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Silverstone success for Curnow
Double M Racing’s manager Ross Curnow chose the last round
of the Formula Renault BARC Championship at Silverstone on 5th
October to have another outing in one of the cars his team
runs. Without the finance to fund a competitive drive in
2008, Curnow is developing his race engineering experience
in his role with Double M and climbing into the driver’s
seat himself for the occasional race. |
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Curnow on the podium again
Salisbury driver Ross Curnow had a successful drive in the
Formula Renault BARC Championship at Snetterton on 9 August. |
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Eventful Oulton Park for Ross
Oulton Park was the scene for Ross Curnow to have a
shakedown drive in the Formula Renault BARC Championship on
26 May. Now heading up Double M Racing’s Formula Renault
programme, it was an opportunity for Ross to get behind the
wheel to see for himself how competitive their set up is. |
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Curnow takes driving seat again
Formula BMW race winner, Ross Curnow, is to have a one-off
drive in the Formula Renault BARC Championship at Oulton
Park on 26 May.
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Lack of finance forces Curnow to take a year out
Following some weeks of speculation about Ross Curnow’s 2007
plans, the Formula BMW race winner has talked further about
the difficulties he is facing: “It’s simply a problem of
funding. We’ve had a lot of interest from teams but we just
haven’t the budget to move forward at this time.” |
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Funding shortage for Curnow
Salisbury driver, Ross Curnow, has confirmed that his plans
for 2007 are still uncertain after a fruitless search for
backing over the last few months. Whilst there has been a
great deal of interest from teams eager to run him this
year, all the offers have come with a budget requirement
well beyond the capabilities of Ross and his family. |
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Curnow eyes Seat Cupra after F3 and Champ Car search
Ross Curnow is considering a move into the Seat Cupra
Championship next season, after the ex-Formula BMW Rookie
Cup champion admitted his racing career is at a crossroads. |
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Qualifying problems ruin World Final for Curnow
After an outstanding drive in last year’s Formula BMW World
Final in Bahrain, Ross Curnow had high hopes for this year’s
contest. Staged in Valencia in southern Spain, however, the
event was to prove a disappointment for the Salisbury 19
year-old who was plagued by problems in Free Practice and
Qualifying. |
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Curnow tests for Gelles Racing in the US
Ross Curnow flew to the US on 28th October for a two day
test session with Gelles Racing at the Virginia
International Raceway. For Ross, who will be competing for
the team in the Dell Formula BMW World Final in Valencia,
Spain later this month, it was his first drive in the US. |
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GELLES RACING WORLDWIDE
PRESS RELEASE
Gelles Racing teaming up for Valencia
Gelles Racing should be the only American
racing team to travel abroad to the Formula BMW World Final
in Valencia next month. Team owner Bob Gelles announced
today at least five drivers of international calibre will be
among the 36 entries in the four-day BMW race fest in Spain.
Three regular 2006 Gelles drivers, Adrien Herberts, Maxime
Pelletier and Sebastian Saavedra, will head to Europe while
American Ryan Phinny and Formula BMW UK front runner Ross
Curnow will join them. The fourth BMW World Finals are set
to take place from November 23 to 26 at the facility that
has become the Formula BMW headquarters. |
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Curnow finishes season on championship podium!!
Salisbury driver Ross Curnow celebrated
winning 3rd place in the Formula BMW UK
Championship after an eventful last meeting. Having
struggled to find grip in the second qualifying session, he
ran two impressive races to secure the 3rd
championship position, just 4 points short of 2nd. |
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Curnow holds on to 2nd in the championship after
difficult Knockhill
The Formula BMW UK Championship headed north
of the border for the weekend of 2nd/3rd
September for the penultimate event of the season. The tight
curves, steep gradients and completely unpredictable weather
of Knockhill, some 20 miles north of Edinburgh, present
challenges very different from the other circuits in the
calendar. |
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Super Snetterton for Curnow with a 1st place, a 3rd
and a new lap record
Outstanding performances at the weekend of 12th/13th
August from Salisbury driver, Ross Curnow, saw him
consolidate his second place in the Formula BMW UK
Championship. |
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Curnow maintains second place after
solid display at Donington
Ross held on to 2nd place
in the Formula BMW UK Championship with a 5th and a 4th at
Donington.
