The MotoGP™ eSport Championship is back for 2024, with a new partnership between MotoGP™ and LVP- MEDIAPRO GROUP set to take the competition to new heights. The new-look Championship, contested on the MotoGP™24 video game, gets underway on August 28th as the journey to crowning the next MotoGP™ eSport World Champion begins. This season will be the eighth edition of the competition and the first organised and produced by the new partnership between MotoGP™ rights holder Dorna Sports and LVP (MEDIAPRO GROUP).
The MotoGP™ eSport Championship is one of the longest-running global eSports competitions. Since its inception in 2017, the Championship has thrilled fans of speed, racing and gaming with 34 Online Challenges, 5 Pro Drafts, 10 Onsite Events, and 14 Virtual Events to date. With 50% of its audience aged between 13 and 24, the Championship has also accumulated more than 172 million video views, 713 million impressions, and 21.8 million social media engagements.
For 2024, the competition retains its successful format with an open qualifying phase of “Online Challenges”, staged from the 28th of August to the 15th of September, leading to a draft where MotoGP™ teams will select the gamer who will represent them for the championship’s final phase: the Global Series.
The competition will feature three Global Series Rounds, each comprising a Tissot Sprint and two Grand Prix races at circuits from the MotoGP™ calendar. The Global Series will once again be disputed on the official MotoGP™24 Videogame from videogame developer, publisher and longstanding partner Milestone.
The first two Global Series Rounds will be held online. The first round will take place on the 10th of October as competitors race at Pertamina Mandalika Circuit in Lombok, Indonesia, the Mobility Resort Motegi in Japan, and Phillip Island in Australia. The second round take place on the 7th of November, with races at Chang International Circuit in Buriram, Thailand, before the gamers take on Petronas Sepang International Circuit in Malaysia and Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Valencia.
The third and final Global Series Round will then be held live and in person at Milan Games Week from November 22nd to 24th. The stunning Italian city will host a Tissot Sprint at the Circuito de Jerez-Ángel Nieto before the final two GP races of the Championship. The first will be held around the Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello, in Italy, before the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, TX, hosts the final showdown.
As ever, fans can follow the MotoGP™ eSport Championship on motogp.com and esport.motogp.com, on selected TV broadcasters, and across social media platforms including YouTube (via MotoGP™ and MotoGP™ eSport), Twitter (via MotoGP™ and MotoGP™ eSport), Instagram (via MotoGP™ and MotoGP™ eSport), Facebook (via MotoGP™ and MotoGP™ eSport) and Twitch via MotoGP™ and MotoGP™ eSport. Tune in on the 28th of August for the first event of the 2024 season!
