Porsche TAG Heuer Esports Supercup: 2020 Season Preview

iRacing’s premier road racing World Championship makes its long-awaited return this Saturday, as the new-look Porsche TAG Heuer Esports Supercup kicks off its 2020 season at Circuit Park Zandvoort. The 10-race championship welcomes a new naming partner in TAG Heuer, sees its prize pool doubled to $200,000, and includes an all-new support series, the Porsche Esports Sprint Challenge, that will feature Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport cars competing in Super Sessions on the same tracks and dates as their Porsche 911 GT3 Cup counterparts.

Even the schedule has changed dramatically. The series’ debut season featured a heavy North American tilt, with six American or Canadian courses on the calendar, but the 2020 campaign goes global in a big way with visits to eight different countries. Zandvoort is joined by Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Donington Park Racing Circuit, and Circuit de la Sarthe for four new tracks in the first four events of the year, while the fifth round at the Nurburgring switches from the Grand Prix layout to the Gesamtstrecke, which combined the GP course with the infamous Nordschleife. It’s not until Round 6 at Silverstone that drivers will see a circuit that was on last year’s schedule, and only the final two rounds at Spa-Francorchamps and Monza join it as returning venues.

What hasn’t changed is the drivers at the front of the pack, led by defending series champion Josh Rogers and runner-up Max Benecke. Joined by fellow 2019 front-runners like Sebastian Job, Mitchell deJong, and Graham Carroll, they’ll have to face 20 fresh faces that made their way in through this year’s qualifying series, including champion Jeff Giassi, iRacing Rallycross race winner Yohann Harth, and even Formula 1 superstar Max Verstappen, who will look to add a virtual title to his ever-expanding real-world trophy case.

The 2020 Porsche TAG Heuer Esports Supercup driver roster is as follows:

No.

Name

Qualifying Status

2Jeremy BouteloupTop 20 in 2019 points
3Sindre SetsaasTop 20 in 2020 qualifying series points
4Marin S ColakTop 20 in 2020 qualifying series points
5Martin KrönkeTop 20 in 2019 points
7Jeff GiassiTop 20 in 2020 qualifying series points
10Jack SedgwickTop 20 in 2019 points
11Maximilian BeneckeTop 20 in 2019 points
12Marcus JensenTop 20 in 2019 points
14Marc PerezTop 20 in 2020 qualifying series points
16Mack BakkumTop 20 in 2020 qualifying series points
18Antoine HigelinTop 20 in 2019 points
21Graham CarrollTop 20 in 2019 points
22Sebastian JobTop 20 in 2019 points
23Aleksi Uusi-JaakkolaTop 20 in 2020 qualifying series points
24Mitchell deJongTop 20 in 2019 points
27Patrik HolzmannTop 20 in 2019 points
28Alexander ThiebeTop 20 in 2020 qualifying series points
29Carl E JanssonTop 20 in 2020 qualifying series points
31David WilliamsTop 20 in 2019 points
33Ricardo Castro LedoTop 20 in 2020 qualifying series points
36Joshua W AndersonTop 20 in 2020 qualifying series points
42Matti KaidesojaTop 20 in 2020 qualifying series points
43Brian LockwoodTop 20 in 2020 qualifying series points
47Alejandro SánchezTop 20 in 2019 points
49Jamie FlukeTop 20 in 2019 points
57Dayne WarrenTop 20 in 2020 qualifying series points
58Tommy OstgaardTop 20 in 2019 points
66Greger HuttuTop 20 in 2019 points
69Max VerstappenTop 20 in 2020 qualifying series points
70Gianni VecchioTop 20 in 2020 qualifying series points
71Jonas WallmeierTop 20 in 2020 qualifying series points
77Valtteri AlanderTop 20 in 2020 qualifying series points
83Bobby ZalenskiTop 20 in 2019 points
90Yohann HarthTop 20 in 2020 qualifying series points
92Joshua K Rogers2019 Porsche Esports Supercup Champion
94Jarrad FilsellTop 20 in 2019 points
98Kevin Ellis JrTop 20 in 2019 points
107Tuomas TähteläTop 20 in 2019 points
110Christopher DambietzTop 20 in 2020 qualifying series points
211ThibauIt CazaubonTop 20 in 2020 qualifying series points

 

The 2020 Porsche TAG Heuer Esports Supercup season kicks off on Saturday, May 2 at Circuit Park Zandvoort. Races will stream at 14:00 GMT (10AM ET) on the iRacing eSports Network on Facebook, Twitch, and YouTube. For more information on iRacing and for special offers, visit www.iracing.com.

Photo credit: Oleg Sadovnikov