Formulation 1 and Mumbai Falcons Racing Restricted have introduced the launch of India’s first Official F1 Sim Racing Championship. Held beneath an settlement that grants Mumbai Falcons the rights to host an official Formulation 1-sanctioned sim racing competitors, the F1 Sim Racing India Open 2026 will set up a nationwide aggressive platform for rising expertise throughout the nation. The Championship is designed to create a structured pathway from digital competitors to skilled motorsport, providing younger drivers a reputable first step into the broader racing ecosystem. This additionally marks the primary time Formulation 1 has launched a programme of this nature, completely for India, based on a launch.
The announcement comes on the excellent time, as conversations round bringing Formulation 1 again to India acquire momentum and fan curiosity within the sport continues to surge. With e-sports now formally recognised beneath the Promotion and Regulation of On-line Gaming Act, 2025, initiatives just like the F1 Sim Racing India Open 2026 join India to the worldwide driver pathway of F1, tapping right into a quickly rising motorsport ecosystem.
Carried out beneath an settlement granting Mumbai Falcons the rights to host an official F1-sanctioned sim racing competitors in India, the Championship might be performed on F1 25, the official recreation of the FIA Formulation 1 World Championship™, that includes similar circuits, aggressive codecs, and workforce liveries as the worldwide collection. Registrations are set to begin on thirtieth April, 2026, on the MFRL App (accessible on Play Retailer and Apple Retailer). Individuals will have the ability to compete through PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox. On-line qualifiers within the coming months will result in city-based simulator rounds, culminating in a nationwide ultimate in Mumbai in November.
On this event, India’s first Formulation 1 Driver, Narain Karthikeyan stated, “India has lengthy been central to international development story of Formulation 1. With 78.8 million followers and a technology raised on F1 gaming, the time is correct to introduce an official, aggressive Sim Racing Championship right here. Mumbai Falcons are the perfect accomplice, having invested years in constructing India’s motorsport pipeline. This initiative is exclusive, globally unique, and can set a brand new benchmark for expertise improvement.” “After we based Mumbai Falcons in 2019, our ambition was to put India firmly on the worldwide motorsport map and construct a pipeline for world-class expertise. Mumbai Falcons turned the primary Indian workforce to win an FIA-accredited worldwide racing Championship. We now have additionally supported the early careers of future Formulation 1 stars. Partnering with Formulation 1 to deliver the F1 Sim Racing India Open 2026 to life is one more vital initiative in that path.” stated Ameet Gadhoke, Managing Director, Mumbai Falcons Racing Restricted.
Mumbai Falcons brings to this programme a monitor file that few organisations on the planet can match. The workforce has beforehand supported the early careers of drivers who went on to succeed in the head of the game, together with Jehan Daruvala, Kush Maini, Arthur Leclerc, Dino Beganovic, Sebastian Montoya, Rafael Camara, James Wharton, Freddie Slater, Kean Nakamura Berta, Oleksandr Bondarev, Kimi Antonelli, Arvid Lindblad and Oliver Bearman. It’s this basis of confirmed expertise identification and improvement that positions Mumbai Falcons to construct and ship India’s first scalable motorsport pipeline. (ANI)
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