eSkootr Championship
CountryInternational
Inaugural season2022
Riders30[1]
Teams10
Tyre suppliersPMT
Official websitewww.esc.live

eSkootr Championship (eSC) is an electric scooter racing series which launched its debut season in 2022. Races are taking place in several city centre locations across the world.[2][3] The series was conceived by motorsport entrepreneur Hrag Sarkissian and former racing driver Khalil Beshir. Lucas Di Grassi serves as sustainability ambassador, while Alexander Wurz has the role of safety ambassador.[4] Swiss rider Matis Neyroud won the first race.

S1-X eSkootr

Developed especially for the series with help from Italian motorsports engineering and lightweight composites company Ycom,[5] the S1-X eSkootr, which all riders will race with, will be able to reach speeds of more than 100 km/h with a lean of greater than 50 degrees.[6] They will include twin 6 kW motors and a battery developed by Williams Advanced Engineering with a capacity of 1.33kWh.[7]

Calendar

For eSC's inaugural season, six rounds were originally announced, with the first in London in May 2022. The championship was scheduled to remain in Europe before finishing in the United States in October.[8]

Before the third planned race in Italy, the remaining races were postponed[9] before it was announced that the season would conclude with a double-header event at Circuit Paul Ricard near Marseille,[10] moving the competition to a purpose-built racing circuit for the first time.

The London race was staged at multi-purpose venue Printworks London in the east of the city.[11]

The inaugural riders' championship was won by Aymard Vernay[12] while Nico Roche Racing won the teams' championship.

Round Country City Date 1st 2nd 3rd
1 United Kingdom United Kingdom London 13–14 May 2022 Matis Neyround Daniel Brooks Anish Shetty
2 Switzerland Switzerland Sion 27–28 May 2022 Sara Cabrini Aymard Vernay Marc Luna
3 France France Marseille 9 November 2022 Marc Luna Roberta Ponziani Kilian Larher
4 10 November 2022 Sara Cabrini Roberta Ponziani Aymard Vernay

The following rounds were planned, but subsequently cancelled:

Country Date
Italy Italy 15–16 July 2022
Spain Spain 16–17 September 2022
United States United States 14–15 October 2022

Teams and riders

Riders for the series are professional athletes from a range of sporting backgrounds, including existing racing disciplines within motorsports and BMX as well as freestyle scooters plus ones as varied as figure skating (Jordan Rand) and snowboarding (Billy Morgan). They will be a part of the eSC Draft.[13] Similar to the NFL style draft in America, these riders will be selected in rotation by the teams.

The confirmed teams so far are the Carlin,[14] Helbiz,[15] Nico Roche Racing Team,[16] Murphy Prototypes,[17] SICK! Series Racing (owned by Fabio Wibmer),[18] 27X by Nico Hulkenberg[19] and 258 Racing (owned by Anthony Joshua).[20]

Team No. Rider Rounds
Germany 27X by Nico Hulkenberg[21] 14 Maria Bellot Bernabe 1
41 Antonin Bernard 1
360 Billy Morgan 1
United Kingdom 258 Racing[20] 78 Tre Whyte 1
96 Roberta Ponziani 1
99 Wilfred Njuguna 1
United Kingdom Carlin[14] 22 Nicci Daly 1
44 Anish Shetty 1
66 Danny Skinner 1
Italy Helbiz[15] 11 Sara Cabrini 1
23 Jordan Rand 1
33 Jamiel Guerchadi 1
Spain Los Rayos 46 Maria Paula Mapis 1
64 Sara Sanchez Tamayo 1
69 Aaron Guardado 1
Republic of Ireland Murphy Scooters[17] 7 Marc Luna 1
8 Roomet Saalik 1
444 Dakota Schuetz 1
Republic of Ireland Nico Roche Racing[16] 13 Elise Christie 1
20 Kilian Larher 1
21 Daniel Brooks 1
Switzerland PLYR:1 5 Antoine Magalhaes 1
12 Matis Neyround 1
47 Chelsea Gowland 1
Canada Racing Citizens 10 Aymard Vernay 1
35 Lena Kemmer 1
71 Ami Houde 1
Austria SICK! Series Racing[18] 9 Javi Espinosa 1
27 Alexis Letellier 1
85 Nancy van de Ven 1

