Red Bull seals 4th F1 Sim Racing teams title

Red Bull sealed the 2026 F1 Sim Racing constructors’ championship in the final race at the virtual Yas Marina Circuit, beating Alpine by three points to secure a record fourth teams’ title and become the first organization to twice retain the crown.

The margin was as tight as the finale suggested. Red Bull finished the season on 227 points, with Alpine second and Ferrari third on 212, and the teams’ fight was still shifting in the closing laps in Abu Dhabi before the standings were finally confirmed at F1’s Media and Technology Centre in Biggin Hill.

That uncertainty came from a finale that put Red Bull under pressure. Jarno Opmeer started only 13th, Ferrari’s Ismael Fahssi charged to a third straight victory, and Alpine still had Otis Lawrence in the middle of the points fight. Red Bull’s position only firmed up when Opmeer surged through to third at the finish, while Lawrence was confirmed in fifth after the stewards’ review.

Those results settled both championships at once. Lawrence, 18, took the drivers’ title on 156 points, two clear of Fahssi on 154, while Opmeer’s late recovery lifted him to third in the final standings on 114 points. Red Bull team-mate Frederik Rasmussen finished fourth on 113 after helping keep the team in contention heading into the last race.

By taking the constructors’ championship, Red Bull also claimed the biggest share of the $750,000 prize pool from a season contested by nine teams across 12 races.

Morgan Ashurst, Oracle Red Bull Sim Racing’s esports lead, said the team had delivered under the pressure of defending its crown. “We entered the season as the defending champions, with everything to lose,” Ashurst said. He added that Red Bull had “write history again as the first double back-to-back teams’ champions.”

That is what gives this title its weight in racing terms. Red Bull did not clinch early or win with a cushion. It had to survive a last-race swing in the standings, recover from Opmeer’s poor grid position, and do it while Alpine still converted its season into the drivers’ championship. Red Bull left Abu Dhabi with the bigger team prize and a new benchmark in F1 Sim Racing history.