Formula E: Accelerate
Unlock your racing potential
It's time for a new challenge. All-electric street racing returns to the virtual world with a fresh new esports series - Formula E: Accelerate.
Show your skills in the qualifiers
The new Formula E: Accelerate esports competition will see a grid made up of the 12 teams from the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship, and they are on the hunt for the fastest sim racers to join their ranks. Racers will have the chance to showcase their speed in the Formula E: Accelerate Qualifiers.
Teams will then have an opportunity to select from at least three of the fastest qualifiers. These sim racers will be in the mix for a chance to represent an official Formula E team and compete to win a share of a minimum €100,000 prize pool alongside a once-in-a-lifetime real-world drive of a Gen2 car.
All it takes is one fast lap
If you think you have what it takes to impress the 12 top all-electric street racing teams, you have just one week to set your flying laps around the traditional Berlin Tempelhof E-Prix circuit in rFactor2.
The Formula E: Accelerate Qualifiers are now closed.
The times from the top drivers are being verified, check the leaderboard to see the fastest laps around the historic Berlin Tempelhof circuit. Note: Qualifiers' times are provisional and subject to change pending validation
16 + only. 07/01/2021–14/01/2021. Take part in the rFactor 2 Sim racing game on the Berlin Tempelhof E-Prix circuit using your Steam account (“Formula E: Accelerate Qualifier”) – the fastest three (3) entrants win! No purchase necessary. Prize: Three (3) winners will each be invited to be one of 24 who will compete in Formula E: Accelerate - an exclusive sim racing competition comprised of sim racers, real-life drivers and influencers. Formula E reserves the right to offer additional places to the next fastest qualifiers. Internet access required. Visit www.fiaformulae.com/accelerate-terms-and-conditions for full T&Cs and prize details. Promoter: Formula E.
Kevin Siggy's guide to Tempelhof
ABB Formula E Race at Home Champion Kevin Siggy gives his walkthrough of the technical Berlin circuit:
Heading into the first turn complex, stay to the right side of the track, I always aim for the 100m board to brake, then roll the car into the first apex, using this speed and smooth steering to hit the second apex. You want to stay tight on the exit to prepare for turns two and three, another double apex corner, using the momentum rotate it into the second apex of the corner, missing the first one slightly.
There is a tricky braking point on the bumps into turn four so want to avoid locking up, making sure you nail the exit right for the back straight. Turn six offers another tricky braking zone. Don’t turn in too early, make the exit count as well and get it as wide as you can to the wall. Carry this speed for the quick flick at turn seven where no braking is needed.
Turn eight has a semi-late entry, allowing you to drift the car around the apex to set up for the small straight heading into the final corner. There are no clear braking markers, so feel for the right time. It is best to keep your entry early to stay on the grippy line and rotate the car mid-corner to get a fast exit and keep it tight to the finish line.
six races, the 24 fastest sim racers, one formula e drive
Formula E: Accelerate will see 24 of the fastest sim racers going head-to-head in a highly-charged six-race battle for the once-in-a-lifetime drive of a Gen2 car and a share of a minimum €100,000 prize pool. Formula E's teams are searching for the next generation of all-electric racing talent... Throw your driving gloves into the ring.
Formula E returns to the virtual world
Like in the Race at Home Challenge, Formula E will once again dive into the virtual world in rFactor2. This time, the digital racers will face new challenging features by having to master energy management and ATTACK MODE for the first time, bringing the online competitors even closer to trials faced by their real-world Formula E counterparts.
Formula E: Accelerate is a six-race competition that kicks off at the end of January and concludes in March at the Grand Final with double points on offer for the sim racing stars. The virtual races will take place at inch-perfect digital recreations of tracks from real world locations like Berlin's Tempelhof Airport, Hong Kong Harbourfront and Red Hook City in New York City, among others.
The full schedule is here:
| Round | Date |
|---|---|
| Round 1 | 28/01/2021 |
| Round 2 | 04/02/2021 |
| Round 3 | 11/02/2021 |
| Round 4 | 11/03/2021 |
| Round 5 | 18/03/2021 |
| Grand Final | 25/03/2021 |
Accelerate into the real world
There is more than just glory on the line in Formula E: Accelerate. The 24 sim racers will also be gunning for a piece of a minimum €100,000 prize pot and the ultimate all-electric driving experience of taking the Gen2 car for some laps around a Formula E circuit during an E-Prix weekend.
It's a unique opportunity for sim racers to showcase their talent and become the latest driver to make the jump from the virtual to the real world.
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