英语PK台 第204期:英国顶级赛车教练专访(2)

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I started off, my first ever car I had I paid ?5 for! It was an Austin A40

I used it to belt round the fields

You progressed, what became your cars, your sports cars?

I've had all sorts. I started off just 'mechanicing' myself

then cars on the roads - went from a Mini to a Hillman Imp¹, to a Ford² Capri and things like that

One of my favourite cars, I wish I still had now was a Datsun 240Z - it was very early technology - with a turbo charger which was a bit wild! it was a fun car

I went from a Mini and progressed up to an MG

a two-seater MG, top down, it was fabulous³ for driving around the Highlands of Scotland

Oh, I can imagine it. I remember as a very young kid going as a passenger in an MG.

I thought it was the best car in the world

We have a large number of race circuits in the UK

Most circuits have their own racing⁴ school associated with that circuit

The Motorsports Association felt that drivers to go racing should take some form of test and evaluation⁵

and a bit of training as well before they went out onto the race circuit for the first time

When I first got my race licence back in 1985 all you needed to do was apply for the licence

you got it and you could go racing

I started off racing, reasonably successful, but as with all racing drivers money was the problem to go racing

Sadly I did not have rich parents!!

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