Practice at Donington on Thursday
was very good with Ross being fastest by 0.17 of a second so
everyone had great hopes for a really good weekend.
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Curnow up to second in the championship
after excellent weekend at Croft
At Championship
Rounds 11 and 12 at Croft on Sunday 16th July Ross took two
fine 2nd places. This now puts him in 2nd place in the
championship with 8 races to go. |
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Another scholarship win for Ross
Salisbury’s rising star racing driver, Ross
Curnow, has won another prestigious motor sport award.
Sponsorship experts Mango Communications have
selected Ross to receive one of their coveted sponsorship
scholarships. A combination of talent, ambition, commitment
and marketability has been used in a selection process
intended to find up to six young drivers deserving
professional training and development. |
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Thruxton puzzle for Curnow
Motorsport has its ups and downs but Rounds 9
and 10 of the Formula BMW UK Championship at Thruxton on 3rd/4th
June left Ross Curnow and the Nexa team scratching their
heads and wondering why they couldn’t get the car to perform
on the fast sweeps of the Hampshire circuit. “This is a
weekend I’d rather forget,” said Ross afterwards. “Unlike
Brands, we’ve had good weather throughout and we just don’t
understand why we can’t stay with the front runners.” |
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Freak weather at Brands causes problems for championship
leaders
Brands Hatch saw some of its worst ever
weather on the weekend of 20th/21st
May when Rounds 7 and 8 of the Formula BMW UK Championship
were held as supporting races at the World Touring Car
Championship meeting This turned the proceedings into
something of a lottery. |
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Curnow seizes championship lead with a 1st and 2nd
at Oulton Park thriller
Ross Curnow delivered his best performance of
the season in an action-packed two days of Racing at Oulton
Park on 13th/14th May. |
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Curnow grabs two podiums at Mondello Park
Ross Curnow showed his class once again with
two impressive drives at the Mondello Park circuit near
Dublin on the weekend of 22nd/23rd
April.
Official testing on the Friday saw Curnow top
the leader’s board, comfortably ahead of the rest of the
field. |
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Difficult season opener for Curnow at Brands Hatch
After its winter break, the Formula BMW UK
Championship field assembled at Brands Hatch on Friday 7th
April for its first meeting of the 2006 season. |
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Curnow challenges for Formula BMW 2006 title with Nexa
After several weeks of uncertainty, a very
happy Ross Curnow announced that he is to contest the 2006
Formula BMW UK Championship with Nexa Racing. |
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Stunning fight back from Curnow in
Bahrain helps clinch Nations Cup for UK
(30 Dec
05)
The first ever Formula BMW
World Final got underway on Tuesday 13th December
with 35 drivers getting a taste of the state-of-the art
Bahrain circuit. Ahead of them lay four days of practice,
qualifying and racing, culminating in the Final itself on
Friday.
This was the first chance
for the leaders from the four Formula BMW championships
across the world to pitch their talents against each other,
all competing for a $60,000 prize fund and the chance of a
Formula 1 test drive. |
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Curnow thrilled after first test with Nexa
(04
Nov 05)
Following the announcement that Ross Curnow
is to contest the Formula BMW World Final in Bahrain with
Nexa Racing, the Thetford-based team brought their UK
Championship-winning car for him to test on a damp and
wind-swept track at Silverstone on 28th October. |
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Curnow enters World Final in Bahrain for F1 test drive
(10 Oct 05)
Ross Curnow has announced that he is to race
in the Formula BMW World Final which is being held between
13th and 16th December 2005 in
Bahrain.
Formula BMW championships are held in 14
countries on three continents with 87 drivers from 31
nations competing against each other. This inaugural World
Final now gives drivers in the Formula BMW UK Championship
their first chance to pit themselves against the best in the
world in the category. |
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Curnow scoops 20 points from final weekend Brands thriller
(10 Oct 05)
The final seconds of the 2005 Formula BMW UK
Championship were marked by an overtaking manoeuvre from
Ross Curnow which is being heralded as the finest of the
season. This netted him 20 points - the second highest of
the weekend - after two very consistent drives which
demonstrated the maturity of this 18 year-old from Salisbury
and took him to 5th place in the championship. |
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Silverstone sorrow for Curnow
(7
Oct 05)
Brimming with confidence from Ross Curnow’s
Formula BMW win at Knockhill three weeks earlier, the
Promatecme team was looking forward to the next two rounds
at Silverstone, which is their home circuit, on the weekend
of 17th and 18th September. |
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Curnow
wins thriller at
rain-soaked Knockhill
(30 August 05)
Ross Curnow took victory in
the second race of the two rounds which took place at the
Knockhill circuit in Scotland on August 28th.
