Porsche unveils 2025 Esports Sprint Challenge GB

Porsche has launched the third season of Porsche Esports Dash Problem GB, an entry competitors to skilled sim racing.

Created in partnership with Motorsport UK Esports, the drivers will probably be racing for the chance of a driving expertise day on the Porsche Expertise Centre Silverstone, driving road-ready variations of the Porsche 911 and 718 Cayman.

Beginning on September twenty third and the next 5 weeks, the Esports Dash Problem GB will create the racing competitors utilized by Esports Carrera Cup GB, Carrera Cup GB, and the Dash Problem GB.

In keeping with a launch, the drivers will probably be break up into two classes, Professional and Am, racing over 10 races on the iRacing simulation platform, driving Porsche 911 GT3 Cup or Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR. Every occasion will embody a one-hour observe session, a 10-minute Qualifying session, and two 30-minute races.

The highest three drivers within the Professional class will get computerized qualification to the Porsche Esports Carrera Cup, marking a direct path to skilled sim racing. The highest three drivers within the Am class, as an alternative, will probably be promoted to the Professional class for the next season of the Esports Dash Problem GB.

Drivers can join the competitors by way of the Porsche Esports Sprint Challenge landing page, however will probably be required to have a Motorsport UK Esports membership. Moreover, drivers who’ve beforehand certified for Porsche’s different official iRacing sequence is not going to be eligible to compete.

The Esports Dash Problem GB will probably be broadcast on the official Porsche Twitch channel and the Race Spot TV YouTube channel with devoted stewarding post-race. 

Other than esports competitors, the automotive firm has been more and more investing in sim racing.

The group first marked its presence by partnering with Coanda Esports in Could 2022 to kind the Porsche Coanda Esports Racing Crew.

Earlier this 12 months, the corporate unveiled the Porsche Esports Performance Center (PEPC) in Cologne, Germany, a devoted sim racing facility.

The group has just lately completed in fourth place on the Rennsport R1 competitors through the Esports World Cup, bringing house a prize pool of $40,000 (~£29,685). Beforehand, Porsche had additionally partnered with the likes of FaZe Clan and the Overwatch Championship Series.