2025 Formula One Sim Racing World Championship

2025 Formula One Sim Racing World Championship

Tournament information
Sport	Formula One Esports Series
Location	Qualification: Worldwide Pro Draft: Online Pro Series: LAN (Stockholm, Sweden)
Dates	14 January 2025–27 March 2025
Administrator	Codemasters EA Sports Formula One Management
Tournament format(s)	Qualification: Online Pro Exhibition: Driver's selection Pro Championship: Twelve race championship
Venue	Qualification: Worldwide Pro Exhibition: N/A Pro Championship: Stockholm, Sweden
Final positions
Champions	Jarno Opmeer Oracle Red Bull Sim Racing
←  2023–24

The 2025 Formula One Sim Racing World Championship was an esports competition for Formula One which was 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 was 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 ended 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 were the defending World Constructors' Champions. Red Bull would take back the Constructors' Champions crown for this season, with their newly recruited Jarno Opmeer winning his record third championship in F1 Esports history. Ismael Fahssi would come up second to Opmeer, while Bari Broumand finished third. This was also the last season for inaugural champion Brendon Leigh, who announced his retirement from sim racing prior to the beginning of the season.

Format

• Pro Championship

The drivers raced 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 determined the F1 Sim Racing World Championship Teams’ and Drivers’ World Champions, with a total $750,000 prize fund.

Prize Pool

A prize fund of $750,000 was awarded to the teams and drivers at the end of the season.

Constructors' Championship

$650,000 of the total $750,000 is awarded to the teams.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Winnings	$130k	$105k	$85k	$70k	$60k	$50k	$45k	$40k	$35k	$30k

Drivers' Championship

$100,000 of the total $750,000 is awarded to the drivers. Drivers who finish the championship below 5th place do not take home any proportion of the fund.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th
Winnings	$50k	$25k	$12.5k	$7.5k	$5k

Coverage

The series is broadcast on F1 YouTube with commentary from lead commentator Alex Jacques and former Formula One driver Jolyon Palmer, with Ariana Bravo as presenter and pit lane reporter, with analysis from Tom Deacon and Matt Gallagher. ^[1]

Entries

Team	Race drivers
	setup pos.	No.	Driver name	Rounds
Alpine Sim Racing	R	84	Joni Törmälä	1–8, 10–12
	L	52	Josh Idowu	All
	N/A	51	Piotr Stachulec (Event 1 & 2)	N/A
	R	37	Bence Szabo-Konyi (Event 3)	9
Aston Martin Aramco F1 Esports Team	R	45	Otis Lawrence	All
	L	8	Fabrizio Donoso	1, 4–5, 7, 10,12
	L	26	Duncan Hofland	2–3, 6, 8–9, 11
KICK F1 Sim Racing Team	R	39	Thomas Ronhaar	All
	L	72	Brendon Leigh	1–9, 12
	L	74	Tycho Hardy	10–11
McLaren Shadow	R	41	Alfie Butcher	All
	L	88	Lucas Blakeley	All
	N/A	12	Wilson Hughes	N/A
Mercedes-AMG Petronas Esports Team	R	15	Daniel Bereznay	1–6, 8–12
	L	62	István Puki	1–3, 6–9
	Both	25	Jake Benham	4–5, 7, 10–12
MoneyGram Haas F1 Sim Racing Team	R	36	Joris Croezen	1–6, 8–10
	L	34	Tamás Gál	All
	R	79	Shanaka Clay	7, 11–12
Oracle Red Bull Sim Racing	R	19	Frederik Rasmussen	All
	L	5	Jarno Opmeer	All
	N/A	13	Sebastian Job	N/A
Racing Bulls F1 Sim Racing Team	R	6	Tom Manley	All
	L	95	Ulaş Özyıldırım	2–3, 5–6, 8–10, 12
	L	98	Declan Barrett	1, 4, 7, 11
Scuderia Ferrari HP Esports Team	R	40	Nicolas Longuet	All
	L	7	Bari Broumand	All
	N/A	32	John Evans	N/A
Atlassian Williams Sim Racing	R	54	Ismael Fahssi	All
	L	9	Álvaro Carretón	1–2, 4–6, 8–10, 12
	L	93	Rubén Pedreño	3, 7, 11
Source: [2]

