The first stage of the Logitech G Pro invitational series qualifiers has now reached its conclusion. With 15 hours of pre qualifying held over 3 consecutive nights between the 17th-19th of January the top 45 is set to battle it out in the hopes of securing a place on the Logitech G Pro Invitational Series grid for 2023.
Plenty of heavy hitters placed their times over the course of pre qualifying, Which saw Synergy Sim Racing driver James Scott on top of the time charts with a impressive collective time of 3:04.051 with Jobe Stewart of Pursuit Sim Racing close behind, 0.125 away from Scott.
Plenty of impressive performances included the likes of Matthew Bowler, sticking his Evolution Racing Team machine comfortably in 3rd place, followed closely by youngest competitor Rehan Liyanage & Brad Ryan who rounded out the top 5.
Further down we saw some familiar names feature inside the top 20. Ric Kuznetsov, Dylan Rudd, Kurt Stenberg and Jamie Dike all secured a place into the next stage of qualifying. A somewhat great performance from Kurt Stenberg in particular, placing his Trans Tasman Racing Commodore well inside the cutoff in 10th place after a difficult campaign in 2022.
A number of new faces impressed on the timesheets also, DPR drivers Andrew Dyson & Dylan O’Shea both making early statements along with Drop Bear Motorsports Tyson Broad all showing what they are capable of against some of the best competition there is to offer.
Towards the back of the field we saw a number of efforts to improve above the cutoff line. Zachary Hanlin found improvement on the final night securing himself into the next round of qualifying for Altus Esports.
The top 45 was rounded out by Michael Angus who posted a collective time of 3:05.837, Securing 45th by a matter of 0.028 of a second over Tyler Blackburn from RACEONOZ who unfortunately misses out on advancing by the narrowest of margins.
A number of drivers fell below the cutoff line in pre qualifying. Simon Chadwick, Justin Wallace, Reuben Goodall, Wade Sheedy, Tao Soerono all missing out on a opportunity to advance into the next round of Logitech G Pro Invitational series qualifying. Although a number of drivers won’t see themselves advance to the next stage, plenty of positives can be drawn from their attempts, now setting their sights on securing drives for the endurance cup set to be held on a later date.
Stage one of qualifying for the Logitech G Pro Invitational series may have concluded, But for the top 45 there is plenty more to come! With stage two set to kick off on the 1st of February, who’s got what it takes to Reign supreme?
You can see the full list of results and check where your favourite drivers stacked up at the link below:
