2019 Formula One Esports Series

The 2019 Formula One Esports Series was the third season of the Formula One Esports Series.[1] It started on September 11, 2019 and ended on December 4, 2019. It was held on Formula One's official 2019 game. The championship was held at Gfinity Arena in London, United Kingdom.

2019 Formula One Esports Series
Tournament information
SportFormula One Esports Series
LocationQualification: Worldwide
Pro Draft: Gfinity Arena
Pro Series: Gfinity Arena
Dates11 September–4 December 2019
AdministratorCodemasters
Formula One Management
FIA
Tournament
format(s)
Qualification: Online
Pro Draft: Driver's selection
Pro Series: Twelve race championship
VenueQualification: Worldwide
Pro Draft: Gfinity Arena
Pro Series: Gfinity Arena
Final positions
ChampionsItaly David Tonizza
Austria Red Bull Racing Esports
← 2018
2020 →

In his first season, David Tonizza became the new Formula One Esports Series champion after a long battle with Frederik Rasmussen, becoming the first rookie to win the title. Rasmussen's team, Red Bull Racing Esports, won the Constructor's Championship title for the first time.[2] The season also featured the debut of future champions Jarno Opmeer and Lucas Blakeley, who drove for Renault Sport Team Vitality and Sport Pesa Racing Point F1 Esports Team respectively.

Format

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Following the 2018 Formula One Esports Series success, there is no significant changes to the tournament's format.

  • 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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The grid was increased from 9 to 10 teams this season, with Ferrari Driver Academy entering F1 Esports for the first time.

Team Race drivers
No. Driver name Rounds
  Alfa Romeo Racing F1 Esports 12
22
21
  Daniel Bereznay
  Salih Saltunc
  Kimmy Larsson
All
All
Not Competed
  Ferrari Driver Academy 46
69
N.A.
  David Tonizza
  Amos Laurito
  Gianfranco Giglioli
All
1–5, 7–8, 10–11
6, 9, 12
  Haas F1 Team Esports 38
N.A.
98
  Floris Wijers
  Jan Fehler
  Martin Stefanko
All
1–5, 7–12
6
  McLaren Shadow 20
12
23
  Bono Huis
  Enzo Bonito
  Allert van der Wal
All
All
Not Competed
  Mercedes-AMG Petronas Esports 72
95
N.A.
  Brendon Leigh
  Patryk Krutyj
  Daniel Shields
All
1–8, 10–11
9, 12
  Red Bull Racing Esports 19
51
40
  Frederik Rasmussen
  Joni Törmälä
  Nicolas Longuet
All
1–8, 10–12
9
  Renault Sport Team Vitality 2
34
30
  Jarno Opmeer
  Cedric Thomé
  Simon Weigang
All
1–5, 7–9
6, 10–12
  Sport Pesa Racing Point F1 Esports Team 24
92
88
  Marcel Kiefer
  Daniel Haddad
  Lucas Blakeley
1–8
All
9–12
  Scuderia Toro Rosso Esports 19
13
N.A.
  Patrick Holzmann
  Cem Bölükbaşı
  Manuel Biancolilla
All
1–6, 9–11
7–8, 12
  Williams Esports 93
42
N.A.
  Álvaro Carretón
  Tino Naukkarinen
  Isaac Price
1–8, 10–12
3–11
1–2, 9, 12
Source:[3][4]

Calendar

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Round Event Circuit Distance Date Broadcast
1 Event One   Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir 14 Laps 11 September LIVE: F1 Esports Pro Series 2019 Event 1! on YouTube
2   Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai 14 Laps
3   Baku City Circuit, Baku 13 Laps
4 Event Two   Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montréal 18 Laps 2 October LIVE: F1 Esports Pro Series 2019 Event 2! on YouTube
5   Red Bull Ring, Spielberg 18 Laps
6   Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone 13 Laps
7 Event Three   Hockenheimring, Hockenheim 17 Laps 6 November LIVE: F1 Esports Pro Series 2019 Event 3! on YouTube
8   Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot 11 Laps
9   Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza 13 Laps
10 Grand Finale   Suzuka International Racing Course, Suzuka 13 Laps 4 December LIVE: F1 New Balance Esports Pro Series Grand Final 2019 on YouTube
11   Circuit of the Americas, Austin, Texas 14 Laps
12   Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo 18 Laps
Source:[5]

