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Albon: eSports created ‘special' fan connection
Alex Albon says the virtual racing he and other drivers participated in created a 'special' connection between themselves and the fans. Albon was one of eight Formula 1 drivers to compete in the official Virtual Grand Prix series. He, Lando Norris, George Russell and Charles Leclerc also streamed while do doing so, attracting large numbers of fans. The Red Bull driver thinks that the streams, in particular, allowed fans and drivers to connect like never before. “I think already what I've realised is that definitely [there is] this feeling that the fans have been able to really connect to the drivers,” he said at the FIA eConference 2020. “It's just the way that the F1 is of...
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