Time for another ‘10 Questions’! This time with Australian-Irish racer Bart Horsten!
Bart is a former GB3 Championship star, who is currently working as a driver coach and is undertaking a season in sports car racing, specifically the BWM M2 Cup in Germany, racing at places like the Norisring, Nurburgring and the Red Bull Ring among others as the series supports DTM.
In his coaching career Bart works with fellow young drivers from all kinds of racing backgrounds, including Scottish driver Chloe Grant, who races in the GB4 Championship and was recently included in the FIA’s Girls on Track programme, where the winning driver will earn a place in Ferrari’s driver academy.
📸 Bart prepares for action.
But back to Bart and his answers!
1. Hairpins or chicanes? Chicanes.
2. Long straights or slow corners? Slow corners.
3. Understeer or oversteer? Understeer.
4. Fast circuits or technical circuits? Fast circuits.
5. Wet races or wet/dry races? Wet/dry races.
6. What’s your favourite circuit you’ve raced? Knockhill.
📸 Cars in action at Knockhill.
7. Favourite you’ve NOT raced? The Nordschleife.
📸 The famous Nordschleife.
8. Favourite F1 livery ever? Parmalat BMW Brabham(Brabham BT52).
📸 The gorgeous Brabham BT52 from 1983, driven by Nelson Piquet. Proper race car look.
9. Your favourite helmet design ever? Mika Hakkinen’s.
📸 Hakkinen’s striking helmet featured a lot of white and Finnish blue.
10. Who is the best driver you’ve raced against? Hunter McElrea.
📸 New Zealander McElrea features in the Indy Lights series, but formerly raced against Bart back in Australia.
A huge thanks to Bart for taking the time out of his busy schedule to speak with me, truly a great read once I received his answers!
As a Scot, delighted his favourite circuit is here, and I loved his choice of F1 livery! Thanks again to Bart, hopefully we can do something again soon!
📸 Image credit(s): GB3 Championship, Bart Horsten, Knockhill Racing Circuit, Red Bull Content Pool, McLaren, IndyCar Series.
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