THE WORST JOB AT THE AWARD TESTS?
The benchmark driver has become a traditional element of the Aston Martin Autosport BRDC Young Driver of the Year Award tests at Silverstone. There’s no longer one for the MotorSport Vision Formula 2 cars, but the other challenges – last year the Garage 59-run Aston Martin Vantage GT3 and the BBM Sport Ginetta G61LT-P3 LMP3 – do come with their own experts.
The job chiefly entails making sure the car is running as it should, providing a benchmark lap time and data for the finalists, and
