Jarno Opmeer (born 11 April 2000) is a Dutch esports driver and former racing driver, currently competing in the Formula One Esports Series for Red Bull Racing. Opmeer has won two Formula One Sim Racing World Championship titles, which he won consecutively from 2020 to 2021 with Alfa Romeo and Mercedes, respectively.[1]
| Jarno Opmeer | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Born | 11 April 2000 Dordrecht, Netherlands |
| Formula One Esports Series career | |
| Debut season | 2019 |
| Current team | Red Bull Sim Racing |
| Car number | 5 |
| Starts | 53 |
| Championships | 2 (2020, 2021) |
| Wins | 12 |
| Podiums | 25 |
| Poles | 5 |
| Fastest laps | 3 |
| Finished last season | 5th (120 pts) |
| Previous series | |
| 2017 2017 2016 2016 | Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Formula Renault 2.0 NEC SMP F4 Championship F4 Spanish Championship |
| Championship titles | |
| Formula One Esports Series | |
A member of the Renault Sport Academy in 2017,[2] Opmeer previously raced in the SMP F4 Championship, where he finished runner-up to Richard Verschoor in 2016 with MP Motorsport. He then progressed to the Formula Renault Eurocup in 2017 with MP, but was dropped by the team four rounds into the 2018 season. Opmeer moved into sim racing for the 2019 Formula One Esports Series with Renault, finishing fourth in his rookie season. He then moved to Alfa Romeo for 2020, winning the championship. He defended his title with Mercedes the following season. After three seasons with Mercedes, he moved to Red Bull Racing for the 2025 season onwards. Outside of Formula One Esports, he also competed in Formula E: Accelerate for Mercedes-EQ from 2021 to 2022.
Career
editFormula 4
editOpmeer graduated to single-seaters in 2016, participating in the SMP F4 Championship. He took seven victories and thirteen podiums in his debut year of F4, finishing second place in the championship to fellow countryman Richard Verschoor.
Opmeer also participated in two race meetings of the Spanish F4 with MP Motorsport, taking 5 podiums out of 6 races.
Formula Renault
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In 2017, Opmeer continued his collaboration with MP and joined the Eurocup championship.[3] He had seven-point-scoring finishes including the 5th place in the penultimate race of the season at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.[4] While in the standings he ended fifteenth, behind his teammates Richard Verschoor and Neil Verhagen.
Formula One
editIn February 2017, Opmeer was inducted into the Renault Sport Academy.[2]
Formula One Esports
editIn April 2019, Opmeer was signed to Renault–Vitality Esports Team as a driver for the third season of the F1 Esports Series.[5] The Dutchman finished his first season in the competition in fourth place and helped secure his team 4th place in the teams' championship.[6]
For the 2020 Formula One Esports Series he moved to the Alfa Romeo Orlen Esports Team. He achieved 4 wins and won the drivers championship. He out-scored Frederik Rasmussen of Red Bull Racing Esports to the drivers' championship by 22 points and also helped secure 2nd in the teams' championship.[7]
On 26 January 2021, Opmeer announced that he has signed with the Mercedes Formula One Esports team.[8] On 16 December 2021, Opmeer won the 2021 Formula One Esports Series.[9] He achieved 4 wins and 7 podiums, edging out championship rival Fredrick Rasmussen with 9 podiums by just 8 points.
The 2022 season proved to be much more difficult for Opmeer, as his struggles in qualifying heavily affected his race results. However, he won 2 races back-to-back and finished fifth overall in the championship.
Jarno began the 2023–24 season by finishing second in Bahrain from P9 on the grid.[10] With continued struggles in qualifying pace he would only achieve a single win this season, at Silverstone, achieving 4th overall in the drivers championship. After the season, Opmeer leaves Mercedes Formula One Esports team.[11]
As a free agent driver, Jarno signed a multi-year deal with Red Bull Sim Racing on 21 August 2024, joining Frederik Rasmussen on the team.[12]
Formula E: Accelerate
editIn 2021, Opmeer was signed to the Mercedes-EQ Formula E Team to compete in the esport series Formula E: Accelerate. In his first year he finished fifth overall in the standings, scoring his debut podium in the final round set in Rome.
