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Premier League star Aguero joins usual six for Spain Virtual GP
Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero will make his debut in the next Virtual Grand Prix event this weekend alongside the usual six Formula 1 drivers.
The next round takes place at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya on the date of what would have originally been the Spanish Grand Prix, and will feature Argentina’s Aguero -- the fourth top-scorer in English Premier League history -- compete for Red Bull alongside last weekend’s winner Alex Albon.
Aguero is one of three confirmed international soccer players taking part, with Real Madrid and France goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois making another appearance, this time for Alfa Romeo, along with debutant Arthur Melo. The Barcelona midfielder is a friend of Pietro Fittipaldi, so the Brazilian pair will be teammates for Haas.
While there is major interest from the world of soccer, Albon will be looking to make it back-to-back wins after a great battle with Charles Leclerc last Sunday, when the Virtual Dutch GP was held at Interlagos due to Zandvoort not being included in the F1 2019 game platform.
Albon and Leclerc are again joined by fellow F1 drivers Lando Norris, George Russell, Nicholas Latifi and Antonio Giovinazzi. At present, Ferrari and McLaren have yet to confirm the respective teammates for Leclerc and Norris, with Sebastian Vettel taking part in his first online sim race last week, and Carlos Sainz racing in the fourth round in China but not returning to the Virtual GP for the latest event.
British pro golfer Ian Poulter returns to race for Renault alongside the French team’s academy driver Max Fewtrell.
The event will be broadcast live on ESPN and takes place on Sunday at 1:00pm Eastern Time.
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Chris Medland
While studying Sports Journalism at the University of Central Lancashire, Chris managed to talk his way into working at the British Grand Prix in 2008 and was retained for three years before joining ESPN F1 as Assistant Editor. After three further years at ESPN, a spell as F1 Editor at Crash Media Group was followed by the major task of launching F1i.com’s English-language website and running it as Editor. Present at every race since the start of 2014, he has continued building his freelance portfolio, working with international titles. As well as writing for RACER, his broadcast work includes television appearances on F1 TV and as a presenter and reporter on North America's live radio coverage on SiriusXM.
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