# 2019 Formula One Esports Series

The 2019 Formula One Esports Series was the third season of the Formula One Esports Series. 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. 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.

## 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 | Race drivers | Race drivers |
| Team | No. | Driver name | Rounds |
| Alfa Romeo Racing F1 Esports | 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 |
| Haas F1 Team Esports | 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 |
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## Calendar

| Round | Event | Circuit | Distance | Date | Broadcast |
| 1 | Event One | Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir | 14 Laps | 11 September | LIVE: F1 Esports Pro Series 2019 Event 1! on YouTube |
| 2 | Event One | Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai | 14 Laps | 11 September | LIVE: F1 Esports Pro Series 2019 Event 1! on YouTube |
| 3 | Event One | Baku City Circuit, Baku | 13 Laps | 11 September | LIVE: F1 Esports Pro Series 2019 Event 1! on YouTube |
| 4 | Event Two | Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montréal | 18 Laps | 2 October | LIVE: F1 Esports Pro Series 2019 Event 2! on YouTube |
| 5 | Event Two | Red Bull Ring, Spielberg | 18 Laps | 2 October | LIVE: F1 Esports Pro Series 2019 Event 2! on YouTube |
| 6 | Event Two | Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone | 13 Laps | 2 October | LIVE: F1 Esports Pro Series 2019 Event 2! on YouTube |
| 7 | Event Three | Hockenheimring, Hockenheim | 17 Laps | 6 November | LIVE: F1 Esports Pro Series 2019 Event 3! on YouTube |
| 8 | Event Three | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot | 11 Laps | 6 November | LIVE: F1 Esports Pro Series 2019 Event 3! on YouTube |
| 9 | Event Three | Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza | 13 Laps | 6 November | LIVE: F1 Esports Pro Series 2019 Event 3! on YouTube |
| 10 | Grand Finale | Suzuka International Racing Course, Suzuka | 13 Laps | 4 December | LIVE: F1 New Balance Esports Pro Series Grand Final 2019 on YouTube |
| 11 | Grand Finale | Circuit of the Americas, Austin, Texas | 14 Laps | 4 December | LIVE: F1 New Balance Esports Pro Series Grand Final 2019 on YouTube |
| 12 | Grand Finale | Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo | 18 Laps | 4 December | LIVE: F1 New Balance Esports Pro Series Grand Final 2019 on YouTube |
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## 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 | Suzuka International Racing Course, Suzuka | 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.
| 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 | AZE | CAN | AUT | GBR | GER | BEL | ITA | JPN | USA | BRA | Points |
| 1 | David Tonizza | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 1$^P$ | 5$^P$ | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 2$^P$ | 184 |
| 2 | Frederik Rasmussen | 12$^P$ | 2 | 1$^P$ | 4$^F$ | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 19$^F$ | 1 | 1$^P$ | 10 | 171 |
| 3 | Daniel Bereznay | 19 | Ret$^P$ | 7 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1$^P$ | 1$^P$ | 18 | 5 | 1 | 128 |
| 4 | Jarno Opmeer | 2 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 1$^P$ | 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 | | 5$^P$ | 7 | 3 | 58 |
| 9 | Joni Törmälä | 13 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 20$^F$ | 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 | 6$^P$ | 8 | 20$^F$ | 20$^F$ | 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 | 19$^F$ | 19$^F$ | 18 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 20$^F$ | 10 | 3 | 19$^F$ | 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 | 20$^F$ | 17 | Ret | 15 | 13 | | 16 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 14 | 0 |
| 25 | Amos Laurito | 16 | 16 | 13 | 19 | 16 | | 19 | 17 | | 20$^F$ | 17 | | 0 |
| 26 | Daniel Shields | | | | | | | | | 17 | | | 13 | 0 |
| 27 | Isaac Price | 17 | 14 | | | | | | | 15 | | | 20$^F$ | 0 |
| 28 | Gianfanco Giglioli | | | | | | 17 | | | 16 | | | 15 | 0 |
| Pos. | Driver | BHR | CHN | AZE | CAN | AUT | GBR | GER | BEL | ITA | JPN | USA | 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 | AZE | CAN | AUT | GBR | GER | BEL | ITA | JPN | USA | BRA | Points |
| 1 | Red Bull Racing Esports | 12$^P$ | 2 | 1$^P$ | 4$^F$ | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1$^P$ | 5 | 246 |
| 1 | Red Bull Racing Esports | 13 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 20$^F$ | 7 | 5 | 6 | 19$^F$ | 8 | 11 | 10 | 246 |
| 2 | Ferrari Driver Academy | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 1$^P$ | 5$^P$ | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 184 |
| 2 | Ferrari Driver Academy | 16 | 16 | 13 | 19 | 16 | 17 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 20$^F$ | 17 | 15 | 184 |
| 3 | Alfa Romeo Racing F1 Esports | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1$^P$ | 1$^P$ | 13 | 5 | 1 | 176 |
| 3 | Alfa Romeo Racing F1 Esports | 19 | Ret$^P$ | 9 | 13 | 10 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 176 |
| 4 | Renault Sport Team Vitality | 2 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 1$^P$ | 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 | 6$^P$ | 8 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 5$^P$ | 7 | 3 | 105 |
| 5 | Williams Esports | 18 | 15 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 20$^F$ | 20$^F$ | 8 | 15 | 16 | 10 | 20$^F$ | 105 |
| 6 | McLaren Shadow | 8 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 105 |
| 6 | McLaren Shadow | 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 | 19$^F$ | 8 | 35 |
| 9 | Scuderia Toro Rosso Esports | 14 | 19$^F$ | 19$^F$ | 18 | 18 | 11 | 10 | 20$^F$ | 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 | 20$^F$ | 17 | Ret | 17 | 19 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 8 |
| Pos. | Team | BHR | CHN | AZE | CAN | AUT | GBR | GER | BEL | ITA | JPN | USA | 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.