Williams Launches Official eSports Team
By Williams Martini Racing
May 11 2018
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Williams
Launches Official eSports Team |
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Williams has
launched an official eSports team to compete in a range of online sim racing
competitions.
eSports gives Williams an opportunity to compete in a burgeoning industry,
providing both new and existing fans with opportunities to engage with the
team in a diverse and accessible arena. The team will run competitions for
gamers to earn their place on the Williams eSports roster for a variety of
sim racing competitions throughout the season. Details of these
competitions, games and series will follow.
Williams eSports drivers will have access to the team’s factory in
Oxfordshire for training and events, as well as the chance to work in the
team’s Formula One simulator with technical staff and drivers including
Robert Kubica. The first three drivers signed to the Williams eSports roster
are: Javier Perez, Jani Vitsaniemi and Bernardo Perez.
Williams eSports will be managed by Javier Guerra, who founded sim racing
team JIM Racing in 2011. Javier will co-ordinate and develop the team’s
activities across the sim racing landscape. JIM Racing will continue as
Williams JIM Racing Junior, providing another route for gamers to graduate
to Williams eSports in future.
As part of its activity in 2018, the Williams eSports team will contest the
second season of the Formula 1 eSports Pro Series.
Nine of the current FIA Formula 1 World Championship teams have entered the
online competition, which uses the Codemasters F1 games. Teams will be able
to select drivers from the Pro Draft event in July, ahead of the Pro Series
races over three live events later this year.
Javier Guerra, Williams eSports Team Manager: “eSports has grown
dramatically in recent years to become a huge global industry, so we’re
eager to take on the challenge of growing sim racing’s place in the eSports
world. We’re looking forward to developing our roster of drivers, offering a
select number the incredible chance to become part of the Williams family.”
Steven English, Head of Creative Services, added: “Gaming and motorsport
have had strong links for many years. Now, eSports is an innovative part of
the sport and entertainment landscape, so this is a natural evolution of our
competitive spirit. We’re ambitious about developing opportunities for our
fans and our partners in this new and exciting space for us.”
Find out more during the season at
www.williamsf1.com/esports
and stay up to date by following
www.twitter.com/williamsesport and www.instagram.com/williamsesport |
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