2026 Virtual Middle Eastern Racing Series

2026 FVA Virtual Middle Eastern Racing Series
Drivers' Champion: Abo Kuku
Teams' Champions: ART
Rookie Champion: Blagoj Mojsoski
Previous: 2025	Next: 2027
Top tier: FV • eV
Second tier: VWRS • eV2 • VSF
Third tier: VERS • VARS • VOARS • eV3 • VSFL
Fourth tier: Regional Feeder Series
GT Top tier: GTV
GT Second tier: VPC
GT Third tier: VWJ • MX5

The 2026 Virtual Middle Eastern Racing Series is the second season of the Virtual Middle Eastern Racing Series since becoming an officially FVA sanctioned Virtual Regional Feeder Series. The series is a virtual motor racing championship held across the Middle East, which acts as the fourth tier in the FVA Series Pyramid, sitting directly below the Virtual Oceania-Asia Racing Series.

Teams and drivers

Team No. Drivers Status Rounds ART 1 Aleksandre Patarkatsishvili All 2 Usman Khudayberdiyev All Pharaoh V-Prix 3 Abo Kuku All 4 Haisam Saliba All Gulf International 5 Khaled Al-Awadi All 6 Blagoj Mojsoski R All Novoil Racing 7 Andžejs Krēsliņš All 8 Aleyev Petrovic All Desert Sand Racing 9 Zayed Al-Dhanhani All 10 Mohamed el-Mansoor All QMVA Doha 11 Ahmed Abdullah All 12 Saad Al-Bakri All Saudi Young Driver Academy 13 Abdi Hassan All 14 Ziyad Al-Salem All Al-Shabbab Motorsport 15 Khalid Sultan All 16 Rami Abbas R All Abdallah V-Prix 17 Đỗ Trọng Khương All 18 Ali Al-Harbi All Al Zaabi Racing 19 Abdul Al Nawaz All 20 Bilaal El-Harroun R All

Icon Meaning R Rookie (first season in tier) M Masters (last eligible season in tier)

Driver changes

Leaving the series

• Aljas Ptuj won the 2025 title and signed for Okazaki Ineichen in VOARS for 2026.
• ßləkbər Bahaduroğlu, who finished sixth in 2025, signed for Panlong Powerteam for the 2026 eV3 season.
• Izzaddeen Al-Lone left the series at the end of 2025.

Changing teams

• Usman Khudayberdiyev moved from Desert Sand Racing to ART. He was replaced at Desert Sand Racing by Mohamed el-Mansoor.

Joining the series

• Three rookies joined the series for 2026; Blagoj Mojsoski - from North Macedonia - signed to Gulf International, Rami Abbas joined Al-Shabbab Motorsport, and Bilaal El-Harroun signed for Al Zaabi Racing.

Race calendar and results

Round		Circuit		Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Winning rookie
1	R1		Jeddah Corniche Circuit, Jeddah	10 January	Rami Abbas	Andžejs Krēsliņš	Rami Abbas	Al-Shabbab Motorsport	Rami Abbas
	R2			11 January	Zayed Al-Dhanhani	Usman Khudayberdiyev	Ziyad Al-Salem	Saudi Young Driver Academy	Bilaal El-Harroun
	R3					Abo Kuku	Aleksandre Patarkatsishvili	ART	Rami Abbas
2	R4		Kuwait Motor Town, Kuwait	24 January	Aleyev Petrovic	Aleksandre Patarkatsishvili	Aleksandre Patarkatsishvili	ART	Blagoj Mojsoski
	R5			25 January	Bilaal El-Harroun	Ziyad Al-Salem	Bilaal El-Harroun	Al Zaabi Racing	Bilaal El-Harroun
	R6					Đỗ Trọng Khương	Haisam Saliba	Pharaoh V-Prix	Blagoj Mojsoski
3	R7		Dubai Autodrome, Dubai	14 February	Đỗ Trọng Khương	Usman Khudayberdiyev	Đỗ Trọng Khương	Abdallah V-Prix	Bilaal El-Harroun
	R8			15 February	Usman Khudayberdiyev	Rami Abbas	Usman Khudayberdiyev	ART	Rami Abbas
	R9					Abo Kuku	Abo Kuku	Pharaoh V-Prix	Blagoj Mojsoski
4	R10		Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi	7 March	Zayed Al-Dhanhani	Abo Kuku	Abo Kuku	Pharaoh V-Prix	Blagoj Mojsoski
	R11			8 March	Abo Kuku	Andžejs Krēsliņš	Abo Kuku	Pharaoh V-Prix	Bilaal El-Harroun
	R12					Aleksandre Patarkatsishvili	Rami Abbas	Al-Shabbab Motorsport	Rami Abbas
5	R13		Lusail International Circuit, Lusail	21 March	Đỗ Trọng Khương	Usman Khudayberdiyev	Đỗ Trọng Khương	Abdallah V-Prix	Blagoj Mojsoski
	R14			22 March	Blagoj Mojsoski	Blagoj Mojsoski	Blagoj Mojsoski	Gulf International	Blagoj Mojsoski
	R15					Andžejs Krēsliņš	Andžejs Krēsliņš	Novoil Racing	Rami Abbas
6	R16		Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir	4 April	Blagoj Mojsoski	Usman Khudayberdiyev	Abo Kuku	Pharaoh V-Prix	Rami Abbas
	R17			5 April	Andžejs Krēsliņš	Blagoj Mojsoski	Usman Khudayberdiyev	ART	Blagoj Mojsoski
	R18					Ziyad Al-Salem	Aleksandre Patarkatsishvili	ART	Blagoj Mojsoski

