Buus and Feller are the 2026 Sprint Cup champions: the final standings after Barcelona
Neubauer and Leclerc finish second, Juncadella third, and Vermeulen and Green climb to fourth with their Race 2 win
Bastian Buus and Ricardo Feller are the 2026 GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup champions. The Lionspeed GP pair finish the season on 72 points in the official SRO standings, 6.5 clear of Thomas Neubauer and Arthur Leclerc of AF Corse. Dani Juncadella is third on 59, and Thierry Vermeulen and Ben Green climb to fourth after winning the final race in Barcelona.
Seventy-two points and a title settled on Saturday
Buus and Feller arrived in Barcelona leading the standings and settled it in Race 1. One point for pole and twelve for second place in the number 80 Lionspeed GP Porsche were enough to put the title out of reach. Our Race 1 report has the full story.
Race 2 brought them nothing. The Porsche was hit twice on the opening lap, pushed through the gravel and classified 36th, one lap down. It made no difference to the outcome.
AF Corse take second with a strong Sunday
Neubauer and Leclerc finished second in Race 2 behind the Emil Frey Ferrari, and the 12 points lifted them to 65.5. That secures second place in the championship for the number 50 AF Corse Ferrari. Juncadella scored six points for fifth in the Verstappen Racing Mercedes-AMG and ends the season third on 59.
Vermeulen and Green finish fourth
The biggest move of the final round came from Vermeulen and Green. Their win in Race 2 was worth 16.5 points and took them from 40 to 56.5, past the Team WRT BMW of Charles Weerts and Kelvin van der Linde (55) and the Winward Mercedes-AMG of Lucas Auer and Maro Engel (45.5). Read how they did it in our Race 2 report.
The final 2026 Sprint Cup standings
The top 10 of the Sprint Cup drivers’ standings after Barcelona, as published by SRO. Drivers who share a car share a line.
| Pos | Drivers | Car | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bastian Buus / Ricardo Feller | 80 Lionspeed GP | 72 |
| 2 | Thomas Neubauer / Arthur Leclerc | 50 AF Corse | 65.5 |
| 3 | Daniel Juncadella | 3 Verstappen Racing | 59 |
| 4 | Thierry Vermeulen / Ben Green | 69 Emil Frey Racing | 56.5 |
| 5 | Charles Weerts / Kelvin van der Linde | 32 Team WRT | 55 |
| 6 | Lucas Auer / Maro Engel | 48 Winward Racing | 45.5 |
| 7 | Valentino Rossi / Max Hesse | 46 Team WRT | 33.5 |
| 8 | Jules Gounon | n/a | 32.5 |
| 9 | Dorian Boccolacci | 2 Boutsen VDS | 30.5 |
| 10 | Chris Lulham | 3 Verstappen Racing | 26.5 |
| 11 | Dean Macdonald | 59 Garage 59 | 26.5 |
In the Bronze Cup, Eddie Cheever and Peter Dempsey take the title for Ziggo Sport Tempesta Racing with 104 points, ahead of Rinat Salikhov and Marvin Dienst on 83. More in our Bronze Cup article.
Our view
Buus and Feller were not the fastest crew at every round, but they were the most consistent when it counted. Second place on Saturday in Barcelona was the result of a crew that knew exactly what it needed. Behind them, the fight for the places was close all season: four crews ended between 55 and 65.5 points. And Vermeulen and Green showed with their win in the final race what might have been without their non-score in Race 1 the day before.
Who was the strongest crew of the 2026 Sprint Cup season, Buus and Feller or someone else? Tell us in the comments.
What comes next
The Sprint Cup season is over. New to the series? Our GT World Challenge Europe explainer covers the classes, the points and how the Sprint Cup and Endurance Cup fit together.
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