G2 Esports and Fernando Alonso created an eSports racing team

The famous Formula-1 racer, the two-time world champion Fernando Alonso created the first eSports F1 racing team together with G2 Esports.

Players, that will be signed by the organization, will compete in professional leagues.

Fernando announced that before the start of Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Alonso decided to join forces with Logitech and G2 Esports and created his own team called FA Racing G2 Logitech G.

The comment of Fernando Alonso:

«I am a team principal finally. There will be no meetings very early. We will change completely the way we work!

It is very exciting, and it is a completely new thing to discover. I think eSports in other formats has been very successful but in racing, it is at the very beginning, and I think huge potential will come.

I am happy to be one of the first investing in this direction and I think good and fun times are coming – not only for us but for gamers at home and for fans.»

Besides the fact that Alonso has a team that will take part in professional races in F1, rFactor, and other games, Fernando is going to compete in cyber-races too.

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At the moment, Alonso has not signed any roster. Besides this, he has stated that will host competitions for his fans every month.