2026 Porsche Esports Supercup World Championship Series | Race #3 | Suzuka Circuit | Preview
October 2nd, 2026 by Justin Melillo
The Porsche Esports Supercup World Championship Series continues this Saturday, October 3rd, featuring 32 of the best sim racers around the globe. Next up, the competition heads to Suzuka Circuit in Japan for the third round of the five-round season.
Another two names were added to the winner’s list after Silverstone last week in Diogo Pinto and Dayne Warren. Once again, two drivers from the Red Bull / Verstappen camp and the Coanda camp, respectively, as they joined Florian Lebigre and Charlie Collins who won in the opening round. Will it be another split at Suzuka, or can one team take full control?
Live streaming of the events will begin on Saturday at 19:00 GMT (3:00 p.m. ET) via Porsche’s channels on YouTube and Twitch.
LAST RACE | PINTO, WARREN WIN IN SILVERSTONE; COLLINS CLAIMS SOLE POSSESSION OF TOP SPOT IN POINTS
The biggest action from Silverstone came in qualifying and in the battle for eighth in the Sprint. Diogo Pinto just took the pole position over Alejandro Sánchez, which allowed for him to take the lead on the start and go on to win the Sprint. Behind that, Cooper Webster qualified in eighth, and was on track to finish there, but managed to pass Dayne Warren for seventh before the checkers. That wound up putting Warren in first for the Main, and Warren would go on to win after 30 minutes.
SUZUKA ON SCHEDULE FOR FIRST TIME IN SERIES HISTORY
There have been seven prior seasons of the Porsche Esports Supercup World Championship Series, but never in those previous 64 races has there been a trip to Japan to take on the twists and turns of Suzuka International Racing Course.
SUZUKA CIRCUIT TRACK FACTS
One of the world’s truly great race tracks, Suzuka has been the home of the Japanese Grand Prix since the 1980s and its flowing layout regularly puts the circuit at or near the top of the list of most Formula One drivers’ favorites. As if that weren’t enough, Suzuka boats three different configurations – Suzuka East, Suzuka West and Suzuka Full, the latter two featuring a rare figure eight layout where the back straightaway crosses the front section track on an overpass.
Designed by noted circuit architect John Hugenholtz (who also designed the original Zandvoort circuit), Suzuka opened in 1962 and served primarily as a test track for Honda and as the site of sports car racing including the Suzuka 1000K and the 8 Hours of Suzuka and MotoGP motorcycle events. Suzuka was nominated to stage the Japanese Grand Prix in 1987 and has often been the site of the Formula One season finale. As such, Suzuka has been the decisive event in some of the closest battles for the World Championship of Drivers and has witnessed a number of controversial incidents, including clashes between Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost. Suzuka also hosted non-championship NASCAR races in 1996 and ’97.
In addition to its signature crossover layout, Suzuka features a number of notable challenges including a testing series of esses, the multi-apex Spoon Curve and dauntingly fast 130R corner. The race track also serves as the foundation for a major sports and entertainment facility including an amusement park whose giant Ferris Wheel is prominent in photographs and television images of the circuit.
NEXT UP
After Suzuka, the Porsche Esports Supercup World Championship heads to the Autódromo José Carlos Pace, or Interlagos for short, for the fourth round of the season. The events are scheduled for Saturday, October 10th, and will be live starting at 19:00 GMT (3:00 p.m. ET) via Porsche’s channels on YouTube and Twitch.
For more information on the 2026 Porsche Esports Supercup season, visit www.iracing.com/pesc.
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