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McLaren F1 Esports team announced

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Published: Aug 9, 2018 09:33 am

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The new McLaren Shadow F1 Esports team is here

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After McLaren running the “world’s fastest gamer” competition last year, they have launched their own esports team. The team, officially known as the “McLaren Shadow F1 Esports team,” will compete in this year’s F1 Esports Series. Here’s the driver line-up.

The team consists of Enzo Bonito, Bono Huis, and Olli Pahkala. Bonito competed in last year’s Formula E Visa Vegas eRace, taking fourth place. Huis is one of the top sim racers, taking the Formula E Visa Vegas title and five Formula Sim Racing Championship titles. Pahkala also competed in the Formula E race, taking third place.

These three hot-shot sim racers will work alongside Team Redline. Team Redline brings the fastest drivers in the world together. They are a sim racing team founded 18 years ago and have several esports titles, including a number of iRacing Championships.

As a team, they’ll debut at the F1 Esports Series this year. They’ll compete alongside the newly announced Mercedes F1 esports team.

F1 Esports Series

With both the McLaren and Mercedes teams announced, it looks like this year’s F1 Esports Series is set to be an epic battle. The series kicks off in October. Ferrari currently remain the only F1 team that doesn’t have a coinciding esports team. For more on the links between esports and motorsport, check out this article here. Stay tuned for updates from the F1 Esports Series.

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Michelle is a Content Producer in the realms of innovation and technology. Known as the “Hackathon Queen” 👑 you'll often find her on stage MC’ing or speaking on a range of topics from artificial intelligence, to business, community engagement, the future of work, and esports. With a background in both science and arts, Michelle writes extensively on a range of topics including innovation, startups, corporate culture, esports, business development, and more. She has a passion for gaming and combines this with her experience in a range of industries. Michelle brings a unique insight into esports innovation and draws many parallels between the physical world of sport, and the digital world of esports.