The disability racers who 'love the thrill'

"Once I put the helmet on, my disability - my autism - almost faded away."

Bobby Trundley will be driving for the UK's only all-disabled competitive racing team at this year's Britcar Endurance Championship.

Team BRIT confirmed its line-up last month ahead of the competition, which starts on 5 April at Silverstone.

The 25-year-old from Wokingham, Berkshire, will be racing the team's BMW M240i, which has a top speed of 180mph.

The drivers' cars are fitted with world-leading hand control technology.

Paddles either side of the steering wheel operate the accelerator and the brake. Buttons inside the steering wheel work the gears.

Mr Trundley is on the autistic spectrum and said he found his love for motorsport at a karting track in Woodley, Reading.

He said: "When I was younger, when I was go-karting, it was like a release for me.

"Once I put the helmet on, my disability, my autism, almost faded away. I just felt normal at the time.

"I just love the thrill now. I love being wheel to wheel with people, racing hard, just having a great time as well, but obviously we're all here for results."

Of the BMW M240i he will race at Silverstone next month, he said: "It's an absolute monster and I can't wait."

It will be the sixth year he and his teammate Aaron Morgan, 34, will race for Team BRIT.

Mr Morgan, from Basingstoke, Hampshire, was left paralysed from the waist down following a motocross accident when he was 15.

This season, he will race a McLaren 570S GT4.

"You never know what's going to happen in a race," he said.

"If somebody spins right in front of you or at very high speed, you have a puncture or anything like that.

"There are certain things which are completely unplanned for which can be quite scary at times but it's all part of racing."

The championship is a combination of last year's British Endurance Championship and the Britcar Trophy.

The races will take place across eight one-day meetings at major UK circuits.

Mr Morgan said the team were great friends off the track and help each other to develop as drivers but admitted there was still rivalry on the track.

"I'm a firm believer that once the helmet goes on, there's no friends on the racetrack - so I won't be taking any prisoners," he said.

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