# 2021 Formula One Esports Series

The 2021 Formula One Esports Series was the fifth season of the Formula One Esports Series. It started on 13 October 2021, and ended on 16 December 2021. It was held in Formula One's official 2021 game. Same as the previous year, the championship was held online due to COVID-19 pandemic and streamed on the official F1 YouTube Channel.
Jarno Opmeer and Red Bull Racing Esports entered the season as the reigning champion, having won the Drivers' and Team's Championship title respectively in 2020. Jarno Opmeer successfully defended the Drivers' Championship title for the second consecutive year, while his new team, Mercedes-AMG Petronas Esports Team secured the Teams' Championship title for the first time since 2018.

## Teams and drivers

| Team | Race drivers | Race drivers | Race drivers |
| Team | No. | Driver name | Rounds |
| Alfa Romeo Racing ORLEN F1 Esports Team | 30 83 N.A. | Simon Weigang Filip Prešnajder Thijmen Schütte | All 2–7, 9–11 1, 8, 12 |
| Alpine Esports Team | 40 8 80 | Nicolas Longuet Fabrizio Donoso Delgado Patrik Sipos | 1–7, 9, 11–12 1–2, 4–5, 7–8, 10–12 3, 6, 8–10 |
| Aston Martin Cognizant Esports Team | 88 92 79 | Lucas Blakeley Daniele Haddad Shanaka Clay | All 1–9, 11–12 10 |
| Ferrari Driver Academy Esports Team | 95 72 29 | David Tonizza Brendon Leigh Domenico Lovece | 1-11 All 12 |
| McLaren Shadow | 20 12 32 | Bari Broumand Daniel Bereznay Josh Idowu | All 1, 3, 5–7, 9 2, 4, 8, 10–12 |
| Mercedes-AMG Petronas Esports Team | 34 95 N.A. | Jarno Opmeer Dani Moreno Bono Huis | All All Not Competed |
| Red Bull Racing Esports | 19 24 N.A. | Frederik Rasmussen Marcel Kiefer Liam Parnell | All All Not Competed |
| Scuderia AlphaTauri F1 Esports Team | 51 13 N.A. | Joni Törmälä Sebastian Job Dario Iemmulo | All 1–9,11–12 10 |
| Uralkali Haas F1 Team Esports | 2 48 N.A. | Cedric Thomé Matthijs van Erven Samuel Libeert | All All Not Competed |
| Williams Esports | 21 53 23 | Álvaro Carretón Michael Romanidis Alessio Di Capua | All 1–2, 5–7, 9–11 3–4, 8, 12 |
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## Calendar

| Round | Event | Circuit | Distance | Date | Broadcast |
| 1 | Event One | Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir | 20 Laps | 13 October | 2021 F1 Esports Pro Championship: Rounds 1-2 on YouTube |
| 2 | Event One | Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai | 20 Laps | 13 October | 2021 F1 Esports Pro Championship: Rounds 1-2 on YouTube |
| 3 | Event One | Red Bull Ring, Spielberg | 25 Laps | 14 October | 2021 F1 Esports Pro Championship: Rounds 3 on YouTube |
| 4 | Event Two | Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone | 18 Laps | 27 October | 2021 F1 Esports Pro Championship: Rounds 4-5 on YouTube |
| 5 | Event Two | Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza | 19 Laps | 27 October | 2021 F1 Esports Pro Championship: Rounds 4-5 on YouTube |
| 6 | Event Two | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot | 15 Laps | 28 October | 2021 F1 Esports Pro Championship: Rounds 6 on YouTube |
| 7 | Event Three | Autódromo Internacional do Algarve, Portimão | 23 Laps | 24 November | 2021 F1 Esports Pro Championship: Rounds 7-8 on YouTube |
| 8 | Event Three | Circuit Zandvoort, Zandvoort | 25 Laps | 24 November | 2021 F1 Esports Pro Championship: Rounds 7-8 on YouTube |
| 9 | Event Three | Circuit of the Americas, Austin, Texas | 20 Laps | 25 November | 2021 F1 Esports Pro Championship: Rounds 9 on YouTube |
| 10 | Grand Final | Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola | 22 Laps | 15 December | 2021 F1 Esports Pro Championship: Rounds 10-11 on YouTube |
| 11 | Grand Final | Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City | 25 Laps | 15 December | 2021 F1 Esports Pro Championship: Rounds 10-11 on YouTube |
| 12 | Grand Final | Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo | 25 Laps | 16 December | 2021 F1 Esports Pro Championship: The FINAL Round! on YouTube |
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## Results
### Season summary

