ROYAL SELANGOR PARTNERS WITH ERACING GP TO SUPPORT THE FUTURE OF MALAYSIAN MOTORSPORTS

KUALA LUMPUR (10 November 2022): Royal Selangor and Axle Sports are proud to announce their partnership for eRacing GP, as the regional sim racing tournament goes from strength to strength and continues to uncover some of the best new racing talent in Southeast Asia.

This year, the partnership between eRacing GP and Royal Selangor grew across three tiers of tournaments: the popular Global Edition, which sees sim racers of all levels compete in four classes according to their skill; the Sprint Edition, split into Pro and Am categories; and the Endurance Edition, which attracts the best drivers from across the region competing in GT3 cars in Pro and Pro-Am championships.

The 10th season of the Global Edition kicked off on 4 November, while the final races of the Endurance Edition and Sprint Edition take place on 10 and 16 December respectively.

"We have been amazed by how drivers have progressed through the ranks in eRacing GP. Those who started as novices when we launched in 2020 are now winning races in the premier classes, while others who have raced with us and trained with Axle Sports have gone on to do exceptionally well in international races. It has also been very rewarding to see sim racers who started out with eRacing GP achieve our objective of virtual to reality, taking the skills they have learnt in sim racing and applying them on track to win real-life races," said Alex Yoong, founder of eRacing GP and Axle Sports.

These success stories include Naquib Azlan, who started sim racing in 2020 and went on to win the Toyota Gazoo Racing Festival Vios Challenge Rookie Championship in 2021 and the Sporting Class Championship in 2022. His younger brother, Nabil Azlan, has followed in his footsteps, also making the transition from virtual to reality by winning the Rookie Championship this year.

eRacing GP racers were also seen at the recently concluded FIA Motorsport Games in Marseille, France, where drivers represented their countries in what is hailed as the "Olympics of Motorsport". Alister Yoong represented Malaysia in the KCMG Formula 4 category, while Naquib raced in the Fanatec Esports championship. Other eRacing GP alumni at the Games included Aleef Hamilton from Singapore, Philippa Boquida from Australia, Jonathan Wong from Hong Kong and Presley Martono from Indonesia.

"We are incredibly proud of our partnership with Axle Sports, which first began in 2019. This collaboration is extremely valuable to us, and we are happy to be a part of an initiative that champions young talent and nurtures honest sportsmanship in a healthy and supportive environment," said Yong Yoon Li, Managing Director of Royal Selangor.

eRacing GP winners in all categories will receive custom-made trophies sponsored by Royal Selangor.

For more information on eRacing GP, visit www.eracing-gp.com or its social media channels.