FORES MAKES RACING COMEBACK
GB3 podium finisher Alex Fores made his racing comeback last weekend in a Historic Formula Ford 2000 Reynard SF78 at Croft and is eyeing further opportunities in historic racing.
It was the first time the 22-year-old has raced since a Caterham crash at Castle Combe in July left him hospitalised.
Fores competed in the Historic Sports Car Club event in Graham Ridgway’s SF78 as a one-off and
Fores is hopeful of it opening further doors for him.
He told Motorsport News: “We had to have the mandatory time out of motorsport just so we could let everything heal. [I’m] feeling probably 90% back to full health.
“At Combe before my race weekend I was coaching father and daughter Graham and Jen Ridgway who regularly race in Formula Ford 2000. They were there over the weekend when it all [the crash] happened, they wanted to help me do anything they can to be able to get back out in a car.
“The historic scene is a massive thing for my career hopefully.
That’s another route where careers, semi-careers, can be made is in historics with people looking to do two-driver races or who love their cars and want them driven out there. So [I’m] using this as a platform for that, which would be amazing. End goal would be racing at Silverstone Classic next year.”