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Today’s head driver from Santa Catarina, Jeff Giassi, is flying this Thursday (13.10) to Goiânia, where he will make an unprecedented journey in Brazilian motorsport: he will participate in a real and virtual race almost simultaneously. For the first time in Brazil, the driver will participate in two races almost simultaneously.

On Saturday (15/10), starting at 16:00, he will compete in the 300 km classification in Goiania for the Porsche Cup Endurance Series, the real championship in which he is the reigning champion of Brazil. Immediately after the end of the race, Jeff will drive straight from his Porsche 911 GT3 Cup to the simulator in the team’s pits, where he will qualify for the Porsche Esports Supercup 2023 virtual world championship, the competition in which he was the best. the only representative of Brazil in the last few years. Three years.

A star is born. Photo: Jeff Jassi. 2021 Endurance Series Champion Trophy.

At 25, Jeff is one of the brightest representatives of national motorsport. The reigning three-time champion of Porsche Esports Brasil – the country’s premier virtual motorsport championship – is impressed that he also won the Porsche Cup Endurance Series in 2021, the year of his debut in real motorsport. At that time, he surpassed the great names in Formula One such as Rubens Barrichello, Felipe Massa, Nelson Pique Jr. and Ricardo Zonta.