| Jarno Opmeer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Birth Date: | 11 April 2000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Birth Place: | Dordrecht, South Holland, Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jarno Opmeer (born 11 April 2000) is a Dutch esports driver and former racing driver, currently competing in the Formula One Esports Series for Red Bull Racing. Opmeer has won two Formula One Sim Racing World Championship titles, which he won in 2020 and 2021 with Alfa Romeo and Mercedes, respectively.[1]
A member of the Renault Sport Academy in 2017,[2] Opmeer previously raced in the SMP F4 Championship, where he finished runner-up to Richard Verschoor in 2016 with MP Motorsport. He then progressed to the Formula Renault Eurocup in 2017 with MP, but was dropped by the team four rounds into the following season. Opmeer moved into sim racing for the 2019 Formula One Esports Series with Renault, finishing fourth in his rookie season. He then moved to Alfa Romeo for 2020, winning his maiden championship. He defended his title with Mercedes in 2021. After three seasons with Mercedes, he moved to Red Bull Racing for the 2025 season onwards. Outside of Formula One Esports, he also competed in for Mercedes-EQ from 2021 to 2022.
Opmeer graduated to single-seaters in 2016, participating in the SMP F4 Championship. He took seven victories and thirteen podiums in his debut year of F4, finishing second place in the championship to fellow countryman Richard Verschoor.
Opmeer also participated in two race meetings of the Spanish F4 with MP Motorsport, taking 5 podiums out of 6 races.
In 2017, Opmeer continued his collaboration with MP and joined the Eurocup championship.[3] He had seven-point-scoring finishes including the 5th place in the penultimate race of the season at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.[4] While in the standings he ended fifteenth, behind his teammates Richard Verschoor and Neil Verhagen.
In February 2017, Opmeer was inducted into the Renault Sport Academy.[2]
In April 2019, Opmeer was signed to Renault–Vitality Esports Team as a driver for the third season of the F1 Esports Series.[5] The Dutchman finished his first season in the competition in fourth place and helped secure his team 4th place in the teams' championship.[6]
For the 2020 Formula One Esports Series he moved to the Alfa Romeo Orlen Esports Team. He achieved 4 wins and won the drivers championship. He out-scored Frederik Rasmussen of Red Bull Racing Esports to the drivers' championship by 22 points and also helped secure 2nd in the teams' championship.[7]
On 26 January 2021, Opmeer announced that he has signed with the Mercedes Formula One Esports team.[8] On 16 December 2021, Opmeer won the 2021 Formula One Esports Series.[9] He achieved 4 wins and 7 podiums, edging out championship rival Fredrick Rasmussen with 9 podiums by just 8 points.
The 2022 season proved to be much more difficult for Opmeer, as his struggles in qualifying heavily affected his race results. However, he won 2 races back-to-back and finished fifth overall in the championship.
Jarno began the 2023–24 season by finishing second in Bahrain from P9 on the grid.[10] With continued struggles in qualifying pace he would only achieve a single win this season, at Silverstone, achieving 4th overall in the drivers championship. After the season, Opmeer leaves Mercedes Formula One Esports team.[11]
As a free agent driver, Jarno signed a multi-year deal with Red Bull Sim Racing on 21 August 2024, joining Frederik Rasmussen on the team.[12]
In 2021, Opmeer was signed to the Mercedes-EQ Formula E Team to compete in the esport series . In his first year he finished fifth overall in the standings, scoring his debut podium in the final round set in Rome.
