2017 Formula One Esports Series

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2017 Formula One Esports Series
Tournament information
Sport Formula One Esports Series
LocationQualification: Worldwide
Semi-Finals: London, United Kingdom
Final: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Dates4 September–25 November 2017
Administrator Codemasters
Formula One Management
FIA
Tournament
format(s)
Qualification: Two challenges
Semi-Finals: Four heats each contest two races
Final: Three race championship
VenueQualification: Worldwide
Semi-Finals: Gfinity Arena
Final: Yas Marina Circuit
Final positions
Champions Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Brendon Leigh
1st runners-up Flag of Chile.svg Fabrizio Donoso Delgado
2nd runners-up Flag of Germany.svg Sven Zürner
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2018  

The 2017 FIA Formula One Esports Series was the inaugural season of the Formula One Esports Series. It started on September 4, 2017, and ended on November 25, 2017. It was held on Formula One's official 2017 game.

Contents

Qualification

Qualification was held over two stages. These stages were:

A total of 63,827 drivers took part in the qualifying stages, with 40 progressing to the semi-finals. 10 came from each of the platforms (Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and PC), 9 came from F1 affiliated leagues, and 1 was a specially-selected wildcard. [1]

Semi-final

The semi-final was held at the Gfinity Arena in London, the United Kingdom on 10 October 2017. Drivers were split into 4 groups of 10, and competed in two heat races - one at the Silverstone Circuit and the other at the Autódromo José Carlos Pace. The top 5 drivers on points in each heat after these two races progressed to the final. [2]

Results

Heat 1
PosDriver Flag of the United Kingdom.svg SIL Flag of Brazil.svg JCPTotal
PosPtsPosPts
1 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Brendon Leigh 1st251st2550
2 Flag of Italy.svg Nicolò Fioroni2nd183rd1533
3 Flag of Brazil.svg Igor Fraga 4th122nd1830
4 Flag of Poland.svg Patryk Krutyj3rd155th1025
5 Flag of Germany.svg Maximilian Benecke9th24th1214
6 Flag of Italy.svg Amos Laurito6th87th614
7 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Isaac Price7th66th814
8 Flag of Spain.svg Miguel Ballester5th1010th111
9 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Sebastian Dunkel8th49th26
10 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Graham Carroll10th18th45
Heat 2
PosDriver Flag of the United Kingdom.svg SIL Flag of Brazil.svg JCPTotal
PosPtsPosPts
1 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Allert van der Wal1st251st2550
2 Flag of Germany.svg Sven Zürner2nd182nd1836
3 Flag of Italy.svg Tiziano Brioni4th123rd1527
4 Flag of Venezuela.svg Gianfranco Giglioli3rd155th1025
5 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Harry Jacks5th104th1222
6 Flag of Finland.svg Olli Pahkala8th46th812
7 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Christoph Holstein7th67th612
8 Flag of Hungary.svg Patrik Blazsán6th89th210
9 Flag of Norway.svg Jarl Teien9th28th46
10 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Daniel Forrester10th110th12
Heat 3
PosDriver Flag of the United Kingdom.svg SIL Flag of Brazil.svg JCPTotal
PosPtsPosPts
1 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Sonuç Saltunç1st251st2550
2 Flag of Germany.svg Cedric Thomé2nd183rd1533
3 Flag of Turkey.svg Cem Bölükbaşı 3rd152nd1833
4 Flag of Italy.svg Alberto Foltran4th125th1022
5 Flag of Chile.svg Fabrizio Donoso Delgado5th106th818
6 Flag of Italy.svg Rosario Sinacori8th44th1216
7 Flag of France.svg Nicolas Annerose6th89th210
8 Flag of Italy.svg Pino Macrì7th68th410
9 Flag of Hungary.svg Daniel Bereznay 10th17th67
10 Flag of Spain.svg Nestor Garcìa Valle9th210th13
Heat 4
PosDriver Flag of the United Kingdom.svg SIL Flag of Brazil.svg JCPTotal
PosPtsPosPts
1 Flag of Germany.svg Patrik Holzmann1st251st2550
2 Flag of Denmark.svg Frederik Rasmussen2nd183rd1533
3 Flag of Finland.svg Joni Törmälä4th122nd1830
4 Flag of Denmark.svg Mads Sørensen5th104th1222
5 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Salih Saltunç6th85th1018
6 Flag of Germany.svg Marcel Kiefer3rd1510th116
7 Flag of Italy.svg Giuseppe de Fuoco7th66th814
8 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Connor McDonagh8th47th610
9 Flag of France.svg Thibaut Suner10th18th45
10 Flag of Germany.svg Jonas Rütten9th29th24

Final

The final was held as a support category to the 2017 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, over 24–25 November 2017. Races were held at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps and Yas Marina Circuit. Drivers scored points in the same structure as the regular Formula One season for the first two races, and scored points in a 45-38-34-29-24-20-18-16-14-12-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 structure in the third.

Results

PosDriver Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg CGV Flag of Belgium (civil).svg CSF Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg YMCTotal
PosPtsPosPtsPosPts
1 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Brendon Leigh 1st258th41st4574
2 Flag of Chile.svg Fabrizio Donoso Delgado4th122nd182nd3868
3 Flag of Germany.svg Sven Zürner2nd184th123rd3464
4 Flag of Germany.svg Patrik Holzmann7th65th104th2945
5 Flag of Turkey.svg Cem Bölükbaşı 19th01st2511th1035
6 Flag of Denmark.svg Frederik Rasmussen3rd1514th06th2035
7 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Allert van der Wal15th03rd157th1833
8 Flag of Venezuela.svg Gianfranco Giglioli6th810th15th2433
9 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Harry Jacks8th47th69th1424
10 Flag of Finland.svg Joni Törmälä12th012th08th1616
11 Flag of Italy.svg Nicolò Fioroni5th1017th016th515
12 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Salih Saltunç18th016th010th1212
13 Flag of Germany.svg Maximilian Benecke20th06th818th311
14 Flag of Poland.svg Patryk Krutyj13th020th012th99
15 Flag of Denmark.svg Mads Sørensen9th29th217th48
16 Flag of Italy.svg Alberto Foltran17th015th013th88
17 Flag of Germany.svg Cedric Thomé11th013th014th77
18 Flag of Brazil.svg Igor Fraga 14th018th015th66
19 Flag of Italy.svg Tiziano Brioni16th011th019th22
20 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Sonuç Saltunç10th119th020th12
Source: [3]

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