2026 McLaren Trophy Europe

The 2026 McLaren Trophy Europe is a planned motor racing championship for McLaren Artura Trophy cars and will be 4th running of the McLaren Trophy Europe. It is being organised and promoted by the SRO Motorsports Group. The championship will be contested over five rounds, each with two races, held at various European circuits. It will begin in May and end in October.^[1]

Entries

All teams compete with tyres supplied by Pirelli as SRO Motorsports Group official tyre supplier. Additionally, Am drivers featuring in either the Pro-Am or Am classes are eligible for Papaya Cup points.

Team	No.	Class	Drivers	Rounds
Greystone GT^[2]	1	P	Josh Mason^[2]	1–3
	1	P	Michael O'Brien^[2]	1–3
	2	Am	Philippe Prette^[3]	2
	33	P	Hugo Bac^[4]	1–3
	33	P	Will Martin^[5]	1–3
	44	PA	Bill Fenech PC^[5]	1
	44	PA	Oli Webb^[5]	1
	80	PA	Jon Lancaster^[5]	1–2
	80	PA	Ron Trenka PC^[5]	1–2
SMC Motorsport^[6]	5	Am	David Aspin PC^[6]	TBC
	28	P	Lourenço Monteiro^[6]	1–3
	28	P	Lucas Valkre^[6]	1–3
	68	P	Will Aspin^[6]	1–3
	68	P	Harry Burgoyne^[6]	1–3
Paddock Motorsport^[4]	7	PA	Maximilian Tarillion^[5]	1–2
			Steven Lake PC^[5]	1
			Kevin Rohrscheidt^[3]	2
	16	Am	Mark Smith^[7]	3
	23	P	Callum Davies^[4]	1–3
	23	P	Luca Magnussen^[4]	1–3
	50	PA	David Coelho PC^[4]	1–3
	50	PA	Matthew Higgins^[4]	1–3
Target Racing^[8]	9	P	Alessandro Fabi^[5]	1–3
	9	P	Patrick Schober^[5]	1–3
	81	P	Riccardo Ianniello^[5]	1–3
	81	P	Gregor Jeets^[5]	1–3
	96	Am	Charlie Martin^[9]	1
	99	P	Largim Ali^[5]	1–3
			Kristian Brookes^[5]	1–2
			Guido Luchetti^[7]	3
DTO Motorsport^[10]	11	P	Aston Millar^[10]	1–3
DTO Motorsport^[10]	11	P	Ben Mulryan^[10]	1–3
Raptor Engineering^[11]	12	PA	Ferdinando D'Auria^[5]	1–3
	12	PA	Dimitrios Papanastasiou^[5]	1–3
	59	PA	Filippo Barberi^[7]	3
	59	PA	Jody Lambrughi^[7]	3
	90	P	Flavio Olivieri^[5]	1–3
	90	P	Vincenzo Scarpetta^[5]	1–3
Race Lab^[3]	53	PA	Ross Kaiser^[3]	2
Race Lab^[3]	53	PA	Neil Langberg^[3]	2
Autovitesse^[5]	63	Am	Cédric Leimer PC^[5]	1, 3
			Julien Piguet^[5]	1
			Jonathan Cochet^[7]	3
ALFAB^[5]	88	PA	Erik Behrens^[5]	1–3
ALFAB^[5]	88	PA	Alejandro Geppert^[5]	1–3
Niemann Autosport^[3]	96	Am	Emily Bishop^[3]	2–3
Niemann Autosport^[3]	96	Am	Charlie Martin^[3]	2–3
CSA Racing^[12]	111	P	James Higgins^[12]	1–3
	111	P	Edgar Pierre^[12]	1–3
	555	P	Alessio Deledda^[12]	1–2
			Willyam Gosselin^[12]	1–2
			Gael Castelli^[7]	3
			Lucas Légeret^[7]	3

Icon	Class
P	Pro class
PA	Pro-Am class
Am	Am class
PC	Papaya Cup

Calendar

Round	Circuit	Date	Supporting
1	Monza Circuit, Monza	29–31 May	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup
2	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot	25–27 June	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Intercontinental GT Challenge
3	Misano World Circuit, Misano Adriatico	17–19 July	GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup
4	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló	2–4 October	GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup
5	Algarve International Circuit, Portimão	16–18 October	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup

Calendar changes

For 2026, the championship will return to Monza Circuit and Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps. However, in contrast to 2025, Brands Hatch, the Nürburgring and Circuit Paul Ricard will not return, with Misano World Circuit, Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya and the Algarve International Circuit replacing them, the latter of which will make its championship debut.^[13]

Results and standings

Race results

Bold indicates overall winner.

