Learning to drive in a Formula Ford Van Diemen is an unusual start, but that’s just what Plymouth teenager Alex Coles did as he won this year’s British Hillclimb Championship Cup.
The BHC Cup is hillclimbing’s prime competition away from the headline British Hillclimb Championship and Coles had a superb season in his Van Diemen RF86. He won the Formula Ford class 17 times in 23 rounds and set new class hill records