Red Bull Faster Returns for 2026, bringing Trackmania’s fastest drivers to high-speed showdown in Amsterdam
The race for Trackmania’s fastest driver is back on. Red Bull Faster returns in 2026, bringing the high-speed competition to Amsterdam on 16 May, where the world’s top racers will battle for a shot at becoming the next champion.
The inaugural Red Bull Faster tournament in 2025 saw Trackmania’s elite descend on Red Bull Racing’s MK-7 headquarters in Milton Keynes, where eight finalists battled it out in front of a live audience and thousands watching online. Now, the tournament returns for 2026 with a new location, a new field of challengers, and the same relentless pursuit of speed. For this year’s competition, players will take on eight custom maps, two of them Dutch-themed and four new tournament-specific liveries created exclusively for Red Bull Faster.
Aspiring competitors will first need to prove themselves in the global online qualifiers, opening 3 April 2026 and running until 2 May 2026. Across the qualifier period, players will be pushing for the fastest possible runs as they climb the global leaderboard. Only the top 100 will advance to the stage 2 online qualifiers, with the top 8 securing a coveted spot on the starting line at the grand finals in Amsterdam.
Guiding viewers through every jump, drift and split-second finish will be Øyvind “Wirtual” Iversen, one of Trackmania’s most iconic creators and a leading voice within the community. Streaming the event live across his YouTube and Twitch channels, Wirtual will bring fans closer to the action as the world’s fastest Trackmania drivers push the limits of precision and speed in pursuit of victory throughout the tournament.
As Red Bull Faster builds towards its Amsterdam showdown, fans will also have the opportunity to experience the action live, with a limited number of spectator tickets for the grand finals now available, giving attendees the chance to watch the competition unfold in person.