HARVEY CLAIMS GB4 TEST
Teenager Louis Harvey will get a double taste of single-seater machinery this month after winning Scorpio Motorsport’s GB4 prize test for claiming the Ultimate Karting Championship.
Harvey, 18, sealed the UKC Senior Rotax crown last month, and Scorpio Motorsport – which operates Christian Lester’s GB4 Rossoverde Racing entry – just before UKC’s finale round announced its prize test offer to the UKC champion ahead of the team’s intended expanded multi-car GB4 entry next season.
The test is likely to take place later this month at Bedford Autodrome. And in addition Harvey is testing a Formula 4 car with Argenti Motorsport this week.
Harvey said: “Since passing my ARDS, I have been looking for an opportunity to test in single-seaters, in the hope of being able to impress the right people or team and attract the sponsorship to support a race season.”
Scorpio head mechanic Louis Kershaw was encouraged by the attention the team’s GB4 machine got while displayed at UKC’s Three Sisters finale: “The circuit was rammed and we spoke to literally hundreds of people about the team, car and championship. There’s a lot of interest for next year and we’re hoping that will allow us to expand our GB4 operation in 2023.”