Brendon Leigh

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Brendon Leigh
Nationality Flag of the United Kingdom.svg British
Born (1999-07-08) 8 July 1999 (age 24)
Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom
Formula One Esports Series career
Debut season2017
Current team Sauber
Car number72
Starts57
Championships2 (2017, 2018)
Wins8
Podiums15
Poles5
Fastest laps5
Finished last season10th (42 pts)
Previous series
2019 Formula Ford 1600 Championship
Championship titles
201718 Formula One Esports Series

Brendon Leigh (born 8 July 1999) is a British E-sports driver. He won the F1 Esports Series in 2017 and 2018. [1] [2]

Contents

Career

Formula Ford 1600 Championship

Leigh drove in the 2019 BRSCC Formula Ford 1600 Championship, fulfilling a part-time role at Kevin Mills Racing. He competed in 11 races, and finished 13th in the championship. [3]

Esports

Leigh competed in the inaugural season of the Formula One Esports Series. The Englishman won the competition back-to-back in 2017 and 2018.

For the 2019 Formula One Esports Series he competed with the Mercedes-AMG Petronas Esports Team. He finished the season in fifth with zero wins and two podiums, his best result being 2nd. The following year was much of the same thing, recording two podiums but again struggling to achieve a race win.

On 18th January 2021, Leigh announced that he had signed with the Ferrari Esports Team. [4] Leigh endured his worst season to date, scoring no wins and no podiums, slumping to 10th in the drivers standings.

During 2022, he had a much better season. He scored a podium at the Circuit of the Americas and finished 8th in the standings with 49 points (despite missing a race).

For the 2023 season, he signed for Alfa Romeo F1 Team KICK Esports, racing for the R8G E-Sports team. [5]

Racing record

Esports career summary

SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsPosition
2017 Formula One Esports Series None54N/AN/A4741st
2018 Formula One Esports Series Mercedes AMG Petronas Esports Team 1064282161st
2019 Formula One Esports Series Mercedes AMG Petronas Esports Team 120002775th
2020 Formula One Esports Series Mercedes AMG Petronas Esports Team 120012846th
2021 Formula One Esports Series FDA Esports Team 1200104210th
2022 Formula One Esports Series FDA Esports Team 110021498th
2023–24 Formula One Sim Racing World Championship KICK F1 Sim Racing Team 7000132*11th*

Complete Formula One Esports Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearTeam123456789101112PosPoints
2017 N/A GBR
1
BRA
1
CAN
1
BEL
8
ABU
1
1st74
2018 Mercedes AMG Petronas Esports Team AUS
1
CHN
1
AZE
2
FRA
1
GBR
1
BEL
5
GER
2
SIN
1
USA
1
ABU
5
1st216
2019 Mercedes AMG Petronas Esports Team BHR
5
CHN
11
AZE
4
CAN
2
AUT
14
GBR
6
GER
17
BEL
11
ITA
6
JPN
7
USA
3
BRA
11
5th77
2020 Mercedes AMG Petronas Esports Team BHR
7
VIE
4
CHN
17
NED
6
CAN
17
AUT
13
GBR
10
BEL
4
ITA
3
JPN
15
MEX
2
BRA
4
6th84
2021 FDA Hublot Esports Team BHR
12
CHN
6
AUT
8
GBR
6
ITA
19
BEL
18
POR
17
NLD
9
USA
14
EMI
5
MEX
5
BRA
18
10th42
2022 FDA Esports Team BHR
7
EMI
19
GBR
7
RBR
11
BEL NLD
6
ITA
15
MEX
9
USA
3
JPN
6
BRA
17
ABU
8
8th49
2023–24 KICK F1 Sim Racing Team BHR
12
SAU
16
RBR
12
GBR
5
BEL
7
NLD
10
USA
3
MEX BRA LVG QAT ABU *11th*32

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References

  1. "Brendon Leigh becomes first F1 eSports World Champion". skysports.com. 27 November 2017. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
  2. "F1 Esports final: Mercedes and Brendon Leigh win 2018 titles". autosport.com. 17 November 2018. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  3. "Esports Champion Brendon Leigh To Race In Formula Ford". f1esports.com. 19 April 2019. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  4. "Former champion Brendon Leigh swaps Mercedes for Ferrari in shock Esports switch". formula1.com. 18 January 2021. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  5. "R8G eSports – R8G eSports Sim Racing Team" . Retrieved 30 March 2023.