Season Details
Mazda MX5 Cup
Assetto Corsa

Mazda MX5 Cup

2025-04-13 - 2025-07-27

Welcome to our upcoming MX-5 Cup Season – a tightly-packed, action-heavy championship designed for clean, competitive racing in one of the most balanced cars in simracing. Whether you're a seasoned wheel-to-wheel veteran or new to our community, this season is the perfect opportunity to get stuck in.

Over the next 16 weeks, we’ll be running 8 race weekends on alternating Sundays. Each round will feature three races:

Race 1: 15-minute sprint with a traditional qualifying-based grid.

Race 2: Another 15-minute sprint, but with a reverse grid for the top 10 finishers from Race 1 – shaking up the field and keeping the racing unpredictable.

Race 3: A 30-minute feature race, worth double points, where consistency and strategy come into play.

All races will be held in the Mazda MX-5 Cup car on Assetto Corsa, offering incredibly tight and rewarding racing. Expect bumper-to-bumper action, clean overtakes, and plenty of opportunities to battle throughout the field.

Drivers will earn points across all three races, and with the reverse grid and double points in play, no lead is ever safe – keeping the championship alive right to the final round.

Whether you're here to chase the title or just enjoy some hard-fought racing with a great community, this is going to be a season to remember. We’ll see you on the grid!

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Upcoming

Mazda MX5 Cup
Pending
MX5 Barber
MX5 Barber
Assetto Corsa
Alabama Racing Course (Barber)
Sunday June 22nd 2025 07:00 PM Europe/Rome
Mazda MX5 Cup
Pending
MX5 Mosport
MX5 Mosport
Assetto Corsa
Mosport
Sunday July 6th 2025 07:00 PM Europe/Rome
Mazda MX5 Cup
Pending
MX5 Daytona
MX5 Daytona
Assetto Corsa
Daytona Road
Sunday July 20th 2025 07:00 PM Europe/Rome

Completed

Mazda MX5 Cup
Completed
MX5 VIR
MX5 VIR
Assetto Corsa
VIR
Sunday June 8th 2025 07:00 PM Europe/Rome
Mazda MX5 Cup
Completed
MX5 Road Atlanta
MX5 Road Atlanta
Assetto Corsa
Road Atlanta 2022
Sunday May 25th 2025 07:00 PM Europe/Rome
Mazda MX5 Cup
Completed
MX5 Mid Ohio
MX5 Mid Ohio
Assetto Corsa
Mid Ohio
Sunday May 11th 2025 07:00 PM Europe/Rome
Mazda MX5 Cup
Completed
MX5 Road America
MX5 Road America
Assetto Corsa
Road America (Lilski)
Sunday April 27th 2025 07:00 PM Europe/Rome
Mazda MX5 Cup
Completed
MX5 Watkins Glen
MX5 Watkins Glen
Assetto Corsa
Watkins Glen Boot
Sunday April 13th 2025 07:00 PM Europe/Rome
1st
1514 Points
Name
Whirlybird SimSport Team Victor
Drivers
Rob Lewis
Tim Ettlinger
Car
Mazda MX5 Cup
2nd
1271 Points
Name
TTL Racing
Drivers
TimTim
RedMane
Car
Mazda MX5 Cup
3rd
1168 Points
Name
Team Blue Gloves
Drivers
Kevin Miller
HiWind
Car
Mazda MX5 Cup
4th
1074 Points
Name
FDS Motorsports
Drivers
Mike Wagtelenberg
Lorech
Car
Mazda MX5 Cup
5th
989 Points
Name
Scuderia Piccolo Pollo
Drivers
Bas R
Yannic B.
Car
Mazda MX5 Cup
6th
986 Points
Name
Whirlybird SimSport Team Vulcan
Drivers
smarty
Peter Robinson
Car
Mazda MX5 Cup
8th
703 Points
Name
Brake Dancers
Drivers
Jan Houdek
Raxlly
Car
Mazda MX5 Cup
9th
0 Points
Name
3 WIDE Racing
Drivers
3 WIDE
Car
Mazda MX5 Cup
0th
1544 Points
Name
DraftKings
Drivers
Riddickulous
Dexox
Car
Mazda MX5 Cup

