Max Verstappen and Lando Norris were beaten by esports gamers in ‘Not the Aus GP’ event (Reuters file photo) Max Verstappen and Lando Norris were beaten by esports gamers in ‘Not the Aus GP’ event (Reuters file photo)Formula One rivals Max Verstappen and Lando Norris will be team mates for the virtual 24 Hours of Le Mans on June 13/14, according to the official entry list on Saturday. The Red Bull and McLaren drivers are sharing the Team Redline Oreca 07 LMP2 car for the esports race on the weekend that Le Mans, postponed to Sept. 19/20 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, would normally take place. Spain’s double Formula One champion and two times Le Mans winner Fernando Alonso will join Brazilian former Ferrari driver Rubens Barrichello in their own entry. Two Indianapolis 500 winners have entered: Colombian Juan Pablo Montoya, and France’s reigning champion Simon Pagenaud together for Team Penske. Regular Le Mans manufacturers Toyota, Ferrari, Porsche, Corvette and Aston Martin are represented in what organisers are billing as the world’s biggest virtual endurance race.

Source: Indian Express May 31, 2020 03:56 UTC