Ross had been on the pace in
Friday testing, with the second and third fastest times in the two
sessions. In Saturday qualifying, he ended up fifth and third on
the grid for Sunday’s two races that would be held in atrociously
wet conditions.
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Curnow challenges
for a podium at Mondello Park
(15 August 05)
Qualifying at
Mondello Park went a lot better for Ross Curnow when he
qualified 7th for race one and 5th for race two. This was
despite only managing 3 flying laps due to lots of red flags
in the first session and then a torrential downpour for the
second where the session was stopped due to the track
flooding. |
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Double points
finish for Curnow at Croft (15 August 05)
Poor handling
again hampered Ross's first qualifying session at Croft, but
after qualifying a disappointing 18th for the first race,
the team managed to slightly improve the handling for the
second qualifying session which moved Ross up to 11th for
race two. |
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Troublesome Oulton Park for Curnow
(24
June 05)
If Ross Curnow believes in fate, he must be
wondering what on earth he has done to deserve the cruel
luck which descended on him at Oulton Park, the scene for
Rounds 9 and 10 of the 2005 Formula BMW UK Championship on
18th and 19th June. |
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Curnow back in
the running at Brands
(9 June 05)
The 2005 Formula BMW UK Championship moved to Brands Hatch
for Rounds 7 and 8 on the weekend of 4th and 5th
June. After a disappointing outing at Rockingham a fortnight
previously, this was to be a crucial meeting at which Ross
and the Promatecme/Soper Sport team would see whether their
work was starting to take them in the right direction again. |
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Rockingham
Riddles for Ross
(25 May 05)
The famous banked circuit at Rockingham was
the venue for Rounds 5 and 6 of the 2005 Formula BMW UK
Championship on the weekend of 21st/22nd
May. The fun-filled BMW Power Festival provided lots of
entertainment for those lucky enough to be there, including
demonstration laps by cars not normally seen at a national
race meeting. |
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Curnow salvages
points from Thruxton thriller
(5 May 05)
The 2005 Formula BMW UK Championship came to Thruxton for
its 3rd and 4th rounds on the weekend of 30th
April/1st May. Ross Curnow and the Promatecme/Soper Sport
team were justifiably confident after a podium finish at
Donington and an outstanding test session at the Hampshire
circuit 4 weeks earlier which Ross had dominated. |
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Dream Donington
opener for Curnow’s new team
(14 Apr 05)
Young Salisbury driver, Ross Curnow, gave Promatecme/Soper
Sport a podium finish in its first ever race in the Formula
BMW racing category at Donington Park on Sunday.
After good test sessions, first at Thruxton and then at
Donington on the previous Thursday, most of the earlier
handling problems seemed to be resolved and Ross qualified
on the front row for the first race, 0.07 sec off pole. In a
thrilling race which entertained live TV viewers from start
to finish, Curnow was involved in a tight battle throughout,
finally finishing 2nd. |
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Curnow shines in final
test before 2005 season (7 April 05)
Ross Curnow came
away from the final official BMW testing day before the new
season in a positive mood after posting the 3rd fastest time
overall. Ross was fastest for most of the day but slipped to
3rd at the death, just 0.18 seconds slower than the fastest
time. |
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Testing Time for
Curnow at Silverstone
(28 Mar 05)
After Ross Curnow’s very successful first test for
Promatecme/Soper Sport at Oulton Park earlier this month,
the team arrived for the next official Formula BMW test
session at Silverstone on 22nd and 23rd
March. Conditions were mixed on the first day but the second
was warmer and brighter and provided the opportunity for
more serious development. |
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Curnow signals
intention at Oulton Park
(16 Mar 05)
A
bitterly cold and windy Oulton Park was the scene for the
third official Formula BMW pre-season test session, held on
11th and 12th March.
