A packed weekend of Esports is coming up including the second instalment of Formula 1’s official Virtual Grands Prix.
As the race will take place using F1 2019, which does not include the new-for-2020 Hanoi Street Circuit, the Virtual Vietnam Grand Prix will take pace on Australia’s Albert Park.IndyCar and NASCAR’s iRacing series will also continue in place of their scheduled races at Barber Motorsport Park and Bristol Motor Speedway respectively.
For those looking for even more motorsport action, Veloce Esports and Torque Esports’ regular series featuring a mix of top Esports drivers and racing drivers for various categories. Here’s when and where your can catch the big races on Saturday and Sunday.
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| Date | Series | Organiser | Event | Game | Track | Format | Start time (UK) | Start time (US Eastern) | Watch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04/04/2020 | All-Star Series | Torque Esports | Legends Trophy | rFactor 2 | TBC | Qualifying, race | 17:00 | 12:00 | YouTube |
| 04/04/2020 | IndyCar iRacing Challenge | IndyCar | Grand Prix of Alabama | iRacing | Barber Motorsport Park | Race | 19:30 | 14:30 | NBCSN (US), Sky Sports F1 (UK) |
| 04/04/2020 | All-Star Series | Torque Esports | All-Star Battle | rFactor 2 | TBC | Qualifying, race | Starts after Legends Race | YouTube | |
| 05/04/2020 | eNASCAR iRacing Pro Invitational Series | NASCAR | Bristol Motor Speedway | iRacing | Bristol Motor Speedway | Qualifying, race | 18:00 | 13:00 | Fox, FS1, Fox Sports app |
| 05/04/2020 | Not The GP | Veloce Esports | Not The GP | F1 2019 | TBC | TBC | 18:00 | 13:00 | YouTube |
| 05/04/2020 | Virtual Grand Prix | F1 | Vietnam | F1 2019 | Albert Park | Qualifying, 28-lap race | 20:00 | 15:00 | YouTube Facebook Twitch |
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Paul Steele
3rd April 2020, 18:12
Porsche Super Cup also tomorrow
Victor (@mrmuffins)
3rd April 2020, 19:17
I believe the IndyCar irace will also be on their youtube channel.
Jon Chalk
4th April 2020, 12:24
Can’t find anything on IndyCar or iRaving channel that says it is. Last week heavily promoted on YouTube. Able to set a reminder. This week nothing.
Having seen the success of last week, I think both Sky and NBC have realised they’re onto a good thing to make people pay.
Happy to be proved wrong though.
budchekov (@budchekov)
3rd April 2020, 19:35
Nice to see Indy’ll be on NBCSN, reminder set :)
Tango (@tango)
3rd April 2020, 23:36
Thanks Keith, very practical. Maybe a rough list 9f the participants could be cool ? (Headlines maybe ?)
ColdFly (@)
4th April 2020, 11:03
I noticed that Gio will be the 6th current F1 driver to join the ‘official’ game. @tango
Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
5th April 2020, 16:16
@tango I did last week but some of these races are announcing their entries very late. I’ll try to incorporate more in the article next time.
Tango (@tango)
6th April 2020, 14:22
No problem, it’s a bit of a mess but yesterday’s f1 sanctioned race was ok. Thanks for the excellent work (1nd the webcast link too)
DB-C90 (@dbradock)
4th April 2020, 3:56
I wonder if @keithcollantine might be able to do some technical features with some actual race drivers on how they set up their rigs, and how they get the most out of their racing.
I’m sure a lot of people would be interested and quit a few are probably consider investing in a decent racing rig so they can get a fix of race cars and race car driving.
Jim (@sterling)
4th April 2020, 12:37
I’m not aware of Alonso taking part in any of this, which seems ridiculous considering his quest to become the best on anything with 4 wheels. Any excuses these elitist drivers make regarding not taking part is total bs.
DavidH
4th April 2020, 15:10
A shame the IndyCar race is on pay tv. God dammit. All this stuff should be on YouTube.
joolsy (@joolsy)
5th April 2020, 10:27
Hey guys for future reference the Indycar tracing i found it on the SkySports you tube page. Everyone watched it on Indycar page last week and last night couldn’t find it until stumbled upon the sky sports page. Hope this helps to stave off the cold turkey!
joolsy (@joolsy)
5th April 2020, 17:59
*iracing not tracing :)