There first heat of the team competition of the Race of Champions 2022 will go down in history for a result that is as sensational as it is unexpected, not to say unthinkable until a few years ago: the four-time Formula 1 world champion, Sebastian Vettelit was indeed defeated by Lucas Blakeley in the head to head between the two riders on the Swedish snow of Pite Havsbad.
In the driver who participated in the virtual E-Roc Race of Champions he got the better of a four-time world champion in the top racing series, but in this case in a real race. In the challenge between the current Aston Martin driver and the sim-racer, Blakeley beat alone 8 hundredths of a secondhowever enough to make history and sign an unprecedented result not only in the tournament, but also in the world of motorsport in general.
You just don’t get this anywhere else.
Massive congrats to sim racer Lucas Blakeley on defeating 4-time F1 champ Vettel. Surely the biggest moment in his life than him. #ROCSweden pic.twitter.com/yXJ8fzQane
– #ROCSweden (@RaceOfChampions) February 5, 2022
The congratulations they arrived immediately on social networks not only from the official account of the tournament, but also from that of Formula 1, which paid homage to the Scotsman for the accomplished feat. The German couple made up of Vettel and Mick Schumacher nevertheless gained access to the quarter-finals where they will face the United States despite Vettel’s defeat in the heat against Blakeley.
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