Welcome to the Indy Euro Series!

The Indy Euro Series [IES] is a European time zone-friendly Indycar championship including both road and oval races.

There will be 9 rounds with a mix of Sprint & Feature rounds, longer Grand Prix's, and Oval format events.

Entry is USD $5 and will be lowered as the Season progresses, a breakdown of which can be found in section 3.3 of the regulations found in the Rules tab. Entry fees go towards server rentals, stream graphics/telemetry and the overall prize pool.
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Prizes

Prize pool

For Season 2, we have a total Prize Pool of $240, split between the Driver’s and Team’s Championship. Here are the cash prizes in the Driver's Championship:

• P1 in the standings will receive $50
• P2 in the standings will receive $40
• P3 in the standings will receive $30
• P4 in the standings will receive $20
• P5 in the standings will receive $10

Here are the cash prizes in the Team’s Championship:

• P1 in the standings will receive $45
• P2 in the standings will receive $30
• P3 in the standings will receive $15

Prizes awarded for the Team’s Championship will be distributed evenly between all main drivers who have competed for the team.

Additional Prizes

• Extra Driver's Championship points will be given to drivers that complete a minimum of 7 races throughout the season

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Calendar

• R1 - Algarve International Circuit [GP] - Jul 22, '26
• R2 - Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello [GP] - Jul 29, '26
• R3 - Charlotte Motor Speedway [Oval] - Aug 5, '26
• R4 - Road America [Full] - Aug 19, '26
• R5 - Indianapolis Motor Speedway [Oval] - Aug 26, '26
• R6 - Miami International Autodrome [GP] - Sep 2, '26
• R7 - Autodromo Nazionale Monza [GP] - Sep 16, '26
• R8 - Phoenix Raceway [Legacy - 2008 Oval] - Sep 23, '26
• R9 - Watkins Glen International [Classic Boot] - Sep 30, '26

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Timing

 For Full Weekend events, the timing is as follows (in BST):

• Practice: 30 mins [19:00 - 19:30]
• Open Qualifying: 20 mins, [19:30 - 19:50]
• Reverse Top 16 Sprint Race: 25 mins [~19:50 - 20:15]
• Warmup: 5 mins [~ 20:15 - 20:20]
• Feature Race: 45 mins [~20:20 - 21:05]

 For Grand Prix events, the timing is as follows (in BST):

• Practice: 30 mins [19:00 - 19:30]
• Open Qualifying: 20 mins, [19:30 - 19:50]
• Main Race: 1hr 10 mins [19:50 - 21:00]

- Oval event timing is subject to race length
- 2hr practice sessions will be hosted 24 hours before a race event
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Race Information

• Start Type: Rolling Starts
• Restart Type: Double-file Back / Single-file Maintain†
• Fast Repairs: 1
• †Wave Arounds: Enabled
• Weather: Season 2 will use dynamic weather for custom forecasts [rain will not appear on Oval events]
• X limit can be found in section 11.8 of the IES Regulations in the Rules tab
• Leave debris on track: Enabled
• Session State: Generate in Practice, carry over to Qualify and Race sessions
• Setups: Fixed setups for all races!
• Safety Cars will be called manually by Race Control and not automated by iRacing. More information about this can be found in the IES Regulations.

†Denotes Oval races only
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Other Information

Custom liveries are allowed and can be viewable via Trading Paints, but must follow iRacing's and Trading Paints' guidelines! We encourage drivers to not use real-world liveries or liveries inspired from other real motorsports (unless applicable).

The remainder of the rules can be found on the rules tab on SimGrid!