Lamborghini on Wednesday introduced its first factory-backed esports workforce, with three drivers that may compete in sim races.
These drivers are Jordan Sheratt, Gianfranco Giglioli, and Giorgio Simonini, Lamborghini introduced in a press launch. All three convey important sim-racing expertise to the desk.
South African-born Sheratt, 23, dominated the final season of “The Actual Race,” Lamborghini’s one-make digital racing collection. He received 15 of 17 races and took 9 of 10 pole positions.
2022 Lamborghini esports drivers (l to r): Jordan Sherratt, Giorgio Simonini, Gianfranco Giglioli
Giglioli, a 24-year-old Venezuelan, positioned eighth within the inaugural season of the Formulation One Esports Collection, fifth in “The Actual Race’s” inaugural season in 2020, and and received the Porsche Esports Carrera Cup Italia that very same yr.
Hailing from Italy, 22-year-old Simonini received the Sim Grid World Cup 2020 and positioned fourth within the SRO Esports championship that yr.
Sherratt and Giglioli will compete within the GT World Problem Esports Dash Collection Europe; Simonini will be a part of them for the 2022 Intercontinental GT Problem Esports Endurance Championship, Lamborghini stated.
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The Dash Collection consists of 5 races and begins April 6 with a digital race of Italy’s Misano circuit. The final race is scheduled for August 3 on a digital model of Monza. The Intercontinental GT Problem collection begins April 16 with the 12 hours of Bathurst, a digital model of the legendary Australian endurance race. The calendar additionally consists of 5 races, wrapping up August 27 with the 9 Hours of Kyalami.
The three drivers can be supported by the identical Squadra Corse division that runs Lamborghini’s real-world racing applications (and builds the occasional monitor automobile), the automaker famous, full with a devoted workforce principal, driver coach, and engineers.
