Formula E: Accelerate

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Formula E: Accelerate
2021
Tournament information
Sport Formula E
Dates28 January–25 March 2021
Administrator rFactor 2
Formula E
Tournament
format(s)
Open Qualifiers:
  • Online
  • Entry Period: 7–13 January 2021 [1]
  • Top 3 fastest drivers will receive an invite to participate in Formula E Accelerate. [2]

Race:

  • Six race competition with each race lasts for 25 minutes [2]
VenueOnline
Final positions
Champions Flag of Denmark.svg Frederik Rasmussen
1st runners-up Flag of North Macedonia.svg Erhan Jajovski
2nd runners-up Flag of Slovenia.svg Kevin Siggy
 N/A
2022  

Formula E: Accelerate is a professional esports competition created by Formula E in 2021, following the success of 2020's event, the ABB Formula E Race at Home Challenge in support of UNICEF. [1] [3]

Contents

The competition is run on the platform rFactor 2 platform, [4] with seat time at home for competitors, with additional venue events for some rounds. The championship grid is made up of esports teams associated with the manufacturers from the real-world ABB FIA Formula E World Championship, with drivers who are selected through early qualification rounds to represent those teams.

The competition is broadcast on various Formula E social and streaming platforms, such as Twitch, Facebook, and YouTube.

The championship offers a €100,000 prize-pool and some real-world seat-time with laps in a Gen2 Formula E car. [5] [6]

2021

In the inaugural 2021 season, over 600 professional sim drivers in addition to plenty of talented gamers entered the qualifiers in January 2021, competing for seats in 12 official teams.

Danish sim racer Frederik Rasmussen was crowned as the 2021 Formula E: Accelerate Champion ahead of Erhan Jajovski, taking the €20,000 top prize and a drive in a real Gen2 Formula E car. [7] [8] ROKiT Venturi Racing secured the Teams' Championship Title, finishing 36 points clear of the field. [9]

2022

The 2022 season added VIP tickets to the Seoul e-Prix to the prize, this time with six rounds of the qualifying competitions, known as "the Road to the London Final," to reduce the field down to a conventional grid size matching the real-world series. This grid then raced at a final round held at the London e-Prix. [10] The six qualifying rounds were held at the virtual versions of Rome, Monaco, Berlin, Jakarta, Vancouver, and New York. [10] Frederik Rasmussen won driving for Dragon/Penske with Jarno Opmeer second for Mercedes-EQ.

2023

For 2023 the prize pool was reduced to €40,000, with two open qualifying rounds taking place remotely at the virtual versions of Berlin and Rome, but on the same weeks as the real-world rounds. The top 88 drivers from open qualification will go forward into Qualifying races at the same circuits. The top 11 from each event will then make up the 22-car grid for the final to be held at the London e-Prix. [11] The championship will use Gen 3 cars. [12]

Drivers

2021

TeamRace drivers
No.Driver nameRounds
Flag of Germany.svg Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler 33
11
11
Flag of Italy.svg Manuel Biancolilla
Flag of South Africa.svg Kelvin van der Linde
Flag of Germany.svg Michi Hoyer [13] [14]
All
1–2, 5–6
3–4
Flag of the United States.svg BMW i Andretti Motorsport 28
27
Flag of Slovenia.svg Kevin Siggy
Flag of Croatia.svg Petar Brljak
All
All
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg DS Techeetah 25
13
Flag of Poland.svg Nikodem Wisniewski
Flag of France.svg Arthur Lehouck
All
All
Flag of the United States.svg Dragon / Penske Autosport 7
6
Flag of Denmark.svg Frederik Rasmussen
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Peyo Peev
All
All
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Envision Virgin Racing 37
4
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Graham Carroll
Flag of Hungary.svg Tímea Bencsik
All
All
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jaguar Racing 10
20
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Martin Stefanko
Flag of Poland.svg Jakub Brzeziński
All
All
Flag of India.svg Mahindra Racing 29
94
Flag of Finland.svg Olli Pahkala
Flag of Germany.svg Lucas Mueller
All
All
Flag of Germany.svg Mercedes-Benz EQ Formula E Team 17
5
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jarno Opmeer
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Bono Huis
All
All
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg NIO 333 FE Team 88
8
Flag of Estonia.svg Risto Kappet
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Jiayu Zhang
All
All
Flag of France.svg Nissan e.dams 23
22
Flag of Germany.svg Marc Gassner
Flag of Germany.svg Jan von der Heyde
All
All
Flag of Monaco.svg ROKiT Venturi Racing 71
48
Flag of North Macedonia.svg Erhan Jajovski
Flag of Austria.svg Lorenz Hörzing [15]
All
1, 3–6
Flag of Germany.svg TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team 36
99
Flag of Germany.svg Marius Golombeck
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jaroslav Honzík
All
All
Sources: [16]

