After being runner-up in the standings for four prior seasons in a row, Frederik Rasmussen of Oracle Red Bull Sim Racing won the Driver's Championship for the first time in his career after a long battle with Thomas Ronhaar and Bari Broumand, the latter of whom helped his team Scuderia Ferrari Esports win the Constructor's Championship for the first time.
Nicolas Longuet was involved in a collision at turn 1 on lap 6, clashing with reigning champion Lucas Blakeley and rookie Alfie Butcher.
Two-time champion Jarno Opmeer made his way through the field to P2, including making a double overtake, to finish 6 seconds behind winner Ronhaar from P9 on the grid.
[20] Ronhaar’s teammate, two-time champion Brendon Leigh, struggled with issues on his racing simulator, finishing down in twelfth after starting 14th.
Rookie Butcher qualified an impressive third place, but shunted into Ferrari's Bari Broumand during their pitstops, giving him damage and forcing him into retirement.
The incident affected several strategies and, after the round of pitstops, led to Butcher taking the lead from twelfth on the grid after teammate Ulaş Özyıldrım backed up the pack to form a clear gap for him.
Opmeer received a grid penalty for the race at Silverstone for withdrawing from the Austrian Grand Prix without proper reason and exiting his simulator rig mid-race without permission.
This meant that despite Opmeer setting the fastest lap time in qualifying, his Mercedes teammate Daniel Bereznay started on pole position.
Opmeer responded by going on a longer strategy during the race, getting a set of six-lap younger tires than the rest of the frontrunners with twelve laps to go.
Red Bull Racing led the Constructor’s Championship by twenty points over Mercedes, thirty over Ferrari, and fifty over Kick.
After a lobby restart on the first lap, Blakeley and Simon Weigang battled with Ronhaar and Rasmussen for the lead, while Opmeer began a recovery stint from fourteenth.
Broumand took pole the same day for the Qatar Grand Prix, while Rasmussen suffered an exit in the second qualifying session.
Ronhaar took pole for the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, with Broumand joining him on the front row ahead of Longuet, while Rasmussen only achieved seventh.
Just like he did in Qatar, Idowu held up several cars to give Rasmussen a benefit, which left him, Butcher and Bereznay behind but on fresher tires than Ronhaar and the two Ferraris in the second stint.
Ronhaar was runner-up in the drivers' championship with Broumand third, Opmeer fourth, Butcher fifth, Longuet sixth and 2022 champion Blakeley only seventh.