In the early morning stages of the 2023 24 Hours of Le Mans Virtual, a handful of cars disconnected, including Max Verstappen, Now, the developers of rFactor 2 have opened an investigation.

Several cars in the early hours of Sunday morning disconnected from the 2023 24 Hours of Le Mans Virtual race, including the high-profile ejection of Formula 1 world champion Max Verstappen.

Now, rFactor 2‘s – the platform used by the Le Mans Virtual Series uses to run the event – development team has launched an investigation into the potential causes.

The first quarter of the race, which mixes real-world motorsport drivers with professional sim racing entrants suffered two red flag stoppages and several car disconnections, which are thought to be due to interference by a third party after IP address information was accidentally spread online.

This has since been confirmed by Gérard Neveu, Executive Producer of the 24 Hours of Le Mans Virtual post-event.

Later in the race, the event ran…