Formula E Race at Home Challenge explained

Sport:	Formula E
Year:	2020
Start Date:	18 April 2020
End Date:	7 June 2020
Administrator:	Formula E
Tournament Format:	Classes: Driver Grid Challenge Grid Pre-qualifying:^[1] Challenge Grid only^[2] Monday–Thursday before the event Guest drivers complete the grid The top 24 players in the standings will be invited to the Grand Final^[3] Qualifying: One-shot qualifying in groups Race: Damage level set at 80% Elimination "Race Royale"
Host:	rFactor 2
Champions:	Driver Grid: Stoffel Vandoorne Challenge Grid: Kevin Siggy

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.^[4]

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.^[5] Hörzing was banned from the Challenge grid outright.^[6] Abt was later suspended and released by Audi.^[7]

Teams and drivers

Team Driver Grid Challenge Grid Drivers Rounds Drivers Rounds Envision Virgin Racing 2 Nick Cassidy 0–1 0 Lorenz Hörzing 1 Sam Bird 2–8 Joel Schmitt 2 Matteo Topa 3 Lorenz Hörzing 4–5 Özgür Benzes 6–7 4 Robin Frijns 0–7 Graham Carroll 0 Ben Hitz 1–7 Alice Powell 8 8 NIO 333 FE Team 3 Oliver Turvey All Liu Zexuan 0, 4 Petar Brljak 1–3 Charlie Martin 5–7 Jim Parisis 8 33 Ma Qinghua All Petar Brljak 0 Jim Parisis 1–2, 4–5 Ye Yifei 3, 6–7 Mercedes-Benz EQ Formula E Team 5 Stoffel Vandoorne All Archie Hamilton 0–1 Mike Channell 2 Sophia Flörsch 3–4, 7 Axel LaFlamme 5–6 17 Nyck de Vries All 0 Noah Reuvers 1–8 6 Brendon Hartley All Joel Eriksson 0–1, 4 Alex Cooper 2 Kevin Morville 3 Chris Shepherd 5 Armando Iannaccone 6 Axel LaFlamme 7 7 Nico Müller 0–7 Brandon Williams 0 Peyo Peev 1–7 Joel Eriksson 8 8 Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler 11 Lucas di Grassi All Steve Alvarez Brown 0 Jiří Toman 1 Kelvin van der Linde 2 Eric Stranne 3 Scott Søvik 4 Lionel O'Connor 5 Verena Mei 6 Moritz Löhner 7 Arjan Veltens 8 31 Kelvin van der Linde 7–8 Alisdair Irvine 7–8 66 Daniel Abt 0–5 Zbigniew Siara 1 Axel LaFlamme 2–4 Alisdair Irvine 4–6 13 António Félix da Costa All Charlie Martin 0, 4 James Rossiter 1 Chris Shepherd 2 Scott Søvik 3 Kush Maini 5–8 25 Jean-Éric Vergne All James Rossiter 0 Nuno Pinto 1–7 TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team 18 Neel Jani All Moritz Löhner 0 Mike Channell 1 Nikodem Wisniewski 2 Alisdair Irvine 3 Marius Golombeck 4–5 Joshua Rogers 6–8 36 André Lotterer All Mike Channell 0 Joshua Rogers 1, 4 Simona de Silvestro 2–3 Arjan Veltens 5–6 Marius Golombeck 7–8 ROKiT Venturi Racing 19 Felipe Massa All Erhan Jajovski 0, 2 Axel LaFlamme 1 Jacob Reid 3–8 48 Edoardo Mortara All Erhan Jajovski 1 Jacob Reid 2 Gareth Paterson 3–4 Scott Søvik 5–7 Panasonic Jaguar Racing 20 Mitch Evans All Jack Ashton 0 Kuba Brzezinski 1–2 Remco Majoor 3 Petar Brljak 4 Archie Hamilton 5 Mike Channell 6 Sérgio Jimenez 7 51 All Kai Bachini 0 Jacob Reid 1 Alex Lynn 2–3 Remco Majoor 4 Petar Brljak 5–8 Nissan e.dams 22 Oliver Rowland All Ricardo Sanchez 0 Marc Gassner 1 Niek Jacobs 2–8 23 0 Marc Gassner 0 1–8 Jan von der Heyde 1–6, 8 Arjan Veltens 7 BMW i Andretti Motorsport 27 Alexander Sims All Jarl Teien 0 Charlie Martin 1–3 4 Cem Bölükbaşı 5–7 Cem Bölükbaşı 8 28 Maximilian Günther All Kevin Siggy All Mahindra Racing 64 0–7 Olli Pahkala 0–1 Markus Keller 2–7 Sam Dejonghe 8 8 94 Sam Dejonghe 0 Hany Alsabti 0 Pascal Wehrlein 1–8 Lucas Müller 1–8 Source:^[8] ^[9] ^[10]

Guest drivers are marked in green.