In the double-header London Open in 2022 Opmeer finished second overall.
| Season | Series | Team | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Dutch Championship — Mini Juniors | 1st | |
| 2010 | Dutch Championship — Mini Juniors | 1st | |
| 2011 | Belgian Championship — KF5 | 15th | |
| Dutch Championship — KF3 | 1st | ||
| 2012 | Dutch Championship — KF3 | 4th | |
| 2013 | German Karting Championship — Junior | 12th | |
| CIK-FIA European Championship — KFJ | 41st | ||
| 2014 | IAME International Final — X30 Junior | 17th | |
| German Karting Championship — Junior | Maddox Racing Team | 7th | |
| Rotax Max Wintercup — Rotax Max Junior | 31st | ||
| 2015 | German Karting Championship — Senior | Maddox Racing Team | 11th |
| SKUSA SuperNationals — KZ2 | 39th |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | SMP F4 Championship | align=left rowspan=2 | MP Motorsport | 21 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 264 | 2nd |
| F4 Spanish Championship | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 80 | NC† | |||
| 2017 | Formula Renault Eurocup | align=left rowspan=2 | MP Motorsport | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 15th |
| Formula Renault 2.0 NEC | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 68 | 10th | |||
| 2018 | Formula Renault Eurocup | MP Motorsport | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25th |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
† – As Opmeer had not competed in the required number of rounds, he was ineligible for a championship position.(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | Pos | Points | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | nowrap | MP Motorsport | MNZ 1 | MNZ 2 | SIL 1 | SIL 2 | PAU 1 | PAU 2 | MON 1 | MON 2 | HUN 1 | HUN 2 | HUN 3 | NÜR 1 | NÜR 2 | RBR 1 | RBR 2 | LEC 1 | LEC 2 | SPA 1 | SPA 2 | SPA 3 | CAT 1 | CAT 2 | CAT 3 | 15th | 27 | |
| 2018 | nowrap | MP Motorsport | LEC 1 | LEC 2 | MNZ 1 | MNZ 2 | SIL 1 | SIL 2 | MON 1 | MON 2 | RBR 1 | RBR 2 | SPA 1 | SPA 2 | HUN 1 | HUN 2 | NÜR 1 | NÜR 2 | HOC 1 | HOC 2 | CAT 1 | CAT 2 | 25th | 0 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Formula One Esports Series | Renault–Vitality | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 123 | 4th | |
| 2020 | Formula One Esports Series | Alfa Romeo Racing Orlen Esports Team | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 196 | 1st | |
| 2021 | Formula One Esports Series | Mercedes-AMG Petronas Esports Team | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 195 | 1st | |
| Mercedes-EQ Formula E Team | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 49 | 5th | |||
| 2022 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 122 | 5th | |||
| Mercedes-EQ Formula E Team | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 2nd | |||
| 2023–24 | Mercedes-AMG Petronas Esports Team | 12 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 122 | 4th |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Pos | Points | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | nowrap | Renault–Vitality | BHR | CHN | AZE | CAN | AUT | GBR | GER | BEL | ITA | JPN | USA | BRA | 4th | 123 | ||
| 2020 | nowrap | Alfa Romeo Racing Orlen Esports Team | BHR | VIE | CHN | NED | CAN | AUT | GBR | BEL | ITA | JPN | MEX | BRA | 1st | 196 | ||
| 2021 | nowrap | BHR 4 | CHN 1 | AUT 1 | GBR 9 | ITA 2 | BEL 2 | POR 7 | NED 6 | USA 1 | EMI 2 | MEX 1 | BRA 4 | 1st | 195 | |||
| 2022 | nowrap | BHR 2 | EMI 11 | GBR 5 | AUT 4 | BEL 6 | NED 4 | ITA 18 | MEX 1 | USA 1 | JPN Ret | BRA 8 | UAE 6 | 5th | 122 | |||
| nowrap | 2023–24 | nowrap | Mercedes-AMG Petronas Esports Team | BHR 2 | SAU | AUT | GBR 1 | BEL | NED | USA | MXC | SAP 3 | LVG 3 | QAT | ABU | 4th | 122 |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Pos | Points | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | nowrap | Mercedes-EQ Formula E Team | NYC | HKG | BER | DIR | LES | RME‡ | 5th | 49 | |
| 2022 | nowrap | Mercedes-EQ Formula E Team | LDN | LDN | 2nd | 33 |