2022 Formula One Esports Series
Tournament information
SportFormula One Esports Series
LocationQualification: Worldwide
Pro Draft: Online
Pro Series: TBA
Dates14 September 2022–16 December 2022
AdministratorCodemasters
EA Sports
Formula One Management
Tournament
format(s)
Qualification: Online
Pro Exhibition: Driver's selection
Pro Championship: Twelve race championship
VenueQualification: Worldwide
Pro Exhibition: Silverstone
Pro Championship: Online
Final positions
ChampionsUnited Kingdom Lucas Blakeley
United Kingdom McLaren Shadow

The 2022 F1 Esports Series Pro Championship was an esports competition for Formula One which was the sixth season of the Formula One Esports Series. It was held in Formula One's official 2022 game.

Lucas Blakeley won the driver's championship for the first time, as McLaren Shadow won the team's championship for the first time. Jarno Opmeer and Mercedes-AMG Petronas Esports Team were the defending champions, having won the Drivers' and Teams' titles respectively in 2021.[1]

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.[2]
  • Pro Exhibition - Qualifying gamers enter the Pro Draft where the official Formula 1 teams select their drivers to represent them in the F1 Esports Series Pro Championship.
  • Pro Championship - The drivers race in a series of events that are broadcast live. Race distance was increased from 35% to 50% this year. Same as F1, drivers must make one pit stop if the weather is dry, and are not obligated to do so if it's wet. They earn points for themselves and their F1 teams. These races will determine the F1 Esports Series Pro Championship 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
No. Driver name Rounds
Switzerland Alfa Romeo Racing ORLEN F1 Esports Team 15
40
71
Hungary Daniel Bereznay
France Nicolas Longuet
Poland Tomasz Poradzisz
1, 3–5, 7, 9–11
All
2, 6, 8, 12
France Alpine Esports Team 80
38
75
Hungary Patrik Sipos
Slovakia Filip Prešnajder
United Kingdom Luke Smith
1–7, 9–12
1–2, 4–5, 7–8
3, 6, 8–12
United Kingdom Aston Martin Cognizant Esports Team 69
30
2
Italy Manuel Biancolilla
Germany Simon Weigang
United Kingdom John Evans
1–3, 9–10
All
4–8, 11–12
Italy Scuderia Ferrari Velas Esports Team 72
95
8
United Kingdom Brendon Leigh
Italy David Tonizza
Chile Fabrizio Donoso
1–4, 6–12
2, 4–5, 7–8, 12
1, 3, 5–6, 9–11
United Kingdom McLaren Shadow 88
7

13

United Kingdom Lucas Blakeley
Iran Bari Boroumand

United Kingdom Wilson Hughes

All
All

Did not compete

Germany Mercedes-AMG Petronas Esports Team 34
26
25
Netherlands Jarno Opmeer
Spain Dani Moreno
United Kingdom Jake Benham
All
1–6
7–12
Austria Red Bull Racing Esports 19
42

na

Denmark Frederik Rasmussen
Germany Marcel Kiefer

Germany Liam Parnell

All
All

Did not compete

Italy Scuderia AlphaTauri Esports Team 10
67
51
United Kingdom Sebastian Job
United Kingdom Josh Idowu
Finland Joni Törmälä
1, 3, 5–7, 9–11
1–2, 4–5, 7–8, 11–12
2–4, 6, 8–10, 12
United States Haas F1 Team Esports 48
39
84
Netherlands Matthijs van Erven
Netherlands Thomas Ronhaar
Poland Piotr Stachulec
2, 4–5, 7, 10
All
1, 3, 6, 8–9, 11–12
United Kingdom Williams Esports 21
92
79
Spain Álvaro Carretón
Italy Daniele Haddad
United Kingdom Shanaka Clay
1–4, 6, 9–12
2, 5–10, 12
1, 3–5, 7–8, 11
Sources:[3]

