GP Explorer 3: Squeezie steps on the gas for The Last Race

The GP Explorer is over… but not without shaking the whole scene

Three days. 200,000 people. A festival-worthy artist lineup. A Formula 4 race on Twitch and TV. Squeezie pulled out the big guns for what is announced as the last edition of GP Explorer. Between nostalgia, speed, and media explosion, The Last Race stands as a total show. Could it be the cultural event of the year?

An XXL lineup of drivers (and hyped streamers)

24 participants, all from the digital game or rap. Squeezie, of course. But also Mister V, PLK, SCH, Maxime Biaggi, Ana On Air, and Depielo (title holder). The level rises each edition, and the qualifiers already promised heated battles and emotional drifts.

Ana, already announced as a favorite by the community, blew up the times. Behind, some outsiders like Theodort or Maghla showed rookies shouldn’t be underestimated.

A schedule busier than Netflix on a Sunday night

Not just a race. A festival. A marathon. A monster.
From October 3 to 5, Bugatti circuit hosted a meticulously organized chaos:

Friday, October 3

• 5pm: doors open
• 7:30pm: driver presentation
• 8:20pm → 1:00am: concerts by Vald, SDM, SCH, Vladimir Cauchemar, Joyca

Saturday, October 4

• 9am: free practice
• 2pm: sprint qualifications
• 6:30pm: sprint race
• Evening: concerts by Theodora, Gazo, Tiakola, Nene Kiffeur, Myd

Sunday, October 5

• 8:30am: last practice
• 12:30pm: race qualifications
• 6pm: final race (15 laps)
• 7pm: podium
• 8pm: lights out

And if you couldn’t be there? France 2, France 4, and Twitch covered everything live. Even onboard cams to follow every rumble as if you were in the cockpit.

The “The Last Race” album: the soundtrack of a fiery farewell

SCH, chief producer of the project, put 27 artists at the starting line for “The Last Race”, the official album. And again, there was no engine braking.

It features:

• GIMS x SCH x La Mano 1.9 on Un monde à l’autre
• Clara Luciani x Yamê x Sofiane Pamart on Le mur
• Charlotte Cardin x SCH, Oboy x Dinos, Theodora, Adèle Castillon, Kekra, Zed, So La Lune...

It’s not a compilation. It’s a solid artistic project that fuses rap, urban pop, R’n’B, and chanson. A sonic extension of GP Explorer, designed to stay on repeat in your ears long after the checkered flag.

A record at every lap

• 200,000 spectators on site
• 1.3 million viewers in 2023, a number likely surpassed this weekend
• 24 personalities trained for months
• A broadcast on France Télévisions, a first

GP Explorer is no longer just a “Twitch event”. It has become a pop institution, a slap to old TV, a crossover between racing, music, and internet culture. So much so that even eco-haters couldn’t slow the hype.

And after? Nothing. Just the memory of a cultural monster

No edition planned for 2026. No “GP Explorer 4”. It was The Last Race. A well-prepared farewell, a kind of last freestyle before the curtain. Like a final burnout on Twitch’s asphalt, Squeezie style.

If it had to end on a high note, it did.
GP Explorer rolled over the codes, broke barriers between worlds, and imposed a format no one saw coming.

And you, where were you during this historic weekend?