| Round | Circuit | Pole position | Fastest lap | Winning driver | Winning team |
| 1 | Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir | Nicolas Longuet | Joni Törmälä | Lucas Blakeley | Aston Martin Cognizant Esports Team |
| 2 | Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai | Bari Broumand | Nicolas Longuet | Jarno Opmeer | Mercedes-AMG Petronas Esports Team |
| 3 | Red Bull Ring, Spielberg | Jarno Opmeer | Jarno Opmeer | Jarno Opmeer | Mercedes-AMG Petronas Esports Team |
| 4 | Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone | Frederik Rasmussen | Sebastian Job | Frederik Rasmussen | Red Bull Racing Esports |
| 5 | Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza | Jarno Opmeer | Joni Törmälä | Marcel Kiefer | Red Bull Racing Esports |
| 6 | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot | David Tonizza | Dani Moreno | Frederik Rasmussen | Red Bull Racing Esports |
| 7 | Autódromo Internacional do Algarve, Portimão | Lucas Blakeley | Filip Prešnajder | Lucas Blakeley | Aston Martin Cognizant Esports Team |
| 8 | Circuit Zandvoort, Zandvoort | Bari Broumand | Álvaro Carretón | Dani Moreno | Mercedes-AMG Petronas Esports Team |
| 9 | Circuit of the Americas, Austin, Texas | Nicolas Longuet | Daniele Haddad | Jarno Opmeer | Mercedes-AMG Petronas Esports Team |
| 10 | Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola | Josh Idowu | Marcel Kiefer | David Tonizza | Ferrari Driver Academy Esports Team |
| 11 | Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City | Frederik Rasmussen | Matthijs van Erven | Jarno Opmeer | Mercedes-AMG Petronas Esports Team |
| 12 | Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo | Nicolas Longuet | Brendon Leigh | Frederik Rasmussen | Red Bull Racing Esports |

## 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 | AUT | GBR | ITA | BEL | POR | NLD | USA | EMI | MEX | BRA | Points |
| 1 | Jarno Opmeer | 4 | 1 | 1$^P$$^F$ | 9 | 2$^P$ | 2 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 195 |
| 2 | Frederik Rasmussen | 7 | 17 | 2 | 1$^P$ | 8 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3$^P$ | 1 | 187 |
| 3 | Lucas Blakeley | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1$^P$ | 3 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 162 |
| 4 | Dani Moreno | 5 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 16$^F$ | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 4 | Ret | 100 |
| 5 | Bari Broumand | 6 | 5$^P$ | 3 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 4$^P$ | 4 | 18 | 2 | 17 | 98 |
| 6 | David Tonizza | 9 | 14 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 3$^P$ | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 9 | | 83 |
| 7 | Marcel Kiefer | 8 | 3 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 20$^F$ | 8 | 14 | 71 |
| 8 | Nicolas Longuet | 2$^P$ | 18$^F$ | 9 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 12 | | 3$^P$ | | 7 | 7$^P$ | 69 |
| 9 | Fabrizio Donoso | 10 | 2 | | 17 | 4 | | 3 | 16 | | 14 | 17 | 19 | 46 |
| 10 | Brendon Leigh | 12 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 18$^F$ | 42 |
| 11 | Joni Törmälä | 19$^F$ | 16 | 19 | 8 | 20$^F$ | 11 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 33 |
| 12 | Sebastian Job | 17 | 11 | 15 | 18$^F$ | 5 | 7 | 16 | 11 | 10 | | 11 | 3 | 32 |
| 13 | Álvaro Carretón | 3 | Ret | 6 | 20 | 10 | 12 | 19 | 19$^F$ | 8 | 19 | 16 | 8 | 32 |
| 14 | Michael Romanidis | 20 | 9 | | | 16 | 14 | 8 | | 18 | 6 | 12 | | 14 |
| 15 | Josh Idowu | | 12 | | 11 | | | | 18 | | 11$^P$ | 14 | 5 | 10 |
| 16 | Simon Weigang | 13 | Ret | 7 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 19 | 14 | 20 | 9 | 13 | 15 | 10 |
| 17 | Daniele Haddad | 11 | 7 | Ret | 19 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 20 | 19$^F$ | | 15 | 12 | 9 |
| 18 | Matthijs van Erven | 15 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 20$^F$ | 6 | 8 |
| 19 | Patrik Sipos | | | 17 | | | 17 | | 8 | 16 | 8 | | | 8 |
| 20 | Cedric Thomé | 16 | 15 | 18 | 14 | 18 | 13 | 18 | 17 | 13 | 15 | 19 | 9 | 2 |
| 21 | Thijmen Schütte | 18 | | | | | | | 12 | | | | 10 | 1 |
| 22 | Filip Prešnajder | | 10 | 14 | 16 | 17 | Ret | 20$^F$ | | 12 | 12 | 18 | | 1 |
| 23 | Domenico Lovece | | | | | | | | | | | | 11 | 0 |
| 24 | Daniel Bereznay | 14 | | 12 | | 11 | Ret | 14 | | 15 | | | | 0 |
| 25 | Dario Iemmulo | | | | | | | | | | 13 | | | 0 |
| 26 | Alessio di Capua | | | 13 | 15 | | | | 13 | | | | 16 | 0 |
| 27 | Shanaka Clay | | | | | | | | | | 17 | | | 0 |
| Pos. | Driver | BHR | CHN | AUT | GBR | ITA | BEL | POR | NLD | USA | EMI | MEX | BRA | Points |
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Key :
| Colour | Result |
| Gold | Winner |
| Silver | Second place |
| Bronze | Third place |
| Green | Other points position |
| Blue | Other classified position |
| Blue | Not classified, finished (NC) |
| Purple | Not classified, retired (Ret) |
| Red | Did not qualify (DNQ) |
| Red | Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) |
| Black | Disqualified (DSQ) |
| White | Did not start (DNS) |
| White | Race cancelled (C) |
| Blank | Did not enter |
| Annotation | Meaning |
| P | Pole position |
| F | Fastest lap |

