{"id":741,"date":"2020-04-06T07:16:35","date_gmt":"2020-04-06T07:16:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lamortindave.com\/?p=741"},"modified":"2025-07-23T14:14:58","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T14:14:58","slug":"beat-the-wtcr-drivers-rrre-raceathome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lamortindave.com\/index.php\/2020\/04\/06\/beat-the-wtcr-drivers-rrre-raceathome\/","title":{"rendered":"Beat the WTCR Drivers @ RRRE #raceathome"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/blog-int.kwautomotive.net\/beat-the-wtcr-drivers-rrre-raceathome\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"eWTCR20 key visual\" src=\"https:\/\/lamortindave.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/eWTCR20-key-visual-300x169-1.jpg\" alt=\"Beat the WTCR Drivers @ RRRE #raceathome\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" \/><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><\/figure>\n<p>Some of the best online racers will aim to beat the WTCR \u2013 FIA World Touring Car Cup drivers contesting the pre-season Esports WTCR opener at a virtual Hungaroring on RaceRoom this evening (April 6th).<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Esports WTCR 2020 - Beat the real WTCR drivers!\" width=\"920\" height=\"518\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hwHfVCVie1I?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Twenty simracing talents have qualified to take on 11 WTCR drivers on the RaceRoom platform\u2019s top server with the Esports WTCR online and live champions from 2019 \u2013 Gergo Baldi (Hungary) and Kuba Brzezinski (Poland) \u2013 among those in action against a WTCR line-up including gamer-turned-racer and 2019 WTCR title winner Norbert Michelisz, Esteban Guerrieri and Yann Ehrlacher.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><\/figure>\n<p>A prelude to the full Esports WTCR online championship due to begin later this year, the pre-season series lists TrackTime, TAG Heuer and KW Suspensions as partners with a TAG Heuer watch going to the champion. Scheduled to give WTCR drivers the chance to engage with fans while they wait the start of the 2020 WTCR season, delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic, the pre-season Esports WTCR series features four tracks plus cars and liveries from Esports WTCR 2019.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Leaderboard-topping Keithley the driver to beat<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><\/figure>\n<p>Briton Jack Keithley tops the leaderboard following pre-qualifying and has form at the Hungaroring after winning the opening Esports WTCR online event last August. The Williams Esports driver has selected an Audi RS 3 LMS and will race as Gordon Shedden. Hungary\u2019s D\u00e1vid Nagy, second on the leaderboard, has chosen Norbert Michelisz\u2019s Hyundai i30 N TCR with compatriot Gergo Baldi lining up as Gabriele Tarquini in an identical Hyundai. Slovakia-based Hungarian Bence B\u00e1nki, the 2018 Esports WTCR champion, will race as Esteban Guerrieri in a Honda Civic Type R TCR, while Turkey\u2019s Emre Cihan has selected the Honda of Attila Tassi. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><\/figure>\n<p>Follow this link for the full pre-qualifying leaderboard:<br \/> <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/game.raceroom.com\/competitions\/1027\/leaderboard\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some of the best online racers will aim to beat the WTCR \u2013 FIA World Touring Car Cup drivers contesting the pre-season Esports WTCR opener at a virtual Hungaroring on<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lamortindave.com\/index.php\/2020\/04\/06\/beat-the-wtcr-drivers-rrre-raceathome\/\" class=\"readmore\">Continue reading<svg class=\"icon icon-arrow-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"img\"> <use href=\"#icon-arrow-right\" xlink:href=\"#icon-arrow-right\"><\/use> <\/svg><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Beat the WTCR Drivers @ RRRE #raceathome<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":743,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-event-coverage"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lamortindave.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/741","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lamortindave.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lamortindave.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lamortindave.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lamortindave.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=741"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/lamortindave.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/741\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":744,"href":"https:\/\/lamortindave.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/741\/revisions\/744"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lamortindave.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/743"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lamortindave.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lamortindave.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lamortindave.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}