The Virtual Esport LMU League has officially kicked off!
The first race took place at the legendary Monza circuit.
18 drivers competed in GT3-class cars.
Here is the qualifying classification:
1 Thom SimCrafted
2 Аnne Spaan
3 Danilo Lajsic
4 Mateusz Charlamow
5 Hubert Konczal
6 Arnout Hoekstra
7 Daniil Semennykov
8 Luca Ticli
9 J Wolf#1554
10 Tim Bob
11 Maciej Gierolinski
12 Chris Walter
13 Eddy Petersen
14 Vladimir Arsenov
15 Mi Ca
16 Dariusz Wdowiak
17 Rocco Racing22
18 Dimitar Panayotov
The race kicked off to a great start, with no major incidents at the first corner. Arnout Hoekstra made a fantastic start and moved up to third place following a minor incident between Thom SimCrafted and Anne Spaan—who both lost positions—before subsequently overtaking Danilo Lajsic to move into second. Arnout maintained an excellent pace and even put pressure on the provisional leader, Hubert Konczal.
After a poor start, Anne Spaan displayed incredible pace and began carving his way to the front; twenty-five minutes into the race, he had moved up to second place, trailing the leader by 4.3 seconds but steadily closing the gap. Meanwhile, Arnout Hoekstra experienced an inexplicable drop in pace and began to fall back as his lap times visibly deteriorated. This set the stage for the race's most serious incident, involving Arnout and Mateusz Charlamow. While battling for third place between turns 4 and 5, the two made contact and spun out. This allowed Daniil Semennykov to move into third place in his Chevrolet Corvette, closely pursued by Thom SimCrafted, Danilo Lajsic, and Luca Ticli, all of whom were also maintaining an excellent pace.
Chris Walter, driving a Lamborghini, employed a different strategy from everyone else; while the others started with a full fuel load, Chris began with a lighter, faster car and an early pit stop.
Towards the end of the race, Luca Ticli made an early pit stop—perhaps attempting an undercut strategy—but it proved to be the wrong move; he dropped to last place and, compounded by a penalty, saw his excellent performance go to waste. Meanwhile, Tim Bob’s tenacious driving secured him 6th place.
In the closing stages of the race, Hubert Konczal and Anne Spaan engaged in a fierce battle for the lead. The final lap proved decisive; Anne Spaan secured a better position on the long straight leading into the first corner. Hubert Konczal attempted a late-braking maneuver to counter, but this proved to be a fatal error—he missed the corner entirely and went off-track. This resulted in a drive-through penalty, causing him to lose not only the lead but also a podium spot, ultimately finishing in fourth place.
The final race finished in the following order:
1 Аnne Spaan
2 Thom SimCrafted
3 Danilo Lajsic
4 Hubert Konczal
5 Mateusz Charlamow
6 Tim Bob
7 Arnout Hoekstra
8 Maciej Gierolinski
9 Daniil Semennykov
10 Chris Walter
11 Vladimir Arsenov
12 Mi Ca
13 Dimitar Panayotov
14 Luca Ticli
15 Eddy Petersen
16 J Wolf#1554
17 Dariusz Wdowiak
18 Rocco Racing22
Congratulations to all the drivers, and we look forward to the second race of the championship—Daytona!