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Location	Circuit Bugatti
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

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.

History

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

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

Prize list

Per year

Driver

GP Explorer Drivers' Prize List

Year	Driver	Car racing team
2022	Sylvain	NordVPN Vilebrequin
2023	Depielo	Racers by Alpine

Car racing team

Classification

Pos.	No.	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

Key facts

Accident

During qualifying, Joyca was involved in a major accident at the exit of the Dunlop curve which severely damaged his car. 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."

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

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

Symbols

Logotype

• 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. "GP Explorer 2 : les 60 000 billets vendus en 30 minutes, certains se revendent déjà à prix d'or". Sud Ouest (in French). 2023-05-26. ISSN 1760-6454. Retrieved 2023-09-09.
10. "Grand Prix Explorer 2 sur Twitch : record d'audience en France". Le Monde.fr (in French). 2023-09-09. Retrieved 2023-09-09.
11. "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.

External links

• Official website

• Auto races in France
• Formula races