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European Endurance Prototype Cup

Round 5 - 13th October 2024

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2 May 2023
KING 'BUMPED' FROM NAVARRA ULTIMATE CUP PODIUM
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George King was denied a second successive Ultimate Cup Series win despite setting the LMP3 class pace in round two of the championship at Navarra in northern Spain. King and Team Virage co-drivers Mihnea Stefan and Bernardo Pinheiro defied the fact that they had but one UCS start between them to ch...
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26 April 2023
DOUBLE PODIUM FOR KING IN BARCELONA
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George King made a strong start to his second Ligier European Series (LES) campaign, claiming a brace of podium finishes in the opening round at Barcelona's Circuit de Catalunya. Still fresh from a debut win in the Ultimate Cup Series with the same Team Virage operation four weeks ago, the Briton wa...
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28 March 2023
KING WINS ON ULTIMATE CUP DEBUT
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George King returned to the top step of an international sportscar racing podium at the first attempt in 2023, sharing the winning car on his Ultimate Cup Series debut at Paul Ricard. For the young Briton — already a champion in the Gulf Radical Cup and a frontrunner in the Ligier European Series ...
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21 March 2023
KING ADDS ULTIMATE CUP SERIES TO 2023 SCHEDULE
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George King will more than double his endurance racing experience this season, after being added to the Team Virage line-up for the Ultimate Cup series. The young Briton, who is already confirmed on the Team Virage entry for the 2023 Ligier European Series, has been handed the chance to pilot its LM...
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"It feels a bit unreal to be a champion so early in my career. It's been an amazing winter season, with an outcome I could only dream of. It was great to add more podiums to my record, and to set new marks for both wins and points scored in a single GRC campaign. A new lap record was the icing on a very successful weekend."

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MEET GEORGE KING...

First racing memory:
In terms of actually being behind the wheel, it would have been a birthday party at Rayleigh Indoor Karting.

Motorsport Heroes:
Nigel Mansell and Lewis Hamilton — good English drivers 😂 — and my dad, obviously, as he used to race and has helped me so much.

How I got into racing:
I'd done a very small amount of arrive-and-drive karting when I was younger but stopped when I went to secondary school. Then, almost 10 years later, COVID happened, my dad bought a racing simulator and I was on it all day during the first lockdown. When I started winning races on the sim, I thought why not have a proper crack at racing after lockdown finished — and here I am!

First race:
At Silverstone, driving a Mazda MX-5 in September 2020 — just after lockdown one.

Favourite circuits:
Brands Hatch as it’s my local track. Imola is mega. Le Mans is mega too. Monza is fun. Cadwell Park is tricky but fun. A good mix really.

If I could own any car...
My road car would probably be a McLaren Senna as I love a McLaren. As for a track car, it would either have to be a current Le Mans hypercar (I'm not fussy!) or a 2007 McLaren F1 car as that's my favourite livery.

Superstitions:
I always wear my dad's St Christopher necklace in a race, but I don’t really tap door frames or anything weird.
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"There's not a huge backstory to my helmet design. My dad used to drive and had a painted helmet, so I based my design on that. It's evolved quite a bit in the last year or so, from being a pretty close copy of my dad's to adopting a more modern look. I think the colours really stand out and the design is a bit different to a lot of the geometric styles out there. I expect I'll tweak it more as my career progresses but, for now, I really like this look."

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