Championship standings

Drivers' standings

Points were awarded to the top 12 classified finishers in races 1 and 2, and to the top 10 classified finishers in race 3. The pole-sitters in races 1 and 2 also received three points each, with one point given to the driver who set the fastest lap in each race. No extra points are awarded to the pole-sitter in race three as the grid for it is based on the results of race two with the top half of the field being reversed.

Points are awarded to the top 12 classified finishers using the following structure in races 1 and 2 of each weekend:

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	Pole	F Lap
Points	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1	3	1

Points are awarded to the top 10 classified finishers using the following structure in Race 3 of the weekend:

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	F Lap
Points	15	12	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1	1

Pos Driver SAU KUW DUB YAS QAT BAH Points 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 1 Abo Kuku Ret 15 7 12 2 6 4 8 1 1 1 2 Ret 13 6 1 2 8 179 2 Aleksandre Patarkatsishvili 8 8 1 1 7 3 7 Ret Ret 7 12 4 3 2 8 5 5 1 160 3 Blagoj Mojsoski R 5 Ret 12 11 3 2 5 5 5 3 7 Ret 4 1 10 Ret 3 2 159 4 Usman Khudayberdiyev 7 3 3 Ret 13 Ret 9 1 8 6 2 Ret 8 12 5 8 1 7 142 5 Rami Abbas R 1 7 2 15 Ret 14 14 2 7 18 10 1 9 3 2 6 13 19 126 6 Andžejs Krēsliņš 4 16 10 6 12 8 2 7 2 11 3 Ret 2 7 1 Ret Ret 15 123 7 Đỗ Trọng Khương 3 13 13 Ret Ret 9 1 6 3 4 8 Ret 1 18 Ret 4 14 16 121 8 Zayed Al-Dhanhani 6 2 Ret 7 6 Ret 12 16 Ret 5 5 5 15 5 9 Ret 4 12 97 9 Ziyad Al-Salem Ret 1 5 9 11 Ret 11 14 10 2 15 8 5 8 Ret 9 17 10 83 10 Bilaal El-Harroun R 13 4 Ret Ret 1 7 3 Ret 14 9 4 6 13 Ret 12 Ret Ret 17 80 11 Haisam Saliba 10 14 Ret 8 10 1 19 12 12 19 11 Ret 10 6 3 2 8 6 78 12 Saad Al-Bakri 15 5 6 4 4 Ret 15 4 Ret 15 6 7 Ret Ret 17 15 10 4 74 13 Aleyev Petrovic 14 17 14 2 16 10 13 3 9 8 14 12 Ret 4 7 13 7 5 72 14 Khalid Sultan 2 Ret 16 Ret 9 Ret 18 9 4 14 9 3 6 17 16 10 11 11 61 15 Abdi Hassan Ret 12 Ret 3 8 4 10 11 11 16 Ret Ret Ret 14 14 3 9 9 55 16 Mohamed el-Mansoor 11 9 4 16 14 12 17 Ret 16 13 13 10 7 15 13 Ret 6 3 39 17 Ali Al-Harbi 12 18 15 5 Ret 13 6 13 15 10 Ret Ret 14 9 4 14 12 13 35 18 Abdul Al Nawaz Ret 10 8 10 5 5 16 17 Ret 12 16 9 16 16 15 12 16 14 29 19 Ahmed Abdullah Ret 11 11 14 17 Ret 8 10 6 20 17 11 12 11 11 7 Ret Ret 24 20 Khaled Al-Awadi 9 6 9 13 15 11 Ret 15 13 17 Ret 13 11 10 Ret 11 15 18 21 Pos Driver 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Points SAU KUW DUB YAS QAT BAH

