Ewan O'Leary

Two titans of sim racing collected the GTP and GTD IMSA Esports Global Championship titles for 2025.

The GTP and GTD classes were split for Round 3, with the former at Long Beach and the latter at Virginia International Raceway.

The second round of the 2025 IMSA Esports Global Championship was dominated by Coanda Esports, with the team securing both GTP and GTD honours.

Team Redline dominated the second half of the race in GTP after the Australian’s collision in The Esses, while Redline’s long-time rivals Coanda Esports breezed past the GTD field with a one-two of their own. 

Kylian Drumont and Kaj de Bruin, who were representing R8G Esports for the only time this season, did enough in the final race to overhaul a deficit to RAFA ERA Esports’ more inexperienced lineup. 

Images: VCO Esports

The Italian dropped from first to fifth at the first corner because of Balazs Palla, but got his revenge with a late pass in the Mercedes Arena to take the €600 first prize. 

The Esports Racing League competition 25/26 moved from Assetto Corsa Competizione to Le Mans Ultimate for Round 2, and found a different winner.

Images: VCO Esports

The results now finalised and ratified, three drivers from the PRO and AM categories, respectively, of the Road to SimExpo competition will travel to Dortmund next month for the in-person final. 

A night of avoiding drama at the Red Bull Ring gives former ERL and ACC aces the victory by defeating Virtus.pro 2-0 in the Final. Images: VCO

An opportunity to appear at a LAN Final for the first time in Maastricht awaits 23 teams competing across six of sim racing’s best platforms.