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How to watch this weekend’s top esports races

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A packed weekend of motorsport action – of the virtual variety – is coming up.

Formula 1’s Virtual Grand Prix is back for its fourth round, at a venue chosen by fans, while IndyCar’s official series is holding its final event.

Formula E’s new simracing championship continues and, if you prefer your motorsport with a helping of virtual mud, so is the World Rallycross Championship’s series.

In IndyCar, Lando Norris is seeking to win for the second time in as many starts on Saturday. He is taking on an oval for the first time as the field races on iRacing’s simulation of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, and the 32-strong grid includes no fewer than eight previous Indy 500 winners.

Norris and team mate Carlos Sainz Jnr have not yet confirmed whether they will participate in Sunday’s F1 Virtual Grand Prix. However at least five other current F1 drivers will take part in the race on Interlagos, the track which was chosen by a poll of fans.

These are just two of the major esports races happening this weekend – here’s when and where you can watch them and the rest:

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Date Series Organiser Event Game Track Format Start time (UK) Start time (US Eastern) Watch
02/05/2020 Porsche Esports Supercup Porsche Zandvoort iRacing Zandvoort Race 14:00 09:00 Twitch
02/05/2020 Race at Home Challenge Formula E Round two rFactor 2 TBC Elimination race 15:30 10:30 YouTube Facebook Twitch Also on Formula E’s website and Twitter account, and TV channels
02/05/2020 All-Star Series Torque Esports All-Star Series rFactor 2 TBC Races 17:00 12:00 YouTube
02/05/2020 IndyCar iRacing Challenge IndyCar Dream Track iRacing TBC Qualifying, race 19:30 14:30 NBCSN (US), Sky Sports F1 (UK)
02/05/2020 Not The GP Veloce Esports Versus F1 2019 TBC Head-to-head 20:00 15:00 YouTube
03/05/2020 World RX Esports Invitational World Rallycross Championship Montalgre Dirt Rally 2.0 Montalgre Heats 14:00 09:00 YouTube Facebook
03/05/2020 Virtual F2 and F3 F2/F3 Bahrain F1 2019 Bahrain Race 16:00 11:00 YouTube Twitch
03/05/2020 Virtual Grand Prix Formula 1 Fan vote race F1 2019 Interlagos 28-lap race 18:00 13:00 YouTube Facebook Twitch Also on some television channels
03/05/2020 eNASCAR iRacing Pro Invitational Series NASCAR Dover iRacing Dover Race 18:00 13:00 Fox, FS1, Fox Sports app (US)
04/05/2020 Esports WTCR race WTCR China RaceRoom Ningbo Qualifying, race 18:30 13:30 YouTube Facebook
06/05/2020 All Star Eseries Australian Supercars Round five iRacing Spa and Nurburgring Races 10:00 05:00 Facebook Twitch Fox Sports 506, Kayo, 10 Play, Sky Sports NZ

Find more upcoming esports races here:

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    Keith Collantine
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    3 comments on “How to watch this weekend’s top esports races”

    1. You’re missing Porsche Esports Supercup on Saturday, with some dude called Max taking part

    2. This has been updated with the F2/F3, NASCAR and Porsche race details.

    3. The IndyCar race will also be on their YouTube channel, just like the last one.

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