Round		Circuit	Pole position	Pro Winners	Pro-Am Winners	Am Winners	Papaya Cup Winners
1	R1	Monza Circuit	No. 111 CSA Racing	No. 28 SMC Motorsport	No. 88 ALFAB	No. 63 Autovitesse	No. 63 Autovitesse
	R1		James Higgins Edgar Pierre	Lourenço Monteiro Lucas Valkre	Erik Behrens Alejandro Geppert	Julien Piguet Cédric Leimer	Cédric Leimer
	R2		No. 81 Target Racing	No. 81 Target Racing	No. 80 Greystone GT	No. 63 Autovitesse	No. 80 Greystone GT
	R2		Riccardo Ianniello Gregor Jeets	Riccardo Ianniello Gregor Jeets	Jon Lancaster Ron Trenka	Julien Piguet Cédric Leimer	Ron Trenka
2	R1	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	No. 99 Target Racing	No. 68 SMC Motorsport	No. 88 ALFAB	No. 2 Greystone GT	No. 50 Paddock Motorsport
	R1		Largim Ali Kristian Brookes	Will Aspin Harry Burgoyne	Erik Behrens Alejandro Geppert	Philippe Prette	David Coelho
	R2		No. 1 Greystone GT	No. 99 Target Racing	No. 88 ALFAB	No. 96 Niemann Autosport	No. 80 Greystone GT
	R2		Josh Mason Michael O'Brien	Largim Ali Kristian Brookes	Erik Behrens Alejandro Geppert	Emily Bishop Charlie Martin	Ron Trenka
3	R1	Misano World Circuit	No. 68 SMC Motorsport	No. 1 Greystone GT	No. 12 Raptor Engineering	No. 16 Paddock Motorsport	No. 50 Paddock Motorsport
	R1		Will Aspin Harry Burgoyne	Josh Mason Michael O'Brien	Ferdinando D'Auria Dimitrios Papanastasiou	Mark Smith	David Coelho
	R2		No. 88 ALFAB	No. 99 Target Racing	No. 12 Raptor Engineering	No. 63 Autovitesse	No. 63 Autovitesse
	R2		Erik Behrens Alejandro Geppert	Largim Ali Guido Luchetti	Ferdinando D'Auria Dimitrios Papanastasiou	Jonathan Cochet Cédric Leimer	Cédric Leimer
4	R1	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya
	R1
	R2
	R2
5	R1	Algarve International Circuit
	R1
	R2
	R2

Scoring system

Drivers' points

Championship points are awarded for the first ten positions in each race.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Points	15	12	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1

Drivers' Championship standings

Pro

Pos.	Driver	Team	MON		SPA		MIS		BAR	POR	Points
1	Riccardo Ianniello Gregor Jeets	Target Racing	3	1	4	10	4	2			54
2	Callum Davies Luca Magnussen	Paddock Motorsport	2	9	3	3	2	6			51
3	Largim Ali	Target Racing	4	7	6	1	Ret	1			47
4	Lourenço Monteiro Lucas Valkre	SMC Motorsport	1	6	7	6	3	9			41
=	Josh Mason Michael O'Brien	Greystone GT	Ret	4	Ret	2	1	5			41
=	James Higgins Edgar Pierre	CSA Racing	9	2	2	5	6	7			41
5	Kristian Brookes	Target Racing	4	7	6	1					32
6	Will Aspin Harry Burgoyne	SMC Motorsport	5	3	1	Ret	Ret	Ret			31
7	Aston Millar Ben Mulryan	DTO Motorsport	8	8	5	4	Ret	3			30
8	Hugo Bac Will Martin	Greystone GT	Ret	Ret	8	7	5	4			21
9	Guido Luchetti	Target Racing					Ret	1			15
10	Alessandro Fabi Patrick Shober	Target Racing	10	5	Ret	9	7	Ret			13
=	Flavio Olivieri Vincenzo Scarpetta	Raptor Engineering	7	Ret	Ret	8	8	8			13
11	Alessio Deledda Willyam Gosselin	CSA Racing	6	10	Ret	Ret					6
12	Gael Castelli Lucas Légeret	CSA Racing					Ret	Ret			0
Pos.	Driver	Team	MON		SPA		MIS		BAR	POR	Points

Key
Colour	Result
Gold	Race winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
Black	Excluded (EX)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Race cancelled (C)
	Withdrew (WD)
Blank	Did not participate

