On Tuesday (18th April), Alpine announced further details surrounding the third season of the Alpine Esports Series. 2023’s contest was announced a few months ago, but now we know who has qualified and where they will be racing.
35 drivers have qualified for the three-event competition that will be held during the end of April and May. There are three tracks, each of which will get an Endurance race followed by a Sprint race, and the broadcasts will begin on every other Thursday night starting at 8:30 PM CEST / 7:30 PM BST / 2:30 PM EDT.
The first year of competition saw Jaroslav Honzik, better known as Jardier, score the overall championship. Last season, it was James Baldwin taking the title. The competition runs on the Assetto Corsa Competizione platform utilizing the Alpine A110 GT4 through the season.
Other notable entries this season include 2021 Ferrari Esports Series champion Kamil Pawlowski, now driving with ITB. Also on the grid are a couple of other ESL R1 participants besides Baldwin, including Dennis Schöniger from Williams Esports and Marko Pejic, who is Baldwin’s teammate at Mercedes-AMG and also the most recent ESL R1 winner.
There’s also George Boothby, a popular Twitch streamer that goes by UKOG, in the field of 35 drivers. The tracks that will be contested will be Paul Ricard, Silverstone and the newest track on the service, Valencia Ricardo Tormo Circuit, which will be available in the upcoming DLC pack.
The top prize includes a test drive of the real-world Alpine GT4, something that both Baldwin and Jardier were able to do at Magny-Cours recently. There are also other prizes for those who wind up in the Top 10, including a TrakRacer Alpine Sim Rig for the runner up and other neat prizes following that.
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