Replacements

Round Driver Pre-qualifying method Replaced by Reason 2 Joshua Rogers Finished 1st in previous race Noah Reuvers Finished 9th in pre-qualifying Olli Pahkala Finished 4th in previous race Alex Cooper Finished 10th in pre-qualifying Marco Santoni Finished 7th in pre-qualifying Markus Keller Finished 12th in pre-qualifying 3 Stavros Mouzaidis Finished 6th in pre-qualifying Matteo Topa Finished 11th in pre-qualifying 4 Graham Carroll Finished 2nd in pre-qualifying Alisdair Irvine Finished 9th in pre-qualifying Chris Shepherd Finished 8th in pre-qualifying Scott Søvik Finished 10th in pre-qualifying 5 N/A reserved spot for guest driver Alisdair Irvine Finished 9th in pre-qualifying Jack Harrison Finished 7th in pre-qualifying Scott Søvik Finished 10th in pre-qualifying 6 N/A extra pre-qualifying spot Armando Iannaccone Finished 9th in pre-qualifying Graham Carroll Finished 1st in pre-qualifying Özgür Benzes Finished 10th in pre-qualifying 7 Jan von der Heyde Finished 2nd in previous race Özgür Benzes Finished 9th in pre-qualifying Calendar Round Circuit Date Circuit de Monaco April 18 1 Hong Kong Central Harbourfront Circuit April 25 2 Lester Special – Electric Docks^[11] ^[12] ^[13] May 2 3 Circuit de Monaco May 9 4 Hong Kong Central Harbourfront Circuit May 16 5 Tempelhof Airport Street Circuit May 23 6 Brooklyn Street Circuit May 30 7 Brooklyn Street Circuit June 6 8 Tempelhof Airport Street Circuit June 7 Source: Fictional tracks are marked in light cyan. Results and standings Round Race Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Class Circuit de Monaco Maximilian Günther Stoffel Vandoorne Maximilian Günther BMW i Andretti Motorsport Driver Grid Graham Carroll Olli Pahkala Graham Carroll Envision Virgin Racing Challenge Grid 1 Hong Kong Central Harbourfront Circuit Stoffel Vandoorne Nick Cassidy Maximilian Günther BMW i Andretti Motorsport Driver Grid Petar Brljak Kevin Siggy Joshua Rogers TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team Challenge Grid 2 Lester Special – Electric Docks Stoffel Vandoorne Pascal Wehrlein Maximilian Günther BMW i Andretti Motorsport Driver Grid Peyo Peev Peyo Peev Peyo Peev GEOX Dragon Challenge Grid 3 Circuit de Monaco Pascal Wehrlein Pascal Wehrlein Pascal Wehrlein Mahindra Racing Driver Grid Kevin Siggy Kevin Siggy Kevin Siggy BMW i Andretti Motorsport Challenge Grid 4 Hong Kong Central Harbourfront Circuit Edoardo Mortara Pascal Wehrlein Pascal Wehrlein Mahindra Racing Driver Grid Joshua Rogers Joshua Rogers Lucas Müller Mahindra Racing Challenge Grid 5 Stoffel Vandoorne Stoffel Vandoorne Nissan e.dams Driver Grid Kevin Siggy Petar Brljak Kevin Siggy BMW i Andretti Motorsport Challenge Grid 6 Brooklyn Street Circuit Stoffel Vandoorne Stoffel Vandoorne Stoffel Vandoorne Mercedes-Benz EQ Formula E Team Driver Grid Kevin Siggy Kevin Siggy Kevin Siggy BMW i Andretti Motorsport Challenge Grid 7 Brooklyn Street Circuit Pascal Wehrlein Stoffel Vandoorne Pascal Wehrlein Mahindra Racing Driver Grid Lucas Müller Kevin Siggy Lucas Müller Mahindra Racing Challenge Grid Tempelhof Airport Street Circuit Oliver Rowland Stoffel Vandoorne Oliver Rowland Nissan e.dams Driver Grid Kevin Siggy Kevin Siggy Kevin Siggy BMW i Andretti Motorsport Challenge Grid Points structure Round  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   Pole     No points awarded 1–7 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1 1 1 50 36 30 24 20 16 12 8 4 2 2 2 Source: Driver Grid standings Driver MCO HKG LES MCO HKG BER NYC NYC BER valign=middle 1 Maximilian Günther 1 1 1 3 65 2 Pascal Wehrlein 3 10 1 1 1 44 3 Robin Frijns 14 4 2 5 40 4 Stoffel Vandoorne 2 5 5 2 1 40 5 Neel Jani 15 12 4 4 24 6 Nick Cassidy 4 2 19 7 Nico Müller 5 13 3 8 19 8 Oliver Rowland 6 6 15 6 1 1 16 9 Oliver Turvey 10 7 6 18 14 10 Nyck de Vries 22 23 7 22 6 11 André Lotterer 3 20 17 7 6 12 Felipe Massa 19 8 20 15 4 13 James Calado 12 21 8 11 4 14 Jérôme d'Ambrosio DNS 9 12 14 2 15 Ma Qinghua 13 11 22 9 2 16 Alexander Sims 21 10 14 12 1 17 Edoardo Mortara WD 14 16 10 1 18 Jean-Éric Vergne 8 22 9 21 0 19 Sébastien Buemi 18 11 16 0 20 Lucas di Grassi 17 DNS 13 17 0 21 Brendon Hartley 16 16 WD 13 0 22 Daniel Abt 11 15 23 19 DSQ 0 23 Mitch Evans 7 17 18 24 0 24 António Félix da Costa 20 19 21 23 0 25 Sam Bird 19 20 0 Kelvin van der Linde – Jann Mardenborough 9 – Sam Dejonghe 18 Driver MCO HKG LES MCO HKG BER NYC TBA TBA valign=middle Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest lap  – Eliminated Challenge Grid standings Driver MCO HKG LES MCO HKG BER NYC TBA TBA valign=middle 1 Kevin Siggy 2 3 2 1 61 2 Peyo Peev 23 1 3 42 3 Petar Brljak 4 2 5 4 41 4 Lucas Müller 13 3 2 33 5 Joshua Rogers 1 DNP 25 6 Jan von der Heyde 7 4 11 20 7 Jacob Reid 17 7 5 16 8 Ben Hitz 9 6 9 14 9 Olli Pahkala 5 4 DNP 12 10 Erhan Jajovski 18 5 21 10 11 Nuno Pinto 11 16 6 9 12 Remco Majoor 7 6 13 Kuba Brzezinski 8 22 6 14 Niek Jacobs 9 8 6 15 Markus Keller 8 13 4 16 Jim Parisis 10 14 2 17 Noah Reuvers 14 11 10 2 18 Marc Gassner 3 12 0 19 Eric Stranne 12 DNPQ 0 20 Lorenz Hörzing 16 DNPQ DNPQ 0 21 Alisdair Irvine 16 0 22 Nikodem Wisniewski 17 0 23 Chris Shepherd 18 DNPQ DNP 0 24 Matteo Topa 18 DNPQ 0 25 Joel Schmitt 19 0 26 Jiří Toman 21 0 27 Kevin Morville 21 DNPQ 0 28 Zbigniew Siara 22 DNPQ DNPQ 0 29 Scott Søvik 23 0 30 Alex Cooper DNS DNPQ 0 – Graham Carroll 1 DNP – Jarl Teien 6 DNPQ – Brandon Williams 8 DNPQ – Jack Ashton 10 DNPQ – Hany Alsabti 11 – Moritz Löhner 12 – Jimmy Broadbent 14 – Steve Alvarez Brown 15 – Liu Zexuan 17 – Ricardo Sanchez 19 – Kai Bachini 22 – Marco Santoni DNP – Stavros Mouzaidis DNP Guest drivers ineligible for points – James Rossiter 9 6 – Daniel Juncadella 7 – Alex Lynn 10 14 – Simona de Silvestro 12 17 – Joel Eriksson 13 15 – Kelvin van der Linde 13 – Charlie Martin 20 18 15 24 – Axel LaFlamme 19 20 15 – Archie Hamilton 16 20 – Sophia Flörsch 20 – Mike Channell 21 24 23 – Gareth Paterson 22 Driver MCO HKG LES MCO HKG BER NYC TBA TBA valign=middle Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest lap  – Point-scoring position  – Eliminated