For many of the teams, this was an
opportunity to build on their extensive winter testing and
to capitalize on the data they had gained at the first two
official tests at Thruxton and Brands Hatch. For Ross
Curnow, however, this was his first drive with the
Promatecme/Soper Sport team with whom he signed last month.
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Promatecme to run
2005 Car for Curnow
(8 Mar 05)
Frontrunning Formula 3 outfit Promatecme has made a late
decision to expand into Formula BMW this season to run a
single car for Ross Curnow.
Curnow had planned to compete with Soper Sport this year but
following an acquisition of the race preparation facility
used by the team, its future Formula BMW plans became
uncertain. Curnow was approached by a number of teams about
a possible drive before Promatecme came forward. The deal
with them brings a third top F3 name into the one-make
championship, joining Carlin and Fortec. |
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Surprise honour
for Curnow at BARC awards evening
(17 Feb 05)
The prestigious Copthorne Hotel near Gatwick was the venue
for the British Automobile Racing Club’s ‘Big Night Out’ on
12 February for its Annual Championship Awards
presentations.
Ross Curnow was there to collect his award for winning the
2004 Formula BMW UK Rookie Championship. Andy Priaulx,
himself winner of the 2004 European Touring Car Championship
for BMW, presented Ross with his trophy and paid tribute to
what the Salisbury teenager had achieved. |
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Ross scoops
Salisbury Journal Sports Awards - Full Story
(17 Feb 05)
Salisbury’s sporting community was out in force at City Hall
on 10 February for the annual Journal Sports Awards gala
presentation ceremony. Some 400 special guests were on hand
to find out who Journal readers had voted for in the 50
award categories. |
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Ross selected as
BRDC Rising Star (4 Feb 05)
On
27 January 2005, The British Racing Drivers’ Club confirmed
its selection of Ross Curnow to join its ranks as a member
of its ‘Rising Star’ category. Rising Stars membership is by
strict invitation of the BRDC Rising Star Panel and follows
assessment of potential candidates by BRDC ‘Scouts’, who
make recommendations for Board approval. |
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Curnow signs for
Soper Sport (4 Feb 05)
After informal talks with a number of teams interested in
running Ross Curnow in the 2005 Formula BMW Championship,
the Salisbury based driver finally signed with Soper Sport
in January. Team principal Steve Soper said
they were delighted to have Ross on board this year and
believe he will be a strong contender for the overall
championship. |
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Ross Curnow at
the 2005 Racing Car Show
(4 Feb 05)
Ross was busy juggling roles at the Autosport International
Racing Car Show in January. Birmingham’s NEC was the venue
for this premier showcase event which caters for all
branches of the sport and featured a live link up with
Jenson Button at the launch of his new car in Barcelona. |
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Ross launches international career with drive for DeWalt
Racing (17 Oct 04)
Following his
success at Donington Park where he won the Formula BMW UK
Rookie Championship, Ross Curnow made his international
debut at Hockenheim on the weekend of 2nd/3rd
October. |
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Ross clinches Rookie Championship at Donington – Full Story
(17 Oct 04)
Donington Park on 25/26th
September was to make it or break it this season for Ross
and his team. He arrived for the last two rounds, 34 points
ahead of his nearest rival and needing to only finish one
race to secure the Rookie Championship. |
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Rockingham deals cruel blow for Ross (13 Sep 04)
The ups and downs of
motorsport became a reality for Ross Cunow at Rockingham on
5th September. After a dazzling overall win at
Knockhill, followed by a disappointing Brands Hatch meeting
as a result of a testing accident which was not
self-inflicted, Ross was to emerge from Rockingham with no
extra points – but still with a substantial lead in the
Rookie Championship. |
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Consolidation exercise for Curnow at Brands (13 Sep 04)
Brands Hatch was the scene
for the next two Formula BMW Championship rounds on Sunday
22nd August with Panther Motorsport arriving fresh from
Ross’s outstanding overall victory at Knockhill. |
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Ross Curnow takes maiden win from pole
Ross Curnow became the first Rookie driver to be the overall race winner when he won Round 13 of the Formula BMW Championship at Knockhill on August 7th. After qualifying in pole position, Ross controlled the race from the start
and finished ahead of second place driver Stian Sorlie.
