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Mercedes also dominant in opening rounds of F1 Esports

Formula One champions Mercedes also dominated the sport's virtual racetracks on Wednesday with British gamer Brendon Leigh starting the defence of his F1 Esports title with two wins in three races.

The 19-year-old former kitchen porter, winner of the first Esports championship in Abu Dhabi last November before teams got involved, had looked set for a hat-trick after winning on Australian and Chinese Grand Prix layouts.

Leigh also led on the last lap of the tricky Baku street circuit but made mistakes that allowed Toro Rosso's Danish racer Frederik Rasmussen to slipstream past with the line in sight to win by a whisker.