News Details

Esports star Bolukbasi gets F2 race seat

Turkey's Cem Bolukbasi will race in Formula Two this season, becoming the first gamer to go from F1 Esports to the Formula One feeder series. The 23-year-old told a news conference in Istanbul on Wednesday that he had signed a deal with Czech-based Charouz Racing System and had the ultimate goal of one day racing in Formula One. Bolukbasi started out on virtual racetracks with the F1 esports series, making his debut in 2017 and continuing for three seasons. He also won the 2020 Formula Renault Esport Series and finished runner-up on the real racetrack in the GT4 European Series the same year. "If I was never in F1 Esports, I would never have had the chance to get into a real car. I...
Full Story »
3y ago from espnF1.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Former F1 Esports gamer Bolukbasi to race in F2

Former F1 Esports racer Cem Bolukbasi has raced his way in the real world...
3y ago from F1i.com

F1 Esports driver Bolukbasi makes historic F2 move

23-year-old F1 Esports driver Cem Bolukbasi will be racing for F2 Charouz...
3y ago from PlanetF1.com

F1 Esports star given F2 chance

Former F1 Esports race Cem Bolukbasi will race in F2 next season after...
3y ago from GPFans.com

Brad Pitt to star in $140-million Formula 1 movie

Hollywood appears to have been swooped up in Formula 1 mania in the wake...
3y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Strongest season yet for Pato O’Ward has been...

Pato O’Ward is having the best IndyCar season of his career, and is...

McLaren to auction future F1, IndyCar and WEC cars in...

McLaren is to auction future F1, IndyCar and World Endurance Championship...

Chip Ganassi: ‘We’re spoiled’ having drivers...

Alex Palou clinched the 2025 NTT IndyCar Series title over the weekend,...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Kalle Rovanperä hits the jackpot

Kalle Rovanperä and Jonne Halttunen finally won Rally Finland, laying to...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

'It's a bit too hectic at times' | Odegaard shares his...

Martin Odegaard shares his thoughts at half-time at Old Trafford after...
1h ago from SkySports.com

Video: Riccardo Calafiori gives Arsenal the lead vs...

Riccardo Calafiori has scored Arsenal's first goal of the new Premier...
1h ago from CaughtOffside.com

'Sub him off at half time', 'Only downside' - Arsenal...

Arsenal fans on X (formerly Twitter) are furious with Mikel Arteta for...
2h ago from SportsKeeda.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.