From the medieval city walls of Otranto, Italy, to Valencian orange groves, to Germany's automotive home of Zwickau, and then to one of Sweden's oldest cities, Kristianstad, the Champions of the Future series has ticked off many corners of Europe in 2026. Now, it is set to complete one more.
For the final stop on the calendar, Champions of the Future arrives in the heat of Sarno, at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, and the Circuito Internazionale Napoli.
Built in 1993 by Giuseppe Sorrentino and looked after by the Sorrentino family ever since, this 1,670-metre, 9-turn circuit is rich in history. Shaped by numerous modifications over the years, including its latest in 2024, it has seen its fair share of stars pass through, including Kimi Antonelli, Michael Schumacher and Nico Rosberg.
This week, two more stars will be highlighted as we reach the fifth and final stop on the calendar. As it stands, Priam Bruno leads the way in OK Junior, with Will Green and Daniel Miron lurking closely behind. In OK, it is Noah Baglin who leads the standings, with Zac Drummond right behind as the closest challenger.
In the Junior category, after a well-fought series so far, Priam Bruno leads the way, boosted to the top of the standings by two Final P2s and a run of consistent results — despite not yet winning a Final this season.
Close behind are Will Green and Daniel Miron. For Green, a win and fastest lap in the Final at La Conca massively clawed him back from a low-scoring opening round. For Miron, as the most recent Final winner in the Junior class, the fight is far from over either.
Just 31 points separate the top three drivers in OK Junior, a gap that is next to nothing in a season that has already provided so much unpredictability in 2026.
For the OK field, 2026 has seen a new name become the standard-setter — a driver who was, of course, a protagonist at every stage of his Junior career, one that culminated in him taking the Champions of the Future OK Junior title in 2025.
History could repeat itself for Baglin by the end of this week, this time in OK. Zac Drummond is the closest competition Baglin currently has, with 24 points separating the two Brits, a head-to-head fight that has already played out earlier in 2026. Within this battle, other names still look strong: James Anagnostiadis sits P3, while Benjamin Machac holds onto P4.
A qualifying session that provided the wow factor — but not the good kind for everyone
Six qualifying sessions. Six different group-toppers.
The Junior sessions in particular saw much of the field wait until the very final minutes before leaving the grid and attempting to set a time. Leonardo Gorski, Will Green and Jarlath Sayer were among those who cut it fine, with recent team changes adding another layer of intrigue around some of those names.
However, four drivers missed out on the "wait on the grid" game altogether. Henri Constant Kumpen, Oskari Walle, Oleksandr Legenkyi and Daniel Fricker were unable to register a time, having left it too late.
Moving over to OK, despite the wait before leaving the grid being shorter, it was still late. Baglin needed just two laps to set a time more than four tenths faster than anyone else in his group.
The other OK group-toppers were Lev Krutoholov and Bruno Blanco, both new names at the top of a qualifying session at this fifth and final event.