuthrich
			555	Denis Caillon	AM
				Sebastien Morales
				Philippe Thirion
SRT	Nova Proto NP02	Ford Coyote 5.0 L V8	95	Enzo Caldaras
				Gwenaël Delomier
				Alexandre Monnot
DKR Engineering	Nova Proto NP02	Ford Coyote 5.0 L V8
Extreme Limite	Nova Proto NP02	Ford Coyote 5.0 L V8
Forza Squadra Corse	Nova Proto NP02	Ford Coyote 5.0 L V8
Haegeli by T2 Racing	Nova Proto NP02	Ford Coyote 5.0 L V8
Lamo Racing	Nova Proto NP02	Ford Coyote 5.0 L V8
23 Events Racing	Nova Proto NP02	Ford Coyote 5.0 L V8
	Nova Proto NP02	Ford Coyote 5.0 L V8
Entry lists:

Hoosier Formula Cup

The Hoosier Formula Cup is open to Tatuus F3R T318 cars powered by either Alfa Romeo or Renault engines on 13-inch Hoosier tyres.

Teams and drivers

Team No. Driver Status Rounds Formula Motorsport 2 Walter Rykart[8] G 1 7 Alexis Størksen[9] R 1–2 77 Alexandre Lima[10] G 2 Race Motorsport 4 Frédéric Boillot[11] G 1–2 23 Lucas Valkre[12] 1 Winfield Racing 10 Craig McLatchey[13] G 1–2 12 Martin Stoyanov[8] R 1 21 Alan Orzynski[14] R 1–2 41 Stepan Suslov[15] R 1–2 Tierce Racing 11 Corentin Tierce[10] 2 Rever'Team 18 Gilles Depierre[8] G 1–2 Plantier Racing Team 28 Alexandre Botella[8] R 1–2 Lamo Racing Car 33 Thierry Malhomme[8] G 1 66 Enzo Richer[10] R 2 KRT[16] 49 Frédéric Morihain[8] G 1 DBC Noveli by Race Motorsport 69 Eros Gioannini[17] R 1–2 TS Corse TBA Daniella Oré[18] R TBC

Icon Legend R Rookie G Gentleman

Race results

Round		Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Rookie winner	Gentleman winner
1	R1	Circuit Paul Ricard	Stepan Suslov	Eros Gioannini	Stepan Suslov	Winfield Racing	Stepan Suslov	Frédéric Boillot
	R2		Stepan Suslov	Martin Stoyanov	Stepan Suslov	Winfield Racing	Stepan Suslov	Frédéric Boillot
	R3			Stepan Suslov	Stepan Suslov	Winfield Racing	Stepan Suslov	Frédéric Boillot
2	R1	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	Stepan Suslov	Enzo Richer	Enzo Richer	Lamo Racing Car	Enzo Richer	Frédéric Boillot
	R2		Stepan Suslov	Stepan Suslov	Stepan Suslov	Winfield Racing	Stepan Suslov	Frédéric Boillot
	R3			Stepan Suslov	Stepan Suslov	Winfield Racing	Stepan Suslov	Frédéric Boillot
3	R1	Mugello Circuit
	R2
	R3
4	R1	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
	R2
	R3
5	R1	Circuito de Navarra
	R2
	R3
6	R1	Algarve International Circuit
	R2
	R3

Standings

Scoring system

Points are awarded to all finishers as follows:^[19]

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th+
Points	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1	0.5

• If a driver completed less than 75% percent, but more than 50% of the laps (rounded down) the driver classified first in their class completed, they are awarded half points.
• A driver not completing at least 50% of the distance of the driver classified first in their class does not score any points.
• Should the driver classified first in a class not complete at least 50% of the distance of the driver classified first overall, no driver in said class scores points towards the class standings.
• Should a driver be the only competitor in a class, they have to have completed at least 50% of the distance of the driver classified first overall to score any points towards said class.

