Championship

Championships are a series of unlocking events in Asphalt 8: Airborne introduced in the Championship Update. While its basic premise is similar to Research & Development and Enduro Double Down, Championship is instead based on Formula One racing. Currently, McLaren is the only brand involved in Championship events.

Game Elements
Similar to Quality Checks in R&D, in Championship you have to collect Race Trophies. Each Qualifier has three Goals, that equals one Race Trophy, a Main Goal, and two Secondary Goals (Second and Third Goal). In order to obtain the Race Trophy from a Secondary Goal, you have to fulfill the Main Goal as well. The third Goal is only available, if you have fulfilled the second Goal. The Goals can be skipped by paying Tokens, however, Goals are skipped one-by-one (in contrast to the R&D's Auto-Test function, which automatically skips a test and is priced based on how many Quality Checks the player has obtained in the test).
 * Race Trophies and Goals

The Championship introduced also two new race modes: Auto-start and Warm-up. In Auto-start/Time Attack, you're dropped in the middle of a race and have to take over the wheel at some point; in the Warm-up, you need to keep your engine revs in a green or blue zone in order to get a good start; the race otherwise behaves exactly like a Classic race. This feature is similar to the starting mechanism in the CSR Racing series.
 * Auto-start and Warm-up

Championship Events
The currently established pattern of special events always starts with a Championship, follows it up with an R&D event, and finishes with an EDD.

McLaren M14A
This event was published as the first Championship on December 14, 2016, later followed by the Arash AF10's Research & Development event. Locations include: Players are given 8 days once they start the Championship.
 * Azure Coast
 * Barcelona
 * Rio de Janeiro
 * Iceland
 * Tokyo
 * Nevada
 * Azure Coast (repeat)

McLaren Mercedes MP4-25
This event was published as the second Championship on January 13, 2017, after the Aston Martin One-77's Enduro Double Down event. Locations include: Players are given 8 days once they start the Championship.
 * Nevada
 * Azure Coast
 * Tokyo
 * Venice
 * Iceland
 * Alps
 * Barcelona
 * Rio de Janeiro

McLaren MP-4/8
This event will be published as the third Championship in the Lunar New Year 2017 Update in early 2017. Locations are unknown.

Players are given 8 days once they start the Championship.

Championship Intro Screens
Welcome to the [manufacturer name] Championship! Strap in for a high-speed contest to win the best racing cars around!
 * Welcome

Complete all the rounds on a tour around the world. Be the best to get [Championship boss car name].
 * Tours

The Leaderboard shows your rank in the Championship. Claim the top spot and complete all the Tours to win the [Championship boss car name].
 * The Leaderboard

The ultimate challenge of each Tour! Beat 7 rival racers to give your ranking a huge boost.
 * Grand Finale

But not everyone gets into the Grand Finale! You must complete the Main Goal of each Qualifier by beating its Best Time to qualify.
 * Qualifiers

This mode may appear in some tours. There's a timer in the race and every time it gets to zero, whoever is in last place is eliminated. Then the timer resets and the process starts again. Last one standing wins!
 * Elimination

Each Qualifier also has 2 additional Goals! They are unlocked as you complete the previous goals. Complete as many Goals as you can to earn trophies.
 * Secondary Goals

Trophies grant you special rewards from the [racing team name]! You can replay Qualifiers as many times as you want to complete every Goal.
 * Trophies

You were just the backup driver on a high-profile racing team. But the star of your team took a dive, placing you rock-bottom in the standings.
 * Last Chance! (McLaren M14A)

But now it's your time to shine! Get your team in gear and make a break for the Championship!

A car as special as the McLaren deserves a driver that understands its power. Race, upgrade, and beat this season to keep this magnificent speedster as your own!
 * Rising Star! (McLaren Mercedes MP4-25)


 * ??? (McLaren MP-4/8)

Bugs
On iOS, mostly when the tires have been refilled, the Race cannot be started, instead being blocked with the following message: "An error has occurred. (Error 3000x)"

The error number can vary, also sometimes 3100x. To force quit the application and restart it from scratch generally solves the issue.

This error actually occurs on any platform, usually under a poor Internet connection.

Trivia

 * The sound effect that is played upon collecting a reward in Championship was earlier used in R&D.
 * Unlike in R&D and EDD, all Championship races have no traffic except for the fixed, stationary traffic in Tokyo and Rio de Janeiro.