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World's Fastest Gamer season two launches biggest-ever prize in esports racing
SILVERSTONE, England, July 3, 2019 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ --

-- Winner to race for real at the world's most iconic tracks  

-- Millennial Esports partners with R-Motorsport to provide prize exclusively 
in Aston Martin race cars 

-- F1 and Indy 500 winner Juan Pablo Montoya leads judging panel

World's Fastest Gamer season two will bring together ten of the fastest esports 
racers on the planet to battle it out to win a year of racing for real at some 
of the world's most iconic circuits. 

Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkgKmA7JU9U 

Photo - https://mma.prnewswire.com/media/942399/WFG_LAUNCH_1.jpg 

The winner will become a professional driver and race Aston Martins with 
R-Motorsport at iconic circuits including Monza, Paul Ricard, Brands Hatch, 
Nurburgring, and in the Spa-Francorchamps and Daytona 24 hours. 

Eight finalists come from the biggest esports racing championships of 2019. Two 
more will enter via wildcard qualifiers held in the coming weeks, one 
exclusively on mobile on the Gear.Club app, the other online on rFactor 2. 

Finalists will undergo rigorous selection trials in the UK with the top six 
flying to R-Motorsport's HQ in St. Gallen, Switzerland. Two will go through an 
intensive four-day set of challenges and will compete in an on-track shootout 
at the Hockenheim finale for Germany's "Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters" -- DTM.

Head judge Juan Pablo Montoya and WFG season one winner Rudy Van Buren will 
decide who has what it takes to claim the prize worth more than $1 Million. 

Indy 500, Monaco Grand Prix and Daytona 24 hours winner Montoya is well placed 
to pick a worthy winner. 

"I have raced online for several years and use simulators to stay sharp," 
Montoya said. "I know there is huge talent in the virtual world because gamers 
regularly beat me! I know the skills between real and virtual are transferable, 
so my job on WFG is to make sure these gamers are hungry and perform under 
pressure."

Van Buren became a Formula 1 simulator driver with his WFG season one victory. 
His story was watched by millions online and reached 400 million households on 
networks including ESPN, CNBC, Sky and Fox.

World's Fastest Gamer founder, Millennial Esports Corp. ("Millennial" or the 
"Company", TSX VENTURE: GAME, OTCQB: MLLLF) President, Darren Cox, believes the 
competition has the potential to unearth real-world motorsport talent. 

"Esports racing has grown significantly since our first project more than ten 
years ago, but still there is a huge undiscovered talent pool out there," Cox 
said. 

"WFG is the bridge between the virtual and real worlds and we will again 
provide unparalleled access to both sides of our sport through all digital and 
broadcast platforms."

Founded in 2014, R-Motorsport has established itself as one of the world's top 
GT racing teams.

"In our short history R-Motorsport have had great success and impact on track 
with Aston Martin," R Motorsport's Co-owner and Team Principal Florian Kamelger 
said. "With Darren's team at Millennial Esports we now have a foot in the 
virtual world that provides our partners with a new platform within 
motorsport." 

The R-Motorsport squad has extensive experience racing Aston Martin entries in 
high level global motorsport championships including the Intercontinental GT 
Challenge, the Blancpain GT Series and the world's most important international 
touring car championship, the DTM.

"This project shows the increasing interest in Aston Martin in the real and 
virtual world and I am confident that this will catapult our brand to leaders 
in the burgeoning esports space," said Aston Martin President and Group CEO, 
Andy Palmer.

SOURCE World’s Fastest Gamer

CONTACT: JANE CHAPMAN, P: +44 7979 710646, E: jc@ideasandcars.com; NATALIE 
CHEARY, P: +44 7768 261526, E: natalie@ideasandcars.com
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