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McLaren announces new Shadow Project eSports scheme

McLaren has announced a new eSports scheme called 'Shadow Project' as the follow-up to its World Fastest Gamer project from 2017, giving virtual racers the chance to work with a real-life Formula 1 team. Following the success of Dutch sim racer Rudy van Buren in last year's World Fastest Gamer challenge and his subsequent integration into the McLaren team as a simulator driver, McLaren will once again launch an eSports scheme this year, with Shadow Project set to kick off this August. 5774263478001 CrashTV:  "Last year’s competition proved that the skills learned as a racing gamer are transferable to the real world," McLaren director of eSports Ben Payne said. "This...
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