Griffin Gardiner can now be considered a veteran of the Australian Sim racing Community. Active since 2017, he has had his fair share of success with both Australian, and international teams. With a second place overall in the 2024 Logitech G Pro Invitational season, Griffin's venture with the Lobs Esports team has come to a sudden halt, after receiving a message from Lobs driver Jarrad Filsell at 3am on Sunday morning.

Griffin, who was on night work saw the unexpected message and immediately contacted fellow Lobs drivers Dylan Rudd and James Scott. It was soon after that the trio realised that the copy and pasted message was the end of their journey at Lobs.

Dylan and Griffin only joined the team this year and brought immediate success by coming first and second in the championship, and with James Scott, a Lobs team original and the current SCOPS Champion, the three of them were constantly battling at the pointy end of the field.

The series admin was lucky enough to speak to Griffin on the day that the news became public. Needless to say, there was a bit of emotion from his side. Griffin said “We had no notice at all, we were speaking with them all the night before, there was no indication this was coming."

Griffin stated “They should be embarrassed. There was a complete lack of respect for the three of us that had given our all for the group, and helped push it to get the results we had as a collective." "No one else involved at Lobs has even bothered to reach out to us. At the end of the day, they got rid of the three guys they were least friendly with, the same three guys that produced a championship win and multiple race wins this year. They aren't a real team anymore, just a boys club."

Griffin was “very surprised” that the three of them had been effectively kicked from the team where they had an instant impact, and helped form an incredible debut season for the team in the Logitech G Pro Invitational Series. Generally, on average the three drivers would contribute approximately 30 hours a week in testing to ensure that they were capable of delivering the desired results for the team.

Griffin was of the opinion that their feedback was respected, and they certainly assisted with the setups and the success of the team. The three drivers have spoken to other teams, however, there is a thought that they could start their own team. A decision between the three of them is likely to happen within the next few weeks. A new team on the grid carrying the numbers 1 and 2 would no doubt add that much more excitement and drama to the front of the grid.

We spoke to Lobs Esports team representative, Jarrad Filsell, who shared that “There's no side to the story, we have decided to downsize our roster, that is all” With the 2025 season launch coming soon, no doubt this will add some spice to what will be an intriguing season ahead.