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Formula E Race at Home Challenge

Formula E Race at Home Challenge

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The Formula E Race at Home Challenge (formally the ABB Formula E Race at Home Challenge in support of UNICEF) was a series of esports events held as a temporary replacement of the suspended 2019–20 Formula E season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The series was run on the platform of rFactor 2.[1] The virtual tournament was broadcast on various Formula E social channels along with selected television partners.[5]

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British racing driver Charlie Martin was announced as the first guest participant in the Race at Home Challenge, and will occupy a permanent guest role for the entirety of the series. As such, she became the first transgender driver to be affiliated with FIA Formula E and joined a host of other female drivers who had either competed in the series or who had participated in test events.

Daniel Abt had all his points taken away after the Berlin race as he was found to have used professional gamer, Lorenz Hörzing in his place. Abt additionally paid £8,900 (10,000 Euros) to charity.[6] Hörzing was banned from the Challenge grid outright.[7] Abt was later suspended and released by Audi.[8]

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Replacements

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Footnotes

  1. [N 1]
    Originally it was the final ten.[1]
  2. [N 2]
    Drivers who failed to pre-qualify for any given round are not listed here. Those who already made it into the championship, but failed to pre-qualify for any given round, are only listed in the Challenge Grid standings as "did not pre-qualify" (DNPQ). This only includes those drivers who actually entered the pre-qualifying stage of that round. Drivers who did pre-qualify for any given round, but did not enter it, are only listed in the Challenge Grid standings as "did not participate" (DNP) and also in the Replacements subsection.
  3. [N 3]
    For Round 4, LaFlamme was registered to drive for the Venturi Racing car no. 48, but instead drove the Audi car no. 66, which was officially assigned to Alisdair Irvine, meaning that Audi had three drivers that day.
  4. [N 4]
    For Round 4, Paterson was registered to drive for the BMW i Andretti car no. 27, but instead drove the Venturi car no. 48, which was officially assigned to Alex LaFlamme, who instead ran in an Audi car no. 66.
  5. [N 5]
    Guest drivers had been invited to the championship without the need to pre-qualify for the rounds they entered.
  6. [N 6]
    The top 10 from previous race included a guest driver (Cem Bölükbaşı), who was not eligible to pre-qualify this way as guest drivers are invited separately, meaning that only nine drivers pre-qualified via the previous race result. In previous cases, both James Rossiter and Alex Lynn did not free up an extra spot despite finishing in the top 10 in their respective races, suggesting a possible rule change has been made since.
  7. [N 7]
    Vergne was penalised after the race and did not receive any points.

References

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    "Introducing the ABB Formula E Race at Home Challenge". FIA Formula E. 15 April 2020. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
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    "Are you fast enough to take on the ABB Formula E Race at Home Challenge?". FIA Formula E. 21 April 2020. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
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    "ABB Formula E Race at Home Challenge". Studio-397. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
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    @FIAFormulaE (April 24, 2020). "The ABB Formula E Race at Home Challenge in support of @UNICEF returns tomorrow!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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    Smith, Sam (15 April 2020). "Formula E online series launched with elimination race format". The Race. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
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    "Formula E driver Daniel Abt uses professional gamer to compete for him in esports race". BBC Sport. 24 May 2020.
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    "Abt disqualified, fined for imposter plot in virtual Formula e race". 24 May 2020.
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    "Abt dropped by Audi over simracing scandal". 26 May 2020.
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    "Entry list confirmed for the ABB Formula E Race at Home Challenge test round". FIA Formula E. 15 April 2020. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
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    "Formula E grid confirmed for Round 1 of the Race at Home Challenge". FIA Formula E. 24 April 2020. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
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    "The sim racers lining up for Round 1 of the Race at Home Challenge". FIA Formula E. 25 April 2020. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
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    Jeffrey, Paul (20 April 2019). "rF2: Gen2 Formula E and Lester Special Edition Released". RaceDepartment. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
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    Studio-397 (19 April 2020). "Formula E Test Circuit". Steam Workshop. Retrieved 30 April 2020.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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    "Introducing Electric Docks - the new track for the Race at Home Challenge". FIA Formula E. 2 May 2020. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
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