It’s 2020, and because we can’t have fun anymore, , and many of us have gaps in our weekend plans. However, the world of esports does indeed exist, and , en masse, to do something to entertain us and pass the time. This weekend, there is no real-world race of course, but that won’t stop drivers representing three different real-world F1 teams and Mercedes’ Formula E team from going wheel-to-wheel virtually at Bahrain on a live broadcast.

, has suddenly become a central focus of e-racing, and the NotTheAusGP he raced in last weekend was one of the most popular streams on Twitch, , making him the most-watched stream on Twitch during the event. Across all streams, over 170,000 people watched live.

Formula One , which by my math is only slightly more than 170,000, but hey, it’s a start?

Tomorrow, at 6:00PM GMT (2:00PM EST), the NotTheBahGP takes place on Twitch, on the simulated Bahrain GP circuit. This time, in addition to the crew of regular F1 streamers, Lando, from Mercedes Formula E, and , from Mercedes and from Williams will be starting in their virtual cars.

I watched the inaugural NotTheAusGP last weekend, an it is a completely different flavor of competition from real F1 races, as there is much more minimal team strategy, putting the focus on individual drivers much more heavily. Additionally, running half the number of real-world laps and the less punishing tire wear modeling of the game (as well as turning car damage off) leads to much more aggressive driving on display.

Despite the lack of real cars, it was a fantastic watch, if for nothing else but to highlight the differences between what being a great race car driver in real F1 takes, and what it takes to be an excellent e-racer. (The overall event a full-time e-racing driver, .) Lando took the , appearing incredibly focused and not interacting as much with his Twitch chat, whereas racing sim streamer Jimmy Broadbent . Either way, the races are highly competitive, and the practiced streamers almost have a natural advantage as this tends to be their day job, and driving an F1 car with no G-forces is vastly different than driving, well, a real one.

Many of these drivers and streamers will have the events broadcast live from their POV tomorrow, or the host of the event, Veloce Esports, will be broadcasting the entire event in a traditional entire-grid way, on its . It’s not going to be quite the real thing, but in times like this, it will likely be the ideal distraction from, ugh, everything.