Mercedes celebrated a Formula 1 title win in the Esports Series Pro Championship on Thursday, and Dutch double champion Jarno Opmeer celebrated the successes of the driver and team. Opmeer fought the whole time against Frede Rasmussen from Red Bull, the virtual world reflects the real championship fight of Formula 1 between the Dutch Red Bull driver Max Verstappen and the British Mercedes Lewis Hamilton.
Mercedes also won the real Formula 1 constructors’ championship, but that double escaped them after seven straight records, with Verstappen triumphing. The virtual double on Thursday was the team’s second since 2018 and a second title in a row for Opmeer, who won the driver’s crown with Team Alfa Romeo last year.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, like last year, gamers have been racing remotely from home or team factories and have used the official F1 2021 video game developed by Codemasters. Almost half a million people took part in qualifying for Formula 1, with eSports events having received more than 40 million views on television and digital platforms in the past 18 months.
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