Mazda European MX-5 Cup

Mazda Motor Europe has launched the Mazda European MX-5 Cup using the iRacing online race platform. This 12 week series (March 15th - June 6th) invites iRacers from select European countries to race the all new MAZDA MX-5.

This competition challenges the best iRacers in Europe to compete in the new mk4 MX-5 on 12 different circuits iRacing provides in the basic membership package
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At the end of the 12 week competition, the top 20 in points will be invited to participate in a Final Championship Race. This will conclude the Mazda European MX-5 Cup and identify the top three drivers of the series. These 3 qualify for the European Final in Barcelona.

Road to Barcelona
The top three racers will be invited to the European MX-5 Final in Barcelona, Spain from July 1 - 4 2016. The 3 iRacers will be assessed on their real world driving abilities on a real race track, with the best iRacer qualifying for the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity; a place in the MX-5 Global Cup Final at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca.

Final stage: Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca
The European MX-5 Cup winner and guest will travel to California to compete against real world racers in the real world MX-5 Global Cup Final at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca.

Official rules and landing page to follow.

Per Mazda Europe, this competition will be open only to those that have an address in the following countries listed upon signup to iRacing. If you do not see your country and you are from Europe, you will NOT be eligible. Please understand that this is the approved country list that we have received from Mazda Europe. iRacing was not a part of selecting countries.

Andorra Iceland Portugal
Austria Ireland San Marino
Belgium Italy Slovakia
Croatia Liechtenstein Slovenia
Czech Republic Luxembourg Spain
Denmark Monaco Sweden
France Netherlands Switzerland
Germany Norway Turkey
Hungary Poland United Kingdom

Pre-Ordering is now available for the Audi R8 LMS, Mercedes AMG GT3 and Renault 2.0. The primary reason we are introducing pre-orders is we have added some functionality to iRacing when we are down for maintenance. Beginning with the scheduled downtime for the season 2 update you will be able to load iRacing in single car testing mode when we are in maintenance mode. You will be able to drive any content that you have previously downloaded and is up-to-date. Don’t worry, we’ll make the downloader available while we are in maintenance on Tuesday so you can update the new content that is not yet available.

The new Global Mazda MX-5 Cup car will also be available but since this is a FREE car there is no need to pre-order it if you want access during our maintenance period - it will automatically be available to download.

If you would like to be able to test the new content during maintenance on Tuesday you will need to do following:

1. Pre-Order any of the cars you are interested in
2. Update any current cars or tracks you wish to have access to prior to the maintenance window
3. Look for the downloader link that we will post at testdrive.iracing.com once maintenance begins and download the content you pre-ordered
4. While we are in maintenance create an account here: testdrive.iracing.com
a. You must use the email associated with your iRacing account when you create this account
5. After the download is complete and you have created the new account you can simply select the car and track combination you wish to test on at testdrive.iracing.com

Once we have completed our maintenance this new testing will no longer be available, you will need to login to your member account as usual.

Don't forget about about volume discounts - purchase any 3 cars and/or tracks and get a 10% discount, purchase 6 or more and get a 20% discount.

Also, if you want to wait to purchase the new content until we are back up and running after maintenance the purchase process will be the same as you are used to - don't worry, we won't run out of cars!