ESkootr Championship

eSkootr Championship (eSC) is an electric scooter racing series launching its debut season in 2022. Races will take 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 and Alexander Wurz are also attached to the project, Di Grassi as a sustainability ambassador and Wurz as a safety ambassador.[4]

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

Confirmed teams so far are the Carlin Motorsport, Helbiz, Nico Roche Racing Team, Murphy Prototypes, Sick! Series by BMX rider Fabio Wibmer and 258 Racing by Anthony Joshua.[5][6]

S1-X eSkootr

Developed especially for the series with help from Italian motorsports engineering and lightweight composites company Ycom,[7] 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.[8] They will include twin 6 kW motors and a battery developed by Williams Advanced Engineering with a capacity of 1.33kWh.[9]

Calendar

For eSC's inaugural season, six Rounds were announced, with the first set to take place in London in May 2022. The Championship will then remain in Europe before finishing in the United States in October.[10]

It was announced the London race would be staged at multi-purpose venue Printworks London in the east of the city.[11]

Round Country City Date
1 United Kingdom London 13 & 14 May, 2022
2 Switzerland Sion 27 & 28 May, 2022
3 France TBA 17 & 18 June, 2022
4 Italy TBA 15 & 16 July, 2022
5 Spain TBA 16 & 17 September, 2022
6 United States TBA TBA October, 2022

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 and snowboarding. They will be a part of the eSC Draft.[12] Similar to the NFL style draft in America, these riders will be selected in rotation by the teams.

eSC Riders by name
Driver Name Nationality
Aaron Guardado  United States
Alexis Letellier  France
Ami Houde  Canada
Anish Shetty  India
Antonie Magalhaes  France
Antonin Bernard  France
Aymard Vernay  France
Billy Morgan  United Kingdom
Chelsea Gowland  United Kingdom
Dakota Schuetz  United States
Daniel Brooks  United Kingdom
Danny Skinner  United Kingdom
Elise Christie  United Kingdom
Jamiel Guerchadi   Switzerland
Javi Espinosa  Spain
Jordan Rand  United States
Kilian Larher  France
Lena Keemer  Austria
Marc Luna  Spain
Maria Bellot Bernabe  Spain
Maria Paula Mapis  Colombia
Matis Neyroud   Switzerland
Nancy van de Ven  Netherlands
Nicci Daly  Ireland
Roberta Ponziani  Italy
Roomet Saalik  Estonia
Sara Cabrini  Italy
Sara Sanchez Tamayo  Spain
Tre Whyte  United Kingdom
Wilfred Njunga  United Kingdom

References
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  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. "Carlin commits to new ex-F1 driver-supported electric scooter series". Autosport. 2021-01-21. Retrieved 2022-01-08.
  6. "Helbiz S1-X: ad Eicma 2021 il monopattino di eSkootr Championship". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). 2021-11-25. Retrieved 2022-01-08.
  7. "How high-speed electric vehicle racing is advancing tech". BBC News. 2021-11-12. Retrieved 2021-11-23.
  8. "Monopattini elettrici da 100 km/h nel mondiale eSkootr Championship". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). 2021-02-22. Retrieved 2022-01-08.
  9. "ESKOOTR CHAMPIONSHIP™ ANNOUNCES PIONEERING TECHNICAL PARTNERSHIP SUPPLY DEAL WITH WILLIAMS ADVANCED ENGINEERING". Advanced Engineering | Williams Advanced Engineering. 2020-08-12. Retrieved 2021-11-23.
  10. "Calendar | eSkootr Championship™". official.esc.live. Retrieved 2022-02-21.
  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. "Electric Skootr championship likely to begin in 2022: MotoGP meets e-scooters". Hindustan Times. 2021-12-30. Retrieved 2022-01-08.
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