I began karting at 6 years of age in the Bambino Club at Buckmore Park.
I enjoyed success for two years before moving up the the Junior Pro section where I am competing in the Summer series.
In my first year as Rookie at Buckmore Park - I won the Rookie of the Year race crowning me as most promising in the category.
I have was Junior Pro Champion in 2022 and I still compete in the Junior Pro series.
On 25th September I took part in the Hard.X Kart Scholarship, an incredible opportunity to win a fully-funded drive in the Junior Kart Championship in 2024, including Championship and race entries, race fuel and tyres, test day entries, latest X-Kart chassis hire, mechanics and driver support, in-house management & representation. A package worth an incredible £25 000.
Almost 100 drivers registered for the scholarship and then set fast lap times at TeamKarting - an indoor karting track in Rochdale owned by X Kart founder/owner Matty Street. The fastest 50 drivers are invited to the Scholarship day at Whilton Mill Karting in Northamptonshire.
Arriving with 50 of your peers and to be compared with them is a pretty daunting experience.
The day began with testing around the track in the Whilton Mill Corporate Karts.
The karting was followed by an hour of fitness with a professional motorsport fitness coach. We also took a reaction test.
After this commenced two sets of interviews - the first with the team, a kind of job interview, asking what I knew about X Kart/Team Hard, my goals and inspirations. The second was a media test which was filmed to see how I performed in a media type setting.
Photographs by Foxy Red Photography
X Kart Scholarship 2023
In the mid afternoon, the X Kart Team chose 12 drivers to go through to test on their own much Junior Rotax racing karts. My goal that day was to be selected to drive an X Kart racing Kart and I was delighted to be chosen.
I completed two test sessions in the X Kart Junior Rotax. It was only the fourth time I had driven a Rotax and it felt fantastic to be back in the powerful machine again.
After the Racing Kart test session the team had to choose three finalists. Matty first read two names of very good, successful petrol kart drivers making a name for themselves on the National scene. He then read out my name. It was an incredible, surreal moment.
The team had trouble making a decision about who would be the winner. I had to be interviewed by Matty and Claire (Team Manager) as did the other drivers.
Ten minutes later they made their decision and I was runner-up!
It was an incredible day of learning, improving, learning about different aspects to karting and making new friends.
On September 17 2023 I retained my title Of Junior Southern Champion with Total Karting Zero (now Global Karting League).
I had the toughest championship battle all season. In the final I had to not only finish ahead of the other title contender but ensure that I or someone else got the fastest lap. The seemingly impossible happened and we both got the fastest lap. With us both receiving fastest lap points it was still enough to secure the Championship win.
Results TKZ Southern Championship 2023
R1 Clay Pigeon 4th (dropped round)
R2 Lydd 1st
R3 Shenington 1st
R4 Llandow 2nd
R5 Rye House 2nd
R6 Ellough Park 1st
In the National Championship I was Vice-Champion for 2024
Results TKZ National Championship 2023
R1 Shenington 3rd
R2 Whilton Mill 2nd
R1 Whilton Mill 1st
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October 2, 2022 I became the first ever Junior Total Karting Zero Champion for the Summer Series.
After a long, hard fought season, I was delighted to be crowned Champion.
This was the first series for TKZ's Junior Karts.
Results TKZ 2022
R1 Lydd 6th (dropped round)
R2 Ellough Park 2nd
R3 Mansell Raceway 1st
R4 Clay Pigeon 1st
R5 Thruxton 1st
R6 Mansell Raceway 1st
I am absolutely delighted to be very first National Junior Champion for Total Karting Zero engineered by Rob Smedley.
The National Final was a one race weekend and a very wet one too. I qualified on pole, won both heats and then the final by 8.3 seconds.
I am thrilled to win both the Southern Championship and now National Final.
The whole series wouldn’t have been possible in any way without the generosity of my sponsors The Pixel Farm. I’m truly grateful for your support. Thank you Michael Lancaster and The Pixel Farm
Global Karting League (formerly Total Karting Zero) is the world’s leading electric karting championship, launched by Ferrari F1 Engineer Rob Smedley to provide an affordable pathway to the top of motorsport.
The fast, open-chassis racing karts are unique to GKL, designed with F1 expertise to ensure equal performance – at GKL, talent comes first.
for the driver they think most encapsulates Motorsport UK’s values of Respect, Integrity, Fair Play, Self-Control and Good Manners.
This trophy is really increcibly special and I am honoured to have been chosen by my peers.
The photos below are me at the legendary Paul Fletcher International circuit as winner of the Electric Cadet Kart class at the 2021 British Karting Championships.
It was truly a very proud moment of my life.
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