2020 Formula One Esports Series

Tournament information
Sport	Formula One Esports Series
Location	Qualification: Worldwide Pro Draft: Online Pro Series: Online
Dates	14 October–17 December 2020
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: Online Pro Series: Online
Final positions
Champions	Jarno Opmeer Red Bull Racing Esports
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The2020 Formula One Esports Series was the fourth season of theFormula One Esports Series.^[1][2] It took place from October 14 to December 17, 2020. It was held onFormula One's official2020 game.^[3] As a response to theCOVID-19 pandemic the championship had no fixed venue, and was instead held online and streamed on F1's officialYouTube channel.

David Tonizza andRed Bull Racing Esports entered the season as the reigning Drivers' and Teams' champions respectively.Red Bull Racing Esports successfully defended the Teams' Championship title for the second consecutive year, whileJarno Opmeer won the Drivers' Championship title for the first time, driving forAlfa Romeo Racing Orlen Esports.^[4][5]

• Qualification - The season opens with online qualification, a global call for participation. Qualification is open to anyone with a copy of theofficial Formula 1 video game developed byCodemasters. The fastest gamers get through.^[6]
• 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.^[7]
• Pro Series - The drivers race in 35% 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]

Team	Race drivers
	No.	Driver name	Rounds
Alfa Romeo Racing Orlen Esports	12 34 N.A.	Dániel Bereznay Jarno Opmeer Dominik Hofmann	All All Not Competed
AlphaTauri Esports Team	51 14 19	Joni Törmälä Manuel Biancolilla Patrik Holzmann	All All Not Competed
BWT Racing Point Esports Team	9 92 42	Lucas Blakeley Daniele Haddad Shanaka Clay	1–8, 10–12 1–3, 5–6, 8–12 4, 7, 9
FDA Hublot Esports Team	95 74 83	David Tonizza Enzo Bonito Filip Prešnajder	All 1–7, 9–12 8
Haas F1 Esports	38 2 30	Simon Weigang Cedric Thomé Floris Wijers	All 1–6, 8–12 7
McLaren Shadow	25 28 N.A.	Dani Moreno James Baldwin Matthias Cologon	All 1–5, 7–12 6
Mercedes AMG Petronas Esports Team	72 94 20	Brendon Leigh Bono Huis Bari Broumand	All 1–2, 4–12 3
Red Bull Racing Esports	19 24 N.A.	Frederik Rasmussen Marcel Kiefer Tino Naukkarinen	All All Not Competed
Renault Vitality	40 27 N.A.	Nicolas Longuet Fabrizio Donoso Casper Jansen	All 1–10, 12 11
Williams Esports	21 88 53	Álvaro Carretón Salih Saltunç Michael Romanidis	1–4, 6–12 1, 3, 5–7, 12 2, 4–5, 8–11
Sources:[8]

Round	Event	Circuit	Distance	Date	Broadcast
1	Event One	Bahrain International Circuit,Sakhir	20 Laps	14 October	F1 Esports Pro Series 2020: Rounds 1 & 2 LIVE! on YouTube
2		Hanoi Street Circuit,Hanoi	19 Laps
3		Shanghai International Circuit,Shanghai	20 Laps	15 October	F1 Esports Pro Series 2020: Rounds 3 on YouTube
4	Event Two	Circuit Zandvoort,Zandvoort	25 Laps	4 November	F1 Esports Pro Series 2020: Rounds 4 & 5 LIVE! on YouTube
5		Circuit Gilles Villeneuve,Montreal	25 Laps
6		Red Bull Ring,Spielberg	25 Laps	5 November	F1 Esports Pro Series 2020: Rounds 6 on YouTube
7	Event Three	Silverstone Circuit,Silverstone	18 Laps	18 November	F1 Esports Pro Series 2020: Rounds 7 & 8 LIVE! on YouTube
8		Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps,Stavelot	15 Laps
9		Autodromo Nazionale di Monza,Monza	19 Laps	19 November	F1 Esports Pro Series 2020: Rounds 9 on YouTube
10	Grand Finale	Suzuka International Racing Course,Suzuka	19 Laps	16 December	F1 Esports Pro Series 2020: GRAND FINAL, Rounds 10 & 11 LIVE! on YouTube
11		Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez,Mexico City	25 Laps
12		Autódromo José Carlos Pace,São Paulo	25 Laps	17 December	F1 Esports Pro Series 2020: FINAL RACE, Rounds 12 on YouTube
Sources:[3][9]

