GP Explorer was an annual Formula 4 car competition organized by French content creator Lucas "Squeezie" Hauchard with support from FFSA Academy, bringing together internet personalities across the globe to race against each other. Primarily featuring French content creators, the competition later grew to include other personalities worldwide. The competition used chassis from Mygale prepped by Alpine and Oreca with de-tuned Renault engines.

All three editions of GP Explorer were held at the Circuit Bugatti at Le Mans, France, the first of which was held on 8 October 2022. Broadcast live on Twitch, it was the highest-viewed French stream on the platform at the time, reaching a peak of over one million viewers and an average of 400,000 viewers.

Event history

During the ZEvent charity in 2020, Squeezie pledged to host a real-life Formula Renault tournament if the charity's live stream met a donation goal of €100,000. Two years later on 5 April 2022 during one of his Twitch live streams, Squeezie revealed GP Explorer, a race for French content creators competing in Formula 4 machinery around Circuit Bugatti at Le Mans, France. The inaugural race began on 8 October 2022, bringing together 22 French content creators, divided into eleven teams. Participants trained for several months, with some obtaining racing licenses.

The second race in 2023 featured French music artists alongside content creators, including SCH, Soso Maness and Kekra.

The third race in 2025 was the last and most diverse GP Explorer event, dubbed "The Last Race", which featured an added sprint race, a revised points system, live broadcasting of team radio, international streams, and creator drivers from outside of France, including the United States, Spain, Canada, and Switzerland.

Results by year

2022

Sylvain Levy of Vilebrequin won the race from second on the grid, ahead of Pierre-Olivier "Depielo" Valette and Étienne "Étienne Moustache" Jouneau. The trophies were handed out by Jamel Debbouze, Bigflo & Oli, and Matthieu Vaxivière.

During qualifying, Jordan "Joyca" Rondelli suffered a major accident at the exit of the Dunlop curve. His team's mechanics managed to repair the car and the videographer was able to start the race. Joyca described his hit, saying, "I got there, in the big Dunlop of death, there's a wall that's a little scary, well, I took it." 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. 40,000 spectators were present at the race.