Paffett aims for Scholarship crown.
Top British driver Gary Paffett is on the verge of being Britain?s first circuit racing champion of 2000, and will earn the accolade by winning the British Formula Three Scholarship Class title this weekend.
The former karting star has been unbeaten so far this season, and is currently 89 points ahead of his class rivals but, for Paffett to win the title at Donington Park this weekend, he still needs to increase this margin by 16, and that relies on nearest rivals Marcel Romanio and Ryan Walker failing to take either two second places or a second and third.
Top British driver Gary Paffett is on the verge of being Britain?s first circuit racing champion of 2000, and will earn the accolade by winning the British Formula Three Scholarship Class title this weekend.
The former karting star has been unbeaten so far this season, and is currently 89 points ahead of his class rivals but, for Paffett to win the title at Donington Park this weekend, he still needs to increase this margin by 16, and that relies on nearest rivals Marcel Romanio and Ryan Walker failing to take either two second places or a second and third.
The 20-year old Paffett started karting as a teenager and moved into car racing in 1997, winning the Formula Vauxhall Championship in 1999. The Hoddesdon driver also won last year?s coveted BRDC McLaren Autosport Young Driver of the Year Award, following in the footsteps of Jenson Button, the 1999 winner.
Gary will win ?125,000 as the British winner of the Scholarship Class from the British Racing Drivers? Club, which hopes that he will move into the Championship Class on a full-time basis for 2001. He is already looking at contesting selected events in the higher category once his goal for 2000 is achieved.
