Formula E: Accelerate

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Formula E: Accelerate
2021
Tournament information
SportFormula E
Dates28 January–25 March 2021
AdministratorrFactor 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
ChampionsDenmark Frederik Rasmussen
1st runners-upNorth Macedonia Erhan Jajovski
2nd runners-upSlovenia Kevin Siggy
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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]

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

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

Calendar

2021

Round ePrix Circuit Duration Date Broadcast
1 New York City ePrix United States 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 Hong Kong Central Harbourfront Circuit, Hong Kong 4 February Formula E: Accelerate Round 2 Full Race on YouTube
3 Berlin ePrix Germany Tempelhof Airport Street Circuit, Berlin 11 February Formula E: Accelerate Round 3 Full Race on YouTube
4 Diriyah ePrix Saudi Arabia Riyadh Street Circuit, Diriyah 11 March Formula E: Accelerate Round 4 Full Race on YouTube
5 Electric Docks[17] United States Lester Special – Electric Docks[18][19] 18 March Formula E: Accelerate Round 5 Full Race on YouTube
6 Rome ePrix Italy 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 position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team
1 United States New York City ePrix North Macedonia Erhan Jajovski Slovenia Kevin Siggy North Macedonia Erhan Jajovski Monaco ROKiT Venturi Racing
2 Hong Kong Hong Kong ePrix North Macedonia Erhan Jajovski Denmark Frederik Rasmussen North Macedonia Erhan Jajovski Monaco ROKiT Venturi Racing
3 Germany Berlin ePrix Slovenia Kevin Siggy Finland Olli Pahkala Slovenia Kevin Siggy United States BMW i Andretti Motorsport
4 Saudi Arabia Diriyah ePrix Denmark Frederik Rasmussen Germany Marius Golombeck Denmark Frederik Rasmussen United States Dragon / Penske Autosport
5 United States Electric Docks Denmark Frederik Rasmussen Poland Jakub Brzeziński North Macedonia Erhan Jajovski Monaco ROKiT Venturi Racing
6 Italy Rome ePrix Denmark Frederik Rasmussen Denmark Frederik Rasmussen Denmark Frederik Rasmussen United States 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 
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

Pos. Driver NYC
United States 		HKG
Hong Kong 		BER
Germany 		DIR
Saudi Arabia 		LES
United States 		RME‡
Italy 		Points
1 Denmark Frederik Rasmussen 9 2F 2 1P 3P 1PF 143
2 North Macedonia Erhan Jajovski 1P 1P 4 2 1 4 135
3 Slovenia Kevin Siggy 3F 3 1P 3 10 13 75
4 United Kingdom Graham Carroll 13 4 20 5 12 2 58
5 Netherlands Jarno Opmeer 6 14 14 10 5 3 49
6 Poland Nikodem Wisniewski 14 10 8 18 2 6 39
7 Germany Marius Golombeck 5 5 18 6F 15 8 37
8 Czech Republic Martin Stefanko 20 8 5 7 6 9 32
9 Italy Manuel Biancolilla 2 DSQ 7 14 8 11 28
10 Austria Lorenz Hörzing 16 DNS 12 8 4 7 28
11 Poland Jakub Brzeziński 15 11 9 11 9F 5 25
12 Netherlands Bono Huis 4 15 16 4 DSQ 16 24
13 Croatia Petar Brljak 18 7 3 9 13 14 23
14 Estonia Risto Kappet 8 6 6 13 22 17 20
15 Germany Marc Gassner 7 16 13 16 11 10 8
16 Germany Jan von der Heyde 10 12 23 22 7 15 7
17 Finland Olli Pahkala 11 9 10F 12 19 12 4
18 Germany Lucas Mueller 12 18 11 19 DSQ 24 0
19 France Arthur Lehouck 24 13 Ret 15 21 18 0
20 Bulgaria Peyo Peev 17 19 21 17 14 19 0
21 Hungary Tímea Bencsik 23 21 15 23 16 21 0
21 Czech Republic Jaroslav Honzík 21 17 22 24 18 22 0
23 South Africa Kelvin van der Linde 19 22 17 20 0
24 Germany Michi Hoyer 17 21 0
25 China Jiayu Zhang 22 20 19 20 20 23 0
Pos. Driver NYC
United States 		HKG
Hong Kong 		BER
Germany 		DIR
Saudi Arabia 		LES
United States 		RME‡
Italy 		Points
Sources:[21]
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Other points position
Blue Other classified position
Not classified, finished (NC)
Purple Not classified, retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not enter
Annotation Meaning
P Pole position
F Fastest lap

Note:

Teams' Championship standings

Pos. Team NYC
United States 		HKG
Hong Kong 		BER
Germany 		DIR
Saudi Arabia 		LES
United States 		RME‡
Italy 		Points
1 Monaco ROKiT Venturi Racing 1P 1P 4 2 1 4 203
16 DNS 12 8 4 7
2 United States Dragon / Penske Autosport 9 2F 2 1P 3P 1PF 167
17 19 21 17 14 19
3 United States BMW i Andretti Motorsport 3F 3 1P 3 10 13 134
18 7 3 9 13 14
4 Germany Mercedes-Benz EQ Formula E Team 4 14 14 4 5 3 97
6 15 16 10 DSQ 16
5 United Kingdom Envision Virgin Racing 13 4 15 5 12 2 79
23 21 20 23 16 21
6 United Kingdom Jaguar Racing 15 8 5 7 6 5 59
20 11 9 11 9F 9
7 Germany TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team 5 5 18 6F 15 8 58
21 17 22 24 18 22
8 China DS Techeetah 14 10 8 15 2 6 49
24 13 Ret 18 21 18
9 Germany Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler 2 22 7 14 8 11 34
19 DSQ 17 21 17 20
10 France Nissan e.dams 7 12 13 16 7 10 25
10 16 23 22 11 15
11 China NIO 333 FE Team 8 6 6 13 20 17 24
22 20 19 20 22 23
12 India Mahindra Racing 11 9 10F 12 19 12 13
12 18 11 19 DSQ 24
Pos. Team NYC
United States 		HKG
Hong Kong 		BER
Germany 		DIR
Saudi Arabia 		LES
United States 		RME‡
Italy 		Points
Sources:[21]
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Other points position
Blue Other classified position
Not classified, finished (NC)
Purple Not classified, retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
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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