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Renault follows Audi into the potentially lucrative e-sports world

From left, Sandro Holzwarth (FreaKii), Philip Paschmeyer (Paschy90), and Victor Locquet (Fairy Peak!). (Renault)
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By:
Peter Sigal
February 14, 2018 05:00 AM

PARIS -- Renault Sport's newest drivers, who will train at the team's Formula 1 facility in Enstone, England, go by the nicknames Paschy90, FairyPeak! and Freakii. If that seems a bit unusual, it may help to explain that the drivers are part of Renault Sport's new sponsorship in e-sports, otherwise known as professional video gaming.

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