Nigerian-American racing driver, Ugo Ugochukwu, has won the 2024 FIA FR World Cup.
The 17-year-old McLaren prodigy won the FIA Formula Regional World Cup and became the first American national to take the Macau Grand Prix since 1981.
Ugochukwu was born in New York to Nigerian supermodel Oluchi Onweagba and and Luca Orlandi, an Italian fashion designer.
Ugochukwu led the race from start to finish for R-ace GP, ahead of Olivier Goethe for MP Motorsport and Noel León for KCMG IXO by Pinnacle Motorsport.
Speaking after the race, Ugochukwu said, ““I can’t describe the feeling; of course, I’m super happy. It was quite a tricky race. I was pushing the whole way, but I was confident in the pace – ever since Q2, we’ve been really quick, of course, we won the Quali race as well, but there was still one more thing to do, which was win the main race, and we managed to do it.”
“I can’t thank the R-ace GP team enough. We had a great weekend, and yeah, I’m super happy to finally get the job done.”
In signing American young driver Ugo Ugochukwu, the McLaren Driver Development programme snapped up one of the hottest prospects in junior motorsport.
The European karting champion originally signed a long-term agreement with McLaren in 2021, shortly after sealing the FIA OK-Junior European Karting Championship title.
