The second-to-last IMSA Esports Global Championship events of the 2025 season are scheduled for Sunday, November 22nd. Nearing the end to the fourth season, 52 teams continue their quest for the crown across the two class championships, with 20 teams competing in the Grand Touring Prototype (GTP) class and 32 teams taking on the Grand Touring Daytona (GTD) class. This week, for the first time in series history, they won’t share the track.
After the P3 Challenge, the Global Championship action begins at 2:00 p.m. ET with the GTP class, which is set to race on the Streets of Long Beach. Around 3:30 p.m. ET, the GTD class will grid up across the virtual country at VIRginia International Raceway.
A $25,000 prize pool is on the line, with top teams in each class collecting $5,000 at the end of the season. Last year, Williams Esports Chillblast and Team Redline were victorious in their respective classes.
Each race will be 75 minutes this week. Points will be on the line not only in the race, but also in qualifying. Will the separation of classes and shorter races change up the status quo from Road Atlanta and Sebring?
ROUND 3: STREETS OF LONG BEACH | ENTRY LIST: GTP
No.
Team Name
Manufacturer
Driver #1
Driver #2
3
CrowdStrike Racing
Acura
Tanguy Billon
Loïc Rabier
4
CrowdStrike Racing
Acura
Marcus Hamilton
Samuel Michaels
5
Williams Sim Racing Chillblast
Porsche
Matt J. Farrow
Jaden Munoz
7
Grid-and-Go.com eSports
Cadillac
Sean Campbell
Jake Denehan
8
Grid-and-Go.com eSports
Cadillac
Isaac Phelps
Peter Zuba
10
Williams Gaming Club
Porsche
Jere Lehtinen
Moreno Sirica
11
Fiercely Forward
Acura
Marcos Núñez
Aleix Nogué
17
Maniti Racing
BMW
Philip Schiff
David J Adam
33
BMW M Team Redline
BMW
Diogo C. Pinto
Gustavo Ariel
34
Team Redline
BMW
Luke McKeown
Edoardo Leo
60
SOELPEC Precision Racing
Porsche
Jordan Johnson
Garrett Berry
62
SOELPEC Virtual Mindset
Porsche
Robin Schwanke
Maximilian Muir
69
DRAGO RACING
BMW
Atte Kauppinen
Alxander Spetz
78
Maniti Racing
Cadillac
Tom Hooper
Daniel Luczko
89
BMW M Team BS+COMPETITION
BMW
Phil Denes
Dominik Hofmann
90
SZESE E-Sport
Acura
Tamas Simon
Daniel Sivi-Szabo
91
Porsche Coanda Esports Racing Team
Porsche
Charlie Collins
Elvis Rankin
92
Calce Team
Acura
Ivan Machado Perez
Carlos Fenollosa
95
Channel 199 Sim Racing
Cadillac
Casey Kirwan
Owen Caryl
99
Apex Racing Team
Cadillac
Maxence Godiinho
Maxime Brient
ROUND 3: VIRGINIA INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY | ENTRY LIST: GTD
No.
Team Name
Manufacturer
Driver #1
Driver #2
101
Team Redline
Aston Martin
Florian A Lebigre
Sam Kuitert
102
Veloce Thrustmaster
Ferrari
Kody Deith
Daniel Antúnez
103
CSM Esports
Porsche
Morgan Burkhard
Olivier Piatek
107
Grid-and-Go.com eSports
Ford
Niels Röttele
Miguel Costa
109
Aston Martin Aramco Esports Team
Aston Martin
Rasmus Christensen
Ruben Paulino
110
MAHLE RACING TEAM
BMW
Rainer Talvar
Ryan Barneveld
111
Fiercely Forward
Lamborghini
Niclas Laubisch
Benedek Vida
112
Fiercely Forward
Porsche
Rodrigo Meezs
Kevin Desnoyers
114
Team PGZ
BMW
Samuel L Ward
Alexey Nesov
118
Coanda Esports
Chevrolet
Michael Janney
Tristan Iglesias
119
Team PGZ
BMW
Guillaume Lévesque
Jaidyn J Ladic
120
Dörr Esports
Ford
Jonas Rütten
Lewis Woods
121
Altitude FreeM Esports
Chevrolet
Zain Khan
James F Beumee
123
WSR Esports
Mercedes-AMG
Gregory Hovesen
Andrew Caron
126
SZESE E-Sport
Chevrolet
Dániel Oláh
Mate Varga
133
Simufy eSports
Porsche
Gabi Montoro
Lucas Pérez
144
Visceral Esports
Lamborghini
Joni Katila
Isaac Price
148
Winward eSport by SensitHaptics
Mercedes-AMG
Florian Dührkop
Tom Reiher
150
Scuderia Ferrari HP Esports Team
Ferrari
Daniel Lafuente
Ole Steinbraten
151
MAG-Performance
Ferrari
Andrea Bristot
Gabriel Moretto
157
Impulse Racing by GTÜ
Ferrari
Norbert Leitner
Ákos Borsányi
167
Williams Sim Racing Playseat
Lamborghini
Alessandro Bico
Parker White
168
DRAGO RACING
Aston Martin
Thibaud Prevot
Nicolás Rubilar
169
DRAGO RACING
Aston Martin
Ricardo Rico
Nicolas Mateo
177
EMM Esports
Lamborghini
William Chadwick
Raphael Rennhofer
181
Coanda Esports
Chevrolet
Xander Reed
Alejandro Sánchez
188
EMM Esports
Porsche
Julian Reimer
Jerome Fischer
190
SZESE E-Sport
Porsche
David Toth
Norbi Kiss
191
Apex Racing Team
Ford
Alex Gal
Nicolai Pedersen
196
BS+TURNER
BMW
Felix Quirmbach
Oskari Rinne
197
Aditis Racing by WSR
Mercedes-AMG
Lukas Prada
Martin Kadlečík
198
Virtus.pro
Mercedes-AMG
Kevin Ellis Jr
Dáire Richard McCormack
199
Apex Racing Team
Ford
Yohann Harth
Luca Kita
All roster substitutions are highlighted above. The Michelin Wild Card Entry is also highlighted above
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2025 IMSA ESPORTS GLOBAL CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND 3 SPOTTERS GUIDE
IMSA P3 CHALLENGE
The second and final IMSA Esports P3 Challenge race will kick off the racing action on Sunday leading into the Global Championship event. At 1:15 p.m. ET, the pre-show event will kick off with a number of qualified drivers from the Grid Finder LMP3 Challenge competing in 20-minute, fixed setup races against select special guests.
