- After two weeks of intense and exciting qualifier sessions which saw over 3000 signups, the 30 fastest drivers have been selected and will battle it out across six races in the Alpine Esports Series Championship.
- Powered by the Binance Fan Token Platform, there will be $100,000 USD in Alpine Fan Tokens up for grabs across the competition as well as prizes from partners including Shamir, BenQ, Trak Racer, Phillips Hue, and Freem.
- The first round of the series will officially start on April 28th as the drivers go head-to-head in Barcelona.
- Alpine Esports is excited to present the 30 fastest drivers who will be competing in the Alpine Esports Series powered by Binance which will officially kick off on the 28th of April. In collaboration with sim racing partner Race Clutch, the Alpine Esports Series Qualifiers took place over two weeks and saw 3,054 drivers sign up to showcase their speed and agility in Assetto Corsa Competizione.
- UK sim racing driver George Boothby came out on top with a 1:41:230 lap time and took home the title of the fastest in-game qualifier lap and $1,500 ALPINE Tokens. The second and third drivers were hot on George’s tail with Italian driver Michele Nerbi setting a lap time of 1:41:265 and fellow Brit Luke Whitehead coming in at 1:41:415.
· The full list of qualified drivers:
- George Boothby (British)
2. Michele Nerbi (Italian)
3. Luke Whitehead (British)
4. Victor Nicolae
5. James Baldwin
6. Manuel Rodríguez
7. Gaël Valero
8. Andrea Miatto
9. Amos Laurito
10. Lucas Müller
11. Michał Nowakowski
12. Marko Pejic
13. Fabrizio Donoso
14. Dávid Kalocsai
15. Fabien Jeanblanc
16. Artur Czarnecki
17. Théo Rochelle
18. Mathias Kuhn
19. Leon Hoppe
20. Johan Bergera
21. Leonardo Pagano
22. Calandrino Fabio
23. Francesco Trancanelli
24. Carlo D’Elia
25. Michael Romagnoli
26. Davide Arduini
27. Rémy Cresp
28. Samuele Spoto
29. Dorsch William
30. Mariusz Tworzydło
The qualified drivers will now head to the Alpine Esports Series Championship, which will see six races divided into three rounds from April to June. Drivers will take part in a sprint race to determine track position before heading to the main race. The point system will be as follows:
Championship Points:
Sprint race:
- 1 st – 10pts
- 2nd – 8pts
- 3rd – 6pts
- 4th – 5pts
- 5th – 4pts
- 6th – 3pts
- 7th – 2pts
- 8th – 1pts
Main race:
- 1st – 25pts
- 2nd – 18pts
- 3rd – 15pts
- 4th – 12pts
- 5th – 10pts
- 6th – 8pts
- 7th – 6pts
- 8th – 4pts
- 9th – 2pts
- 10th – 1pts
Round 1 will take place on April 28th at the Circuit de Catalunya track, with Round 2 following on May 12th at the Paul Richard track and then concluding with Round 3 on June 23rd. Viewers of the Alpine Esports Series Championship will get the opportunity to vote on the Round 3 track during the Round 2 broadcast.
Throughout the competition, there will be a wide range of prizes on offer including Alpine Fan Tokens, an Alpine GT4 track day experience, a TRX simulator rig from Trak Racer and a BenQ Mobiuz EX3410R curved monitor. Players will be rewarded for both their final finishing position as well as the fastest lap.
The championship will be broadcasted on Alpine Twitch and Youtube channels as well as on Binance Live.
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Assetto Corsa Competizione is the official GT World Challenge videogame.
Thanks to the extraordinary quality of simulation, the game will allow you to experience the real atmosphere of the FIA GT3 homologated championship, competing against official drivers, teams, cars and circuits, reproduced in-game with the highest level of accuracy ever achieved.
Sprint, Endurance and Spa 24 Hours races will come to life with an incredible level of realism, in both single and multiplayer modes.
Assetto Corsa Competizione is born from KUNOS Simulazioni’s long-term experience, and it takes full advantage of Unreal Engine 4 to ensure photorealistic weather conditions and graphics, night races, motion capture animations, reaching a new standard in terms of driving realism and immersion, thanks to its further improved tyre and aerodynamic models.
Designed to innovate, Assetto Corsa Competizione will set to promote eSports, bringing players at the heart of the GT World Challenge and putting them behind the wheel of the most prestigious GT racing cars, all reproduced with outstanding level of detail.
Assetto Corsa Competizione is rated “E” for Everyone by ESRB and PEGI 3 for All Ages and is available on PC (Steam), PS4 and Xone.
For more information about Assetto Corsa Competizione, visit www.assettocorsa.net
Founded in 1955 by Jean Rédélé, the brand has set itself apart with its French-style sports cars. In 2018, the brand presents the new A110, a sports car faithful to Alpine’s timeless principles of compactness, lightness, agility and driving pleasure. In 2021, the Alpine Business Unit is created. It thus becomes the brand dedicated to innovative, authentic, exclusive sportscars of Renault Group, benefiting from the heritage and craftsmanship of its historic plant in Dieppe, as well as the engineering mastery from Alpine Racing and Alpine Cars teams.