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Formula 1 team to recruit "the world's fastest gamer"

McLaren-Honda wants to find a new simulator driver in new esports competition.
Mike Holmes 5 mei 2017

Formula 1 racing team McLaren-Honda is hosting an event where the grand prize is a job working for the company as a driving simulator. The one-year contract will be awarded to the winner of a competition that'll see six international finalists compete against another four chosen from online qualifying events.

Executive director Zak Brown has been talking up the importance of the role, saying that candidates would need "engineering know-how, teamwork and the necessary mental and physical strengths," adding that they'd be "a key part of the McLaren team."

"This is for real. We absolutely require additional support across our two simulator platforms," Brown added.

The competition is in partnership with peripheral manufacturer Logitech, and will include racers drawn from the console, PC, and mobile racing communities. The ten finalists will head to the McLaren Technology Centre at some point in the autumn, where they'll take part in a five-day job interview, during which they'll play a variety of different games and demonstrate their suitability for the role.

For more on the competition, head this way.

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