2019 Formula One Esports Series

2019 Formula One Esports Series

Tournament information
Sport	Formula One Esports Series
Location	Qualification: Worldwide Pro Draft: Gfinity Arena Pro Series: Gfinity Arena
Dates	11 September–4 December 2019
Administrator	Codemasters Formula One Management FIA
Tournament format(s)	Qualification: Online Pro Draft: Driver's selection Pro Series: Twelve race championship
Venue	Qualification: Worldwide Pro Draft: Gfinity Arena Pro Series: Gfinity Arena
Final positions
Champions	David Tonizza Red Bull Racing Esports

The 2019 Formula One Esports Series was the third season of the Formula One Esports Series.^[1] It started on September 11, 2019 and ended on December 4, 2019. It was held on Formula One's official 2019 game. The championship was held at Gfinity Arena in London, United Kingdom.

In his first season, David Tonizza became the new Formula One Esports Series champion after a long battle with Frederik Rasmussen, becoming the first rookie to win the title. Rasmussen's team, Red Bull Racing Esports, won the Constructor's Championship title for the first time.^[2] The season also featured the debut of future champions Jarno Opmeer and Lucas Blakeley, who drove for Renault Sport Team Vitality and Sport Pesa Racing Point F1 Esports Team respectively.

Format

Following the 2018 Formula One Esports Series success, there is no significant changes to the tournament's 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

The grid was increased from 9 to 10 teams this season, with Ferrari Driver Academy entering F1 Esports for the first time.

Team	Race drivers
	No.	Driver name	Rounds
Alfa Romeo Racing F1 Esports	12 22 21	Daniel Bereznay Salih Saltunc Kimmy Larsson	All All Not Competed
Ferrari Driver Academy	46 69 N.A.	David Tonizza Amos Laurito Gianfranco Giglioli	All 1–5, 7–8, 10–11 6, 9, 12
Haas F1 Team Esports	38 N.A. 98	Floris Wijers Jan Fehler Martin Stefanko	All 1–5, 7–12 6
McLaren Shadow	20 12 23	Bono Huis Enzo Bonito Allert van der Wal	All All Not Competed
Mercedes-AMG Petronas Esports	72 95 N.A.	Brendon Leigh Patryk Krutyj Daniel Shields	All 1–8, 10–11 9, 12
Red Bull Racing Esports	19 51 40	Frederik Rasmussen Joni Törmälä Nicolas Longuet	All 1–8, 10–12 9
Renault Sport Team Vitality	2 34 30	Jarno Opmeer Cedric Thomé Simon Weigang	All 1–5, 7–9 6, 10–12
Sport Pesa Racing Point F1 Esports Team	24 92 88	Marcel Kiefer Daniel Haddad Lucas Blakeley	1–8 All 9–12
Scuderia Toro Rosso Esports	19 13 N.A.	Patrick Holzmann Cem Bölükbaşı Manuel Biancolilla	All 1–6, 9–11 7–8, 12
Williams Esports	93 42 N.A.	Álvaro Carretón Tino Naukkarinen Isaac Price	1–8, 10–12 3–11 1–2, 9, 12
Source:[3][4]

Calendar

Round	Event	Circuit	Distance	Date	Broadcast
1	Event One	Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir	14 Laps	11 September	LIVE: F1 Esports Pro Series 2019 Event 1! on YouTube
2		Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai	14 Laps
3		Baku City Circuit, Baku	13 Laps
4	Event Two	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montréal	18 Laps	2 October	LIVE: F1 Esports Pro Series 2019 Event 2! on YouTube
5		Red Bull Ring, Spielberg	18 Laps
6		Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone	13 Laps
7	Event Three	Hockenheimring, Hockenheim	17 Laps	6 November	LIVE: F1 Esports Pro Series 2019 Event 3! on YouTube
8		Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot	11 Laps
9		Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza	13 Laps
10	Grand Finale	Suzuka International Racing Course, Suzuka	13 Laps	4 December	LIVE: F1 New Balance Esports Pro Series Grand Final 2019 on YouTube
11		Circuit of the Americas, Austin, Texas	14 Laps
12		Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo	18 Laps
Source:[5]

Results

Season summary

Round	Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir	Frederik Ramsussen	Jan Fehler	David Tonizza	Ferrari Driver Academy
2	Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai	Daniel Bereznay	Patrik Holzmann	David Tonizza	Ferrari Driver Academy
3	Baku City Circuit, Baku	Frederik Rasmussen	Patrik Holzmann	Frederik Rasmussen	Red Bull Racing Esports Team
4	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montréal	Tino Naukkarinen	Frederik Rasmussen	Cedric Thomé	Renault Sport Team Vitality
5	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg	David Tonizza	Joni Törmälä	David Tonizza	Ferrari Driver Academy
6	Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone	David Tonizza	Tino Naukkarinen	Marcel Kiefer	Sport Pesa Racing Point Esports
7	Hockenheimring, Hockenheim	Jarno Opmeer	Tino Naukkarinen	Jarno Opmeer	Renault Sport Team Vitality
8	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot	Daniel Bereznay	Patrik Holzmann	Daniel Bereznay	Alfa Romeo F1 Esports
9	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza	Daniel Bereznay	Frederik Ramsussen	Daniel Bereznay	Alfa Romeo F1 Esports
10	Suzuka International Racing Course, Suzuka	Álvaro Carretón	Amos Laurito	Frederik Rasmussen	Red Bull Racing Esports Team
11	Circuit of the Americas, Austin, Texas	Frederik Rasmussen	Patrik Holzmann	Frederik Rasmussen	Red Bull Racing Esports Team
12	Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo	David Tonizza	Isaac Price	Daniel Bereznay	Alfa Romeo Esports Team

