News Details

Formula 1 announces eSports ‘World Championship’

Formula 1 will crown an official eSports Series World Champion for the first time in 2017, it has been confirmed. The Formula 1 eSports Series will be run as a partnership between Formula 1, game developer Codemasters, and eSports specialists Gfinity. The inaugural season will kick off in September to coincide with the launch of the F1 2017 game, with a qualification system running through the month to determine the 40 quickest drivers. They will be invited to the live semifinals, which will be held at the Gfinity Arena in London on October 10 and 11. The Top 20 from the semis will qualify for the finals, which will take place as part of the season-closing Abu Dhabi Grand Prix in November....
Full Story »
8y ago from Motorsport.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

WATCH: F1 2017 gameplay in the wet

Ahead of Codemasters' release of 2017's official Formula One game later...
8y ago from F1Hub.net

Video: F1 2017 game 'Born to Be Wild' trailer

Watch the latest trailer for Codemasters' new video game, F1 2017, to be...
8y ago from GPUpdate.net

Video: F1 2017 wet-weather gameplay at Spa

Watch a 50% distance wet race at Spa-Francorchamps in Codemasters' new...
8y ago from GPUpdate.net

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Marc Marquez admits ‘touch of madness’ is key to...

Marc Marquez has provided fascinating insight into how he balances risk...
12h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Pato O'Ward issues damning verdict on ‘Mario...

Pato O'Ward isn't chasing F1 any more after falling out of love with...

IndyCar names officiating director ahead of Indy 500

IndyCar Officiating has announced Scot Elkins as the new Managing...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

'Even when he tries to be calm, he's faking it' -...

Former Chelsea star John Obi Mikel has claimed that Arsenal manager Mikel...
3h ago from SportsKeeda.com

'Typical bottle merchants', 'Bottling officially...

Arsenal and Mikel Arteta are being mocked on social media after Manchester...
4h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Arsenal and Man United scout 35m wide player with...

Arsenal and Manchester United are interested in signing the Club Brugge...
6h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.