Wera Tools and Alliance Racing are delighted to continue the succesful partnership that has created one of the most coveted and exciting young driver programmes in UK Motorsport. Having established the Academy in 2021, it continues to evolve and help promising young talent to reach their potential across a variety of disciplines in circuit racing and rally.
The 2025 Academy Team is made up of:
| Name | Will Jenkins | |
|---|---|---|
| Age | 20 | |
| Hometown | Stone, Staffordshire | |
| Championship | Porsche Carrera Cup GB | |
| Car | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup | |
| First Event | 2 wheels, Local Motorcross Championship, Aged 6. 4 wheels, Cheshire Kart Club, Aged 10. | |
| Favourite Circuit | Donington Park GP as its my local track. Its also where I won the 2022 GT5 Championship and had my maiden Porsche Win. | |
| Racing Hero | Growing up watching all the BTCC races, I would have to say Colin Turkington or Ash Sutton. | |
| Interesting Fact | I've got a classic landrover built in 1956 I have rebuilt and take off-roading. |
| Name | Joe Marshall | |
|---|---|---|
| Age | 26 | |
| Hometown | Cheshire | |
| Championship | Porsche Sprint Challenge GB | |
| Car | Porsche 917 Cayman RS | |
| First Event | Mazda Super Series 2018 at Silverstone | |
| Favourite Circuit | Donnington Park and Outlon Park | |
| Racing Hero | Marc Marquez | |
| Interesting Fact | When I'm not racing, I'm playing golf! |
| Name | Alfie Garford | |
|---|---|---|
| Age | 16 | |
| Hometown | Stamford | |
| Championship | Mini Challenge Trophy | |
| Car | Mini Cooper | |
| First Event | Kimbolton 2020 - British Kart Champs Round 1 - Lined up Grid 3! Finished P8 & Top rookie. | |
| Favourite Circuit | Oulton Park (I’ve not raced there yet but I really enjoy it on the sim and can’t wait to race there this year.) | |
| Racing Hero | The Doctor, Valentino Rossi | |
| Interesting Fact | I can wobble my eyes! |
| Name | Jenson Mason | |
|---|---|---|
| Age | 16 | |
| Hometown | South Cambridgeshire | |
| Championship | Mini Challenge Trophy | |
| Car | Mini Cooper | |
| First Event | Honda Cadet - Rye House Kart Raceway, Hoddesdon | |
| Favourite Circuit | Knockhill - absolutely loved this track! | |
| Racing Hero | Ash Sutton | |
| Interesting Fact | When I'm not on track I enjoy getting muddy on bike trails and jumps. And I can wheelie for a mile! |
| Name | Max McRae | |
|---|---|---|
| Age | 20 | |
| Hometown | Lanark, Scotland | |
| Championship | British Rally Championship / European Rally Championship | |
| Car | Citroen C3 Rally2 | |
| First Event | Bakers Hill Rally in July 2020. Before I had my rallying debut I had raced competitively in Karting from the age 7 till I was 15. Shortly after that, I moved into a single season in circuit racing, piloting a Radical Sr3. | |
| Favourite Rally | Royal Rally of Scandinavia. This rally uses Ex WRC roads from the winter rally Sweden including the famous “Colin’s Crest” stage. we use these stages in the summer so there is a little bit less snow than you used to see on the WRC! I competed in this event in 2023 in the Junior ERC championship. | |
| RallyingHero | I definitely can’t say I have just one Rallying Hero! As many people know, I am a third generation in the McRae family to get into rallying! My Hero drivers would of course have to be my Dad Alister, Uncle Colin and Grandfather Jimmy McRae! | |
| Interesting Fact | I have lived in Perth, Australia for 16 years of my life! I’m always back in Perth over Christmas to get some sun, before I come back to rainy Scotland for the rally season to get underway! Definitely have lost the strong Lanark accent now. |
| Name | Cameron Fair | |
|---|---|---|
| Age | 29 | |
| Hometown | Tobermory, Isle of Mull | |
| Championship | British Rally Championship / European Rally Championship Co-Driver | |
| Car | Citroen C3 Rally2 | |
| First Event | Kames Motorsport Complex in 2011 with a close friend in a borrowed Vauxhall Nova | |
