By Sagar Mankar 
BMW Motorsports’ Team Redline wins the Rennsport’s ESL R1 2024 Spring event at the Esports World Cup 2024.
They showcased exceptional performance in this new sim racing esports competition, winning both the Driver/Singles and Team championships.
On Thursday, their driver Kevin Siggy won the Drivers’ championship, earning a prize of $25,000. Not only that, but their other drivers, Sebastian Job and Luke Bennett, took 2nd and 4th positions, winning $18,000 and $10,000, respectively.
Carrying this momentum into Sunday, they headed into the Team Championship and delivered exactly what they came for—a solid win that awarded them a substantial $140,000 and 1,000 club points.
𝐖𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐀𝐍 𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐓𝐀𝐊𝐄 𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌 𝐉𝐎𝐁𝐒! 🔥
It’s a real battle between @maxbenecke11 and @SebastianJob_, who’s chasing that 𝐖! ⚔️ pic.twitter.com/NUzmnEZzLG
— ESL R1 (@esl_r1) August 22, 2024
The three BMW M teams prepared for the Esports World Cup with a joint training week at Formula Medicine in Viareggio, Italy. This intensive preparation, which mirrored the training program of real BMW M Motorsport drivers, played a crucial role in their success. BMW M Motorsport’s Head, Andreas Roos, emphasized the value of this preparation, stating:
“Virtual motorsport has played an important role for us for years. It’s fantastic that our teams were able to reward themselves for their hard work at the Esports World Cup.”
ESL R1 2024 Spring Prize Pool Distribution:
The ESL R1 2024 Spring Championship at the Esports World Cup featured a significant $500,000 prize pool, split between the team and driver championships.
BMW Motorsports’ Team Redline emerged as the biggest winner, taking home $140,000 from the team championship while its three drivers collectively earned $53,000 in the drivers’ championship.
Team Championship Standings:
- 1st: BMW M Team Redline – $140,000 – 1000 points
- 2nd: Team Vitality – $85,000 – 600 points
- 3rd: MOUZ – $55,000 – 350 points
- 4th: Williams Esports – $35,000 – 200 points
- 5th: Porsche Coanda Esports – $25,000 – 110 points
- 6th: Guild Esports – $18,000 – 70 points
- 7th: Apex Racing Team – $11,000 – 30 points
- 8th: Team Falcons – $11,000 – 30 points
- 9th: BS+COMPETITION – $7,000
- 10th: G2 Esports – $7,000
- 11th: FaZe Clan – $4,000
- 12th: Virtus.pro – $2,000
Drivers’ Championship Standings:
- 1st: Kevin Siggy – $25,000
- 2nd: Sebastian Job – $18,000
- 3rd: Maximilian Benecke – $13,500
- 4th: Luke Bennett – $10,000
- 5th: Dáire McCormack – $7,500
- 6th: Joshua Rogers – $6,000
- 7th: Marcell Csincsik – $5,000
- 8th: Kevin Ellis Jr – $4,000
- 9th: Jiri Toman – $3,500
- 10th: Caique Oliveira – $3,000
- 11th: Yohann Harth – $2,500
- 12th: Tuomas Tähtelä – $2,000
The final standings & prize pool distribution of #EsportsWorldCup ESL R1 Team & Driver Championship 🏁 pic.twitter.com/mSVoN9UcXk
— Esports World Cup (@EWC_EN) August 26, 2024
Viewership:
Despite the event’s grandeur and significant prize pool, Rennsport’s ESL R1 2024 Spring event at the Esports World Cup attracted a relatively low viewership. The event garnered over 110k viewers (36k in Driver & 76k in Team) across nearly 27 hours of broadcast, with both Driver and Team event peak viewership varying between 5,000 to 6,000 as per the Esports Charts.
The underwhelming performance is likely due to the game still being in its beta phase, as the Esports World Cup served as a promotional event for the new title.
About Rennsports:
Rennsport, an upcoming sim racing game, is being developed by the German firm Competition Company GmbH. Marketed as “the most realistic racing simulation possible,” it is the brainchild of a team comprising professional drivers, racing strategists, programmers, and esports specialists.
The developers previously organized the $500,000 ESL R1 Esport Series last year, in partnership with ESL. This competition included two seasons and concluded at the Gamers8 event in Saudi Arabia in June 2023, featuring an impressive $1 million prize pool.
Currently, Rennsport is a PC exclusive, but the developers have teased the possibility of console and VR versions in future updates after its release.
Racinggames.gg reports that Rennsport is expected to launch in early access in Q3 2024, with the full release planned for 2025.
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