A sold-out of a 700-person crowd in the notable TC1 BBC studio in the West London television center was treated with an amazing demonstration of races at Gran Turismo 7 on Saturday, June 7. With a show of stunning cars of the acquired Helios Circle outside the iconic place and a huge screen transmitting the action of people without a ticket, a festival took place, because some of the fastest SIM races in the world gathered in the capital of Great Britain for the first round of Gran Turismo World Series 2025.
First there was a producers’ cup, a team competition in which drivers represent their favorite car brand. In the first round there were team members who qualified online to the Asia and Oceania region. The connection was Greek 3 cars racing around the Tokyo – southern expressway in the opposite direction of the clockwise.
The first blood went to Seiya Suzuki in the BMW team, which took a pole in a two -part qualifying session. Together with him, there was a two -time Master of Takuya Manufacturers’ Cup, representing Team Subaru. In P3 in P3 there was 911 RSR Team Porsche, led by Shota Sato.
Grand Final Saw Strategy plays a decisive role. The teams were obliged to one PIT STOP and had to choose between tender and medium tires. In the early stages of the race, the drivers maintained their positions, assessing both the track and their rivals. But when all competitors finished their only stops, the tone changed dramatically. The gloves fell, transforming the competition into the completely Royale battle.
The lap 16 provided a moment to remember. A fierce battle of many cars broke out, and the chaos of Porsche 911 RS was poke from behind, sending it to the back of the field and effectively ending its race. The race ended with a tense final duel between Sato in BMW and Miyazed in Subaru. Two drivers exchanged the lead several times, but it was Miyazono made a flawless pass in his BO GT300 during the last hairpin, moving to the M6 GT3 Sato to take the flag into a chessboard and six championship points. BMW set five points, while Team Mazda, led by Veteran Ryota Kokubun in RX-Vision GT3, won the last place on the podium and four points.
In the Nations Cup, the Le Mans 24h route provided Sprint race, a week before 93Rd Running the notable race and Aston Martin Valkyrie the right car for work. Spaniard Jose Serrano held the countryman Pol Urra with victory, which awarded him a position for a spy for the Gran final.
Like the tradition in World Series Gran Turismo, the drivers switched to Red Bull X2019 competition cars decorated in the colors of their nations during the great race of the last race around the reverse configuration of Highway Gran Valley Gran Turismo 7. Almost every driver on the net decided to start 20 laps on medium tires. However, Kaj de Bruin from the Netherlands, starting with P10, decided on a tender gambling. His bold strategy paid off early, driving him to lead through the fourth lap. However, he tried to keep the pace under the relentless pressure from Serrano, Urra, Kylian Drumont from France, Takuma Miyazono and Takuma Sasaki from Japan and Italians Valerio Gallo.
By exceeding 320 km/h on straight, the drivers left nothing on the table. The tire strategy played a key role: De Bruin made two stops, while most of the others managed only one. Miyazono and Drumont chose tough tires for the last stays, gambling against privileged media and tender. On the final laps, a violent battle for lead wheels developed between two Spaniards, each of which pushed the other to the border. The fantastic sold -out crowd watching the action was on the edge of the seats, barely catching his breath and supporting every bend and tried to overtake.
Eventually, Serrano won, crossing the finish line by just over two tenth seconds. Urra settled in second place and Gallo finished the podium in 3rd place.
Thanks to the spectacular round 1, the action moves from London to Berlin, where round 2 will take place at the Uber Eats music gallery near Galeria East Side.
Tickets are on sale now Here. Tickets for round 3 are also available at the Orpheum Theater in Los Angeles Here. Add Gran Turismo World Series to your calendar and come and join us to get a more thrilling operation.
Round 1 – London, Great Britain Saturday, June 7
Round 2 – Berlin, Germany Saturday, September 20
Round 3 – Los Angeles, USA Saturday, November 8
World finals – Fukuoka, Japan | Saturday, 20 and Sunday, December 21
Full details of Gran Turismo World Series 2025 can be found https://www.gran-turismo.com/world/gt7/Championships/2025/.
