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RACE ACE: McGloin, president of the FIA Disability and Accessibility Commission, has joined the Eighty-One Racing Heroes programme
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HE world’s only female tetraplegic racing driver has her sights set on giving injured ex-servicemen and women a long-term career in motorsport.
In 2015 Nathalie McGloin became the first woman with a spinal injury to be granted a racing licence in the UK. Last year she became the first ever female disabled rally driver, and is president of the FIA Disability and Accessibility Commission. Now she has joined the Eighty-One Racing Heroes programme: a groundbreaking initiative set up by Peter Knoflach, a Swiss racer and businessmen who was inspired by several injured veterans while skiing in his home village of Klosters. Peter is the director of Eighty-One Power Drink, a new energy drink coming to the United Kingdom later this year, which will use motorsport as a platform to promote the unique programme. Nathalie said: “I don’t think I’ve ever felt as excited about a racing programme as I have about this one. “When I met Peter, I knew straight away that his heart was in the right place, and he’s going to create some amazing opportunities for so many people who might otherwise not have had them, both in motorsport and in business.”
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Peter said: “Nathalie’s own motto is that anything is possible, and that fits our message perfectly at Eighty-One Racing Heroes. As well as being an ideal ambassador for our programme, she is a very talented and determined racer, which is what we are about first and foremost. “Porsche has confirmed a car for Nathalie in its new GT4 championship in the UK, and we’re working now to adapt it to her needs, thanks to our equally talented crew of ex-servicemen. Our goal is to create as many opportunities for as many people as we can, so we’re delighted to be off to a flying start already with Nathalie’s help.” The veterans turned mechanics, engineers and logisticians are getting up
to speed with a programme in the Porsche Carrera Cup GB, where they will be visiting some of Britain’s most famous circuits in a high-pressure race environment. Nathalie’s Porsche Cayman GT4, developed by the factory in Germany and run by Redline Racing in the UK, will be equipped with specially-created hand controls. Her long-time mechanic, James Webley, is an injured ex-serviceman who also forms part of the Eighty-One Racing Heroes programme. Nathalie said: “I can’t wait to drive the Cayman GT4. it’s exactly the right step up for me as I’ve been racing a Cayman already, but this is obviously at another level.”
Anything is possible . . .
THE Eighty-One Racing Heroes programme has some ambitious goals that will ultimately lead the team towards the pinnacle of endurance racing. Next year, the racers plan to compete on an international programme using two cars – one female disabled racer paired with an able-bodied female driver, and another male disabled driver paired
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with an able-bodied male driver. The cars will be run and serviced by the injured veterans. A number of celebrities are shortly to be announced as brand ambassadors. As the team rises through the ranks, the ultimate goal is to take on the world’s most challenging race – the Le Mans 24 Hours – to prove that anything is possible.
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