Overall standings

Pos Driver LEC MAG MUG SPA NAV POR Pts R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 1 Stepan Suslov 1 1 1 2 1 1 143 2 Alexis Størksen 4 3 3 4 3 3 84 3 Martin Stoyanov 2 2 2 54 4 Corentin Tierce 3 2 2 51 5 Alan Orzynski 3 Ret 6 6 5 5 51 6 Frédéric Boillot 6 5 5 7 6 6 50 7 Enzo Richer 1 4 4 49 8 Lucas Valkre 7 4 4 30 9 Eros Gioannini 5 6 Ret 5 Ret DNS 28 10 Walter Rykart 8 7 7 16 11 Alexandre Botella 9 8 8 11 9 9 14.5 12 Craig McLatchey Ret Ret 9 8 Ret 7 12 13 Gilles Depierre 11 Ret DNS 10 8 8 9.5 14 Alexandre Lima 9 7 10† 9 15 Thierry Malhomme 12†* 9 DSQ 2.5 16 Frédéric Morihain 10 10†* DNS 1.5 Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Pts LEC MAG MUG SPA NAV POR

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Other points position Blue Other classified position Not classified, finished (NC) Purple Not classified, retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Excluded (EX) Did not arrive (DNA) Withdrawn (WD) Did not enter (cell empty) Text formatting Meaning Bold Pole position Italics Fastest lap * - half points

Sub-class standings

Pos	Driver	LEC			MAG			MUG			SPA			NAV			POR			Pts
		R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3
Rookie class standings
1	Stepan Suslov	1	1	1	2	1	1													143
2	Alexis Størksen	4	3	3	3	2	2													93
3	Alan Orzynski	3	Ret	4	5	4	4													61
4	Alexandre Botella	6	5	5	6	5	5													56
5	Enzo Richer				1	3	3													55
6	Martin Stoyanov	2	2	2																54
7	Eros Gioannini	5	4	Ret	4	Ret	DNS													34
Gentleman drivers' standings
1	Frédéric Boillot	1	1	1	1	1	1													150
2	Walter Rykart	2	2	2																54
3	Gilles Depierre	4	Ret	DNS	4	3	3													54
4	Craig McLatchey	Ret	Ret	3	2	Ret	2													51
5	Alexandre Lima				3	2	4†													45
6	Frédéric Morihain	3	4†*	DNS																21
7	Thierry Malhomme	5†*	3	DSQ																20
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	Pts
		LEC			MAG			MUG			SPA			NAV			POR

Winter series

Calendar

The Calendar of the Ultimate Winter Cup was announced at the launch of the winter series on 19 June 2025.^[20] The series will consist of two race weekends, held across the Iberian peninsula.^[21]

Round	Circuit	Date	Map of circuit locations
1	Algarve International Circuit, Portimão	13–15 February	Portimão Navarra
2	Circuito de Navarra, Los Arcos	20–22 March

Teams and drivers

Team	Chassis	Engine	No.	Drivers	Cl.	Rounds
NP02
CD Sport	Nova Proto NP02	Ford Coyote 5.0 L V8	32	Jérémy Clavaud		1
				Nicolas Melin		2
				Max Mora		All
ANS Motorsport	Nova Proto NP02	Ford Coyote 5.0 L V8	71	Jean-Ludovic Foubert	AM	All
				Jacques Wolff		All
			73	Frédéric Croullet		2
				Grégoire Croullet		2
Cogemo Racing	Nova Proto NP02	Ford Coyote 5.0 L V8	88	Nicolas Chartier		1
				Neel Jani
			386	Aubin Robert-Prince	AM	1
				Laurent Wuthrich
			555	Antonin Bernard		1
				Erwin Creed
				Nicolas Prost
GT
AF Corse	Ferrari 296 GT3	Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6	51	Alessandro Cozzi		1
				Nicola Mogavero

References

External links

• Official website