Porsche: Champion of the virtual Le Mans series 🎥
COANDA ESPORTS The best in the virtual Le Mans series are the racers from Porsche. The number 20 car of the simracing factory team finished the virtual race in second place, while its sister car came in sixth.
The Porsche Coanda Esports Racing Team has won the 2022/2023 virtual Le Mans series. Factory drivers Joshua Rogers and Mitchell de Jong joined former Porsche juniors Ayhancan Güven and Laurin Heinrich to finish second in the virtual 24 Hours of Le Mans (center gallery). The quartet crossed the finish line on the digital Circuit des 24 Heures just 21.1 seconds behind the winning LMP2 car from Team Redline.
Highlight of the virtual Le Mans racing series
The virtual 24 Hours of Le Mans formed the climax and conclusion of the virtual Le Mans racing series. The special thing about this championship is that seasoned professionals from real motorsports alternate with simracing experts at the wheel of the digital race cars.
The Porsche simracing works team was already able to demonstrate its competitiveness in qualifying. Rogers pulled away from the runner-up with a commanding best time. The Australian thus moved into the hyperpole session of the fastest six, as did his teammate Mack Bakkum in the second Porsche Coanda race car.
After lagging behind then to the second position
The race got off to a turbulent start. With an ambitious maneuver in the first chicane, reigning Formula 1 World Champion Max Verstappen initially snatched the lead. Starting driver Laurin Heinrich maintained second position with the number 20 car, and Porsche Supercup driver Morris Schuring finished fourth.
After exciting racing, Rogers, de Jong, Güven and Heinrich were able to halve their gap to Team Redline's No. 2, but were unable to close it completely. So the second position jumped out for them.
Mitchell de Jong after the race: "We finish the season as champions, but of course we also wanted to win Le Mans. Still, it was a good race for us."
