2021 Formula One Esports Series

The 2021 Formula One Esports Series was the fifth season of the Formula One Esports Series.^[1] It started on 13 October 2021, and ended on 16 December 2021. It was held in Formula One's official 2021 game. Same as the previous year, the championship was held online due to COVID-19 pandemic and streamed on the official F1 YouTube Channel.

2021 Formula One Esports Series

Tournament information
Sport	Formula One Esports Series
Location	Qualification: Worldwide Pro Draft: Online Pro Championship: Online
Dates	13 October–16 December 2021
Administrator	Codemasters Formula One Management FIA
Tournament format(s)	Qualification: Online Pro Draft: Driver's selection Pro Championship: Twelve race championship
Venue	Qualification: Worldwide Pro Draft: Online Pro Championship: Online
Final positions
Champions	Jarno Opmeer Mercedes-AMG Petronas Esports Team
← 2020 2022 →

Jarno Opmeer and Red Bull Racing Esports entered the season as the reigning champion, having won the Drivers' and Team's Championship title respectively in 2020. Jarno Opmeer successfully defended the Drivers' Championship title for the second consecutive year, while his new team, Mercedes-AMG Petronas Esports Team secured the Teams' Championship title for the first time since 2018.^[2][3]

Teams and drivers

Team	Race drivers
	No.	Driver name	Rounds
Alfa Romeo Racing ORLEN F1 Esports Team	30 83 N.A.	Simon Weigang Filip Prešnajder Thijmen Schütte	All 2–7, 9–11 1, 8, 12
Alpine Esports Team	40 8 80	Nicolas Longuet Fabrizio Donoso Patrik Sipos	1–7, 9, 11–12 1–2, 4–5, 7–8, 10–12 3, 6, 8–10
Aston Martin Cognizant Esports Team	88 92 79	Lucas Blakeley Daniele Haddad Shanaka Clay	All 1–9, 11–12 10
Ferrari Driver Academy Esports Team	95 72 29	David Tonizza Brendon Leigh Domenico Lovece	1-11 All 12
McLaren Shadow	20 12 32	Bari Broumand Daniel Bereznay Josh Idowu	All 1, 3, 5–7, 9 2, 4, 8, 10–12
Mercedes-AMG Petronas Esports Team	34 95 N.A.	Jarno Opmeer Dani Moreno Bono Huis	All All Not Competed
Red Bull Racing Esports	19 24 N.A.	Frederik Rasmussen Marcel Kiefer Liam Parnell	All All Not Competed
Scuderia AlphaTauri F1 Esports Team	51 13 N.A.	Joni Törmälä Sebastian Job Dario Iemmulo	All 1–9,11–12 10
Uralkali Haas F1 Team Esports	2 48 N.A.	Cedric Thomé Matthijs van Erven Samuel Libeert	All All Not Competed
Williams Esports	21 53 23	Álvaro Carretón Michael Romanidis Alessio Di Capua	All 1–2, 5–7, 9–11 3–4, 8, 12
Sources:[1][4]

Calendar

Round	Event	Circuit	Distance	Date	Broadcast
1	Event One	Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir	20 Laps	13 October	2021 F1 Esports Pro Championship: Rounds 1-2 on YouTube
2		Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai	20 Laps
3		Red Bull Ring, Spielberg	25 Laps	14 October	2021 F1 Esports Pro Championship: Rounds 3 on YouTube
4	Event Two	Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone	18 Laps	27 October	2021 F1 Esports Pro Championship: Rounds 4-5 on YouTube
5		Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza	19 Laps
6		Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot	15 Laps	28 October	2021 F1 Esports Pro Championship: Rounds 6 on YouTube
7	Event Three	Autódromo Internacional do Algarve, Portimão	23 Laps	24 November	2021 F1 Esports Pro Championship: Rounds 7-8 on YouTube
8		Circuit Zandvoort, Zandvoort	25 Laps
9		Circuit of the Americas, Austin, Texas	20 Laps	25 November	2021 F1 Esports Pro Championship: Rounds 9 on YouTube
10	Grand Final	Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola	22 Laps	15 December	2021 F1 Esports Pro Championship: Rounds 10-11 on YouTube
11		Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City	25 Laps
12		Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo	25 Laps	16 December	2021 F1 Esports Pro Championship: The FINAL Round! on YouTube
Source:[5][6]

Results

Season summary

Round	Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir	Nicolas Longuet	Joni Törmälä	Lucas Blakeley	Aston Martin Cognizant Esports Team
2	Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai	Bari Broumand	Nicolas Longuet	Jarno Opmeer	Mercedes-AMG Petronas Esports Team
3	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg	Jarno Opmeer	Jarno Opmeer	Jarno Opmeer	Mercedes-AMG Petronas Esports Team
4	Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone	Frederik Rasmussen	Sebastian Job	Frederik Rasmussen	Red Bull Racing Esports
5	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza	Jarno Opmeer	Joni Törmälä	Marcel Kiefer	Red Bull Racing Esports
6	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot	David Tonizza	Dani Moreno	Frederik Rasmussen	Red Bull Racing Esports
7	Autódromo Internacional do Algarve, Portimão	Lucas Blakeley	Filip Prešnajder	Lucas Blakeley	Aston Martin Cognizant Esports Team
8	Circuit Zandvoort, Zandvoort	Bari Broumand	Álvaro Carretón	Dani Moreno	Mercedes-AMG Petronas Esports Team
9	Circuit of the Americas, Austin, Texas	Nicolas Longuet	Daniele Haddad	Jarno Opmeer	Mercedes-AMG Petronas Esports Team
10	Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola	Josh Idowu	Marcel Kiefer	David Tonizza	Ferrari Driver Academy Esports Team
11	Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City	Frederik Rasmussen	Matthijs van Erven	Jarno Opmeer	Mercedes-AMG Petronas Esports Team
12	Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo	Nicolas Longuet	Brendon Leigh	Frederik Rasmussen	Red Bull Racing Esports

