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How Porsche chose its next British junior star

How Porsche chose its next British junior star

It is a bold strategy, given what’s at stake. Newly crowned Ginetta GT4 Supercup champion Adam Smalley is about to head out for his first run in the new Type 992 911 GT3 Cup car for Porsche GB’s Junior shootout.

But it’s not just his first time in the car on this particular cold, cloudy November day at Silverstone, it will be his first outing in a Carrera Cup machine full stop. Unlike his fellow finalists – British GT4 champion Gus Burton, Porsche Sprint Challenge GB title winner Theo Edgerton and Formula Ford 1600 frontrunner Alex Walker – Smalley had elected not to test the car beforehand.

“I was speaking to my dad about it and originally we were thinking we would go and test to get a better chance,” admits Smalley. “At the end of the day, I said the final four are all quick kids. Gus has won lots, so has Theo and Alex, so give us a few days in the car and we’re all going to be there or thereabouts. But I wanted to show my potential and the purest form of…

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