F1 Esports Series and Fanatec under fire as Jarno Opmeer’s brake pedal snaps again

Two-time F1 Esports world champ, Jarno Opmeer, is at the end of his tether and making sure everyone knows about it.

This week, during a race, his Fanatec CSL Elite V2 LC brake pedal—required gear in the F1 Esports series—broke clean in half. This wasn’t an isolated glitch, but the fifth such incident in just a month and a half.

And Opmeer isn’t quiet about his discontent.

“Uh, I’ve bent my entire brake pedal,” he exclaimed during a live stream, holding up the evidence. “How can you drive F1 Esports with this? Look, this is supposed to be on the pedal.”

Context: brake pedal snapped in half. https://t.co/Bb2Ry0AVMW pic.twitter.com/tIfSQ3f39a

Opmeer wasn’t just mad; he was frustrated. And who could blame him? After all, this was his fifth busted pedal in quick succession.

“This is a joke,” he declared. “You can’t run a competition on these pedals. It’s broken in half. How are the team supposed to compete on this?”

His issue isn’t just with the brake failures. “My knee hurts as well because of this. It’s a joke, man,” he admitted. “You cannot run a world championship on this. It’s so embarrassing.”