Jarno Opmeer (born 11 April 2000) is a Dutch esports driver and former racing driver and is the 2020 and 2021 Formula One Esports Champion.[1] He also competed in the Formula E: Accelerate Series with Mercedes-EQ. He currently competes in the Formula One Esports Series with Mercedes-AMG Petronas Esports Team.
| Jarno Opmeer | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Born | 11 April 2000 Dordrecht, Netherlands |
| Formula One Esports Series career | |
| Debut season | 2019 |
| Current team | Mercedes-AMG Petronas Esports Team |
| Car number | 5 |
| Starts | 53 |
| Championships | 2 (2020, 2021) |
| Wins | 12 |
| Podiums | 25 |
| Poles | 5 |
| Fastest laps | 3 |
| Finished last season | 5th (120 pts) |
| Previous series | |
| 2017 2017 2016 2016 | Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Formula Renault 2.0 NEC SMP F4 Championship F4 Spanish Championship |
| Championship titles | |
| Formula One Esports Series | |
Career edit
Formula 4 edit
Opmeer graduated to single-seaters in 2016, participating in the SMP F4 Championship. He took seven victories and thirteen podiums in his debut year F4 finishing in second place in the championship to his fellow countryman Richard Verschoor.
Opmeer also participated in two race meetings of the Spanish F4 with MP Motorsport, taking 5 podiums out of 6 races.
Formula Renault edit
In 2017, Opmeer continued his collaboration with MP and joined the Eurocup championship.[2] He had seven-point-scoring finishes including the 5th place in the penultimate race of the season at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.[3] While in the standings he ended fifteenth, behind his teammates Richard Verschoor and Neil Verhagen.
Formula One edit
In February 2017, Opmeer was inducted into the Renault Sport Academy.[4] In the end of 2017 Opmeer confirmed that the contract he had with the Renault Sport Academy hadn't been extended.[5]
Formula One Esports edit
In April 2019, Opmeer was signed to Renault–Vitality Esports Team as a driver for the third season of the F1 Esports Series.[6] The Dutchman finished his first season in the competition in fourth place and helped secure his team 4th place in the teams' championship.[7]
For the 2020 Formula One Esports Series he moved to the Alfa Romeo Orlen Esports Team. He achieved four wins and won that year's drivers championship too. He out-scored Frederik Rasmussen of Red Bull Racing Esports to the drivers' championship by 22 points and also helped his team secure 2nd in teams' championship.[8]
On 26 January 2021, Opmeer announced that he has signed with the Mercedes Formula One Esports team.[9] On 16 December 2021, Opmeer won the 2021 Formula One Esports Series.[10]
2022 proved to be a much more difficult season for Opmeer as his struggles in qualifying continued, heavily affecting his race results. He won 2 races and finished fifth overall.
Jarno began the 2023–24 season by finishing second in Bahrain from P9 on the grid.[11]
Formula E: Accelerate edit
In 2021 Opmeer was signed to the Mercedes-EQ Formula E Team. In his first year he finished fifth overall in the standings, scoring his debut podium in the final round in Rome.
In the double-header London Open in 2022 Opmeer finished second overall.
Racing record edit
Karting career summary edit
| Season | Series | Team | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Dutch Championship — Mini Juniors | 1st | |
| 2010 | Dutch Championship — Mini Juniors | 1st | |
| 2011 | Belgian Championship — KF5 | 15th | |
| Dutch Championship — KF3 | 1st | ||
| 2012 | Dutch Championship — KF3 | 4th | |
| 2013 | German Karting Championship — Junior | 12th | |
| CIK-FIA European Championship — KFJ | 41st | ||
| 2014 | IAME International Final — X30 Junior | 17th | |
| German Karting Championship — Junior | Maddox Racing Team | 7th | |
| Rotax Max Wintercup — Rotax Max Junior | 31st | ||
| 2015 | German Karting Championship — Senior | Maddox Racing Team | 11th |
| SKUSA SuperNationals — KZ2 | 39th |
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Racing career summary edit
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | SMP F4 Championship | MP Motorsport | 21 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 264 | 2nd |
| F4 Spanish Championship | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 80 | NC† | ||
| 2017 | Formula Renault Eurocup | MP Motorsport | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 15th |
| Formula Renault 2.0 NEC | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 68 | 10th | ||
| 2018 | Formula Renault Eurocup | MP Motorsport | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25th |
† – As Opmeer had not competed in the required number of rounds, he was ineligible for a championship position.
Complete SMP F4 Championship results edit
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | Pos | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | MP Motorsport | SOC 1 2 |
SOC 2 1 |
ZAN1 1 3 |
ZAN1 2 1 |
ZAN1 3 1 |
ZAN2 1 1 |
ZAN2 2 1 |
ZAN2 3 3 |
MSC1 1 5 |
MSC1 2 2 |
MSC1 3 3 |
MSC2 1 10 |
MSC2 2 16 |
MSC2 3 2 |
AND 1 5 |
AND 2 9 |
AND 3 12 |
AHV 1 1 |
AHV 2 1 |
AHV 3 4 |
2nd | 270 |
Complete F4 Spanish Championship results edit
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | Pos | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | MP Motorsport | NAV 1 3 |
NAV 2 3 |
NAV 3 4 |
ALC 1 2 |
ALC 2 3 |
ALC 3 3 |
ALG 1 |
ALG 2 |
ALG 3 |
VAL 1 |
VAL 2 |
VAL 3 |
CAT 1 |
CAT 2 |
JAR 1 |
JAR 2 |
JAR 3 |
JER 1 |
JER 2 |
JER 3 |
NC† | 0 |
† – As Opmeer had not competed in the required number of rounds, he was ineligible for a championship position.
