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2025 Formula One Sim Racing World Championship

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2025 Formula One Sim Racing World Championship
Tournament information
SportFormula One Esports Series
LocationQualification: Worldwide
Pro Draft: Online
Pro Series: LAN
Dates14 January 2025–27 March 2025
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: N/A
Pro Championship: TBA
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The 2025 Formula One Sim Racing World Championship is an esports competition for Formula One which is the eighth season of the Formula One Esports Series and the second in the series to be named as the "Formula One Sim Racing Championship." It is held on Formula One's official 2024 game, featuring all ten teams from the real-life sport. The championship started on 14 January 2025 and will end on 27 March 2025.

Frederik Rasmussen of Oracle Red Bull Sim Racing entered the year as the defending World Driver's Champion, while Scuderia Ferrari Esports are the defending World Constructors' Champions. This will also be the last season for inaugural champion Brendon Leigh, who announced his retirement from sim racing prior to the beginning of the season.

Format

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  • Pro Championship

The drivers will race in a series of 3 LAN events that are broadcast live. 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 teams. These points will determine the F1 Sim Racing World Championship Teams’ and Drivers’ World Champions, with a total $750,000 prize fund.

Entries

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Team Race drivers
setup pos. No. Driver name Rounds
France Alpine Sim Racing R 84 Finland Joni Törmälä 1–4
L 52 United Kingdom Josh Idowu 1-4
N/A 51 Poland Piotr Stachulec N/A
United Kingdom Aston Martin Aramco F1 Esports Team R 45 United Kingdom Otis Lawrence 1–4
L 8
26
Chile Fabrizio Donoso
Netherlands Duncan Hofland
1, 4
2–3
Switzerland KICK F1 Sim Racing Team R 39 Netherlands Thomas Ronhaar 1-4
L 72 United Kingdom Brendon Leigh 1-4
N/A 74 Netherlands Tycho Hardy N/A
United Kingdom McLaren Shadow R 41 United Kingdom Alfie Butcher 1-4
L 88 United Kingdom Lucas Blakeley 1-4
N/A 12 United Kingdom Wilson Hughes N/A
Germany Mercedes-AMG Petronas Esports Team R 15 Hungary Daniel Bereznay 1-4
L 62
25
Hungary István Puki
United Kingdom Jake Benham
1-3
4
United States MoneyGram Haas F1 Sim Racing Team R 36 Netherlands Joris Croezen 1-4
L 34 Hungary Tamás Gál 1-4
N/A 79 United Kingdom Shanaka Clay N/A
Austria Oracle Red Bull Sim Racing R 19 Denmark Frederik Rasmussen 1-4
L 5 Netherlands Jarno Opmeer 1-4
N/A 13 United Kingdom Sebastian Job N/A
Italy Racing Bulls F1 Sim Racing Team R 6 United Kingdom Tom Manley 1-4
L 95
98
Turkey Ulaş Özyıldırım
United Kingdom Declan Barrett
2-3
1,4
Italy Scuderia Ferrari HP Esports Team R 40 France Nicolas Longuet 1-4
L 7 Iran Bari Broumand 1-4
N/A 32 United Kingdom John Evans N/A
United Kingdom Williams Esports R 54 Spain Ismael Fahssi 1-4
L 9
93
Spain Álvaro Carretón
Spain Rubén Pedreño
1-2, 4
3
Source:[1]

Notes:

  • Rows are related to the position of the sim racing cockpit the drivers play on. Each team has two setups side by side, R means the Right side, the L the Left side simulator setup.

Calendar

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The full schedule was announced on 19 December, consisting of twelve races across three separate events.

