After a fourth-place finish in Abu Dhabi, Lucas Blakeley won enough points to be crowned the 2022 F1 Esports Series Pro Championship Champion.

Blakeley led the championship in Bahrain from the first round. He was 21 points ahead of Blakeley, who needed only a top-eight finish to win.

This comes on the heels of a dominating performance in Brazil on Thursday night, where he won his fourth win of 2022 to place himself at the top of the title race.

The surprise pole position for Josh Idowu in Abu Dhabi was his first win in the Pro Championship. He was challenged by Thomas Ronhaar, who had slim championship hopes and gave him a fast first lap.

Ronhaar was the winner, Frede Rasmussen was second. Frede Rasmussen was third past Idowu on lap 3. Blakeley, however, kept his P4 grid slot which was more than enough to seal it.

Piotr Stachulec, Haas’ rear gunner, almost put Ronhaar back in contention. He sat on Blakeley’s front wing on Lap 20, Sergio Perez-esque, but it was too late. Blakeley passed down the back straight and then disappeared up the road. He wasn’t alone in feeling overpowered by Haas – Rasmussen passed Ronhaar Lap 24 and seized the lead with five laps to go. That’s how they crossed that line.

Idowu finished behind Ronhaar and Rasmussen, taking his third podium this season. Blakeley was fourth in title scoring, just ahead of Jarno Opmeer and David Tonizza.

Bari Boroumand sported P7. Brendon Leigh, the fourth and final champion of the grid, took eighth. Luke Smith and Nicolas Longuet completed the points.

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