Calendar

Round Event Circuit Distance Date Broadcast
1 Event One Bahrain Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir 29 Laps 14 September 2022 F1 Esports Series Pro Championship: Round 1 on YouTube
2 Italy Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola 32 Laps 15 September 2022 F1 Esports Series Pro Championship: Round 2 on YouTube
3 United Kingdom Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone 26 Laps 16 September 2022 F1 Esports Series Pro Championship: Round 3 on YouTube
4 Event Two Austria Red Bull Ring, Spielberg 36 Laps 12 October 2022 F1 Esports Series Pro Championship: Round 4 on YouTube
5 Belgium Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot 22 Laps 13 October 2022 F1 Esports Series Pro Championship: Round 5 on YouTube
6 Netherlands Circuit Zandvoort, Zandvoort 36 Laps 14 October 2022 F1 Esports Series Pro Championship: Round 6 on YouTube
7 Event Three Italy Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza 27 Laps 2 November 2022 F1 Esports Series Pro Championship: Round 7 on YouTube
8 Mexico Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City 36 Laps 3 November 2022 F1 Esports Series Pro Championship: Round 8 on YouTube
9 United States Circuit of the Americas, Austin, Texas 28 Laps 4 November 2022 F1 Esports Series Pro Championship: Round 9 on YouTube
10 Grand Final Japan Suzuka International Racing Course, Suzuka 27 Laps 14 December 2022 F1 Esports Series Pro Championship: Round 10 on YouTube
11 Brazil Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo 36 Laps 15 December 2022 F1 Esports Series Pro Championship: Round 11 on YouTube
12 United Arab Emirates Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi 29 Laps 16 December 2022 F1 Esports Series Pro Championship: Round 12 on YouTube
Source:[3][4]

Season report

Event one

The season started off in Bahrain. Lucas Blakeley took pole position and led from the start, but had to fend off the likes of Frederik Rasmussen and rookie Thomas Ronhaar, which caused him to lose ground to the reigning champion, Jarno Opmeer. Opmeer attempted an overcut, while Ronhaar sustained damaged and retired from the race. Blakeley was given a penalty by the game, but it was revoked by the stewards and it allowed him to win ahead of Opmeer and his new teammate, Bari Boroumand.

At the next round in Imola, Ronhaar took his first pole position in the series. On the first lap, Opmeer was tagged from the back and fell to eighteenth. A poor strategy from Ronhaar relegated him to fourth place, with Blakeley winning back-to-back races. Marcel Kiefer was second for his only podium of the season, with his teammate Rasmussen getting his first podium of the season.

Rasmussen claimed his first pole of the season at Silverstone. Ronhaar settled for a long stint behind him, which eventually led to a last-lap battle between the two. Rasmussen took his first win of the season; Ronhaar took his first podium of the season (and also the first of his career). Blakeley got past Sebastian Job for third.

Event two

Rasmussen took another pole position at the Red Bull Ring. He and Ronhaar fought in wet conditions, but eventually, Ronhaar took the lead to win his first race in F1 Esports. Rasmussen ended up second, with Josh Idowu taking his first podium behind. Opmeer was fourth from Nicolas Longuet, Blakeley, and Boroumand.

Rasmussen again took pole at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps. He battled Boroumand throughout the race and fell back during the round of pit stops. Blakeley got pas Boroumand, but only briefly as he retook the position; Idowu managed to overtake Blakeley later. Rasmussen’s pace advantage over Boroumand resulted in a last-lap battle, but Boroumand took the win from Rasmussen, Idowu, and Blakeley.

Ronhaar took pole at Zandvoort, his home race. A rainy starting ground caused Piotr Stachulec, Ronhaar’s teammate, to spin into Dani Moreno, Opmeer’s teammate. By Lap 10, everyone but Opmeer was on medium tires, with Opmeer going for the hard compound. His plan failed as he dropped from second to four. Blakeley won his third race of the season from Boroumand, Rasmussen, and Opmeer, as pole-sitter Ronhaar ended up 9th.