| Favourite Circuit | Rally Poland - it's crazy fast and has some spectacular jumps and corners. | |
| Racing Hero | Colin McRae - now to be rallying with the McRae family is a real honour. | |
| Interesting Fact | own a fish & chip business on the Isle of Mull, something myself and my partner took on in 2021 and are very proud of. |
| Name | Garry Pearson | |
|---|---|---|
| Age | 33 | |
| Hometown | Duns, Scottish Borders | |
| Championship | British Rally Championship | |
| Car | Ford Fiesta Rally2 | |
| First Event | Colin McRae Stages Rally 2009 | |
| Favourite Circuit | Jim Clark Rally | |
| Racing Hero | Sebastien Loeb | |
| Interesting Fact | I’ve co-drove on two occasions, and crashed on both occasions! I believe that’s 100% non-codriving finishing record, safe to say I prefer driving now! |
| Name | Hannah McKillop | |
|---|---|---|
| Age | - | |
| Hometown | - | |
| Championship | British Rally Championship Co-Driver | |
| Car | Ford Fiesta Rally2 | |
| First Event | - | |
| Favourite Circuit | - | |
| Racing Hero | - | |
| Interesting Fact | Winner of the 2025 Malcolm Wilson Stages Rally alongside Garry Pearson. |
| Name | Chase Fernandez | |
|---|---|---|
| Age | 16 | |
| Hometown | Manchester | |
| Championship | British F4 Championship | |
| Car | Tatuus T-421 | |
| First Event | Cadet kart race at Hooton Park 2018 | |
| Favourite Race | Donnington Park | |
| Racing Hero | Ricky Bobby | |
| Interesting Fact | When I was younger, I won multiple World Championship titles in Martial Arts |
| Name | Murray Richardson | |
|---|---|---|
| Age | 17 | |
| Hometown | Mobberley | |
| Championship | Mini Challenge Trophy | |
| Car | Mini Cooper | |
| First Event | I am yet to have raced but my first will be Brands Hatch in teh Mini Challenge Trophy Championship on May 8th/11th | |
| Favourite Race | Brands Hatch | |
| Racing Hero | Lightning McQueen/Sebastian Vettel | |
| Interesting Fact | My middle name is Santiago |
| Name | Rachel Robertson | |
|---|---|---|
| Age | 17 | |
| Hometown | Edinburgh | |
| Championship | Radical Cup UK | |
| Car | Radical SR3 | |
| First Event | East of Scotland Kart Club local club race in Junior Rotax in July 2022 | |
| Favourite Circuit | Larkhill Circuit - my home track and great for racing | |
| Racing Hero | Max Verstappen - I love how uncompromising he is and I got to meet him doing a promotional video for Honda and RedBull last year and he had great advice | |
| Interesting Fact | Winner of the 2023 Radical Racing Rebels scholarship shootout. I left school in Edinburgh early to leave home and study motorsport engineering in Wiltshire. |
| Name | Hamish Forrest | |
|---|---|---|
| Age | 16 | |
| Hometown | Horsham | |
| Championship | Radical Cup UK | |
| Car | Radical SR3 | |
| First Event | Whilton Mill Karting Club Championship in Feb 2023 | |
| Favourite Circuit | Brands Hatch | |
| Racing Hero | Lightning McQueen | |
| Interesting Fact | Runner-up in the 2024 Radical Racing Rebels scholarship shootout. My love for racing started with the Disney film 'Cars' adn that's why I race with number 95! |
| Name | Kian Burnard | |
|---|---|---|
| Age | 13 | |
| Hometown | Aylesbury | |
| Championship | British Kart Championshp - Junior Rotax | |
| Kart | Junior Rotax | |
| First Event | Club round at Shenington | |
| Favourite Circuit | PFi | |
| Racing Hero | Max Verstappen | |
| Interesting Fact | I was selected to represent the UK at the FIA Karting Academy in 2024 |
| Name | Felix Tandy | |
|---|---|---|
| Age | 8 | |
| Hometown | Bedford | |
| Championship | Bambino British Kart Championship | |
| Car | Bambino Kart | |
| First Event | Bambino kart, UK kart series, Whilton Mill 2023 | |
| Favourite Circuit | PFi | |
| Racing Hero | My dad | |
| Interesting Fact | My Father, Nick, is a past winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans |
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