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Formula 1 Esports Series World Champion will be crowned this weekend

The first-ever Formula 1® Esports Series Finals will take place Friday 24th and Saturday 25th November in the F1 paddock, forming part of the the 2017 FORMULA 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
The final event will consist of three races, held on the Montreal, Spa-Francorchamps and Yas Marina virtual circuit layouts. Twenty esports drivers qualified for the Finals and the one who  earns the most points across the three races will be crowned the first Formula 1 Esports Series World Champion.

This is the schedule of the event:

Friday
11h00–12h00  Practice 1
15h40–16h40  Qualifying 1
19h00–20h00  Race 1 (Montreal)

Saturday
10h15–11h00  Practice 2
11h00–12h00  Qualifying 2
15h00–16h00  Practice 3
16h00–17h00  Qualifying 3
20h00–23h00  Race 2 (Spa-Francorchamps) and Race 3 (Yas Marina)

The twenty esports drivers have qualified for the event in Abu Dhabi through a preliminary phase which started in August and culminated in the semi-finals held at the Gfinity Esports Arena in London on October 10th. A total of 63,827 players took part in the qualifying stages, completing 976,870 laps. Over 195,000 race times were posted on the official leaderboards (f1esports.com.)
The semi-finals had an impressive digital audience: fans clocked up 2.3m minutes watched and 1.3m video views on Facebook, 3.1m views on Instagram Stories and 1.5m Instagram impressions, 3.25m Twitter impressions, and the live Twitch stream was enjoyed by over 137,000 viewers.

The twenty finalists come from 11 countries, with Germany, Great Britain and Italy leading each with four representatives.
The twenty finalists, listed by country, are:

Name
Country

Igor Fraga
Brazil

Fabrizio Donoso Delgado
Chile

Fredrik Rasmussen
Denmark

Mads Soerensen
Denmark

Joni Törmälä
Finland

Patrik Holzmann
Germany

Sven Zürner
Germany

Cedric Thome
Germany

Maximilian Benecke
Germany

Brendon Leigh
Great Britain

Sonuc Saltunc
Great Britain

Harrison Jacks
Great Britain

Salih Saltunc
Great Britain

Nicolò Fioroni
Italy

Tiziano Brioni
Italy

Alberto Foltran
Italy

Gianfranco Giglioli
Italy/Venezuela

Allert Vanderwal
Netherlands

Patryk Krutyj
Poland

Cem Bölükbasi
Turkey

Race 2 and Race 3 will be shown live on the official F1 Esports Twitch channel (Below), on the F1 Facebook page and by the following broadcasters: Fox Sports Asia, Fox Sports Australia, Rede Globo (Brazil), Cytavision (Cyprus), MTV (Finland), 5 Plus (Israel), Sky Italy, Canal F1 Latin America, Sky New Zealand, Sport TV (Portugal), Movistar eSports/Movistar F1 (Spain, delayed), SRG (Srf, RTS &RSI: Switzerland) and Sky Sports (UK).

The F1 Esports Series is a partnership between Formula 1, the world’s premier motor sport; Codemasters, the leading racing game developer and publisher; and Gfinity, the global leader in esports events and competitions.

The 2017 F1 Esport Series is the first year of an annual competition, highlighting the sport’s long-term investment in esports and gaming as well as its continued ambition to build a greater connection with wider audiences, especially younger fans.

Watch live video from F1Esports on www.twitch.tv

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