Carrera Cup Benelux: Marczak crowned champion at Zolder

Milan Marczak is the 2026 Porsche Carrera Cup Benelux champion. The 18-year-old Pole, who lives in the Netherlands, clinched the title at Circuit Zolder in Belgium during the American Festival weekend. Driving a Porsche 911 GT3 Cup for Ajith-RedAnt Racing, he won six of the season's twelve races, half of them, and sealed the title before the last race.

A dominant final weekend at Zolder

Marczak struck from qualifying: pole position for both races, with a lap of 1'29.307 that beats the existing Porsche 911 GT3 Cup lap record.

• Race 1: he led from start to finish.
• Race 2: an unchallenged win, the sixth of his season.

Team manager Marc Goossens praised his consistency.

A season decided late

The 2026 season has six weekends and twelve races, from Spa-Francorchamps (7 May) to Zolder (18 October), taking in Zandvoort, Imola, Assen and Hockenheim. Before Hockenheim, Marczak had 152 points and a five-point lead over Jaap van Lagen (Team RaceArt), also a three-time winner at that stage; Alexander Reimann (Quanloop EST1 Racing) was third, 30 points back. The full final standings were not yet known at the time of writing.

A very fast rise

Marczak started racing in 2025 and won the Carrera Cup Rookie title that year. In 2026 he had already taken the Porsche Sprint Challenge Southern Europe title before his Benelux success.

The Rookies at Zolder

• Mauro Polderman, on his Porsche 911 GT3 Cup debut, finished sixth overall and second Rookie in race 1, then second Rookie again in race 2, a tenth of a second behind the winner.
• Jesse Polderdijk finished ninth in race 1, under half a second from the Rookie podium, then seventh Rookie in race 2 after a poor start.