Esports: Slovenian gamer wins a seat on McLaren Shadow team
By Alan Baldwin
LONDON (Reuters) - Slovenian student Kevin Siggy Rebernak secured a place on the McLaren esports team on Saturday after emerging from hundreds of thousands of entrants to win the Shadow Project final.
The 21-year-old, who is studying game design, beat five other finalists in the showdown at McLaren's Woking headquarters.
The six included 33-year-old German gamer Jan Saathof, who uses a wheelchair and competed without pedals on a specially adapted rig.
"I think it’s probably a first in a racing esports tournament," McLaren's senior manager for esports Leeston Bryant told Reuters of Saathof's success in reaching the final stage.
"We’ve done everything ...