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Purple Classified retirement Did not finish (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Excluded (EX) Did not arrive (DNA) Withdrawn (WD)

Teams' standings

Pos	Team	Car No.	SAU			KUW			DUB			YAS			QAT			BAH			Points
			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
1	ART	1	8	8	1	1	7	3	7	Ret	Ret	7	12	4	3	2	8	5	5	1	302
		2	7	3	3	Ret	13	Ret	9	1	8	6	2	Ret	8	12	5	8	1	7
2	Pharaoh V-Prix	3	Ret	15	7	12	2	6	4	8	1	1	1	2	Ret	13	6	1	2	8	257
		4	10	14	Ret	8	10	1	19	12	12	19	11	Ret	10	6	3	2	8	6
3	Novoil Racing	7	4	16	10	6	12	8	2	7	2	11	3	Ret	2	7	1	Ret	Ret	15	195
		8	14	17	14	2	16	10	13	3	9	8	14	12	Ret	4	7	13	7	5
4	Al-Shabbab Motorsport	15	2	Ret	16	Ret	9	Ret	18	9	4	14	9	3	6	17	16	10	11	11	187
		16	1	7	2	15	Ret	14	14	2	7	18	10	1	9	3	2	6	13	19
5	Gulf International	5	9	6	9	13	15	11	Ret	15	13	17	Ret	13	11	10	Ret	11	15	18	180
		6	5	Ret	12	11	3	2	5	5	5	3	7	Ret	4	1	10	Ret	3	2
6	Abdallah V-Prix	17	3	13	13	Ret	Ret	9	1	6	3	4	8	Ret	1	18	Ret	4	14	16	156
		18	12	18	15	5	Ret	13	6	13	15	10	Ret	Ret	14	9	4	14	12	13
7	Saudi Young Driver Academy	13	Ret	12	Ret	3	8	4	10	11	11	16	Ret	Ret	Ret	14	14	3	9	9	138
		14	Ret	1	5	9	11	Ret	11	14	10	2	15	8	5	8	Ret	9	17	10
8	Desert Sand Racing	9	6	2	Ret	7	6	Ret	12	16	Ret	5	5	5	15	5	9	Ret	4	12	136
		10	11	9	4	16	14	12	17	Ret	16	13	13	10	7	15	13	Ret	6	3
9	Al Zaabi Racing	19	Ret	10	8	10	5	5	16	17	Ret	12	16	9	16	16	15	12	16	14	109
		20	13	4	Ret	Ret	1	7	3	Ret	14	9	4	6	13	Ret	12	Ret	Ret	17
10	QMVA Doha	11	Ret	11	11	14	17	Ret	8	10	6	20	17	11	12	11	11	7	Ret	Ret	98
		12	15	5	6	4	4	Ret	15	4	Ret	15	6	7	Ret	Ret	17	15	10	4
Pos	Team	Car No.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Points
			SAU			KUW			DUB			YAS			QAT			BAH

Rookies' standings

Points were awarded to the top 12 classified rookies in races 1 and 2, and to the top 10 classified rookies in race 3. The highest qualifying rookie in races 1 and 2 also received three points each, with one point given to the rookie who set the fastest lap in each race. No extra points are awarded to the pole-sitter in race three as the grid for it is based on the results of race two with the top half of the field being reversed.

Points are awarded to the top 12 classified rookies using the following structure in races 1 and 2 of each weekend:

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	Pole	F Lap
Points	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1	3	1

Points are awarded to the top 10 classified rookies using the following structure in Race 3 of the weekend:

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	F Lap
Points	15	12	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1	1

Pos Driver SAU KUW DUB YAS QAT BAH Points 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 1 Blagoj Mojsoski 5 Ret 12 11 3 2 5 5 5 3 7 Ret 4 1 10 Ret 3 2 292 2 Rami Abbas 1 7 2 15 Ret 14 14 2 7 18 10 1 9 3 2 6 13 19 291 3 Bilaal El-Harroun 13 4 Ret Ret 1 7 3 Ret 14 9 4 6 13 Ret 12 Ret Ret 17 207 Pos Driver 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Points SAU KUW DUB YAS QAT BAH

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Purple Classified retirement Did not finish (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Excluded (EX) Did not arrive (DNA) Withdrawn (WD)