Calendar

2021

Round ePrix CircuitDurationDateBroadcast
1 New York City ePrix Flag of the United States.svg Brooklyn Street Circuit, Red Hook, Brooklyn, New York 25 Minutes28 January Formula E: Accelerate Round 1 Full Race on YouTube
2 Hong Kong ePrix Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong Central Harbourfront Circuit, Hong Kong 4 February Formula E: Accelerate Round 2 Full Race on YouTube
3 Berlin ePrix Flag of Germany.svg Tempelhof Airport Street Circuit, Berlin 11 February Formula E: Accelerate Round 3 Full Race on YouTube
4 Diriyah ePrix Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Riyadh Street Circuit, Diriyah 11 March Formula E: Accelerate Round 4 Full Race on YouTube
5Electric Docks [17] Flag of the United States.svg Lester Special – Electric Docks [18] [19] 18 March Formula E: Accelerate Round 5 Full Race on YouTube
6 Rome ePrix Flag of Italy.svg Circuito Cittadino dell'EUR, Rome 28 March Formula E: Accelerate Grand Final Full Race on YouTube
Sources: [20]
Note:
Fictional tracks are marked in cyan.

Results

Season summary

Round ePrix Pole positionFastest lapWinning driverWinning team
1 Flag of the United States.svg New York City ePrix Flag of North Macedonia.svg Erhan Jajovski Flag of Slovenia.svg Kevin Siggy Flag of North Macedonia.svg Erhan Jajovski Flag of Monaco.svg ROKiT Venturi Racing
2 Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong ePrix Flag of North Macedonia.svg Erhan Jajovski Flag of Denmark.svg Frederik Rasmussen Flag of North Macedonia.svg Erhan Jajovski Flag of Monaco.svg ROKiT Venturi Racing
3 Flag of Germany.svg Berlin ePrix Flag of Slovenia.svg Kevin Siggy Flag of Finland.svg Olli Pahkala Flag of Slovenia.svg Kevin Siggy Flag of the United States.svg BMW i Andretti Motorsport
4 Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Diriyah ePrix Flag of Denmark.svg Frederik Rasmussen Flag of Germany.svg Marius Golombeck Flag of Denmark.svg Frederik Rasmussen Flag of the United States.svg Dragon / Penske Autosport
5 Flag of the United States.svg Electric Docks Flag of Denmark.svg Frederik Rasmussen Flag of Poland.svg Jakub Brzeziński Flag of North Macedonia.svg Erhan Jajovski Flag of Monaco.svg ROKiT Venturi Racing
6 Flag of Italy.svg Rome ePrix Flag of Denmark.svg Frederik Rasmussen Flag of Denmark.svg Frederik Rasmussen Flag of Denmark.svg Frederik Rasmussen Flag of the United States.svg Dragon / Penske Autosport
Note:
Fictional tracks are marked in cyan.

Championship standings

Scoring system

Points were awarded to the top 10 classified finishers in the race, three points for pole sitter and one point was given to the driver who set the fastest lap inside the top ten.

Position 1st  2nd  3rd  4th  5th  6th  7th  8th  9th  10th   Pole    FL  
Points25181512108642131

In the event of a tie at the conclusion of the championship, a count-back system is used as a tie-breaker, with a drivers'/teams' best result used to decide the standings.

