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:

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.

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