Formula One Esports world champion from Wales becomes youngest ever

George Morgan, 34, from Monmouthshire, first commentated on a sim race during the Covid lockdown as, like many people, he had “nothing really better to do”.

He was competing as a racer at the time too, but decided to try his hand behind the microphone.

The group “loved it” and recommended that he pursue it on a more regular basis.

“I got selected for around six or seven leagues and was broadcasting six or seven days a weekend right though Covid,” he said.

He has since gone on to commentate on several competitions such as the International GT Open Championship and the GT Cup Europe.

“When the F1 Sim Racing World Championships laid out its intentions to run a series, in everyone’s eyes, it seems there would be a crossover in technology [with Formula One],” he said.

He highlighted four-time F1 world champion, Max Verstappen, who has his own sim racing team.

“There’s a lot of progression now in terms of technology,” Morgan added.

“It has firmly catapulted us into a position where sim racing drivers are being used now for real life racing.”

Morgan said there was still a “concept of elitism in motorsport” that meant quite a few talents do not get the chance as “they have very little cash”.

It has become a “massive talking point”, he said, among young drivers who are investing millions just to progress up the junior categories.

“The fact that sim racing exists gives the drivers a proving ground to show what they can do,” he added.