ESkootr Championship

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eSkootr Championship (eSC) is an electric scooter racing series which launched its first season in 2022. Races 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 served as sustainability ambassador, while Alexander Wurz had the role of safety ambassador.[4] Swiss rider Matis Neyroud won the first race. The series has been announced to return for a second season in 2024/25.[5]

CountryInternational
Inaugural season2022
Riders30[1]
Teams10
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eSkootr Championship
CountryInternational
Inaugural season2022
Riders30[1]
Teams10
Tyre suppliersPMT
Official websitewww.esc.live
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S1-X eSkootr

Developed especially for the series with help from Italian motorsports engineering and lightweight composites company Ycom,[6] the S1-X eSkootr, which all riders race with, is able to reach speeds of more than 100 km/h with a lean of greater than 50 degrees.[7] They include twin 6 kW motors and a battery developed by Williams Advanced Engineering with a capacity of 1.33kWh.[8] Total weight of 35 kilograms, hydraulic brakes, 6.5 inch wheels, carbon fibre chassis, fairings and bodywork are Bcomp flax fibre composite.[9]

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.[10]

Before the third planned race in Italy, the remaining races were postponed[11] before it was announced that the season would conclude with a double-header event at Circuit Paul Ricard near Marseille,[12] 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.[13]

The riders' championship was won by Aymard Vernay[14] while Nico Roche Racing won the teams' championship.

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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
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The following rounds were planned, but subsequently cancelled:

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

Riders for the series were 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 were a part of the eSC Draft.[15] Similar to the NFL style draft in America, these riders were selected in rotation by the teams.

The confirmed teams were Carlin,[16] Helbiz,[17] Nico Roche Racing Team,[18] Murphy Prototypes,[19] SICK! Series Racing (owned by Fabio Wibmer),[20] 27X by Nico Hulkenberg[21] and 258 Racing (owned by Anthony Joshua).[22]

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Team No. Rider Rounds
Germany 27X by Nico Hulkenberg[23] 14 Maria Bellot Bernabe 1
41 Antonin Bernard 1
360 Billy Morgan 1
United Kingdom 258 Racing[22] 78 Tre Whyte 1
96 Roberta Ponziani 1
99 Wilfred Njuguna 1
United Kingdom Carlin[16] 22 Nicci Daly 1
44 Anish Shetty 1
66 Danny Skinner 1
Italy Helbiz[17] 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[19] 7 Marc Luna 1
8 Roomet Saalik 1
444 Dakota Schuetz 1
Republic of Ireland Nico Roche Racing[18] 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[20] 9 Javi Espinosa 1
27 Alexis Letellier 1
85 Nancy van de Ven 1
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