Scoring System

Base Points
50
The maximum points for the combined split position in each race. So for base points of 50, with two splits of 32, split 1 would yield 50 for 1st down to 19 for last, split 2 would yield 18 for 1st, down to 1 for 18th, and 0 thereafter.
Split Bonus
Split 1: 10
Split 2: 5
Split 3: 0
The bonus for racing in each split. Typically split 1 will have a small bonus, added to the score for each race a driver starts in it.
Split Position Bonus
Split 1: 1st - 20, 2nd - 15, 3rd - 12, 4th - 10, 5th - 8, 6th - 6, 7th - 4, 8th - 3, 9th - 2, 10th - 1
Split 2: 1st - 7, 2nd - 5, 3rd - 3, 4th - 1
The bonus for finishing in a given position in a given split.
Drops
2
The number of lowest scoring events to exclude race results for in the season standings for all drivers. DNF and DNS count towards drops, so missing an event entirely or not finishing is a drop.
Race Modifiers
Race 1: 1, Race 2: 1, Race 3: 2
For seasons with multiple races per event, typically a Feature and Sprint race with grid reversal, a modifier may be applied to one of the races. For example, if the second race is a longer feature race, it may be worth 1.5 times the points.
1st
834 Points
Name
Riddickulous
Car
41 Mazda MX5 Cup
1st
3
2nd
2
3rd
2
Top 10
8
Starts
9
2nd
824 Points
Name
Rob Lewis
Car
216 Mazda MX5 Cup
1st
3
2nd
3
3rd
2
Top 10
15
Starts
15
3rd
821 Points
Name
Kevin Kraus
Car
203 Mazda MX5 Cup
1st
3
2nd
2
3rd
3
Top 10
13
Starts
15
4th
786 Points
Name
SuperYam
Car
424 Mazda MX5 Cup
1st
1
2nd
3
3rd
3
Top 10
14
Starts
15
5th
710 Points
Name
Dexox
Car
4 Mazda MX5 Cup
1st
3
2nd
3
3rd
0
Top 10
7
Starts
9
6th
694 Points
Name
Mike Wagtelenberg
Car
298 Mazda MX5 Cup
1st
0
2nd
0
3rd
1
Top 10
12
Starts
15
7th
690 Points
Name
Tim Ettlinger
Car
161 Mazda MX5 Cup
1st
1
2nd
0
3rd
2
Top 10
9
Starts
15
8th
683 Points
Name
smarty
Car
140 Mazda MX5 Cup
1st
1
2nd
1
3rd
0
Top 10
8
Starts
15
9th
641 Points
Name
TimTim
Car
24 Mazda MX5 Cup
1st
0
2nd
0
3rd
0
Top 10
7
Starts
12
10th
630 Points
Name
RedMane
Car
66 Mazda MX5 Cup
1st
0
2nd
0
3rd
0
Top 10
8
Starts
15
11th
606 Points
Name
Kevin Miller
Car
108 Mazda MX5 Cup
1st
0
2nd
0
3rd
0
Top 10
4
Starts
15
12th
606 Points
Name
Jan Houdek
Car
111 Mazda MX5 Cup
1st
0
2nd
0
3rd
0
Top 10
6
Starts
9
13th
570 Points
Name
Bas R
Car
18 Mazda MX5 Cup
1st
0
2nd
0
3rd
0
Top 10
6
Starts
12
14th
562 Points
Name
HiWind
Car
11 Mazda MX5 Cup
1st
0
2nd
0
3rd
0
Top 10
2
Starts
15
15th
554 Points
Name
Nils Sheppard
Car
64 Mazda MX5 Cup
1st
0
2nd
0
3rd
0
Top 10
3
Starts
9
16th
530 Points
Name
beddy
Car
92 Mazda MX5 Cup
1st
0
2nd
0
3rd
0
Top 10
2
Starts
9
17th
530 Points
Name
dseus
Car
30 Mazda MX5 Cup
1st
0
2nd
0
3rd
0
Top 10
4
Starts
12
18th
525 Points
Name
Wietse
Car
9 Mazda MX5 Cup
1st
0
2nd
0
3rd
0
Top 10
0
Starts
15
19th
518 Points
Name
Enzo
Car
242 Mazda MX5 Cup
1st
0
2nd
0
3rd
1
Top 10
5
Starts
9
20th
517 Points
Name
UgoC
Car
67 Mazda MX5 Cup
1st
0
2nd
0
3rd
0
Top 10
0
Starts
12
21st
502 Points
Name
Stephen Wenham
Car
56 Mazda MX5 Cup
1st
0
2nd
0
3rd
0
Top 10
0
Starts
15
22nd
498 Points
Name
Tomzee
Car
74 Mazda MX5 Cup
1st
0
2nd
0
3rd
0
Top 10
6
Starts
6
23rd
464 Points
Name
Hugh Messenger
Car
128 Mazda MX5 Cup
1st
0
2nd
0
3rd
0
Top 10
2
Starts
12
24th
462 Points
Name
Rudy42
Car
42 Mazda MX5 Cup
1st
0
2nd
0
3rd
0
Top 10
0
Starts
12
25th
436 Points
Name
Venn
Car
82 Mazda MX5 Cup
1st
0
2nd
0
3rd
0
Top 10
0
Starts
9
26th
419 Points
Name
Yannic B.
Car
207 Mazda MX5 Cup
1st
0
2nd
0
3rd
0
Top 10
2
Starts
9
27th
380 Points
Name
Lorech
Car
227 Mazda MX5 Cup
1st
0
2nd
0
3rd
1
Top 10
3
Starts
6
