Former Esports star Igor Fraga who has crossed over into the real world of racing has joined Red Bull’s young driver program.
The 21-year-old Japanese-born Brazilian made a name for himself in sim racing, winning the FIA Gran Turismo Nations Cup in 2018 as well as the McLaren Shadow project.
Fraga, who has plenty of real-world racing experience under his belt, having competed in the 2017-18 NACAM Formula 4 and finishing third in last year’s Formula Regional European Championship, joined this year Charouz Racing System’s line-up for the 2020 FIA Formula 3 championship, where he’ll be racing alongside new team mates David Schumacher and Niko Kari in 2020.
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“For me, joining the Red Bull Junior programme is a very important thing in my career,” Fraga said.
“Since I was very little, I have dreamed about becoming a Formula 1 world champion. But through my career I have realised how hard that is to achieve. But I have never given up and always kept trying.