Brendon Leigh

Brendon Leigh (born 8 August 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 (1999-08-08) 8 August 1999
Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom
Formula One Esports Series career
Debut season2017
Current teamR8G E-Sports
Car number72
Starts57
Championships2 (2017, 2018)
Wins8
Podiums15
Poles5
Fastest laps5
Finished last season10th (42 pts)
Previous series
2019Formula Ford 1600 Championship
Championship titles
2017–18Formula One Esports Series

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 F1 Esports Series. The Englishmen won the competition back-to-back in 2017 and 2018.

For the 2019 F1 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 had signed with the Alfa Romeo KICK F1 eSports Team and he will be racing for the R8G E-Sports team.[5]

Racing record

Esports career summary
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

Complete Formula One Esports Series results

(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

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.
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