Formula 1 has announced plans for the F1 Esports Series women’s wildcard, a women-only qualification route to the Pro exhibition where F1 teams are looking for talent to expand their roster for this year’s Pro Championship, which will be held in the Fall begins.
Open to women only, the racers will line up during the week May 3-9, setting flight lap times in Codemasters’ F1 2020 game to see who is the fastest.
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The fastest qualifier will take place in May in the Pro Exhibition, a special event where the 10 F1 Esports teams will have the opportunity to choose from a pool of some of the fastest sim racers in the world.
At the Pro exhibition, another series of in-game assessments will help teams optimize their rosters for 2021 as the qualified hopefuls are put through their paces. This event – including the Women’s Wildcard ratings – will be broadcast live on Formula 1 social channels on Thursday, May 27th.
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Female competitors have participated in other F1 Esports events in the past, but so far there have been no women to compete in the professional ranks of the F1 Esports series.
With the launch of the Women’s Wildcard, it is hoped that more female racers will be encouraged to adopt F1 Esports from the grassroots in order to be the first female driver to be selected by an official F1 Esports team.
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The passion and skill of the female sim racing community is profound, and this exciting addition to the 2021 Pro exhibition can only make the show better.
If you are a sim racer ready to face the world, make sure you are registered and signed in to take part. After that, just start Codemasters’ F1 2020 and we might see you at the F1 Esports Pro exhibition 2021 on May 27th …
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