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

Brendon Leigh
NationalityUnited Kingdom British
Born (1999-07-08) 8 July 1999 (age 25)
Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom
Formula One Esports Series career
Debut season2017
Current teamSauber
Car number72
Starts57
Championships2 (2017, 2018)
Wins8
Podiums15
Poles5
Fastest laps5
Finished last season10th (42 pts)
Previous series
2019Formula Ford 1600 Championship
Championship titles
201718Formula One Esports Series

Career

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Formula Ford 1600 Championship

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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

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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

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Esports career summary

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Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2017 Formula One Esports Series None 5 4 N/A N/A 4 74 1st
2018 Formula One Esports Series Mercedes AMG Petronas Esports Team 10 6 4 2 8 216 1st
2019 Formula One Esports Series Mercedes AMG Petronas Esports Team 12 0 0 0 2 77 5th
2020 Formula One Esports Series Mercedes AMG Petronas Esports Team 12 0 0 1 2 84 6th
2021 Formula One Esports Series FDA Esports Team 12 0 0 1 0 42 10th
2022 Formula One Esports Series FDA Esports Team 11 0 0 2 1 49 8th
2023–24 Formula One Sim Racing World Championship KICK F1 Sim Racing Team 12 0 0 0 1 47 10th

Complete Formula One Esports Series results

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

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pos Points
2017 N/A GBR
1
BRA
1
CAN
1
BEL
8
ABU
1
1st 74
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
1st 216
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
5th 77
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
6th 84
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
10th 42
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
8th 49
2023–24 KICK F1 Sim Racing Team BHR
12
SAU
16
RBR
12
GBR
5
BEL
7
NLD
10
USA
3
MEX
Ret
BRA
7
LVG
7
QAT
16
ABU
9
10th 47

References

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  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.
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