Real Racers Never Quit Imola Event Attracted Big Support

Announced at short notice due to catastrophic flooding in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy and cancellation of the Formula One Grand Prix due to take place last weekend, the Real Racers Never Quit Imola Event attracted big support on Sunday from professional and sim racers, along with a large audience on Twitch who could donate to support efforts.

Obviously virtual and real racing take a back seat when a real life catastrophe impacts such a huge numbert of people. But it’s always comforting to see how people respond to try and help these situations, especially when it’s the sim racing community coming together.

Team Redline put together the event, reviving the name used for a six-event mini-sieres used during the 2020 pandemic lockdown. It was presented by Luke Crane and featured;

Pro Drivers:

• Max Verstappen
• Jak Crawford
• Isack Hadjar
• Ayumu Iwasa
• Enzo Fittipaldi
• Arvid Limbdblad
• Luke Browning
• Felipe Drugovich
• Oliver Roland
• Antonio Felix Da Costa
• Richard Verschoor
• Jack Doohan
• Gabriel Bortoleto

Alongside sim racers including:

• Gianni Vecchio
• Enzo Bonito
• Luke Bennett
• Chris Lulham
• Jeffrey Rietveld
• Kevin Siggy
• Atze Kerkhof
• Josh Thompson
• Diogo Pinto
• Tom Burns
• Sebastien Job

Four racers were organised on iRacing, appropriately at the Imola circuit, with all drivers competing in a Formula 3, Mazda MX5, Formula Ford and Toyota GR86. Streamed via Twitch, it’s so far attracted more than 488,000 views. And you can watch all the action replayed here.

And if the event prompts you to donate to support the relief aid efforts (or you just want to contribute anyway), the Scuderia Alpha Tauri F1 team have listed all the details for the operations organised City of Faenza.

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