Lucas Blakeley

Lucas Blakeley (born 15 July 2001) is a British racing driver from Scotland who last competed for Douglas Motorsport in the GB4 Championship. In sim-racing, Blakeley won the 2022 Formula One Esports Series with McLaren Shadow.

Esports career Born in Irvine, North Ayrshire, Blakeley briefly competed in karts before switching to sim-racing due to budget constraints. In 2019, he qualified for a spot in the Formula One Esports Series, doing so as part of Sport Pesa Racing Point F1 Esports Team. 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.

Blakeley remained with BWT Racing Point Esports Team for 2020, winning the F1 Esports Pro Exhibition at Monaco, but only scored a best result of sixth at Shanghai in the main season en route to 15th in points. Staying with the newly-rebranded Aston Martin Cognizant Esports Team in 2021, Blakeley scored his maiden series wins at Bahrain and Algarve, and took four more podiums to end the year third in points.

Joining McLaren Shadow for 2022, Blakeley opened up the season by winning the first two races in Bahrain and Imola, 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. Blakeley remained with McLaren Shadow for the next two seasons, only scoring a podium by finishing second Spa in the 2023–24 season, before leaving the team at the end of 2025.

Real life career 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. During 2022, Blakeley also began racing Formula Ford in both the Scottish Formula Ford championship. In his first season in single-seaters, finished runner-up in points after the season was cut short due to a lack of entrants.

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. Blakeley returned to Formula Ford for the rest of the year, racing in three rounds and taking his maiden series win in Brands Hatch in June. During 2023, Blakeley also made his GB4 debut with KMR Sport at Snetterton. After taking a best result of seventh at Snetterton, 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.

In 2024, Blakeley returned to KMR Sport for another part-time appearance in GB4, replacing Brandon McCaughan to race in the Snetterton and Silverstone rounds. After taking his maiden series win on his return, 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. Staying with the team for the following round at Donington Park, Blakeley won race one and finished the other two races on the podium. Despite uncertainty whether he would race in the season-finale at Brands Hatch, 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.

In late 2025, Blakeley made a one-off return to the GB4 Championship with Douglas Motorsport at the season-ending Donington Park round, finishing third on his series return in race one.

Sim racing record Esports career summary 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 1623rd 2022 Formula One Esports Series McLaren Shadow 12 4 2 0 5 1811st2023–24 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

Complete Formula One Esports Series results (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 JPN USA BRA 15th 20 2020 BWT Racing Point Esports Team BHR VIE CHN NED CAN AUT GBR BEL ITA JPN MEX BRA 15th 15 2021 Aston Martin Cognizant Esports Team BHR CHN AUT GBR ITA BEL POR NED USA EMI MEX BRA 3rd 162 2022 McLaren Shadow BHR EMI GBR AUT BEL NED ITA MEX USA JPN BRA UAE 1st 181 2023–24 McLaren Shadow BHR SAU AUT GBR BEL NED USA MXC SAP LVG QAT ABU 7th 69 2025 McLaren Shadow AUS CHN BHR SAU GBR BEL NLD USA MEX BRA QAT ABU 15th 14

Racing record Racing career summary Season Series Team Races Wins Poles FLaps Podiums Points Position 2022 National Formula Ford 1600 – Pro 3 0 0 0 0 0 NC2023 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 3 0 0 0 1 40 26th 2026Mitjet International 2 0 0 0 1 0* NC†*Source:

Complete GB4 Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)