News Details
Rudy van Buren is the World's Fastest Gamer
Rudy van Buren, a 25-year-old sales manager from Lelystad in the Netherlands, has beaten more than 30,000 contestants to be crowned the World’s Fastest Gamer – the McLaren Formula 1 team’s ground-breaking esports competition that aims to find the best virtual racing driver on the planet. In the final round of the contest, an exacting four-hour assessment using McLaren’s state-of-the-art Formula 1 simulator, van Buren beat countryman Freek Schothorst, a 20-year-old science, business and innovation student from Amsterdam. Van Buren now claims the greatest job in esports – becoming one of the F1 team’s official simulator drivers for the 2018 season. Van Buren began racing karts...
Full Story »
Full Story »
8y ago from GrandPrix247.com
0
You May Also Be Interested In...
Alonso: These cars are amazing to drive
< ► > On the occasion of the official FIA WEC ‘Rookie’...
8y ago from GrandPrix247.com
Marquez fastest in final 2017 tests
Newly-crowned world champion Marc Marquez was fastest on Wednesday in...
8y ago from SuperSport.com
Officially Confirmed 2018 F1 Driver and Team Line-Up...
2017 Formula One preparing for the final round of the season –...
8y ago from ThisIsF1.com
Dutch karting champion crowned World’s Fastest Gamer
McLaren will make a 25-year-old Dutch karting champion an official...
8y ago from Motorsport.com
Elsewhere On The Network
Popular On MGPToday.com
VR46 an option for Pedro Acosta, but priority is a...
No description available...
18h ago from Motorsport.com
Can Aprilia dethrone Ducati in the 2026 MotoGP title...
The conclusion of the 2025 MotoGP season saw an unprecedented level of...
20h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...
Aprilia reveals 2026 MotoGP bike for Marco Bezzecchi...
No description available...
1d ago from Motorsport.com
Aprilia Racing presents 2026 MotoGP livery
Aprilia Racing kicked off 2026 by unveiling its newest MotoGP livery in...
23h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...
Popular On IndyCarToday.com
Long Beach to bring in new leadership for iconic event
Organizers of the annual Grand Prix of Long Beach event have announced...
16h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...
Grand Prix of Long Beach set for leadership change
No description available...
17h ago from Motorsport.com
Pato O’Ward joined by F2 champion in McLaren F1...
McLaren has announced its driver development program lineup for 2026,...
18h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...
Kucharczyk set for 2026 Indy NXT run with HMD
No description available...
1d ago from Motorsport.com
Popular On TotalWRC.com
Dakar 2026, Stage 11: Mattias Ekstrom leads Ford...
No description available...
23h ago from Motorsport.com
Dakar 2026, Stage 10: Mathieu Serradori wins as Nasser...
No description available...
1d ago from Motorsport.com
Popular On GunnersToday.com
Sources: 'Arsenal have been in his ear…' –...
Arsenal have approached Crystal Palace centre-back Marc Guehi about a free...
31m ago from CaughtOffside.com
“He doesn’t know what the hell he is on about?”...
Declan Rice was involved in a heated exchange with Arsenal assistant...
31m ago from SportsKeeda.com
Insider confirms Arsenal are ready to target summer...
Arsenal are preparing an audacious summer move for Newcastle United winger...
1h ago from CaughtOffside.com
Competitive tension is no bad thing
Morning all, happy Friday to you. There's an early Mikel Arteta press...
4h ago from Arseblog.com
Comments
Hottest News
Helmut Marko has bad news for Max Verstappen following...
Former Red Bull advisor Helmut Marko thinks a... Read More »
41m ago from RacingNews365.com
The first F1 2026 secrets revealed as Red Bull launch RB22...
RacingNews365's technical expert Paolo Filisetti... Read More »
2h ago from RacingNews365.com
McLaren names O’Ward and Fornaroli as F1 reserves for 2026
McLaren has lifted the lid on its reserve and... Read More »
51m ago from F1i.com
