Mikkel Gade Clinches Skip Barber Formula iRacing Series Crown with Sebring Victory

Mikkel Gade will have the opportunity of a lifetime behind the wheel of a Skip Barber Formula Race Series car for the full 2022 season, after locking up the Skip Barber Formula iRacing Series title with a dominant victory in the season finale at Sebring International Raceway. After posting the top qualifying time for the final event, Gade led all but four race laps across both features, scoring a fourth place finish in the first before charging back to the front to win the latter by nearly four seconds.

The Skip Barber Formula iRacing Series closely mirrors the real-world Skip Barber Formula Race Series in vehicle formula and racing circuits, with the added caveat that the top performers in the virtual series earn racing opportunities in the real one. Each week, a new slate of 20 drivers qualifies their way into the next race round, receiving coaching from Skip Barber Racing School instructors before taking to the track for a pair of 15-minute timed races. The champion at the end of the six-week series earns a full-season ride in the Skip Barber Formula Race Series, and more than $500,000 worth of prizes is on the line overall.

Gade’s closing victory was the culmination of a dominant season in which he won seven of the 12 race sessions and finished off with a 36-point advantage, more than a race win’s worth of points, over Nicolas Mateo. Still, it was Deagen Fairclough, Matt Adams, and Mateo who would all get past Gade on the final lap of the first race, denying him win number seven temporarily. Still, Gade would charge back in the second race, passing Adams and Mateo to get up to second on the first lap, getting by Fairclough on the second, and never looking back. Adams and Guillaume Levesque would complete the podium after Fairclough would fall out of second on the final lap.

Skip Barber Formula iRacing Series feature one results from Sebring International Raceway were as follows:

Fin.

St.

No.

Driver

Laps

Interval

Led

Best

Pts.

1719Deagen Fairclough812:02.10135
2618Matt M Adams8-0.80102:01.89332
3810Nicolas Mateo8-1.96302:02.13730
421Mikkel Gade8-2.72852:01.82328
51420Jon Boetefuer8-7.56302:02.25426
6158Guillaume Lévesque8-8.60302:02.43325
71112Ross Banfield8-8.76102:02.19124
8186Jack G Harrison8-11.00502:02.10923
9513Matt Bussa8-11.67402:02.61022
10195Matthew Zeis8-13.67702:02.72921
111617Felipe Cabrera Loyola8-15.67602:03.23320
121011Tyler S Campbell8-1:04.04502:02.22319
1314Elvis Rankin7-1 L22:01.60818
1437Pierfrancesco Patricolo7-1 L02:03.87617
15914Zach Holden7-1 L02:03.22116
16129Jordan Johnson55-3 L02:03.99315
171715Theodore Burns3-5 L02:04.80114
1843Michael Janney2-6 L013
192016Simon De Mori1-7 L012
20132Michael Romanidis1-7 L011

 

Skip Barber Formula iRacing Series feature two results from Sebring International Raceway were as follows:

Fin.

St.

No.

Driver

Laps

Interval

Led

Best

Pts.

141Mikkel Gade872:01.25635
2218Matt M Adams8-3.70602:01.59832
368Guillaume Lévesque8-8.41502:02.34230
4520Jon Boetefuer8-8.49502:02.59928
5310Nicolas Mateo8-9.12602:02.27126
6712Ross Banfield8-9.50002:02.09125
7183Michael Janney8-10.73202:01.93624
8134Elvis Rankin8-12.91902:01.64923
9169Jordan Johnson58-13.34102:01.80322
10202Michael Romanidis8-16.05702:02.05021
1186Jack G Harrison8-17.04902:01.81320
121117Felipe Cabrera Loyola8-19.92502:02.22819
131211Tyler S Campbell8-22.01402:02.05118
141514Zach Holden8-33.28102:02.86317
15147Pierfrancesco Patricolo8-44.41102:03.99016
16119Deagen Fairclough7-1 L12:01.83715
171715Theodore Burns7-1 L02:02.70814
181916Simon De Mori4-4 L02:03.92213
19913Matt Bussa4-4 L02:02.96812
20105Matthew Zeis1-7 L011

 

The top 10 drivers in final Skip Barber Formula iRacing Series points were as follows:

  1. Mikkel Gade, 270
  2. Nicolas Mateo, 234
  3. Elvis Rankin, 231
  4. Deagen Fairclough, 213
  5. Matt Adams, 191
  6. Michael Janney, 191
  7. Matt Bussa, 185
  8. Pierfrancesco Patricolo, 183
  9. Felipe Cabrera Loyola, 181
  10. Ross Banfield, 171

As a result of their Skip Barber Formula iRacing Series performances, Gade has earned a full season ride in the 2022 Skip Barber Formula Race Series, Mateo has earned a half season, and Rankin has earned a single race. All three will also receive a 5 Day Competition Licensing Race School and Skip Barber Racing School coaching. Fairclough and Adams will receive a 1 Day Racing School from SBRS, while the remainder of the top 10 will receive an Intro to Racing program.

For more information on the Skip Barber Racing School, visit www.skipbarber.com. For more information on iRacing and for special offers, visit www.iracing.com.