Event three

Heading into the second half of the season, Blakeley had 110 points compared to Rasmussen’s 95. Boroumand was further back with 70 points, with Ronhaar and Opmeer on 63 and 60 points respectively.

Longuet took pole position in Monza, as Opmeer was only eighteenth. At the start, Longuet had a snap of understeer, allowing Boroumand to soar into the lead. Ronhaar got past Longuet as well to battle Boroumand for the win, which he achieved in another last-lap battle. Longuet ended up in third. Rasmussen was fifth with Blakeley seventh.

Rasmussen took another pole in Mexico City. After the round of pitstops, Rasmussen forced Ronhaar off the road at Turn 6; he eventually got a ten-second time penalty. Opmeer won for the first time since last year on the same track, with Boroumand and Ronhaar second and third respectively. Blakeley only managed 7th, and Rasmussen’s penalties sent him to twelfth at the end.

Ronhaar took his fourth pole position in Austin. After wet conditions at the start jumbled up the order, Boroumand entered the final lap in the lead from Ronhaar, Opmeer, and Brendon Leigh. At Turn 12, Ronhaar forced Boroumand to the outside, which allowed Opmeer and Leigh to join the battle. In the end, Opmeer won from Ronhaar, with Leigh taking his first podium in the series since 2020, and Boroumand was only fourth. Rasmussen was fifth and Blakeley ended up in sixth. Opmeer’s win put him only 21 points behind championship leader Blakeley, effectively making it a five-way championship fight between them, Boroumand, Ronhaar, and Rasmussen.

Grand final

Ronhaar took another pole at Suzuka, but Longuet shot up in the lead at Turn 1. When multiple people pitted, Jake Benham held up everyone for one lap so that his teammate, Opmeer, would benefit from the pitstops. This would eventually fail, as Opmeer crashed into Fabrizio Donoso, putting him out of the race. Longuet eventually won the race from Ronhaar. With Blakeley third and Boroumand fourth, McLaren Shadow won the team’s championship for the first time in Esports history.

Blakeley took pole at Interlagos, his first pole since the first round. Mixed conditions during the race led Rasmussen and Boroumand to fight for second position, with Rasmussen eventually getting the place only behind winner Blakeley. Ronhaar was only sixth and Opmeer was eighth. Boroumand and Opmeer’s poor results meant that they were officially eliminated from the championship fight.

Idowu took his second career pole position at the final round in Yas Island. On the first lap, Ronhaar shot into the lead and kept it for most of the race, but Rasmussen battled him in the latter stages. Rasmussen eventually won the race over Ronhaar, with Idowu behind in third. And with Lucas Blakeley fourth, he became the 2022 F1 Esports Champion, the first of his career and the fourth in the series.