Drivers' Championship standings

Pos.Driver NYC
Flag of the United States.svg
HKG
Flag of Hong Kong.svg
BER
Flag of Germany.svg
DIR
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg
LES
Flag of the United States.svg
RME
Flag of Italy.svg
Points
1 Flag of Denmark.svg Frederik Rasmussen92F21P3P1PF143
2 Flag of North Macedonia.svg Erhan Jajovski1P1P4214135
3 Flag of Slovenia.svg Kevin Siggy3F31P3101375
4 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Graham Carroll13420512258
5 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jarno Opmeer 61414105349
6 Flag of Poland.svg Nikodem Wisniewski14108182639
7 Flag of Germany.svg Marius Golombeck55186F15837
8 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Martin Stefanko208576932
9 Flag of Italy.svg Manuel Biancolilla2DSQ71481128
10 Flag of Austria.svg Lorenz Hörzing16DNS1284728
11 Flag of Poland.svg Jakub Brzeziński15119119F525
12 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Bono Huis415164DSQ1624
13 Flag of Croatia.svg Petar Brljak18739131423
14 Flag of Estonia.svg Risto Kappet86613221720
15 Flag of Germany.svg Marc Gassner716131611108
16 Flag of Germany.svg Jan von der Heyde101223227157
17 Flag of Finland.svg Olli Pahkala11910F1219124
18 Flag of Germany.svg Lucas Mueller12181119DSQ240
19 Flag of France.svg Arthur Lehouck2413Ret1521180
20 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Peyo Peev1719211714190
21 Flag of Hungary.svg Tímea Bencsik2321152316210
21 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jaroslav Honzík2117222418220
23 Flag of South Africa.svg Kelvin van der Linde 192217200
24 Flag of Germany.svg Michi Hoyer17210
25 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Jiayu Zhang2220192020230
Pos.Driver NYC
Flag of the United States.svg
HKG
Flag of Hong Kong.svg
BER
Flag of Germany.svg
DIR
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg
LES
Flag of the United States.svg
RME
Flag of Italy.svg
Points
Sources: [21]
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenOther points position
BlueOther classified position
Not classified, finished (NC)
PurpleNot classified, retired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Race cancelled (C)
BlankDid not enter
AnnotationMeaning
P Pole position
F Fastest lap

Note:

Teams' Championship standings

Pos.Team NYC
Flag of the United States.svg
HKG
Flag of Hong Kong.svg
BER
Flag of Germany.svg
DIR
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg
LES
Flag of the United States.svg
RME
Flag of Italy.svg
Points
1 Flag of Monaco.svg ROKiT Venturi Racing 1P1P4214203
16DNS12847
2 Flag of the United States.svg Dragon / Penske Autosport 92F21P3P1PF167
171921171419
3 Flag of the United States.svg BMW i Andretti Motorsport 3F31P31013134
187391314
4 Flag of Germany.svg Mercedes-Benz EQ Formula E Team 4141445397
6151610DSQ16
5 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Envision Virgin Racing 13415512279
232120231621
6 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jaguar Racing 158576559
20119119F9
7 Flag of Germany.svg TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team 55186F15858
211722241822
8 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg DS Techeetah 14108152649
2413Ret182118
9 Flag of Germany.svg Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler 22271481134
19DSQ17211720
10 Flag of France.svg Nissan e.dams 712131671025
101623221115
11 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg NIO 333 FE Team 86613201724
222019202223
12 Flag of India.svg Mahindra Racing 11910F12191213
12181119DSQ24
Pos.Team NYC
Flag of the United States.svg
HKG
Flag of Hong Kong.svg
BER
Flag of Germany.svg
DIR
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg
LES
Flag of the United States.svg
RME
Flag of Italy.svg
Points
Sources: [21]
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenOther points position
BlueOther classified position
Not classified, finished (NC)
PurpleNot classified, retired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Race cancelled (C)
BlankDid not enter
AnnotationMeaning
P Pole position
F Fastest lap

Note:

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