In the double-header London Open in 2022 Opmeer finished second overall.
Racing record
editKarting career summary
edit| Season | Series | Team | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Dutch Championship — Mini Juniors | 1st | |
| 2010 | Dutch Championship — Mini Juniors | 1st | |
| 2011 | Belgian Championship — KF5 | 15th | |
| Dutch Championship — KF3 | 1st | ||
| 2012 | Dutch Championship — KF3 | 4th | |
| 2013 | German Karting Championship — Junior | 12th | |
| CIK-FIA European Championship — KFJ | 41st | ||
| 2014 | IAME International Final — X30 Junior | 17th | |
| German Karting Championship — Junior | Maddox Racing Team | 7th | |
| Rotax Max Wintercup — Rotax Max Junior | 31st | ||
| 2015 | German Karting Championship — Senior | Maddox Racing Team | 11th |
| SKUSA SuperNationals — KZ2 | 39th |
Racing career summary
edit| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | SMP F4 Championship | MP Motorsport | 21 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 264 | 2nd |
| F4 Spanish Championship | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 80 | NC† | ||
| 2017 | Formula Renault Eurocup | MP Motorsport | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 15th |
| Formula Renault 2.0 NEC | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 68 | 10th | ||
| 2018 | Formula Renault Eurocup | MP Motorsport | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25th |
† – As Opmeer had not competed in the required number of rounds, he was ineligible for a championship position.
Complete SMP F4 Championship results
edit(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 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | Pos | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | MP Motorsport | SOC 1 2 |
SOC 2 1 |
ZAN1 1 3 |
ZAN1 2 1 |
ZAN1 3 1 |
ZAN2 1 1 |
ZAN2 2 1 |
ZAN2 3 3 |
MSC1 1 5 |
MSC1 2 2 |
MSC1 3 3 |
MSC2 1 10 |
MSC2 2 16 |
MSC2 3 2 |
AND 1 5 |
AND 2 9 |
AND 3 12 |
AHV 1 1 |
AHV 2 1 |
AHV 3 4 |
2nd | 270 |
Complete F4 Spanish Championship results
edit(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 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | Pos | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | MP Motorsport | NAV 1 3 |
NAV 2 3 |
NAV 3 4 |
ALC 1 2 |
ALC 2 3 |
ALC 3 3 |
ALG 1 |
ALG 2 |
ALG 3 |
VAL 1 |
VAL 2 |
VAL 3 |
CAT 1 |
CAT 2 |
JAR 1 |
JAR 2 |
JAR 3 |
JER 1 |
JER 2 |
JER 3 |
NC† | 0 |
† – As Opmeer had not competed in the required number of rounds, he was ineligible for a championship position.
Complete Formula Renault Eurocup results
edit(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 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | Pos | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | MP Motorsport | MNZ 1 18 |
MNZ 2 21 |
SIL 1 Ret |
SIL 2 15 |
PAU 1 11 |
PAU 2 22 |
MON 1 13 |
MON 2 Ret |
HUN 1 8 |
HUN 2 14 |
HUN 3 12 |
NÜR 1 16 |
NÜR 2 16 |
RBR 1 13 |
RBR 2 Ret |
LEC 1 11 |
LEC 2 11 |
SPA 1 11 |
SPA 2 10 |
SPA 3 6 |
CAT 1 16 |
CAT 2 5 |
CAT 3 9 |
15th | 27 |
| 2018 | MP Motorsport | LEC 1 |
LEC 2 |
MNZ 1 |
MNZ 2 |
SIL 1 |
SIL 2 |
MON 1 |
MON 2 |
RBR 1 18 |
RBR 2 Ret |
SPA 1 12 |
SPA 2 24 |
HUN 1 |
HUN 2 |
NÜR 1 |
NÜR 2 |
HOC 1 |
HOC 2 |
CAT 1 |
CAT 2 |
25th | 0 |
Esports career summary
edit| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Formula One Esports Series | Renault–Vitality | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 123 | 4th |
| 2020 | Formula One Esports Series | Alfa Romeo Racing Orlen Esports Team | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 196 | 1st |
