GP Explorer

The GP Explorer or Grand Prix Explorer is a Formula 4 car competition bringing together 22 Internet personalities organized by the French YouTuber Squeezie.

LocationCircuit Bugatti
CompetitorsSqueezie / Gotaga
Dobby / Deujna
Bibi / Prime
Valouzz / Depielo
LeBouseuh / Kaatsup
Xari / Domingo
Manon / Djilsi
Joyca / Théobabac
Sylvain / Pierre
Seb la Frite / Sofyan
Étienne / Amixem
Websitehttps://gpexplorer.lemans.org

The first edition was held on October 8, 2022 at the Circuit Bugatti in Le Mans. Broadcast live on Twitch, it became the most viewed French Twitch stream, reaching a peak of over one million viewers and averaging 400,000 just to be beaten one month later by Eleven All Stars, a football event organized by AmineMaTue.

History
Circuit Bugatti, venue for the GP Explorer in 2022.

Originally a challenge during the ZEvent 2020,[1] the first edition was held on October 8, 2022 at the Bugatti Circuit in Le Mans,[2] bringing together 22 French web streamers and YouTubers, divided into eleven teams.[3][4][5] Participating streamers trained for several months, with some such as Seb la Frite obtaining racing licenses.[6]

The first race was won by Sylvain Levy (from the duo Vilebrequin), with Depielo and Etienne Moustache completing the podium.

Prize list

Driver
GP Explorer Drivers' Prize List
Year Driver Car racing team
2022 France Sylvain NordVPN Vilebrequin

Car racing team
Winning teams at GP Explorer
Year Car racing team Drivers
2022 Oscaro Depielo / Valouzz

Classification
Pos. No.  Driver Car racing team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 16 France Sylvain NordVPN Vilebrequin 15 90
2 64 Depielo Oscaro 78
3 99 Étienne Moustache World of Tanks 70
4 94 LeBouseuh PUBG Mobile 62
5 14 Squeezie MWII Racing Team 54
6 30 Valouzz Oscaro 47
7 15 Djilsi Alpine 40
8 6 Manon Alpine 35
9 11 Bibi Black Adam 30
10 31 Dobby Fruitz 28
11 7 Gotaga MWII Racing Team 26
12 26 ThéoBabac Rhinoshield 24
13 27 Kaatsup PUBG Mobile 20
14 49 Amixem World of Tanks 18
15 3 Seb Igraal 14
16 12 Domingo Cupra Team Pax 10
17 24 Prime Black Adam 8
18 8 Sofyan Igraal 6
19 13 Deujna Fruitz 4
20 29 Joyca Rhinoshield 1
21 21 Xari Cupra Team Pax 0
22 10 Pierre NordVPN Vilebrequin 0

Key facts

Accident

During qualifying, Joyca was involved in a major accident at the exit of the Dunlop curve which severely damaged his car.[7] The mechanics managed to repair the car and the videographer was able to start the race. He reacts: "I got there, in the big Dunlop of death, there's a wall that's a little scary, well I took it."[7]

Personalities invited

In 2022, the third position trophy was given by Matthieu Vaxiviere, the second position by Bigflo & Oli and the winning trophy by Jamel Debbouze.

Around the race

Number of spectators per year
Year On site On Twitch
2022 40 000[3] + 1 000 000[8]

In 2022, the event broadcast live on Twitch gathered just over one million concurrent viewers, becoming the most viewed French stream one of the top 10 most viewed streams on the platform.[9]

Symbols

Logotype
  • GP Explorer's logo
    Logo since 2022

References
  1. "Grand Prix Explorer: tout ce qu'il faut savoir sur l'événement organisé par le streamer Squeezie". Le Télégramme (in French). 2022-10-07. Retrieved 2022-10-08.
  2. "GP Explorer: 22 des plus grands streamers français dans une course de Formule 4". 20 minutes (in French). 2022-10-08. Retrieved 2022-10-08.
  3. Birken, Maxime (2022-10-08). "Squeezie compte bien concurrencer la F1 ce week-end". Le HuffPost (in French). Retrieved 2022-10-08.
  4. Pierret, Benjamin (2022-10-08). "Squeezie au Mans pour son Grand Prix automobile, avec 21 autres stars d'Internet". BFM TV (in French). Retrieved 2022-10-08.
  5. "GP Explorer: le youtubeur Squeezie organise une course de F4 sur le circuit Bugatti du Mans". CNews (in French). 2022-10-08. Retrieved 2022-10-08.
  6. "Esport - Jeux vidéo: Squeezie organise un Grand Prix de Formule 4 entre youtubeurs". L'Équipe (in French). 2022-04-08. Retrieved 2022-10-08.
  7. Lavenant, Gwenaëlle (8 October 2022). "GP Explorer au Mans: après le crash de Joyca, les internautes émus". Ouest France (in French). Retrieved 8 October 2022.
  8. Le Lay, Clément; Nédelec, Guillaume (2022-10-08). "GP Explorer au Mans. Devant plus d'un million de spectateurs, Sylvain Levy s'impose au Bugatti". Ouest-France (in French). Retrieved 2022-10-08.
  9. "Squeezie bat le record de vues sur une chaîne Twitch francophone avec son GP Explorer". BFM TV (in French). 2022-10-08. Retrieved 2022-10-08.
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