The scheme was first set up in 2018, run by Tolman Motorsport, and gave young drivers access to professional coaches as well as a salary to race McLaren’s 570S GT4.
Charlie Fagg and Michael O’Brien were just two points shy of winning the 2018 GT4 title, James Dorlin and Josh Smith were among the most impressive pairings in 2019 while team-mates Jordan Collard and Lewis Proctor also won a race that year.
Following a hiatus due to the COVID pandemic in 2020, the programme was operated by Rocket Team RJN in 2021, but the team was frequently blighted by misfortune and will concentrate on GT3 racing this year.
The DDP scheme was set for a shake-up in 2022 with the driver deemed to be the most impressive awarded a professional driving contract with McLaren, and 14 drivers were evaluated at Snetterton last autumn.
It was overseen by McLaren’s former head of customer racing Danny Buxton, who joined British Touring Car Championship outfit BTC Racing as its new team principal last week.
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