eRacing Watch: March 21-22 Weekend

March 19, 2020

Pro drivers are keeping their racing skills sharp in various virtual races this weekend. Here’s what we know about each.

And if you want to get in on the action, see the note about the unofficial Shift+F1 community race below!

The Race All-Star esports Battle Rd. 2

When: Saturday, March 21 at 6 pm CET / 5 pm GMT / 1 pm EDT / 10 am PDT (convert for your time zone)

Game: rFactor 2 (Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course, Formula ISI 2012 cars)

Watch: The Race on YouTube

Pro drivers:

Max Verstappen (Formula 1)
Nico Hulkenberg (ex-Formula 1)
Juan Manuel Correa (Formula 2)
Antonio Felix da Costa (Formula E)
Maximilian Günther (Formula E)
Neel Jani (Formula E)
Felix Rosenqvist (IndyCar)
Tony Kanaan (IndyCar)
Nick Cassidy (Super Formula)
Nelson Piquet Jr. (ex-Formula 1, ex-Formula E)
Juan Pablo Montoya (ex-Formula 1, ex-IndyCar) and his son Sebastian
Abbie Eaton (test driver for Amazon’s The Grand Tour)
Nicki Thiim (World Endurance Championship)
Harry Tincknell (World Endurance Championship)
Jann Mardenborough (Super GT)

Commentary by Jack Nichols (Formula E, BBC Formula 1 commentator) and Jolyon Palmer (ex-Formula 1 driver)

More info: The Race website, Twitter

IMSA Sebring SuperSaturday

When: Saturday, March 21 at 7 pm CET / 6 pm GMT / 2 pm EDT / 11 am PDT (convert for your timezone)

Game: iRacing (Sebring International Raceway; BMW M8 GTE, Ferrari 488 GTE, Porsche 911 RSR, Ford GT)

Watch:

iRacing on Twitch
iRacing eSports Network on YouTube

Pro drivers:

Colton Herta (IndyCar)
Santino Ferrucci (IndyCar)
Dalton Kellett (IndyCar)
Sage Karam (IndyCar)
Felipe Nasr (IndyCar, ex-Formula 1)
Joao Barbosa (IMSA)
Filipe Albuquerque (IMSA)
Robby Foley (IMSA)
Roman De Angelis (IMSA)
Jesse Krohn (IMSA)
Jeff Segal (European Le Mans Series)
Gabby Chaves (IMSA, ex-IndyCar)
Tristan Vautier (IMSA)

Commentary by John Hindhaugh (IMSA Radio)

More info: iRacing website

eNASCAR iRacing Pro Invitational Series | Homestead

When: Sunday, March 22 at 6:30 pm CET / 5:30 pm GMT / 1:30 pm EDT / 10:30 am PDT (convert for your timezone)

Game: iRacing (Homestead-Miami Speedway)

Watch:

Fox Sports 1

Pro drivers:

Dale Earnhardt Jr., Kyle Busch, Joey Logano, Brad Keselowski, Chase Elliott, Denny Hamlin, Bubba Wallace, Chris Buescher, William Byron, Matt DiBenedetto, Austin Dillon, Ty Dillon, Timmy Hill, Michael McDowell, John Hunter Nemechek, Ryan Preece, Garrett Smithley, Erik Jones, Ross Chastain, Parker Kligerman, Landon Cassill, Ricky Stenhouse Jr.

Commentary by FOX NASCAR Broadcast Team of Jeff Gordon, Mike Joy, and Larry McReynolds

More info: iRacing website, Fox Sports website

Not The BAH GP

When: Sunday, March 22 at 7 pm CET / 6 pm GMT / 2 pm EDT / 11 am PDT (convert for your timezone)

Game: F1 2019 (Bahrain International Circuit)

Watch:

Veloce Esports on Twitch, YouTube
Lando Norris on Twitch

Pro drivers:

Lando Norris (Formula 1)
Nicholas Latifi (Formula 1)
Stoffel Vandoorne (Formula E)

More info: Veloce Esports on Twitter

Bahrain Virtual Grand Prix

When: Sunday, March 22 at 9 pm CET / 8 pm GMT / 4 pm EDT / 1 pm PDT (convert for your time zone)

Game: F1 2019 (Bahrain International Circuit)

Watch:

Formula 1 on Facebook, Twitch, YouTube

Pro drivers:

Nicholas Latifi (Formula 1)
Robert Shwartzman (Formula 2)
Dino Beganovic (Formula 4)

More info: Formula 1 website

Coming Soon

Supercars planning 10 Eseries rounds

Unofficial Shift+F1 Community Race | Bahrain

Some folks on the Shift+F1 Discord server have organized a race this weekend in the PC version of F1 2019!

When: Sunday, March 22 at 5 pm CET / 4 pm GMT / 12 pm EDT / 9am PDT (convert for your time zone)

Game: F1 2019 (PC version, Bahrain International Circuit)

Join the league in-game with the invite code CM#_QVQ888 and the Steam group here.

Episode 99 - Coronavirus Hits F1

March 18, 2020

The start to the season slips away amid the worldwide impact of coronavirus. Doesn’t mean we can’t still have fun, though!

SHOW NOTES

Last weekend’s virtual races: rFactor 2 feat. VER (official stream, VER highlights), F1 2019 feat. NOR (official stream, NOR’s stream, NOR’s highlights), iRacing feat. NASCAR (official stream)
Shift+F1 listener John (@crofts) did a race in F1 2019 with other listeners! Here’s the archive.
The PC version of F1 2019 is on sale for a few hours after this episode goes up
We released all our old Patreon videos for free on our YouTube channel!
We’re back to doing video Track Walks (such as the season is)! Here’s Australia.
An animated GIF of the deserted Albert Park circuit (thanks Evan!)
At least we have Marbula One
NOR was on Beyond the Grid
MotoGP released their top 10 races for free!
Compare: NOR’s YouTube channel and Nico Rosberg’s
GRO being a good dad
Just kidding, the Supercars season got postponed while we were recording
Need stuff to watch? Check out our Offseason Guide!

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Virtual Races Happening in Place of Australian GP

March 14, 2020

In light of the postponement of the Australian GP due to coronavirus, two virtual races are happening in its place! Here are the details on each.

“The Race's All-Star Esports Battle”

When: Sunday, March 15 at 1 pm UTC / 9 am EDT / 6 am PDT (convert for your time zone)

Game: rFactor 2 (Formula ISI 2012 cars on a “surprise circuit”)

Watch: The-Race’s YouTube channel

Confirmed drivers

Max Verstappen (Formula 1)
Antonio Felix da Costa (Formula E)
Max Gunther (Formula E)
Neel Jani (Formula E)
Nelson Piquet Jr (ex-Formula 1 and Formula E driver, inaugural Formula E champion)
Simon Pagenaud (IndyCar, Indy 500 winner)
Felix Rosenqvist (IndyCar)
Colton Herta (IndyCar)
Juan Pablo Montoya (ex-Formula 1 and IndyCar driver) and his son Sebastian
Wolfgang Reip (GT & endurance driver, 2012 Gran Turismo Academy champion)
Billy Monger (Eurofomula)
Devlin DeFrancesco (F3 Asian Championship)
Paul O'Neill (British Touring Car Championship)
Brendon Leigh (inaugural F1 eSports champion)
Rudy van Buren (eSports)
James Baldwin (eSports)
Jimmy Broadbent (eSports)