Results

Season summary

Round Circuit Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Aramco Driver of the Day
1 Bahrain Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir United Kingdom Lucas Blakeley Netherlands Thomas Ronhaar United Kingdom Lucas Blakeley United Kingdom McLaren Shadow Netherlands Jarno Opmeer
2 Italy Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola Netherlands Thomas Ronhaar United Kingdom Brendon Leigh United Kingdom Lucas Blakeley United Kingdom McLaren Shadow United Kingdom Lucas Blakeley
3 United Kingdom Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone Denmark Frederik Rasmussen Finland Joni Törmälä Denmark Frederik Rasmussen Austria Red Bull Racing Esports Netherlands Thomas Ronhaar
4 Austria Red Bull Ring, Spielberg Denmark Frederik Rasmussen Slovakia Filip Prešnajder Netherlands Thomas Ronhaar United States Haas F1 Team Esports Netherlands Thomas Ronhaar
5 Belgium Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot Denmark Frederik Rasmussen Slovakia Filip Prešnajder Iran Bari Boroumand United Kingdom McLaren Shadow Iran Bari Boroumand
6 Netherlands Circuit Zandvoort, Zandvoort Netherlands Thomas Ronhaar Poland Piotr Stachulec United Kingdom Lucas Blakeley United Kingdom McLaren Shadow Poland Tomasz Poradzisz
7 Italy Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza France Nicolas Longuet Italy Daniele Haddad Netherlands Thomas Ronhaar United States Haas F1 Team Esports Hungary Daniel Bereznay
8 Mexico Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City Denmark Frederik Rasmussen Poland Tomasz Poradzisz Netherlands Jarno Opmeer Germany Mercedes-AMG Petronas Esports Team Netherlands Jarno Opmeer
9 United States Circuit of the Americas, Austin, Texas Netherlands Thomas Ronhaar Hungary Patrik Sipos Netherlands Jarno Opmeer Germany Mercedes-AMG Petronas Esports Team United Kingdom Brendon Leigh
10 Japan Suzuka International Racing Course, Suzuka Netherlands Thomas Ronhaar Spain Álvaro Carretón France Nicolas Longuet Switzerland Alfa Romeo Racing ORLEN F1 Esports Team France Nicolas Longuet
11 Brazil Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo United Kingdom Lucas Blakeley United Kingdom Brendon Leigh United Kingdom Lucas Blakeley United Kingdom McLaren Shadow United Kingdom Lucas Blakeley
12 United Arab Emirates Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi United Kingdom Josh Idowu Poland Tomasz Poradzisz Denmark Frederik Rasmussen Austria Red Bull Racing Esports Denmark Frederik Rasmussen

