Highlights:
* Bentley Motorsport's works drivers lead all three race series commenced in 2020
* Bathurst 12 Hours real-world win for Soulet, Gounon and Pepper kick-started season's success
* Pepper leads SRO E-Sport GT Series after victory for
* Buncombe leads The Race All Star Series following opening round
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The season started with real-world racing at Bathurst 12 Hour in
Following the COVID-19 outbreak, the
On that same day, Bentley Motorsport was invited to join The Race All-Star Series - a fixed set-up single seater championship - against some of the biggest players in motorsport and esports, including Mercedes AMG F1, Venturi Formula E and BMW Motorsport. British drivers Al Buncombe and
Bentley's Director of Motorsport,
'In the SRO E-Sport GT Series, this is very much like in the real world - success on race day is down to preparation from engineers and drivers in testing - we're currently training around three hours a day per driver. It's a real team sport and I'm proud of how of our works and customer drivers are uniting to help each other, just like in the real-world. On Saturday night,
'The Race All Star Series saw us race for the first time with a new machine against some of the world's biggest motorsport outfits and established esports teams and, because of this, we went in as the underdogs. But, Al [Buncombe] and
The Race All-Star Series continues on Saturday (9th May) where Buncombe and Morris will be back in action, this time with their all-new livery to be revealed later this week. The programme begins at 17.00 BST each Saturday live on ESPN2 and at www.the-race.com/youtube.
The SRO E-Sport GT Series then gets back underway on Sunday (10th May) with 14 Continental GT3s competing in the two races. All of the action will be live at www.youtube.com/gtworld and www.twitch.tv/sromotorsports.
While the real-world racing calendar is disrupted due to COVID-19, the second round of the Intercontinental GT Challenge is currently due to take place at Suzuka on 21-23 August, but this is subject to updates from governments around thee world.
Fans can follow the action from all Bentley's motorsport and esports action on social media by searching @BentleyRacing on Twitter and @BentleyRacingOfficial on Instagram.
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Notes to editors:
The 2018 Bentley Continental GT3 has five official liveries available in the Assetto Corsa Competizione game, comprising the 2019 and 2020 works team liveries, the two centenary celebration designs launched at last year's 24 Hours of Spa, and a
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