I am so excited to announce that in 2010 I have a Main Dealer backed drive in the 2010 Trofeo Abarth 500 GB and I will be driving for Thames Abarth of Slough. This is a huge opportunity for me and I can’t wait for the season to start.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank everybody at Thames for having the belief in me to give me this opportunity and I will be giving 100% everytime I take to the track.
I see the names of driver’s that are already?being mentioned?and it is amazing how many have been to where I want to get to, with Gareth Howell, Fiona Leggate, Ben Winrow and Carl Bradley to name a few?I have a fantastic opportunity to learn from some excellent drivers, but I have to learn fast because I am driving for a Dealer that deserves to be right at the front.
After driving for Lunar Racing in BritCar last year?I will be running with them again this year in the Trofeo Abarth 500, as I totally support their educational project and they deserve to be on the stage that this championship provides. The students always work extremely hard and their professionalism puts many teams to shame. My race engineer will be Chris Rapps and when we completed a shake down test of the car last week we hit it off immediately and our communication is excellent so this bodes well for us to be able to set the car up quickly, I am really looking forward to working with him.
I also want to thank Paolo Callea organiser of the 2010 Zing Trofeo Abarth 500 GB, he has put a lot of work and help into making sure I am on the grid this year.
My biggest thanks though has to go to two Pauls! Paul Kneeshaw from Lunar Racing and my Dad Paul. Both have given everything they could to help??make this happen and are working so incredibly hard to try and make sure I get to fulfil my dreams. There is a lot of work in front of us but things have moved incredibly quickly and with a team of people like these we have as much chance as anyone of being successful.
My first official role as Thames’ driver will be this Sunday at the British Leisure Show at the Royal Windsor Racecourse where I will be with my racecar on stand CB100, helping promote the Abarth Brand. Then next Wednesday it’s off to Cadwell Park for the Championship Media Day!
