Littlewood and Macleod crowned inaugural Radical Cup Europe champions in Barcelona

Supporting the Creventic-organised Michelin 24H Barcelona and sharing the weekend with the Radical World Finals, the finale brought an expanded international field to Spain for two 50-minute races and one last opportunity to settle the 2026 titles.

Littlewood arrived with a 37-point advantage over STEP Motorsport’s Sebastian Schou and Morten Strømsted, but with Radical Norway’s Erlend Juan Olsen also mathematically in contention, there was little room for error. Macleod held a stronger advantage in Fangio, but after 15 seasons of Radical racing, the RSR driver knew he still had to finish the job.

The outright race results also came with an important distinction. Invitational drivers were able to compete alongside the Radical Cup Europe regulars but were not eligible to score championship points, meaning the order at the chequered flag and the championship picture did not always tell the same story.

Race 1 immediately put Littlewood’s advantage under pressure.

Valour Racing’s Jack Yang controlled the opening encounter to take the outright win, finishing 15.546 seconds clear of the STEP Motorsport entry of Strømsted and Schou, with Yang’s team-mate Luke Kendall third. Radical Sweden’s Filip Svensson and Peter Gustafson brought the SR10 home fourth overall and first in class, with Brian Huang completing the overall top five.

Behind them, Littlewood endured one of the most difficult races of his season. A problem with his SR3 XXR left him 11th at the finish and handed his title rivals an opportunity to close the gap. Yet even with the car compromised, Littlewood produced the fastest lap of the race – a 1:45.192 – an indication that outright pace was never the issue. An early Safety Car and a later Full Course Yellow added further disruption to a race in which the championship calculations continued to change.

Macleod’s opening race was even shorter, his SR3 completing only two laps before retirement. Fellow Fangio contenders Paul Denning and Jahid Fazal-Karim also failed to reach the finish, leaving everything to be settled in the final race of the season.

By Race 2, the pressure was at its highest.

Kendall, fresh off the back of his first two wins of the season at COTA, converted his pace into another outright victory for Valour Racing, but behind him the championship regulars produced one of the strongest Fangio performances of the season. Denning finished just 1.364 seconds from the winner in second overall, with Macleod another 1.098 seconds behind in third.

For Macleod, that podium was enough to complete the job. After leading the Fangio standings through the latter part of the season, the Radical stalwart secured the inaugural European Fangio crown, adding it to three successive Fangio titles in the Radical Cup UK. It was a fitting result for one of the paddock’s most experienced competitors and another reward for a relationship with Radical that now stretches beyond 15 seasons.

The SR3 championship remained tense to the end. Schou and Strømsted had finished second outright in Race 1 and kept themselves firmly in contention, while a strong start to Race 2 briefly put the title momentum in their favour. A Safety Car intervention changed the complexion of their race, however, and they eventually finished fifth.

Littlewood, meanwhile, fought through a difficult finale of his own to finish fourth overall, just 7.506 seconds behind Kendall. Once again he demonstrated his underlying speed by setting the fastest lap, and when the final calculations were complete, the Radical Cup Europe SR3 title belonged to the RSR driver.

It completed a remarkable three-season progression for Littlewood from SR1 champion in 2024, Radical Cup UK SR3 champion in 2025 and now the inaugural Radical Cup Europe SR3 champion in 2026.

Svensson and Gustafson also completed their season in style, taking SR10 honours in both Barcelona races to conclude a campaign that had showcased the turbocharged Radical alongside the SR3 at some of Europe’s fastest circuits.

From Mugello to Spa-Francorchamps, Paul Ricard, the Nürburgring and finally Barcelona, the first Radical Cup Europe season, organised in partnership with Creventic, delivered significant track time, international competition and the opportunity to race a Radical at circuits that sit high on any driver’s wish list.

Barcelona provided a suitably unpredictable conclusion. For Littlewood and Macleod, it ended with inaugural European titles. For the wider paddock, it completed the first chapter of a championship designed to give Radical owners another reason to take their racing beyond home soil.