12th September 2025
Next Level Racing®
Gold Coast, Australia

Next Level Racing® is proud to join forces with Mercedes-AMG Motorsport for Season One of the Mercedes-AMG Motorsport Virtual Championship – the premier global esports series aimed to unite the sim racing community across five titles: Assetto Corsa Competizione (on console and PC), Gran Turismo 7, iRacing, and RENNSPORT.

The championship will feature a multi-platform format, with a total of 240 entry slots available across five titles. Drivers will choose their preferred title and race others, testing driver skill and scoring points toward a unified overall championship leaderboard.

As part of this prestigious partnership, Next Level Racing® is supporting an exclusive prize pool for the top three finishers — each of whom will select their prize in order of championship result:

  • Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team Track Side Experience
  • Mercedes-AMG Motorsport GT Track Experience
  • Mercedes-AMG Motorsport Gaming Bundle, including the Next Level Racing® Elite-series Simulator, compromising of:
    • GTElite Front & Side Mount Edition
    • Elite ES1 Seat
    • Elite Direct Monitor Mount
    • Elite Keyboard & Mouse Tray
    • XL Premium Floor Mat

“We’re thrilled to partner with Mercedes-AMG Motorsport as partner for Season One of the Mercedes-AMG Motorsport Virtual Championship. The Mercedes-AMG Motorsport Virtual Championship is everything sim racing should be – competitive, diverse, global, and deeply connected to real motorsport. With the series running across ACC (on console and PC), GT7, iRacing, and RENNSPORT, it will be the most accessible championship in the world, and we’re excited to watch the sim racing community compete for the incredible prizes – and to award an Elite-series cockpit to one of the top-3 finishers.” – Hess Ghah, CEO of Next Level Racing®

This year’s Mercedes-AMG Motorsport Virtual Championship is already a hotly-contested and thrilling competition. On-track action has already begun after a tight qualification phase – with thousands of hot-lap sessions logged at the Mercedes-AMG Fan Zones at the 24 Hours of Le Mans and 24 Hours of Nürburgring race weekends, and online via in-game competitions across the various platforms.

Find out more about the 2025 Mercedes-AMG Motorsport Virtual Championship here https://www.mercedes-amg.com/en/virtualchampionship, and check out the range of Next Level Racing® simulators here https://nextlevel1989.wpenginepowered.com/