IN PICTURES: 'Despacito' star Fonsi joins Formula One ranks for virtual Monaco GP

Puerto Rican will line up for Racing Point in a field with eight regular F1 drivers

Published: May 21, 2020 16:22 Matthew Smith, Sport Editor

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Singer-songwriter Luis Fonsi, who broke all-time streaming records with his 2017 hit 'Despacito', is joining the Formula One fast track for a virtual Monaco Grand Prix on Sunday. Image Credit: AP

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The Miami-based Puerto Rican will line up in Racing Point colours in a field with eight regular F1 drivers, including Ferrari's Charles Leclerc (pictured in sim) who will still be a home favourite on simulated streets. Image Credit: Twitter

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Mercedes' Valtteri Bottas (pictured), last year's world championship runner-up behind six times champion team mate Lewis Hamilton at Mercedes, and Renault's Esteban Ocon will be making their virtual debuts. Image Credit:

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Hamilton, winner in the principality from pole last year, is not taking part in an event that is mainly for fun but with some bragging rights. The live-streamed virtual race comes on the weekend that was scheduled for the Formula One showcase, absent from the calendar for the first time since 1954 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Image Credit: Supplied

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Formula One last raced in December but is hoping to get its delayed season going in Austria without spectators in July. Bottas, whose instagram feed has given an insight into his training and recreational activities at home in Finland, will partner Mercedes' Mexican reserve Esteban Gutierrez. Image Credit: AP

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Ocon lines up with Nicolas Prost, son of four times world champion Alain, for Renault. The other F1 drivers competing are Antonio Giovinazzi (Alfa Romeo), Lando Norris (McLaren), Monaco-based Thai Alex Albon (Red Bull) and the Williams pairing of George Russell and Nicholas Latifi. Image Credit: Supplied

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Arsenal striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang joins Norris in McLaren's lineup while Real Madrid goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois returns with Alfa Romeo. Motorcycle rider Luca Salvadori will race for AlphaTauri while former F1 driver Ralf Schumacher's son David joins Fonsi at Racing Point and Hawaiian pro surfer Kai Lenny comes on board for Red Bull. Image Credit: Luis Fonsi Twitter

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