Lucas Ordóñez

At a glance

Seventeen years at the sharp end of motorsport

25K+

gamers beaten to win the first GT Academy, 2008

Le Mans 24 Hours class podiums, 2011 and 2013

international titles: ILMC LMP2 and Blancpain Pro-Am

E1 Grand Prix wins with Westbrook Racing

2008 · Nissan PlayStation GT Academy

From the sim to Le Mans 24h

Out of more than 25,000 Gran Turismo players, Lucas won the very first GT Academy. A year later he was racing for Nissan in the GT4 European Cup and finished runner-up. He was the first gamer to become a professional racing driver.

Magazine feature on Lucas going from PlayStation to the circuit in seven months

Career

Champion, podium, pioneer

2011

Champion in his rookie season

Intercontinental Le Mans Cup LMP2 champion with Signatech Nissan, and 2nd in LMP2 on his Le Mans 24 Hours debut.

2013

Pro-Am champion and a second Le Mans podium

Blancpain Endurance Series Pro-Am drivers’ title in a Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3, and another LMP2 class podium at La Sarthe.

Nissan GT Academy team celebrating the Pro-Am title

2014

First electric lap of Le Mans

Le Mans on electric power alone, at over 300 km/h.

Nissan ZEOD RC electric prototype at night at Le Mans

2015

A decade as a Nissan works driver

Le Mans with the GT-R LM NISMO, pole positions and victories in Japan’s Super GT, and a Nürburgring 24h class win alongside Gran Turismo creator Kazunori Yamauchi.

Lucas in his helmet in the cockpit at night

BMW M6 GT3 at the Nürburgring — **Nürburgring 24h**2019 · BMW · Walkenhorst Motorsport

Bentley Continental GT3 at Laguna Seca — **Laguna Seca 8h**2019 · Bentley · Intercontinental GT Challenge

Bentley pit stop at night in the rain at Spa — **Spa 24 Hours**2019 · Bentley Motorsport

Angola Westbrook Racing RaceBird foiling through a turn on Lake Como

Now · since 2024

Racing on water. Fully electric.

Pilot for Will Smith’s Angola Westbrook Racing in the UIM E1 World Championship, sharing the RaceBird with Monster Energy’s Sara Price.

The E1 platform

A global stage, live in 205 countries

2.1BN

total broadcast reach, Season 2

64.4M

total broadcast viewers

9.2M

average viewers per event

830M

combined reach of team owners: Smith, Brady, Nadal, LeBron…

The RaceBird7 m electric hydrofoil150 kW35 kWh batteryup to 93 km/hone man and one woman per team

Source: Angola Westbrook Racing 2026 team presentation

Lucas, team owner Will Smith and Sara Price on the pontoon beside the #88 RaceBird in Monaco

Angola Westbrook Racing

Racing for Will Smith’s team

A team built on family and performance, with a global audience on every race weekend: Will Smith alone has around 70M followers on Instagram, and the team’s own following has grown 130% since November 2024.

E1 World Championship

Three seasons, three wins, one title fight

2024

Maiden win

Lake Como GP: Westbrook’s first-ever E1 victory, in the team’s debut season.

2025

5th overall

A tough season, then retained by the team for 2026 for experience and consistency.

2026

Back-to-back wins

Lake Como and Dubrovnik, plus the team’s first pole. Championship leaders mid-season; the title is decided at the Miami double-header finale.

See 2026 results & calendar

Dubrovnik GP · June 2026

Pole. Win. Back to back.

Westbrook topped qualifying for the first time in the team’s history, then Lucas crossed the line first to seal a second straight Grand Prix win after Lake Como.