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PATRICK O’DONOVAN: SIGNALLING THE INTENT RIGHT FROM THE GET-GO

Just days after this 18th birthday, Patrick O’Donovan made note of his intentions in his rallycross Supercar debut at Lydden Hill. But it wasn’t the remarkable second-place finish that indicated what might be possible in 2022.

It was, in fact, a mistake in Q2 during the season-opener that gave a hint to both his ambition and confidence at the wheel. Having been beaten away from the startline, he tried to send his Ford Fiesta sideways around the outside of Oliver Bennett’s top-specification BMW Mini and reigning British champion Derek Tohill. That O’Donovan clipped the wall and spun mattered little. The fact he had the composure to

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