The Blancpain team created an awesome video about my story of how I became a racing driver. They were also kind enough to let me repost it on my YouTube channel. Enjoy!
Racing is a funny sport. You can have the best car, best drivers and best engineers and then you get a puncture while leading the race. “That’s racing.” And so we had one of those weekends in Misano. Fast in practice with a lot of potential for a double win […]
This was originally published in my monthly newsletter. Subscribe… NOW. Multiple race tracks, tons of testing, 2000km of road driving and a small fire to contend with. It’s been a busy month on track. Blancpain GT Testing My first test of 2019 got off to the best possible start in […]
This was originally published in my monthly newsletter. Subscribe… NOW. Ever since primary school I have been telling anyone who was willing to listen that I wanted to be a racing driver. It was all I thought about and nothing else made sense besides going around in circles at a […]
This was originally published in my bi-weekly newsletter. Subscribe Here! Hello and Happy New Year! To those of you who have just joined my newsletter, Welcome! One of the strangest parts of being a ‘racing driver’ is the 4 – 5 month break between race seasons. Last year was a […]
I was lucky enough to test the new game while at Circuit of Misano for the Blancpain Sprint Series and thought I’d give you all some initial feedback! Being a massive Sim Racing fan I could not wait to try the game. I was a sim racer before I was […]
In many ways my season kicked off in December 2016 driving in the Gulf 12 Hour with my new teammates Jacques Duyver and Marco Zanuttini. Qualifying 3rd in class, we lost a lap in the first hour due to an unfortunate Safety Car / Pit Stop calculation and spent the […]
Last week I was in Barcelona for a day, to do some testing and coaching, where I was lucky enough to drive both the 458 GT3 and the 488 GT3. It’s the fourth time I’ve driven both and it’s just crazy how different they are. When people ask me if […]
Just last week I returned home from a successful event in Hungary where Stephen Earle and I took the 2017 Blancpain Sprint Cup title. This is a huge achievement for me personally and I’m just massively proud to be representing South Africa in such a competitive series. Thank you to […]
I am beyond excited to announce that I’ll again be competing in the Blancpain Endurance Series for the 2017. Kessel and I have been working on a deal since the last race of 2016 in Abu Dhabi, and finally came to an agreement on Monday last week. I was busy testing […]
