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2021 Formula One Esports Series

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2021 Formula One Esports Series
Tournament information
SportFormula One Esports Series
LocationQualification: Worldwide
Pro Draft: Online
Pro Championship: Online
Dates13 October–16 December 2021
AdministratorCodemasters
Formula One Management
FIA
Tournament
format(s)
Qualification: Online
Pro Draft: Driver's selection
Pro Championship: Twelve race championship
VenueQualification: Worldwide
Pro Draft: Online
Pro Championship: Online
Final positions
ChampionsNetherlands Jarno Opmeer
Germany Mercedes-AMG Petronas Esports Team
← 2020
2022 →

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.

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

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

Calendar

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

Results

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Season summary

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

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

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Pos. Team BHR
Bahrain
CHN
China
AUT
Austria
GBR
United Kingdom
ITA
Italy
BEL
Belgium
POR
Portugal
NLD
Netherlands
USA
United States
EMI
Italy
MEX
Mexico
BRA
Brazil
Points
1 Germany 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 Austria 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 United Kingdom 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 Italy 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 France 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 United Kingdom 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 Italy 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 United Kingdom 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 Switzerland 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 United States 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
Bahrain
CHN
China
AUT
Austria
GBR
United Kingdom
ITA
Italy
BEL
Belgium
POR
Portugal
NLD
Netherlands
USA
United States
EMI
Italy
MEX
Mexico
BRA
Brazil
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.

References

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  1. ^ a b "F1 Esports Series Preview Show kicks off 2021 Season". formula1.com. 16 September 2021. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Mercedes win Esports Drivers' and Teams' title double in dramatic Grand Final of 2021 F1 Esports Series Pro Championship presented by Aramco". corp.formula1.com. 16 December 2021. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  3. ^ "Mercedes' Opmeer Wins F1 ESPORTS Title Despite Red Bull Tactics". the-race.com. 17 December 2021. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  4. ^ "REVEALED! All 30 Drivers In The 2021 F1 Esports Series Pro Championship". f1esports.com. 16 September 2021. Archived from the original on 31 March 2022. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  5. ^ "F1 Esports Series Pro Championship drivers and schedule announced". autosport.com. 27 September 2021. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  6. ^ "2021 F1 Esports Pro Series Gets Underway Today". gtplanet.net. 13 October 2021. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  7. ^ a b "F1 Esports Pro Series 2021 standings". f1esports.com. 25 November 2021. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
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