Last week, the 20-minute event at Sebring featured 21 competitors taking on Sebring in the LMP3. After a hard fought battle for the top spot, Belgium’s Christophe Herbigneaux outlasted Italy’s Dario Frattini for the victory.
LAST RACE
One week ago, the IMSA Esports Global Championship took on the bumps around Sebring International Raceway. Coanda Esports was dominant in both classes. On a recovery drive from a poor result at Road Atlanta, the Porsche Coanda No. 91 claimed the win in the GTP class. Meanwhile, it came down to the wire for the two GTD Coanda Esports entries, with the No. 181 Chevrolet just barely taking the win over the pole-sitting No. 118 Chevrolet.
LAST SEASON
Long Beach and VIR replace what was a two hour and 40 minute regular race at Indianapolis one season ago. Team Redline dominated both classes on that day. This is a series debut for both Long Beach and VIR.
STREETS OF LONG BEACH TRACK FACTS
Born against long odds in 1976, the Long Beach Grand Prix is North America’s premier street race. The debut event featured Formula 5000 cars in a race won by Brian Redman. The following year, Clay Regazzoni captured the inaugural U.S. Grand Prix (West) and in 1977 Mario Andretti passed Jody Scheckter in the closing laps to become the first American to win an F1 race on home ground. Andretti’s popular victory put the race on firm financial footing and set in motion the rebirth of Long Beach, which morphed from a down-on-its heels port city to a thriving modern city/tourist destination. The resulting building boom necessitated ongoing changes to the track layout, finally settling on the current 1.968 mile, 11 turn circuit encircling the Long Beach Convention Center and the Long Beach Aquarium.
Nor were the changes limited to the track and its environs. The Long Beach GP changed gears in 1984, bringing the home-grown Indy cars to town as the featured attraction. The event hardly missed a beat, as the names of Unser, Zanardi, Montoya, Franchitti, Power, Conway and Dixon joined the likes of Regazzoni, Andretti, Villeneuve, Piquet and Lauda on the illustrious list of Long Beach winners. What’s more, the event grew to include IMSA and SCCA pro sports car racing series, along with the popular Toyota Celebrity race in which Hollywood’s famous (and near famous) exchange Armani and Gucci for Simpson and Bell.
VIRGINIA INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY TRACK FACTS
Virginia International Raceway is a race track that’s been revived back from the dead. Born in 1957 during the initial blitz of U.S. road-racing circuit development, VIR was one of the major sports car racing facilities during the 1960s.With its remote location, far from the population centers that fill the spectator areas, VIR experienced financial problems and closed in 1974. Suddenly silent, the facility reverted to farm land. The 1,200-acre parcel still would be farmland today had New York real-estate developer and vintage racer Harvey Siegel not purchased it in 1998 and undertaken the herculean task of not only restoring the circuit, but bringing it up to world-class standards.
While retaining the backbone of the original circuit, including its trademark Oak Tree turn, Siegel widened the track to 40 feet and gave it modern safety and convenience features. Today, VIRginia International Raceway (as it now bills itself) offers six configurations (Full Course – 3.27 miles; North Course – 2.25 miles; South Course – 1.65 miles; Patriot Course – 1.1 miles; Grand West – 3.97 Miles; and Grand East – 4.07 miles) of which two can always be run simultaneously. All of the courses are challenging, but the 3.27-mile Full Course, the track’s original configuration, is a true classic. Straightaways of 3,000 and 4,000 feet yield terrific velocities for any race car, while a 130-foot elevation change and a succession of blind, sweeping turns challenge professional and amateur drivers alike.
NEXT RACE
After the GTP race at Long Beach and GTD race at VIR, the series will conclude on December 7th with the fourth and final race of the season at the famed Daytona International Speedway. The usual ending spot of the virtual series is the usual starting spot of the real-world action, with the Rolex 24 at Daytona in January kicking off the season. Last season, BMW M Team BS+COMPETITION was victorious in the GTP class while the Mercedes-AMG Apex Racing Team took the checkers in the GTD class. That race also crowned the titles for Williams Esports Chillblast and Team Redline in their respective classes.
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 IMSA Esports P3 Challenge kicking things off at 1:15 p.m. ET. The Countdown to Green pre-race show starts right after, at 1:50 p.m. ET (18:45 GMT). Race coverage begins at 2:00 p.m. ET.
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