2025 Formula One Sim Racing World Championship

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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.

• 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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

Pos. Team AUS CHN BHR SAU GBR BEL NED USA MXC SAP QAT ABU Points 1 Mercedes-AMG Petronas Esports Team 3 3 9 Ret 87 2 8 2 3 2 Williams Esports 1P 4 3P 6P 69 9 12 14 8 3 Oracle Red Bull Sim Racing 10 15 18 Ret 58 4F 1 12 2F 4 Aston Martin Aramco F1 Esports Team 5 6 8 1 47 17 18 15 Ret 5 Scuderia Ferrari HP Esports Team 16 7 13 7 43 7 Ret 1 13 6 McLaren Shadow 6 5 7F 4 37 18 11 16 12 7 KICK F1 Sim Racing Team 7 2 6 9 34 15 16 11 Ret 8 Racing Bulls F1 Sim Racing Team 8 Ret 4 5 27 11 13P Ret 20 9 Alpine Sim Racing 20 10F 10 Ret 15 13 9 5 Ret 10 MoneyGram Haas F1 Sim Racing Team 12 14 17 11 1 11 17 19 10 Pos. Team AUS CHN BHR SAU GBR BEL NED USA MXC SAP QAT ABU 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.