Championship Standings

Scoring system

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

Pos. Driver BHR CHN AUT GBR ITA BEL POR NLD USA EMI MEX BRA Points 1 Jarno Opmeer 4 1 1PF 9 2P 2 7 6 1 2 1 4 195 2 Frederik Rasmussen 7 17 2 1P 8 1 2 2 2 3 3P 1 187 3 Lucas Blakeley 1 4 4 3 3 6 1P 3 6 10 6 2 162 4 Dani Moreno 5 8 10 2 7 16F 4 1 7 7 4 Ret 100 5 Bari Broumand 6 5P 3 5 6 8 10 4P 4 18 2 17 98 6 David Tonizza 9 14 5 10 15 3P 6 5 5 1 9 83 7 Marcel Kiefer 8 3 16 7 1 4 9 10 9 20F 8 14 71 8 Nicolas Longuet 2P 18F 9 4 12 5 12 3P 7 7P 69 9 Fabrizio Donoso 10 2 17 4 3 16 14 17 19 46 10 Brendon Leigh 12 6 8 6 19 18 17 9 14 5 5 18F 42 11 Joni Törmälä 19F 16 19 8 20F 11 5 7 11 4 10 13 33 12 Sebastian Job 17 11 15 18F 5 7 16 11 10 11 3 32 13 Álvaro Carretón 3 Ret 6 20 10 12 19 19F 8 19 16 8 32 14 Michael Romanidis 20 9 16 14 8 18 6 12 14 15 Josh Idowu 12 11 18 11P 14 5 10 16 Simon Weigang 13 Ret 7 13 14 9 19 14 20 9 13 15 10 17 Daniele Haddad 11 7 Ret 19 9 10 11 20 19F 15 12 9 18 Matthijs van Erven 15 13 11 12 13 15 15 15 17 16 20F 6 8 19 Patrik Sipos 17 17 8 16 8 8 20 Cedric Thomé 16 15 18 14 18 13 18 17 13 15 19 9 2 21 Thijmen Schütte 18 12 10 1 22 Filip Prešnajder 10 14 16 17 Ret 20F 12 12 18 1 23 Domenico Lovece 11 0 24 Daniel Bereznay 14 12 11 Ret 14 15 0 25 Dario Iemmulo 13 0 26 Alessio di Capua 13 15 13 16 0 27 Shanaka Clay 17 0 Pos. Driver BHR CHN AUT GBR ITA BEL POR NLD USA EMI MEX BRA Points Sources:[7]

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

Pos. Team BHR CHN AUT GBR ITA BEL POR NLD USA EMI MEX BRA Points 1 Mercedes-AMG Petronas Esports Team 4 1 1PF 2 2P 2 4 1 1 2 1 4 295 5 8 10 9 7 16F 7 6 7 7 4 Ret 2 Red Bull Racing Esports 7 3 2 1P 1 1 2 2 2 3 3P 1 258 8 17 16 7 8 4 9 10 9 20F 8 14 3 Aston Martin Cognizant Esports Team 1 4 4 3 3 6 1P 3 6 10 6 2 171 11 7 Ret 19 9 10 11 20 19F 17 15 12 4 Ferrari Driver Academy Esports Team 9 6 5 6 15 3P 6 5 5 1 5 11 125 12 14 8 10 19 18 17 9 14 5 9 18F 5 Alpine Esports Team 2P 2 9 4 4 5 3 8 3P 8 7 7P 123 10 18F 17 17 12 17 12 16 16 14 17 19 6 McLaren Shadow 6 5P 3 5 6 8 10 4P 4 11P 2 5 108 14 12 12 11 11 Ret 14 18 15 18 14 17 7 Scuderia AlphaTauri F1 Esports Team 17 11 15 8 5 7 5 7 10 4 10 3 65 19F 16 19 18F 20F 11 16 11 11 13 11 13 8 Williams Esports 3 9 6 15 10 12 8 13 8 6 12 8 46 20 Ret 13 20 16 14 13 19F 18 19 16 16 9 Alfa Romeo Racing ORLEN F1 Esports Team 13 10 7 13 14 9 19 12 12 9 13 10 12 18 Ret 14 16 17 Ret 20F 14 20 12 18 15 10 Uralkali Haas F1 Team Esports 15 13 11 12 13 13 15 15 13 15 19 6 10 16 15 18 14 18 15 18 17 17 16 20F 9 Pos. Team BHR CHN AUT GBR ITA BEL POR NLD USA EMI MEX BRA Points Sources:[7]

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.