After three days of Free Practice, Timed Qualifying and no fewer than 18 Qualifying Heats, everything at Genk built towards the final day. Six Super Heats set the grids before three Finals brought the event, the 2026 season and the IAME Euro Series’ tenth-anniversary year to a spectacular conclusion. With all three title fights still open, the decisive races delivered one last series of twists before the final standings were settled.
Before the Finals began, the paddock came together on the grid for a minute of silence in memory of RGMMC co-founder Lynn Geidel. Drivers, teams, mechanics and friends paused together to remember a woman whose influence remains part of the series she helped build.
X30 Mini: Davidson wins as Sami takes the title
Chester Forkes and Ilyas Sami had arrived at Genk tied at the top of the standings, and little separated them as the event reached its decisive races. Mayson Hibbert beat Forkes in Super Heat 1, while Sami held off Alfie Davidson in Super Heat 2. The combined classification placed Forkes and Sami on the front row of the Final, with Hibbert third and Davidson fifth.
The race became one of the most closely fought Mini Finals of the season. The lead changed repeatedly as Sami, Forkes, Hibbert, Davidson and Dimitar Uzunov remained in contention. Davidson, who had been only 34th in Timed Qualifying, completed an extraordinary recovery to take his first Final victory of the year. Sami finished second, with Uzunov third, Forkes fourth and Hibbert fifth.
That second place was enough for Sami to move ahead of Forkes and be crowned the 2026 X30 Mini Euro Series title winner. Forkes finishes the season second in the standings, with Hibbert third.
X30 Junior: Bruno controls the Final as Gonzalez Ellul secures the title
Rares Pascu and Priam Bruno won the two Junior Super Heats and finished level at the top of the combined classification. Pascu started the Final from pole, Bruno alongside him, while Ivan Luis Gonzalez Ellul lined up fifth with the Junior title still to be decided between him and Max Endacott.
The picture changed on the opening lap when Endacott lost ground in an incident and was left with a recovery drive to 18th. Gonzalez Ellul kept himself inside the leading group, but Bruno had the pace at the front and converted his front-row start into his first IAME Euro Series Final victory. Christian Coby followed in a career-best second place, with Gonzalez Ellul completing the podium.
Lewis Boodts supplied another of the race’s standout drives, climbing from 25th to fourth, just ahead of Teo Policand, who recovered from 24th to fifth. Gonzalez Ellul’s third place secured the 2026 X30 Junior Euro Series title. Endacott finishes second in the standings, with Policand third.
X30 Senior: Weeda takes the Final as Garcia makes it two titles in succession
The Senior title fight tightened with every session. Otto Pyykönen won Super Heat 1 ahead of Danny Carenini, while Vince Vanderhallen led Rubén Moya home in Super Heat 2. Vanderhallen topped the combined classification and earned pole for the Final, with Carenini second, Pyykönen third and Aron Weeda fifth.
The results from the Qualifying Heats and Super Heats left Carenini and Aaron Garcia level in the title standings ahead of the last race. Everything would be decided in the Final.
The race then produced an afternoon unlike any other this season. Several engines suffered oiling problems during the formation laps, forcing a delay while teams repaired the affected karts. When the race eventually began, rain continued to fall on a field running almost entirely on slick tyres.
Roxanne Lantinga led deep into the race before the returning rain took away the grip she had used so well. Pyykönen crossed the line first after a dramatic final-lap fight, but post-race decisions reshaped the classification. The official result gives Weeda the victory from fifth on the grid, with home driver Vanderhallen second and Pyykönen third. Garcia is classified fourth, while Carenini finishes 15th.
Garcia is therefore crowned the X30 Senior Euro Series title winner for the second consecutive year. Carenini takes second in the final standings, while Dan Allemann holds third.
Road to IWF 26
The final standings also complete the Road to IWF 26, with six drivers from each category securing their places through one Winter Cup ticket, three sponsored tickets and two self-funded tickets.
In X30 Mini, Aaron Bordanova carries the ticket he secured at the Winter Cup. Ilyas Sami, Chester Forkes and Mayson Hibbert receive the three sponsored tickets, while Alfie Davidson and Bodhi Batch take the two self-funded places.
In X30 Junior, Ivan Luis Gonzalez Ellul had already secured his place through the Winter Cup. The sponsored tickets go to Max Endacott, Teo Policand and Sukhmani Khera, with George Clarke and Aurelio Longhitano receiving the self-funded tickets.
In X30 Senior, Aaron Garcia holds the Winter Cup ticket. Danny Carenini, Dan Allemann and Otto Pyykönen secure the sponsored tickets, while Rubén Moya and Javier Broasca take the two self-funded places.
Ten years of the IAME Euro Series
From Zuera to Franciacorta, Wackersdorf and finally Genk, the season produced four different Final winners in both Mini and Junior, while Senior remained undecided until the final classification of the year. Sami, Gonzalez Ellul and Garcia leave Genk with the three series titles.
The final flag also completes the tenth-anniversary year of the IAME Euro Series: ten years of racing and a paddock that continues to bring people together.
That community was especially visible at Genk as the paddock remembered Lynn Geidel. Her care for the people around her helped shape the series, and the warmth with which she is remembered will remain part of its story as it moves into its next chapter.
