Porsche Esports Supercup | Regional Championships | Mid-season report

The Porsche Esports Supercup World Championship Series is scheduled to start on September 19th at Spa-Francorchamps. Before that time comes, however, 32 drivers must earn their place on the grid through the first-ever Regional Championships. Not even the defending champion of the World Championship, Cooper Webster, has a spot locked in the World Championship.

A total of 106 drivers across four regions are fighting for those 32 spots. Each region will send forth their top-eight in their final Regional Standings to compete for the World Championship. Each Region’s drivers have five races to get as many points as they can. So far, each Region has completed three of their five races, and the picture is starting to materialize as to who will make it to the World Championship level next month.

Each Region first had to get up to 32 drivers, and that came from the official Porsche National Championships, such as the Carrera Cups in North America and Great Britain, as well as the Global Open Qualifiers through the iRacing official series competition in May and June. Eligible drivers were then selected and invited to compete in the Regional races. Now, we’re nearing the end of the Regional races, and the global competition is up next.

REGIONAL RACE AND POINTS FORMAT

Every week, a pair of regions are on display, trading off with the other two regions in play the following week, for 10 straight weeks of racing action. The season started six weeks ago on June 27th with the beginning to the Americas Region, as well as the Middle East and Africa Region. On July 4th, the Europe Region and the Asia-Pacific Region began their seasons.

On race days, or nights in some Regional cases, the event consists of three parts. After a session of practice, the field gets one lap in Qualifying, which is not only important for a starting spot, but also big for the points awarded to the top-five qualifiers. Finally, a 30-minute race takes place, with points paid out through the top-25 finishers. Each region could have up to 32 drivers take the green flag.

Essentially, 60 points are on the line in each of the five races per Region. A perfect season would be five wins from five pole positions for a maximum of 300 points.

Winning a pole position earns 10 points, with each spot down two points less, with fifth place earning two points. Winning a race will result in 50 earned points, with second getting 45, third earning 40, fourth through seventh going down by three points at each increment, eighth through 16th going down by two points, then a single points between spots from 17th to 25th. 26th on back earn no points.

With all regions having two races left, that means anyone on the grid can still make their way into the top-eight by season’s end. It also means that nobody is actually locked in just yet, with no Regional leaders more than 120 points ahead of ninth. By the end of each region’s fourth race, if a driver is 61 points ahead of ninth place, they will be locked into consideration for a World Championship level license subject to final eligibility confirmation and acceptance of the World Championship requirements.

Regardless, there have been standouts in each Region, and there are a handful of drivers that are on the cusp of entering or re-entering the Porsche Esports Supercup World Championship Series. Here’s how each region looks entering the final month of the regional seasons.

AMERICAS REGION

Through the first three races in the Americas region, five drivers have been consistently above the rest of the field, and as a result, are all in positions to clinch a top-eight spot by the end of the next event at the Miami International Autodrome. Two of those drivers have been to victory lane, and only one has finished inside the top-five in every race.

In fact, Xander Reed hasn’t finished worse than second, nor has he qualified worse than second either. Reed’s only runner-up finish was to his Coanda teammate, Mitchell deJong, who scored the Mexico City victory. Reed, meanwhile, has wins from the opening round at Sebring and the most recent round at Watkins Glen.

Elvis Rankin, also running under the Coanda banner, as well as Gustavo Ariel with Verstappen Sim Racing and Sean Campbell with Grid-and-Go Esports, both also have two top-five finishes on the season. While the top-five are not yet locked, it is expected that Reed, deJong, and Rankin will all lock, and Ariel and Campbell should have a good chance to with solid finishes at Miami as well. After that, it gets a bit more tricky as to who rounds out the top-eight.

Currently holding those spots include Privateer Miguel Costa, TC Esports’ Agustin Torlaschi, and SDR Sim Racing’s Dino Filippa. Costa is 13 points above the cut, but Torlaschi and Filippa are just single digits above the line with two races to go. First out is Gabriel Moretto, representing Bleu Mercure Esports. Another Grid-and-Go car driven by Hady-Noah Mimassi is seven points back, and 14 points below the cut is Fiercely Forward’s Dalton Zavadil.