References

  1. ↑ "This bizarre electric racing scooter goes as fast as a car". Wired. 2021-02-25. Retrieved 2022-01-08.
  2. ↑ "eSkootr Championship launches its new electric race scooter". Zag. 2021-08-25. Retrieved 2021-11-23.
  3. ↑ "AutoMatters & More: World's first-ever electric race scooter series". Del Mar Times. 2021-08-25. Retrieved 2022-01-08.
  4. ↑ "Über 16 PS stark, über 100 km/h schnell". Motorrad. 2021-02-25. Retrieved 2022-02-01.
  5. ↑ "How high-speed electric vehicle racing is advancing tech". BBC News. 2021-11-12. Retrieved 2021-11-23.
  6. ↑ "Monopattini elettrici da 100 km/h nel mondiale eSkootr Championship". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). 2021-02-22. Retrieved 2022-01-08.
  7. ↑ "ESKOOTR CHAMPIONSHIP™ ANNOUNCES PIONEERING TECHNICAL PARTNERSHIP SUPPLY DEAL WITH WILLIAMS ADVANCED ENGINEERING". Advanced Engineering | Williams Advanced Engineering. 2020-08-12. Retrieved 2021-11-23.
  8. ↑ "Calendar | eSkootr Championship™". official.esc.live. Retrieved 2022-02-21.
  9. ↑ "Changes to eSkootr Championship Season 1 Calendar". esc.live. 2022-07-04.
  10. ↑ "FRANCE SET TO HOST eSC SEASON FINALE WITH RIDERS' AND TEAMS' CHAMPIONSHIPS STILL UP FOR GRABS". esc.live. 2022-10-24.
  11. ↑ "New eSkootr Championship™ announces Printworks London as UK city race location plus 2022 Rider Line-Up | eSkootrChampionship". official.esc.live. Retrieved 2022-04-01.
  12. ↑ "Aymard Vernay crowned first-ever eSkootr champion while Sara Cabrini takes her second win of the year". esc.live. 2022-11-10.
  13. ↑ "Electric Skootr championship likely to begin in 2022: MotoGP meets e-scooters". Hindustan Times. 2021-12-30. Retrieved 2022-01-08.
  14. 1 2 "Carlin commits to new ex-F1 driver-supported electric scooter series". Autosport. 2021-01-21. Retrieved 2022-01-08.
  15. 1 2 "Helbiz S1-X: ad Eicma 2021 il monopattino di eSkootr Championship". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). 2021-11-25. Retrieved 2022-01-08.
  16. 1 2 "Nico Roche Racing team joins eSkootr Championship". Zig Daily. 2022-02-24. Retrieved 2022-05-04.
  17. 1 2 "Murphy Prototypes de retour en compétition dans un tout nouvel univers". Endurance-info (in French). 2022-04-05. Retrieved 2022-05-04.
  18. 1 2 "FABIO WIBMER AND SICK! SERIES BECOME THE LATEST ESKOOTR CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM". eSkootr Championship. 2022-04-21. Retrieved 2022-05-04.
  19. ↑ "Formel 1, Nico Hülkenberg gründet Team in eSkootr-Meisterschaft". de:Motorsport-Magazin (in German). 2022-05-04. Retrieved 2022-05-04.
  20. 1 2 "Anthony Joshua backs team in the inaugural eSkootr Championship". BBC. 2022-04-28. Retrieved 2022-05-04.
  21. ↑ "Nico Hulkenberg to enter a team in the new eSkootr Championship". ESkootr Championship. 2022-05-04. Retrieved 2022-05-04.
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