Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock this last week, you’ll have seen the first ever Formula 1® Esports Series Semi-Finals live on f1esports.com, Twitch, Facebook and Sky Sports F1. What an amazing evening it was – we can’t state just how much fun it was watching the best F1 Esports drivers battling it out for a place in the finals on F1™ 2017. If you were unable to watch the semi-finals live, you can catch up on the highlights here:
Watch F1 Esports – 2017 Semi Finals Highlights from F1Esports on www.twitch.tv
You can also check out how it all unfolded on the night with our Twitter Moment:
The #F1Esports Series Semi-Final
We had 40 of the best F1 Esports drivers battling it out in a packed out Gfinty Arena in London, overseen by British comedian and presenter, Tom Deacon, who compered the night. Getting to the semi-finals was an achievement in itself: a total of 63,827 players took part in the qualifying stages, completing 976,870 laps. Over 195,000 race times were posted on the official leaderboards on f1esports.com. Over eight races – four on Interlagos and four on Silverstone – the 40 were whittled down to 20, who’ll be heading to the final in Abu Dhabi.
We cannot tell you just how incredible each race was – such a showcase of talent from the semi-finalists – which was deftly navigated through by an equally fantastic commentary team of Davide Valsecchi, Jack Nicholls, Matt Gallagher and Karun Chandhok.
What a fantastic commentary team we have tonight! ???#F1Esports pic.twitter.com/H3BjJNj5LP
— Formula 1® Game (@Formula1game) October 10, 2017
At the final in Abu Dhabi, the first Formula 1 Esports Series Champion will be crowned on the same weekend as the final 2017 Formula 1 Grand Prix. The winner will be named the Formula 1 Esports Champion Expert for 2018 and will automatically qualify for the semifinals of next year’s F1 Esports Series. The winner is one of these finalists… we can’t wait to see who the first Formula 1 Esports Series Champion will be!
| Name | Country | Points |
| Brendon Leigh | Great Britain | 50 |
| Allert Vanderwal | Netherlands | 50 |
| Sonuc Saltunc | Great Britain | 50 |
| Patrik Holzmann | Germany | 50 |
| Sven Zürner | Germany | 36 |
| Nicolò Fioroni | Italy | 33 |
| Cedric Thome | Germany | 33 |
| Cem Bölükbasi | Turkey | 33 |
| Fredrik Rasmussen | Denmark | 30 |
| Igor Fraga | Brazil | 30 |
| Joni Törmälä | Finland | 30 |
| Tiziano Brioni | Italy | 27 |
| Patryk Krutyj | Poland | 25 |
| Gianfranco Giglioli | Italy/Venezuela | 25 |
| Alberto Foltran | Italy | 22 |
| Mads Soerensen | Denmark | 22 |
| Harrison Jacks | Great Britain | 21 |
| Fabrizio Donoso Delgado | Chile | 18 |
| Salih Saltunc | Great Britain | 18 |
| Maximilian Benecke | Germany | 14 |
Our #F1Esports finalists…
— Formula 1® Game (@Formula1game) October 10, 2017
We’ve selected a few of our favourite photos from the night to share with you. Check them out below for a peek of some of the action:
