Failure to comply with the rules in force during virtual races can have unfortunate consequences. Suspended by Audi, Formula E driver Daniel Abt learned this the hard way.
The German was punished for letting a professional esports driver compete in his place for the 5th round of the “Race at Home Challenge” last Saturday on the circuit of Berlin’s Tempelhof airport!
His “replacement”, the Austrian Lorenz Hörzing, took 3rd place in an event won by Oliver Rowland.
It was his rivals who first raised their suspicions, wondering how Daniel Abt had suddenly become so successful in the particular context of online racing. The driver of car # 66 was never seen during the livestream of the race.
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Fine of 10’000 euros
Daniel Abt (27), who admitted the facts and expressed his regrets, has been disqualified and will even lose all the points won since the start of this virtual championship. Formula E also fined him 10,000 euros, which he will have to pay to a charity. For his part, Lorenz Hörzing is simply deprived of “Race at Home Challenge”.
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