MANSELL MAKES HIS PRAGA CUP DEBUT
EuroBOSS champion and former Indy Lights racer Scott Mansell is one of four drivers who made their racing debuts in the Praga Cup at Donington Park last weekend.
Mansell, who is also founder of the Driver61 driver development business, raced in Donington’s pair of one-hour races for the high-performance R1 in the Praga factory team alongside former SAS operative Jay Morton. Mansell drove in place of ASCAR champion Ben Collins who was at Monterey Car Week.
Ruben Stanislaus and Lewis
Appiagyei, both 18 years old, also made their Praga race debuts sharing an Idola Motorsport R1. The duo are the subject of a behind-the-scenes
BBC documentary tracking their motorsport journey, the filming of which continued at Donington.
The debutant quartet was completed by 20-year-old Arden Young Racing Driver Academy member Corey Alleyne from County Donegal. Alleyne raced in an Arden by Idola entry, paired with fellow Arden driver and current GB3 pilot Alex Connor, who won Praga Cup’s inaugural
Silverstone race earlier this year.
Mansell said: “It’s a fantastic car and very much like a single-seater, which are the race cars that I absolutely love. It’s a nice car to drive on the limit and I’ve been able to get up to speed quite quickly.”
Praga Cars UK managing director Mark Harrison added: “Not only does [Mansell’s] appearance bring another high-profile racing driver to the Praga Cup grid, but his coaching skills also play well to the Cup’s Pro-Am pairing format.”