Pro-Am

Pos.	Driver	Team	MON		SPA		MIS		BAR	POR	Points
1	Erik Behrens Alejandro Geppert	ALFAB	1	2	1	1	2	2			81
4	Ferdinando D'Auria Dimitrios Papanastasiou	Raptor Engineering	2	5	4	6	1	1			62
5	David Coelho Matthew Higgins	Paddock Motorsport	6	Ret	2	4	3	3			45
2	Jon Lancaster Ron Trenka	Greystone GT	3	1	5	3					41
3	Maximilian Tarillion	Paddock Motorsport	4	3	3	2					40
6	Kevin Rohrscheidt	Paddock Motorsport			3	2					22
7	Steven Lake	Paddock Motorsport	4	3							18
8	Bill Fenech Oli Webb	Greystone GT	5	4							14
	Filippo Barberi Jody Lambrughi	Raptor Engineering					4	Ret			8
Drivers ineligible to score points
–	Ross Kaiser Neil Langberg	Race Lab			6	5					0
Pos.	Driver	Team	MON		SPA		MIS		BAR	POR	Points

Am

Pos.	Driver	Team	MON		SPA		MIS		BAR	POR	Points
1	Charlie Martin	Target Racing	2	Ret							49
1	Charlie Martin	Niemann Autosport			Ret	1	2	3			49
2	Cédric Leimer	Autovitesse	1	1			Ret	1			45
3	Emily Bishop	Niemann Autosport			Ret	1	2	3			37
4	Julien Piguet	Autovitesse	1	1							30
5	Mark Smith	Paddock Motorsport					1	2			27
6	Jonathan Cochet	Autovitesse					Ret	1			15
=	Philippe Prette	Greystone GT			1	Ret					15
Pos.	Driver	Team	MON		SPA		MIS		BAR	POR	Points

Papaya Cup

Pos.	Driver	Team	MON		SPA		MIS		BAR	POR	Points
1	David Coelho	Paddock Motorsport	5	Ret	1	2	1	2			60
2	Ron Trenka	Greystone GT	2	1	2	1					54
3	Cédric Leimer	Autovitesse	1	4			Ret	1			38
4	Steven Lake	Paddock Motorsport	3	2							22
5	Bill Fenech	Greystone GT	4	3							18
Pos.	Driver	Team	MON		SPA		MIS		BAR	POR	Points

Teams' Championship standings

Pos.	Team	MON		SPA		MIS		BAR	POR	Points
1	Target Racing	3	1	4	1	6	1			68
4	Paddock Motorsport	2	6	3	3	2	4			55
5	Greystone GT	8	3	7	2	1	3			54
2	SMC Motorsport	1	5	1	6	5	7			51
3	CSA Racing	4	2	2	5	7	5			48
6	ALFAB	5	4	6	8	4	8			33
7	DTO Motorsport	9	7	5	4	Ret	2			32
8	Raptor Engineering	6	8	8	7	3	6			30
9	Autovitesse	7	9			Ret	9			8
10	Niemann Autosport			Ret	10	8	10			6
Teams ineligible to score points
–	Race Lab			9	9					0
Pos.	Team	MON		SPA		MIS		BAR	POR	Points

References

↑ "McLaren Trophy Europe". McLaren Trophy Europe. 15 October 2025. Retrieved 2 November 2025.
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1 2 3 4 5 6 "Paddock launches McLaren Trophy Europe season with rising stars". 17 April 2026. Retrieved 17 April 2026.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 "Monza, Italy, 29 - 31 May 2026". McLaren Trophy Europe. 28 May 2026. Retrieved 31 May 2026.
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↑ "Target Racing enters McLaren Trophy Europe for two car attack". McLaren Trophy Europe. 8 January 2026. Retrieved 13 January 2026.
↑ "Race Results 2026 | Monza | Race 1 | Italy". McLaren Trophy Europe. Retrieved 5 June 2026.
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External links

Official website

[1] "McLaren Trophy Europe". McLaren Trophy Europe. 15 October 2025. Retrieved 2 November 2025.

[:1-2] 1 2 3 "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 13 January 2026.

[:6-3] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium, 24 - 27 June 2026". McLaren Trophy Europe. 25 June 2026. Retrieved 25 June 2026.

[:0-4] 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Paddock launches McLaren Trophy Europe season with rising stars". 17 April 2026. Retrieved 17 April 2026.

[:5-5] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 "Monza, Italy, 29 - 31 May 2026". McLaren Trophy Europe. 28 May 2026. Retrieved 31 May 2026.

[:3-6] 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 22 May 2026.

[:7-7] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "McLaren Trophy Europe". McLaren Trophy Europe. 18 July 2026. Retrieved 18 July 2026.

[8] "Target Racing enters McLaren Trophy Europe for two car attack". McLaren Trophy Europe. 8 January 2026. Retrieved 13 January 2026.

[9] "Race Results 2026 | Monza | Race 1 | Italy". McLaren Trophy Europe. Retrieved 5 June 2026.

[:4-10] 1 2 3 "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 22 May 2026.

[11] Raptor (29 January 2026). "Raptor Engineering joins McLaren and targets Italy and Europe". Raptor Engineering (in Italian). Retrieved 29 January 2026.

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