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# Verstappen to contest Porsche Esports Supercup
- URL: https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/verstappen-to-contest-porsche-esports-supercup/
- Published: 2020-04-08T17:16:46.000Z
- Updated: 2023-09-16T19:19:11.000Z
- Description: Red Bull Formula 1 driver Max Verstappen will be one of 40 drivers racing in the second running of the Porsche Esports Supercup
- Author: Jack Benyon
- Tags: Formula 1, Gaming, #image-center-center

Red Bull Formula 1 driver Max Verstappen will be one of 40 drivers racing in the second running of the Porsche Esports Supercup.

The championship, which is officially backed by Porsche, has a $200,000 prize pot which is double last year’s fund.

Verstappen was one of 20 drivers to qualify for the competition through the two and a half month long qualification process in which over 5000 people took part.

![Porsche Esports Supercup Pic](https://storage.googleapis.com/the-race-com.appspot.com/1/2020/04/Porsche-Esports-Supercup-PIC.jpg)

The other 20 drivers taking part are the top 20 from last year’s championship, including reigning champion Joshua Rogers.

Maximilian Benecke, who is a part of the same Team Redline Pure Racing Team as Verstappen, was the runner-up last year and will be competing to try and go one better this season.

Each race day will feature two races, a sprint event lasting 15 minutes and then a 30 minute main race awarding double points.

The iRacing-based championship will hold its first race on May 2 around the Zandvoort circuit, the same date and track the Porsche Supercup Formula 1 support series was meant to start it’s real-world championship. It would have also been the first running of the Dutch Grand Prix – Verstappen’s home event – since 1985.

A total of 10 races are scheduled for the Esports Supercup with the final round taking place on September 19 around Monza.

Verstappen is a regular simracer and has been extremely active in the coronavirus-induced stoppage of real-life racing.

He took part in the first [The Race All-Star Cup – Fully Charged by ROKiT Phones](https://www.the-race.com/esports/simoncic-wins-all-star-esports-verstappen-caught-in-clashes/), and [won the Team Redline-organised Real Racers Never Quit series](https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/verstappen-crowned-champion-of-redlines-pro-driver-series/) which has also fielded a host of big names including Lando Norris and [Jenson Button](https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/verstappen-wins-button-makes-shock-debut-in-redline-race/).