Frede Focused On The 2020 F1 Esports Championship

The F1 Esports Pro Series is back and Frede is ready to battle.

The 2020 F1 Esports Pro Series returns this week and the Red Bull Racing Esports Team will be defending their Team Championship over four events, with three races over two days per event.

From the Team that took the Championship last year, only Frede Rasmussen remains and the ice-cool Dane is ready to defend his title.

“I’m feeling good going into the season,” he explained. “I’m just going to do my best and hopefully my best is enough to win.”

For this season, Frede has two new teammates. Marcel Kiefer, who joined Red Bull Racing Esports at the start of the year and Tino Naukkarinen who was added to the roster through the 2020 draft. Frede knows both of them well and is pleased to have them in the stable. “I knew them before they joined the Team, so it’s all good. We’re working well together.”

2020 F1 Esports Series Team

The four-event series begins on Wednesday 14 October, and the first event sees races at Bahrain, Vietnam and China. So, the Team has been getting as much time in the seat as possible and Frede says he has been practicing for six hours a day, but will do more as it gets closer to the event. And there’s a lot of work to do.

“I don’t like driving three tracks at one event,” he says and goes on to explain why. “It’s because you have to make a qualifying set up for the car, a race setup, a wet set up and a wet-race setup. So, we’re making four set ups per race, that’s 12 in total, it’s hard work and takes time.”

Although most agree Frede is the man to beat, he’s got his eyes on several rivals who might keep him off the top of the Driver’s title. “I think my biggest rivals are Jarno Opmeer and Daniel Bereznay of Alfa Romeo, David Tonizza [FDA Esports] and Brendon Leigh [Mercedes], but there are so many fast people it’s hard to tell.”

Frede concluded by explaining how he stays cool in the heat of the series: “My goal is to do my best and see what happens. I don’t have any expectations, which helps me stay more relaxed – it’s how I’ve always done it.”

The 2020 championship features 12 races over four events, including the Grand Final which will take place on 8-10 December. Each event will consist of two days of racing, starting with free practice for the first race. That will be followed by a full qualifying session and brand-new 35% distance race (when compared to the usual F1 race). This is then repeated for the second race of the event, with the qualifying and race sessions from the second race broadcast live. For the first time this season, qualifying shows will be introduced showing live elements and highlights from qualifying with dedicated streams.

Frede Gets In Some Practice At Hangar-7

The season kicks off 14 October where over the two-day event the drivers will race at Bahrain, Vietnam and China. And you can follow all the action on our website, YouTube and Twitch.