Esports News: McLaren F1 driver Norris will race IndyCar iRacing finale

Norris, who won the last round of the series on his debut at a virtual Circuit of the Americas, will again campaign a fourth Arrow McLaren SP entry for his first shot at an oval in this six-race Esports championship.

Those who have shone on ovals so far include three winners of the Indianapolis 500, so they can be expected to shine in Saturday's race.

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Last year's Indy winner Simon Pagenaud captured victory at the virtual Michigan and Motegi ovals, while his Team Penske team-mate Will Power - 2018 Indy winner - has been a pacesetter in every race and is unlucky to have missed victory lane so far.

Chip Ganassi Racing's 2008 Indy winner Scott Dixon, despite a dearth of experience in sim racing, proved remarkably adept at Motegi.

Supercars champion Scott McLaughlin, in another Penske entry, beat Power to victory at virtual Barber Motorsports Park but was caught up in an incident involving Power and Oliver Askew as they duelled at Motegi.

His best oval result is second behind Pagenaud at Michigan.

Aside from Pagenaud, Power and Dixon, the other five Indy 500 winners in the race - Alexander Rossi, Ryan Hunter-Reay, Helio Castroneves, Takuma Sato and Tony Kanaan - all lacked sim racing experience before this series started, so start as outsiders for victory.

Sage Karam (first-round winner for Dreyer & Reinbold Racing) and Felix Rosenqvist (Ganassi) are both sim experts and are therefore expected to be victory contenders.

Among the noteworthy entrants is Scott Speed, who showed well at the season's opening round at Watkins Glen driving Marco Andretti's #98 Andretti-Herta Autosport entry, but returns this weekend in a separate entry.

RC Enerson will campaign an entry for Top Gun Racing, a foretelling of a future real-life IndyCar team, and Stefan Wilson - who led the 2018 Indy 500 in its closing stages - will also be in the field.

NASCAR champion Kyle Busch, who finished 13th in a guest appearance at Motegi, and 2016 Indy 500 polesitter James Hinchcliffe both failed to qualify for the event.