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.

The competition is run on the platform rFactor 2 platform, 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.

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. ROKiT Venturi Racing secured the Teams' Championship Title, finishing 36 points clear of the field.

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. The six qualifying rounds were held at the virtual versions of Rome, Monaco, Berlin, Jakarta, Vancouver, and New York. 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. The championship will use Gen 3 cars.

Drivers

2021 TeamRace driversNo.Driver nameRounds Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler331111 Manuel Biancolilla Kelvin van der Linde Michi HoyerAll1–2, 5–63–4 BMW i Andretti Motorsport2827 Kevin Siggy Petar BrljakAllAll DS Techeetah2513 Nikodem Wisniewski Arthur LehouckAllAll Dragon / Penske Autosport76 Frederik Rasmussen Peyo PeevAllAll Envision Virgin Racing374 Graham Carroll Tímea BencsikAllAll Jaguar Racing1020 Martin Stefanko Jakub BrzezińskiAllAll Mahindra Racing2994 Olli Pahkala Lucas MuellerAllAll Mercedes-Benz EQ Formula E Team175 Jarno Opmeer Bono HuisAllAll NIO 333 FE Team888 Risto Kappet Jiayu ZhangAllAll Nissan e.dams2322 Marc Gassner Jan von der HeydeAllAll ROKiT Venturi Racing7148 Erhan Jajovski Lorenz HörzingAll1, 3–6 TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team3699 Marius Golombeck Jaroslav HonzíkAllAllSources:

Calendar 2021 RoundePrixCircuitDurationDateBroadcast1New York City ePrix Brooklyn Street Circuit, Red Hook, Brooklyn, New York25 Minutes28 January2Hong Kong ePrix Hong Kong Central Harbourfront Circuit, Hong Kong4 February3Berlin ePrix Tempelhof Airport Street Circuit, Berlin11 February4Diriyah ePrix Riyadh Street Circuit, Diriyah11 March5Electric Docks Lester Special – Electric Docks18 March6Rome ePrix Circuito Cittadino dell'EUR, Rome28 MarchSources:Note: Fictional tracks are marked in cyan.

Results

Season summary

RoundePrixPole positionFastest lapWinning driverWinning team1 New York City ePrix Erhan Jajovski Kevin Siggy Erhan Jajovski ROKiT Venturi Racing2 Hong Kong ePrix Erhan Jajovski Frederik Rasmussen Erhan Jajovski ROKiT Venturi Racing3 Berlin ePrix Kevin Siggy Olli Pahkala Kevin Siggy BMW i Andretti Motorsport4 Diriyah ePrix Frederik Rasmussen Marius Golombeck Frederik Rasmussen Dragon / Penske Autosport5 Electric Docks Frederik Rasmussen Jakub Brzeziński Erhan Jajovski ROKiT Venturi Racing6 Rome ePrix Frederik Rasmussen Frederik Rasmussen Frederik Rasmussen Dragon / Penske AutosportNote: 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     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

DriverNYCHKGBERDIRLESRME‡Points1 Frederik Rasmussen921432 Erhan Jajovski42141353 Kevin Siggy331013754 Graham Carroll134205122585 Jarno Opmeer614141053496 Nikodem Wisniewski141081826397 Marius Golombeck5518158378 Martin Stefanko2085769329 Manuel Biancolilla2DSQ7148112810 Lorenz Hörzing16DNS128472811 Jakub Brzeziński151191152512 Bono Huis415164DSQ162413 Petar Brljak1873913142314 Risto Kappet8661322172015 Marc Gassner71613161110816 Jan von der Heyde10122322715717 Olli Pahkala119121912418 Lucas Mueller12181119DSQ24019 Arthur Lehouck2413Ret152118020 Peyo Peev171921171419021 Tímea Bencsik232115231621021 Jaroslav Honzík211722241822023 Kelvin van der Linde19221720024 Michi Hoyer1721025 Jiayu Zhang2220192020230DriverNYCHKGBERDIRLESRME‡PointsSources: Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Other points position Blue Other classified position Purple Not classified, retired (Ret)Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) WhiteDid not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not enterAnnotationMeaningPPole positionFFastest lap

Note:  – Double points were awarded in the last race at the Rome ePrix, Rome.

Teams' Championship standings

TeamNYCHKGBERDIRLESRME‡Points1 ROKiT Venturi Racing421420316DNS128472 Dragon / Penske Autosport921671719211714193 BMW i Andretti Motorsport3310131341873913144 Mercedes-Benz EQ Formula E Team41414453976151610DSQ165 Envision Virgin Racing134155122792321202316216 Jaguar Racing158576559201191197 TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team5518158582117222418228 DS Techeetah141081526492413Ret1821189 Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler2227148113419DSQ1721172010 Nissan e.dams71213167102510162322111511 NIO 333 FE Team8661320172422201920222312 Mahindra Racing1191219121312181119DSQ24TeamNYCHKGBERDIRLESRME‡PointsSources: Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Other points position Blue Other classified position Purple Not classified, retired (Ret)Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) WhiteDid not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not enterAnnotationMeaningPPole positionFFastest lap

Note:  – Double points were awarded in the last race at the Rome ePrix, Rome. 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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