Costa, Moretto, Mimassi, and Ralph Benitez down in 13th all have a top-five finish to their credit. One thing that has affected these standings are the post-event penalties levied by Race Control for incidents caused during the race. If not for the 20 penalties points subtracted from Moretto at Mexico, not to mention a day that started at the front of the field and ended behind the virtual wall, Moretto would be in prime position above the cut line.

Likewise, Mimassi’s opening lap tussle with deJong at Sebring to open the season cost him five points. Zavadil also had a nine point day turn into a four point day at Mexico due to contact with another driver. Regardless, the difference between a top-10 and earning no points is at least 22 points, so this battle for the cut line will be a hot topic over the final two races.

POINTS STANDINGS FOLLOWING RACE NO. 3 | AMERICAS REGION

MIDDLE EAST & AFRICA REGION

Sharing Saturdays with the Americas is the Middle East & Africa Region. While this region has the lowest car count of the regions, it still has an intense battle for the cut line brewing, plus a budding rivalry we’ve seen for the last few weeks in the midpack.

This Region has only had a single winner this season, that being Ronin Simsport’s Patrick Kessel from Cape Town, South Africa. He doesn’t have maximum points, however, as the first pole position of the season went to Veloce Academy’s Avesta Ghobadi at Fuji. The two put on a show that day, with Kessel scoring the win ultimately, and ever since then, it’s been all Kessel the rest of the way.

Now, only 10 drivers are registered in this Region, and considering the drivers around the cut are as close as they are and they both can’t score maximum points, that basically locks Kessel into a top-eight spot. It is a pretty safe bet to assume that the top-six—Kessel, Ghobadi, Dylan Allen, Werner Schoeman, Ruslan Khamidullin, and Jack Johns—will all make the top-eight. Khamidullin, one of the four drivers racing for NL Racing this season, has the unfortunate distinction of being the only driver with penalty points in this Region after an at-fault was placed on him at Adelaide.

Shivesh Bissoon, Oliver Heasley, and Mehdi El Fathy are all within 12 points of one another, and that’s considering that El Fathy missed the action at Suzuka. Mohammad Alrustam has only competed in a single race, finishing eighth at Fuji, but is still mathematically eligible should he show up and compete.

The budding rivalry teased before has been between Schoeman and Johns, their first moment of contention occurring on the final lap at Suzuka. Schoeman had the spot, Johns wanted it, and ultimately took it at Schoeman’s expense. This caused the pair to race each other aggressively among the midpack at Adelaide a week later, with Schoeman getting the leg up on this occasion. Their next race on Saturday takes place at Okayama.

POINTS STANDINGS FOLLOWING RACE NO. 3 | MIDDLE EAST & AFRICA REGION

EUROPE REGION

As it’s been shown in other World Championships such as the FIA F4 Global Esports Championship, Europe has showcased some of the most talent in one spot, with many of their competitors boasting iRatings over 10,000 entering this season.

Two former Porsche Esports Supercup World Champions find themselves attempting to make it back to the top level among this group, but neither the two-time champion, Sebastian Job, nor the 2022 champion, Diogo Pinto, have made their way to victory lane just yet. Coanda’s Charlie Collins started off the season perfect, with two poles that each led to a win, but his time at Barcelona resulted in near catastrophe as he only managed to put it fifth on the board, then got collected in some chaos on the opening lap.

While Collins recovered to finish 15th, that gave the spotlight to Verstappen Sim Racing’s Florian Lebigre, a former PESC winner, who got his first win of the season from the pole position. Through three races, both Collins and Lebigre are tied at the top, but are both only 60 points above the cut line with two races to go. A solid day at the Hockenheimring for either driver should get them across the finish line to lock a top-eight spot early, but anything can happen in Germany.

Behind those two, another four drivers have two top-five finishes as well, including Oracle Red Bull Sim Racing’s Job and Verstappen Sim Racing’s Pinto. They sit tied for fourth, a single point behind another Oracle Red Bull Sim Racing entry or Luke McKeown, another former PESC winner, despite McKeown only having one top-five so far. McKeown’s worst finish is sixth, twice, but we aren’t tracking top-six finishes, unfortunately. McKeown also earned a five-point penalty for the contact that sent Collins off at Barcelona, but he still has 40 points over the cut.

