The International Motor Sports Association (IMSA), in conjunction with iRacing, the Virtual Competition Organisation (VCO), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Grid Finder, Michelin, and Thrustmaster presents the 2024 IMSA Esports Global Championship. Four high-profile events have been scheduled over the course of the next three months for this third iteration. One race, at Road Atlanta in November, is already in the books.
48 teams, each car with two drivers sharing the seat, are set to compete amongst two classes of competition for the upcoming season. Eight teams earned entry into the series through the four VCO Grand Slam iRacing Special Events. The other 40 teams were decided upon through Time Attack qualifiers. The second race of the season, and last on the 2024 side of the calendar, takes place at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on December 8th.
The Cars:
The GTP car class includes:
Acura ARX-06 GTP
BMW M Hybrid V8 GTP
Cadillac V-Series.R GTP
Porsche 963 GTP
The GTD car class includes:
BMW M4 GT3
Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R
Ferrari 296 GT3
Ford Mustang GT3
Lamborghini Huracan EVO GT3
McLaren 720S GT3 EVO
Mercedes-AMG GT3 EVO
Porsche 911 GT3 R
All 12 cars will compete using virtual Michelin tires.
Entry List:
48 full-time teams are due to compete, 16 in the GTP class and the other 32 in the GTD. Each of the 12 cars available (four GTP, eight GTD) will be balanced with four teams competing for each. The organizers of the event, through presenting sponsor Michelin, also reserves the ability to award an additional “wild card” entry on a per-round basis.
GTP ENTRY LIST FOR ROUND 2: IMSA Esports Global Championship Thrustmaster 240 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Car #
Team Name
Manufacturer
Driver #1
Driver #2
3
CrowdStrike Racing
Acura
Marcus Hamilton
Tanguy Billon
4
CrowdStrike Racing
Acura
Pablo Lazar
Scott Michaels
5
Williams Esports Chillblast
BMW
Jaden Munoz
Matt Farrow
6
Grid-and-Go.com eSports
Porsche
Peter Zuba
Yoann Rouyer
8
Coanda Esports
Porsche
Mitchell deJong
Elvis Rankin
11
Fiercely Forward
Cadillac
Christian Hildgaard
Marcos Núñez
14
Simufy eSports
Acura
Manel Cubo Torres
Marc Perez
15
Race Clutch
Cadillac
Jere Lehtinen
Balazs Remenyik
18
Coanda Esports
Porsche
Charlie Collins
Xander Reed
20
BMW M Team Redline
BMW
Chris Lulham
Diogo Pinto
23
Race Clutch
Cadillac
Sean Campbell
Jake Denehan
33
Williams Esports Racing Prodigy
BMW
Atte Kauppinen
Alxander Spetz
60
SOELPEC Precision Racing
Porsche
Agustin Canapino
Maximilian Muir
82
RAFA Esports Team*
Cadillac
Jesper Pedersen
Jernej Simončič
89
BMW M Team BS+COMPETITION
BMW
Daniel Alves Lourenco
Phil Denes
95
Channel 199 Sim Racing
Cadillac
Casey Kirwan
Owen Caryl
99
Apex Racing Team
Acura
Martial Hubert
Maxime Brient
#82 – RAFA Esports Club is this week’s Michelin ‘wild card’ Entry.
