In parallel, the event was followed on the channel on Twitch of the youtubeur Squeezie, who recorded an audience record with more than one million views.
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Nearly 40,000 spectators went to the stands of the Le Mans circuit (Sarthe) on Saturday October 8 to attend the first edition of the Grand Prix explorer in which youtubers participated on F4s. Squeezie, who has over 17 million YouTube subscribers and the instigator of this race, placed fifth.
“The first edition of GP Explorer, a race which brought together 22 creators of digital content on the Bugatti circuit, was won by Sylvain Vilebrequin. This event brought together nearly 40,000 spectators”said the Automobile Club de l’Ouest (ACO), which organizes the races on the prestigious Sarthe circuit, on its website. “A world first widely followed on Twitch. Squeezie’s channel has also recorded a record audience with more than one million viewers, a historic record in France”, added the COA. A performance “unpublished”according to the managing editor of the Huffington Post.
The million simultaneous viewers is beaten, unprecedented on the French Twitch pic.twitter.com/14adPNjXdn
— Michael Szadkowski (@szadkowski_m) October 8, 2022
After having competed in free practice and qualifying on Saturday morning, the 22 drivers competed in a race of fifteen laps. These were 22 French streaming celebrities divided into 11 teams. In addition, concerts by artists Bigflo & Oli, Myd and Bianca Costa enlivened the afternoon, before the start of the race, which took place at 5 p.m.