8:50am Saturday 19th December 2009
By Dave Peters
Rising star Tom Ingram got the opportunity to go wheel-to-wheel against former F1 stars and Le Mans 24 Hours winners at the annual Johnny Herbert Karting Challenge at the Docklands Raceway.
The High Wycombe schoolboy was joined at the team event by F1 stars Herbert and Riccardo Patrese as well as ex-Super Aguri star Anthony Davidson, five-time Le Mans winner Emanuele Pirro and GP2 Series debutant Sam Bird amongst others.
Ingram said: “It was a lot of fun.
“It was great to be battling with such big names – and having a few altercations with a few of them. You see them on TV, but you never think you’ll actually get the chance to race against them at any point. Some people were really competitive – and I think I was one of them.”
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