Race with Virgin and Play the markets with FxPro

- Published on Jul 14th, 2010 by Adam Milleneuve

FxPro, one of Virgin Racing's big partners have launched a rather unusual, but brilliant game for you all to play and win some pretty amazing prizes, including VIP Grand Prix tickets.

If you don't no already FxPro is all about the Foreign Exchange (hence Fx) markets which in layman's terms means buying and selling currencies.  The game involves you choosing a currency pair and your car's performance is in relation to real-time market performance of your currencies.  It's free to play, so there's no excuse to have a go and learn something new at the same time.

You can play the game here: www.f1.fxpro.com - let us know how you get on in the comments below, Badger's performance is somewhat dismal, languishing in 140th place at Silverstone...

Official details:

The Virgin Racing F1 Team and FxPro Financial Services Ltd (FxPro), a leading global retail broker in FX and CFDs, has launched an exciting new racing game that pits online players against each other for the chance to win VIP tickets to F1 races, football matches and other great sporting experiences.

The FxPro Currency Race is an online game and combines the thrill of F1 Racing with the high-pressure currency trading market.  Online racers will be asked to choose a currency pair at the start of the race and their speed around the track will depend on its performance on global financial markets during that lap. The race will take place in real time.

Each race winner will earn points towards winning tickets to F1 races, Premier League football matches and other great sporting prizes as part of a campaign to promote “The World of FxPro Sports”. FxPro, as well as sponsoring Virgin Racing, recently announced shirt sponsorship of Aston Villa and Fulham football clubs, as well as an existing partnership with the WRC. The aim of “The World of FxPro Sports” is to offer consumers the chance, through FxPro, to experience top class sporting events.

Timo Glock and team mate Lucas di Grassi, the Virgin F1 drivers, worked with FxPro to test the game, displaying their healthy rivalry, even during its test phase!

Virgin Racing driver Timo Glock says:

“Nothing beats the thrill of F1 racing and this is a fun way to compete against people around the world to win a great prize!’’ he says.

The launch coincides with high volatility in the markets around the confidence in Euro, which has played havoc with the currency markets. Players will be able to choose certain currency pairs that are depicted as F1 cars and race around the track in record time based on real time currency data received from FxPro.

So what are you waiting for start playing now and let us know how you get on! Best of luck!