{"id":2021,"date":"2023-11-15T13:20:59","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T12:20:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/heusinkveld.com\/eu\/?post_type=highlights&#038;p=2021"},"modified":"2025-06-04T15:11:58","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T13:11:58","slug":"niels-heusinkveld-versus-jarno-opmeer","status":"publish","type":"highlights","link":"https:\/\/heusinkveld.com\/eu\/highlights\/niels-heusinkveld-versus-jarno-opmeer\/","title":{"rendered":"Niels Heusinkveld versus Jarno Opmeer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<section id=\"\" class=\"image-video-content is-layout-flex wp-block-image-content-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80); padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80); color: var(--wp--preset--color--font); \">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"grid grid-cols-12 gap-6 items-center \">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-span-12 md:col-start-1 md:col-end-7\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" src=\"https:\/\/heusinkveld.com\/eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/06\/DSC08763-1024x684.jpg\" class=\"w-full aspect-4\/3 object-cover\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heusinkveld.com\/eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/06\/DSC08763-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/heusinkveld.com\/eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/06\/DSC08763-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/heusinkveld.com\/eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/06\/DSC08763-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/heusinkveld.com\/eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/06\/DSC08763-1536x1026.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/heusinkveld.com\/eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/06\/DSC08763-2048x1368.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/heusinkveld.com\/eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/06\/DSC08763-1213x810.jpg 1213w, https:\/\/heusinkveld.com\/eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/06\/DSC08763-600x401.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-span-12 md:col-start-8 md:col-end-13 px-6 pb-6 md:p-0\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid gap-6 md:gap-10 md:py-10\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t    <h1 class=\"font-heading text-font-head mb-0\"><strong>Who&#8217;s the quickest at Imola?<\/strong>\n<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content-wysiwyg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t    <p>Always a pleasure to welcome Jarno Opmeer driver for the Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS Esports Team here at Heusinkveld. What have we done this time?<\/p>\n<p>Generation X against generation Z! Pogmeer, aka Jarno Opmeer, double F1 Esports champion, against a true sim racing veteran, Niels Heusinkveld, founder of Heusinkveld and the international 2001 Grand Prix Legends LAN winner.<\/p>\n<p>Who will be fastest at Imola? Separate from each other they drove hotlaps on this circuit. We&#8217;ll then reveal to them who was faster!<\/p>\n<p>Afterwards Niels and Jarno analyze their lines, examine the differences in the braking zones and discuss the similarities and differences in their driving style. What can they learn from each other? A very interesting conversation between a multiple Esports champion and an old-school GPL alien.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section id=\"\" class=\"\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80); padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);  \">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n        <div class=\"video\">\n    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Niels Heusinkveld versus Jarno Opmeer - who&#039;s the quickest at Imola?\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QaP-G-ah7ZQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":2022,"template":"","category_highlights":[],"class_list":["post-2021","highlights","type-highlights","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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