Notes and References

1. News: Introducing the ABB Formula E Race at Home Challenge. 15 April 2020. 19 April 2020. FIA Formula E.
2. News: Are you fast enough to take on the ABB Formula E Race at Home Challenge?. 21 April 2020. 21 April 2020. FIA Formula E.
3. News: ABB Formula E Race at Home Challenge. 21 April 2020. Studio-397.
4. News: Formula E online series launched with elimination race format. 19 April 2020. The Race. 15 April 2020. Sam. Smith.
5. News: Formula E driver Daniel Abt uses professional gamer to compete for him in esports race. 24 May 2020. BBC Sport.
6. Web site: Abt disqualified, fined for imposter plot in virtual Formula e race. 24 May 2020.
7. Web site: Abt dropped by Audi over simracing scandal. 26 May 2020.
8. News: Entry list confirmed for the ABB Formula E Race at Home Challenge test round. 15 April 2020. 19 April 2020. FIA Formula E.
9. News: Formula E grid confirmed for Round 1 of the Race at Home Challenge. 24 April 2020. 24 April 2020. FIA Formula E.
10. News: The sim racers lining up for Round 1 of the Race at Home Challenge. 25 April 2020. 25 April 2020. FIA Formula E.
11. News: Paul. Jeffrey. rF2: Gen2 Formula E and Lester Special Edition Released. 30 April 2020. RaceDepartment. 20 April 2019.
12. News: Studio-397. Formula E Test Circuit. 30 April 2020. Steam Workshop. 19 April 2020.
13. News: Introducing Electric Docks - the new track for the Race at Home Challenge. 2 May 2020. 2 May 2020. FIA Formula E.