2018 Formula One Esports Series
# 2018 Formula One Esports Series

The 2018 Formula One Esports Series was the second season of the Formula One Esports Series. 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. Brendon Leigh defended his Drivers' Championship title, while his team Mercedes-AMG Petronas Esports clinched its first championship title.

## 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.

## Teams and drivers

| Team | Race drivers | Race drivers | Race drivers |
| - | - | - | - |
| Team | 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 Zurner 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 |
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## Calendar

| Round | Event | Circuit | Distance | Date |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Event One | Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne | 18 Laps | 10 October |
| 2 | Event One | Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai | 14 Laps | 10 October |
| 3 | Event One | Baku City Circuit, Baku | 13 Laps | 10 October |
| 4 | Event Two | Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet | 13 Laps | 31 October |
| 5 | Event Two | Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone | 13 Laps | 31 October |
| 6 | Event Two | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot | 11 Laps | 31 October |
| 7 | Grand Finale | Hockenheimring, Hockenheim | 17 Laps | 17 November |
| 8 | Grand Finale | Marina Bay Street Circuit, Singapore | 15 Laps | 17 November |
| 9 | Grand Finale | Circuit of the Americas, Austin, Texas | 14 Laps | 17 November |
| 10 | Grand Finale | Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi | 28 Laps | 17 November |

## 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 | $1^P$ | $1^F$ | 2 | $1^P$ | $1^P^F$ | 5 | 2 | 1 | $1^P$ | 5 | 216 |
| 2 | Daniel Bereznay | 6 | $2^P$ | $3^P$ | 4 | 12 | $1^P$ | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 166 |
| 3 | Frederik Rasmussen | 9 | 4 | $1^F$ | 3 | 2 | 3 | | | 5 | $3^P$ | 127 |
| 4 | Salih Saltunç | 8 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 4 | $1^P$ | 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 | $17^F$ | 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 | $10^F$ | 18 | 18 | 12 | $18^P$ | 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 | $11^F$ | 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 Zurner | 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 |
| NC | Harry Jacks | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| NC | Alex Hanses | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| Pos. | Driver | AUS | CHN | AZE | FRA | GBR | BEL | GER | SIN | USA | ABU‡ | Points |
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Key :

| Colour | Result |
| - | - |
| Gold | Winner |
| Silver | Second place |
| Bronze | Third place |
| Green | Other points position |
| Blue | Other classified position |
| Blue | Not classified, finished (NC) |
| Purple | Not classified, retired (Ret) |
| Red | Did not qualify (DNQ) |
| Red | Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) |
| Black | Disqualified (DSQ) |
| White | Did not start (DNS) |
| White | 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 | $1^P$ | $1^F$ | 2 | $1^P$ | $1^P^F$ | $1^P$ | 2 | 1 | $1^P$ | 1 | 382 |
| 1 | Mercedes-AMG Petronas Esports Team | 6 | $2^P$ | $3^P$ | 4 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 382 |
| 2 | Toro Rosso Esports Team | 9 | 4 | $1^F$ | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 3 | $3^P$ | 210 |
| 2 | Toro Rosso Esports Team | $17^F$ | 9 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 18 | 210 |
| 3 | Alfa Romeo Racing Sauber F1 eSports Team | 8 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | $1^P$ | 13 | 4 | 6 | 119 |
| 3 | Alfa Romeo Racing Sauber F1 eSports Team | 15 | 18 | 13 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 8 | 119 |
| 4 | McLaren Shadow | 10 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 101 |
| 4 | McLaren Shadow | 13 | 13 | 6 | $10^F$ | 18 | 18 | 12 | $18^P$ | 9 | 4 | 101 |
| 5 | Hype Energy eForce India F1 Esports Team | 11 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 99 |
| 5 | Hype Energy eForce India F1 Esports Team | 13 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 99 |
| 6 | Red Bull Racing Esports | 3 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 81 |
| 6 | Red Bull Racing Esports | 4 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 17 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 81 |
| 7 | Williams Esports | 2 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 16 | 69 |
| 7 | Williams Esports | 7 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 15 | 18 | 17 | 69 |
| 8 | Haas F1 Esports Team | 12 | 10 | 17 | 16 | 11 | $11^F$ | 13 | 5 | 16 | 7 | 27 |
| 8 | Haas F1 Esports Team | 14 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 8 | 17 | 12 | 27 |
| 9 | Renault Sport Team Vitality | 5 | 11 | 8 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 13 | 23 |
| 9 | Renault Sport Team Vitality | 18 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 23 |
| Pos. | Team | AUS | CHN | AZE | FRA | GBR | BEL | GER | SIN | USA | ABU‡ | Points |
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Key :

| Colour | Result |
| - | - |
| Gold | Winner |
| Silver | Second place |
| Bronze | Third place |
| Green | Other points position |
| Blue | Other classified position |
| Blue | Not classified, finished (NC) |
| Purple | Not classified, retired (Ret) |
| Red | Did not qualify (DNQ) |
| Red | Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) |
| Black | Disqualified (DSQ) |
| White | Did not start (DNS) |
| White | 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.
