Formula_E:_Accelerate

Formula E: Accelerate

Formula E Esports

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]

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Formula E: Accelerate
Tournament information
2021
Sport	Formula E
Dates	28 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]
Venue	Online
Final positions
Champions	Frederik Rasmussen
1st runners-up	Erhan Jajovski
2nd runners-up	Kevin Siggy
← N/A 2022 →

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

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Team	Race drivers
Team	No.	Driver name	Rounds
Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler	33 11 11	Manuel Biancolilla Kelvin van der Linde Michi Hoyer^[13]^[14]	All 1–2, 5–6 3–4
BMW i Andretti Motorsport	28 27	Kevin Siggy Petar Brljak	All All
DS Techeetah	25 13	Nikodem Wisniewski Arthur Lehouck	All All
Dragon / Penske Autosport	7 6	Frederik Rasmussen Peyo Peev	All All
Envision Virgin Racing	37 4	Graham Carroll Tímea Bencsik	All All
Jaguar Racing	10 20	Martin Stefanko Jakub Brzeziński	All All
Mahindra Racing	29 94	Olli Pahkala Lucas Mueller	All All
Mercedes-Benz EQ Formula E Team	17 5	Jarno Opmeer Bono Huis	All All
NIO 333 FE Team	88 8	Risto Kappet Jiayu Zhang	All All
Nissan e.dams	23 22	Marc Gassner Jan von der Heyde	All All
ROKiT Venturi Racing	71 48	Erhan Jajovski Lorenz Hörzing^[15]	All 1, 3–6
TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team	36 99	Marius Golombeck Jaroslav Honzík	All All
Sources:^[16]

Calendar

More information Round, ePrix ...

2021

Round	ePrix	Circuit	Duration	Date	Broadcast
1	New York City ePrix	Brooklyn Street Circuit, Red Hook, Brooklyn, New York	25 Minutes	28 January	Formula E: Accelerate Round 1 Full Race on YouTube
2	Hong Kong ePrix	Hong Kong Central Harbourfront Circuit, Hong Kong		4 February	Formula E: Accelerate Round 2 Full Race on YouTube
3	Berlin ePrix	Tempelhof Airport Street Circuit, Berlin		11 February	Formula E: Accelerate Round 3 Full Race on YouTube
4	Diriyah ePrix	Riyadh Street Circuit, Diriyah		11 March	Formula E: Accelerate Round 4 Full Race on YouTube
5	Electric Docks^[17]	Lester Special – Electric Docks^[18]^[19]		18 March	Formula E: Accelerate Round 5 Full Race on YouTube
6	Rome ePrix	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

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Round	ePrix	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	New York City ePrix	Erhan Jajovski	Kevin Siggy	Erhan Jajovski	ROKiT Venturi Racing
2	Hong Kong ePrix	Erhan Jajovski	Frederik Rasmussen	Erhan Jajovski	ROKiT Venturi Racing
3	Berlin ePrix	Kevin Siggy	Olli Pahkala	Kevin Siggy	BMW i Andretti Motorsport
4	Diriyah ePrix	Frederik Rasmussen	Marius Golombeck	Frederik Rasmussen	Dragon / Penske Autosport
5	Electric Docks	Frederik Rasmussen	Jakub Brzeziński	Erhan Jajovski	ROKiT Venturi Racing
6	Rome ePrix	Frederik Rasmussen	Frederik Rasmussen	Frederik Rasmussen	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.

More information Position, 1st ...

