Adam Wilcox
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Adam Wilcox is a British racing driver.
His GT Racing Career started by winning the new Lotus Sport Elise Championship in 2000, and then backed by ADVAN/Yokohama Tyres
he moved to Japan to compete in the All Japan GT Championship for 3 years during 2001 - 2003 seasons, driving a Porsche GT3R and a Nismo
Nissan S15 before moving back to the UK in 2004 and winning the British GTC Championship.
His most notable achievements are finishing Vice Champion in the 1997 Formula Opel Euroseries which was the supporting series for the 1997 FIA Formula One World Championship and being nominated as one of the McLaren/Autosport
young drivers of the year. He also won the Lotus Sport Elise Championship in 2000 by taking 9 lights to flag race victories. Other achievements were winning the 2001 Suzuka GTC 1000k event and finishing 6th in the 2002 GT300 Japanese GT Championship driving a Porsche GT3R, as well as winning the 2004 British GTC Championship driving a Ferrari 360 alongside Portuguese driver Ni Amorim
. And being appointed as a full member of the prestigious Brtish Racing Driver Club.
He currently races in the British GT3 Championship with the Predator CCTV Ferrari Racing team as well as working as a development driver for other teams and manufacturers.
Career
Wilcox has been racing since he was eight years old and has won eight major championship titles. Starting in karting, in 1994 he became the youngest ever 250cc FIA European Champion which he sealed at the Osterichring in Austria and moved onto car racing in 1995, driving a Formula Renault car with Haywood Racing finishing 4th in his first car racing season against some very experienced opposition. He went through the Junior ranks competing in the UK Formula Vauxhall Championship finishing runner-up in 1996 and the European Formula Opel series and British Series in 1997 and reached Formula 3 in 1998, he became a test driver for F3000 cars at the end of 1998 and continued this into 1999 as well as competing in the 1999 Formula Palmer Audi Series before switching to GT Style racing in 2000 as a Professional driver.His GT Racing Career started by winning the new Lotus Sport Elise Championship in 2000, and then backed by ADVAN/Yokohama Tyres
Yokohama Rubber Company
is a tire company based in Tokyo, Japan. The company founded and started in 1917 in a joint venture between Yokohama Cable Manufacturing and B.F. Goodrich. In 1969 the company expanded to the United States as Yokohama Tire Corporation. The Aspec A300 was the driving force behind its tremendous...
he moved to Japan to compete in the All Japan GT Championship for 3 years during 2001 - 2003 seasons, driving a Porsche GT3R and a Nismo
Nismo
Nismo is the motorsports and performance division of Nissan Motor Company. Formed in 1984 as a result of a merger of two motorsport departments, Nismo cars have participated in JSPC, Formula Nippon, JTCC, 24 Hours of Le Mans and 24 Hours of Daytona...
Nissan S15 before moving back to the UK in 2004 and winning the British GTC Championship.
His most notable achievements are finishing Vice Champion in the 1997 Formula Opel Euroseries which was the supporting series for the 1997 FIA Formula One World Championship and being nominated as one of the McLaren/Autosport
Autosport
Autosport is a weekly magazine covering motorsport, published in the United Kingdom every Thursday by Haymarket Consumer Media. It was first published on 25 August 1950 by Gregor Grant, immediately prior to the Silverstone International Trophy meeting of that year...
young drivers of the year. He also won the Lotus Sport Elise Championship in 2000 by taking 9 lights to flag race victories. Other achievements were winning the 2001 Suzuka GTC 1000k event and finishing 6th in the 2002 GT300 Japanese GT Championship driving a Porsche GT3R, as well as winning the 2004 British GTC Championship driving a Ferrari 360 alongside Portuguese driver Ni Amorim
Ni Amorim
Nuno Amorim, better known as Ni Amorim, is a racecar driver born in Porto, Portugal on March 1, 1962.-National career:Amorim started competing in circuit racing and rallying in 1982, but in the mid-1980s he was almost exclusively a touring car racing driver, becoming a mainstay in various one-make...
. And being appointed as a full member of the prestigious Brtish Racing Driver Club.
He currently races in the British GT3 Championship with the Predator CCTV Ferrari Racing team as well as working as a development driver for other teams and manufacturers.