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

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	11 February 2025	LIVE Race: 2025 F1 Sim Racing World Championship - Round 5: Great Britain on YouTube	Event Two
6	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot	22 Laps	12 February 2025	LIVE Race: 2025 F1 Sim Racing World Championship - Round 6: Belgium on YouTube
7	Circuit Zandvoort, Zandvoort	36 Laps		LIVE Race: 2025 F1 Sim Racing World Championship - Round 7: The Netherlands on YouTube
8	Circuit of the Americas, Austin, Texas	28 laps	13 February 2025	LIVE Race: 2025 F1 Sim Racing World Championship - Round 8: USA on YouTube
9	Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City	36 laps	25 March 2025	LIVE Race: 2025 F1 Sim Racing World Championship - Round 9: Mexico on YouTube	Event Three
10	Interlagos Circuit, São Paulo	36 laps	26 March 2025	LIVE Race: 2025 F1 Sim Racing World Championship - Round 10: Brazil on YouTube
11	Losail International Circuit, Lusail	29 laps		LIVE Race: 2025 F1 Sim Racing World Championship - Round 11: Qatar on YouTube
12	Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi	29 laps	27 March 2025	LIVE Race: 2025 F1 Sim Racing World Championship - Round 12: Abu Dhabi on YouTube
Source: [3] [4]

Calendar changes

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

Season summary

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	Frederik Rasmussen	Tom Manley	Frederik Rasmussen	Oracle Red Bull Sim Racing
6	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot	Thomas Ronhaar	István Puki	Alfie Butcher	McLaren Shadow
7	Circuit Zandvoort, Zandvoort	Bari Broumand	Nicolas Longuet	Bari Broumand	Scuderia Ferrari HP Esports Team
8	Circuit of the Americas, Austin, Texas	Otis Lawrence	Ismael Fahssi	Thomas Ronhaar	KICK F1 Sim Racing Team
9	Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City	Thomas Ronhaar	Lucas Blakeley	Jarno Opmeer	Oracle Red Bull Sim Racing
10	Interlagos Circuit, São Paulo	Thomas Ronhaar	Frederik Rasmussen	Jarno Opmeer	Oracle Red Bull Sim Racing
11	Lusail International Circuit, Lusail	Bari Broumand	Lucas Blakeley	Bari Broumand	Scuderia Ferrari HP Esports Team
12	Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi	Thomas Ronhaar	Tom Manley	Otis Lawrence	Aston Martin Aramco F1 Esports Team

Season report

Event One

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, and Fahssi in fourth.

Championship standings

Scoring system

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. One extra point will be awarded to the pole-sitter.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	Pole position	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

