A Look at Prince Kaybee’s Virtual Racing Car: The Ultrafast and Sleek McLaren 720S GT3

A Look at Prince Kaybee’s Virtual Racing Car: The Ultrafast and Sleek McLaren 720S GT3

  • Prince Kaybee loves cars and motorsport, but the musician took it one step further last year when he competed in the virtual Kyalami 9 Hour
  • He chose to drive a McLaren 720S in the GT3 endurance race that has an amazing history in South Africa
  • The Fetch Your Life singer consistently tests the McLaren 720S by logging on to various sim racing platforms

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Sim racing's popularity became mainstream during the lockdown period and Prince Kaybee showed off his racing skills behind the screen.

Prince Kaybee showing off trophy
Singer Prince Kaybee has a hobbie that most people don't know about. Image: Jabulani Langa/Foto24/Gallo / Getty
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The South African musician has widely shared the car he uses online: a McLaren 720S GT3.

The Fetch Your Life singer showed off his cool racing skills at the virtual Kyalami 9 Hour endurance race in 2021. Prince Kaybee competed in the first-ever virtual version of the iconic race part of the Intercontinental GT Challenge.

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It has aerodynamic tweaks to make it slice through the air as fast as possible and is made from carbon fibre to keep the weight down.

Check out this clip, Prince Kaybee posted on Twitter:

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Prince Kaybee showed off his sim racing skills by competing in the virtual Kyalami 9 Hour endurance race and also attended the event. The 32-year-old singer is known for his love for Mercedes-Benz cars and has several in his collection, including an AMG GT.

Another lover of German cars is NaakMusiq. The popular actor and musician has a couple of BMWs, including an M5 and M6. He also showed off a G20 3 Series on his Instagram page.

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Sean Parker Sean Parker is a motoring journalist with over 10 years' experience, who started out in the industry as the SA Guild of Motoring Journalists' Bursar student. Since then, the Cape Town-born editor has gone on to launch a national newspaper called Gears and Gadgets and worked for the country's premier online and print motoring publications before joining Briefly News to head up its Car & Tech section. He enjoys watching live sport and can't wait for F1 to make its debut in Mzansi.