### Teams' Championship standings

| Pos. | Team | BHR | CHN | AUT | GBR | ITA | BEL | POR | NLD | USA | EMI | MEX | BRA | Points |
| 1 | Mercedes-AMG Petronas Esports Team | 4 | 1 | 1$^P$$^F$ | 2 | 2$^P$ | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 295 |
| 1 | Mercedes-AMG Petronas Esports Team | 5 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 16$^F$ | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 4 | Ret | 295 |
| 2 | Red Bull Racing Esports | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1$^P$ | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3$^P$ | 1 | 258 |
| 2 | Red Bull Racing Esports | 8 | 17 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 20$^F$ | 8 | 14 | 258 |
| 3 | Aston Martin Cognizant Esports Team | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1$^P$ | 3 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 171 |
| 3 | Aston Martin Cognizant Esports Team | 11 | 7 | Ret | 19 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 20 | 19$^F$ | 17 | 15 | 12 | 171 |
| 4 | Ferrari Driver Academy Esports Team | 9 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 3$^P$ | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 125 |
| 4 | Ferrari Driver Academy Esports Team | 12 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 18$^F$ | 125 |
| 5 | Alpine Esports Team | 2$^P$ | 2 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 3$^P$ | 8 | 7 | 7$^P$ | 123 |
| 5 | Alpine Esports Team | 10 | 18$^F$ | 17 | 17 | 12 | 17 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 17 | 19 | 123 |
| 6 | McLaren Shadow | 6 | 5$^P$ | 3 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 4$^P$ | 4 | 11$^P$ | 2 | 5 | 108 |
| 6 | McLaren Shadow | 14 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | Ret | 14 | 18 | 15 | 18 | 14 | 17 | 108 |
| 7 | Scuderia AlphaTauri F1 Esports Team | 17 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 65 |
| 7 | Scuderia AlphaTauri F1 Esports Team | 19$^F$ | 16 | 19 | 18$^F$ | 20$^F$ | 11 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 65 |
| 8 | Williams Esports | 3 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 46 |
| 8 | Williams Esports | 20 | Ret | 13 | 20 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 19$^F$ | 18 | 19 | 16 | 16 | 46 |
| 9 | Alfa Romeo Racing ORLEN F1 Esports Team | 13 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 19 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 12 |
| 9 | Alfa Romeo Racing ORLEN F1 Esports Team | 18 | Ret | 14 | 16 | 17 | Ret | 20$^F$ | 14 | 20 | 12 | 18 | 15 | 12 |
| 10 | Uralkali Haas F1 Team Esports | 15 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 19 | 6 | 10 |
| 10 | Uralkali Haas F1 Team Esports | 16 | 15 | 18 | 14 | 18 | 15 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 20$^F$ | 9 | 10 |
| Pos. | Team | BHR | CHN | AUT | GBR | ITA | BEL | POR | NLD | USA | EMI | MEX | BRA | Points |
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Key :
| Colour | Result |
| Gold | Winner |
| Silver | Second place |
| Bronze | Third place |
| Green | Other points position |
| Blue | Other classified position |
| Blue | Not classified, finished (NC) |
| Purple | Not classified, retired (Ret) |
| Red | Did not qualify (DNQ) |
| Red | Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) |
| Black | Disqualified (DSQ) |
| White | Did not start (DNS) |
| White | 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.