Sparco Sprint, OMP TRS-E or Cobra Monaco? Our guide to the most popular steel frame bucket seats: sizes, FIA approval, base or side mounting, and which suits your car or rig.

Sparco Sprint, OMP TRS-E or Cobra Monaco? Our guide to the most popular steel frame bucket seats: sizes, FIA approval, base or side mounting, and which suits your car or rig.

In April 2025 we added Sparco’s updated gaming range: Evolve Pro kart rigs, the GT-R Rig I and GP Rig I cockpits, the Evolve GT-R chassis and new steel seat brackets.

Bucket seats for sim racers with a waist up to 42 inches: the Sparco Sprint L, OMP TRS-E XL and OMP WRC-R XL, plus two seats listed to 40 inches, and how each mounts to a rig.

December 2024: a sim racer filmed his visit to our showroom to find the right bucket seat. His top three, the Sparco Grid Q, Evo L and OMP WRC, and our non-FIA sim versions.

June 2024: a customer’s sim racing rig with a blue Mirco RTS bucket seat, and what to look for when choosing a real motorsport seat for a sim rig.