Did a bit of digging and found the source. It seems to have been mislabled by Getty somehow,
The main collection title is correct when you search.
and the description is clearly correct, noting that it's from an iRacing eSports event
But as you'll see for some reason the subtitle is
Which it quite obviously isn't. Presumably it got mixed up with the countless photos Clive Rose DID shoot of various Gran Turismo events, including that one. The rest of the images from that event don't have the GT heading, only that one.
Code:
https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/search/2/image?family=creative&phrase=Top%2016%20Superstars%20Round%201
So I'll let racinggames.gg off the hook this time. Seems a few publications have used the image and attributed it to GT7 because of that error. But it isn't. Case closed.