Round 2 of the 2022 Global Series delivers stunning action!
Round 2 of the 2022 Global Series delivers stunning action! In the second round of the 2022 Global Series, the MotoGPTM eSport Championship is in a delicate position following two incredible racing events.
In the second round of the 2022 Global Series, the fight for the MotoGPTM eSport Champion intensified with two races producing stunning action as some of the world’s quickest gamers competed for victory.
Global Series is back for its sixth year running, pitting the best gamers from across the globe in five rounds and 10 races. It has been decided that each finalist will represent one of the twelve existing MotoGPTM teams as they compete for the 2022 MotoGPTM eSport Championship.
The second round, held during the ItalianGP, delivered on all fronts, as the world’s quickest gamers faced off in two fierce battles. Adriaan 26 retaliated against trast73 by defeating him in the afternoon’s second match.
A total of three virtual tournaments will be held this year, the second of which was held on March 2. There will be a new points scoring system for the Virtual Rounds in 2022, which is another development. This means the winner gets 12.5 points, the second-place finisher gets 10 points, the third-place finisher gets 8 points, and so on. In the hour-long show, MotoGPTM presenters and commentators Jack Appleyard and Jack Gorst shared the presenting and analysis duties.
Round 2’s two tracks couldn’t have been more different: A stop-start race at Le Mans, France, was the first test for the finalists, while a TT Circuit Assen, the Netherlands’ traditional home of the Dutch TT, hosted Race 2.
With just 0.134s separating the top five on the grid at Le Mans, qualifying couldn’t have been much tighter! Trat73, who finished third in qualifying, and Adriaan 26, who finished fourth, took the early lead and set a blistering pace. After that, it was a cat-and-mouse game between the two of them as they traded the fastest times. It was a crucial victory for trast73, who held his nerve to win by only 0.968 seconds.
Behind Jack Hammer4658, AndreaSaveri11, who had qualified on pole, sprinted to a superb third-place finish to improve his championship ambitions. In fifth place, PieroRicciuti55 edged out Vindex813 by a hair.
That’s all there is to say about this year’s 2022 Global Series race number four. Adriaan 26 and trast73 were the first two players on the grid. Those two once again fought to the death for the win in the final round. Adriaan 26 was not going to settle for second place after his earlier disappointment, and he eventually pulled away to win by 1.3 seconds over Trast73.
After a tight race for second place, up to four names were vying for the final two podium positions. One man’s push is another man’s pull, AndreaSaveri11. Ectsar Suzuki’s Cristianmm17 finished third, barely a few hundredths of a second ahead of LCR Honda’s Cristianmm17.
It’s impossible to get any closer in the standings after round two because of this thrilling activity. Only 21.5 points separate the top five riders, with Trast73 sitting atop the leaderboard at 60.5. AndreaSaveri11 is in the third position on 50.5 points, with Adriaan 26 in second on 54.5. PieroRicciuti55 (39 points) and Jack Hammer4658 (40 points) are up there with the best of them.
Race 3 result:
1st trast73, 14’45.500
2nd adriaan_26, +0.968
3rd Jack Hammer4658, +3.239
4th AndreaSaveri11, +4.141
5th PieroRicciuti55, +5.910
6th Vindex813, +6.144
7th Cristianmm17, +10.352
8th Sbadalongo, +16.897
9th DarkBright, +17.465
10th Davidegallina23, +20.092
11th MrTftw, +27.412
12th TateeGo, DNF
Race 4 result:
1st adriaan_26, 14’53.852
2nd trast73, +1.336
3rd AndreaSaveri11, +1.670
4th Cristianmm17, 1.937
5th PieroRicciuti55, +1.347
6th Jack Hammer4658, +3.874
7th Davidegallina23, +10.085
8th TateeGo, +10.285
9th Vindex813, +10.586
10th DarkBright, +18.333
11th Sbadalongo, +19.902
12th MrTftw, DNF
Championship Standings:
1st Trast73, 60.5 points
2nd adriaan_26, 54.5 points
3rd AndreaSaveri11, 50.5 points
4th Jack Hammer4658, 40 points
5th PieroRicciuti55, 39 points
6th Cristianmm17, 35 points
7th Vindex813, 28.5 points
8th Sbadalongo, 23.5 points
9th MrTftw, 19.5 points
10th DarkBright, 19.5 points
11th Davidegallina23, 17.5 points
12th TateeGo, 14 points