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 AZE CAN AUT GBR GER BEL ITA JPN USA BRA Points 1 David Tonizza 1 1 3 8 1^P 5^P 3 4 3 4 6 2^P 184 2 Frederik Rasmussen 12^P 2 1^P 4^F 2 2 5 2 19^F 1 1^P 10 171 3 Daniel Bereznay 19 Ret^P 7 13 5 3 4 1^P 1^P 18 5 1 128 4 Jarno Opmeer 2 5 14 3 3 10 1^P 3 8 6 4 12 123 5 Brendon Leigh 5 11 4 2 14 6 17 11 6 7 3 11 77 6 Marcel Kiefer 4 3 8 14 11 1 8 14 60 7 Bono Huis 10 6 5 7 7 14 6 5 7 12 8 19 59 8 Álvaro Carretón 18 15 6 10 17 4 12 7 5^P 7 3 58 9 Joni Törmälä 13 10 16 5 20^F 7 2 6 8 9 5 57 10 Salih Saltunç 3 4 9 11 10 16 9 9 11 13 9 4 48 11 Tino Naukkarinen 2 6^P 8 20^F 20^F 8 4 16 10 47 12 Enzo Bonito 6 12 17 16 6 13 18 15 5 9 2 17 46 13 Cedric Thomé 11 18 10 1 4 13 12 14 38 14 Patrik Holzmann 8 19^F 19^F 18 12 11 7 20^F 10 3 19^F 8 30 15 Lucas Blakeley 13 2 15 9 20 16 Daniele Haddad 7 9 12 12 15 18 14 10 9 15 13 6 19 17 Nicolas Longuet 2 18 18 Simon Weigang 8 10 14 7 11 19 Floris Wijers 9 7 18 17 19 15 15 13 12 19 16 16 8 20 Patryk Krutyj 15 8 11 20 9 19 11 18 14 12 6 21 Cem Bölükbaşı 14 13 15 9 18 9 20 11 20 4 22 Manuel Biancolilla 10 16 18 1 23 Martin Stefanko 12 0 24 Jan Fehler 20^F 17 Ret 15 13 16 19 18 17 18 14 0 25 Amos Laurito 16 16 13 19 16 19 17 20^F 17 0 26 Daniel Shields 17 13 0 27 Isaac Price 17 14 15 20^F 0 28 Gianfanco Giglioli 17 16 15 0 Pos. Driver BHR CHN AZE CAN AUT GBR GER BEL ITA JPN USA BRA Points Sources:[6]

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 AZE CAN AUT GBR GER BEL ITA JPN USA BRA Points 1 Red Bull Racing Esports 12^P 2 1^P 4^F 2 2 2 2 2 1 1^P 5 246 13 10 16 5 20^F 7 5 6 19^F 8 11 10 2 Ferrari Driver Academy 1 1 3 8 1^P 5^P 3 4 3 4 6 2 184 16 16 13 19 16 17 19 17 16 20^F 17 15 3 Alfa Romeo Racing F1 Esports 3 4 7 11 5 3 4 1^P 1^P 13 5 1 176 19 Ret^P 9 13 10 16 9 9 11 18 9 4 4 Renault Sport Team Vitality 2 5 10 1 3 8 1^P 3 8 6 4 7 172 11 18 14 3 4 10 13 12 14 10 14 12 5 Williams Esports 17 14 2 6^P 8 4 12 7 4 5^P 7 3 105 18 15 6 10 17 20^F 20^F 8 15 16 10 20^F 6 McLaren Shadow 8 19 9 7 5 14 2 13 9 6 5 5 105 13 20 13 18 9 13 20 19 19 19 8 8 7 Sport Pesa Racing Point F1 Esports Team 4 3 8 12 11 1 8 10 9 2 13 6 99 7 9 12 14 15 18 14 14 13 15 15 9 8 Mercedes-AMG Petronas Esports 5 8 4 2 9 6 11 11 6 7 3 11 83 15 11 11 20 14 19 17 18 17 14 12 13 9 Scuderia Toro Rosso Esports 8 13 15 9 12 9 7 16 10 3 19^F 8 35 14 19^F 19^F 18 18 11 10 20^F 20 11 20 18 10 Haas F1 Team Esports 9 7 18 15 13 12 15 13 12 17 16 14 8 20^F 17 Ret 17 19 15 16 18 18 19 18 16 Pos. Team BHR CHN AZE CAN AUT GBR GER BEL ITA JPN USA BRA Points Sources:[6]

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

1. "Formula 1 New Balance Esports Series to kick off its third season". formula1.com. 2 April 2019. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
2. "Tonizza And Red Bull Crowned Champions! 2019 F1 Esports Grand Final Report". f1esports.com. 5 December 2019. Archived from the original on 15 January 2021. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
3. "Ferrari finally joins F1's esports championship". espn.com. 31 May 2019. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
4. "F1 Esports drivers announced as the 2019 F1 New Balance Esports Pro Series kicks off". formula1.com. 2 April 2019. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
5. "F1 Esports 2019, Let's Race!". scuderiaalphatauri.com. 10 September 2019. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
6. "F1 Esports Pro Series 2019 standings". f1esport.com. 6 December 2019. Retrieved 26 November 2021.

External links

• Official website