
iRacing Unveils Busy Slate of Yearlong Sports Car, Formula Car Series for 2025
February 13th, 2025 by Chris Leone
Many of iRacing’s most popular yearlong series for Sports Car and Formula Car racers are back with exciting new schedules for the 2025 season. From solo and team road racing at the Nurburgring to multiple globally relevant single-seater tours, iRacers of all racing preferences will have something to compete for across a deep slate of series:
iRacing INDYCAR Series
Time Slots: Thursday 1:00 GMT, Friday 20:00 GMT, Saturday 18:00 GMT, Sunday 2:00 GMT
The IndyCar Series is the world’s most diverse professional race series. With a schedule that includes road courses and ovals of all shapes and sizes, the series emphasizes the ability of drivers and teams to adapt to a vast array of different circumstances from sweeping, banked, baby’s-bottom-smooth 220 mph turns to corrugated hairpins that rattle your molars at 35 mph.
Round |
Start Date |
Track |
Laps |
1 | March 2 | Sebring International Raceway – International | 55 |
2 | March 23 | Auto Club Speedway – Oval | 150 |
3 | April 13 | Long Beach Street Circuit | 85 |
4 | May 4 | Barber Motorsports Park | 90 |
5 | May 10 | Indianapolis Motor Speedway – Road Course | 85 |
6 | May 25 | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | 125 |
7 | June 1 | Detroit Grand Prix at Belle Isle | 70 |
8 | June 15 | World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway | 260 |
9 | June 22 | Road America | 55 |
10 | July 6 | Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course – Full Course | 90 |
11 | July 12 | Iowa Speedway – Oval | 250 |
12 | July 20 | Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 65 |
13 | July 27 | WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca | 95 |
14 | August 10 | TBA | TBA |
15 | August 24 | The Milwaukee Mile | 250 |
16 | August 31 | Nashville Superspeedway | 200 |
iRacing Grand Prix Tour
The fastest, most challenging, most exciting road racing series on the iRacing service, the iRacing.com Grand Prix Series features the Mercedes-AMG F1 W13 E Performance on many of the world’s most fabled and demanding circuits. Befitting their place in the A license class, these cars are the fastest and most technically advanced cars in the iRacing stable. You’ll need to be at the absolute top of your game as a driver and as a race engineer to extract the maximum performance from this car.
Round |
Start Date |
Track |
Laps |
1 | March 11 | Phillip Island Circuit | 69 laps |
2 | March 18 | Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello (Grand Prix) | 59 laps |
3 | April 1 | Suzuka International Racing Course (Grand Prix) | 53 laps |
4 | April 8 | Nürburgring Grand-Prix-Strecke (Grand Prix) | 60 laps |
5 | April 15 | Virginia International Raceway (Full Course) | 58 laps |
6 | April 29 | Sebring International Raceway (International) | 51 laps |
7 | May 13 | Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari (Grand Prix) | 63 laps |
8 | May 20 | Long Beach Street Circuit | 83 laps |
9 | May 27 | Circuit de Barcelona Catalunya (Historic) | 65 laps |
10 | June 10 | Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 70 laps |
11 | June 24 | Red Bull Ring (Grand Prix) | 71 laps |
12 | July 1 | Silverstone Circuit (Grand Prix) | 52 laps |
13 | July 22 | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps (Grand Prix Pits) | 44 laps |
14 | July 29 | Hungaroring | 70 laps |
15 | August 26 | Circuit Zandvoort (Grand Prix) | 72 laps |
16 | September 2 | Autodromo Nazionale Monza (Grand Prix) | 53 laps |
17 | September 16 | MotorLand Aragón (Grand Prix) | 58 laps |
18 | September 30 | Fuji International Speedway (Grand Prix) | 67 laps |
19 | October 14 | Circuit of the Americas (Grand Prix) | 56 laps |
20 | October 21 | Circuito de Jerez – Ángel Nieto (Grand Prix) | 70 laps |
21 | November 4 | Autódromo José Carlos Pace (Grand Prix) | 71 laps |
22 | November 18 | Autódromo Internacional do Algarve (Grand Prix) | 66 laps |
23 | November 25 | Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours (Grand Prix) | 70 laps |
24 | December 2 | Hockenheimring Baden-Württemberg (Grand Prix) | 67 laps |
iRacing CREVENTIC Endurance Series
For its fifth season, the iRacing CREVENTIC Endurance Series, a team racing championship that sees iRacers team up to take on a series of endurance events at some of the world’s premier road racing circuits, will feature a new lineup of tracks and cars. For 2025, the GT3 class will join the returning GT3 Cup and GT4 divisions. Alongside the traditional four-race slate of 12-hour events, the calendar will cap off with the series’ first 24-hour event at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. iRacing’s partnership with CREVENTIC, the organizers of the real-world 24H Series and iRacing’s 24H Series Esports Endurance league, brings CREVENTIC’s organizational capabilities to a series that is open to all iRacing members.
