HOW THE BRITISH RACING DRIVERS’ CLUB NURTURES THE NEXT GENERATION

There are many pitfalls for a young driver as they try to forge a professional career in motorsport.

Alongside those traps for the unwary, there are schemes that are designed to give aspiring racers a leg-up. There are numerous young driver initiatives run by various manufacturers and teams, and they all have one aim: to unearth the next big thing.

Since 2008, the owner of Silverstone, the British Racing Drivers’Club, has been on the hunt too. For more than two decades it has run the Rising Stars scheme, where a panel selects talents and invites them to join the mentoring