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eSports star graduates to real-life FIA F3 cockpit

Charouz Racing System has announced that former F1 eSports competitor Igor Fraga will be part of its driver line-up for this year's FIA Formula 3 championship. It means that the 21-year-old Japanese-born Brazilian racer will be racing alongside new team mates David Schumacher and Niko Kari in 2020. It will be the first time that an F1 eSports competitor will feature at an official F1 weekend. Fraga was a finalist in the inaugural season of the virtual competition in 2017, raced for Williams eSports in 2018, and won McLaren's Shadow Project title at the start of 2019. However Fraga also has plenty of real-world racing experience under his belt. His first major series was the 2017-18 NACAM...
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