The Malta National GT3 Esports Championship 2022

We're back again at Playcon with more speed, more skill, and the best in racing! Here's what participants and specators can look forward to:   🏆 Tournament: Our time attack challenge is set to ignite the tracks again! Drivers will go full throttle through a limited time at the Redbull Ring National layout. The top 20 male and female will be selected to proceed to the tournament on Sunday 3rd December. The car will be announced on the day to keep it fair as possible for those who cannot practice at home. 🎮 Experiences to Look Out For: Dive into the fast lane with our VR Racing Experience. It's as real as it gets! Virtual drifting demos. Challenge yourself on our developed Maltese virtual tracks: La Reve Karting Track and Mtahleb Hill Climb €1000 prize pool up for grabs for the tournament and goodie bags by Enemed for the other challenges. There is no registration to participate, just visit our stand on Saturday and join the queue. Visit the event page for more information. https://wpr.gg/events/wpr-at-playcon-2023/

Joffert had been quick throughout the event, topping the practice session and taking pole during qualifying. However, a mistake on the opening lap on cold tires dumped him down to 7th position, leaving Ryan Carabott and Dean Vella to battle for the lead. Vella, however, had more pace and overtook Carabott within a handful of laps. Further down the field, Joffert provided all the entertainment, recovering from 7th to 4th within the first 5 minutes of racing. Before long he worked his way up to Andrea Rizzo in 3rd and dove down the inside of turn 1 to reclaim his podium spot. He did not stay in 3rd for very long though, as he used his pace advantage to scythe past Carabott and begin hunting down Dean Vella for the lead. To his credit, Vella defended valiantly from Joffert. Unfortunately, a slow pitstop for Vella drained the 5 second gap he built in the early stage of the race and brought Joffert close enough to challenge. After 10 minutes of trying to get within DRS, Joffert finally made a move stick at turn 3, before pulling a decent gap to Vella. That was not the end of the story, however, as Vella kept his head down and slowly worked his way to within a second of Joffert, giving him a second chance at the victory. He tried three different overtakes but made two crucial mistakes that stunted his progress and gave Joffert enough of a gap to retain the lead until the flag. Joffert, after a dismal start, won the race by barely a second ahead of Vella, with Carabott quietly holding on to the final podium position.

We are excited to announce that we were selected to host the Malta National Online Qualifiers in collaboration with the Malta Esports Association for the Monaco Sim Racing World Cup. The top 2 Maltese drivers will be selected to compete during the European regional international qualifiers. If the drivers qualify they will be heading to Monaco to compete in the World Finals, representing the Maltese National Esports Team. The qualifiers race is eligible to Maltese only aged 16 and over. The participants need to own Assetto Corsa on PC including having a steering wheel and pedals. Registration is free. The qualifiers race will be held on the 14th of July 2022. Depending on the number of participants we may have multiple races and a final race. The Tatuus FA01 and Red Bull Ring will be the selection of car and track for the qualifiers race. The event will be broadcasted live on TVM Sport, ESTV, Motorsport.tv and our streaming platforms. Michele Magro, President of the Malta Esports Association said in a statement ”The Malta Esports Association remains committed to create opportunities for Maltese esports enthusiasts to make it to the big stage in esports, this time in the sim racing genre. Thanks to our membership with the International Esports Federation, we are able to give the Maltese champions the opportunity to attempt to qualify towards the Sim Racing World Cup, which is being held in Monaco, thanks to the Monaco Esports Federation. In just 2022, this is the fifth esports discipline and the seventh international opportunity for players to represent the Maltese National Esports Team abroad. I would like to personally thank World Pro Racing for organizing the National qualifier for this event, and also to the GamingMalta Foundation for their support.”

For the second year in a row WPR together with the Malta Motorsport Federation are organizing the Malta National GT3 Esports Championship 2022 Fuelled by Enemed. This year different to the previous year the championship will be held on Assetto Corsa Competizione. This is the new platform adopted by FIA to host their sim racing events. Since that announcement we worked hard and acquired the ACC license by which all drivers taking part in the National Championship will be competing on the said platform. The ACC platform will also be available at our facility as from this week. This is definitely a big step forward from the previous platform FIA used and also a great achievement for us to have such platform now available at our facility. The winner of the championship will represent Malta in the FIA Motorsport Games in France this October. Eligible Drivers The National Championship is eligible to locals or others who have a residential permit age 16 and over. Qualifiers overview Qualifiers will be held from 2nd July until 13th July. Booking can be made by visiting our booking system with a choice of 30 minutes or 1 hour session. There are no limits to the number of sessions to qualify. You do not need to own Assetto Corsa Competizione or purchase any DLCs. The track and car selected for the qualifiers phase will be Donington and the McLaren 720s with a provided setup for everyone. Setup changes cannot be made apart from the brake bias, pressure adjustments, traction and abs. Prices for the qualifiers are as follows: 30 minutes - €10 60 minutes - €15 The top 10 that qualify will compete in a 6 rounds championship. Championship Overview The championship consist of 6 rounds with 2 races of 20 minutes sprint and a 60 minutes race with a mandatory tyre change in the final round. The duration of each round is 2.5 hours and scheduled as follows: Starting at 19:00 setting up the simulators for each driver followed by driver's briefing by the race director. 60 minutes practice session 15 minutes qualifying 15 minutes break 20 minutes race 15 minutes break 20 minutes race Trophy presentation and interviews The price for each round is discounted to €35 per driver. As per last year the qualified drivers will be wearing the championship clothing with a free space to put a sponsor of your choice as long as it doesn't clash with one of our sponsors of the championship. This will help also to get support for the payment of the championship same as the real world of Motorsport. Championship Schedule Round 1 - Watkins Glen - 22nd July Round 2 - Nurburgring - 29th July Round 3 - SPA - 12th August Round 4 - Brands Hatch - 2nd September Round 5 - Paul Ricard - 9th September Round 6 - Mount Panorama - 14th September Same as last year the championship will be monitored by our licensed race director and stewards and broadcasted live with commentary on TVM Sport, Motorsport.tv, ESTV, WPR, MMF, Enemed and Motorsport Malta Facebook pages and YouTube. At the end of the championship all the drivers will be competing together at the La Reve karting track in Hal Far thanks to GP Racing Karts Malta. This championship could not be hosted without the support of the Malta Motorsport Federation, Enemed, England Insurance, Gaming Malta, AMD, HyperX, GT Omega Racing, Datavideo and GP Racing Karts If you have any questions you can reach us through the following: Our Facebook or Instagram page Email us through the contact form WhatsApp: 79682222 WPR Reception: 21800424 Discord