F1 Esports

The F1 Esports Series’ third 2021 press conference lit up upon the arrival of two-time champion Brendon Leigh. It’s no disrespect to any other driver than has partaken in roundtable interviews this season, Leigh just exudes the sort of confidence that you’d expect from someone in the spotlight for so long. F1 Esports Pro Series…Continue reading “F1 Esports Pro: Why Brendon Leigh is so content at Ferrari”»

17th December 2020. Round 12 of the F1 Esports Series at the Autódromo José Carlos Pace. Renault Sport Team Vitality’s star driver takes a final pole position and victory to ensure the team stays third in the Teams’ Championship whilst securing fourth in the Drivers’ standings for himself. Fast forward eleven months and that same…Continue reading “F1 Esports Pro: Is Nicolas Longuet the frontrunners’ forgotten man?”»

Considered F1 Esports Series Pro Championship pre-season title contenders, Red Bull Racing Esports were ultimately disappointing in the opening three races of the season. The tides turned on Wednesday evening when the team’s drivers won at Silverstone and Monza respectively, re-igniting their hopes not just for Teams’ title glory but their own Drivers’ championship hopes…Continue reading “Rasmussen helps Red Bull secure F1 Esports Series Pro second event sweep”»

Jarno Opmeer picked up where he had left off as the reigning Formula 1 Esports Series champion rode on a 14 point lead of the 2021 competition after the first three rounds of the season. Back-to-back victories did not overshadow the opening winner in Aston Martin’s Lucas Blakeley, however. The Scotsman a welcome surprise at…Continue reading “Red Bull fight back, Rasmussen and Kiefer win in F1 Esports Series Pro”»

With only two seats per team at any one race in the Formula 1 Esports Series Pro Championship, it does mean that one of the official lineup for every outfit misses out on a chance to race. Unfair? Perhaps. Then again, it offers the organisations options on who to field and give experience and faith…Continue reading “Josh Idowu – From grassroots to F1 Esports Series professional”»

When asked earlier this week whether he felt that the Red Bull Racing/AlphaTauri group held an advantage over other F1 Esports Series Pro Championship teams due to more minds in the melting pot, Marcel Kiefer was quick to dissuade this way of thinking. He did, however, take lengths to highlight how impressed he was with…Continue reading “How Sebastian Job is adapting to life in F1 Esports Series Pro”»

Less than 24 hours following the dramatic events of Bahrain and China, the F1 Esports Series completed its first trio of 2021 races with a trip to the Red Bull Ring. The surprise of the show was the emergence of Lucas Blakeley as a genuine contender for race wins, taking his first in the opening…Continue reading “Opmeer takes another F1 Esports victory in tricky Red Bull Ring conditions”»

The Formula 1 Esports Series is back with a twelve-round calendar to cap off the 2021 season of sim racing. In the final year of the current technical regulations, much could be made about a last chance for many of the front-runners to take the Drivers’ title before a genuine threat of pecking order upheaval…Continue reading “Blakeley, Opmeer take thrilling victories upon F1 Esports Series return”»

Nothing can ever overstate the importance for the Formula 1 Esports Series to sim racing and its reach to a wider audience. Formula 1 is prevailingly the pinnacle of motorsport in regards to viewership and driver quality; thus its esports counterpart has naturally received plenty of attention over four seasons to date. 2021 will mark…Continue reading “F1 Esports Series 2021 Season – Change for the Present and on the Horizon”»