Round |
Start Date |
Event |
1 | March 29-30 | 12H Mugello |
2 | May 3-4 | 12H Spa |
3 | June 21-22 | 12H Misano |
4 | August 9-10 | 12H Magny Cours |
5 | October 18-19 | 24H Barcelona |
iRacing Nurburgring Endurance Championship
Experience the thrill of racing on one of the world’s most iconic race courses with the iRacing Nurburgring Endurance Series. Take the wheel in one of five classes comprised of some of our most popular sports cars in a series of endurance events. Whether you’re sharing the cockpit with your teammates or trying to conquer the track on your own, this multi-class event offers one of the most unique challenges that a sports car racer could ask for.
Round |
Start Date |
Time |
1 | April 5-6 | 4 hours |
2 | May 3-4 | 4 hours |
3 | May 17-18 | 4 hours |
4 | July 19-20 | 4 hours |
5 | August 2-3 | 4 hours |
6 | August 23-24 | 6 hours |
7 | September 20-21 | 4 hours |
8 | October 18-19 | 4 hours |
9 | November 8-9 | 4 hours |
This year’s Nurburgring Endurance Championship classes are as follows:
- GT3: Audi R8 LMS EVO II GT3, BMW M4 GT3, Ferrari 296 GT3, Ford Mustang GT3, Lamborghini Huracán GT3, Mercedes-AMG GT3, Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)
- GT3 Cup: Porsche 911 GT3 Cup (992)
- GT4: Aston Martin Vantage GT4, BMW M4 GT4, Mercedes-AMG GT4, Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport
- TCR: Audi RS3 LMS TCR, Honda Civic Type R TCR, Hyundai Elantra TCR
- M2: BMW M2 CS Racing
iRacing Vintage Grand Prix Tour
Time Slots: Tuesday 2:00 GMT, Sunday 7:00 GMT, Sunday 22:00 GMT, Monday 18:00 GMT
New for 2025, the iRacing Vintage Grand Prix Tour brings the Lotus 79 on a tour that loosely resembles the 1978 World Driver’s Championship.
Round |
Start Date |
Track |
Laps |
1 | April 8 | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps – Classic Pits | 45 Laps |
2 | April 22 | Autódromo José Carlos Pace – Grand Prix | 74 Laps |
3 | April 29 | Long Beach Street Circuit | 80 Laps |
4 | May 13 | Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello | 59 Laps |
5 | May 27 | Circuit Zolder – Alternate | 70 Laps |
6 | June 10 | Circuito de Jerez – Ángel Nieto – Moto | 72 Laps |
7 | June 24 | Canadian Tire Motorsports Park | 81 Laps |
8 | July 8 | Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours – Grand Prix | 72 Laps |
9 | July 22 | Brands Hatch Circuit – Grand Prix | 76 Laps |
10 | August 5 | Nordschleife Industriefahrten | 14 Laps |
11 | August 26 | Red Bull Ring – Grand Prix | 74 Laps |
12 | September 9 | Circuit Zandvoort – Grand Prix | 75 Laps |
13 | September 23 | Autodromo Nazionale Monza – GP without first chicane | 52 Laps |
14 | October 7 | Watkins Glen International – Classic Boot | 59 Laps |
15 | October 21 | Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 70 Laps |