Verstappen wins RRNQ final race, but misses out on championship win
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Max Verstappen has won the final race of Team Redline's Real Racers Never Quit sim racing championship. It was his third win in the championship, which counted six races.
Verstappen wins final race Real Racers Never Quit
Verstappen started the race from pole position and was anything but willing to relinquish the lead. Yet his good friend Gianni Vecchio and William Chadwick came dangerously close: in the first 20 minutes of the race, Verstappen had to defend firmly against Vecchio's attacks several times.
At one point Chadwick took advantage of this, moving up to second place at the expense of Vecchio. This allowed Verstappen to take advantage, although his lead never grew beyond a few tenths. On the final lap, Chadwick came close, but Verstappen managed to retain the lead and crossed the finish line first with a four-tenths lead.
The victory did not earn Verstappen victory in the virtual championship: that was already decided in Chris Lulham's favour. The Dutchman took part in four of the six races and won three of them.