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	Pole	FL
Points	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1	3	1

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

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Pos.	Driver	NYC	HKG	BER	DIR	LES	RME‡	Points
1	Frederik Rasmussen	9	2^F	2	1^P	3^P	1^P^F	143
2	Erhan Jajovski	1^P	1^P	4	2	1	4	135
3	Kevin Siggy	3^F	3	1^P	3	10	13	75
4	Graham Carroll	13	4	20	5	12	2	58
5	Jarno Opmeer	6	14	14	10	5	3	49
6	Nikodem Wisniewski	14	10	8	18	2	6	39
7	Marius Golombeck	5	5	18	6^F	15	8	37
8	Martin Stefanko	20	8	5	7	6	9	32
9	Manuel Biancolilla	2	DSQ	7	14	8	11	28
10	Lorenz Hörzing	16	DNS	12	8	4	7	28
11	Jakub Brzeziński	15	11	9	11	9^F	5	25
12	Bono Huis	4	15	16	4	DSQ	16	24
13	Petar Brljak	18	7	3	9	13	14	23
14	Risto Kappet	8	6	6	13	22	17	20
15	Marc Gassner	7	16	13	16	11	10	8
16	Jan von der Heyde	10	12	23	22	7	15	7
17	Olli Pahkala	11	9	10^F	12	19	12	4
18	Lucas Mueller	12	18	11	19	DSQ	24	0
19	Arthur Lehouck	24	13	Ret	15	21	18	0
20	Peyo Peev	17	19	21	17	14	19	0
21	Tímea Bencsik	23	21	15	23	16	21	0
21	Jaroslav Honzík	21	17	22	24	18	22	0
23	Kelvin van der Linde	19	22			17	20	0
24	Michi Hoyer			17	21			0
25	Jiayu Zhang	22	20	19	20	20	23	0
Pos.	Driver	NYC	HKG	BER	DIR	LES	RME‡	Points
Sources:^[21]

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Other points position
Blue	Other classified position
Blue	Not classified, finished (NC)
Purple	Not classified, retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
White	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not enter
Annotation	Meaning
P	Pole position
F	Fastest lap

Note:

‡ – Double points were awarded in the last race at the Rome ePrix, Rome.^[22]

Teams' Championship standings

More information Pos., Team ...

Pos.	Team	NYC	HKG	BER	DIR	LES	RME‡	Points
1	ROKiT Venturi Racing	1^P	1^P	4	2	1	4	203
1	ROKiT Venturi Racing	16	DNS	12	8	4	7	203
2	Dragon / Penske Autosport	9	2^F	2	1^P	3^P	1^P^F	167
2	Dragon / Penske Autosport	17	19	21	17	14	19	167
3	BMW i Andretti Motorsport	3^F	3	1^P	3	10	13	134
3	BMW i Andretti Motorsport	18	7	3	9	13	14	134
4	Mercedes-Benz EQ Formula E Team	4	14	14	4	5	3	97
4	Mercedes-Benz EQ Formula E Team	6	15	16	10	DSQ	16	97
5	Envision Virgin Racing	13	4	15	5	12	2	79
5	Envision Virgin Racing	23	21	20	23	16	21	79
6	Jaguar Racing	15	8	5	7	6	5	59
6	Jaguar Racing	20	11	9	11	9^F	9	59
7	TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team	5	5	18	6^F	15	8	58
7	TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team	21	17	22	24	18	22	58
8	DS Techeetah	14	10	8	15	2	6	49
8	DS Techeetah	24	13	Ret	18	21	18	49
9	Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler	2	22	7	14	8	11	34
9	Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler	19	DSQ	17	21	17	20	34
10	Nissan e.dams	7	12	13	16	7	10	25
10	Nissan e.dams	10	16	23	22	11	15	25
11	NIO 333 FE Team	8	6	6	13	20	17	24
11	NIO 333 FE Team	22	20	19	20	22	23	24
12	Mahindra Racing	11	9	10^F	12	19	12	13
12	Mahindra Racing	12	18	11	19	DSQ	24	13
Pos.	Team	NYC	HKG	BER	DIR	LES	RME‡	Points
Sources:^[21]

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Other points position
Blue	Other classified position
Blue	Not classified, finished (NC)
Purple	Not classified, retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
White	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not enter
Annotation	Meaning
P	Pole position
F	Fastest lap

Note:

‡ – Double points were awarded in the last race at the Rome ePrix, Rome.^[22]
The standings are sorted by best result, rows are not related to the drivers. In case of tie on points, the best positions achieved determined the outcome.

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External links

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