eSports: Swiss pros getting better 🎥
MÜLLER AND JANI TOP In the absence of motorsport, the Swiss pros only have simracing to compete with rivals. Nico Müller did this successfully in two eSeries. Neel Jani also shone for Porsche. The second Formula E virtual race on the digital "Electric Docks" circuit again offered plenty of action and good entertainment. [...]
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The second Formula E virtual race on the digital "Electric Docks" circuit once again offered plenty of action and good entertainment. Like a comic strip, it should not be taken too seriously...
After all, this was the first time that all 24 regular drivers, who also sit in the electric race cars of the twelve teams in real racing life, started a virtual race of the ABB Formula E Race at Home Challenge. No other eSports racing series has ever achieved this.
German dominator and first podium for Nico Müller
While the winners are constantly changing in reality, the German Maximilian Günther from BMW Andretti i Motorsport celebrated his third success in a row including test races.
Second place went to Dutchman Robin Frijns (Envision Virgin Racing), and third to his Swiss Abt Audi DTM teammate Nico Müller. While the man from Berne has never been able to succeed in real Formula E with Geox Dragon Racing, this first virtual podium was at least a first game-changing sense of achievement for him.
Jani's first points, Buemi's accident without serious consequences
Neel Jani would also have been happy to swap his home game console for the real cockpit of the Porsche 99X electric and score his first championship points. After a good start, he advanced from eleventh to fourth place in a race full of failures.
Sébastien Buemi was also on his way to his first virtual points before an accident set him back. In real life, it would have meant retirement, but in simracing he was still able to finish eleventh in the damaged Nissan - but only half of the drivers saw it.
Return to the DTM year 1992 with a surprising victory mark
Virtual action was also provided by the 20 simracers at the premiere of the DTM Esports Classic Challenge. In five rounds, each with different cars from different years, 15 seasoned motorsport professionals compete against five simracers from the DTM community.
At the premiere on the virtual Omloop van Terlamen of Zolder (B), where the real season opener should have taken place on April 23/24, 2020, DTM cars from 1992 were on the grid on Sunday.
The first race was won by simracer Broodie Steen in a Ford Mustang from Ruch Motorsport. At that time, the Ruch brothers with the US steam hammers were among the crowd favorites. They could, despite some fireworks, only dream of such a result....
Highlight of the second race at virtual Zolder. As in the past, the Audi V8 quattro cars dominated.
Beautiful memory of the DTM final 2019
Nico Müller finished his first race in the DTM Esports Classic Challenge in the same way he had finished the real 2019 DTM finale at Hockenheim - with a victory. After real-life champion René Rast spun his Audi V8 quattro, brand mate Müller took the lead, which he did not relinquish thereafter. In the first of the two 15-minute heats, he finished in 7th place.
Simracing action again next weekend
In some other racing series from real motorsports, of which there are more eSports championships in times of crisis, the one or other Swiss is also at the start. In the midst of real racing colleagues, however, none has been as successful as Nico Müller.
For the next ABB Formula E Race at Home Challenge race from Saturday, May 9, at approximately 5 p.m., you can register at this Link be reminded and look at it afterwards.
If you want to watch the virtual DTM Classic race (Sunday, May 10, 2 p.m.), then with touring cars from 2013, you can do so with this Link in the process.
