Jarno Opmeer has received a Premier Sim Gaming League (PSGL) F1 race in controversial circumstances.
The reigning F1 Sim Racing World Champion entered the pit lane on the ultimate lap to take victory.
Earlier than the ultimate two corners on the Silverstone circuit, Opmeer headed into the pit lane to keep away from them, leading to a extra direct path to the end line.
In consequence, he moved from third place to the highest step of the rostrum, beating Alpine Sim Racing driver Otis Lawrence by eight milliseconds.
It’s unclear if Opmeer’s victory will stand. PSGL has since acknowledged that the race stewards “could penalise drivers for incidents not reported to the stewards or lined by this ruleset, nor by the racing code.”
A call surrounding the tactic has but to be revealed.
Opmeer is broadly thought to be the best F1 Sim Racing driver in historical past. The Dutch driver has received three driver’s championships within the final 5 years. He has additionally performed integral roles in securing Constructor’s Championship wins for Mercedes-AMG Petronas Esports and Oracle Pink Bull Sim Racing.
Utilizing the pit lane to realize the higher hand in sim racing could also be a brand new sim-racing tactic, but it surely’s not the primary time it has occurred in an F1 race. In 1998, Michael Schumacher drove into the pits on the ultimate lap to serve a penalty. Due to the place of the Ferrari driver’s pit field, he crossed the end line within the pits, conserving the victory.
What Subsequent For F1 Esports?
With the official F1 Sim Racing circuit in its low season, consideration turns to the remaining rounds of PSGL’s PC F1 Season 40 championship, the place a number of high drivers are competing.
The fourth spherical of the championship heads to the digital Zandvoort circuit on August thirteenth, the place Pink Bull will likely be trying to proceed its robust begin to the season.
