History Starts at Spa: The ISL Season 1 Opener
History Starts at Spa: The ISL Season 1 Opener
On 18 July, the first page gets written. The Israeli Super League (ISL) begins Season 1 with its opening round — and there is no better place to start a new story than Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium.
This isn't just another season opener. It's the first time drivers from PSGiL and F1IL — the two leagues that merged into one — line up on the same grid. Former champions, race winners and fresh faces, all on a single starting line, for the very first time.
Spa is the perfect stage for the moment: the longest and most demanding circuit on the calendar, home to the fabled Eau Rouge and the long Kemmel Straight. A track where bravery pays, a single mistake is expensive, and every lap is a statement.
And this season the challenge runs deeper than the track: under the new engine regulations, battery and energy management now matter across the entire race — the driving has changed from F1 25, and getting deployment right, especially down Spa's long straights, could decide who ends up on the podium.
What to know:
- The Season 1 opener — the first race in ISL history.
- Held on 18 July at Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium.
- One championship, 13 races — and it all begins here.
The Grid — Teams & Drivers
The teams lottery is done and the grid is set. Ten teams, and the field that will fight for the first title in ISL history:
| Team | Drivers |
|---|---|
| Red Bull | Shaul Ezra, Uri Ron |
| Ferrari | Guy Rapke, Dvir Badash |
| Mercedes | Assaf Ben Lulu, Amir Ehud |
| McLaren | Dan Radia, Youssef Shaheen |
| Aston Martin | Tal Cohen, Eden Azran |
| Alpine | Tamir Ziv, Harel Ben Harosh |
| Williams | Zakai Ehud, Idan Turjeman |
| Racing Bulls | Gadi Roz, Kelly Aiche |
| Audi | Omer Cohen, Ricardo Pericao |
| Cadillac | Nitzan Alon |
Reserve drivers: Lior Bar, Elior Cohen, Eddy Nalbandian, Guy Azran, Yuval Bar, Erez Shkalim, Amit Buzaglo.
After months of anticipation, a teams lottery and the strongest grid Israeli sim racing has ever assembled, it's finally time to go racing. The first points in the united league's history are waiting in Belgium.
See you on the grid.