2018 Formula One Esports Series

The 2018 Formula One Esports Series was the second season of the Formula One Esports Series.[1] It started on October 10, 2018 and ended on November 17, 2018. It was held on Formula One's official 2018 game. The championship was held at Gfinity Arena in London, United Kingdom.[2] Brendon Leigh defended his Drivers' Championship title, while his team Mercedes-AMG Petronas Esports clinched its first championship title.[3]

2018 Formula One Esports Series
Tournament information
SportFormula One Esports Series
LocationQualification: Worldwide
Pro Draft: Gfinity Arena
Pro Series: Gfinity Arena
Dates10 October–17 November 2018
AdministratorCodemasters
Formula One Management
FIA
Tournament
format(s)
Qualification: Online
Pro Draft: Driver's selection
Pro Series: Ten race championship
VenueQualification: Worldwide
Pro Draft: Gfinity Arena
Pro Series: Gfinity Arena
Final positions
ChampionsUnited Kingdom Brendon Leigh
Germany Mercedes-AMG Petronas Esports Team
← 2017
2019 →

Format

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  • Qualification - The season opens with online qualification, a global call for participation. Qualification is open to anyone with a copy of the official Formula 1 video game developed by Codemasters. The fastest gamers get through.
  • Pro Draft - Qualifying gamers enter the Pro Draft where the official Formula 1 teams select their drivers to represent them in the F1 Esports Pro Series championships.
  • Pro Series - The drivers race in 25-50% races over a series of events that are broadcast live. They earn points for themselves and their F1 teams. These races will determine the F1 New Balance Esports Series Teams’ and Drivers’ World Champions, with a portion of the prize fund distributed to the teams based on their standings.[1]

Teams and drivers

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Team Race drivers
No. Driver name Rounds
  Alfa Romeo Racing Sauber F1 eSports Team 22
46
23
  Salih Saltunç
  Sonuc Saltunç
  Allert van der Wal
All
1, 4–8
2–3, 9–10
  Haas F1 Esports Team 98
69
63
  Martin Stefanko
  Michal Smidl
  Tom Parker
All
1–3, 7–10
4–6
  Hype Energy eForce India F1 Esports Team 24
88
95
  Marcel Kiefer
  Fabrizio Donoso Delgado
  Mads Sørensen
All
1–3, 5–7, 9–10
4, 8
  McLaren Shadow 20
12
32
  Bono Huis
  Enzo Bonito
  Olli Pahkala
1–6, 9–10
2–10
1, 7–8
  Mercedes-AMG Petronas Esports Team 72
12
29
  Brendon Leigh
  Daniel Bereznay
  Harry Jacks
All
All
Not Competed
  Red Bull Racing Esports 51
34
N.A.
  Joni Törmälä
  Graham Carroll
N.A.
All
All
N.A.
  Renault Sport Team Vitality 4
99
21
  James Doherty
  Sven Zurner
  Kimmy Larsson
1–6
1–3, 7–10
4–10
  Toro Rosso Esports Team 19
13
74
  Frederik Rasmussen
  Patrick Holzmann
  Cem Bölükbaşı
1–6, 9–10
1–4, 7–10
5–8
  Williams Esports 93
42
96
  Álvaro Carretón
  Tino Naukkarinen
  Alex Hanses
All
All
Not Competed
Source:[2]

Calendar

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Round Event Circuit Distance Date
1 Event One   Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne 18 Laps 10 October
2   Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai 14 Laps
3   Baku City Circuit, Baku 13 Laps
4 Event Two   Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet 13 Laps 31 October
5   Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone 13 Laps
6   Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot 11 Laps
7 Grand Finale   Hockenheimring, Hockenheim 17 Laps 17 November
8   Marina Bay Street Circuit, Singapore 15 Laps
9   Circuit of the Americas, Austin, Texas 14 Laps
10   Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi 28 Laps

Results

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Season summary

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Round Circuit Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team
1   Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne   Brendon Leigh   Patrick Holzmann   Brendon Leigh   Mercedes-AMG Petronas Esports Team
2   Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai   Daniel Bereznay   Brendon Leigh   Brendon Leigh   Mercedes-AMG Petronas Esports Team
3   Baku City Circuit, Baku   [Daniel Berezna   Frederik Rasmussen   Frederik Rasmussen   Toro Rosso Esports Team
4   Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet   Brendon Leigh   Enzo Bonito   Brendon Leigh   Mercedes-AMG Petronas Esports Team
5   Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone   Brendon Leigh   Brendon Leigh   Brendon Leigh   Mercedes-AMG Petronas Esports Team
6   Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot   Daniel Bereznay   Martin Stefanko   Daniel Bereznay   Mercedes-AMG Petronas Esports Team
7   Hockenheimring, Hockenheim   Salih Saltunç N.A.   Salih Saltunç   Alfa Romeo Racing Sauber F1 eSports Team
8   Marina Bay Street Circuit, Singapore   Enzo Bonito N.A.   Brendon Leigh   Mercedes-AMG Petronas Esports Team
9   Circuit of the Americas, Austin, Texas   Brendon Leigh N.A.   Brendon Leigh   Mercedes-AMG Petronas Esports Team
10   Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi   Frederik Rasmussen N.A.   Daniel Bereznay   Mercedes-AMG Petronas Esports Team

Championship standings

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Scoring system

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Same as 2018 Formula One World Championship, points are awarded to the top ten classified drivers in every race, using the following system:

Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th
Points 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1

In the event of a tie at the conclusion of the championship, a count-back system is used as a tie-breaker, with a driver's/constructor's best result used to decide the standings.

