Reigning Formula 1 Esports champion Lucas Blakeley shone after making a return to Formula Ford competition at Silverstone last weekend with leading outfit Kevin Mills Racing.
“I’m just grateful to be here, excited to be driving a race car, something I thought I’d never do,” said Blakeley, who will also take part in this weekend’s National FF1600 opener at Oulton Park. “Now I have that opportunity, I’m grabbing it, trying to make the most of it.”A 1950 works car raced by marque co-founders George Abecassis and John Heath, Stirling Moss , Lance Macklin and Rudi Fischer debuted at Goodwood last weekend.
British craftsman Mick Sharpe built this charismatic tribute on an Oakland chassis, then sold it to vintage ace James Baxter of Tip Top Engineering. James, who competed in a Chevrolet Lacetti and Vauxhall Vectra during the 2011 and 2012 BTCC seasons, had a difficult debut in a Rotor.