F1 Sim Racing 2025:

Everything You Need to Know

When?

This season’s campaign will take place across the first three months of the year, with four races in January, February, and March.

All 10 teams on the F1 grid will enter two cars in every race, which will see some of the best Esports racers on the planet compete against each other around some of the world’s most famous tracks.

How?

Teams will gather in Stockholm, Sweden and compete on the rigs from one location using the same connection, known as a LAN event.

Each event will see drivers complete a single free practice session, before Qualifying to set the grid for the race. All race distances will be 50% of a Formula One Grand Prix.

The points system for each race will also mirror that of a Grand Prix: 25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1 for the top 10 finishers. One point will be awarded for pole position and fastest lap if the driver has finished in the top 10, as in F1.

Who? (and What They Think)

As in 2024, the Mercedes roster will be made up of three of the best Sim racers in the business: Dani Bereznay, Jake Benham, and new signing István Puki, who made the switch from 2024 Constructors’ champions Ferrari in the off-season.

Dani and Jake raced for the team in last season’s championship, racing on a rotational basis to finish P9 and P13 in the final standings.

Hungarian Dani is a proven F1 Sim Racing winner with five victories to his name. In 2018 he finished runner-up in the series, and helped Mercedes claim the Constructors’ title.

He returned for a second stint with the team at the start of last season, and is eager to replicate the success of previous years this time around.

Dani said: “This is a new style of season, with four races across three days. It will be a challenge for everyone. “The time spent as a team at the factory has been invaluable preparation and we are confident we can compete for poles, victories and hopefully fight for the Constructors’ Championship.

“I am excited for everything, except the cold weather in Sweden.”

Jake, who is embarking on is third season of the series, said: “I am very excited and optimistic for 2025, our pace has taken a step forward, and now it’s just a question of performing when it matters to get the job done.

“I’ll have two very quick Hungarian team-mates to push me on this year, particularly in Quali which has been my Achilles heel in the past two seasons.

“I can’t wait to get going.”

New recruit István only has one target in mind.

“To win the Constructors’ Championship – competing for Mercedes means the target cannot be anything else,” he said.

“I am really looking forward for the upcoming season with this game. I feel even better than I did in the last one.”

Team Principal Oli MacFarlane added: “We cannot wait to get racing again in F1 Sim Racing. It has felt like our best ever preparation and the team is raring to go.

“The gaps between the drivers gets smaller every year, and so it will all come down to who can deliver best on the day.

“I never find it easy watching Qualifying and knowing that it can come down to just hundredths of a second, but that is what makes it such a compelling series."

When?

The dates for the 2025 F1 Sim Racing World Championship are below:

Follow Along!

All three days will be broadcast live on the Official Formula One YouTube channel, as well as on Twitch and Facebook.

You can also keep up with latest news from the team across the usual Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 social channels.