Williams Esports Academy Update – January 2025

The academy continues its exceptional growth and performance for the new year

Williams Esports Academy has undergone some significant changes and progression leading into the new year, allowing the team to expand their development of young drivers, to create the new era of Williams Esports simracers.

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RESULTS UPDATES

Our newest intake of Academy drivers have already hit the ground running, with 4 different academy cars taking place in this years’ iRacing Daytona 24h, across the top 2 splits.

The event was a success for the Academy, with all cars finishing within the top 10 in class.

Williams Esports Academy GTP – P4

Nathan A Moore, Pablo Espes, Patrik Thomsen, Jere Lehtinen

Williams Esports Academy GTP – P10

Mal Dedinca, Eetu Eskelinen, Siro Zambra, John Bennett

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Williams Esports Academy LMP2 – P3 (pictured)

Kamil Grabowski, Matteo Kuenzer, Santeri Martikainen, Olivier Piatek

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Williams Esports GTD – P3 (Split 2)

Pablo Mercerat, Matthijs van Erven, Steffen Hjelvik, Will Tregurtha

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Outside of iRacing, our F1 academy drivers are currently excelling, with Nelson Alves and Toppe Koivunen currently sat P2 in the PSGL F2 constructors standings, with 3 wins between them.

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DRIVER UPDATES

As the Williams Esports Academy continues to grow and thrive, we are thrilled to welcome new drivers to the team whilst bidding a fond farewell to some familiar faces.

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New Academy signings:

·????? Patrik Thomsen, Denmark - iRacing

·????? Nathan A Moore, Northern Ireland- iRacing

·????? Mal Dedinca, United Kingdom - iRacing

·????? Eetu Eskelinen, Finland - iRacing

·????? Jere Lehtinen, Finland - iRacing

·????? Siro Zambra, Switzerland - iRacing

·????? Matteo Kuenzer, Italy – iRacing

·????? Pablo Mercerat, Argentina – iRacing

·????? Shoma Shintani, Japan – iRacing

·????? Olivier Piatek, USA – iRacing

·????? Ghiless Jeanney - France - iRacing

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Leavers:

·????? Leo Roussel, France – iRacing

·????? Mateusz Nogaj, Poland – iRacing

·????? Jerzy Glac, Poland – iRacing

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Academy Manager, Carter McColman said "I am very excited to welcome all of these new talents into our program for 2025!"

"We have taken large steps forward in the academy operation since last years Daytona 24h, expanding from one single GTD, to representation in all categories for 2025."

"I want to take a moment to thank Mateusz Nogai, Jerzy Glac, and Leo Roussell for their part in building this program to where it is now. I wish them all the best in their next steps and hope to see them competing at the front against us!"

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ACADEMY LEGACY TRACKER

Many of our former Academy members have gone on to secure professional esports contracts across the iRacing world;

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Beckham Jacir – Williams Esports

Jaden Munoz – Williams Esports

Robin Glerum – Williams Esports

Thibaud Prevot – Drago Racing

Nico Mateo – Drago Racing

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The Williams Esports Academy prides itself on preparing young drivers for success. Congratulations to all our previous academy drivers on their success, whether they remained within the Williams Esports family, or found a new home.

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Thank you to all of our hard-working academy drivers for yet another successful month of racing. Please join us in welcoming all of our new Academy drivers - We are excited for the year ahead, and we hope to see our new drivers develop well and bring home some more strong results.