Format
New for Spring Season 2026: A Fresh Racing Format Full of Thrills!
MAIN SEASON FORMAT
With this Main Season, the R1 competition moves away from the previous GT3 grid and instead centers around the available RENNSPORT roster of Hypercars.
Each Round of the Main Season consists of 4 races with each of the 12 Teams competing in 2 of them. Teams will be shuffled into different groups for each Round. The Tracks used will be voted by the community and revealed at the start of the competition.
ONLINE FINAL FORMAT
Top 6 standing Teams from the previous four online Rounds are qualified for the Final. The competition has two stages: the Hero Stage and the Team Race Stage. The Hero Stage involves four individual races, with drivers designated as ‘Hero’ (double points) or ‘Defense’ (full points). Races 1 and 3 use standard qualifying, while Races 2 and 4 reverse the previous race's results for the grid. Hero Stage results convert to team points via percentage to set the Team Race Stage starting order. The leading team starts the Team Race Stage with 100 points, others proportionally less. Teams reaching 160 points enter "Finalist Mode," and the overall winner is the first team to have a driver win a race after entering this mode.
HERO STAGE
The Hero Stage includes four races with all 12 Drivers competing. Starting grids for Races 1 and 3 are set by standard qualifying. Races 2 and 4 use a reversed grid based on the classified results of Races 1 and 3, respectively. Drivers earn points in each race, which contribute to the overall event classification.
TEAM STAGE
The Team Stage follows the completion of the Hero Stage and is contested by teams using points carried over through a percentage conversion of the Hero Stage results. Teams are ranked based on the converted points, with the leading team starting the Team Stage with 100 points and all other teams starting with points relative to the leader. Teams earn points in each Team Stage race, contributing to their total team score. Once a team reaches 160 points, it enters Finalist Mode, where the event victory is awarded to the first team whose driver wins a race.