{"id":1190,"date":"2020-11-13T12:37:07","date_gmt":"2020-11-13T10:37:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.audimiddleeast.com\/en\/article-copy-2\/"},"modified":"2020-12-03T14:39:32","modified_gmt":"2020-12-03T12:39:32","slug":"sim-racing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.audimiddleeast.com\/en\/sim-racing\/","title":{"rendered":"Formula E:  Abt and di Grassi compete in sim racing"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row][vc_column]\r\n<div class=\"sh-text-with-frame\" id=\"text-with-frame-k8AEHWngUa\">\r\n\t<div class=\"sh-text-with-frame-container\">\r\n\t\t\r\n<h1>Formula E: Abt and di Grassi compete in sim racing<\/h1>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n            <style type=\"text\/css\">\r\n                #text-with-frame-k8AEHWngUa .sh-text-with-frame-container {border-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.07);}#text-with-frame-k8AEHWngUa .sh-text-with-frame-container p {}            <\/style>\r\n        [vc_column_text el_class=\"article-copy\"]\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><strong>ABB Formula E Race at Home Challenge kicked-off on Saturday <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fiaformulae.com\/en\/news\/2020\/april\/watch-race-at-home-challenge-test-round\"><strong>https:\/\/www.fiaformulae.com\/en\/news\/2020\/april\/watch-race-at-home-challenge-test-round<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Daniel Abt and Lucas di Grassi compete from Kempten and S\u00e3o Paulo<\/strong><\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Formula E supports global UNICEF campaign against Covid-19<\/strong><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_class=\"article-copy\"]<strong>Neuburg an der Donau, April 19, 2020 \u2013 <\/strong><strong>Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler will be competing in the ABB Formula E Race at Home Challenge with its two regular drivers, Daniel Abt and Lucas di Grassi, who will be using simulators in their hometowns: Kempten and S\u00e3o Paulo. The entire race series will be available live on the official Formula E website and starts on Friday 24<sup>th<\/sup> April at 15.30 BST.<\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text el_class=\"article-copy\"]At least nine events, one every week, with all of the top Formula E drivers and spectacular city circuits like Monaco and Hong Kong: Formula E uses the worldwide racing break for an adventure into the virtual world. In contrast to other simulator series, the ABB Formula E Race at Home Challenge only features drivers from the world of Formula E, and they are competing for a good cause: In partnership with the United Nations Children\u2019s Fund UNICEF, Formula E is supporting the global campaign against Covid-19.\r\n\r\nThe preparations in Kempten in Bavaria and in Brazil\u2019s metropolis S\u00e3o Paulo are already running at full speed: Daniel Abt and Lucas di Grassi are working on their technical setups to be ready to start on Saturday afternoon. \u201cIt used to be a toy, but now the home simulator is like my race car,\u201d says Daniel Abt, who is setting up all of the equipment at home at the moment. \u201cSo, now I\u2019m a racing driver, mechanic and engineer all in one.\u201d After all, the German has already won an E-Race, which is always held on race day together with fans on simulators in the E-Village at the real Formula E circuits.\r\n\r\nLucas di Grassi, together with his family, withdrew from public life to a rural area close to S\u00e3o Paulo and returns to his hometown for the race days, where he can use a simulator. \u201cThese are hard times for everyone right now. It\u2019s great that we can now at least offer our fans a bit of action and fun with this idea from Formula E,\u201d says Lucas di Grassi, who has been a UN ambassador for clean air since 2018. \u201cWe will be giving everything to provide a good show and also doing something for a good cause at the same time \u2013 a perfect combination.\u201d\r\n\r\nThe ABB Formula E Race at Home Challenge regulations have nothing to do with the normal set from Formula E and are as simple as they are exciting: after a single lap in qualifying, the drivers will compete against each other in a so-called \u201cRace Royale\u201d: On every lap, the last car drops out until only the top ten remain. Points are awarded according to the well-known Formula E system, which includes points for pole position and the fastest race lap. The basis for the series is the game rFactor2.\r\n\r\nIn addition to the virtual action on track, there will also be a show with presenter Nicki Shields and commentators Jack Nicholls and Dario Franchitti. Formula E will broadcast the\u00a0 ABB Formula E Race at Home Challenge live on YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Twitch and the official website <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fiaformulae.com\/en\/news\/2020\/april\/race-at-home-challenge\">https:\/\/www.fiaformulae.com\/en\/news\/2020\/april\/race-at-home-challenge<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler will be competing in the ABB Formula E Race at Home Challenge<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[60,70,46],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.audimiddleeast.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1190"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.audimiddleeast.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.audimiddleeast.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.audimiddleeast.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.audimiddleeast.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1190"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/news.audimiddleeast.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1190\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1738,"href":"https:\/\/news.audimiddleeast.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1190\/revisions\/1738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.audimiddleeast.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.audimiddleeast.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.audimiddleeast.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}