GTD ENTRY LIST FOR ROUND 2: IMSA Esports Global Championship Thrustmaster 240 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Car #
Team Name
Manufacturer
Driver #1
Driver #2
102
Grid-and-Go.com eSports
Ferrari
Sven Haase
Jarno Koch
103
Grid-and-Go.com eSports
Ferrari
Dino Lombardi
Simone Marceno
105
Mercedes-AMG Esports Team Williams Esports
Mercedes-AMG
Parker White
Beckham Jacir
107
Zero7 Racing
McLaren
Alessio Bonino
Lorenzo Castellani
110
MAHLE RACING TEAM
BMW
Felix Quirmbach
Oskari Rinne
113
Sontek Racing
BMW
Matti Sipilä
Sami-Matti Trogen
114
Team PGZ
Porsche
Lewis Woods
Samuel Ward
118
AO Racing by Coanda
Porsche
Michael Janney
Tristan Iglesias
119
Team PGZ
Porsche
Christian Steenburgh
Loïc Rabier
120
Dörr Esports
Chevrolet
Jonas Rütten
Damon Woods
121
Dörr Esports
Ford
Niclas Laubisch
Alexander Thiebe
123
WSR Esports Buttkicker
Lamborghini
Gabriel Erdelyi
Lukas Prada
131
Sontek Racing – OverPower
Ford
Lassi Juurinen
Jesse Hiiliaho
132
WSR Esports Buttkicker
Lamborghini
Alexander Davidson
Ross Macfarlane
144
Visceral Esports
Mercedes-AMG
Matteo Kuenzer
Kamil Grabowski
150
MAG – Performance SRT
McLaren
Andrea Bristot
Emanuele Olivieri
151
MAG – Performance SRT
Chevrolet
Fabrizio Belziti
Federico Godoy
152
Vesta Sport
Chevrolet
Daniel Savini
Chris Cappello
156
56 Racing Team
Chevrolet
Gaël Valero
Antoine Bastard
157
Impulse Racing
McLaren
Piotr Smialek
Norbert Leitner
160
SOELPEC Precision Racing
Porsche
Garrett Berry
Rob Clark
162
G2 Esports
Ford
Joni Katila
Isaac Price
168
DRAGO RACING
Lamborghini
Carlos Fenollosa
Nicolás Rubilar
169
DRAGO RACING
Lamborghini
Nicolas Mateo
Ricardo Rico
170
Team Redline
Ferrari
Sam Kuitert
Luke Bennett
171
Team Redline
Ferrari
Enzo Bonito
Florian Lebigre
172
Channel 199 Sim Racing
BMW
Oskar Biksrud
Elias Raikaa
177
Valkyrie Competition
Ford
Thibaud Prevot
Alexey Nesov
178
Maniti Racing
McLaren
Tim Matzke
Chris van de Nesse
196
BS+TURNER
BMW
Rainer Talvar
Ryan Barneveld
198
Mercedes-AMG Esports Team ART
Mercedes-AMG
Peter Berryman
Yohann Harth
199
Mercedes-AMG Esports Team ART
Mercedes-AMG
Salva Talens
Alejandro Sánchez
Full Spotters Guide for Indianapolis: 2024 IMSA Esports Global Championship Round 2 Spotters Guide
Remaining 2024 Schedule:
Three of the four tracks from the 2023 season return for the 2024 schedule. Road Atlanta was the first of those two weeks ago. Indianapolis Motor Speedway, a track used back in 2022, makes its return to the schedule, swapping back in with what had replaced it last year, Watkins Glen. The season will once again conclude with Sebring and Daytona, the opposite of how it is on the real-world calendar.
Sunday, Dec. 8: Indianapolis Motor Speedway | Thrustmaster 240
Sunday, Jan. 5: Sebring International Raceway | Grid Finder 240
Sunday, Jan. 12: Daytona International Speedway | Michelin 240
Each race event will start at 19:00 GMT (2PM ET) and will run for two hours and 40 minutes in length.
Last Season:
Watkins Glen was on the calendar last season in place of Indianapolis for the second round of the 2023 season. At the Glen, Team Redline was formidable, sweeping both the GTP and GTD classes.
Two years ago, when the IMSA Esports Global Championship ran at Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the first and only time in series’ history, the GTD class was the top ranks, with Apex Racing Team scoring a 1-2 finish among their #97 and #98 teams, which included Jamie Fluke, Yohann Harth, Kevin Ellis Jr, and Alejandro Sánchez. Harth and Sánchez will both be in their own ART cars again this season. The TC class was won by the #176 SimRC team.
Track Facts:
Around since 1909, Indianapolis Motor Speedway was once paved with more than 3 million bricks. Known today as “The Racing Capital of the World”, Indy is perhaps one of the most iconic tracks to ever exist. Also known as “The Brickyard”, Indy hosted its first 500-mile race on Memorial Day of 1911.
The infield Road Course came about in 2000, and its current iteration, a 2.43-mile, 14-corner circuit that travels the opposite direction across the Yard of Bricks, was revealed in 2014.
Each race of the IMSA Esports Global Championship will be broadcasted live on IMSA’s and iRacing’s YouTube, Facebook and Twitch social media channels with the Countdown to Green presented by Traxion.GG pre-race show beginning at 1:45PM ET (18:45 GMT).
For more information on the IMSA Esports Global Championship, visit iracing.com/imsa-esports.
For more information about the Virtual Competition Organisation (VCO), visit vco-esports.com.
For more information on iRacing and for special offers, visit iracing.com.
