2020 24 Hours of Le Mans VirtualPreviousnoneNext2022 The 2020 24 Hours of Le Mans Virtual was an esports 24-hour automobile endurance race for Le Mans Prototype (LMP) and Le Mans Grand Touring Endurance (LMGTE) vehicles held on a simulated version of the Circuit de la Sarthe from 13 to 14 June 2020. The Automobile Club de l'Ouest, the FIA World Endurance Championship and Motorsport Games organised the race as a placeholder for the 2020 24 Hours of Le Mans that was postponed from June to September as a result of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in France. It was hosted on the rFactor 2 gaming platform and operated from Paris' Studio Gabriel. The race featured 50 teams of four drivers each sharing one car. The entry list was divided into two categories of vehicles: LMP and GTE. There were 30 teams in the LMP class and 20 in the GTE category. An Oreca 07 car shared by Tom Dillmann, Esteban Guerrieri, Jernej Simončič, Jesper Pedersen for the ByKolles – Burst Esports team qualified on pole position after Simončič set the quickest qualifying lap. The team led the first six laps until it served a drive-through penalty in the pit lane because of a jump start by Dillmann. E-Team WRT's Fabrice Cornelis, Arne Schoonvliet, Kelvin van der Linde and Dries Vanthoor held the lead before van der Linde lost his internet connection. The Veloce Esports 2, 2 Seas Motorsport, Team Redline and Rebellion Williams Esports entries shared the lead until hour ten. Rebellion Williams Esports' No. 1 and 13 cars exchanged first position through pit stop rotation until ByKolles returned to battle for the win. Rebellion's No. 1 car of Jakub Brzezinski, Louis Delétraz, Raffaele Marciello and Nikodem Wisniewski conserved enough fuel to win by 17.781 seconds over ByKolles in second. Rebellion's No. 13 crew of Jack Aitken, Agustín Canapino, Marc Gassner and Michael Romanidis were third. The Porsche Esports Team of Ayhancan Güven, Tommy Østgaard. Joshua Rogers and Nick Tandy qualified on pole position in the GTE category after Rogers set qualifying's fastest class lap. Loek Hartrog took the category lead for the Dempsey-Proton Racing team by passing Tandy at the start and maintained it until the R8G Esports crew of Mathias Beche, Erhan Jajovski. Daniel Juncadella and Risto Kappet moved into the position. R8G exchanged the class lead between Porsche before the latter crew took first position and maintained it for 261 consecutive laps to win in GTE. Aston Martin Racing's Manuel Biancolilla, Lasse Sørensen, Nicki Thiim and Richard Westbrook finished one lap behind in second and R8G was third following two accidents involving the crew during the event. The race was broadcast worldwide online and on television. It was watched by a worldwide audience of 14.2 million television viewers and 8.6 million online views. (en)
Wegen der Corona-Virus-Pandemie musste die 88. Ausgabe des 24-Stunden-Rennens von Le Mans auf den 19. und 20. September 2020 verschoben werden. Als Ersatz für das reale Rennen organisierte der ACO in Zusammenarbeit mit Motorsport Network am ursprünglichen Termin (13./14. Juni 2020) das virtuelle 24-Stunden-Rennen von Le Mans. Gefahren wurde auf der Plattform rFactor 2. Es traten Fahrzeuge der LMP2- und der LMGT-Pro-Klasse an. Ein Fahrzeug wurde jeweils von vier Rennfahrern pilotiert, die sich innerhalb von 24 Stunden dabei abwechselten. Mindestens zwei der vier Fahrer eines Teams mussten professionelle Rennfahrer sein, die übrigen durften professionelle Sim-Racer sein. Unter den 200 Rennfahrern, die für 50 Teams in den zwei Kategorien antraten, befanden sich viele berühmte Fahrer aus der Formel 1 und anderen Rennserien, u. a. Fernando Alonso, Jenson Button, Felipe Massa, Rubens Barrichello, Juan Pablo Montoya, André Lotterer und Charles Leclerc. Das Rennen startete am 13. Juni 2020 um 15:00 Uhr und endete zur selben Uhrzeit am darauf folgenden Tag. (de)
2020 24 Hours of Le Mans VirtualPreviousnoneNext2022 The 2020 24 Hours of Le Mans Virtual was an esports 24-hour automobile endurance race for Le Mans Prototype (LMP) and Le Mans Grand Touring Endurance (LMGTE) vehicles held on a simulated version of the Circuit de la Sarthe from 13 to 14 June 2020. The Automobile Club de l'Ouest, the FIA World Endurance Championship and Motorsport Games organised the race as a placeholder for the 2020 24 Hours of Le Mans that was postponed from June to September as a result of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in France. It was hosted on the rFactor 2 gaming platform and operated from Paris' Studio Gabriel. The race featured 50 teams of four drivers each sharing one car. The entry list was divided into two categories of vehicles: LMP and GTE. There were (en)
Wegen der Corona-Virus-Pandemie musste die 88. Ausgabe des 24-Stunden-Rennens von Le Mans auf den 19. und 20. September 2020 verschoben werden. Als Ersatz für das reale Rennen organisierte der ACO in Zusammenarbeit mit Motorsport Network am ursprünglichen Termin (13./14. Juni 2020) das virtuelle 24-Stunden-Rennen von Le Mans. Gefahren wurde auf der Plattform rFactor 2. (de)