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 2024 Academy Team is made up of:
| Name | Will Jenkins | |
|---|---|---|
| Age | 19 | |
| Hometown | Stone, Staffordshire | |
| Championship | Porsche Sprint Challenge GB | |
| Car | Porsche 918 Cayman RSR | |
| 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 | Matthew Rees | |
|---|---|---|
| Age | 18 | |
| Hometown | Cardiff, Wales | |
| Championship | Porsche Carrera Cup GB | |
| Car | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup | |
| First Event | - | |
| Favourite Circuit | It has to be Silverstone - as this is the circuit where I won on my 18th birthday, it was an amazing present that I will never forget. | |
| Racing Hero | - | |
| Interesting Fact | 2021 British F4 Champion |
| Name | Alfie Garford | |
|---|---|---|
| Age | 15 | |
| Hometown | Stamford | |
| Championship | BRSCC Fiesta Junior | |
| Car | Ford Fiesta Zetec S | |
| 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 | 15 | |
| Hometown | South Cambridgeshire | |
| Championship | BRSCC Fiesta Junior | |
| Car | Ford Fiesta Zetec S | |
| 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 | 19 | |
| Hometown | Lanark, Scotland | |
| Championship | British Rally Championship / Junior European Rally Championship | |
| Car | Ford Fiesta Rally2 / Ford Fiesta Rally3 | |
| 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 | Garry Pearson | |
|---|---|---|
| Age | 32 | |
| 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 | Cameron Fair | |
|---|---|---|
| Age | 28 | |
| Hometown | Tobermoray, Isle of Mull | |
| Championship | British Rally Championship / Junior European Rally Championship | |
| Car | Ford Fiesta Rally2 / Ford Fiesta Rally3 (Co-Driver) | |
| First Event | A rally at Kames Motorsport complex in 2011 with a close friend in a borrowed Vauxhall Nova | |
| Favourite Rally | Rally Poland, its crazy fast and has some spectacular jumps and corners. | |
| Rallying Hero | Colin McRae. And to be now rallying with the McRae family is a real honour to me. | |
| Interesting Fact | I 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 | Daniel Barritt | |
|---|---|---|
| Age | 43 | |
| Hometown | Tobermoray, Isle of Mull | |
| Championship | British Rally Championship | |
| Car | Ford Fiesta Rally2 (Co-Driver) | |
| First Event | 1996 Tour of Mull Rally | |
| Favourite Rally | Rallye Monte Carlo | |
| Rallying Hero | Ari Vatanen | |
| Interesting Fact | I have played football at old Trafford in front of 60000 people. |
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