ESPORTS NEWS
Student sim racing series launched
The all-new British University Sim Racing Series began this month, with Tom Ballantnye setting out his stall for a tilt at the title by taking victory in all three of the opening races.
The championship – which is run, organised and presented by students in their final year project at Nottingham Trent University – is the first to be created by Motorsport UK explicitly for student sim racers and brings together 25 drivers from across the UK to compete in Global Mazda MX-5s.
Results from Heat 1
Race 1: Lime Rock Park |
1st |
Tom Ballantnye |
19 laps |
2nd |
Daniel Solan |
+ 0.203 |
3rd |
Fabien McKeon |
+ 17.955 |
Each round features three races run on three different circuits, with the openers at Lime Rock Park, Charlotte Motor Speedway and Virginia International Raceway, and the second heat, which ran as Revolution went to press, at Oulton Park, Phoenix Raceway and Rudskogen Motorsenter.
The third and final of three heat events will run on 26th March with races at Oulton Park, Oran Park and Navarra, after which the scores will reset and the top drivers will go headto-head in a six-race Grand Final on 16th April. The top three drivers will all win tickets to one of this season’ s British Touring Car Championship events.
Race 2: Charlotte Motor Speedway |
1st |
Tom Ballantnye |
13 laps |
2nd |
Jack Mace |
+ 08.603 |
3rd |
Malachi Greenidge |
+ 16.470 |
Race 3: Virginia International Raceway |
1st |
Tom Ballantnye |
13 laps |
2nd |
Malachi Greenidge |
+ 12.372 |
3rd |
Mitch Marie |
+ 25.191 |
Series Standings |
1st |
Tom Ballantnye |
77 points |
2nd |
Malachi Greenidge |
58 points |
3rd |
Mitchell Marie |
54 points |
Cross Car battle goes down to the wire
The action-packed Cross Car championship goes down to the wire at Knockhill on 25th March after a thrilling penultimate race at Daytona closed the gap between the top contenders.
The championship, which was launched this year, has been running on the iRacing platform using the official FIA Cross Car, with competitors fighting it out for a test and real-world race in a Cross Car courtesy of LifeLive UK. It was split into two stages, with initial pre-qualifying hot laps deciding which 27 drivers would take on the six rounds of the main championship.
The season began at Brands Hatch in February, followed by rounds at Winton, Barcelona, and Hell. With four races gone, experienced sim racer Graham Carroll led the way with a 12-point advantage over Lewis Woods and Ben Langford, but at Daytona the Scot could only manage third place, as Langford beat Nathan Williams by just 0.054s.
That leaves it tight at the top and Carroll said:“ It’ s going to be a tough one, the championship has closed a little bit. It’ s going to be an awesome race to be watching for that finale, so I’ m excited for it.”
Results from Round 4
1st Ben Langford 10 laps 2nd Nathan J Williams + 0.054s 3rd Graham Carroll + 2.175s
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Revolution- March 2026