Students try out some two wheeled transport	Formula Schools supremo Rob Austin interviews Chris Walker

The Stars Come Out for Raceday!

 

Now in it's tenth year Formula Schools continues to attract the attention of the motorsport industry, who recognise the need to foster and encourage young talent in a bid to keep the UK at the forefront of world motorsport.

This year saw a number of representatives from a wide range of organisations, including funding bodies and sponsors of the event. Of particular interest to students were the presence of team members from Honda and Williams F1.

Also present to officiate at the prizegiving were Chris Walker and Fiona Leggate.

Chris Walker attended Race Day as a representative of Kawasaki who kindly brought their media unit and a number of motorcycles to Silverstone. The Kawasaki reps spent a busy day in the sun allowing pupils to try out their bikes (stationary of course!).

Chris presents a prize to the Electric Team from Kirk Hallam

Chris rides for the team and was 7th in last year's Superbike Championship. Nicknamed 'The Stalker', Chris showed no ill effects of his recent Monza crash as he presented a number of prizes at the end of the day.

Fiona Leggate also presented a number of prizes having spent the day showing students around her bio-ethanol Astra Coupe. Fiona is currently driving in the British Touring Car Championship and is creating a good deal of interest with her 'eco-friendly' car; she currently lies 17th in the standings for the 2006 season.

As usual the event attracted a large amount of media interest with a number of news/media crews attending the event. Most notable of these were a crew from ITV Anglia who did a live trackside broadcast for their lunchtime edition.

Rob discusses Race Day with Karl Heidel from Anglia TV	Fiona Leggate presents the prize for Best Driver to Quarrydale School