While Declan Fraser teams up with boss Peter Xiberras for a grassroots endurance race at Sandown, Jayden Ojeda will play virtual co-driver for his race engineer Andrew Gilliam. Gilliam is one of the country’s best simulator drivers and currently leads the Logitech G Pro Invitational Series, which uses Gen3 Supercars on the iRacing platform. He drafted in Ojeda for the Enduro Cup portion of the season, which this weekend features a full-length Bathurst 1000. Xiberras invited Ojeda to take part in the real-world Sandown event, but was informed his driver had another commitment. “I know Pete employs me, but Gilly is the one that makes the car fast,” Ojeda quipped to Speedcafe. “I need to make sure Gilly keeps making the car fast for all of us at PremiAir Racing!” It’s not unusual for Supercars drivers to compete in the virtual series. Andre Heimgartner is contesting the full season, while Jobe Stewart and Richie Stanaway are among others taking part in the Enduro Cup. Gilliam and Ojeda finished third in the opening enduro at Phillip Island, but were 15th at Sandown where riding the virtual kerbs proved a bigger challenge for the ring-in. “It’s different than reality,” explains Ojeda of driving the virtual Supercar. “Sure it’s a Supercar still, but the tyre model makes it a very different style of driving. “The easiest way to think of it is it’s like you’re under-driving compared to a Supercar. “In the Supercar you feel like you’re having to make all the time on the brakes, where on iRacing, you feel like you have to under-drive the brakes to make the corner flow well. “It’s using different senses as well, so you’re sort of trying to disconnect what you’re actually hardwired to do most of the time. “But it’s nice do it with