2019 Formula One Esports Series Explained


Sport:	Formula One Esports Series
Location:	Qualification: Worldwide Pro Draft: Gfinity Arena Pro Series: Gfinity Arena
Start Date:	11 September
End Date:	4 December 2019
Administrator:	Codemasters Formula One Management FIA
Tournament Format:	Qualification: Online Pro Draft: Driver's selection Pro Series: Twelve race championship
Venue:	Qualification: Worldwide Pro Draft: Gfinity Arena Pro Series: Gfinity Arena
Champions:	David Tonizza Red Bull Racing Esports
Previous:	2018
Next:	2020

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
Team	No.	Driver name	Rounds
	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
	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

data-sort-type="number"	Round	Event	Circuit	Distance	Date	Broadcast
1	Event One	Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir	14 Laps	11 September
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
5		Red Bull Ring, Spielberg	18 Laps
6		Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone	13 Laps
7	Event Three	Hockenheimring, Hockenheim	17 Laps	6 November
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
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		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.

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

	Driver	BHR	CHN	AZE	CAN	AUT	GBR	GER	BEL	ITA	JPN	USA	BRA	Points
1	David Tonizza	1	1	3	8			3	4	3	4	6		184
2	Frederik Rasmussen		2			2	2	5	2		1		10	171
3	Daniel Bereznay	19		7	13	5	3	4			18	5	1	128
4	Jarno Opmeer	2	5	14	3	3	10		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			7	3	58
9	Joni Törmälä	13	10	16	5		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		8			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			18	12	11	7		10	3		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		17	Ret	15	13		16	19	18	17	18	14	0
25	Amos Laurito	16	16	13	19	16		19	17			17		0
26	Daniel Shields									17			13	0
27	Isaac Price	17	14							15				0
28	Gianfanco Giglioli						17			16			15	0
	Driver	BHR	CHN	AZE	CAN	AUT	GBR	GER	BEL	ITA	JPN	USA	BRA	Points
Sources:^[6]

Teams' Championship standings

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

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.

Notes and References

Web site: 2 April 2019. Formula 1 New Balance Esports Series to kick off its third season. 26 November 2021. formula1.com.
Web site: 5 December 2019. Tonizza And Red Bull Crowned Champions! 2019 F1 Esports Grand Final Report. 26 November 2021. f1esports.com. 15 January 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210115195050/https://f1esports.com/news/grand-final/. dead.
Web site: 31 May 2019. Ferrari finally joins F1's esports championship. 26 November 2021. espn.com.
Web site: 2 April 2019. F1 Esports drivers announced as the 2019 F1 New Balance Esports Pro Series kicks off. 26 November 2021. formula1.com.
Web site: 10 September 2019. F1 Esports 2019, Let's Race!. 26 November 2021. scuderiaalphatauri.com.
Web site: 6 December 2019. F1 Esports Pro Series 2019 standings. 26 November 2021. f1esport.com.