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Salvadoran teenager will drive in the Porsche TAG Heuer Esports Sprint Trophy Latin America

Courtesy of Porsche

The Salvadoran Víctor Tarazi, 14, is the youngest of the 14 drivers who will compete in the Porsche TAG Heuer Esports Sprint Trophy Latin America this Saturday at 5:00 pm, with a live broadcast on the site PorscheVirtualRacing.com.

According to information released by the Porsche firm “Tarazi has been training as professional gamers for three weeks to represent his country in the first virtual race that unites the continent for a charitable cause”

“I am very excited and very proud to represent El Salvador in this race in which I will give my best effort to achieve a podium position and bring some of the prize money to TECHO El Salvador, an organization that has helped a lot. in our country to people in need, “said the teenager.

Porsche explains that the 14-year-old gamer started on the Play Station 2 console with the Gran Turismo 5 game, from there he has not stopped running and adding hours of training; What started as a hobby has led him to compete in several virtual tournaments.

The Porsche TAG Heuer Esports Sprint Trophy Latin America will be contested on the same circuit where the 24 Hours of Le Mans are run. The 14 drivers will make 12 laps at 13 kilometers and 626 meters of the Circuit de la Sarthe with their Porsche 911 RSR.

“Running with the Porsche 911 RSR is the Gran Turismo game is fabulous,” said Tarazi, who competes under the Vic_Vic21 gamertag with the number 21 car. “I love its stability, and being a Porsche offers a higher level of performance. when he enters the track ”.

The Porsche TAG Heuer Esports Sprint Trophy Latin America will award $ 9,000 in prizes ($ 5,000 to the winner, $ 3,000 to second place, and $ 1,000 to third).

The money will be donated to the ‘Empathy Pact’, an initiative led by the non-profit organization TECHO that seeks to raise funds to help families affected by the coronavirus in Latin America and the Caribbean.

TAG Heuer has also joined ‘Empathy Pact’ by donating three watches to be auctioned by TECHO. These watches, whose total cost is $ 7,550, have the TECHO logo engraved on them.

Program
Saturday June 27
5:00 Start of transmission at PorscheVirtualRacing.com
5:10 Practice / Presentation of pilots
5:20 Start of qualifying
5:35 Start of race
6:35 Awards ceremony, podium, interviews


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