GP Explorer

The GP Explorer or Grand Prix Explorer is a Formula 4 car competition bringing together 22 Internet personalities organized by the French YouTuber Squeezie.

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 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

Circuit Bugatti, venue for the GP Explorer in 2022.

Originally a challenge during the ZEvent 2020,^[1] the first edition was held on October 8, 2022 at the Bugatti Circuit in Le Mans,^[2] bringing together 22 French web streamers and YouTubers, divided into eleven teams.^[3][4][5] Participating streamers trained for several months, with some such as Seb la Frite obtaining racing licenses.^[6]

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

Winning teams at GP Explorer

Year	Car racing team	Drivers
2022	NordVPN Vilebrequin	Sylvain / Pierre
2023	Oscaro	Depielo / Valouzz

Classification

Pos.	No.	Driver	Car racing team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	16	Sylvain	NordVPN Vilebrequin	15		2	90
2	64	Depielo	Oscaro			1	78
3	99	Étienne Moustache	World of Tanks			3	70
4	94	LeBouseuh	PUBG Mobile			8	62
5	14	Squeezie	MWII Racing Team			6	54
6	30	Valouzz	Oscaro			14	47
7	15	Djilsi	Alpine			15	40
8	6	Manon	Alpine			10	35
9	11	Bibi	Black Adam			11	30
10	31	Dobby	Fruitz			9	28
11	7	Gotaga	MWII Racing Team			16	26
12	26	ThéoBabac	Rhinoshield			17	24
13	27	Kaatsup	PUBG Mobile			13	20
14	49	Amixem	World of Tanks			20	18
15	3	Seb	Igraal			18	14
16	12	Domingo	Cupra Team Pax			21	10
17	24	Prime	Black Adam			4	8
18	8	Sofyan	Igraal			19	6
19	13	Deujna	Fruitz			22	4
20	29	Joyca	Rhinoshield			12	1
21	21	Xari	Cupra Team Pax			7	0
22	10	Pierre	NordVPN Vilebrequin			5	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.^[7] 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."^[7]

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

Year	On site	On Twitch
2022	40 000[3]	+ 1 000 000[8]
2023	60 000[9]	+ 1 000 000[10]

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.^[11]

Symbols

Logotype

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  Logo since 2022