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
Bahrain
EMI
Italy
GBR
United Kingdom
AUT
Austria
BEL
Belgium
NLD
Netherlands
ITA
Italy
MEX
Mexico
USA
United States
JPN
Japan
BRA
Brazil
UAE
United Arab Emirates
Points
1 United Kingdom Lucas Blakeley 1P 1 3 6 4 1 6 7 6 4 1P 4 181
2 Denmark Frederik Rasmussen 8 3 1P 2P 2P 3 5 12P 5 3 2 1 173
3 Netherlands Thomas Ronhaar RetF 4P 2 1 7 9P 1 3 2P 2P 6 2 165
4 Iran Bari Boroumand 3 7 16 7 1 2 2 2 4 5 3 7 149
5 Netherlands Jarno Opmeer 2 11 5 4 6 4 17 1 1 Ret 8 6 122
6 France Nicolas Longuet 9 17 6 5 8 5 3P 6 15 1 4 10 95
7 United Kingdom Josh Idowu 10 12 3 3 7 5 16 3P 62
8 United Kingdom Brendon Leigh 7 19F 7 11 6 15 9 3 6 17F 8 49
9 United Kingdom Sebastian Job 6 4 5 8 20 16 7 10 41
10 Germany Marcel Kiefer 13 2 14 9 14 11 16 4 9 10 11 20 35
11 Spain Dani Moreno 5 5 13 8 13 7 30
12 Hungary Daniel Bereznay Ret 17 18 12 4 7 12 7 24
13 Germany Simon Weigang 4 9 18 10 10 17 14 18 11 14 19 15 16
14 Italy David Tonizza 8 16 9 12 Ret 5 16
15 Chile Fabrizio Donoso 14 9 11 14 19 9 5 14
16 Netherlands Matthijs van Erven 6 19 19 19 8 12
17 Hungary Patrik Sipos 18 18 8 14 16 16 8 18F 11 12 14 8
18 United Kingdom Jake Benham 13 8 12 15 9 12 6
19 Spain Álvaro Carretón 12 10 15 12 12 8 18F 13 13 5
20 United Kingdom Luke Smith 10 18 19 13 16 14 9 3
21 Slovakia Filip Prešnajder 11 15 20F 20F 9 13 2
22 Italy Daniele Haddad 13 18 15 10F 16 20 Ret 11 2
23 United Kingdom Shanaka Clay 15 12 17 15 11 10 18 1
24 Finland Joni Törmälä Ret 19F 15 13 11 10 17 19 1
25 Poland Tomasz Poradzisz 14 10 15F 17F 1
26 Poland Piotr Stachulec 17 11 20F 17 17 Ret 18 0
27 United Kingdom John Evans 13 17 19 18 14 15 16 0
28 Italy Manuel Biancolilla 16 16 Ret 14 13 0
Pos. Driver BHR
Bahrain
EMI
Italy
GBR
United Kingdom
AUT
Austria
BEL
Belgium
NLD
Netherlands
ITA
Italy
MEX
Mexico
USA
United States
JPN
Japan
BRA
Brazil
UAE
United Arab Emirates
Points
Sources:[5]
Key
ColourResult
GoldWinner
SilverSecond place
BronzeThird place
GreenOther points position
Blue Other classified position
Not classified, finished (NC)
PurpleNot classified, retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (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
Bahrain
EMI
Italy
GBR
United Kingdom
AUT
Austria
BEL
Belgium
NLD
Netherlands
ITA
Italy
MEX
Mexico
USA
United States
JPN
Japan
BRA
Brazil
UAE
United Arab Emirates
Points
1 United Kingdom McLaren Shadow 1P 1 3 6 1 1 2 2 4 4 1P 4 330
3 7 16 7 4 2 6 7 6 5 3 7
2 Austria Red Bull Racing Esports 8 2 1P 2P 2P 3 5 4 5 3 2 1 208
13 3 14 9 14 11 16 12P 9 10 11 20
3 United States Haas F1 Team Esports 17 4P 2 1 7 9P 1 3 2P 2P 6 2 177
RetF 6 11 19 19 20F 19 17 17 8 Ret 18
4 Germany Mercedes-AMG Petronas Esports Team 2 5 5 4 6 4 13 1 1 15 8 6 158
5 11 13 8 13 7 17 8 12 Ret 9 12
5 Switzerland Alfa Romeo Racing ORLEN F1 Esports Team 9 14 6 5 8 5 3P 6 7 1 4 10 120
Ret 17 17 18 12 10 4 15F 15 12 7 17F
6 Italy Scuderia AlphaTauri Esports Team 6 12 4 3 3 8 7 5 10 7 10 3P 104
10 Ret 19F 15 5 13 20 11 16 17 16 19
7 Italy Scuderia Ferrari Velas Esports Team 7 8 7 11 9 6 12 9 3 6 5 5 79
14 19F 9 16 11 14 15 Ret 19 9 17F 8
8 United Kingdom Aston Martin Cognizant Esports Team 4 9 18 10 10 17 14 14 11 13 15 15 16
16 16 Ret 13 17 19 18 18 14 14 19 16
9 France Alpine Esports Team 11 15 8 14 16 16 8 13 13 11 12 9 13
18 18 10 20F 20F 18 9 19 18F 16 14 14
10 United Kingdom Williams Esports 12 10 12 12 15 12 10F 10 8 18F 13 11 8
15 13 15 17 18 15 11 16 20 Ret 18 13
Pos. Team BHR
Bahrain
EMI
Italy
GBR
United Kingdom
AUT
Austria
BEL
Belgium
NLD
Netherlands
ITA
Italy
MEX
Mexico
USA
United States
JPN
Japan
BRA
Brazil
UAE
United Arab Emirates
Points
Sources:[5]
Key
ColourResult
GoldWinner
SilverSecond place
BronzeThird place
GreenOther points position
Blue Other classified position
Not classified, finished (NC)
PurpleNot classified, retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (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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  2. "F1 Esports Qualification Is OPEN For 2022!". F1 Esports. 1 October 2021. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  3. 1 2 "F1 Esports Series Pro Championship returns for 2022 with revised format and more live shows". formula1.com. 13 September 2022. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
  4. "2022 F1 Esports Series Pro Championship Calendar Revealed!". f1esports.com. 31 August 2022. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
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