Walker back on three wheels
Fans' favourite Chris Walker will return to competitive action in the Hyundai Construction British Sidecar Championship in 2019 with Anvil Hire TAG Racing.
The former BSB runner-up switched to sidecar racing in 2016 but a big crash at Cadwell in 2017 put him out of action with a broken back. Now fit, he's ready to get back in the driving seat and is thinking big having secured podium finishes in his debut year. “I thoroughly enjoyed my debut year with the sidecar and loved every minute of it, but 2017 was less successful and feel I do have unfinished business in the championship.
“There’s no way I wanted to end my racing career off the back of an injury. I know it won’t be easy but I have a great team behind me and an enthusiastic young passenger in Tom Christie, who has a proven track record.”
‘I didn't want to end my career on the back of injury'
Walker and Christie will be out for the first time at the annual Val de Vienne test session in March, which will mark the first time Walker has been in a sidecar outfit since his Cadwell crash.
“I’m really looking forward to getting back on the bike,” he said. “The French test will tell me everything I need to know about the new 600 (all outfits in the British Championship will be 600cc from 2019). We’ll start steadily, get to know each other and hopefully build on that.”