Esports and real-world drivers come together for the final fight held in Raceroom.
Photo credit: Porsche
Two qualifying competitions come together to form one big final: on Saturday, September 5, esports racers and real-life drivers pursue the title in the grand final of the Porsche Esports Carrera Cup. They chase a prize pool of €15,000 in a double header race held in RaceRoom.
Moritz Löhner dominates qualifying
More than 3,500 esports racers took part in four qualifiers on tracks around Europe. Only the eight fastest drivers of each qualifier secured a spot in the semi-final, forming a grid of 32 drivers. A double header race at Imola then determined 14 drivers to advance to the grand final of the competition. Especially German Moritz Löhner stood out in the semi-final, winning both races at the Italian circuit.
CARRERA CUP FINAL AND DSRC SPICE UP NEXT WEEK
Independently from the esports racers, drivers from last year’s Porsche Carrera Cup Germany and Porsche Sports Cup Germany tried to qualify for the final as well. Six of them secured their entries and now have their eyes on the big cash prize. The real-world racers face off against the esports racers for the first and only time in the Porsche Esports Carrera Cup. Find the full line-up for the final race below.
| Racer | Simracer/Professional driver |
| Moritz Löhner | Simracer |
|---|---|
| Nikodem Wisniewski | Simracer |
| Leon Rüdiger | Simracer |
| Simone Prete | Simracer |
| Jakub Brzezinski | Simracer |
| Marko Pejic | Simracer |
| Luca Rettenbacher | Professional driver |
| Lucas Müller | Simracer |
| Max Duhr | Simracer |
| Alexander Dornieden | Simracer |
| Thorsten Ulrich | Simracer |
| Néstor Garcia | Simracer |
| Julian Hanses | Professional driver |
| Florian Hasse | Simracer |
| Gianmarco Fiduci | Simracer |
| Carlo Luciano Bedin | Simracer |
| Laurin Heinrich | Professional driver |
| Donar Mundin | Professional driver |
| Michael Essmann | Professional driver |
| Lukas Ertl | Simracer |
Grand final crowns Carrera Cup Champion
Two final races will determine the winner who takes home €7,000. The bottom two podium sitters receive €5,000 and €3,000 respectively. Both races take 30 minutes and the track will be revealed 24 hours before the green lights. Get to know more about the competition in our coverage:
Watch the broadcast live on the Porsche Carrera Cup Deutschland YouTube channel, starting with a free practice at 2 PM CEST. The first race gets underway at 2.55 PM CEST.
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