Dennis beat F1 stars but has a new drive
JAKE DENNIS begins his road to racing redemption, six years after beating some of Formula 1’s finest.
Dennis was seen as one of Britain’s hottest prospects after finishing ahead of George Russell, Alex Albon,
Charles
Leclerc and Lance Stroll in the European
F3 series in 2015.
But while those rivals went on to F1, Dennis did not have the funding to follow them. The 25-year-old turned to touring cars, but
KYREN WILSON breathed a huge sigh of relief after finally ending his quarter-final curse.
The 29-year-old beat world No 3 Neil Robertson 6-2 to reach the last four at the Players Championship in Milton Keynes.
World No 5 Wilson, last year’s Crucible runner-up, has fallen at the last-eight stage seven times this season.
He will play the winner of today’s clash between John Higgins and Mark Selby in the
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tonight will be driving for BMW as the new Formula E season begins in Saudi Arabia. “All of those lads like George, Alex, Charles, we all get along well,”said Dennis. “It is good to see them in F1 and performing to a high level. “I managed to beat them in Formula 3 so I know I’ve got the ability to compete at that level, it’s a case of putting everything together.” AARON FLANAGAN
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semi-finals.Wilson said: “It has been really frustrating this season, because my game has been there to lift a lot more silverware.
“Aggressive play got me 3-0 ahead, and if I went down it was going to be all guns blazing.
“I was pretty flawless for the first three frames, then again for the last three apart, from missing a 147 in the last one – I lost focus after it was safe.”