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Motorsport UK Academy Cohort Confirmed
Motorsport UK is delighted to confirm the 2025 line-up for the hugely successful Academy , which has nurtured the very best of UK motorsport talent into the senior levels of the sport , including Elfyn Evans , George Russell , Jessica Hawkins and Jake Dennis . The Academy has a proven track record of success , with 17 Academy drivers and 6 graduates winning championships in 2024 .
35 newly selected drivers and co-drivers join 31 returning drivers for the Team UK , Futures and Co-Driver programmes .
Team UK is a national squad of elite competitors selected to receive a bespoke one-to-one performance programme as they compete in the sport ’ s top series . The line-up will include 2024 GB3 Vice-Champion John Bennett , BRC Driver Max McRae , Junior Rally Championship pair Ioan Lloyd and co-driver Sion Williams and F1 Academy drivers Ella Lloyd and Alisha Palmowski .
The Co-Driver group will continue to benefit from support from rally champions , M-Sport , who will provide opportunities to join the team at select WRC rounds to gain insight into how a team operates at the top level . New selections for this cohort are BRC and Welsh Rally Champion Izzie Holman , British Historic Rally Championship co-drivers Josh Carr and Lucie Gutteridge and Gail Whyte , part of the M-Sport WRC Team .
The Futures squad gains 16 new Year 1 recruits including BTRDA Rallycross Champion Ben Bartlett and 2024 Scottish Tarmac Junior Champion , Fletcher Falconer . Year 2 sees Seb Hopkins , 2024 Porsche Sprint Challenge GB Champion , Harry Hickton , 2024 Mini Challenge Trophy Champion and Deagen Fairclough , 2024 British F4 Champion join the cohort .
All new cohorts will be supported across four key development areas :
• Technical and Tactical
• Physical
• Psychological
• Social and Commercial
Each discipline will be led by coaching staff and a network of expert practitioners and motorsport team contacts to provide advice , development and industry insight to young , talented drivers and co-drivers .
Tom Hartley , Head of Competitor Development added , “ The Motorsport UK Academy is a pathway to support high-potential drivers in the UK , driving forward the next generation of driving talent across every discipline of the sport . I am thrilled to welcome the latest intake of drivers and co-drivers into this season ’ s Academy programmes . Congratulations to all our athletes on their selection and we look forward to another year of support , development and success from the best of Britain ’ s rising stars .”
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