The event is scheduled to be broadcast on August 21 and 22 on the official FIA and Gran Turismo channels. You'll be able to catch the Manufacturer Series races on Saturday, August 21 at 16h00 CEST while the Nations Cup will take place on Sunday, August 22 at 16h00 CEST. The World Series Showdown is a global online event where the best drivers in the world battle it for spots in Season 2 of the World Series (Rounds 3 and 4). The field consists of the 2020 World Finalists and the top drivers from the 2021 Online Series - Season 1, so be sure to catch all of the racing action live!

Manufacturer Series:

The Manufacturer Series will consist of 36 drivers from the Online Series Season 1, representing 12 automotive manufacturers including the Official Partners of the FIA GT Championships. Teams of three will compete in three races for a place in Round 3 and 4 of the World Series.

Toyota (Tomoaki Yamanaka – Igor Fraga – Coque Lopez) ; Volkswagen (Roberto Sternberg – Thomas Labouteley – Hiroshi Okumoto) ; Mazda (Ryota Kokubun – Miroslaw Kravchenko – Jeff Gallan) ; Porsche (Angel Inostroza – Jose Serrano – Tatsuya Sugawara) ; Mercedes-Benz (Lucas Bonelli – Baptiste Beauvois – Matthew McEwen) ; Honda (Valerio Gallo – Shohei Sugimori – Randall Haywood) ; Aston Martin (Alonso Regalado – Ayumu Takida – Giorgio Mangano) ; Subaru (Takuma Miyazono – Daniel Solis – Pedro Vigario) ; Nissan (Mario Straka – Kakeru Nakase – Richard Castro) ; Jaguar (Soma Iseri – Adam Tapai – Andrew Brooks) ; Peugeot (Quinten Jehoul – Kazuho Iwata – Robert Heck) ; Dodge (Fabian Portilla – Yuhki Araki – Kallum Jones)

Nations Cup:

With 14 finalists from the 2020 World Finals and the top 16 competitors from the Online Series Season 1 making up the field in the Nations Cup, a total of 30 drivers and 16 countries will be represented. The event will consist of three races, a Semi-final A, Semi-final B and the Grand Final with the drivers competing for a place in Rounds 3 and 4 of the World Series.

Patrik Blazsan (Hungary) ; Valerio Gallo (Italy) ; Tomoaki Yamanaka (Japan) ; Baptiste Beauvois (France) ; Giorgio Mangano (Italy) ; Andrew Brooks (Canada) ; Coque Lopez (Spain) ; Adriano Carrazza (Brazil) ; Angel Inostroza (Chile) ; Takuma Miyazono (Japan) ; Lucas Bonelli (Brazil) ; Jose Serrano (Spain) ; Ryota Kokubun (Japan) ; Adam Tapai (Hungary) ; Nikita Moysov (Czech Republic) ; Saruthan Seelan (Great Britain) ; Nicolas Romero (Spain) ; Quinten Jehoul (Belgium) ; Marco Busnelli (Italy) ; Kevin Belic (France) ; Daniel Solis (United States) ; Randall Haywood (United States) ; Mark Pinnell (Canada) ; Igor Fraga (Brazil) ; Martin Marza (Argentina) ; Kanata Kawakami (Japan) ; Tatsuya Sugawara (Japan) ; Jonathan Wong (Hong Kong) ; Andrew Lee (Australia) ; Matthew McEwen (New Zealand).