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:
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:
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:
Pro drivers:
Nicholas Latifi (Formula 1)
Robert Shwartzman (Formula 2)
Dino Beganovic (Formula 4)
More info: Formula 1 website
Coming Soon
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.