Pos. Driver AUS CHN BHR SAU GBR BEL NED USA MXC SAP QAT ABU Points 1 Jarno Opmeer 4F 1 11 2F 9 6 7 3 1 1 5 7 154 2 Ismael Fahssi 1P 4 3P 5P 12 17 2 6F 7 4 3 5 135 3 Bari Broumand 17 Ret 1 13 7 15 1P 2 2 12 1P 3 134 4 Thomas Ronhaar 7 2 6 9 6 3P 3 1 17P 3P 4 16P 128 5 Otis Lawrence 5 6 8 1 8 9 13 5P 3 14 8 1 108 6 Alfie Butcher 6 5 7F 4 11 1 10 20 8 6 13 2 93 7 Frederik Rasmussen 10 11 18 Ret 1P 7 8 4 4 2F 6 9 90 8 Nicolas Longuet 19 7 13 7 4 12 5F 9 6 9 2 6 73 9 Dani Bereznay 3 3 9 Ret 2 5 8 14 10 8 69 10 István Puki 2 8 2 2F 17 12 16 7 65 11 Jake Benham 3 3 4 5 15 4 64 12 Tom Manley 8 Ret 4 6 10F 4 9 10 5 11 14 10F 53 13 Álvaro Carretón 9 13 8 14 Ret 7 12 7 Ret 18 14 Joni Törmälä 20 10F 10 Ret 16 16 6 16 8 17 11 15 15 Lucas Blakeley 15 12 16 12 5 18 20 11 10F 16 10F 12 14 16 Josh Idowu 16 9 5 Ret 20 11 16 18 Ret 15 19 15 12 17 Duncan Hofland 18 15 13 13 9 12 2 18 Shanaka Clay 19 9 17 2 19 Tamás Gál 13 17 19 10 19 14 11 19 13 18 18 14 1 20 Brendon Leigh 14 16 12 Ret 18 10 18 15 18 18 1 21 Rubén Pedreño 14 12 11 0 22 Ulaş Özyıldırım 14P Ret 13 8 14 DSQ [a] 20 Ret 0 [a] 23 Joris Croezen 12 15 17 11 15 19 17 11 13 0 24 Declan Barrett 11 Ret 15 16 0 25 Fabrizio Donoso 18 Ret 17 14 17 13 0 26 Bence Szabo-Konyi 15 0 27 Tycho Hardy 19 DSQ -3 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

Teams' Championship standings

Pos. Team AUS CHN BHR SAU GBR BEL NED USA MXC SAP QAT ABU Points 1 Oracle Red Bull Sim Racing 10 11 18 Ret 1P 7 8 4 4 2F 6 9 244 4F 1 11 2F 9 6 7 3 1 1 5 7 2 Scuderia Ferrari HP Esports Team 19 7 13 7 4 12 5F 9 2 12 2 6 207 17 Ret 1 13 7 15 1P 2 6 9 1P 3 3 Mercedes-AMG Petronas Esports Team 3 3 9 Ret 2 5 4 8 14 10 7 8 198 2 8 2 3 3 2F 17 12 16 5 15 4 4 Atlassian Williams Sim Racing 1P 4 3P 5P 12 17 2 6F 7 4 3 5 153 9 13 14 8 14 Ret 12 7 12 7 11 Ret 5 KICK F1 Sim Racing Team 7 2 6 9 6 3P 3 1 17P 3P 4 16P 126 14 16 12 Ret 18 10 18 15 18 19 DSQ 18 6 Aston Martin Aramco F1 Esports Team 5 6 8 1 8 9 13 5P 3 14 8 1 110 18 18 15 Ret 17 13 14 13 9 17 12 13 7 McLaren Shadow 6 5 7F 4 11 1 10 20 8 6 13 2 107 15 12 16 12 5 18 20 11 10F 16 10F 12 8 Racing Bulls F1 Sim Racing Team 8 Ret 4 6 10F 4 9 10 5 11 14 10F 53 [a] 11 14P Ret Ret 13 8 15 14 DSQ [a] 20 16 Ret 9 Alpine Sim Racing 20 10F 10 Ret 16 16 6 16 15 8 17 11 27 16 9 5 Ret 20 11 16 18 Ret 15 19 15 10 MoneyGram Haas F1 Sim Racing Team 13 17 19 10 19 14 11 19 11 13 9 17 3 12 15 17 11 15 19 19 17 13 18 18 14 Pos. Team AUS CHN BHR SAU GBR BEL NED USA MXC SAP QAT ABU Points Sources

Notes

1. Ulaş Özyıldırım was disqualified at Mexico, received a qualifying ban, and docked of all championship points (5) for unsportsmanlike behaviour.

References

1. https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-2025-f1-sim-racing-world-championship.5uC84qwxj3GeEWRt9DFdIK
2. "Everything you need to know about the 2025 F1 Sim Racing World Championship". formula1.com. 10 January 2025. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
3. "Presenting the F1 Sim Racing World Championship 2025 calendar, kicking off on 14th January". f1esports. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
4. https://traxion.gg/f1-sim-racing-esports-competition-returns-january-750k-prize-pool/