Career — F3 Racing with Hywel Lloyd

Career

My career has followed in the same track or should that be tracks of many Formula 1 champions.

I have been involved in motorsport from a very early age; I was given my first motocross bike at the age of 6. My learning developed quickly and I was soon winning several regional and national titles. Sometime later I decided that four wheels were more appealing and started kart racing at the age of 12.

After winning everything I possibly could at the national karting level, I progressed on to single-seater racing.

2005

• British 125cc ICC champion,
• British 125cc ICC Open champion and
• NKF 125cc ICC gearbox champion.

2006

• Formula Renault BARC championship - 5^th overall in first year of single-seater racing

2007

• Formula Renault BARC championship -  1^st place champion
• Formula Renault BARC Winter championship - 1^st place champion

It was quite an achievement to win both Championships in my second year, actually  winning 8 out of the 16 races plus another 4 podium finishes. I was listed as the top rated Domestic single seat Driver by Motorsport News.

2008

• British International Formula Three (F3)National Class – 3^rd place overall in my first year
  
• 1^st place at Monza
  
•  1^st place at Silverstone
  
• Two 2^nd place finishes at Bucharest and one at Monza
  
• Three 3^rd place finishes

The Welsh Racing Drivers Association (WRDA) awarded me the Jack Lewis and Tom Pryce Young Welsh Driver of the year Award for the driver who has made the most outstanding contribution to Welsh Motorsport, which I was very proud to receive. 

The British Racing Drivers Club invited me to join their ‘Rising Stars Programme’. This is a prestigious invite, given to only a very select few young drivers, considered to be ‘the most talented up and coming drivers in the sport’.

My first season of racing in the F3 National Class has been incredibly exciting and a very steep learning curve indeed. I have been competing against many drivers with a great deal of experience in F3, with very experienced teams supporting them; these drivers include the best from the UK and others from all over the world including Kuwait, Colombia, and Finland. It was a difficult enough year as a new F3 driver, but I’m also responsible for running my own team: CF Racing, also in their first year of F3. Experience in this industry is priceless; the established teams know exactly how to set up their cars for each circuit and how to solve problems very quickly. It has taken some time for both the team and me to get the race winning performances; the experience has been invaluable, and if we had this level of experience when we started the season, perhaps I could have been in first or second place rather than third place; to reiterate, it has been an amazing feat for a new driver and a new team both in their first season of F3 Racing to finish in third place.

Future Career

• 2009 – Moving up to the F3 International Championship Series

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