PSGL F1 23 – PC: Season 34 Pre-Season Round 1 Bahrain Results.

PSGL is back with the 34th season on the brand new F1 23 game.

PSGL (Premier Sim Gaming Leagues) is back just one week after the launch of the brand new title F1 23. The PC F1 league features some of the biggest names in the F1 Esports scene from Jarno Opmeer, Lucas Blakeley and Brendon Leigh who are all F1 Esports World Championship winners. This makes it the second biggest F1 racing league behind the official F1 Esports league. This season's schedule isn't yet released but the season is expected to be a long one. Each race has a minimum of 20 drivers competing. Reserve drivers are expected to be involved as well to take over when other drivers aren't available. These drivers still have the chance to gain lots of points but aren't guaranteed a seat every week as there are only 20 seats per race.

When is PSGL PC 1

PSGL PC 1 will be hosted every Wednesday at 7 pm BST // 8 pm CEST // 2 pm EDT // 1 pm CDT // 11 am PDT.

PSGL Qualifying Format

Each round will feature three qualifying shootouts and a race. This works similarly to Formula 1 but all four events are set on the same day within two and a half hours.

The slowest five drivers will be knocked out of Q1 leaving 15 drivers left for Q2. Drivers 16-20 will set their grid position from this round for the race.

The slowest five drivers from Q2 will be knocked out setting the grid position for drivers 11-15 grid positions are set from this round.

In Q3 the remaining ten drivers aim to set the fastest lap. This round will set the grid positions for the remaining ten drivers for the race.

Race Format

The top ten drivers will search points based on position. Every driver below 10th earns no points.

1. – 16 points
2.  – 12 points
3.  – 10 points
4.  – 8 points
5.  – 6 points
6.  – 5 points
7.  – 4 points
8.  – 3 points
9.  – 2 points
10.  – 1 point

Bahrain is 29 laps long.

PSGL Round 1 Results

Qualifying Round 1 Results (Bold Knocked Out)

1. Lucas Blakeley (McLaren) – 1:27.647
2. Marcel Kiefer (Mercedes-AMG Petronas) – 1:27.647
3. Otis Lawrance (Red Bull) – 1:27.704
4. Nicolas Longuet (Ferrari) – 1:27.719
5. Fabrizio Donoso (Aston Martin) – 1:27.738
6. Alfie Butcher (Haas) – 1:27.746
7. Fred (Red Bull) – 1:27.763
8. BB7 (Ferrari) – 1:27.776
9. Thomas Ronhaar (Alfa Romeo KICK) – 1:27.778
10. Jarno Opmeer (Mercedes-AMG Petronas) – 1:27.781
11. Brendon Leigh (Alfa Romeo KICK) – 1:27.785
12. John Evans (Aston Martin) – 1:27.832
13. Alvaro Carreton (Williams Racing) – 1:27.835
14. Wilson Hughes (McLaren) – 1:27.839
15. Partik Sipos (Alpine) – 1:27.839
16. Dani Berenznay (Haas) – 1:27.848
17. Luke Smith (Alpine) – 1:27.875
18. Jake Benham (AlphaTauri) – 1:27.920
19. Shanaka Clay (Williams Racing) – 1:27.931
20. Dylan Warren (AphaTauri) – 1:27.970

Qualifying Round 2 Results (Bold Knocked Out)

1. Thomas Ronhaar (Alfa Romeo KICK) – 1:27.427
2. BB7 (Ferrari) – 1:27.443
3. Wilson Hughes (McLaren) – 1:27.467
4. Jarno Opmeer (Mercedes-AMG Petronas) – 1:27.482
5. Lucas Blakeley (McLaren) – 1:27.507
6. Brendon Leigh (Alfa Romeo KICK) –  1:27.507
7. Marcel Kiefer (Mercedes-AMG Petronas) – 1:27.541
8. Alfie Butcher (Haas) – 1:27.555
9. Otis Lawrance (Red Bull) –  1:27.557
10. Fabrizio Donoso (Aston Martin) – 1:27.561
11. Alvaro Carreton (Williams Racing) – 1:27.566
12. John Evans (Aston Martin) –  1:27.592
13. Partik Sipos (Alpine) –  1:27.593
14. Nicolas Longuet (Ferrari) –  1:28.016
15. Fred (Red Bull) – 1:28.614

Qualifying Round 3 Results 

1. Thomas Ronhaar (Alfa Romeo KICK) – 1:27.182
2. BB7 (Ferrari) – 1:27.227
3. Lucas Blakeley (McLaren) – 1:27.241
4. Brendon Leigh (Alfa Romeo KICK) –  1:27.257
5. Jarno Opmeer (Mercedes-AMG Petronas) – 1:27.272
6. Alfie Butcher (Haas) – 1:27.274
7. Fabrizio Donoso (Aston Martin) – 1:27.299
8. Marcel Kiefer (Mercedes-AMG Petronas) – 1:27.305
9. Wilson Hughes (McLaren) – 1:27.305
10. Otis Lawrance (Red Bull) – 1:27.399

Race Results

1. Lucas Blakeley (McLaren) – 44:56.845
2. BB7 (Ferrari) – +5.484
3. Fabrizio Donoso (Aston Martin) – +5.735
4. Jarno Opmeer (Mercedes-AMG Petronas) – +6.001
5. Alvaro Carreton (Williams Racing) –  +6.240
6. Brendon Leigh (Alfa Romeo KICK) –  +9.139
7. Dani Berenznay (Haas) – +9.486
8. Dylan Warren (AphaTauri) – +9.726 1x (+3 secs.)
9. Nicolas Longuet (Ferrari) – +10.565
10. Fred (Red Bull) – +11.042
11. Jake Benham (AlphaTauri) – +11.217
12. Marcel Kiefer (Mercedes-AMG Petronas) -+12.009
13. Shanaka Clay (Williams Racing) – +12.305
14. Partik Sipos (Alpine) – +16.460 1x (+3 secs.)
15. Thomas Ronhaar (Alfa Romeo KICK) – +1:02.282
16. Otis Lawrance (Red Bull) – +1:02.458
17. Wilson Hughes (McLaren) – + 15.734 x (+3 secs.)
18. Alfie Butcher (Haas) – +24.598 x (+3 secs.)
19. John Evans (Aston Martin) -DNF
20. Luke Smith (Alpine) -DNF  x (+3 secs.)

PSGL F1 23 PC 1 Schedule

The schedule hasn't been released yet so we are still unaware of where round 2 will be held and how many races are going to be run this season. The schedule is expected to be released before Round 2 which is Wednesday 28th June. The official announcement will be on the PSGL Twitter account.