ALR Monday League Season 18: The Dragon Awakens

18.05.2025

Five Official Tiers. One Glorious Warzone. Powered by Blue Dragon Racing.

It’s Monday night.
You’ve had your coffee. Your rig’s humming. Your heart’s pacing like a V10 at 11,000 RPM.
Which can mean only one thing…
ALR Monday League is back. And this time, it’s personal.

The Tiers of Fury

This season, ALR has gone full supercharged espresso and expanded the Monday League to eight official tiers:

Tier 1 – The sharp end. No margin. No excuses. Just warfare at 250 km/h.
Tier 2 Blue & Tier 2 White – Equally matched, savagely driven. Like splitting an atom and racing both halves.
Tier 3 Blue & Tier 3 White – Where chaos meets potential.
Tier 4 Blue & Tier 4 White – The proving ground. Raw speed, big hearts, and occasionally… wrong braking points.
Tier 5 – Don’t let the number fool you — they’re quick, angry, and very much real.

Each tier will compete separately, but with the same rules, same expectations, and the same amount of yelling on Discord.

🏎 Race Format – The ALR Way

Every race night follows this beautifully cruel structure:

10-minute Qualifying – Like Tinder, but with tyre smoke.
Sprint Race (~15 mins) – Grid based on qualifying. Short, sharp, probably messy.
Feature Race (~40 mins) – Grid based on Sprint results, top 10 reversed.
- That’s right. If you win the Sprint, congrats — you start 10th in the Feature.
- 10th? Congrats. You’re on pole. Try not to choke.

And to spice things up, we’ve got:

2x tyre wear / 3x fuel in Sprint
5x tyre wear / 3x fuel in Feature

Which means by lap 6 of the Feature, your tyres will be made of sadness and regret.

Season 18 Calendar – The Journey Ahead

Round	Track	Format	Date
1	Dragon Trail Gardens	10L Sprint / 26L Feature	May 19
2	Nürburgring Endurance	2L Sprint / 5L Feature	May 26
3	Brands Hatch GP	11L Sprint / 29L Feature	June 2
4	Mount Panorama	8L Sprint / 20L Feature	June 9
5	Road Atlanta	12L Sprint / 30L Feature	June 16
6	Le Mans (No Chicane)	4L Sprint / 10L Feature	June 23
7	Fuji Speedway (Chicane)	10L Sprint / 24L Feature	July 1
8	Daytona Road Course	9L Sprint / 23L Feature	July 8

It’s technical. It’s twisty. It’s turbocharged.
It’s everything you want in a championship calendar — minus actual explosions. (Probably.)

Round 1: Dragon Trail Gardens – Welcome to the Jungle

Ah yes. Dragon Trail Gardens.
A scenic Croatian deathtrap with flowers on the outside and carbon fibre in the barriers.

Track Facts:

4.3km of sweeping curves, cruel chicanes, and deceptive straights.
14 corners. Zero forgiveness.
Think of it like Monaco and a ninja had a baby.

What to Expect:

Sprint Race: A ten-lap bar fight with mirrors.
Feature Race: 26 laps of tyre math, bravery, and reverse-grid madness.
Quali: Somewhere between 1:30 and 1:34 if you’re fast… or brave… or both.

New BoP – Now with Extra Disappointment

Gran Turismo, in its infinite wisdom, has slapped the BoP gods across all Gr.3 cars.

~40 HP drop
Additional ballast
Everyone slower, heavier, angrier.

Perfect.

Cars to Watch – Who Might Actually Survive?

Here’s what could work at Dragon Trail under Medium BoP:

Porsche 911 RSR – It grips. It turns. It whispers “trust me” before the Snake chicane.
McLaren 650S Gr.3 – Balanced, sharp, and smug about it.
Toyota GR Supra Racing Concept – Unpredictable and smooth.
Corvette C7 Gr.3 – Good luck holding it… but if you can, it flies.
Genesis X Gr.3 – Not to be underestimated. Quietly brutal.

We hope you choose wisely. And by wisely, we mean didn’t pick something that understeers into Croatia.

Powered by Blue Dragon Racing

ALR is proud to be supported by Blue Dragon Racing, the people behind the Sceleton 1.0 — a sim rig so stable, it could hold a cup of tea mid-chicane.

Tested by racers. Trusted by champions.
No flex. No distractions. Just grip and go.

Visit bluedragonracing.eu to get yourself a rig worthy of the grid.

The Season Starts Now

Eight tiers.
Eight tracks.
Dozens of drivers.
One chance to not mess it all up.

ALR Monday League Season 18 has begun — and if you think you’re ready, just wait until you meet Turn 2-3.

Let the Dragon awaken.

— ALR x Blue Dragon Racing