Hong Kong pro driver Dan Wells to oversee Lamborghini’s debut esports team, urges locals to go virtual amid travel restrictions
- ‘The main target is to make sure Lamborghini wins’, says the 30-year-old as stars finally align after pandemic-impacted seasons
- Wells outlines why esports is the only way in Hong Kong until borders open and the ‘huge’ potential for Asian drivers
Dan Wells was lining up a “breakthrough year” in 2020 before virtually all of his races – including a “dream” spot at Le Mans – were cancelled due to Covid-19.
But every cloud has a silver lining. Amid the pandemic lockdowns and limitations, the Hong Kong professional racing car driver instead entered virtual SRO Esports races across European and Asian circuits.
Wells stuck with his trusty Lamborghini – which he raced with at the Super Trofeo Asia the previous year – and would stay up until the break of dawn to qualify with laptimes.
Two years on and the 30-year-old has been named team principal of the first-ever Automobili Lamborghini Esports Team, overseeing one of the biggest real-world names in an industry destined for success.
“It was tough because 2020 was actually meant to be my breakthrough year after 10 years of hard work,” said Wells, born in England before moving to Hong Kong in 2012.
He and teammate Oscar Lee are leading in the Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe Championship Pro-Am Cup with Rexal FFF Racing Group this season having finished second in the World Finals with a different team last November.
