This months’ probably been the best month
of my entire life. Signing a contract with
Mercedes being the biggest thing.
To sit in their car even virtually is a big
achievement for me. It was just a dream back
then and now I am officially
Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS Motorsport gamer.
We have the best drivers in the world.
Harry Jacks, he was a legend in probably
the biggest online racing league. He has won
four titles in numerous leagues online. Dani
has
been the pick from the Pro Draft. He’s only
18 years
old and he’s really starting to push the
boundaries.
Patryk is probably more of a dark
horse I think.
Last year he was part of the eSports 
Finals as a wild card.
Brendon Leigh is the current F1 eSports World
Champion.
He’s the benchmark and is the best person
that I could
have to try and learn from to make sure
we are doing the best for the team.
This is a really cool experience to be able
to
practice side-by-side with my 
team-mates. The idea behind that is
to give us the best opportunity
and best environment to be as
prepared as possible
for the Finals. We are eating the
right foods together,
we are going to the gym together
to make sure we
are in the best physical condition.
We went to Goodwood,
invited by Mercedes. We are about to go on
the Mercedes sim at 
Goodwood, but they don’t know who
we are or what we are doing, so shh.
This is my first time ever on these
by the way.
OK you are going to be fine.
To be able to see Nico Rosberg’s 2016
Championship-winning car up close is just
sensational.
You can really see what they mean about not
seeing much.
Doesn’t help when you are 5ft 4 but…
You get to meet the mechanics, who put all
the hard work, travel to different countries…
Can I take this home?
Being at the Mercedes headquarters today
in Brackley has been just a dream come true
really,
it’s my favourite team in F1. Just to see
all the
trophies, cars, the real cars, not replicas,
it’s just an amazing thing.
My favourite bit was actually getting to
meet all the amazing people I am going to
be able to work with
to make the F1 eSports team
successful.
Basically, everybody is working for
one single objective, it’s great to see
that kind of commitment and motivation.
With Mercedes being the Champions in real
life,
there is a lot of pressure and a lot of expectation
on us to put the virtual world into World
Championships as well.
There is a lot of hard work that needs to
be done but
I am up to the challenge, up to the fight.
It’s going to be
serious. We have to push each other to represent
Mercedes in the Finals. Hopefully all the
hard work
will pay off in a few months’ time.
