Max Verstappen’s Team Redline win 24-hour sim racing event on F1 weekend

Verstappen joined the race piloting the leading M4 GT3 in the early hours of Sunday morning ahead of the Hungarian event.

During the darkness, the 61-time grand prix winner drove a consistent stint, deftly shadowed by the related Redline Mustang for three hours.

The two cars were able to extend their gap over the third-placed BMW M Team BS+Competition entry driven by Rainer Talvar at the time.

The event witnessed the tempest weather system in use, marking the first time rain hit one of iRacing’s 24-hour special events. It arrived with just over 10 hours of the race to run and had dried up with just under five hours remaining.

Apart from when differing strategies overlapped, it was Redline domination throughout the race. Pinto crossed the line to win ahead of Thompson, with Ryan Barneveld sharing third with Talvar and Phil Denes.

The result means Verstappen and his Redline team have won all three of the platform’s longest special events this season following victories in the Daytona 24 and Nürburgring 24h earlier in the year.

iRacing 24 Hours of Spa 2024 top split race result

1. #20 BMW M Team Redline 20 – Diogo C. Pinto, Chris Lulham, Florian A Lebigre, Max Verstappen – 594 laps
2. #21 Team Redline – Sam Kuitert, Josh Thompson, Gustavo Ariel, Ole Steinbraten +13.910
3. #89 BMW M Team BS+COMPETITION – Ryan Barneveld, Phil Denes, Rainer Talvar +23.851
4. #150 Williams Esports PitFit – Parker White, Sami-Matti Trogen, Atte Kauppinen +1 lap
5. #1 Williams Esports Racing Prodigy – Sota Muto, Beckham Jacir, Alessandro Bico +1 lap