Image source, McLaren Image caption, Lucas Blakeley is an F1 World Champion on the virtual circuit By Alasdair Keane & Andrew Rogers BBC Click and BBC Newsbeat Not numerous individuals can state they’ve raced versus Formula 1 champ Sebastian Vettel and won. But it’s a boast Lucas Blakeley can make. He’s likewise a racing superstar, however you mostlikely sanctuary’t heard of him. That might be duetothefactthat the Scottish esports professionalathlete can typically be discovered on the virtual track – although his triumph over Vettel was in a genuine carsandtruck. The set’s Race of Champions face-off in January was the mostcurrent example of how lines inbetween the genuine and videogaming worlds in Formula 1 are blurring. And it’s something racing group employers state is assisting them to discover the stars of the future. Lucas now races for McLaren’s esports group, contending in a international virtual Grand Prix. Now in his twenties, he got into go-karting at 7 years old and rapidly understood he desired to be an F1 motorist. Lucas states Lewis Hamilton winning the champions in 2007 influenced him more, however the sport was simply too costly for him to break into. “That’s the extreme truth for lotsof racing households out there,” he states. Image source, McLaren Image caption, Lucas hasactually been mad about racing consideringthat a young age Lucas got a 2nd
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