DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (August 21, 2025) – Shortly after the 2025 IMSA season wraps up on-track, the IMSA Esports Global Championship on iRacing returns for its fourth season with another excellent slate of four races at five different venues.
IMSA once again partners with iRacing, VCO (Virtual Competition Organisation), AMD and Michelin for the season, which features a $25,000 prize pool and will start less than a month after Motul Petit Le Mans closes the curtain on the 2025 season at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta.
“It’s become a new tradition that the best sim racers in the world gather under the IMSA banner after our on-track season concludes,” said Brandon Huddleston, IMSA vice president, partnership marketing and business development. “After three incredible seasons, the fourth IMSA Esports Global Championship should be another excellent, competitive showcase of talent, just like what you see in real life from the IMSA calendar.”
The schedule of events changes slightly from the third season which ran from November 2024 to January 2025, with three of the four venues returning for the fourth season.
IMSA Esports Global Championship races at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta (Round 1), Sebring International Raceway (Round 2) and Daytona International Speedway (Round 4) return for both the Grand Touring Prototype (GTP) and Grand Touring Daytona (GTD) classes. However, two new venues will create a unique calendar twist.
The third round of the season will see GTP cars race the Long Beach Street Circuit while GTD cars head to VIRginia International Raceway. Each will have a 75-minute race and be broadcast back-to-back on the same channel as part of a new-for-2025 split race concept.
Schedule:
- Round 1: Sunday, Nov. 2 – Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta (GTP, GTD)
- Round 2: Sunday, Nov. 16 – Sebring International Raceway (GTP, GTD)
- Round 3: Sunday, Nov. 23 – Long Beach Street Circuit (GTP) and VIR (GTD)
- Round 4: Sunday, Dec. 7 – Daytona International Speedway (GTP, GTD)
Broadcasts will air live on IMSA’s Official YouTube channel as well as iRacing’s Facebook, Twitch and YouTube channels, with more than 750,000 viewers having watched across the four-race 2024 season.
Competitors will have the opportunity to race with any of four GTP cars and eight GTD cars, comprising 10 automotive manufacturers and 12 different types of cars. Those cars eligible for competition include:
- GTP: Acura ARX-06, BMW M Hybrid V8, Cadillac V-Series.R and Porsche 963
- GTD: BMW M4 GT3, Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R, Ferrari 296 GT3, Ford Mustang GT3, Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVO, McLaren 720S GT3 EVO, Mercedes-AMG GT3 and Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)
As in 2024, all iRacing members will have the opportunity to try and gain entry into the IMSA Esports Global Championship via public hot lap qualifiers on the iRacing platform beginning on October 6 and concluding on October 13.
Additionally, the GTP/GTD class winners of the top-split of iRacing’s 2025 special events (Daytona, Sebring, Watkins Glen, Indianapolis and Petit Le Mans) and the 2024 IMSA Esports GTP/GTD class champions receive an automatic entry into the 2025 season.
Teams that have automatically qualified for 2025 include Williams Esports, Grid n Go Esports, Drago Racing and Team Redline across either or both of the GTP and GTD classes.
Each race will once again feature a “wild-card” entry. Last year, wild card entries included Scuderia Ferrari HP Esports Team and Max Verstappen’s Verstappen.com Racing.
Complete details for the 2025 IMSA Esports Global Championship, including information on how public iRacing drivers and teams may register for the pre-qualifying sessions, are included in the official series rulebook, which can be found here.