Round	Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	Bahrain International Circuit,Sakhir	Nicolas Longuet	David Tonizza	Jarno Opmeer	Alfa Romeo Racing Orlen Esports
2	Hanoi Street Circuit,Hanoi,Vietnam	Jarno Opmeer	Lucas Blakeley	David Tonizza	FDA Hublot Esports Team
3	Shanghai International Circuit,Shanghai	Jarno Opmeer	Nicolas Longuet	Jarno Opmeer	Alfa Romeo Racing Orlen Esports
4	Circuit Zandvoort,Zandvoort	Frederik Rasmussen	Cedric Thomé	Frederik Rasmussen	Red Bull Racing Esports
5	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve,Montréal	David Tonizza	Brendon Leigh	Jarno Opmeer	Alfa Romeo Racing Orlen Esports
6	Red Bull Ring,Spielberg	Álvaro Carretón	Joni Törmälä	Marcel Kiefer	Red Bull Racing Esports
7	Silverstone Circuit,Silverstone	Frederik Rasmussen	James Baldwin	Nicolas Longuet	Renault Vitality
8	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps,Stavelot	Frederik Rasmussen	James Baldwin	Frederik Rasmussen	Red Bull Racing Esports
9	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza,Monza	David Tonizza	Simon Weigang	David Tonizza	FDA Hublot Esports Team
10	Suzuka International Racing Course,Suzuka	Frederik Rasmussen	Álvaro Carretón	Frederik Rasmussen	Red Bull Racing Esports
11	Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez,Mexico City	Frederik Rasmussen	Nicolas Longuet	Jarno Opmeer	Alfa Romeo Racing Orlen Esports
12	Autódromo José Carlos Pace,São Paulo	Nicolas Longuet	Joni Törmälä	Nicolas Longuet	Renault Vitality

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.

Pos. Driver BHR VIE CHN NED CAN AUT GBR BEL ITA JPN MEX BRA Points 1 Jarno Opmeer 1 3P 1P 2 1 3 9 5 2 4 1 7 196 2 Frederik Rasmussen 6 5 5 1P 2 2 6P 1P 4 1P 3P 11 174 3 Marcel Kiefer 3 6 2 3 3 1 7 3 8 5 6 2 157 4 Nicolas Longuet 5P 2 15F 5 4 5 1 9 10 2 13F 1P 131 5 Dániel Bereznay 2 15 3 12 8 12 3 2 16 9 4 3 99 6 Brendon Leigh 7 4 17 6 17F 13 10 4 3 15 2 4 84 7 David Tonizza 20F 1 19 11 RetP 10 5 8 1P 7 Ret 6 79 8 Dani Moreno 8 19 9 7 5 14 2 13 9 6 5 5 70 9 Álvaro Carretón 9 12 4 9 4P 17 18 6 20F 9 13 38 10 Joni Törmälä 4 9 7 4 10 19F 13 15 11 10 17 20F 34 11 Simon Weigang 18 16 14 17 Ret 6 4 6 20F 18 7 12 34 12 Bono Huis 11 13 8 16 8 12 7 7 11 10 9 23 13 Enzo Bonito 14 7 20 10 11 11 8 5 14 11 19 21 14 Daniele Haddad 16 10 16 15 9 14 13 3 15 16 18 15 Lucas Blakeley 10 17F 6 14 13 7 11 20 13 12 15 15 16 Manuel Biancolilla 12 14 18 Ret 6 20 19 16 18 8 18 17 12 17 James Baldwin 13 20 13 18 9 20F 19F 19 19 8 8 10 18 Michael Romanidis 11 15 7 10 12 12 16 7 19 Fabrizio Donoso 19 8 10 13 12 17 18 12 17 16 18 5 20 Cedric Thomé 17 18 8 19F 18 18 17 14 17 14 10 5 21 Bari Broumand 11 0 21 Filip Prešnajder 11 0 23 Salih Saltunç 15 12 14 16 15 14 0 24 Floris Wijers 14 0 25 Shanaka Clay 16 16 15 0 26 Matthias Cologon 15 0 NC Casper Jansen Ret 0 Pos. Driver BHR VIE CHN NED CAN AUT GBR BEL ITA JPN MEX BRA Points Sources:[10]

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

Pos. Team BHR VIE CHN NED CAN AUT GBR BEL ITA JPN MEX BRA Points 1 Red Bull Racing Esports 3 5 2 1P 2 1 6P 1P 4 1P 3P 2 331 6 6 5 3 3 2 7 3 8 5 6 11 2 Alfa Romeo Racing Orlen Esports 1 3P 1P 2 1 3 3 2 2 4 1 3 295 2 15 3 12 8 12 9 5 16 9 4 7 3 Renault Vitality 5P 2 10 5 4 5 1 9 10 2 13F 1P 136 19 8 15F 13 12 17 18 12 17 16 Ret 18 4 Mercedes AMG Petronas Esports Team 7 4 11 6 16 8 10 4 3 11 2 4 107 11 13 17 8 17F 13 12 7 7 15 10 9 5 FDA Hublot Esports Team 14 1 19 10 11 10 5 8 1P 7 11 6 100 20F 7 20 11 RetP 11 8 11 5 14 Ret 19 6 McLaren Shadow 8 19 9 7 5 14 2 13 9 6 5 5 80 13 20 13 18 9 15 20F 19F 19 19 8 8 7 AlphaTauri Esports Team 4 9 7 4 6 19F 13 15 11 8 17 17 46 12 14 18 Ret 10 20 19 16 18 10 18 20F 8 Williams Esports 9 11 4 9 7 4P 15 10 6 12 9 13 45 15 12 12 15 14 16 17 18 12 20F 16 14 9 Haas F1 Esports 17 16 8 17 18 6 4 6 14 17 7 10 39 18 18 14 19F Ret 18 14 17 20F 18 14 12 10 BWT Racing Point Esports Team 10 10 6 14 13 7 11 14 13 3 12 15 33 16 17F 16 16 15 9 16 20 15 13 15 16 Pos. Team BHR VIE CHN NED CAN AUT GBR BEL ITA JPN MEX BRA Points Sources:[10]

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.

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