Round 3 of the LGCS saw our top Esports drivers taking on arguably the most iconic race track on the planet - the Azure Circuit in Monte Carlo.
Occurring simultaneously with the Formula One Monaco Grand Prix, the fastest Project CARS pilots hit the streets of the French Riviera in Formula A machines to take on the ultimate challenge of risk vs reward. The barriers await mistakes at every turn, turning minor misjudgements into catastrophic collisions whilst also rewarding bravery and precision as the drivers flow from corner-to-corner, not daring to hesitate on the brakes or when turning-in.
Azure Circuit is also one of the shortest tracks that we will visit in the Logitech G Championship Series. With such close competition between the teams and drivers, a tiny mistake on such a short lap can result in a lot of time, positions and points being lost.
Privateer driver, ElMister sprung into life in the Console Division this time around, taking victory with an amazing time of 1:09.740. It was a terrific lap, which summed up the bravery needed to master the challenge of this treacherous circuit.
Over in the PC division, SDL Motorsport’s Mangator continued his spectacular start to the season to make it a hat-trick of consecutive wins, with a time of 1:09.633, the fastest of the weekend on any platform.
FinPro, one of our all-time best privateer drivers, followed Mangator home in second place, with a 1:10.016. This was the second time that FinPro has finished second to Mangator this season, and it was also his third consecutive podium finish. FinPro was the meat in an SDL sandwich too, as this round saw a brilliant first podium for another SDL driver, Yoohan in third.
Fourth place was taken by Speeddemon, who represents FAF Motorsport in the NCS. He popped up with his first points in the LGCS as a Privateer driver. SDL’s Masa had to settle for fifth place this time out.
This all means that Mangator maintains his lead at the top of the driver standings on PC, with 150 points. He leads FinPro, who follows close behind on 130, with Masa third on 117. There’s then a bit of a gap emerging back to the chasing pack, led by claytonssv in fourth on 78 points.
In the team standings, SDL Motorsport by Logitech G extended its big lead at the top. The team is already on 358 points, ahead of sister-team, SDL Motorsport by Hauppage, which remains on 142 after not scoring in this Round. Coyote Online Racing and Project CARS Polska lead the chasers, on 78 and 74 points respectively.