Results

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Season summary

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Round Circuit Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team
1   Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir   Frederik Ramsussen   Jan Fehler   David Tonizza   Ferrari Driver Academy
2   Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai   Daniel Bereznay   Patrik Holzmann   David Tonizza   Ferrari Driver Academy
3   Baku City Circuit, Baku   Frederik Rasmussen   Patrik Holzmann   Frederik Rasmussen   Red Bull Racing Esports Team
4   Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montréal   Tino Naukkarinen   Frederik Rasmussen   Cedric Thomé   Renault Sport Team Vitality
5   Red Bull Ring, Spielberg   David Tonizza   Joni Törmälä   David Tonizza   Ferrari Driver Academy
6   Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone   David Tonizza   Tino Naukkarinen   Marcel Kiefer   Sport Pesa Racing Point Esports
7   Hockenheimring, Hockenheim   Jarno Opmeer   Tino Naukkarinen   Jarno Opmeer   Renault Sport Team Vitality
8   Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot   Daniel Bereznay   Patrik Holzmann   Daniel Bereznay   Alfa Romeo F1 Esports
9   Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza   Daniel Bereznay   Frederik Ramsussen   Daniel Bereznay   Alfa Romeo F1 Esports
10   Suzuka International Racing Course, Suzuka   Álvaro Carretón   Amos Laurito   Frederik Rasmussen   Red Bull Racing Esports Team
11   Circuit of the Americas, Austin, Texas   Frederik Rasmussen   Patrik Holzmann   Frederik Rasmussen   Red Bull Racing Esports Team
12   Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo   David Tonizza   Isaac Price   Daniel Bereznay   Alfa Romeo Esports Team

Championship Standings

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Scoring system

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Points were awarded to the top 10 classified finishers in the race and one point was given to the driver who set the fastest lap inside the top ten. No extra points are awarded to the pole-sitter.

Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th FL
Points 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1 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 BHR
 
CHN
 
AZE
 
CAN
 
AUT
 
GBR
 
GER
 
BEL
 
ITA
 
JPN
 
USA
 
BRA
 
Points
1   David Tonizza 1 1 3 8 1P 5P 3 4 3 4 6 2P 184
2   Frederik Rasmussen 12P 2 1P 4F 2 2 5 2 19F 1 1P 10 171
3   Daniel Bereznay 19 RetP 7 13 5 3 4 1P 1P 18 5 1 128
4   Jarno Opmeer 2 5 14 3 3 10 1P 3 8 6 4 12 123
5   Brendon Leigh 5 11 4 2 14 6 17 11 6 7 3 11 77
6   Marcel Kiefer 4 3 8 14 11 1 8 14 60
7   Bono Huis 10 6 5 7 7 14 6 5 7 12 8 19 59
8   Álvaro Carretón 18 15 6 10 17 4 12 7 5P 7 3 58
9   Joni Törmälä 13 10 16 5 20F 7 2 6 8 9 5 57
10   Salih Saltunç 3 4 9 11 10 16 9 9 11 13 9 4 48
11   Tino Naukkarinen 2 6P 8 20F 20F 8 4 16 10 47
12   Enzo Bonito 6 12 17 16 6 13 18 15 5 9 2 17 46
13   Cedric Thomé 11 18 10 1 4 13 12 14 38
14   Patrik Holzmann 8 19F 19F 18 12 11 7 20F 10 3 19F 8 30
15   Lucas Blakeley 13 2 15 9 20
16   Daniele Haddad 7 9 12 12 15 18 14 10 9 15 13 6 19
17   Nicolas Longuet 2 18
18   Simon Weigang 8 10 14 7 11
19   Floris Wijers 9 7 18 17 19 15 15 13 12 19 16 16 8
20   Patryk Krutyj 15 8 11 20 9 19 11 18 14 12 6
21   Cem Bölükbaşı 14 13 15 9 18 9 20 11 20 4
22   Manuel Biancolilla 10 16 18 1
23   Martin Stefanko 12 0
24   Jan Fehler 20F 17 Ret 15 13 16 19 18 17 18 14 0
25   Amos Laurito 16 16 13 19 16 19 17 20F 17 0
26   Daniel Shields 17 13 0
27   Isaac Price 17 14 15 20F 0
28   Gianfanco Giglioli 17 16 15 0
Pos. Driver BHR
 
