Rodolfo rudy parra

Listen to this article The 2023 24 Hours of Le Mans Virtual has been won overall by Team Redline, with its #2 entry driven by Felipe Drugovich, Felix Rosenqvist, Luke Bennett and Chris Lulham. In GTE, the #888 R8G Esports Ferrari of Alexander Smolyar, Scott Andrews, Timotej Andonovski and Erhan Jajovski headed the class. The race was halted due to two red flags in the opening six hours, then at dawn Formula 1 world champion Max Verstappen retired the #1 Team Redline entry following a disconnection while leading. The event was also host to some extremely close-quartered racing. At the start, it was Verstappen who took the initiative, scything past the pole-sitting Porsche Supercup driver Laurin Heinrich in the #20 Porsche Coanda entry. But the Team Redline driver was momentarily held up exiting his pitbox at the end of the opening stint and combined with Porsche running an alternative strategy, the Stuttgart-based sports car manufacturer was back ahead. In … [Read more...] about Team Redline and R8G Esports win 24 Hours of Le Mans Virtual

Listen to this article But now added to the roster is 21-year-old Scotsman Lucas Blakeley, who, as well as winning last year's F1 Esports championship, helped McLaren Shadow secure the constructors' championship too for the first time since it joined the sim racing series. For Blakeley, this is the biggest achievement of his career, even more so than when he famously beat Sebastian Vettel in a Race of Champions heat last year. "It's probably one of the hardest things I've actually had to process, possibly in my life," he tells Motorsport.com about the triumph. "I struggle to get the grand scale of it all. "I don't think it's going to hit home for quite a while. Maybe it never will. The scariest part is I'm just trying to comprehend that I've achieved one of the biggest dreams I've had in my life. "I've actually got to the top of the mountain. It's very surreal." Beyond the achievement though, what stands out about Blakeley and McLaren's triumph is the effort … [Read more...] about The sacrifices and “brutal” pressure behind McLaren’s latest champion