Drivers' Championship standings

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Pos. Driver AUS
 
CHN
 
AZE
 
FRA
 
GBR
 
BEL
 
GER
 
SIN
 
USA
 
ABU
 
Points
1   Brendon Leigh 1P 1F 2 1P 1PF 5 2 1 1P 5 216
2   Daniel Bereznay 6 2P 3P 4 12 1P 6 4 2 1 166
3   Frederik Rasmussen 9 4 1F 3 2 3 5 3P 127
4   Salih Saltunç 8 6 13 6 7 4 1P 13 4 8 83
5   Marcel Kiefer 13 3 14 5 3 15 9 3 7 10 65
6   Bono Huis 10 7 4 8 10 14 9 2 62
7   Joni Törmälä 3 12 10 9 9 2 3 14 10 14 54
8   Patrick Holzmann 17F 9 5 2 7 12 3 18 51
9   Álvaro Carretón 7 13 16 7 13 12 5 2 18 17 40
10   Enzo Bonito 16 6 10F 18 18 12 18P 8 4 37
11   Fabrizio Donoso Delgado 11 5 9 14 7 4 14 9 34
12   Cem Bölükbaşı 4 6 8 6 32
13   Tino Naukkarinen 2 15 11 13 6 9 10 15 11 16 29
14   Graham Carroll 4 8 12 11 8 10 17 7 13 11 27
15   Martin Stefanko 12 10 18 16 11 11F 15 5 16 7 23
16   Allert van der Wal 18 7 15 6 22
17   James Doherty 5 14 8 15 17 13 14
18   Sonuc Saltunç 15 17 5 8 18 17 14
19   Sven Zurner 18 11 15 16 11 6 15 8
20   Michal Smidl 14 17 17 13 8 17 12 4
21   Olli Pahkala 16 11 9 2
22   Kimmy Larsson 14 15 16 14 10 12 13 1
23   Mads Sørensen 12 16 0
24   Tom Parker 18 16 17 0
Pos. Driver AUS
 
CHN
 
AZE
 
FRA
 
GBR
 
BEL
 
GER
 
SIN
 
USA
 
ABU
 
Points
Sources:[4]
Key
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Other points position
Blue Other classified position
Not classified, finished (NC)
Purple Not classified, retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not enter
Annotation Meaning
P Pole position
F Fastest lap


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Teams' Championship standings

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Pos. Team AUS
 
CHN
 
AZE
 
FRA
 
GBR
 
BEL
 
GER
 
SIN
 
USA
 
ABU
 
Points
1   Mercedes-AMG Petronas Esports Team 1P 1F 2 1P 1PF 1P 2 1 1P 1 382
6 2P 3P 4 12 5 6 4 2 5
2   Toro Rosso Esports Team 9 4 1F 2 2 3 7 6 3 3P 210
17F 9 5 3 4 6 8 12 5 18
3   Alfa Romeo Racing Sauber F1 eSports Team 8 6 7 6 5 4 1P 13 4 6 119
15 18 13 17 7 8 18 17 15 8
4   McLaren Shadow 10 7 4 8 10 14 11 9 8 2 101
13 13 6 10F 18 18 12 18P 9 4
5   Hype Energy eForce India F1 Esports Team 11 3 9 5 3 7 4 3 7 9 99
13 5 14 12 14 15 9 16 14 10
6   Red Bull Racing Esports 3 8 10 9 8 2 3 7 10 11 81
4 12 11 11 9 10 17 14 13 14
7   Williams Esports 2 13 11 7 6 9 5 2 11 16 69
7 15 16 13 13 12 10 15 18 17
8   Haas F1 Esports Team 12 10 17 16 11 11F 13 5 16 7 27
14 17 18 18 16 17 15 8 17 12
9   Renault Sport Team Vitality 5 11 8 14 15 13 14 10 6 13 23
18 14 15 15 17 16 16 11 12 15
Pos. Team AUS
 
CHN
 
AZE
 
FRA
 
GBR
 
BEL
 
GER
 
SIN
 
USA
 
ABU
 
Points
Sources:[4]
Key
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Other points position
Blue Other classified position
Not classified, finished (NC)
Purple Not classified, retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not enter
Annotation Meaning
P Pole position
F Fastest lap


Notes:

  • ‡ – Double points were awarded in the last race at the Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi.
  • The standings are sorted by best result, rows are not related to the drivers. In case of tie on points, the best positions achieved determined the outcome.

References

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  1. ^ a b "F1 Esports Series about to start its second season". formula1.com. 4 April 2018. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Full throttle for the start of the F1 Esports Pro Series 2018". formula1.com. 20 September 2018. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  3. ^ "Brendon Leigh And Mercedes Clinch 2018 Pro Series Titles". f1esports.com. 17 November 2018. Archived from the original on November 22, 2018. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  4. ^ a b "F1 Esports Pro Series 2018 standings". f1esport.com. 18 November 2018. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
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