Start your quest for the best prize in esports with our first McLaren Shadow qualifying round, courtesy of iRacing, one of the top online race simulations.

From 31 July 2018, iRacing will host two McLaren Shadow qualifying series, one featuring the McLaren MP4-30 Formula 1 car, and one featuring the 12C GT3 sportscar racer. Each qualifier will be five weeks long.

McLaren Shadow MP4-30 Qualifying

Dates	31 July – 3 September
Daily race times	Three races per day – 01:00, 10:00, 19:00 GMT
Setup	Open setups
iRacing points	Standard iRacing points
Licence requirement	Open to D licence and above
Tracks	Montreal, Nurburgring GP, Monza, Spa, Interlagos

 

McLaren Shadow 12C GT3 Qualifying

Dates	11 September – 15 October
Daily race times	Three races per day – 01:00, 10:00, 19:00 GMT
Setup	Open setups
iRacing points	Standard iRacing points
Licence requirement	Open to D licence and above
Tracks	Brand Hatch, Circuit Zolder, Circuit of the Americas, Imola, Suzuka

The iRacing driver with the highest combined points total from the two series will earn an invitation to the finals to be held in January 2019 at the McLaren Technology Centre.

Head over to iRacing.com/McLarenShadow for all the information on each qualifying series and to enter.

Want to watch the action? Sunday races will be streamed live every Sunday during the qualifying period from 20:00 BST at www.iracing.com/live. 

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