World’s Fastest Gamer is the bridge between the virtual and real worlds for gamers, drivers and fans.
World’s Fastest Gamer is the bridge between the virtual and real worlds for gamers, drivers and fans.
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Video: Virtual lap of Brands Hatch
Strap in with World’s Fastest Gamer winner James Baldwin as he does some virtual laps at Brands Hatch in preparation for round five of the British GT Championship.
Video: Behind the scenes – Donington Park
Come and join World’s Fastest Gamer winner James Baldwin and go behind the scenes at Donington Park where the former gamer earned his first British GT Championship pole position.
Video: Virtual to Reality – Donington Park
Jump in and enjoy the ride around Donington Park with World’s Fastest Gamer winner and British GT Championship ace James Baldwin – both in real life and virtually aboard his Jenson Team Rocket RJN McLaren.
World’s Fastest Gamer Baldwin follows up debut win with first pole
World’s Fastest Gamer winner James Baldwin has followed up his remarkable debut victory in the British GT Championship by scoring his first pole position for round three of the championship.
Gallery: Donington Park Race Day
All the action from rounds three and four of the British GT Championship for World’s Fastest Gamer winner James Baldwin at a wet and gloomy Donington Park.
Video: Donington Park Pole Position
James Baldwin reports in after the remarkable pole position by he and Michael O’Brien for round three of the British GT Championship at Donington Park.
James Baldwin named World’s Fastest Gamer – earns real-world US$1 million race drive
- British gamer dominates finale in Las Vegas to earn the crown
- Formula 1 legends Juan Pablo Montoya and Rubens Barrichello on site as judges and coaches
- Baldwin set to begin intensive driver development program.
After a dominating performance in the final race in Las Vegas today, British racer James Baldwin has been crowned as World’s Fastest Gamer.
World’s Fastest Gamer season two launches biggest ever prize in esports racing
- Winner to race for real at the most iconic circuits in the world
- F1 and Indy 500 winner Juan-Pablo Montoya to lead judging panel
- WFG season one TV show reached 400 Million households
World’s Fastest Gamer season two brings together ten of the fastest esports racers on the planet to battle it out to win a year racing for real at some of the world’s most iconic circuits aboard Aston Martins.
World’s Fastest Gamer TV
Video: Take a ride in an 800 horsepower Sprint Car
Check out the action of the World’s Fastest Gamers on dirt – 800 horsepower on a 1/4 mile oval!
Video: The fastest road in the West
Check out the World’s Fastest Gamer’s reaction to the “Fastest road in the West” – Willow Springs International Raceway.
Video: Willow Springs hot lap!
It is the oldest road course in North America – check out the World’s Fastest Gamer lap of California’s Willow Springs International Raceway.
Video: Montoya Master Class
Time for the Juan Pablo Montoya masterclass!
The World’s Fastest Gamers got lessons from the legend who has won the Monaco Grand Prix, 2 x Indy 500s, 3 x Rolex 24 at Daytona!
Amazing opportunity for these 10 #GamerToRacer’s today on the #CaliforniaDreamin tour.
Video: LA Rooftop Race
Amazing scenes under the Los Angeles night sky – what an incredible location for the first virtual race for our World’s Fastest Gamers.
Video: Day 1 highlights
Take a look at the highlights from day one of the World’s Fastest Gamer finals from the USA.
The coaches
JUAN PABLO MONTOYA
Few drivers in motorsport history can match the credentials of 38-year-old Montoya. He is the only driver to win a CART Series title, the Indianapolis 500 and the 24 Hours of Daytona, all in his first attempt. He is also a former winner of one of the most prestigious races in the world: the Monaco Grand Prix. During his F1 career, Montoya has amassed seven victories and 30 podium finishes in 94 starts, and remains the only foreign-born driver to win multiple races in NASCAR’s premiere series.
RUDY VAN BUREN
Rudy van Buren, a 26-year-old sales manager from the Netherlands, beat more than 30,000 contestants to be crowned the World’s Fastest Gamer in Season 1, becoming one of the McLaren F1 team’s official simulator drivers for the 2018 season. Van Buren began racing karts aged eight, ultimately winning the Dutch Karting Championship in 2003 only to quit at the age of 16 due to a lack of financial backing. Van Buren is now considered one of the greatest simulator racers of his generation.
JANN MARDENBOROUGH
Jann Mardenborough is one of the most successful gamer-to-racer’s of all time after winning GT Academy in 2011. Mardenborough was so fast in British GT in his debut season that GT Academy graduates were barred as competing as amateur-rated drivers. He went on to successful compete in LMP2 sports cars (where he showed massive speed at Le Mans), F3 and GP3 where he won at Hockenheim.
He began racing in Japan for Nissan in 2016 in GT300 and graduated to the GT500 class in 2017.