Eight weeks, hundreds of competitors across multiple events and a multi-million pound prize pot - but this wasn't any sports tournament.

Luke Bennett is coming home from the first Esports World Cup in Saudi Arabia as a world champion.

Not only that, the 19-year-old from Bromsgrove in Worcestershire is also returning £100,000 richer after bagging the top prize in sim racing (short for simulated racing).

"It’s pretty surreal," Luke tells BBC Newsbeat. But now he's hoping he has a chance to make it properly real with a career in motorsport.

Luke's part of Team Redline – an offshoot of Red Bull’s F1 team which boasts Belgian-Dutch racing driver Max Verstappen among its alumni.

"It's just like racing a car in real life," Luke says of sim racing. "But on a computer."

The team was founded more than 20 years ago but Luke says people are still surprised when he talks about what he does.

He says people are shocked when he tells them about the prize money involved.

"It shows it’s getting bigger and bigger and it can be a career for some people."

Team Redline dominated at the Esports World Cup, never finishing outside of the top four once in the grand finals of the tournament.

"It’s been a rough few months," says Luke. "Every day – practice, practice, practice.

"All that weight has been lifted off our shoulders now."