Episode 23 - Chris and James - Britcar Champions
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by Team BRIT
1y ago
In this episode we chat to drivers Chris Overend and James Whitley who reflect on their stunning performance in 2022 and how it feels to be reigning Britcar champions! Chris and James were crowned champions of Britcar in October 2022 despite it being the first ever year of racing for them both. In 2023 they'll be stepping up to GT4 racing in a McLaren 570S GT4, competing in the British Endurance Championship ..read more
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Episode 20 - Paul Fullick on supporting Ukraine
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by Team BRIT
1y ago
In this episode we talk to Team BRIT driver Paul Fullick who is chair and trustee of newly formed charity, Ukraine Sunflower Aid. The charity is doing incredible work to support Ukraine by organising the transportation of crucial aid. Their work has grown from runs of vans carrying donated aid, to meticulously planned HGV journeys taking across valuable medical equipment. Also on the show is Paul's colleague Hannah Burton who also supports the charity.  ..read more
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Episode 19 - Meet Team BRIT Rookie, Paul Fullick
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by Team BRIT
1y ago
In this episode we catch up with Paul Fullick from Fareham in Southampton. Paul is a former army officer. He survived a life threatening diving incident which left him with limited walking ability, reduced strength, problems speaking and communicating and forced his early retirement from the Army. He began working for himself, buying and restoring cars as a qualified mechanic, and taking on incredible charity challenges.  Paul began riding motorbikes as a teenager and is now the south area representative for the UK Gay Bikers Motorcycle Club. On a touring trip to Wales in 2021, he was in ..read more
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Episode 18 - Motorsport and Money - Mike Scudamore
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by Team BRIT
1y ago
In this episode we chat to Team BRIT Commercial Director Mike Scudamore. Mike Joined the team in September 2015 to assist Team Principal Dave Player in creating a strategic sponsorship acquisition strategy. Mike has a wealth of commercial experience from his time in F1 with the team that started out as Virgin Racing before morphing into the Marussia F1 Team. Mike then set up Apex Sports Marketing in October 2014, working with rights holders to secure sponsorship and with brands on their sponsorship activations such as incentives and hospitality programmes. Mike has been instrumental in securi ..read more
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Episode 17 - Paralympian sets his sights on track success
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by Team BRIT
2y ago
We speak with Team BRIT rookie James Whitley, who joined the team in late 2021.    24-year-old James lives in Eastbourne and is originally from Northern Ireland. James was born without fingers and has undergone more than 30 operations to improve his hand function, many which were carried out before he was five.     At the age of six he was involved in a serious boat accident when on holiday with his family in France which resulted in multiple injuries.  After being in a wheelchair for almost a year, he was encouraged to contact the GB Paralympian ski team. He went ..read more
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Episode 16 - MS, Motorsport, IVF and me - meet Anji
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by Team BRIT
2y ago
In this episode, we speak with rookie driver Anji Silva-Vadgama. Anji was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2018 and now has drug infusions every 6 months. Motorsport has always been a part of her life. Her grandfather was a rally driving champion in Kenya, winning the first ever off-road safari rally championship in Tanzania and her dad is a mechanic. She saw a piece on TV about Team BRIT, got in touch and had her first track day at Silverstone in September 2021. She's now on the rookie development programme and hoping to start racing in the Britcar Championship in 2022.  Alongside ..read more
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Episode 16 - MS, Motorsport, IVF and me - meet Anji
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by Team BRIT
2y ago
In this episode, we catch up with rookie driver, Anji Silva-Vadgama. Anji is from Barton Seagrave in Northamptonshire and was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2018. She now has has drug infusions every 6 months.  She has a long-term love of motorsport as cars have always been a part of her life.  Anji's grandfather was a rally driving champion in Kenya,  and her dad is a mechanic. Anji saw a piece on TV about Team BRIT in 2021 and got in touch, before beginning her rookie development programme with the goal of racing in the Britcar Championship this year. Alongside her r ..read more
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Episode 15 - Introducing Tee Mathurin
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by Team BRIT
2y ago
In this episode we catch up with rookie driver Tyrone Mathurin. Tyrone, who is known by his friends as ‘Tee’ is from Battersea and joined the team as a rookie in August 2021.   Tee has brachial plexus injury following a motorbike accident in 2005, which means he has weakness in his right leg, no movement in his right hip and no feeling from his right hand to his right elbow. Tee is part of our rookie development programme and hopes to race our BMW 118 in the Britcar Championship in 2022. Tee has turned his life around, having been involved in drug crime before his accident. Now, he's pr ..read more
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Episode 5 - Building Team BRIT
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by Team BRIT
2y ago
In this episode, we speak to the man behind it all, Team BRIT founder, Dave Player. Dave served as a Royal Engineer in the Army from 1983 – 1988. He then joined the family real estate business in the Algarve where he suffered a spinal injury in 1991. After rehabilitation he set up his own businesses, all connected to sport, tourism and property. These included managing international sporting events at European & Paralympic levels. He returned to the UK and wanted to work with injured troops. Having experience in re-shaping and creating a new life in a wheelchair from the age of 23, he off ..read more
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Episode 14 - The McLaren is unveiled
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by Team BRIT
2y ago
We talk to Team BRIT Founder Dave Player and Commercial Director Mike Scudamore on their thoughts following the unveiling of the team's McLaren 570s GT4. What does it mean for the team, the drivers and the industry and how much closer are we to Le Mans ..read more
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