CHN
 
AZE
 
CAN
 
AUT
 
GBR
 
GER
 
BEL
 
ITA
 
JPN
 
USA
 
BRA
 
Points
Sources:[6]
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


Teams' Championship standings

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Pos. Team BHR
 
CHN
 
AZE
 
CAN
 
AUT
 
GBR
 
GER
 
BEL
 
ITA
 
JPN
 
USA
 
BRA
 
Points
1   Red Bull Racing Esports 12P 2 1P 4F 2 2 2 2 2 1 1P 5 246
13 10 16 5 20F 7 5 6 19F 8 11 10
2   Ferrari Driver Academy 1 1 3 8 1P 5P 3 4 3 4 6 2 184
16 16 13 19 16 17 19 17 16 20F 17 15
3   Alfa Romeo Racing F1 Esports 3 4 7 11 5 3 4 1P 1P 13 5 1 176
19 RetP 9 13 10 16 9 9 11 18 9 4
4   Renault Sport Team Vitality 2 5 10 1 3 8 1P 3 8 6 4 7 172
11 18 14 3 4 10 13 12 14 10 14 12
5   Williams Esports 17 14 2 6P 8 4 12 7 4 5P 7 3 105
18 15 6 10 17 20F 20F 8 15 16 10 20F
6   McLaren Shadow 8 19 9 7 5 14 2 13 9 6 5 5 105
13 20 13 18 9 13 20 19 19 19 8 8
7   Sport Pesa Racing Point F1 Esports Team 4 3 8 12 11 1 8 10 9 2 13 6 99
7 9 12 14 15 18 14 14 13 15 15 9
8   Mercedes-AMG Petronas Esports 5 8 4 2 9 6 11 11 6 7 3 11 83
15 11 11 20 14 19 17 18 17 14 12 13
9   Scuderia Toro Rosso Esports 8 13 15 9 12 9 7 16 10 3 19F 8 35
14 19F 19F 18 18 11 10 20F 20 11 20 18
10   Haas F1 Team Esports 9 7 18 15 13 12 15 13 12 17 16 14 8
20F 17 Ret 17 19 15 16 18 18 19 18 16
Pos. Team BHR
 
CHN
 
AZE
 
CAN
 
AUT
 
GBR
 
GER
 
BEL
 
ITA
 
JPN
 
USA
 
BRA
 
Points
Sources:[6]
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:

  • 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 "Formula 1 New Balance Esports Series to kick off its third season". formula1.com. 2 April 2019. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Tonizza And Red Bull Crowned Champions! 2019 F1 Esports Grand Final Report". f1esports.com. 5 December 2019. Archived from the original on 15 January 2021. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  3. ^ "Ferrari finally joins F1's esports championship". espn.com. 31 May 2019. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  4. ^ "F1 Esports drivers announced as the 2019 F1 New Balance Esports Pro Series kicks off". formula1.com. 2 April 2019. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  5. ^ "F1 Esports 2019, Let's Race!". scuderiaalphatauri.com. 10 September 2019. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  6. ^ a b "F1 Esports Pro Series 2019 standings". f1esport.com. 6 December 2019. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
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