Gran Turismo World Sequence champion Igor Fraga has received his first race within the Japanese single-seater sequence, Tremendous Formulation.
The 2018 Gran Turismo World Sequence Nations Cup champion secured victory in spherical ten of the championship at Japan’s Suzuka Circuit.
2025 marks the debut yr for Fraga competing in Tremendous Formulation, after transferring from the Tremendous Formulation Lights feeder sequence to race within the highest tier of Japanese single-seater motorsport.
The 2-time Gran Turismo Producers Cup champion began spherical ten of the championship from the entrance row of the grid, passing polesitter Tadasuke Makino across the outdoors of the primary nook to take the lead.
Fraga led for the rest of the race, taking victory by two seconds. The win additionally earned Nakajima Racing its first win in 5 years.
Gran Turismo has performed a pivotal function in supporting the real-world racing profession of Fraga, who has grow to be 2025’s Tremendous Formulation Rookie of the Yr after scoring victory at Suzuka. The sim racing title’s brand options throughout Fraga’s racing overalls and helmet. Along with Gran Turismo’s help, sim racing {hardware} model Fanatec can be a sponsor of the driving force.
Actual World Sim Racing Success
Fraga joins a number of former sim racers who’ve competed and succeeded in real-world motorsport.
In 2019, James Baldwin received the World’s Quickest Gamer competitors and has since competed in a number of motorsport sequence throughout Europe. Through the 2020 British GT Championship, Baldwin received on debu and went on happening to complete fourth within the total standings.
Sim racing is likely one of the few esports genres the place abilities from the digital world can switch to the real-world racetrack. With Fraga cementing his place in Tremendous Formulation, the win is one other milestone for sim racing, performing as a platform to equip aspiring drivers with the abilities required to compete in conventional motorsport.
