For Formula 1, e-sports means expanding into totally new territory

Motorsport brand Formula 1 is looking to expand its reach and attract a younger demographic.

Play it at less than 1080p and you might be fooled. On the 24th May, when much of the world was in lockdown, a Formula 1 race streamed live to Monaco, not from it. Under the Riviera sun, gleaming machines draw close on a turn before flexing their engines on the straight, their bodies reflecting the giddy precision of a finely engineered machine.

It is a testament to the richness of modern video game graphics that the viewer can take in the detail of the track and cars and not feel some uncanny sensation. Perhaps the shriek of...

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