Part of this year’s Motorsport UK Inclusion Grant has been awarded to a new event that will highlight the benefits of sim racing for people with disabilities. The Disability Racing in Virtual Esports (DRiVE) initiative will hold an inaugural Accessible Motorsport Conference this year. Registration to attend will be free on Saturday 28 November 2026 at Oxford Brookes University. “We hope to highlight the opportunities for disabled people” It has been created by Max Spooner, team owner of Quatermass Motorsport, a sim outfit that competes with both disabled and able-bodied drivers. “The DRiVE event will bring industry professionals and disabled people together so that disabled people can learn about sim racing and how it can benefit them,” said Spooner to Traxion. “We hope to highlight and explain the opportunities that are out there for disabled people. “But it’s also for industry professionals to understand there’s this untapped market, as a significant percentage of gamers are disabled. The conference is a project that Spooner has been working on for over a year: “This idea originally came to me back in June of last year,” he explained. “It was heavily inspired by a similar event called Accelerate Pride, which Racing Pride runs. It gathers industry professionals together, and they talk about how they can include the LGBTQ+ community in motorsport. “As someone who founded an inclusive sim racing team, I know the social and emotional well-being benefits. So I thought we could showcase sim racing as an outlet for disabled people, and then Motorsport UK can show the benefits of getting a Motorsport UK Esports membership to participate in the virtual sport, too. “Sim racing benefits because we’re introducing a new audience to them; disabled people benefit because we’ve hopefully given them a new outlet.” “Sim racing can be a highly accessible