F1 drivers and other pros switch to esports in the age of the coronavirus - Stars of F1, NASCAR, and IndyCar went digital on Sunday in three esports events
As we're all settling into this new reality of working from home and social isolation, lots of people will be looking for distractions to take their minds off the most serious global public health crisis since the H1N1 pandemic more than a century ago. That's made a little harder with the cancelation of just about every televised sporting event, but perhaps in the age of coronavirus, esports might step in and fill that gap. On Sunday, we got a taste of how that might work, as professional racers from F1, IndyCar, and other series took things digital, drawing big crowds on YouTube and Twitch in the process.
The event took place using rFactor 2 and featured three qualifying races, with the top eight from each moving on to the final. The first was for professional racing drivers from physical series like the aforementioned F1 and IndyCar, as well as Formula E, the World Endurance Championship, the British Touring Car Championship, and others. The second qualifying race was for professional esports racers like Rudy van Buren (who won McLaren's World's Fastest Gamer competition), Bono Huis (who won Formula E's million-dollar Las Vegas eRace), and Brendon Leigh, winner of F1's inaugural esports championship, while the third was filled with rFactor 2 expert players who made the cut in an open qualifying event held the day before.
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Stars of F1, NASCAR, and IndyCar went digital on Sunday in three esports events.
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