IMSA Esports Global Championship returns for 2025 this Sunday; Schedule, Roster revealed

The IMSA Esports Global Championship returns on Sunday, November 2nd, for the start of another four-event championship season with a $25,000 prize purse on the line. The fourth iteration of this high level virtual championship, this 2025 season will include 52 teams, each car with two drivers sharing the seat, that are set to compete amongst two classes of competition.

Last season, both Williams Sim Racing (formerly Williams Esports) and Team Redline were victorious in respective class championships. Both teams and respective drivers return to defend their crowns, with Matt Farrow and Jaden Munoz again in the Williams Chillblast #5, this season driving a Porsche, and with Florian Lebigre and Enzo Bonito teaming up once more in the Team Redline machine, this year badged as a #101 Aston Martin entry.

The first race of the new season is this Sunday at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta. Coverage starts at 2:00 p.m. ET, with the Countdown to Green prerace show leading into the event at 1:45 p.m. ET. All races will be live on the official IMSA YouTube page, as well as across all of iRacing’s social media channels.

THE 2025 IMSA ESPORTS GLOBAL CHAMPIONSHIP COMPETING CLASSES AND CARS

The Grand Touring Prototype (GTP) car class includes:

• Acura ARX-06
• BMW M Hybrid V8
• Cadillac V-Series.R
• Porsche 963

The Grand Touring Daytona (GTD) car class includes:

• Aston Martin Vantage GT3 EVO
• BMW M4 GT3
• Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R
• Ferrari 296 GT3
• Ford Mustang GT3
• Lamborghini Huracan EVO GT3
• Mercedes-AMG GT3 EVO
• Porsche 911 GT3 R

THE 2025 IMSA ESPORTS GLOBAL CHAMPIONSHIP ROSTER

52 teams make up the 2025 IMSA Esports Global Championship roster. 20 of those teams reside in the GTP class, with four manufacturers representing five teams. The other 32 teams are in the GTD class, with eight manufacturers representing four teams each. The only change between the 2024 and 2025 season is that the McLaren GTD entry will not return, and instead is replaced by the Aston Martin Vantage GT3 EVO.

The following 20 teams are entered into the GTP class for the 2025 IMSA Esports Global Championship season:

The following 32 teams are entered into the GTD class for the 2025 IMSA Esports Global Championship season:

These teams are made up of three pools of qualified teams, including Class Champions in 2024 IMSA Esports Global Championship, 2025 VCO Grand Slam Broadcast Split GTP or GTD Class Winners, and iRacing Public Pre-Qualifying transfers. No team may have more than two cars in a single class, or three cars across all classes.

Teams can use as many substitute drivers as wanted, and there are already lineup changes expected for the opening round at Road Atlanta. Each round may also include a Michelin ‘Wild Card’ Entry, an additional team included in the festivities that doesn’t race for points, but does race for glory. Last season, the Michelin Wild Card entries at Daytona included Formula 1 champion Max Verstappen driving a GTP.

THE 2025 IMSA ESPORTS GLOBAL CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE

A unique twist to the series debuts in the 2025 season. It will once again be a four-round season, with three returning mainstays from the prior championship back on the schedule. The season will once again start at Road Atlanta and end in Daytona, the opposite of how it is on the real-world calendar. Sebring also returns, this time in the second slot on the calendar, moving up from the third round in the 2024 season.

Round 3 will be unique in the sense that the classes will race separately, and at different venues for the first time in virtual competition history. The GTP class will take to the streets of Long Beach, while the GTDs will race at VIRginia International Raceway. While the normal multi-class events will take place over a two hour, 40 minute timeframe as usual, the split races in Round 3 will be 75 minutes each instead.

Rounds 2 and 3 will also see the introduction of the IMSA Esports LMP3 Challenge, with 12 qualified drivers from the Grid Finder LMP3 Challenge competing in 20-minute, fixed setup races against select special guests. More information regarding the LMP3 Challenge will be revealed before Round 2.

• Round 1: Sunday, November 2nd | Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta
• Round 2: Sunday, November 16th | Sebring International Raceway
• Round 3: Sunday, November 23rd | Long Beach Street Circuit (GTP) & VIRginia International Raceway (GTD)
• Round 4: Sunday, December 7th | Daytona International Speedway

THE 2025 IMSA ESPORTS GLOBAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS STRUCTURE

As it has been in the last few seasons, scoring will once again include points for both Qualifying and Race finishing positions in both classes.

Winning a race will earn a team 350 points, with second scoring 320, points gapped by 20 down to fifth place, which earns 260, and then down at 10 point intervals from there, with 30th and beyond scoring 10 points. For qualifying, the pole sitting teams earn 35 points, with a similarly spaced structure going down the order until just a single point is awarded.

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.

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