Malta’s top sim racing talent will compete for the biggest prize pool in Malta’s sim racing history this Saturday, 1 August, as the Malta National Sim Racing Championships open round one of the 2026 season. Drivers are lining up in GT3, Formula 4, and Karting joins the calendar the following Saturday, 8 August, at the virtual La Reve Karting track, completing a three category season worth €15,000: €5,000 per championship, sanctioned by the Malta Motorsport Federation.
Watch Live This Saturday
GT3, Round 1 (Spa-Francorchamps, Mercedes-AMG GT3): 11:00 on TVMSPORT+
Formula 4, Round 1 (Sprint and Feature races): 15:00 on TVMSPORT+
Both categories also stream across our social channels, as they have every season since we started running these championships during the pandemic.
The Biggest Prize Pool We’ve Ever Put Up
This season’s €15,000 pool is the largest we’ve offered across the Malta National Sim Racing Championships. It’s split evenly across GT3, Formula 4 and Karting, with €5,000 attached to each title, and it’s only possible because of the continued backing of main sponsor and our long-term partner Gaming Malta as part of its commitment to Malta’s grassroots esports community, alongside Enemed and supported by Intercomp, Moza Racing, simtech.dev, Arkafort, AC Karting, and Motorsport Malta.
How the Grids Were Set
Every driver on these grids earned their place through open qualifiers. All three reigning champions return to defend their titles this season: Brandon Bonello in GT3, Aaron Debattista in F4, and Ayrton Tonna in Karting, who also steps up to race Formula 4. Five drivers are on two grids this round: Debattista, Ilan Dimech Ghirxi, Jake Sammut and Mikhail Mercieca race both GT3 and F4, alongside Tonna’s move up from Karting.
GT3 Category
Aaron Debattista, Brandon Bonello, Dean Vella, Ilan Dimech Ghirxi, Jake Sammut, Jayden Ellul, Krisztian Kavai, Mikhail Mercieca, Neil Gauci, Sheldon Scott Muscat.
Formula 4 Category
Aaron Debattista, Ayrton Tonna, Craig Caruana, Ilan Dimech Ghirxi, Jake Sammut, Joshua Cauchi Savona, Mikhail Mercieca, Shawn Cassar, Steve Axisa Farrell.
Karting Category (from 8 August, La Reve Karting)
Alessandro Vella, Ayrton Tonna, Benjamin Borg Irimia, Eli Tonna, Eli Xuereb, Eman Muscat, Johannes Camilleri, Kian Gauci, Roderick Xerri, Zack Scicluna
Tune in this Saturday from 11:00 on TVMSPORT+, or follow along on our social channels, for the start of the biggest season the Malta National Sim Racing Championships have ever run.
