Event One: DreamHack Winter 2023

Round 1 was held during DreamHack Winter 2023, held in Jönköping, Sweden. It was the first F1 Sim Racing LAN event since 2019.^[14]

At the opening round in Bahrain, Thomas Ronhaar took pole position and led from the start, dominating the race. Nicolas Longuet was involved in a collision at turn 1 on lap 6, clashing with reigning champion Lucas Blakeley and rookie Alfie Butcher. Longuet managed to recover following a wing change to finish 3rd, while Blakeley was left dropping down the field on worn softs. Two-time champion Jarno Opmeer made his way through the field to P2, including making a double overtake, to finish 6 seconds behind winner Ronhaar from P9 on the grid.^[15] Ronhaar’s teammate, two-time champion Brendon Leigh, struggled with issues on his racing simulator, finishing down in twelfth after starting 14th.^[14] Jed Norgrove finished seventh on debut for AlphaTauri after starting P8.^[16] Ronhaar received a $5,000 prize for winning the event.^[15]

Season summary

Round	Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir	Thomas Ronhaar	Wilson Hughes[lower-alpha 1]	Thomas Ronhaar	Alfa Romeo F1 Team Kick Esports
2	TBA
3
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11	Jeddah Corniche Circuit, Jeddah

Scoring system

Points will be awarded to the top 10 classified finishers in the race and one point will be given to the driver who sets the fastest lap inside the top ten. Starting from this season, one extra point will be awarded to the pole-sitter.

In the event of a tie at the conclusion of the championship, a count-back system is used as a tie-breaker, with a driver's/team's best result used to decide the standings.

Drivers' Championship standings

Pos. Driver BHR TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA SAU Points 1 Thomas Ronhaar 1P 26 2 Jarno Opmeer 2 18 3 Nicolas Longuet 3 15 4 Frederik Rasmussen 4 12 5 Bari Boroumand 5 11 6 Daniel Bereznay 6 8 7 Jed Norgrove 7 6 8 Ismael Fahssi 8 4 9 Alfie Butcher 9 2 10 Josh Idowu 10 1 11 Rubén Pedreño 11 0 12 Brendon Leigh 12 0 13 Simon Weigang 13 0 14 Ulaş Özyıldrım 14 0 15 Patrik Sipos 15 0 16 Tom Manley 16 0 17 Lucas Blakeley 17 0 18 Álvaro Carretón 18 0 19 Wilson Hughes 19F 0 20 Fabrizio Donoso 20 0 - Sebastian Job 0 - Marcel Kiefer 0 - Dani Moreno 0 - Matthijs van Erven 0 - Jake Benham 0 - Luke Smith 0 - Joni Törmälä 0 - István Puki 0 - John Evans 0 - Bence Szabó-Kónyi 0 Pos. Driver BHR TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA SAU Points Sources:[15]

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Other points position Blue Other classified position Not classified, finished (NC) Purple Not classified, retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not enter Annotation Meaning P Pole position F Fastest lap

Teams' Championship standings

Pos. Team BHR TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA SAU Points 1 Alfa Romeo F1 Team KICK Esports 1P 26 12 2 Mercedes-AMG Petronas Esports Team 2 26 6 3 Scuderia Ferrari Esports 3 26 5 4 Oracle Red Bull Racing Sim Racing 4 13 10 5 Scuderia AlphaTauri Orlen Esports Team 7 6 16 6 Williams Esports 8 4 18 7 MoneyGram Haas F1 Team Esports 9 2 14 8 Alpine Esports 11 0 15 9 Aston Martin Aramco Cognizant F1 Esports 13 0 20 10 McLaren Shadow 17 0 19F Pos. Team BHR TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA SAU Points Sources:[16]

Notes:

• The standings are sorted by best result, rows are not related to the drivers. In case of tie on points, the best positions achieved determined the outcome.