The 2026 Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup finale ended before it properly started. At Monza on 6 September, several collisions in the midfield partly blocked the circuit in the opening laps. The race director suspended proceedings so marshals could recover the damaged cars. Guardrails needed repairing too, and by the time that work was done the Supercup’s allotted track time had run out. The race was never restarted.
So the regulations decided the result instead of the drivers. Classification was taken from the order at the end of lap one. Andrea Bristot, who had started from pole in the Porsche 911 Cup run by Dinamic Motorsport, is the winner. The Italian had genuinely been leading, holding off attacks from behind. He won at home without racing.
« This is not how I wanted to celebrate my first Supercup victory. But these things are beyond our control in motor racing. So I am particularly proud of my first pole position, especially because I achieved it at my home circuit, » Bristot said afterwards.
Sixth place was enough for Kieffer
Chester Kieffer crossed the line at the end of the first lap in sixth. That settled the Rookie championship. The 20-year-old from Luxembourg, driving for Schumacher CLRT, finished ahead of Frenchman Paul Cauhaupé of Martinet by Alméras and ahead of Bristot in the rookie standings.
« I learned a huge amount in my first year in the Supercup. The start was a little difficult, but things finally clicked in the fourth race. I began the season without a fixed target. I would never have dreamed at the first race in Monaco that I would win the Rookie title, » Kieffer said.
His team took everything on offer. Schumacher CLRT won all three 2026 Supercup titles: the drivers’ championship with Flynt Schuring, the Rookie championship with Kieffer, and the Teams’ championship for a third consecutive year. BWT Lechner Racing was the last squad to sweep all three, back in 2022.
« We are a relatively small team, almost a family. Everyone in my team gets up in the morning determined to win. Flynt and Chester have repaid that trust 100 per cent. I am incredibly proud that we have won the Teams’ title three times in a row, » said team principal Côme Ledogar.
The final order behind Schuring
Robert de Haan, second at the end of lap one, was classified second at Monza and locked in the runner-up spot in the drivers’ standings. The Dutchman drives for BWT Lechner Racing. Germany’s Theo Oeverhaus, with Martinet by Alméras, finished the season third overall.
Porsche Juniors Flynt Schuring and Marcus Amand were classified third and fourth in the shortened finale. Schuring had already wrapped up the title at the previous round at Zandvoort, in front of a home crowd. At 20 he becomes the youngest champion in a series that has run since 1993. Amand, from Finland, ends his first Supercup season fifth overall.
« The short finale cannot detract from the exciting course of the Supercup season as a whole. Six different winners in eight races are clear evidence of that. The Rookie and Teams’ championships were only decided today, which also demonstrates the high level of performance throughout the field. I would like to thank the teams for their professional work in the Supercup, which is the pinnacle of our one-make series. The new Porsche 911 Cup has also fully impressed in its first racing season. Now we will celebrate the champions and then begin preparations for the 2027 season, » said Michael Dreiser, Director Sales Porsche Motorsport.
What the season says about the one-make ladder
Six winners across eight races is the kind of statistic a one-make championship uses as a sales argument. Take it for what it is, but it matches what the racing looked like: a dense field, small gaps, and two of the three titles undecided until the last weekend. The 992.2-generation 911 Cup, raced for the first time in 2026, got through its debut season without a notable technical story.
The series returns in 2027 for a 35th season, and next year’s finale is expected to be the 350th race in the championship’s history. The Supercup sits at the top of a customer racing structure that Porsche has been reshaping all year, most recently with the 911 Challenge entry-level race car announced in late August. Readers who want the wider context can look at our piece on the biggest races in Porsche history (in French).
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