Multiple participant of the Ukrainian eSports circuit racing championships David Pastukhov will represent his country at the international competitions FIA Motorsport Games 2022 in the ESPORTS discipline. Competitions will be held in the French city of Marseille from 26 to 30 October.
Learn more about the FIA Games and the competition program.
eSport SimRacing is a relatively young auto-sports discipline. Which is increasingly gaining a place in the international sports arena.
Like everyone else, David began his training with karting. Subsequently, this pilot began to take part in the international sim racing competitions “24 Hours of Spa” (endurance races), with the same team of brothers behind the wheel: Kirill Negoy and Timur Olkhovik.
It should be noted 4 positions in the 10 hours Suzuki competition. Also I became a bronze medalist "X-team Time Attack".
According to David, preparations for the FIA Games are in full swing.
First of all, I want to express my gratitude for the support of my coach Maxim Efanov. I may not feel the full adrenaline, but training to the sound of military sirens gives it overtime. For me, participation in the FIA Games, as for any car racing fan, is an opportunity to be in my place, as well as to declare to the whole world about the indestructible Ukrainian spirit.
Given that the new ESPORTS discipline, David will become a pioneer from Ukraine, fully feeling the responsibility entrusted to him.
David Pastukhov performs with the support of the Digital Autosports of Ukraine (DAU) commission of digital motorsport of Ukraine and his coach Maxim Efanov, a professional racer in real and virtual space, who, in this difficult time for Ukraine, decided to help the debutant in the FIA Games David Pastukhov as a race engineer.
During his racing career, Maxim started as the winner of Ukraine in karting races in the KZ2 class and the European Championship in simpracing 2020, and proceeds as a professional engineer for tuning KART cars. Maxim has a huge level of understanding of car settings in sim racing.
