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
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: TBA
	← 2023–24 2026 →

Last updated January 20, 2025

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

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

Team	Race drivers
Team	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
Aston Martin Aramco F1 Esports Team	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
Mercedes-AMG Petronas Esports Team	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
Racing Bulls F1 Sim Racing Team	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
Williams Esports	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.

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	15 January 2025	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	13 February 2025	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	26 March 2025	TBA
12	Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi	29 laps	27 March 2025	TBA
Source:^[2]^[3]

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
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

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, ad championship leader 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. 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

Pos.	Driver	AUS	CHN	BHR	SAU	GBR	BEL	NED	USA	MXC	SAP	QAT	ABU	Points
1	Ismael Fahssi	1^P	4	3^P	6^P									63
2	Jarno Opmeer	4^F	1	12	2^F									57
3	Otis Lawrence	5	6	8	1									47
4	István Puki	2	8	2										40
5	Alfie Butcher	6	5	7^F	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	10^F	10	Ret									3
15	Frederik Rasmussen	10	15	18	Ret									1
16	Ulaş Özyıldırım		13^P	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
Blue	Not classified, finished (NC)
Purple	Not classified, retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
White	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	Mercedes-AMG Petronas Esports Team	3	3	9	Ret									87
1	Mercedes-AMG Petronas Esports Team	2	8	2	3									87
2	Williams Esports	1^P	4	3^P	6^P									69
2	Williams Esports	9	12	14	8									69
3	Oracle Red Bull Sim Racing	10	15	18	Ret									58
3	Oracle Red Bull Sim Racing	4^F	1	12	2^F									58
4	Aston Martin Aramco F1 Esports Team	5	6	8	1									47
4	Aston Martin Aramco F1 Esports Team	17	18	15	Ret									47
5	Scuderia Ferrari HP Esports Team	16	7	13	7									43
5	Scuderia Ferrari HP Esports Team	7	Ret	1	13									43
6	McLaren Shadow	6	5	7^F	4									37
6	McLaren Shadow	18	11	16	12									37
7	KICK F1 Sim Racing Team	7	2	6	9									34
7	KICK F1 Sim Racing Team	15	16	11	Ret									34
8	Racing Bulls F1 Sim Racing Team	8	Ret	4	5									27
8	Racing Bulls F1 Sim Racing Team	11	13^P	Ret	20									27
9	Alpine Sim Racing	20	10^F	10	Ret									15
9	Alpine Sim Racing	13	9	5	Ret									15
10	MoneyGram Haas F1 Sim Racing Team	12	14	17	11									1
10	MoneyGram Haas F1 Sim Racing Team	11	17	19	10									1
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.

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↑ "Everything you need to know about the 2025 F1 Sim Racing World Championship". formula1.com. 10 January 2025. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
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[2] "Presenting the F1 Sim Racing World Championship 2025 calendar, kicking off on 14th January". f1esports. Retrieved 9 January 2025.

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Tournament information
Sport	Formula One Esports Series
Location	Qualification: Worldwide Pro Draft: Online Pro Series: LAN
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: TBA
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