| 2021 | Formula One Esports Series | Mercedes-AMG Petronas Esports Team | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 195 | 1st |
| 2022 | Formula One Esports Series | Mercedes-AMG Petronas Esports Team | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 122 | 5th |
| 2023–24 | Formula One Sim Racing World Championship | Mercedes-AMG Petronas Esports Team | 12 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 122 | 4th |
Complete Formula One Esports Series results
edit(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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Renault–Vitality | BHR 2 |
CHN 5 |
AZE 14 |
CAN 3 |
AUT 3 |
GBR 10 |
GER 1 |
BEL 3 |
ITA 8 |
JPN 6 |
USA 4 |
BRA 12 |
4th | 123 |
| 2020 | Alfa Romeo Racing Orlen Esports Team | BHR 1 |
VIE 3 |
CHN 1 |
NED 2 |
CAN 1 |
AUT 3 |
GBR 9 |
BEL 5 |
ITA 2 |
JPN 4 |
MEX 1 |
BRA 7 |
1st | 196 |
| 2021 | Mercedes-AMG Petronas Esports Team | BHR 4 |
CHN 1 |
AUT 1 |
GBR 9 |
ITA 2 |
BEL 2 |
POR 7 |
NED 6 |
USA 1 |
EMI 2 |
MEX 1 |
BRA 4 |
1st | 195 |
| 2022 | Mercedes-AMG Petronas Esports Team | BHR 2 |
EMI 11 |
GBR 5 |
AUT 4 |
BEL 6 |
NED 4 |
ITA 18 |
MEX 1 |
USA 1 |
JPN Ret |
BRA 8 |
UAE 6 |
5th | 122 |
| 2023–24 | Mercedes-AMG Petronas Esports Team | BHR 2 |
SAU 7 |
AUT Ret |
GBR 1 |
BEL 5 |
NED 7 |
USA 7 |
MXC 9 |
SAP 3 |
LVG 3 |
QAT 6 |
ABU 6 |
4th | 122 |
Complete Formula E: Accelerate Series results
edit(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Pos | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Mercedes-EQ Formula E Team | NYC 6 |
HKG 14 |
BER 14 |
DIR 10 |
LES 5 |
RME‡ 3 |
5th | 49 |
| 2022 | Mercedes-EQ Formula E Team | LDN 3 |
LDN 2 |
2nd | 33 |
References
edit- ^ "Opmeer Crowned Driver Champion As Red Bull Defend Teams' Title". f1esports.com. 18 December 2020. Retrieved 14 January 2021.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b "Aitken leads 2017 Renault Sport Academy line-up". 21 February 2017. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
- ^ Gruz, David (21 February 2017). "Formula 4 champion Fewtrell joins Renault F1 Academy, Aitken to ART". Autosport. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
- ^ Waring, Bethonie (29 October 2017). "Sacha Fenestraz crowned Eurocup champion as Shwartzman wins again at Barcelona". formulascout.com. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
- ^ "Renault adds former F1 junior to esports roster". motorsport.com. 20 April 2019. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
- ^ "Tonizza and Red Bull Crowned Champions! 2019 F1 Esports Grand Final Report". F1Esports News. 5 December 2019. Archived from the original on 15 January 2021. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
- ^ "Opmeer seals F1 Esports title, Red Bull tops teams". The Race. 17 December 2020. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
- ^ "Reigning F1 Esports champion Opmeer signed by Mercedes alongside Huis and Moreno | Formula 1". www.formula1.com. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
- ^ Wood, Will (17 December 2021). "Correa "thinking of Anthoine" as he makes Formula 2 return in test". RaceFans. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ^ "Ronhaar Secures F1 Sim Racing 2023 World Championship Opening Race". f1esports.com. 1 December 2023. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
- ^ "Mercedes Esports Team and Jarno Opmeer to part ways". reddit.com.
- ^ "Two-Time World Champion Jarno Opmeer Signs For Oracle Red Bull Sim Racing". www.redbullracing.com. 21 August 2024.
External links
edit- Jarno Opmeer career summary at DriverDB.com
- Official website
- Youtube Channel