Round Circuit Distance Date Broadcast Event
1 Australia Albert Park Street Circuit, Melbourne 29 laps 14 January 2025 LIVE Race: 2025 F1 Sim Racing World Championship - Round 1: Australia on YouTube Event One
2 China Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai 29 laps 15 January 2025 LIVE Race: 2025 F1 Sim Racing World Championship - Round 2: China on YouTube
3 Bahrain Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir 29 laps LIVE Race: 2025 F1 Sim Racing World Championship - Round 3: Bahrain on YouTube
4 Saudi Arabia Jeddah Corniche Circuit, Jeddah 25 laps 16 January 2025 LIVE Race: 2025 F1 Sim Racing World Championship - Round 4: Saudi Arabia on YouTube
5 United Kingdom Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone 26 Laps 12 February 2025 TBA Event Two
6 Belgium Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot 22 Laps 13 February 2025 TBA
7 Netherlands Circuit Zandvoort, Zandvoort 36 Laps TBA
8 United States Circuit of the Americas, Austin, Texas 28 laps 14 February 2025 TBA
9 Mexico Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City 36 laps 25 March 2025 TBA Event Three
10 Brazil Interlagos Circuit, São Paulo 36 laps 26 March 2025 TBA
11 Qatar Losail International Circuit, Lusail 29 laps TBA
12 United Arab Emirates Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi 29 laps 27 March 2025 TBA
Source:[2][3]

Calendar changes

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The Albert Park Street Circuit returned as the season opener for the first time since the 2018 season, and the Shanghai International Circuit will host a round for the first time since the 2021 season as the second round. The Red Bull Ring and the Las Vegas Strip Circuit dropped off the calendar in return.

Results

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Season summary

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Round Circuit Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team
1 Australia Albert Park Street Circuit, Melbourne Spain Ismael Fahssi Netherlands Jarno Opmeer Spain Ismael Fahssi United Kingdom Williams Esports
2 China Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai Turkey Ulaş Özyıldırım Finland Joni Törmälä Netherlands Jarno Opmeer Austria Oracle Red Bull Sim Racing
3 Bahrain Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir Spain Ismael Fahssi United Kingdom Alfie Butcher Iran Bari Broumand Italy Scuderia Ferrari HP Esports Team
4 Saudi Arabia Jeddah Corniche Circuit, Jeddah* Spain Ismael Fahssi Netherlands Jarno Opmeer United Kingdom Otis Lawrence United Kingdom Aston Martin Aramco F1 Esports Team
5 United Kingdom Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone
6 Belgium Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot
7 Netherlands Circuit Zandvoort, Zandvoort
8 United States Circuit of the Americas, Austin, Texas
9 Mexico Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City
10 Brazil Interlagos Circuit, São Paulo
11 Qatar Lusail International Circuit, Lusail
12 United Arab Emirates Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi

Season report

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Event One

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The championship started at the Australian Grand Prix, where Ismael Fahssi of Williams took his first career pole position. At the start, he held onto the lead until defending champion Frederik Rasmussen snatched it from him on lap 7, leaving Fahssi pressured by runner-up Thomas Ronhaar and rookie Otis Lawrence, both driving for Kick F1 and Aston Martin respectively. When the round of pit stops came, the top four were all surmounted by Daniel Bereznay, who went on an alternative strategy. Towards the latter stages, Lawrence pushed Rasmussen wide at turn 5, who was then pushed by Lucas Blakeley at turn 8, shoving him down to only tenth at the race end. On the final lap, Fahssi overtook Bereznay, and Ronhaar attempted a divebomb on him, which resulted in both of them dropping down the order. Fahssi took his first victory in the series from István Puki and Bereznay. Jarno Opmeer finished fourth in his first outing for Red Bull Racing, followed by Lawrence and Ronhaar.

Ulaş Özyıldırım was the next pole sitter at the Chinese Grand Prix, making his debut for Racing Bulls. During the first half, he became involved in a battle with Ronhaar, Lawrence, and Brendon Leigh, in which he eventually lost out and dropped to thirteenth. His teammate, Tom Manley, collided with Leigh after the round of pit stops, also removing Leigh from contention and instead making room for Jarno Opmeer to chase after Ronhaar. Opmeer came out on top for his first win of the season, followed by Ronhaar, Bereznay, ad championship leader Fahssi in fourth.

Championship standings

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Scoring system

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Points will be awarded to the top 10 classified finishers in the race and one point will be given to the driver who sets the fastest lap inside the top ten. Starting from this season, one extra point will be awarded to the pole-sitter.

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   Pole   FL 
Points 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1 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/team's best result used to decide the standings.