Complete Formula Renault Eurocup results edit
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | Pos | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | MP Motorsport | MNZ 1 18 |
MNZ 2 21 |
SIL 1 Ret |
SIL 2 15 |
PAU 1 11 |
PAU 2 22 |
MON 1 13 |
MON 2 Ret |
HUN 1 8 |
HUN 2 14 |
HUN 3 12 |
NÜR 1 16 |
NÜR 2 16 |
RBR 1 13 |
RBR 2 Ret |
LEC 1 11 |
LEC 2 11 |
SPA 1 11 |
SPA 2 10 |
SPA 3 6 |
CAT 1 16 |
CAT 2 5 |
CAT 3 9 |
15th | 27 |
| 2018 | MP Motorsport | LEC 1 |
LEC 2 |
MNZ 1 |
MNZ 2 |
SIL 1 |
SIL 2 |
MON 1 |
MON 2 |
RBR 1 18 |
RBR 2 Ret |
SPA 1 12 |
SPA 2 24 |
HUN 1 |
HUN 2 |
NÜR 1 |
NÜR 2 |
HOC 1 |
HOC 2 |
CAT 1 |
CAT 2 |
25th | 0 |
Esports career summary edit
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Formula One Esports Series | Renault–Vitality | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 123 | 4th |
| 2020 | Formula One Esports Series | Alfa Romeo Racing Orlen Esports Team | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 196 | 1st |
| 2021 | Formula One Esports Series | Mercedes-AMG Petronas Esports Team | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 195 | 1st |
| 2022 | Formula One Esports Series | Mercedes-AMG Petronas Esports Team | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 122 | 5th |
| 2023–24 | Formula One Sim Racing World Championship | Mercedes-AMG Petronas Esports Team | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 73* | 3rd* |
Complete Formula One Esports Series results edit
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Pos | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Renault–Vitality | BHR 2 |
CHN 5 |
AZE 14 |
CAN 3 |
AUT 3 |
GBR 10 |
GER 1 |
BEL 3 |
ITA 8 |
JPN 6 |
USA 4 |
BRA 12 |
4th | 123 |
| 2020 | Alfa Romeo Racing Orlen Esports Team | BHR 1 |
VIE 3 |
CHN 1 |
NED 2 |
CAN 1 |
AUT 3 |
GBR 9 |
BEL 5 |
ITA 2 |
JPN 4 |
MEX 1 |
BRA 7 |
1st | 196 |
| 2021 | Mercedes-AMG Petronas Esports Team | BHR 4 |
CHN 1 |
AUT 1 |
GBR 9 |
ITA 2 |
BEL 2 |
POR 7 |
NED 6 |
USA 1 |
EMI 2 |
MEX 1 |
BRA 4 |
1st | 195 |
| 2022 | Mercedes-AMG Petronas Esports Team | BHR 2 |
EMI 11 |
GBR 5 |
AUT 4 |
BEL 6 |
NED 4 |
ITA 18 |
MEX 1 |
USA 1 |
JPN Ret |
BRA 8 |
UAE 6 |
5th | 122 |
| 2023–24 | Mercedes-AMG Petronas Esports Team | BHR 2 |
SAU 7 |
AUT Ret |
GBR 1 |
BEL 5 |
NED 7 |
USA 7 |
MXC | SAP | LVG | QAT | ABU | 3rd* | 73* |
Complete Formula E: Accelerate Series results edit
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Pos | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Mercedes-EQ Formula E Team | NYC 6 |
HKG 14 |
BER 14 |
DIR 10 |
LES 5 |
RME‡ 3 |
5th | 49 |
| 2022 | Mercedes-EQ Formula E Team | LDN 3 |
LDN 2 |
2nd | 33 |
References edit
- ^ "Opmeer Crowned Driver Champion As Red Bull Defend Teams' Title". f1esports.com. 18 December 2020. Retrieved 14 January 2021.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Gruz, David (21 February 2017). "Formula 4 champion Fewtrell joins Renault F1 Academy, Aitken to ART". Autosport. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
- ^ Waring, Bethonie (29 October 2017). "Sacha Fenestraz crowned Eurocup champion as Shwartzman wins again at Barcelona". formulascout.com. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
- ^ "Aitken leads 2017 Renault Sport Academy line-up". 21 February 2017. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
- ^ "Jarno Opmeer uit talentenprogramma Renault". Formule1.nl (in Dutch). 12 January 2018. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
- ^ "Renault adds former F1 junior to esports roster". motorsport.com. 20 April 2019. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
- ^ "Tonizza and Red Bull Crowned Champions! 2019 F1 Esports Grand Final Report". F1Esports News. 5 December 2019. Archived from the original on 15 January 2021. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
- ^ "Opmeer seals F1 Esports title, Red Bull tops teams". The Race. 17 December 2020. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
- ^ "Reigning F1 Esports champion Opmeer signed by Mercedes alongside Huis and Moreno | Formula 1". www.formula1.com. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
- ^ Wood, Will (17 December 2021). "Correa "thinking of Anthoine" as he makes Formula 2 return in test". RaceFans. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ^ "Ronhaar Secures F1 Sim Racing 2023 World Championship Opening Race". f1esports.com. 1 December 2023. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
External links edit
- Jarno Opmeer career summary at DriverDB.com
- Official website
- Youtube Channel