The Porsche Coanda Esports Racing Team has been crowned the Rennsport R1 Spring Season 2026 champions.
The team competed in four rounds, claiming three victories and eight podiums, before heading into the online final in fourth place.
There, they fought through four Hero races, taking a win and two podiums, before fighting hard in the Team Stage.
In a dramatic final race at Daytona Road Course,
This season, the R1 competition moved away from the previous GT3 grid, with drivers instead racing the available Rennsport roster of Hypercars.
The Porsche Coanda Esports Racing Team raced with the
Porsche Coanda Esports Racing Team fielded Rogers and
There were four rounds throughout June, before the online final on July 10.
Each round consists of four 15-minute races, with the grid set by a one-lap qualifier. Each of the 12 teams competes in two of them, and the teams are shuffled into different groups for each round.
The tracks used are voted for by the community and revealed at 12pm on race day, seven hours before the start of the race.
Round 1
The Porsche Coanda Esports Racing Team had a stellar opening round of the Rennsport R1 Spring Season, taking a 1-2 in both races.
The opening race took place at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, with Charlie Collins winning 2.3s ahead of team-mate Dayne Warren.
Collins went on to take victory again in Race 2, this time at the Nürburgring Grand Prix circuit. Warren finished second again, 1.5s behind his team-mate.
Round 2
Both races in Round 2 took place on the 24 Hours of Le Mans Circuit. Despite securing two more 1-2 finishes, both Rogers and Collins were unfortunately disqualified.
Round 3
The team bounced back in the third round, with Collins taking victory at Sebring International Circuit, while Rogers finished third.
At Monza, Rogers and Collins were second and third, securing a valuable double podium for the team.
Round 4
The final two races took place at Laguna Seca and Fuji. With the team having already qualified for the online final, they turned their focus to that rather than the final round.
Though this resulted in the team being slower than the other rounds and getting tangled up in some accidents while running in the midfield, it proved a valuable lesson about preparation ahead of the online final.
After Round 4, the team was fourth in the standings heading into the online final.
The online final format
The top six teams from the previous four online rounds qualify for the final, with the best three rounds taken into account for scoring.
The competition has two stages: the Hero Stage and the Team Race Stage. The Hero Stage involves four individual races, with drivers designated as a ‘Hero’ (double points) or ‘Defense’ (full points).
The Hero Stage includes four races with all 12 drivers competing. Races 1 and 3 use standard qualifying, while Races 2 and 4 reverse the previous race's results for the grid.
The Team Stage follows the completion of the Hero Stage and is contested by teams using points carried over through a percentage conversion of the Hero Stage results.
Teams are ranked based on the converted points, with the leading team starting the Team Stage with 100 points and all other teams starting with points relative to the leader. Teams earn points in each Team Stage race, contributing to their total team score.
Once a team reaches 160 points, it enters Finalist Mode, where the event victory is awarded to the first team whose driver wins a race.
The online final
The Hero Stages kicked off the online final on July 10, and the team got off to a great start as Collins won Race 1.
With a reverse grid in Race 2, it was a harder challenge, but Rogers finished third to secure more valuable points for the team.
Though Race 3 was tougher, with Rogers narrowly missing out on the podium in fifth place, the team bounced back in the final race to take another podium, as Collins finished third.
Heading into the Team Stage, the team immediately made an impact, with Collins winning Race 1 ahead of Rogers, before they repeated the feat in Race 2.
Race 3 was a tricky prospect, with Rogers on track for pole before running off-track and having to start at the back of the grid.
Though Collins was third, the team’s biggest rival - Verstappen Sim Racing - lined up first and second.
They finished in those places and made it into Finalist Mode, while the Coanda drivers were in ninth and 11th due to incidents.
It all came down to Race 4, with Porsche Coanda Esports Racing Team in direct contention against the Verstappen Sim Racing team at the Daytona Road Course.
In a crucial move for the series at a challenging circuit, Rogers qualified on pole ahead of Collins. Keeping that position was crucial in a track with so much draft, and one Porsche Coanda Esports Racing Team driver needed to win to clinch the crown.
After a fantastic performance, Rogers was able to win by three seconds to secure the series for the Porsche Coanda Esports Racing Team, with the team finishing on 194 points.