28th
303 Points
Name
Peter Robinson
Car
267 Mazda MX5 Cup
1st
0
2nd
1
3rd
0
Top 10
2
Starts
6
29th
177 Points
Name
Ralino
Car
196 Mazda MX5 Cup
1st
0
2nd
0
3rd
0
Top 10
0
Starts
3
30th
152 Points
Name
Marko Aava
Car
54 Mazda MX5 Cup
1st
0
2nd
0
3rd
0
Top 10
0
Starts
3
31st
129 Points
Name
Gustavo Galhardo
Car
515 Mazda MX5 Cup
1st
0
2nd
0
3rd
0
Top 10
2
Starts
3
32nd
103 Points
Name
Seb
Car
232 Mazda MX5 Cup
1st
0
2nd
0
3rd
0
Top 10
0
Starts
3
33rd
97 Points
Name
Raxlly
Car
495 Mazda MX5 Cup
1st
0
2nd
0
3rd
0
Top 10
0
Starts
3
34th
30 Points
Name
David Hoskins
Car
165 Mazda MX5 Cup
1st
0
2nd
0
3rd
0
Top 10
0
Starts
3
35th
30 Points
Name
TastyBurger
Car
19 Mazda MX5 Cup
1st
0
2nd
0
3rd
0
Top 10
0
Starts
3
0th
0 Points
Name
junglist
Car
175 Mazda MX5 Cup
1st
-
2nd
-
3rd
-
Top 10
-
Starts
-
0th
0 Points
Name
David Kolar
Car
23 Mazda MX5 Cup
1st
-
2nd
-
3rd
-
Top 10
-
Starts
-
0th
0 Points
Name
Holtz
Car
245 Mazda MX5 Cup
1st
-
2nd
-
3rd
-
Top 10
-
Starts
-
0th
0 Points
Name
3 WIDE
Car
07 Mazda MX5 Cup
1st
-
2nd
-
3rd
-
Top 10
-
Starts
-
0th
0 Points
Name
alessandro saletti
Car
135 Mazda MX5 Cup
1st
-
2nd
-
3rd
-
Top 10
-
Starts
-
0th
0 Points
Name
Steve Stevenson
Car
164 Mazda MX5 Cup
1st
-
2nd
-
3rd
-
Top 10
-
Starts
-
0th
0 Points
Name
SamuelJ
Car
93 Mazda MX5 Cup
1st
-
2nd
-
3rd
-
Top 10
-
Starts
-
0th
0 Points
Name
Konrad J
Car
828 Mazda MX5 Cup
1st
-
2nd
-
3rd
-
Top 10
-
Starts
-
0th
0 Points
Name
EricGM92
Car
285 Mazda MX5 Cup
1st
-
2nd
-
3rd
-
Top 10
-
Starts
-
0th
0 Points
Name
Windspeed
Car
75 Mazda MX5 Cup
1st
-
2nd
-
3rd
-
Top 10
-
Starts
-
0th
0 Points
Name
Vuk Nastanovic
Car
118 Mazda MX5 Cup
1st
-
2nd
-
3rd
-
Top 10
-
Starts
-
0th
0 Points
Name
Sergiu Novac
Car
13, 15 Mazda MX5 Cup
1st
-
2nd
-
3rd
-
Top 10
-
Starts
-
Regions Cup
Region Points
EU Europe 12350
NA North America 4663
Nations Cup
Nation Region Points
United Kingdom EU 4099
Netherlands EU 3198
United States NA 2709
Germany EU 2542
Canada NA 1954
Czech Republic EU 703
Ireland EU 630
Italy EU 517
Latvia EU 380
Finland EU 152
Portugal EU 129
Briefing

The weekend format is 60 minutes of practice followed by a 10 minute quali, then two races of 15 minutes each followed by a feature 30 minute race.  The first race grid is set by quali order, the second by race 1 finish order (with random reverse), and the third race is set by the finishing positions of race 2.  Drivers will need to leave the server and rejoin between each race session (but not between quali and race 1), while the server entry list and configs are re-generated.  Drivers are encouraged to hang out in Discord between races, so they see the "server back up" announcements, which is typically about 10 minutes.

We will also be implementing success ballast, starting at 70kg for first and reducing by 7kg for each following position up to 10th. This should also keep things close! The first race of each weekend is ballasted by season ranking, then races 2 and 3 are ballasted according to the results of the previous race. So the season leader will carry 70kg into race 1, the winner of race 1 carries 70kg into race 2, and the winner of race 2 carries 70kg into race 3. 

As administrators, we also reserve the right to give certain drivers who cannot attend all events "competition ballast" so as to keep the racing closer. The point is not to penalize these folks, but to make sure their racing experience is as good as everyone else's as they are not operating with an "unfair" advantage for their relative pace.

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