MSA to expand successful Elite scheme into racing
The Motor Sports Association has announced plans to extend
the MSA British Elite programme into circuit racing to reinforce
the long-standing pre-eminence of British representation at
the very top level of the sport.
The MSA British Rally Elite was launched last summer as a
long-term initiative to develop the best rallying talent in
the country and assist them with the progression onto the
world stage. The initial progress of the first six members
has underlined the effectiveness of the programme and generated
much greater understanding of the challenge of talent development
at the highest levels.
Buoyed by the scheme's success, the MSA is now evaluating
how to extend the concept into circuit racing and will be
talking to interested parties in the coming weeks.
"The intention was always to roll out a similar scheme
for racing and also possibly for karting," explains Colin
Hilton, Chief Executive of the Motor Sports Association. "There
was a great deal of debate initially about how best to proceed
in rallying, but I think that the progress of the first six
students on the Rally Elite programme and the feedback of
everyone involved has demonstrated that this is a template
that can be applied in other disciplines.
"There are many parties who have expressed an interest
in facilitating this kind of a programme in racing and no
doubt they will all have some interesting ideas. We will be
talking to a number of them in the coming weeks before deciding
how best to proceed."
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