Tom Chilton
Date of Birth: 15th March 1985
Home Town: Reigate, Surrey
Hobbies: Running, Mountain Biking, Hiking
Hero: Ayrton Senna, Muhammed Ali
Greatest Racing Moment: Pole position and race win at Laguna Seca
Tom was the youngest driver ever to pass the MSA driver assessment programme just before his 14th birthday, when he was first granted a competition license. Since then Tom has competed in both the Le Man Series and American Le Man Series, winning at legendary circuits such as Nurbürgring and Laguna Seca.
Tom’s main focus however has been the British Touring Car Championship in which he rewrote the history books to become the youngest driver to make the podium aged just 17, and two years later to become the youngest ever race winner.
After a solid 2010 season Tom became the Independent Driver Champion and the following year he took the Global Ford Focus to its brilliant maiden win. During his BTCC career, Tom racked up 12 wins, 42 Podiums, 10 pole positions and 11 fastest laps.
Tom now looks forward to the World Touring Car Championship (WTCC) and has spent much of the off season developing the new 1.6 litre turbocharged Ford Focus ahead of his 2012 WTCC campaign.
James Nash
Date of Birth: 16 December, 1985
Home Town: Milton Keynes, UK
Hobbies: Photography, personal training and travelling
Did you know… James has featured in music videos for Charlie Simpson and Dot Rotton?
James Nash is the reigning British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) Independent Champion driver – a feat he achieved while only in his first full season in the British series.
He began racing in karts in 2000 and just four years later only narrowly lost out on becoming British Champion. He graduated to circuit racing in 2005 and in 2007 he finished 2nd in the British Formula Ford Championship.
The following season James moved into touring cars where he finished 4th in the Seat Eurocup. Since then he has competed in the BTCC, scoring his first win at Rockingham in 2011.
Last season in addition to the BTCC James took class pole position and fastest lap in the 24 hours Dubai race and made a winning sportscar debut from pole position in the Donington 3 hour GT race driving a works Lotus Evora.
James is a former Autosport McLaren/BRDC Young Driver of the Year finalist and away from the tracks in an enthusiastic ambassador and fundraiser for the East Anglia Air Ambulance.
