Jacko
Short race edits from an IMS driver’s season.
Explore Jacko on YouTube (opens in a new tab)Open Jacko’s profile (opens in a new tab)Raise your standards. Race IMS.
Your F1 race night deserves better.
You’ve put the practice in. Come race people you can fight, with a team behind you and something worth turning up for.
The short version
- Your pace has a place.Esports-level D0 to complete beginners in D3 and Division E3.
- You have a team behind you.Nine teammates in a full squad. Three championships.
- The racing has standards.Serious sanctions, clear rules and a right to appeal.
- Race when you can.Full-time or reserve. Your onboarding channel helps you get started.
Make the race worth your preparation.01 / Racing standards
Your preparation deserves proper racing.
You can accept being beaten by someone who drove a better race. Losing your evening to someone deliberately wrecking you is a different proposition. IMS takes that distinction seriously: intentional misconduct can end a driver’s season and bring a ban. Hostility in chat has consequences too. Nobody should have to put up with abuse to enjoy their racing.
A penalty also has to be defensible. Our stewarding body, the FIA, is led by someone who belongs to no team or division. Stewards sit out their own and their teammates’ cases, decisions follow published rules, and you can appeal a verdict you believe is wrong. Respectful disagreement is welcome.
Racing will still produce mistakes. A nervous newcomer misjudging a braking point deserves to have the circumstances considered, and drivers are encouraged to talk incidents through with each other before reporting them. Firm standards and a fair hearing belong together.
02 / Competition that fits
Race people you can actually fight.
The best league race isn’t necessarily one you win. It’s the one where the driver ahead is close enough to catch, the driver behind keeps you honest, and your preparation gives you a chance to change the outcome. Spending a season hopelessly adrift is a poor reward for turning up.
There is a place for every pace here, from esports-level drivers in Division 0 to complete beginners in Division 3 and Division E3. Being slower is a reason to find you the right competition, not turn you away.
IMS groups drivers by assessed pace, with licences controlling which divisions they can enter. Your initial Short Qualifying times give the administrators a starting point. Once you’re racing, qualifying and race performance give them a fuller picture. A quick lap is useful evidence; it cannot tell the whole story of how you compete over a race distance.
If that evidence shows you belong at a different level, your licence can be reviewed and changed. That gives improving drivers a tougher challenge and struggling drivers a route to more suitable competition. We call the pace-based licence system TULIP, and its published reviews let you inspect the evidence and decisions.
03 / Every result matters
Your team. Three championships.
A hard-earned sixth place can be a very good night for your team. You’ve scored for your own drivers’ championship, added to the constructors’ score you share with your divisional teammate, and contributed to the Battle of the Teams — the championship that puts your whole squad up against the other teams across every division.
That wider fight gives you a reason to follow races you aren’t driving in. There are nine other drivers in a full team, each with their own opponents and each able to help the same championship campaign. Someone else’s recovery drive can improve your team’s weekend. A close result in another division can leave you with more to play for when your race comes around.
Team Principals build those squads, arrange contracts and help drivers develop. Helping you find pace is in their interest: your progress strengthens their line-up. You have people to prepare with, people to ask for help, and a shared ambition beyond your own position in the standings. Reserve appearances contribute to that fight too.
“if the drivers finish the season as better drivers than they started I value that more.”
quenooo29 · Aston Martin principal, Season 7Read his approach to helping the team (opens in a new tab)
Come race with a team behind you.
Join IMS on Discord04 / A career worth following
Your racing career deserves to be seen.
There’s a particular satisfaction in beating a driver who used to disappear up the road. A single result might not show how far you’ve come, but a season’s worth of racing can. IMS keeps that history, so you can follow your progress from those early points finishes to the battles you once thought were out of reach.
Your public profile brings the results and career record together. Comparisons, circuit benchmarks and ELO ratings help you look beyond one good or bad weekend; Delta’s pace analysis gives you another way to see where you stand. When you improve, you can look back at the races and qualifying times that show it.
The News follows the people and teams behind those results, while broadcasts and driver awards give the racing a wider audience. Between your own races, Fantasy lets you build a team and back your judgement about the rest of the field. There’s a competition to follow even when you aren’t in the car.
The view from the car
Watch the racing. Get to know the drivers.
Start with Jacko’s Brazil edit: just under seven minutes from the final race of his first season. Then explore the drivers’ channels for longer recordings, practice and their next races. These are the people on the grid, showing the racing from their own seats.
Watch Jacko’s Brazil highlights on YouTube (opens in a new tab)
Season 7 · Brazil · edited highlights
piastrigoat
League racing and the practice around it.
Explore piastrigoat on Twitch (opens in a new tab)Open piastrigoat’s profile (opens in a new tab)WilierBread
A driver’s view of IMS race weekends.
Explore WilierBread on Twitch (opens in a new tab)Open WilierBread’s profile (opens in a new tab)John Marco
Onboard racing, practice and other leagues.
Explore John Marco on Twitch (opens in a new tab)Open John Marco’s profile (opens in a new tab)Twitch recordings can expire. The channel links take you to what each driver has available now.
05 / Your time respected
You came to race. The organisation should already be handled.
You’ve set aside an evening to race. You should know when to be there, what you need to do and where to find the information, without spending the afternoon digging through Discord messages. IMS uses race check-ins and a 15-minute lobby setup window so drivers can be ready for the scheduled start.
Late arrivals face qualifying restrictions, with discretion for genuine technical problems. The rules published at the start of the season remain its framework. You can prepare around a known set of expectations rather than having to discover what has changed when you arrive in the lobby.
The website and our two Discord bots keep schedules, results and sporting decisions within reach. The Paddock brings each weekend together: what’s coming up, what’s happening on track, then the results and post-race coverage. You can check the practical details quickly and spend the rest of your time on the part you came for.
Your next race starts here
Come and race with us.
You don’t have to arrive as a finished article. Drivers worldwide are welcome, and our Team Principals have a reason to help newcomers settle in and get faster. If a weekly commitment doesn’t fit your life, reserve racing is encouraged too. You can take part without signing up for a schedule you can’t keep.
“They prepare well they work together and back each other up.”
Darth Ussh · a rival’s view of Williams before its Season 7 titleRead the story behind Williams’ team (opens in a new tab)
Join Discord and open your personal onboarding channel. It gives you a place to ask questions and explains what details and qualifying times to submit. The assessment establishes which divisions you’re eligible for; finding you a seat comes separately. If you want to look through the practical details first, the complete seasonal guide is here too.