| Location: | Circuit Bugatti |
| Type: | Car racing |
| Competitors: | Squeezie / Gotaga Dobby / Deujna Bibi / Prime Valouzz / Depielo LeBouseuh / Kaatsup Xari / Domingo Manon / Djilsi Joyca / Théobabac Sylvain / Pierre Seb la Frite / Sofyan Étienne / Amixem |
| Website: | https://gpexplorer.lemans.org |
| GP Explorer | |
The GP Explorer or Grand Prix Explorer was a Formula 4 car competition bringing together 22 Internet personalities organized by the French YouTuber Squeezie.
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.
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.
| 2022 | Sylvain | NordVPN Vilebrequin | |
| 2023 | Depielo | Racers by Alpine |
| 2022 | Oscaro | Depielo / Valouzz | |
| 2023 | NordVPN Vilebrequin | Sylvain / Pierre |
| Pos. | Driver | Car racing team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 16 | 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 |
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."
In 2022, the third position trophy was given by Matthieu Vaxiviere, the second position by Bigflo & Oli and the winning trophy by Jamel Debbouze.
| 2022 | 40 000[8] | + 1 000 000[9] | |
| 2023 | 60 000[10] | + 1 000 000[11] |