2026 Rookie Sportscar Cup powered by TSRC

ENTRY INFORMATION

Welcome to the third running of our championship aimed at new/less experienced drivers, using cars and tracks included within the standard iRacing membership. For season three we are delighted to be working with The Sim Racing Collective to help organise the championship and Paul Walsh on broadcast duties! Please note the following points before entering this Championship

• All drivers must be 13 years old or over - if a driver is under 18 they must complete this FORM
• Please note this championship is for drivers who have never reached 1,850 iRating at any point on Sports Car or Formula licences (on any account)
• All drivers must hold a paid Motorsport UK Esports Membership (£27.99 for 12 months) - Info and sign up here - https://esports.motorsportuk.org/membership/ 
• There is no additional entry fee for this event

OVERVIEW

This championship takes in two iconic UK circuits alongside 3 global circuits, all of which are included in the standard iRacing membership. This means drivers will not be required to pay anything extra for content to enter this championship. For 2026 the championship is focusing on one car class, the Mazda MX-5 Cup . Once you register you will be allocated a Discord role for this championship - where all information will be communicated.

REGISTRATION

To register for this event, click the "Register" button. On the next screen, select your class, car and race number.

EVENT TIMETABLE

• Monday Evenings
• Practice - 7:00pm BST
• Drivers Briefing - 7:45pm BST
• Qualifying - 8:00pm BST - (Lone Qualifying, 3 Laps, 10 Minutes)
• Race 1 - 8:15pm - 8:35pm BST
• Race 2 - 8:40pm - 9:00pm BST (reverse grid 8th place)

PRIZES - COurtesy of SIMAGIC and F33L

Winner - Simagic Zeus Sport Wheel (including MagDash) PLUS a pair of F33L Gloves
Second Place - Simagic GT Neo Wheel PLUS a pair of F33L Gloves
Third Place - Simagic P700 Pedals PLUS a pair of F33L Gloves
One driver selected at random from all drivers who compete in all five rounds - a pair of F33L Gloves

STEWARDING

The championship will rely heavily on iRacing's inbuilt automated stewarding system however, as with most Motorsport UK community events we will have post race stewarding process. All incidents must be reported by a driver no later than 30 minutes after the Race 2.To have an incident reviewed, you must submit any protests through the protest form here form located here and the stewards will review it and confirm the outcome during or after the race in the Discord server. PLEASE NOTE: Each driver has a maximum of 2 protests available to you for each race.

BROADCASTING

 ALL rounds of the championship will be broadcast LIVE on YouTube and Twitch

EVENT RULES

• Standing Starts
• Fast Repairs: 1 per race
• Fixed setups
• Maximum iRating ever achieved 1,850
• Drive Through Penalty after 15x incident points and then every 10x after that
• Strict qualifying in game scrutineering
• No tyre usage restrictions

Race with respect - code of conduct

This championship runs under the Motorsport UK Race with Respect Code of Conduct, by entering this championship you are agreeing to adhere to the code. You can find the code HERE

WEATHER

As this championship is designed for new drivers there will be NO RAIN.The weather will be set to realistic but with the chance of rain set to 0%. Track state will be set to 'Generate' and Track Marbles to 'Carry over'

CUSTOM LIVERIES

All drivers are allowed to use their own liveries for each race, this can be done through Trading Paints.All drivers must have permission (produced if requested) for any logo that is displayed on their carAll liveries used must adhere to the iRacing Paint Policy found here (policy updated 08/12/21)Any politically charged or potentially offensive material on a custom livery will see the driver banned from the race.