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From an original list of
65 applicants, Ollie Millroy has been selected by the judges to be one of four
drivers on the 2008 MSA British Race Academy Programme. The Claygate teenager,
who will contest the Formula BMW Championship Europe this year, joins Jack
Clarke (Formula Palmer Audi), James Cole (British Formula Ford) and Rupert
Svendsen-Cook (FBMW). On congratulating Ollie, performance director David
Brabham said ‘the standard of applicants was very high but Ollie displayed the
confidence and potential to succeed in motor racing and we felt that he would
benefit from being part of the 2008 Race
Academy’.
“To be acknowledged by
the MSA and become a British
Race
Academy winner is a great
privilege and I’m very proud to be one of only four young British drivers to be
awarded this,” said Ollie. “2008 has started out to be a great year and being a
BMW scholarship driver and now having the (MSA)
British
Race
Academy backing me, I’m really
looking forward to the season ahead and getting some good results as the year
progresses’.
The new-for-2008
MSA
British
Race
Academy is a ‘feeder’ programme
to the MSA British Race Elite and will offer all of the same development
opportunities, with the exception of the individualised one-to-one coaching that
the Elite members receive.
Six MSA Race Elite
drivers and the four British
Race
Academy winners will benefit
from the programme, which will begin with a fitness assessment at the Department
of Sports Development at the University of
Bath.
The full programme will cover all areas of physical and mental
preparation and training, track performance and developments, technical and
engineering awareness in areas such as engine, gearbox, suspension, tyres and
electronics’. It will also bring in
experts to give advice on career management, media and promotional activities,
sponsorship and presentation training.
The 17 year-old 2006 British
kart champion will kick off his 2008 racing season, alongside Formula 1, at the
Circuit De’ Cataluña, Barcelona on
25th/26th/27th April
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