LONDON (Reuters) - Audi Formula E driver Daniel Abt was disqualified and ordered to pay 10,000 euros (8,956.5 pounds) to charity on Sunday for getting a professional gamer to compete under his name in an official esports race.
The German, who apologised for "having called in outside help", was also stripped of all points won to date in the all-electric series' Race at Home Challenge.
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