| Lucas Blakeley | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |  British |
| Born | 15 July 2001 Irvine, North Ayrshire, Scotland |
Lucas Blakeley (born 15 July 2001) is a British racing driver from Scotland currently competing for Douglas Motorsport in the GB4 Championship.
| Lucas Blakeley | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British |
| Born | 15 July 2001 Irvine, North Ayrshire, Scotland |
Lucas Blakeley (born 15 July 2001) is a British racing driver from Scotland currently competing for Douglas Motorsport in the GB4 Championship.
Born in Irvine, North Ayrshire, [1] Blakeley briefly competed in karts before switching to sim-racing due to budget constraints. [2] [3] In 2019, Blakeley qualified for a spot in the Formula One Esports Series, doing so as part of Sport Pesa Racing Point F1 Esports Team. [4] Racing in the final four rounds of the season, Blakeley scored his maiden series podium second time out at Suzuka, finishing second to Frederik Rasmussen. [5]
Blakeley remained with BWT Racing Point Esports Team for 2020, [6] winning the F1 Esports Pro Exhibition at Monaco, [7] but only scored a best result of sixth at Shanghai in the main season en route to 15th in points. [8] Staying with the newly-rebranded Aston Martin Cognizant Esports Team in 2021, Blakeley scored his maiden series wins at Bahrain and Algarve, [9] [10] and took four more podiums to end the year third in points. [11] [12]
Joining McLaren Shadow for 2022, [13] Blakeley opened up the season by winning the first two races in Bahrain and Imola, [14] [15] before collecting two more wins at Zandvoort and Interlagos in the second half of the season to clinch his maiden F1 Esports title by eight points over Frederik Rasmussen. [16] [17] Blakeley remained with McLaren Shadow for the next two seasons, [18] only scoring a podium by finishing second Spa in the 2023–24 season, [19] before leaving the team at the end of 2025. [20]
Blakeley drove for Team eROC in the Race of Champions, in which he beat Sebastian Vettel in a head-to-head race in the first round of the Nations Cup. [21] During 2022, Blakeley also began racing Formula Ford in both the Scottish Formula Ford championship. [22] In his first season in single-seaters, finished runner-up in points after the season was cut short due to a lack of entrants. [23]
In early 2023, Blakeley returned to the Race of Champions, in which he edged out Opmeer to win the eROC World Final and also raced for Team eROC in the main event. [24] Blakeley returned to Formula Ford for the rest of the year, [25] racing in three rounds and taking his maiden series win in Brands Hatch in June. [26] During 2023, Blakeley also made his GB4 debut with KMR Sport at Snetterton. [27] After taking a best result of seventh at Snetterton, [28] Blakeley returned to the team two rounds later for the finale at Donington Park, where he took his maiden series podium by finishing third in race one. [29]
The following year, Blakeley returned to KMR Sport for another part-time appearance in GB4, replacing Brandon McCaughan to race in the Snetterton and Silverstone rounds. [30] After taking his maiden series win on his return, [31] Blakeley won again at Silverstone by 15.4 seconds over Linus Granfors, setting a record for the biggest winning margin in the series in the process. [32] Staying with the team for the following round at Donington Park, [33] Blakeley won race one and finished the other two races on the podium. [34] Despite uncertainty whether he would race in the season-finale at Brands Hatch, [35] Blakeley competed in said round, in which he took his fourth and final win of the season as he jumped to fifth in points despite missing three rounds. [36]
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Formula One Esports Series | Sport Pesa Racing Point F1 Esports Team | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 15th |
| 2020 | Formula One Esports Series | BWT Racing Point Esports Team | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 15th |
| 2021 | Formula One Esports Series | Aston Martin Cognizant Esports Team | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 162 | 3rd |
| 2022 | Formula One Esports Series | McLaren Shadow | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 181 | 1st |
| 2023–24 | Formula One Sim Racing World Championship | McLaren Shadow | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 69 | 7th |
| 2025 | Formula One Sim Racing World Championship | McLaren Shadow | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 15th |
(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 | Sport Pesa Racing Point F1 Esports Team | BHR | CHN | AZE | CAN | AUT | GBR | GER | BEL | ITA 13 | JPN 2 | USA 15 | BRA 9 | 15th | 20 |
| 2020 | BWT Racing Point Esports Team | BHR 10 | VIE 17 | CHN 6 | NED 14 | CAN 13 | AUT 7 | GBR 11 | BEL 20 | ITA | JPN 13 | MEX 12 | BRA 15 | 15th | 15 |
| 2021 | Aston Martin Cognizant Esports Team | BHR 1 | CHN 4 | AUT 4 | GBR 3 | ITA 3 | BEL 6 | POR 1 | NED 3 | USA 6 | EMI 10 | MEX 6 | BRA 2 | 3rd | 162 |
| 2022 | McLaren Shadow | BHR 1 | EMI 1 | GBR 3 | AUT 6 | BEL 4 | NED 1 | ITA 6 | MEX 7 | USA 6 | JPN 4 | BRA 1 | UAE 4 | 1st | 181 |
| 2023–24 | McLaren Shadow | BHR 17 | SAU 4 | AUT 14 | GBR 6 | BEL 2 | NED 6 | USA 4 | MXC 13 | SAP 6 | LVG 9 | QAT 18 | ABU 16 | 7th | 69 |
| 2025 | McLaren Shadow | AUS 15 | CHN 12 | BHR 16 | SAU 12 | GBR 5 | BEL 18 | NLD 20 | USA 11 | MEX 10 | BRA 16 | QAT 10 | ABU 12 | 15th | 14 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | FLaps | Podiums | Points | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | National Formula Ford 1600 – Pro | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | |
| 2023 | National Formula Ford 1600 – Pro | KMR Sport | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 143 | 8th |
| GB4 Championship | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 89 | 15th | ||
| 2024 | GB4 Championship | KMR Sport | 15 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 306 | 5th |
| 2025 | GB4 Championship | Douglas Motorsport | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24* | 27th* |
| Source: [37] [38] | |||||||||
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | KMR Sport | OUL 1 | OUL 2 | OUL 3 | SIL1 1 | SIL1 2 | SIL1 3 | DON1 1 | DON1 2 | DON1 3 | DON1 4 | SNE 1 11 | SNE 2 7 | SNE 3 71 | SIL2 1 | SIL2 2 | SIL2 3 | BRH 1 | BRH 2 | BRH 3 | DON2 1 3 | DON2 2 5 | DON2 3 5 | 15th | 89 |
| 2024 | KMR Sport | OUL 1 | OUL 2 | OUL 3 | SIL1 1 | SIL1 2 | SIL1 3 | DON1 1 | DON1 2 | DON1 3 | SNE 1 1 | SNE 2 3 | SNE 3 56 | SIL2 1 2 | SIL2 2 1 | SIL2 3 47 | DON2 1 1 | DON2 2 3 | DON2 3 26 | BRH 1 2 | BRH 2 1 | BRH 3 Ret | 5th | 306 | |
| 2025 | Douglas Motorsport | DON 1 | DON 2 | DON 3 | SIL1 1 | SIL1 2 | SIL1 3 | OUL 1 | OUL 2 | OUL 3 | SNE 1 | SNE 2 | SNE 3 | SIL2 1 | SIL2 2 | SIL2 3 | BRH 1 | BRH 2 | BRH 3 | DON2 1 3 | DON2 2 | DON2 3 | DON2 4 | 27th* | 24* |