{"id":54387,"date":"2026-04-02T22:47:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T22:47:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/54387\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T22:47:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T22:47:13","slug":"red-bull-faster-2026-returns-with-trackmania-finals-in-amsterdam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/54387\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Bull Faster 2026 returns with Trackmania finals in Amsterdam"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Red Bull Faster will return in 2026, with the Trackmania competition set to conclude in Amsterdam on May 16th following a month-long online qualification process. According to a release, this year\u2019s event will see players compete across eight custom maps, with two featuring Dutch-themed designs. Red Bull also stated that four new tournament-specific liveries had been created for the competition.<\/p>\n

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The tournament\u2019s online qualifiers were scheduled to begin on April 3rd and run until May 2nd. During that period, players were expected to post their fastest possible times on a global leaderboard.<\/p>\n

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According to the release, the top 100 competitors from the first stage would advance to a second online qualifier, with the top eight ultimately earning places at the live grand finals in Amsterdam.<\/p>\n

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Red Bull Faster first launched in 2025, when the inaugural edition took place at Red Bull Racing\u2019s MK-7 headquarters in Milton Keynes. That event featured eight finalists competing in front of a live audience, as well as viewers watching online.<\/p>\n

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For the 2026 edition, \u00d8yvind \u2018Wirtual\u2019 Iversen was announced as the event\u2019s on-air host and broadcast talent. Wirtual is one of Trackmania\u2019s best-known content creators and has built a large following through videos and livestreams focused on the Ubisoft racing title.<\/p>\n

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According to the release, Wirtual would stream the competition across his YouTube and Twitch channels as players battled for the title.<\/p>\n

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Red Bull also said that a limited number of spectator tickets for the Amsterdam grand finals had gone on sale, allowing fans to attend the event in person.<\/p>\n

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Trackmania has remained one of esports and speedrunning\u2019s more distinctive racing titles thanks to its time-trial format, community-made tracks and highly competitive leaderboard culture. Events such as Red Bull Faster have continued to lean into that formula by focusing on short, precision-heavy runs rather than traditional wheel-to-wheel racing.<\/p>\n

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The return of Red Bull Faster also showed continued brand interest in Trackmania as a spectator esport, particularly through creator-led broadcasts and live finals formats. With qualifiers opening in April and the final set for mid-May, this year\u2019s edition will once again centre on finding the game\u2019s fastest driver under tournament conditions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Red Bull Faster will return in 2026, with the Trackmania competition set to conclude in Amsterdam on May…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":54388,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[101],"tags":[199,11102,30129,21748,30126,5702,22504,30130,7709,200,38,30131,30132,16936,30133,4864,30127,6927,10515,30128,30134],"class_list":["post-54387","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-amsterdam","tag-amsterdam","tag-discussions","tag-entertainments","tag-esports","tag-guides","tag-interview","tag-league-of-legends","tag-lol","tag-mobile","tag-netherlands","tag-news","tag-overwatch","tag-pc","tag-previews","tag-ps4","tag-reviews","tag-strategies","tag-trailers","tag-videos","tag-walkthroughs","tag-xbox-one"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@dk\/116337550767869475","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54387","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54387"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54387\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}