Álvaro Carretón retweeted
We are pleased to welcome @AlvaroCarreton to the team.
Álvaro brings years of experience at the highest level of competitive F1, with Williams Esports since 2018.
His speed and experience will be a huge addition to our roster!
Welcome to the team, Álvaro. 🇪🇸
9
20
129
4,116
Largo es esperar una hora y media para que empiece una carrera porque tus motores no son capaces de hacer una carrera con tres gotas de lluvia.
1
14
84
1,764
Álvaro Carretón retweeted
Ahora que venga Domenicali a sacar alguna estadística de mierda diciendo que el 99% de los aficionados quieren esto, pagar y que les tomen el pelo. No os quejéis, puristas!!!!!!!!!!
65
627
6,562
76,530
Álvaro Carretón retweeted
I joined #F1Esports in 2017, and after the 'Road to Las Vegas' on rFactor2, I knew it had the potential to become the biggest competition in SimRacing.
And yes, F1 and its teams backed it heavily. Williams was one of the teams that came through the door in a big way. Through my project, I had the opportunity not only to build something I truly believed in, but also to have a job I genuinely enjoyed for 6.5 years, giving everything I had to the project. Williams was also one of the pioneers in building its own dedicated SimRacing structure within the team and expanding across different competitions.
F1 Esports started strongly, with the first event taking place in the F1 paddock, with the eyes of everyone in Abu Dhabi on it. It then moved to the Gfinity Arena, bringing SimRacing into the LAN environment and putting it in front of millions of viewers. The wave kept getting bigger through 2018 and 2019...
And then came the boom: COVID. What became an epidemic for the real world became the epicentre of the wave for the virtual one. Teams invested more, drivers earned more and the audience grew exponentially.
But SimRacing was never just about racing. For an F1 team, it can be a powerful marketing and fan engagement platform: creating content that performs, bringing fans closer to the team, giving partners meaningful activations and creating high-value in-person experiences around GPs. Done properly, it can support marketing, sponsor servicing, fan engagement and ultimately generate additional commercial value.
But when you are riding a wave, it is easy to focus on the momentum and forget to look at what is happening underneath.
Why not bring the competition into the paddock or F1 Fan Zones during GPs? Why not have a defined calendar, allowing teams to plan their annual budgets and resources in advance? Why make it so expensive for teams to participate if the objective is to have every F1 team involved?
We often point at the game and its potential bugs, but I believe that's the least of it. Entertainment is key. A simple marble race can be entertaining because everyone understands it and plays by the same rules. SimRacing is no different...
Right now, we tend to focus on the bad news, but there are solutions. Not just to get back to where we were, but to build something better: a competition that is more entertaining, more sustainable and commercially valuable for the teams, while giving fans a reason to engage with F1 beyond the race weekend 👊🏻
4
14
157
8,451
After eight years, my time with the @WilliamsRacing family has come to an end.
Loved it, lived it. Once a blue, forever a blue 💙
8
16
314
11,288
Pues salta la sorpresa en el Madring, no se puede adelantar y la carrera es un tostón de magnitudes bíblicas.
2
42
1,084
Álvaro Carretón retweeted
Lo que hace entre el 0:53 y el 1:07 es para ponerlo ya no en las escuelas de karting, sino en el briefing de pilotos del próximo GP
Qué manera de conocer el grip, la incercia del coche, el aire sucio, la diferencia de motor... Lo tiene todo en cuenta
13
77
1,066
80,613
The one and only new track in the DLC.
The track that everyone will be playing and watching first.
They made this stinker 🔥
9
18
910
71,860
Álvaro Carretón retweeted
IT’S A PODIUM FOR CARRETÓNNNNNN 🥉
After post race penalties, Álvaro goes from P4 to P3. And Nico from P10 to P9, with a point for fastest lap, bringing our total haul for Brazil to +21
3
20
1,308
Great comeback, nailed strategy and super close the podium 🤏🏼
Shame Nico couldn’t capitalise more as he had the potential to do so.
A flawless drive for Carre from 8th to 4th, capitalising at every opportunity 🙌
Nico’s fresh tires caught him up to the pack, but the traffic was tough.
We take 13 points away from Brazil. Onto the final race…
22
1,624
Álvaro Carretón retweeted
+10 points for the team, thanks to a respectable drive from Álvaro 👏
Nico was sandwiched at the start and sustained damage but never retired the car🫡
7
81
16,661
Álvaro Carretón retweeted
Introducing our 2026 F1 Sim Racing driver lineup 💅
See you @DreamHack on Friday…
5
15
215
29,340
The 2026 F1 Sim Racing schedule is here! 🤩
Starting with a weekend of action at @DreamHack next week, followed by three further events at the F1 Media and Technology Centre!
#F1 #F1SimRacing
67
200
2,038
312,769
Imagina fichar por un equipo el 1 de agosto de 2022, esperar casi cuatro años para uno de los mayores cambios de normativa de la historia con la ilusión y esperanza de volver a ganar carreras y te encuentras esto el primer día de pretemporada.
Yo personalmente me colgaría de un abeto.
4
25
631
43,299
