The FIA (Fédération Internationale de l’Vehicle) has introduced the primary sim racing occasion that can use its Worldwide Sporting Code.
The MENA Esports Championship 2025 takes place from November thirteenth to fifteenth, 2025, in Amman, Jordan.
To stick to the Worldwide Sporting Code, the FIA will appoint a devoted race director together with two worldwide stewards and a sporting coordinator who will outline the ‘official sporting laws’ used to supervise the competitors.
Based in 2021, the FIA MENA Esports Championship has cemented itself as one of many largest sim racing occasions within the Center East. Co-funded by the FIA Sport Grant Programme, the occasion has attracted over 1,200 sim racers from throughout the area.
“We’re delighted to current the FIA MENA Esports Championship, which can additional elevate the profile of this thriving motorsport self-discipline each at regional degree and on a world scale,” stated Niroshan Pereira, President of the FIA Esports Fee.
“It’s the results of a few years of exhausting work and a pioneering imaginative and prescient. We sit up for following the competitors.”
{Qualifications} for the occasion started in September, with 40 drivers competing in a regional qualifier. The highest 24 drivers will advance to the primary occasion on Gran Turismo 7 for an opportunity to turn into champion and earn an invite to the FIA Awards.
The FIA And Sim Racing
All through 2025, the FIA has continued to develop its presence inside the sim racing sector. In late September, it revealed an esports survey to assemble perception and suggestions that can assist form its future esports initiatives.
August noticed it add esports as a part of the 2025 FIA Karting World Championship as a instrument to reveal digital racing as a pathway to embark on a profession in real-world motorsport.
As the primary occasion to function the FIA’s Worldwide Sporting Code, it is going to be fascinating to see if different sim racing occasions determine to observe go well with. Nonetheless, the deal does sign that motorsport’s governing physique continues to develop with numerous new initiatives designed to bridge the hole between digital and real-world motorsport.
