PSGL F1 23 – PC: Season 34 Round 8 Austria. Driver line-ups, Qualifying and Race Results.

PSGL Round 8 is here at the home of Red Bull Racing. The Red Bull Ring is in Spielberg, Austria.

PSGL (Premier Sim Gaming Leagues) is back with round 8 at the Red Bull Ring which sits in the mountains of Austria. This track is one of the shortest tracks on the calendar with a lap time of around 1:03.00 while doing qualifying runs. Last week they raced around Losail International Circuit for the first-ever time in PSGL history and Brendon Leigh came out on top getting him his first win of Season 34.

Red Bull Ring is a track that is considered one of the most basic tracks in Formula 1 with very little technical challenge for drivers. This track also has only 10 corners and 3 of which are heavy braking zones that make for good overtaking. This track also has 3 DRS zones which is a lot considering how small this track is. This is roughly 50% of the track where you can open your rear wing. Overtaking is very prominent on this track which will give the drivers a challenge to defend from anyone behind them.

This is the last track to be announced in this season as we expect races 8-11 to be announced either before or after this event. Round 9 is expected to go ahead next week but we have no confirmation on where.

Red Bull Ring Track Map

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

Fastest Lap receives 1 point if they are a top 10 finisher.

Red Bull Ring is 36 laps long.

PSGL Round 8 Driver Lineups

• Jarno Opmeer / Marcel Kiefer – Mercedes-AMG Petronas
• Bari Bruomand / Nicolas Longuet – Ferrari
• Lucas Blakeley / Wilson Hughes – McLaren
• Fabrizio Donoso / Simon Weigang – Aston Martin
• Jake Benham / Tom Manley – AlphaTauri
• Thomas Ronhaar / Brendon Leigh – Alfa Romeo KICK
• Alfie Butcher / Dani Bereznay – Haas
• Frederik Rasmussen /  Josh Idowu – Red Bull
• Dylan Warren (R) / Joni Tormala (R) – Williams Racing
• Ruben Pedreno / Luke Smith (R) – Alpine

PSGL Round 8 Results

Qualifying Round 1 Results (Bold Knocked Out)

1. Fabrizio Donoso – 1:02.956
2. Frederik Rasmussen – 1:03.028
3. Dani Beresnay – 1:03.039
4. Nicolas Longuet – 1:03.069
5. Thomas Ronhaar – 1:03.074
6. Alfie Butcher – 1:03.090
7. Brendon Leigh – 1:03.118
8. Rebun Pedreno – 1:03.133
9. Josh Idowu – 1:03.139
10. Wilson Hughes – 1:03.154
11. Jarno Opmeer – 1:03.159
12. Bari Broumand – 1:03.166
13. Simon Weigang – 1:03.183
14. Tom Manley – 1:03.236
15. Luke Smith – 1:03.354
16. Jani Tomala – 1:03.293
17. Marcel Keifer – 1:03.335
18. Dylan Warren – 1:03.479
19. Jake Benham – DNQ
20. Lucas Blakeley – DNQ

Qualifying Round 2 Results (Bold Knocked Out)

1. Thomas Ronhaar – 1:02.826
2. Jarno Opmeer – 1:02.974
3. Josh Idowu – 1:03.069
4. Brendon Leigh – 1:03.070
5. Alfie Butcher – 1:03.089
6. Fabrizio Donoso – 1:03.095
7. Frederik Rasmussen – 1:03.103
8. Wilson Hughes – 1:03.173
9. Ruben Pedreno – 1:03.183
10. Luke Smith – 1:03.185
11. Simon Wiegang – 1:03.221
12. Bari Broumand – 1:03.261
13. Dani Bereznay – 1:03.304
14. Nicolas Longuet – 1:03.295
15. Tom Manley – 1:03.679

Qualifying Round 3 Results 

1. Thomas Ronhaar – 1:02.654
2. Jarno Opmeer – 1:02.668
3. Josh Idowu – 1:02.715
4. Alfie Butcher – 1:02.750
5. Frederik Rasmussen – 1:02.766
6. Luke Smith – 1:02.798
7. Fabrizio Donoso – 1:02.810
8. Brendon Leigh – 1:02.820
9. Wilson Hughes – 1:02.883
10. Rebun Pedreno – 1:03.033

Race Results

1. Thomas Ronhaar – 41:59.455
2. Jarno Opmeer +0.303
3. Bari Broumand +0.838
4. Alfie Butcher +1.713
5. Frederik Rasmusen +2.060
6. Simon Wiegang +2.301
7. Wilson Hughes +2.632
8. Nicolas Longuet + 5.093 1x(+3 Secs.)
9. Brendon Leigh +5.225
10. Josh Idowu +6.351 x2(+3 Secs.)
11. Luke Smith +7.065 x2(+3 Secs.)
12. Dani Bereznay +8.139
13. Lucas Blakeley +12.932 x2(+3 Secs.)
14. Marcel Kiefer +31.246
15. Dylan Warren +1:00.166 x2(+6 Secs.)
16. Jake Benham +2.928
17. Fabrizio Donoso +1 Lap x3(+9 Secs.)
18. Tom Manley – DNF
19. Ruben Pedreno – DNF
20. Jano Tormala – DNF

subject to change after steward reviews.

PSGL F1 23 PC 1 Drivers Standings

(TOP 20 Drivers Only)

1. Bari Broumand (Ferrari) – 46
2. Dani Bereznay (Haas) – 32
3. Lucas Blakeley (McLaren) – 32
4. Brendon Leigh (Alfa Romeo KICK) – 32
5. Jake Benham (AlphaTauri) – 25
6. Jarno Opmeer (Mercedes-AMG Petronas) – 25
7. Otis Lawrence (Reserve)- 25
8. Alfie Butcher (Haas) – 15
9. Wilson Hughes (McLaren) – 12
10. Ismael Fahssi (Reserve) – 12
11. Thomas Ronhaar (Alfa Romeo) – 12
12. Fabrizio Donoso (Aston Martin) – 11
13. Marcel Kiefer (Mercedes-AMG Petronas) – 9
14. Nicolas Longuet (Ferrari) – 8
15. Istvan Puki (Reserve) – 7
16. Alvaro Carreton (Williams Racing) – 7
17. Dylan Warren (Reserve)- 6
18. Dani Moreno (Reserve) – 6
19. Shanaka Clay (Williams Racing) – 4
20. Tom Manley (AlphaTauri) – 4

subject to change after steward reviews.