Following a successful weekend at Silverstone, MP Motorsport was back in Spain to complete their final three race weekends of the 2026 EuroCup 3 season, starting off at Circuito de Jerez–Ángel Nieto.
With great ongoing momentum from the previous race weekend, Ean and René both taking podium finishes across the weekend, the team came into Jerez P2 in the championship, with Ean and René leading the rookies' championship.
Overall, there was positivity in the garage to start the weekend, with the motivation to continue their podium and points progress.
The first practice session went ahead at Jerez to start the Eurocup 3 weekend for the 2026 season.
René went fastest overall with a fastest time of 1:34.212 set on his 13th and final flying lap, having already dominated the two days of testing prior to the event.
Continuing, Ean left the session in P5 after setting his best time of 1:34.499 on his fifth lap of 13.
Not too far from his teammates, Gianmarco set a fastest time of 1:34.687 also on his fifth lap of eleven to come out in P8.
Furthermore, Alceu concluded the MP Motorsport placements for the session with a fastest time of 1:35.240, which he set on his fourth lap of 14.
Free Practice 1 Results:
To close the free practice sessions of the weekend, the team took to the track one more time before qualifying.
René continued his streak from the previous session and came out P1 with a fastest time of 1:34.546 set on his eighth lap of ten.
The next fastest for MP Motorsport was Alceu, who came out P16 with a fastest time of 1:35.762, secured on his fourth of 11 laps.
Following, producing a fastest time of 1:35.885 on his 15th and final lap, Ean came out of the second practice session in P18.
Finally, Gianmarco closed off the team's positions to come out in P22 with a fastest time of 1:36.207 completed on his final of 17 total laps.
Free Practice 2 Results:
On the early Saturday morning at Jerez, the drivers took to the circuit to participate in the first qualifying session ahead of the two races later that day.
Fastest of the MP Motorsport drivers, Gianmarco qualified in P4 with a fastest lap time of 1:33.977 completed on his fourth lap of seven during the session.
Not far off from his teammate, René qualified in P6 with his best time of 1:33.993, only 0.016 seconds slower than Gianmarco.
Following that, Ean qualified in P10 with his fastest time of 1:34.212, completed on his fourth of seven laps.
Finally, with a fastest lap time of 1:35.056, Alceu placed P24 in the qualifying session.
Qualifying 1 Results:
The first race of the weekend went ahead on a sunny day in Jerez, with Gianmarco starting P4, René in P6, Ean in P10 and Alceu in P24.
At the start, Gianmarco lost a position and fell to P5. Following, Ean dropped to P11 behind Al Azhari, while Alceu moved up a position to P22, ahead of Hedley.
Following, on the very same opening lap, René climbed to P5 while Gianmarco dropped a further three positions to P8. Meanwhile, Ean dropped the following two positions to P13.
Concluding the opening lap, Trappa crashed out, which promoted Alceu to P21. However, three laps later, Barbuy hit the wall on lap 5, which brought out a safety car which remained until the end of lap 7.
As the race was green-flagged, René began to fall under pressure from Dall’Agnol on lap 9, but was able to hold off the Palou Motorsport driver. On the following lap, Alceu was overtaken by Hedley and fell back to P22.
Following, Bustamante on lap 11 crashed into the gravel, which brought out yet another safety car which remained until lap 13. When the race restarted, René began to chase Powell for P4; however, the pursuit was cut short by another safety car for Panetta, who also drove into the gravel.
The race ended under the safety car, with René finishing within the top five, Gianmarco in P8, Ean in P13, and Alceu in P22.
Race 1 Results:
The sprint race at Jerez went ahead a couple of hours after the first race, with Ean in P3, René in P7, Gianmarco in P9 and Alceu in P24.
Upon the starting launch, Ean was overtaken by Pérard and propped to P4, meanwhile, René moved up to P6 and Gianmarco lost a couple of positions having fallen back to P13. However, Alceu made up three places to P21.
Lap one ended with a safety car after Hedley crashed into the barrier; this swiftly changed into a red-flagged race.
When the race was reinstated, it started under the safety car, with the race being green-flagged at the end of lap 4. On the restart, both Ean and René held their places, while Fiorentino overtook Gianmarco for P13. Alceu then made a move on Harrison, and climbed up to P20.
The following lap, Harrison snatched back P20 from Alceu, which dropped him back to P21. However, on lap ten, Trappa crashed out, and Alceu moved back up to P20.
Unfortunately, as a result, this crash resulted in the race ending under a safety car with Ean in P4, René in P6, Gianmarco in P14, and Alceu in P20.
Sprint Race Results:
Closing out qualifying for the sixth round in Jerez, the drivers took to the race track for a final time before the conclusive race of the weekend.
The session was later in the day, and with the conditions and circumstances, there was only realistic availability for one push lap in which the drivers made the most of their best capabilities.
Qualifying on pole, René was the fastest on track and came out in P1 with a fastest lap time of 1:33.927, which was completed on his penultimate lap of the session.
Following, Ean qualified in P9 with a fastest time of 1:34.478.
Continuing, Gianmarco ran nine laps of the circuit, with his seventh producing his fastest time of 1:34.551, which placed him in P12.
Finally, Alceu qualified in P21 with his fastest time being 1:34.551, set on his seventh of nine laps.
Overall, the final session was solid in terms of grid positions for the final race, with the team eyeing improvement in qualifying pace for the final stretch of races to come.
Qualifying 2 Results:
To complete the final round at Jerez, the team took to the track one final time for Race 2.
René started on pole, with Ean in P8, Gianmarco in P14, and Alceu in P20.
On the launch, Ean was ahead while Alceu dropped to P21 before rocketing up to P18. During this, René shot ahead of the pack, setting a gap to Egozi behind him. The opening lap ended under the safety car as Sztuka and Kolovos crashed out on the start while three more cars collided further into the opening lap.
The safety car remained until the end of the third lap, during which Alceu was promoted to P16 as a result of the incidents.
René had a fantastic restart where he momentarily cleared Egozi behind him. Egozi charged during the lap, and they battled wheel to wheel; however, René asserted his dominance on the track and maintained the lead of the race.
On lap 5, El Feghali was vulnerable and dropped back, and Ean took advantage and overtook him. Unluckily, El Feghali regained the position before the end of the lap. Later during the midsection of the lap, Ean was overtaken by Powell after a back-and-forth battle and dropped to P8.
After falling under pressure from Egozi in previous laps, René, on lap 7, picked up the pace and was fastest on track to clear the Palou Motorsport driver. Meanwhile, Alceu overtook Cota and rose to P15.
Not much occurred in the final ten laps; René held off Egozi and maintained his lead to win the final race of the weekend. Unlucky for Gianmarco, on the final lap he was overtaken by Popov and finished P12.
Race 2 Results:
In a phenomenal weekend for the team, René established himself as P2 in the championship and the leader of the rookie championship with a P5 finish in Race 1 and a win in Race 2.
Following that, Gianmarco was strong in qualifying, and Ean had a great performance in the sprint, where he came out in P4.
Overall, the team continued its charge to close the gap to the teams' championship lead, where they left Jerez with a 110-point deficit to Palou Motorsport in the lead.
The team will return to racing for Round 7 at the Hungaroring on October 23rd.
Driver Standings after Round 6:
Team Standings after Round 6:
