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
Sport	Formula One Esports Series
Location	Qualification: Worldwide Pro Draft: Gfinity Arena Pro Series: Gfinity Arena
Dates	10 October–17 November 2018
Administrator	Codemasters Formula One Management FIA
Tournament format(s)	Qualification: Online Pro Draft: Driver's selection Pro Series: Ten race championship
Venue	Qualification: Worldwide Pro Draft: Gfinity Arena Pro Series: Gfinity Arena
Final positions
Champions	Brendon Leigh Mercedes-AMG Petronas Esports Team
← 2017 2019 →

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

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 Zürner 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

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

Season summary

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 Bereznay	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

Scoring system

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

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 Zürner 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

Note:

• ‡ – Double points were awarded in the last race at the Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi.

Teams' Championship standings

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.