Brendon Leigh ( ; born 8 July 1999) is a British former esports driver who competed in the Formula One Esports Series from 2017 to 2025. Leigh won two Formula One Sim Racing World Championship titles, which he won in 2017 and 2018, and won 10 races across eight seasons.
Born and raised in Reading, Berkshire, Leigh won the inaugural edition of the series in 2017, and defended his title 2018 with new team Mercedes. He was unable to repeat this feat the following year, and after four seasons, moved to the Ferrari for the next two seasons. For the 2023–24 season, he moved to Sauber and retired after his 2025 campaign.
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.
Esports Leigh competed in the inaugural season of the Formula One Esports Series. The Englishman won the competition back-to-back in 2017 and 2018.
For the 2019 Formula One 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. 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 signed for Alfa Romeo F1 Team KICK Esports, racing for the R8G E-Sports team.
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 741st 2018 Formula One Esports Series Mercedes AMG Petronas Esports Team 10 6 4 2 8 2161st 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 8th2023–24 Formula One Sim Racing World Championship 12 0 0 0 1 47 10th2025 Formula One Sim Racing World Championship 10 0 0 0 0 1 20th
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 BRA CAN BEL ABU1st74 2018 Mercedes AMG Petronas Esports Team AUS CHN AZE FRA GBR BEL GER SIN USA ABU1st216 2019 Mercedes AMG Petronas Esports Team BHR CHN AZE CAN AUT GBR GER BEL ITA JPN USA BRA 5th 77 2020 Mercedes AMG Petronas Esports Team BHR VIE CHN NED CAN AUT GBR BEL ITA JPN MEX BRA 6th 84 2021 FDA Hublot Esports Team BHR CHN AUT GBR ITA BEL POR NLD USA EMI MEX BRA 10th 42 2022 FDA Esports Team BHR EMIGBR RBR BEL NLD ITA MEX USA JPN BRA ABU 8th 49 2023–24 KICK F1 Sim Racing TeamBHRSAURBR GBR BEL NLD USA MEX BRA LVG QAT ABU 10th47 2025 KICK F1 Sim Racing TeamAUSCHNBHRSAU GBR BEL NLD USA MEX BRA QAT ABU 20th1
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