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ACADEMY INTERNATIONALS grassroots teams, where teams are often led by parents who have attained some form of official coaching badge.
Having spent the last five years coaching coaches, Hartley believes deeply in the need to provide structured support to develop talent throughout the pathway. In football terms, the Academy is motorsport’ s St George’ s Park, but all the motorsport clubs, karting tracks and StreetCar events around the country are the grassroots where that future talent is first formed.
“ If you took a Premier League club, they would be interested in players within an hour of where they are, but from our point of view, as a national governing body, we’ re interested in everybody everywhere,” explains Hartley.“ So, we need to be able to have an Academy program that’ s really accessible and takes away barriers for participation.
“ The Motorsport UK Girls’ Karting Academy, for example, launched in April, is at the beginning of that pathway and the idea is to use it as a way of helping girls fall in love with karting and motorsport. We then need to be able to have places for them to go and people to support them as they move through the pathway.
“ I’ m keen to provide more frequent, personalised support at a local level. Racing costs can put up a barrier, but that does not mean we should not create incredible environments for young people all around the country. Currently the funnel is quite narrow but if we can broaden it, we will have even better drivers coming through the system in years to come.”
Elfyn Evans and Scott Martin currently lead the 2025 World Rally Championship
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Harry Tincknell, WEC driver Graduated: 2013
Tincknell showed his talent in single seaters in Formula Renault UK and British F3 during his time at the Academy before transitioning to endurance racing. He has since competed with leading manufacturers including Ford and Porsche, winning the Le Mans 24 Hours in the LMP2 class in 2014 and achieving multiple race victories in the WEC.
Scott Martin, WRC Co-driver Graduated: Pre-2013
Martin was runner-up co-driver in the British Rally Championship with Matthew Wilson in 2004 and the pair reunited in the WRC from 2008-11. He won the Acropolis Rally with Craig Breen in 2014 and teamed up with fellow Academy graduate Elfyn Evans at M-Sport in 2019. The pair joined Toyota a year later and have been consistent title challengers ever since.
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