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Brendon Leigh
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Brendon Leigh | |
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Nationality | ![]() |
Born | Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom | 8 August 1999
Formula Ford 1600 Championship career | |
Debut season | 2019 |
Current team | Kevin Mills Racing |
Starts | 11 |
Wins | 0 |
Poles | 0 |
Fastest laps | 0 |
Best finish | 13th in 2019 |
Previous series | |
2019 | Formula Ford 1600 Championship |
Championship titles | |
2017–18 | F1 Esports Series |
Brendon Leigh (born 8 August 1999) is a British E-sports driver. He won the F1 Esports Series in 2017 and 2018.[1][2]
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.
Racing record
Esports career summary
Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
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2017 | Formula One eSports Series | None | 3 | 2 | ? | ? | 2 | 74 | 1st |
2018 | Formula One eSports Series | Mercedes AMG Petronas Esports Team | 10 | 6 | ? | ? | 8 | 216 | 1st |
2019 | Formula One eSports Series | Mercedes AMG Petronas Esports Team | 12 | 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 |
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 |
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2017 | Non-works Mercedes | CAN 1 |
BEL 8 |
ABU 1 |
1st | 74 | |||||||||
2018 | Non-works Mercedes | 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 |
NED 9 |
USA 14 |
EMI 5 |
MEX 5 |
BRA 18 |
10th | 42 |
References
- ^ "Brendon Leigh becomes first F1 eSports World Champion". skysports.com. 27 November 2017. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
- ^ "F1 Esports final: Mercedes and Brendon Leigh win 2018 titles". autosport.com. 17 November 2018. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
- ^ "Esports Champion Brendon Leigh To Race In Formula Ford". f1esports.com. 19 April 2019. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
- ^ "Former champion Brendon Leigh swaps Mercedes for Ferrari in shock Esports switch". formula1.com. 18 January 2021. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
External links
- Brendon Leigh career summary at DriverDB.com
- Official website
- 1999 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Reading, Berkshire