24-hour virtual race to be held at 24 Hours of Le Mans

In concurrence with the actual Le Mans 24 Hours on 17^th and 18^th June, top eSports racers will compete in the finals event for 'Forza Racing Championship Season 3: The Porsche Cup'. Over the duration of 24 hours, the joint project of Porsche, Microsoft and the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO) will be carried out in several qualifying rounds. The finale race will see virtual Porsche 919 Hybrids competing.

The finalists of the online competition will be present on site in Le Mans playing on Xbox One consoles. In addition to prize money, they race for a very special honour. ACO has made an entirely new category for the eSports competition called the 'Official Endurance Esports Category' - accordingly the winner will be awarded alongside the official prize giving ceremony on Sunday after the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Further information and registration is available at http://www.forzarc.gfinity.net/. Qualifying is ongoing until 28^th May. Premises are to own an Xbox console that is equipped with the game Forza Motorsport 6. During the race weekend itself, Microsoft will be offering live coverage on the virtual finale on Beam, Twitch and YouTube.