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Double
win for Curnow at Croft extends Championship lead (28 July
04)
Rounds
11 and 12 of the Formula BMW Championship took place at
Croft circuit in
North Yorkshire
on 24th and 25th July. Ross Curnow
came away with another 2 wins to extend his lead in the
rookie class Championship.
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Supermodel
helps Panther celebrate move to new premises (26 July 04)
14
July saw the official opening of Panther Motorsport’s new
site at Hartlebury near Kidderminster when over 60 guests
were given a view of the premises in which the team intends
to build its future.
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Curnow
seizes back Rookie Championship lead at Mondello Park (15
Jun 04)
The
Formula BMW UK Championship moved offshore to Dublin for the
weekend of 12-13th June. This was always going to
prove an intriguing venue since it was the first this year
where none of the drivers knew the circuit well. With the
more experienced Championship contenders deprived of the
advantage of circuit knowledge, therefore, it was going to
be interesting to see how the Rookies fared in relation to
them.
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Electrical
problem hits Curnow at Oulton Park (27 May 04)
Oulton
Park was the scene for the 7th and 8th
rounds of the Formula BMW UK Championship on 22nd
and 23rd May. Qualifying on the Saturday saw Ross
Curnow finishing 2nd Rookie in both sessions - 8th
and 10th overall.
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Solid
performance from Curnow at Silverstone (12 May 04)
The
Formula BMW UK Championship moved to Silverstone on the
weekend of 8th and 9th May, where
qualifying for the two races took place in the wet for the
first time.
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Curnow extends
lead in Rookie Cup at Brands Hatch (27 Apr 04)
The Formula
BMW UK Championship moved to a sun-soaked Brands Hatch for
two further rounds on Sunday.....
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Dream debut for
Rookie Curnow (14 Apr 04)
Ross
Curnow enjoyed a dream start to his Formula BMW UK
Championship challenge, finishing first Rookie in his debut
race.....
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Ross
Curnow - tv star at 16! (12 Apr 04)
BBC
South Today accompanied Ross Curnow and the Panther
Motorsport team to Thruxton for testing prior to the first
Formula BMW UK race there (see separate report). Reporter
Tony Husband and his camera crew shadowed Ross throughout
the day and saw him post fastest Rookie time.....
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Curnow
scoops sports award again (26 Feb 04)
Almost
400 people were at City Hall, Salisbury last week for the
Salisbury Journal Sports Awards 2003. The 2003 poll
attracted more than 6,000 votes, a response which Mike
Turner, The Journal’s sports editor who co-hosted the
event, described as “a testament to how proud the area is
of the achievements of its talented sportsmen and women.”
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Ross
Curnow - fastest rookie at Thruxton (23 Feb 04)
Ross Curnow made an outstanding debut at
Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire last week when he took part in
the first official testing for the Formula BMW UK
Championship.
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Teen Dream
(22 Jan 04)
They've
been to school and passed the test. Now five young racers
are being given £35,000 each and a place in the Formula BMW
UK series.
The five that have finally emerged as scholarship winners
include Salisbury youngster Ross Curnow who, like others, is
moving up after a successful career in karting.
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New Year Joy
for Ross (1 Jan 04)
A
Salisbury teenager is poised for an exciting 2004 after
being signed up to race in this year's Formula BMW UK
Championship. Karting supremo Ross Curnow is to represent
the Panther Motorsport team in the prestigious competition
which runs in tandem with the British Touring Car
Championship.
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Ross Curnow
signs with Panther (22 Dec 03)
On
20th December 2003, Ross Curnow signed an agreement with
Panther Motorsport to drive for them in the 2004 Formula BMW
UK Championship. Speaking after the signing, Ross Curnow said, "I've
been very impressed by Panther Motorsport's professionalism
and I'm delighted to have secured this drive."
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Ross Curnow
very fast at Valencia (12 Dec 03)
Ross
Curnow made a big impression on observers at the two day
event in Valencia on 1st and 2nd December which was
organised by BMW for prospective entrants to the 2004
Formula BMW UK Championship.
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Ross
Curnow accepted for the 'fastest classroom on earth' (7
Nov 03)
This is how
BMW describes its two day training to be held in Valencia
in December for those wishing to compete in the 2004 Formula
BMW UK Championship. They recognise that young guns moving
from karts to single seater motor racing have much to learn
if the switch is to be successful...
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