LONDON (Reuters) – Mercedes and Pink Bull are combating a title duel in System One’s digital world in addition to on actual racetracks, with the 2 groups tied on the high on Thursday after the newest spherical of the esports Collection Professional championship.
Pink Bull drivers received all three races on the digital Silverstone, Monza and Spa-Francorchamps layouts to go stage with Mercedes on 140 factors in a championship with a $750,000 prize pot.
As in the actual world, Alfa Romeo and Haas are backside of the standings, with the latter but to attain a degree.
Pink Bull’s Max Verstappen is main Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton by 12 factors in the actual world of F1, with Mercedes forward within the constructors’ standings..
Reigning esports champion Jarno Opmeer, now with Mercedes after profitable the 2020 title with Alfa Romeo, leads the drivers’ standings on 101 factors.
Aston Martin’s Lucas Blakely is second on 87 and Pink Bull’s Frederik Rasmussen, winner at Silverstone and Spa, moved as much as third on 78.
Players are racing remotely from residence or crew factories because of the COVID-19 pandemic, as they did final 12 months, utilizing the official F1 2021 online game developed by Codemasters.
(Reporting by Alan Baldwin, modifying by Pritha Sarkar)