Unlike the other regions, the cut line isn’t as close in the Europe Region, despite the big names in the field. Three more Coanda drivers—Tristan Iglesias, Alejandro Sánchez, and Luis Beilicke—round out the top-eight with two races to go. Iglesias and Sánchez have been successful at the top levels for some time now, both boasting wins in the IMSA Esports series, and Sánchez in particular having multiple PESC wins in his pocket. Beilicke will be looking to make his PESC debut this year, but has so many incredible names to fend off over the next few weeks. He’ll also need to stay away from getting more penalties, like the five point one he was found guilty for at Magny-Cours.

First out heading to the Hockenheimring is one of the most recent champions in an official iRacing championship, HYMO’s Martin Kadlečík, who was a force to be reckoned with in the open-wheeled Skip Barber Formula iRacing Series. Kadlečík is 20 points behind Beilicke, and six points back from that is the Italian, Alessandro Bico, who has been a mainstay at the World Championship level for many years, even claiming a win back in 2023.

EMM Esports’ Jerome Fischer is the last one with a realistic shot, short of any shenanigans ahead, being 29 points back. From there, the rest of the grid will need to step it up big time over the final two races to even have a shot. That includes the most-recent FIA F4 Esports Global Champion, Team Benik’s Henry Moore. Another open-wheel phenom, Moore is tied with SZESE E-Sport’s Dániel Oláh for 12th, but both are 46 points back of eighth and could become eliminated if they lose even more ground to the cut.

POINTS STANDINGS FOLLOWING RACE NO. 3 | EUROPE REGION

ASIA-PACIFIC REGION

While Patrick Kessel in the Middle East & Africa Region has three wins in three races, he doesn’t have a perfect season going like Coanda’s Dayne Warren has in the Asia-Pacific Region. Warren hasn’t even missed leading a lap after converting three poles into three wins at Fuji, Suzuka, and Adelaide. Okayama and Phillip Island are set to close out the season, but it’s all but confirmed that Warren will be locked in the top-eight in any scenario by the end of the season.

Warren’s perfect record casts a shadow on the defending Porsche Esports Supercup World Champion, Oracle Red Bull Sim Racing’s Cooper Webster, who has been having a terrific season as well, just all in second place to Warren. Two outside pole positions, two runner-up finishes. Even that casts a large shadow on Damon Woods, racing for the Falken Sim Racing Team, who has three top-five finishes already this season, including two podiums at Suzuka and Adelaide. That’s just a skosh better than Hugo Allan, competing for the Automoves Racing Team, who has two top-five finishes and a worst finish of sixth at Adelaide. Four extremely great runs nonetheless, and all four should be heading to the World Championship later this year as a result.

Xavier Cain from the Automoves Racing Team, Kody Deith from the Falken Sim Racing Team, Hudson Hughes from Paddock.gg, and Charlie Jamieson representing Zero 7 Racing, round out the top-eight through three races. One thing that the top-eight all have going for them that no other region can boast is that none of them have gotten penalized so far. Wu Yucheng, down in ninth, should be 10 points out, but incurred a five-point penalty at Adelaide last week.

Privateer Josh Zhang, Eric Hsiao from Axon Simulations, and Privateer Jaehee Han are 10th, 11th, and 12th, respectively. Han spent the first two races above the cut, despite missing qualifying at Suzuka and ultimately spinning after a heroic drive through the field until that point. At Adelaide, a crash that would also incur a 10 point would cut Han’s day shorter than expected, dropping him to 32 points below the line. On the flip side, Eclipse Simsports’ Zach Rattray-White finally got a finish to write home about, his first top-five of the year, after finishing 19th at Fuji and missing Suzuka. 37 points might be too many to overcome, however, with just two races to go. On top of that, it will be tough to get maximum points if your name isn’t Dayne Warren or Cooper Webster.

POINTS STANDINGS FOLLOWING RACE NO. 3 | ASIA-PACIFIC REGION

REMAINING SCHEDULE

Each Region has two races left in the season.

The Americas Region visits Miami on August 8th and concludes the season at Interlagos on August 22nd.

On those same dates, the Middle East & Africa Region goes to Okayama and concluders their season at Phillip Island.

Next week, the Europe Region will go to the Hockenheimring on August 15th. Their season ends on August 29th at the Red Bull Ring.

On those same dates, the Asia-Pacific Region goes to Okayama and concluders their season at Phillip Island as well.

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