GB4 Championship leader Hillspeed will expand its line-up to
three cars for the upcoming Silverstone rounds on 30/31 July, with
the addition of Marcus Short to its roster.
The British youngster joins the team alongside Max Marzorati and
Megan Gilkes, and has a superb motor racing pedigree - the
17-year-old is the son of successful endurance racer Martin Short,
the 2003 British GT champion and 2008 Dutch Supercar Challenge GT
Class champion.
Marcus contested his maiden car race just over a year ago,
courtesy of an outing in the Citroen C1 24 Hours at Silverstone,
and he has subsequently had six outings in a Rover 216 GTi in the
MG Cup as well as completing two races in a Mosler GT car with his
older brother Morgan. Away from the track, Marcus is a very
proficient sim racer in the official Formula One Esports
Series.
Short tested a Hillspeed GB4 car for the first time last Thursday
(14 July) at Bedford Autodrome and enjoyed a positive first
experience of the Tatuus F4-T014 chassis.
Marking his first ever run at the wheel of a single-seater, Short
impressed Hillspeed Team Principal Richard Ollerenshaw, who is now
relishing the opportunity to work with the teenager over the course
of a full GB4 race weekend.
Hillspeed is enjoying a highly successful first season of GB4
action, with multiple podium finisher Marzorati currently leading
the driver standings and Megan Gilkes already a double race winner.
The Derbyshire squad also tops the team championship ahead of
Silverstone.
Hillspeed Team Principal Richard Ollerenshaw
said: "We are absolutely delighted to welcome Marcus to
the team for the Silverstone GB4 races, he's a very exciting young
talent and we were impressed with how he got on during his first
outing in the car at Bedford last week. Marcus obviously has an
incredibly strong motorsport pedigree from his father Martin and
with the fantastic support the whole family provides, we think he
can spring some surprises at Silverstone. It's great to be running
three GB4 cars for the next round and we're very much looking
forward to seeing Marcus teaming with Max and Megan, a very
exciting line-up."
Marcus Short said: "The test at Bedford was
amazing! We had one of the circuits to ourselves and had three
hours, starting off getting comfortable and then doing things like
practice starts to prepare as much as possible. I really loved it
and got along with the car quite well. I don't know what to expect
for Silverstone, it'll obviously be my first time as part of a GB4
weekend and my first time in the car on one of the actual race
circuits. I'm intending to go with the flow and just enjoy myself
as much as possible, it's not every day you get a fantastic
opportunity like this."
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