Brazil, Republic of South Korea and India hit the front in the three Esports F4 qualifying sessions of the day, with a total of 55 different nations turning out for the discipline’s debut at the FIA Motorsport Games.
With a real-world FIA Formula 4 test in the offing for the overall winner, the pressure was on the Esports F4 competitors from the start. Luis Felipe de Sá Tavares was the fastest around iRacing’s recently updated Spa-Francorchamps layout in qualifying for the first Quarter Final, but only by 0.04s from Alexander Spetz (Team Sweden). Team United Kingdom and Team Malaysia rounded out the top four, with Matt Caruana and Nabil Azlan driving respectively.
Gyumin Kim led the way for Team South Korea in Q2, Jarl Teien (Team Norway) was second ahead of both Jimmy Antunes (Team Switzerland) and Isaac Lennert Gillissen (Team Netherlands).
The final session of the day also produced the fastest time so far, with Team India’s Muhammad Ibrahim finishing out front with a 2:22:520s. Martin Kadlečik was second for Team Czechia ahead of Team Singapore’s Ar Muhammad Aleef Mohamed Rafik and Team Türkiye’s Ulaș Özyildirim.
The Quarter Finals get underway tomorrow from 12:50 CEST.