Drivers' Championship standings

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Pos. Driver AUS
Australia
CHN
China
BHR
Bahrain
SAU
Saudi Arabia
GBR
United Kingdom
BEL
Belgium
NED
Netherlands
USA
United States
MXC
Mexico
SAP
Brazil
QAT
Qatar
ABU
United Arab Emirates
Points
1 Spain Ismael Fahssi 1P 4 3P 6P 63
2 Netherlands Jarno Opmeer 4F 1 12 2F 57
3 United Kingdom Otis Lawrence 5 6 8 1 47
4 Hungary István Puki 2 8 2 40
5 United Kingdom Alfie Butcher 6 5 7F 4 37
6 Netherlands Thomas Ronhaar 7 2 6 9 34
7 Hungary Dani Bereznay 3 3 9 Ret 32
8 United Kingdom Tom Manley 8 Ret 4 5 26
9 Iran Bari Broumand 16 Ret 1 13 25
10 United Kingdom Jake Benham 3 15
11 United Kingdom Josh Idowu 13 9 5 Ret 12
12 France Nicolas Longuet 19 7 13 7 12
13 Spain Álvaro Carretón 9 12 8 6
14 Finland Joni Törmälä 20 10F 10 Ret 3
15 Denmark Frederik Rasmussen 10 15 18 Ret 1
16 Turkey Ulaş Özyıldırım 13P Ret 1
17 Hungary Tamás Gál 14 17 19 10 1
18 United Kingdom Lucas Blakeley 18 11 16 12 0
19 United Kingdom Brendon Leigh 15 16 11 Ret 0
20 United Kingdom Declan Barrett 11 Ret 0
21 Netherlands Joris Croezen 12 14 17 11 0
22 Spain Rubén Pedreño 14 0
23 Netherlands Duncan Hofland 18 15 0
24 Chile Fabrizio Donoso 17 Ret 0
Pos. Driver AUS
Australia
CHN
China
BHR
Bahrain
SAU
Saudi Arabia
GBR
United Kingdom
BEL
Belgium
NED
Netherlands
USA
United States
MXC
Mexico
SAP
Brazil
QAT
Qatar
ABU
United Arab Emirates
Points
Sources:
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

Teams' Championship standings

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Pos. Team AUS
Australia
CHN
China
BHR
Bahrain
SAU
Saudi Arabia
GBR
United Kingdom
BEL
Belgium
NED
Netherlands
USA
United States
MXC
Mexico
SAP
Brazil
QAT
Qatar
ABU
United Arab Emirates
Points
1 Germany Mercedes-AMG Petronas Esports Team 3 3 9 Ret 87
2 8 2 3
2 United Kingdom Williams Esports 1P 4 3P 6P 69
9 12 14 8
3 Austria Oracle Red Bull Sim Racing 10 15 18 Ret 58
4F 1 12 2F
4 United Kingdom Aston Martin Aramco F1 Esports Team 5 6 8 1 47
17 18 15 Ret
5 Italy Scuderia Ferrari HP Esports Team 16 7 13 7 43
7 Ret 1 13
6 United Kingdom McLaren Shadow 6 5 7F 4 37
18 11 16 12
7 Switzerland KICK F1 Sim Racing Team 7 2 6 9 34
15 16 11 Ret
8 Italy Racing Bulls F1 Sim Racing Team 8 Ret 4 5 27
11 13P Ret 20
9 France Alpine Sim Racing 20 10F 10 Ret 15
13 9 5 Ret
10 United States MoneyGram Haas F1 Sim Racing Team 12 14 17 11 1
11 17 19 10
Pos. Team AUS
Australia
CHN
China
BHR
Bahrain
SAU
Saudi Arabia
GBR
United Kingdom
BEL
Belgium
NED
Netherlands
USA
United States
MXC
Mexico
SAP
Brazil
QAT
Qatar
ABU
United Arab Emirates
Points
Sources

Notes:

  • Rows are related to the position of the sim racing cockpit the drivers play on. Each team has two setups side by side, the first row means the Right side, the second row means the Left side simulator setup.

References

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  1. ^ "Everything you need to know about the 2025 F1 Sim Racing World Championship". formula1.com. 10 January 2025. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
  2. ^ "Presenting the F1 Sim Racing World Championship 2025 calendar, kicking off on 14th January". f1esports. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
  3. ^ https://traxion.gg/f1-sim-racing-esports-competition-returns-january-750k-prize-pool/