FIA SIMAGIC F4 eSports Regional Tour Week 3 report: Miranda, Deith, Mutch lead respective regions
July 3rd, 2024 by Justin Melillo
This September, the FIA SIMAGIC F4 eSports Global Championship Series arrives with 30 of the top-ranked regional competitors going against one another for a four-event, eight round season with a chance at winning a share of the $25,000 prize pool.
Last week, the Regional Tours all entered Week #3 of competition with racing in Canada at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in the Americas, the Short layout of Okayama International Circuit for the Asia-Pacific group, and Circuit Zandvoort for Europe.
AMERICAS REGION
Michael Janney once again found himself near the top after missing out on the first week of competition, but this time behind another new name on these sheets – Elvis Rankin in second. At the very top, winning the Strength of Field (SoF) race, scoring the most points with 355, was Nicolás Rubilar. Victor Miranda continues to lead the way in the overall after finishing fourth in the week, with Felipe Juliato rounding out the top-five. James R Burns, who finished seventh in the week, moves into the top-10 as Matt Bussa, likely busy over the week with Chicago Street Course prep, falls out, down to 12th. 1076 iRacers participated at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Week 3.
FIA SIMAGIC F4 eSports Regional Tour – Americas Top 10 after Week 3 at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve:
Pos | Driver | Club | Total Pts | W3 Wins | Total Wins |
1 | Victor Miranda | Brazil | 869 | 0 | 2 |
2 | Nicolás Rubilar | Hispanoamérica | 853 | 1 | 5 |
3 | Ralph Benitez | Brazil | 783 | 0 | 1 |
4 | Felipe Cabrera Loyola | Hispanoamérica | 781 | 0 | 0 |
5 | Leo Ovtcharov | California Club | 768 | 1 | 2 |
6 | Jackson Rezende | Brazil | 705 | 0 | 0 |
7 | James R Burn | New England | 684 | 1 | 2 |
8 | Jordan Johnson5 | Ohio | 680 | 0 | 2 |
9 | Jeffrey Decker | California Club | 676 | 0 | 0 |
10 | Andre Castro | New York | 646 | 0 | 3 |
ASIA-PACIFIC REGION
It was an off week for Benjamin Roberts, who led the first two weeks of the Asia-Pacific contest. This week, at Okayama, he was only able to muster enough points for ninth on the week. The SoF belonged to Damon Woods, who jumps up to 11th in the overall standings after scoring 316 points. Kody Deith, who finished second in the week, moves up to take the top spot leaving Okayama, now 33 points ahead of Roberts. Jaidyn J Ladic, Hayata Asaga, and Kazuki Fujita rounded out the top-five. In the overall, Sho Kamioka did not race and falls from second to outside the top-10. Hirokuni Kojima also falls out of the top-10 after finishing 32nd last week, those two falling out replaced by Alejandro Sendra and Deklan Webb. 1482 iRacers participated at Okayama in Week 3, the most of all regions.
FIA SIMAGIC F4 eSports Regional Tour – Asia/Pacific Top 10 after Week 3 at Okayama:
Pos | Driver | Club | Total Pts | W3 Wins | Total Wins |
1 | Kody Deith | Australia/NZ | 728 | 0 | 1 |
2 | Benjamin Roberts | Australia/NZ | 695 | 0 | 3 |
3 | Marcello Rivera | Australia/NZ | 660 | 0 | 1 |
4 | Kazuki Fujita | Japan | 645 | 0 | 2 |
5 | Hayata Asaga | Japan | 624 | 0 | 0 |
6 | Jaidyn J Ladic | Australia/NZ | 616 | 0 | 2 |
7 | Calieb Hydes | Australia/NZ | 546 | 0 | 0 |
8 | Alejandro Sendra | Japan | 539 | 2 | 3 |
9 | Deklan Webb | Australia/NZ | 531 | 0 | 0 |
10 | Shoma Shintani | Japan | 521 | 1 | 6 |
EUROPE REGION
The heavy hitters came out to play in the third week of competition in the Europe region. A familiar name to iRacing eSports, Alejandro Sánchez took the top honors this week with 386 points scored after winning the SoF race. Another well-known eSports commodity, Graham Carroll took second in the week, while the podium was rounded out by Luke McKeown. Elliott Vayron and Martin Kadlečík rounded out the top-5. Gordon “Gordie” Mutch finished sixth on the week, propelling him to the top of the overall standings lead by 38 points over Alex Dunne, who finished 12th on the week. Gaël Valero falls out of the top-10 after not making an attempt at Zandvoort, as does Dan Amor. Carroll bumps up and into the eighth position just ahead of Alex O’Grady in ninth. Sánchez sits 12th after three weeks. 1194 iRacers participated at Zandvoort in Week 3, but as usual, the Europe region provided the top point total for the highest SoF.
FIA SIMAGIC F4 eSports Regional Tour – Europe Top 10 after Week 2 at Spa-Francorchamps:
Pos | Name | Club | Total Pts | W2 Wins | Total Wins |
1 | Gordon Mutch | UK and I | 992 | 0 | 3 |
2 | Alex Dunne | UK and I | 954 | 0 | 2 |
3 | Moritz Löhner | DE-AT-CH | 912 | 0 | 1 |
4 | Hugh Barter | Australia/NZ | 892 | 0 | 0 |
5 | Elliott Vayron | France | 886 | 0 | 3 |
6 | Henry IE Moore | UK and I | 803 | 0 | 2 |
7 | Jacob Reid4 | UK and I | 784 | 1 | 0 |
8 | Graham Carroll | UK and I | 770 | 0 | 0 |
9 | Alex O’Grady | UK and I | 750 | 1 | 0 |
10 | Pablo Espes | Iberia | 743 | 0 | 0 |
Week 4 Schedule:
- Americas (Every ODD hour, :15 after): Autódromo José Carlos Pace – Grand Prix
- Asia-Pacific (Every EVEN hour, :45 after): Fuji International Speedway – No Chicane
- Europe (Every EVEN hour, :15 after): Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours – Grand Prix
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