28 April 2022

-* After two weeks of intense and exciting qualifier sessions which saw over 3,000 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.

 

London, 25th April 2022: 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 Fan 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:

1. 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:

 

Sprint race

1st – 10pts
2nd – 8pts
3rd – 6pts
4th – 5pts
5th – 4pts
6th – 3pts
7th – 2pts
8th – 1pt
Main race

1st – 25pts
2nd – 18pts
3rd – 15pts
4th – 12pts
5th – 10pts
6th – 8pts
7th – 6pts
8th – 4pts
9th – 2pts
10th – 1pt


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 A110 GT4 track day experience, a TRX simulator rig from Trak Racer and a BenQ Mobiuz EX3410R curved monitor. Drivers 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.

 

Follow the Alpine Esports Series on Twitter and Instagram.

 

ABOUT ALPINE

 

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 sports cars 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.

 

ABOUT ASSETTO CORSA COMPETIZIONE

 

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.assetocorsa.net

 

ABOUT BINANCE

 

Binance is the world’s leading blockchain ecosystem and cryptocurrency infrastructure provider with a financial product suite that includes the largest digital asset exchange by volume. Trusted by millions worldwide, the Binance platform is dedicated to increasing the freedom of money for users and features an unmatched portfolio of crypto products and offerings, including trading and finance, education, data and research, social good, investment and incubation, decentralization, and infrastructure solutions, and more. For more information, visit Binance.com

 

ABOUT BINANCE FAN TOKENS

 

Binance Fan Token is a type of utility token that powers the fan experience and connects teams and brands with their fans worldwide. Partnering teams can launch tokens to fans via Binance Fan Token Launchpads, while fans can show their support and unlock unique “fan moments” through exclusive rewards such as: once-in-a-lifetime experiences, limited edition NFTs, exclusive poll voting rights on certain club decisions reserved for fans and collectible fan badges. Binance Fan Tokens are also available for all Binance users via fiat and crypto purchases. For more details, available team tokens and new listings, visit the Binance Fan Token platform.

 

Full prize breakdown

 

Binance Prize Money ($90,000)

 

1st place (Champion of the Alpine Esports Series): $40,000 in ALPINE Fan Tokens
2nd place: $25,000 in ALPINE Fan Tokens
3rd place: $12,000 in ALPINE Fan Tokens
4th place: $5,000 in ALPINE Fan Tokens
5th place: $2,500 in ALPINE Fan Tokens
6th place: $1,000 in ALPINE Fan Tokens
7th place: $700 in ALPINE Fan Tokens
8th place: $500 in ALPINE Fan Tokens
9th place: $200 in ALPINE Fan Tokens
10th place: $100 in ALPINE Fan Tokens

Binance Fastest Lap Award in Championship: $1,500 in ALPINE Fan Tokens

Fastest in-game qualifier lap: $1,500 in ALPINE Fan Tokens

Other Binance Prize Money ($10,000)

 

$6,000 (= 1,000 x 6) ALPINE Fan Tokens for new Binance users who scan the QR code in Alpine Esports Series live streams
$4,000 ALPINE Fan Tokens prize pool for those who collect all 5 POAP NFTs (NFTs offered for fans during the live stream)

 

Other Prizes:

 

1st Place (Champion of the Alpine Esports Series):
Alpine A110 GT4 track day experience
Philips Hue lights bundle
Freem Alpine Esports shoes
Freem Alpine Esports gloves
Correction lenses offered by Shamir
2nd Place
Trak Racer TRX frame only
Philips Hue lights bundle
Freem Alpine Esports gloves

 

3rd Place
BenQ Monitor (EX3410R)
Philips Hue lights bundle
Freem Alpine Esports gloves
Top 5

 

Opportunity to join Shamir’s Esports R&D Team and be provided with cutting edge Esports glasses technology for testing purposes
Phillips Hue Light bundle contains:

 

1 Lightstrip
2 Lightstrip extensions
2 Hue Play
1 Philips Hue Bridge