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Photography Andrew Soul Photography, Daimler Global Media, Craig Wheeldon Photography, Jonathan Elsey Motorsport Photography, Jakob Ebrey Photography, MotorV8 Media, BHP Photography, JDH Motorsport Photography, ©Volkswagen Motorsport - Daniel Roeseler, Chris Valentine, CSCC: David Stallard, Chris Valentine, Toyo Tires, James Roberts, Craig Wheeldon Photography, ©Audi Sport, DTM Media, Roman Smirnov/E.A.N, Noels/HME, David Noels, TCR Series Media, ©Aston Martin Media, ©Volkswagen Motorsport Communications, Luke Bridgeman, Charlie Budd, Carl McKellar ©Renault Sport and ©McLaren Media Centre BWR Media, Bank House, Bank Street, Tonbridge, Kent TN9 1BL T: 01732 642755 E: [email protected] PRODUCED BY: BWR MEDIA CONTENTS AM ANNUAL 2018 7 08-13 44-46 SIM TO REALITY ADVANTAGEOUS The MsD Editor gets back on track Aston Martin launches its latest WEC in a Caterham C400 championship contender, the Vantage GTE 14-18 MEDIA+ MOTORSPORT 48-51 Louise Goodman on the importance A GOOD QUOTE of media training to racing drivers at Insurance specialists Adrian Flux every level of the sport talks about the importance of the 70-73 right cover in the sport TOP RANKING MsD chats with 2017’s national 20-21 driver winner, James Gornall COST EFFECTIVE 52-56 on his impressive season THRILLS FROM TRACK DAYS Fiercely fast, the newly created RGB TO TROPHIES Sports 1000 formula by 750MC PDC Racing founder, Jason Wood reports on his success from track days to running a racing team 74-79 22-23 THROUGH THE LENS REVERSAL OF Reflecting on Andrew Soul’s life FORTUNES 58-59 capturing the action in the fast lane Will we see a decrease in insurance JACK YOUNG premiums in 2018? The Renault Clio Cup Junior Champion delivers a grown-up performance to seal victory 80-84 24-25 C1 SPA DAY FXX-K – YEAH! (& NIGHT) Ferrari unveils the latest edition of its 60-63 Relive the 24Hr Citroen C1 indurance stunning XX marque outside of Italy DONINGTON racing from two drivers perspectives for the first time DECONSTRUCTED Follow in the footsteps of Ayrton Senna with an indepth track guide 86-87 26-28 DOUBLE THE FUN REFUELING by Jamie Stanley FOR TDC IN 2018 WITH MILK MSVT announces second grid for the Sarah Waights looks behind the glass 64-65 ever popular Track Day at the new post-race drink Championship TRAILING BEAUTY Innovative Turatello Trailers importer 30-33 Cip Nistorică on his passion for all THE RINGMASTER things Italian Marcello Lotti reveals the secrets of 88-113 TCR’s success with Alex Goldschmidt 66-67 CHAMPIONSHIP MOTORSPORTDAYS RESULTS PRO-AM AWARDS Comprehensive coverage of the 34-36 2017 season racing results RSR - PUTTING FUN 2018 ON TRACK We reveal the winners of our coveted RSR trackdays in Spain, Portugal and awards, nominated by you, after Germany offer the perfect solution to another year of thrilling motozrsport beat the winter blues 114-115 68-69 THE NEXT GEN OF 38-42 NATIONAL DRIVER THE TRACK DAY FILE UNDER SUCCESS RANKINGS D2P launch a new generation Josh Files reflects on an amazing The full listing of 2017 driver rankings of track day service year which saw him claim a second by Grove and Dean insurance TCR championship. Alex Goldschmidt report. CONTENTS 8 AM ANNUAL 2018 ‘I felt that I had returned to where I belonged. All the preparation from the previous days was paying off, the car felt comfortable, the track was dry, my lap times were good and I wasn’t last!’ AM ANNUAL 2018 9 BEN WHIBLEY’S RETURN TO THE TRACK: SIM to REALITY After some time away from the hot seat, Editor Ben Whibley finds himself falling in love with motorsport all over again – thanks to an invitation from Boss Racing and a seat in a Caterham C400 10 AM ANNUAL 2018 t’s been a while, racing a car I the attitude you should have, mean. Although I have driven rather than worrying about a numerous cars over the past potential excess bill from Grove & four years on various track Dean Motorsport Insurance! and test days, I haven’t raced As we had an hour, we decided one. So, it was back to basics for to get as much seat time as me to get myself ready to do possible. I spent the first session Iit all again. getting used to the setup, car and With the race weekend firmly my visual markers for braking.